Hutch
@hutch73.bsky.social
Arsenal, politics, 80's music, personal finance, economics, Algarve, electric vehicles, solar panels, heat pumps and the British sense of humour.
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Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
November 26, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
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Boston's Mayor Wu playing with Yo-Yo Ma at Symphony Hall
November 23, 2025 at 5:11 AM
Boston's Mayor Wu playing with Yo-Yo Ma at Symphony Hall
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pam bondi as porta potties: thread
July 13, 2025 at 2:01 AM
pam bondi as porta potties: thread
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"You, like Nigel Farage, are simply lying about what the ONS says."
I somewhat lost my patience with Reform Councillor Bill Piper here.. (from about 1h 27 min in)
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
I somewhat lost my patience with Reform Councillor Bill Piper here.. (from about 1h 27 min in)
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Stephen Nolan - 08/11/2025 - BBC Sounds
The day's main news stories, topical debate and interviews.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 10, 2025 at 7:41 AM
"You, like Nigel Farage, are simply lying about what the ONS says."
I somewhat lost my patience with Reform Councillor Bill Piper here.. (from about 1h 27 min in)
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
I somewhat lost my patience with Reform Councillor Bill Piper here.. (from about 1h 27 min in)
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
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As every Remembrance Sunday, a thought for my grandfather, lieutenant Henri Auclair, a Verdun veteran who fought in the trenches throughout all of WWI, died in 1999, aged 103, and taught us about the insanity of war and the necessity to embrace the European ideal.
November 9, 2025 at 2:59 PM
As every Remembrance Sunday, a thought for my grandfather, lieutenant Henri Auclair, a Verdun veteran who fought in the trenches throughout all of WWI, died in 1999, aged 103, and taught us about the insanity of war and the necessity to embrace the European ideal.
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1/ The US Government has quietly removed a memorial to Black soldiers who died in World War II from the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg. The move follows a complaint from the right-wing Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission. ⬇️
November 9, 2025 at 9:23 AM
1/ The US Government has quietly removed a memorial to Black soldiers who died in World War II from the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg. The move follows a complaint from the right-wing Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission. ⬇️
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
We're at a place where the BBC have to use apostrophe's around the word 'racist.'
We're at a place where the BBC have to use apostrophe's around the word 'racist.'
Nigel Farage has questions to answer over Sarah Pochin's 'racist' remarks, PM says
Reform MP Sarah Pochin apologised after complaining about adverts being
www.bbc.co.uk
October 27, 2025 at 2:22 PM
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
We're at a place where the BBC have to use apostrophe's around the word 'racist.'
We're at a place where the BBC have to use apostrophe's around the word 'racist.'
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October 21, 2025 at 7:34 AM
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Douglas Barrowman and Michelle Mone's company, PPE Medpro, has just been ordered to refund the Government £122m from a PPE contract.
There are two very odd things about PPE Medpro that may affect the odds of the Government ever getting that £122m...
Thread:
There are two very odd things about PPE Medpro that may affect the odds of the Government ever getting that £122m...
Thread:
October 2, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Douglas Barrowman and Michelle Mone's company, PPE Medpro, has just been ordered to refund the Government £122m from a PPE contract.
There are two very odd things about PPE Medpro that may affect the odds of the Government ever getting that £122m...
Thread:
There are two very odd things about PPE Medpro that may affect the odds of the Government ever getting that £122m...
Thread:
@sturdyalex.bsky.social if you want any material mate, mad Nads did a podcast on The Fourcast.
Plenty on there if you fancy taking the piss.
Plenty on there if you fancy taking the piss.
October 2, 2025 at 6:23 AM
@sturdyalex.bsky.social if you want any material mate, mad Nads did a podcast on The Fourcast.
Plenty on there if you fancy taking the piss.
Plenty on there if you fancy taking the piss.
Just a reminder that despite voters having the ability to vote out Khan in the Mayor elections, Tory London councils spent hundreds of thousands of council tax payers money in fighting something that would benefit all Londoners.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-engl...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-engl...
Ulez: Five councils spent £730K on failed legal challenge
Four London authorities and a Surrey council took the challenge to the High Court in July but lost.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 1, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Just a reminder that despite voters having the ability to vote out Khan in the Mayor elections, Tory London councils spent hundreds of thousands of council tax payers money in fighting something that would benefit all Londoners.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-engl...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-engl...
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Many migrant workers who came to Qatar to build the 2022 WC infrastructure found themselves jobless after the tournament. @josimarfootball.bsky.social reveals how some of them have been recruited by the Russian army, are fighting and die on the Ukrainian front.
josimarfootball.com/2025/09/25/t...
josimarfootball.com/2025/09/25/t...
The migrant soldiers - josimarfootball.com
For months, the Russian army has secretly recruited hundreds, if not thousands, of jobless migrant workers in Qatar to fight on the frontline against Ukraine.
josimarfootball.com
September 29, 2025 at 8:24 AM
Many migrant workers who came to Qatar to build the 2022 WC infrastructure found themselves jobless after the tournament. @josimarfootball.bsky.social reveals how some of them have been recruited by the Russian army, are fighting and die on the Ukrainian front.
josimarfootball.com/2025/09/25/t...
josimarfootball.com/2025/09/25/t...
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There seems to be some *confusion*
among Reform supporters over Nathan Gill being one of them
“But, but, Reform didn’t exist when he took his Russian bribes”
“But, but he was in UKIP”
“But, but it has nothing to do with Farage, he barely knew the guy”
So here’s a little history lesson 👍🏼🧵
1/14
among Reform supporters over Nathan Gill being one of them
“But, but, Reform didn’t exist when he took his Russian bribes”
“But, but he was in UKIP”
“But, but it has nothing to do with Farage, he barely knew the guy”
So here’s a little history lesson 👍🏼🧵
1/14
September 27, 2025 at 1:43 PM
There seems to be some *confusion*
among Reform supporters over Nathan Gill being one of them
“But, but, Reform didn’t exist when he took his Russian bribes”
“But, but he was in UKIP”
“But, but it has nothing to do with Farage, he barely knew the guy”
So here’s a little history lesson 👍🏼🧵
1/14
among Reform supporters over Nathan Gill being one of them
“But, but, Reform didn’t exist when he took his Russian bribes”
“But, but he was in UKIP”
“But, but it has nothing to do with Farage, he barely knew the guy”
So here’s a little history lesson 👍🏼🧵
1/14
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Lyse Doucet interviewed by me about Gaza & Palestinian recognition for tonight’s ’Unspun World’ on BBC Two & iPlayer. Plus Syria’s new leader at the UN, the Taliban’s war on Afghan women, & the US-Venezuela dispute. If you’re interested in the world around us, this is for you.
September 24, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Lyse Doucet interviewed by me about Gaza & Palestinian recognition for tonight’s ’Unspun World’ on BBC Two & iPlayer. Plus Syria’s new leader at the UN, the Taliban’s war on Afghan women, & the US-Venezuela dispute. If you’re interested in the world around us, this is for you.
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UK 30 year gilt yield, down from the breathlessly reported 5.75%, is now 5.51%.
Not that you will hear this from all the journalist accounts who were gunning for Reeves all week.
Please share.
Not that you will hear this from all the journalist accounts who were gunning for Reeves all week.
Please share.
September 5, 2025 at 1:49 PM
UK 30 year gilt yield, down from the breathlessly reported 5.75%, is now 5.51%.
Not that you will hear this from all the journalist accounts who were gunning for Reeves all week.
Please share.
Not that you will hear this from all the journalist accounts who were gunning for Reeves all week.
Please share.
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🚀 Over halfway there in just 5 days!
People want the truth about what’s happening in Reform-run councils. They deserve to know.
Help us finish the job: subscribe.bylinetimes.com/reform-uncov...
#ReformUncovered
People want the truth about what’s happening in Reform-run councils. They deserve to know.
Help us finish the job: subscribe.bylinetimes.com/reform-uncov...
#ReformUncovered
August 14, 2025 at 9:11 AM
🚀 Over halfway there in just 5 days!
People want the truth about what’s happening in Reform-run councils. They deserve to know.
Help us finish the job: subscribe.bylinetimes.com/reform-uncov...
#ReformUncovered
People want the truth about what’s happening in Reform-run councils. They deserve to know.
Help us finish the job: subscribe.bylinetimes.com/reform-uncov...
#ReformUncovered
@zoejardiniere.bsky.social just listened to you in LBC.
Thank you for continually fighting the good fight.
Thank you for continually fighting the good fight.
July 26, 2025 at 6:44 AM
@zoejardiniere.bsky.social just listened to you in LBC.
Thank you for continually fighting the good fight.
Thank you for continually fighting the good fight.
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This is horrific. 😡😡😡👇
June 11, 2025 at 3:18 AM
This is horrific. 😡😡😡👇
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Who said it: Anne Frank or someone in America this year?
June 9, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Who said it: Anne Frank or someone in America this year?
@originstorypodcast.bsky.social
Are the episodes available in a video form on YouTube?
Are the episodes available in a video form on YouTube?
June 10, 2025 at 8:34 AM
@originstorypodcast.bsky.social
Are the episodes available in a video form on YouTube?
Are the episodes available in a video form on YouTube?
@simonmarksfsn.bsky.social Just heard you on LBC and even though I live in the UK, the situation in the US is completely frightening.
March 18, 2025 at 12:06 PM
@simonmarksfsn.bsky.social Just heard you on LBC and even though I live in the UK, the situation in the US is completely frightening.