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Alistair Leadbetter
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Fop, likes ideas, food, beer, books, and Sunderland AFC. Doesn't like fascists, bigots, bullies, or celery.
New bad gig photo: Phoebe Lunny from Lambrini Girls at The Boiler Shop in Newcastle last night.

#LambriniGirls #BoilerShop
November 25, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Next one in a neverending sequence of bad gig photos. Wet Leg at the O2 in Glasgow last night. Fortunately they were way better than my photography might suggest.

Plenty of availability in my photography contract calendar still. 🤣
November 24, 2025 at 1:07 PM
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Income inequality is higher in the US today than it was in 1774, even if you factor in slavery.
November 24, 2025 at 11:54 AM
I know I'm late to this but the orange fascist, who is apparently great at getting a deal done, just seems to be repeating his handler's demands and then bullying the victim of Russian aggression. Am I missing something here?

I honestly think it would be a good thing all round if Trump was shot.
November 21, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Oops a daisy
MBS claims the murder of Khashoggi was "a huge mistake and we're our doing our best that this doesn't happen again."
November 18, 2025 at 6:36 PM
It's hard to imagine just how hateful and detestable the people running the UK Home Office must be.
November 17, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Eat the ultra rich, or they will eat us.

#graffiti #Paris
November 17, 2025 at 4:05 PM
It's quite clear that Starmer's Labour Party has a death wish. Given their current position on pretty much everything, their demise can't come soon enough. What a vile bunch of people.
November 15, 2025 at 1:48 PM
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This is as bad as anything proposed by Reform.

Leaving refugees in permanent limbo and unable to build a new life in the UK would be a complete abdication of our humanitarian responsibilities

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
UK set to limit refugees to temporary stays
Shabana Mahmood is expected to say the era of permanent protection for refugees is over, in major changes to the UK's asylum and immigration system.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 15, 2025 at 6:43 AM
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“There were no political or religious motivations. They were rich people who went there for fun and personal satisfaction. We are talking about people who love guns who perhaps go to shooting ranges or on safari in Africa.” www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
November 12, 2025 at 4:22 AM
"Lest we forget"

Heaven forbid that we should mention anything about learning from the horror though.
November 11, 2025 at 10:02 AM
I realise that the BBC may have clumsily / stupidly edited a speech by Trump. I'm not convinced that this created a view that Trump incited the January 6th rioters. Trump did incite and encourage the trouble 🤷
November 10, 2025 at 7:34 PM
I get pissed off with the BBC's pisspoor news offering but I'd rather they sorted themselves out than it was abolished. There's a good and strong argument for a state backed broadcaster. Private business cannot be trusted to provide reliable news.
November 10, 2025 at 7:32 PM
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The CURRENT sitting MP for Clacton earns £511,000 as a presenter for GB News and took £281,000 as a brand ambassador for Direct Bullion.

So maybe sit this one out, you rancid herring.
November 10, 2025 at 5:44 PM
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November 9, 2025 at 2:33 PM
If you see this, post an album cover with a motor vehicle on it.
November 8, 2025 at 2:40 PM
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That the UK - one of the architects of this fund, designed to save the world’s forests - is now refusing to put any money into it is frankly shameful. Starmer’s claim that he still continues to back the fund is meaningless without resources - so much for climate leadership
November 6, 2025 at 9:54 AM
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It's not okay to say nice things about monsters, just because they are dead
It's not okay to say nice things about monsters, just because they are dead
Some say that when someone dies, if you don’t have something nice to say, you shouldn’t say anything.
www.councilestatemedia.uk
November 5, 2025 at 6:55 PM
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Live footage of centrist pundits being permanently surprised by how cruel fascists actually are.
a cartoon girl in a blue dress is kneeling in a field holding a bag
Alt: Lucy withdraws the football just as Charlie Brown is about to kick it.
media.tenor.com
November 3, 2025 at 4:31 PM
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“Individuals on the ground sent a message that reached us Monday morning that 1,200 were dead,” Nathaniel Raymond, the lab’s executive director, said. “By that evening, they said 10,000. By Tuesday, we couldn’t reach them anymore. We assume our ground contacts are dead.”
Yale lab reports mass killings in Sudan, calls for student activism
The Humanitarian Research Lab was told this week that over 10,000 people in Sudan were killed within three days.
yaledailynews.com
October 31, 2025 at 8:02 PM
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A woman is killed by a man every 3 days in the UK...

78% are murdered by a partner/ex

Yet not once have I heard Reform talk about this

Not once have I heard them back measures to protect women’s safety

In fact, they voted against them...
October 31, 2025 at 10:22 AM
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If you're a National Trust member, it's that time of year again: Midnight tonight is the deadline. It's a shame people have to keep doing this to keep a toehold on historical truth in this country, but here we are. Voting link: www.nationaltrust.org.uk/who-we-are/a...
October 31, 2025 at 9:02 AM
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Byker, Newcastle upon Tyne, 1970s, by Sirkka-Liisa Konttinen.
October 31, 2025 at 8:12 AM
Today's pie at Men's Pie Club was a cassoulet pie, with duck, sausage, and pork belly. Fancy I know, but I had a tin of confit duck in the cupboard. I mean, who hasn't? 🙄🤣

#food #recipes #cookery
October 30, 2025 at 8:52 PM