Hugh Giles
@hughgiles.bsky.social
North London lawyer. Tottenham Hotspur. Essex cricket.
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Keith Boyce (1943-1996), cricketer born in Barbados. Played for Walthamstow Cricket Club, Essex CCC 1966-77, & West Indies cricket team 1971-75. He was first man to take eight wickets in a List A match 1971. Wisden Cricketer of the Year 1974. 📷 Portrait courtesy Peter Edwards Museum & Library #BHM25
October 13, 2025 at 7:10 AM
Keith Boyce (1943-1996), cricketer born in Barbados. Played for Walthamstow Cricket Club, Essex CCC 1966-77, & West Indies cricket team 1971-75. He was first man to take eight wickets in a List A match 1971. Wisden Cricketer of the Year 1974. 📷 Portrait courtesy Peter Edwards Museum & Library #BHM25
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In other news, here's the sometime deputy Conservative Prime Minister Michael Heseltine finding the words that seem to be perpetually eluding the present Labour Prime Minister.
“You described Reform and other parties across Europe today as among the 'right wing equivalents of the fascists in the 1930s'. Why?”
“Because that’s what they are”
@vicderbyshire.bsky.social asks Lord Heseltine about remarks he made at Conservative Party Conference.
#Newsnight
“Because that’s what they are”
@vicderbyshire.bsky.social asks Lord Heseltine about remarks he made at Conservative Party Conference.
#Newsnight
October 8, 2025 at 7:03 AM
In other news, here's the sometime deputy Conservative Prime Minister Michael Heseltine finding the words that seem to be perpetually eluding the present Labour Prime Minister.
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Rod Stewart declaring we should give Nigel Farage a chance makes absolute sense when you remember his support for Enoch Powell. See this interview with Rod Stewart (International Times No 94 December 17-31 1970).
June 28, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Rod Stewart declaring we should give Nigel Farage a chance makes absolute sense when you remember his support for Enoch Powell. See this interview with Rod Stewart (International Times No 94 December 17-31 1970).
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We are not an island of strangers, but I have become a stranger in my own country
If this is Britain, I no longer recognise what it has become: a country of cruelty, of scapegoating, of hounding minorities and the weak
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If this is Britain, I no longer recognise what it has become: a country of cruelty, of scapegoating, of hounding minorities and the weak
My @heraldscotland.bsky.social column
www.heraldscotland.com/politics/vie...
May 15, 2025 at 6:24 AM
We are not an island of strangers, but I have become a stranger in my own country
If this is Britain, I no longer recognise what it has become: a country of cruelty, of scapegoating, of hounding minorities and the weak
My @heraldscotland.bsky.social column
www.heraldscotland.com/politics/vie...
If this is Britain, I no longer recognise what it has become: a country of cruelty, of scapegoating, of hounding minorities and the weak
My @heraldscotland.bsky.social column
www.heraldscotland.com/politics/vie...
@robfordmancs.bsky.social This is a quietly disastrous result for the Conservatives. A by-election held in unexplained circumstances in a marginal ward. Reform stands and splits the right.
Whetstone (Barnet) Council By-Election Result:
🌹 LAB: 33.5% (-18.0)
🌳 CON: 28.4% (-7.8)
➡️ RFM: 20.5% (New)
🌍 GRN: 7.2% (-5.1)
🔶 LDM: 6.1% (New)
🇪🇺 REU: 2.3% (New)
🧑🔧 TUSC: 1.6% (New)
🙋 Ind: 0.5% (New)
Labour HOLD.
Changes w/ 2022.
🌹 LAB: 33.5% (-18.0)
🌳 CON: 28.4% (-7.8)
➡️ RFM: 20.5% (New)
🌍 GRN: 7.2% (-5.1)
🔶 LDM: 6.1% (New)
🇪🇺 REU: 2.3% (New)
🧑🔧 TUSC: 1.6% (New)
🙋 Ind: 0.5% (New)
Labour HOLD.
Changes w/ 2022.
May 16, 2025 at 6:29 AM
@robfordmancs.bsky.social This is a quietly disastrous result for the Conservatives. A by-election held in unexplained circumstances in a marginal ward. Reform stands and splits the right.
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Would be nice to see some UK politicians speaking up in support of Canada, which is blameless in this and with which Britain has far closer ties than it does with the US.
Nobody hold their breath.
www.ft.com/content/b910...
Nobody hold their breath.
www.ft.com/content/b910...
Donald Trump hits Canada, Mexico and China with steep tariffs
US president fires starting gun on trade war with levies of up to 25% on goods imported from trading partners
www.ft.com
February 2, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Would be nice to see some UK politicians speaking up in support of Canada, which is blameless in this and with which Britain has far closer ties than it does with the US.
Nobody hold their breath.
www.ft.com/content/b910...
Nobody hold their breath.
www.ft.com/content/b910...
@lostfootballs.bsky.social Spotted this morning bobbing along the Thames
January 9, 2025 at 9:57 AM
@lostfootballs.bsky.social Spotted this morning bobbing along the Thames
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First time we conceded 6 at home in the league since Christian Gross but it could have been 10 and was totally predictable, with the kamikaze style play that leaves loads of space at the back and has led to 20 defeats in 42 matches.
Waste of a squad who’ll be sick of it themselves.
#THFC #COYS
Waste of a squad who’ll be sick of it themselves.
#THFC #COYS
December 22, 2024 at 11:24 PM
Watching Bob Dylan perform this evening at the Royal Albert Hall was an extraordinary and poignant experience.
November 13, 2024 at 10:11 PM
Watching Bob Dylan perform this evening at the Royal Albert Hall was an extraordinary and poignant experience.