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@jimgarrod.bsky.social
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If handing someone their arse, was a video clip
December 12, 2025 at 8:12 AM
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"Most of us basically love our country, even if begrudgingly – not the version we’re told to, or even presented with, but the one we really see and live in every day. Silly Sausage Britain is the Britain most of us reside in, and love."

@sofiejenkinson.bsky.social on "Mr Blobby patriotism"
Mr Blobby patriotism
Over recent weeks I have found myself thinking about the country we live in, what it feels like and what I like, and love, about it. I guess I found myself thinking about this because of the summer w...
renewal.org.uk
October 6, 2025 at 3:31 PM
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They want you to be obsessed with immigration so you ignore all the other problems.

But all the other problems ARE the problem.

Don't be distracted and let them blind you with hate.
September 22, 2025 at 11:26 PM
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Here is the latest Stand Up to Racism leaflet about asylum seekers and refugees
August 25, 2025 at 2:50 PM
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Your GP waiting time? Housing shortage? Youth violence?

It wasn’t the asylum seeker.
If your concern always punches down, it’s time to look up.

New from The Bear
‘I’m not racist, just concerned’
From Epping to Facebook groups, how fear is being repackaged and pointed downwards and never up
eastangliabylines.co.uk
July 22, 2025 at 8:19 PM
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"But this time, the meltdown... was all aimed at a single moment: Bobby Vylan, mid-set at Glastonbury, chanting “Death to the IDF”.

Cue panic. Within minutes, right-wing commentators were foaming at the mouth. GB News had graphics ready before the set finished. Tory MPs demanded arrests."
Who decides what’s ‘hate speech’ and what’s dissent?
A single Glastonbury chant shattered the illusion of free speech, exposing Britain's fragile moral panic machine
eastangliabylines.co.uk
July 1, 2025 at 5:26 AM
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"Most dishes can be improved with the addition of bacon."

sad but true
I have three reviews to go for the Obs but today, after 180 of them, is my last column for OFM. So I thought I’d summarise my searing advice from the last 15 years: the wisdom, the provocations and the occasional stupidities. Enjoy. Or grind your teeth. Your call

www.theguardian.com/food/2025/fe...
This is my final OFM column. Here’s what I’ve learned about buffets, ‘clean eating’ and what not to serve food on | Jay Rayner
Much has changed in the food world but there are a few truths that still hold
www.theguardian.com
February 20, 2025 at 1:21 PM