John Bassett
@johnb71.bsky.social
Well, this all seems rather nice.
Arsenal, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, New York Mets, The Telly.
Arsenal, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, New York Mets, The Telly.
This is like the reverse of those Haribo adverts.
A 12 year old, I kid you not.
This is the sort of deluded rubbish you get when you’re in a cult.
This is the sort of deluded rubbish you get when you’re in a cult.
September 5, 2025 at 4:41 PM
This is like the reverse of those Haribo adverts.
Someone’s rattled by the arrival of Nadine on their manor. Utterly bonkers people.
*sound on* This is Andrea Jenkyns's ACTUAL singing entrance to the Reform UK conference.
Utter crackpots. And anyone who thinks this kind of idiotic look-at-me amateurs are how this country will "rediscover its pride" needs to have a lie-down.
Utter crackpots. And anyone who thinks this kind of idiotic look-at-me amateurs are how this country will "rediscover its pride" needs to have a lie-down.
September 5, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Someone’s rattled by the arrival of Nadine on their manor. Utterly bonkers people.
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On the same day in the Telegraph:
![The Telegraph
Rayner tax scandal - £40k tax dodge - Statement
Angela Rayner dodges £40,000 stamp duty
Deputy Prime Minister reduces tax bill for Hove flat by declaring it as her main residence
[Photo: Angela Rayner pictured at the weekend in Hove, where she has just bought a flat Credit: Dan Charity/The Sun on Sunday]
Robert Mendick Chief Reporter. Amy Gibbons Political Correspondent
29 August 2025 8:57am BST](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:2kf2qj56o2vq7jfaq4x4ogp6/bafkreihe5mm7nwmwvzhtgadmsafyvsaxhrufuai2d2j2rju5zt6g2lytea@jpeg)
![The Telegraph
Money > Property > Second homes
How to avoid tax on your second home
From stamp duty to council tax, shield your wealth from Labour's tightening net
[Photo of houses around a bay - Areas such as Cornwall have added a premium to council tax bills for second homes Credit: iStockphoto]
Fran Ivens Senior Money Writer
29 August 2025 1:21pm BST](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:2kf2qj56o2vq7jfaq4x4ogp6/bafkreieuwgc2vsmyfcctmf4cnpcqckij2pqdk2gmzajpnihrsqyqmzyr5e@jpeg)
September 5, 2025 at 7:55 AM
On the same day in the Telegraph:
Melvyn Bragg is an incredible broadcaster, one of the best ever. Under-celebrated I’d say.
A great legacy in my view. Public service broadcasting, bringing ideas and knowledge to millions, free to hear and universally available. Year in, year out. Only the BBC would enable this.
Melvyn Bragg decides to step down from presenting In Our Time
After 26 years on the programme, the legendary presenter bids farewell to the series
www.bbc.co.uk
September 3, 2025 at 10:43 AM
Melvyn Bragg is an incredible broadcaster, one of the best ever. Under-celebrated I’d say.
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Amid all the stuff about ‘dangerous London’ and ‘broken Britain’, new figures show the homicide rate in London is at a 10-year low. Killings dropped by 26% over the last year, from 78 to 58. No one under 25 was murdered during the school summer holidays.
September 3, 2025 at 8:45 AM
Amid all the stuff about ‘dangerous London’ and ‘broken Britain’, new figures show the homicide rate in London is at a 10-year low. Killings dropped by 26% over the last year, from 78 to 58. No one under 25 was murdered during the school summer holidays.
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Proposal: instead of “free speech”, we call it “cunt speech”.
Since that’s what they’re mainly keen on defending, apparently.
Since that’s what they’re mainly keen on defending, apparently.
September 2, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Proposal: instead of “free speech”, we call it “cunt speech”.
Since that’s what they’re mainly keen on defending, apparently.
Since that’s what they’re mainly keen on defending, apparently.
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Thou wast working
as a maiden
in a meade tavern
when I met thee
as a maiden
in a meade tavern
when I met thee
August 30, 2025 at 8:33 AM
Thou wast working
as a maiden
in a meade tavern
when I met thee
as a maiden
in a meade tavern
when I met thee
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Making them wear high-visibility vests over camo is such a good joke you couldn’t write it
National Guard is now tasked with picking up garbage in DC
August 26, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Making them wear high-visibility vests over camo is such a good joke you couldn’t write it
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I’ve been a defender of the BBC for all of my life, I think, and I have worked in their newsrooms and on other shows and projects. Ever since we were told they were going to go further right to appease right wing people, the whole news department has gone mental.
August 26, 2025 at 6:01 PM
I’ve been a defender of the BBC for all of my life, I think, and I have worked in their newsrooms and on other shows and projects. Ever since we were told they were going to go further right to appease right wing people, the whole news department has gone mental.
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Pritzker: Trump looked at the cameras and asked for me personally to say, Mr. President, can you do us the honor of protecting our city? Instead, I say, Mr. President, do not come to Chicago.
Your remarks about this effort have betrayed a continuing slip in your mental faculties
Your remarks about this effort have betrayed a continuing slip in your mental faculties
August 25, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Pritzker: Trump looked at the cameras and asked for me personally to say, Mr. President, can you do us the honor of protecting our city? Instead, I say, Mr. President, do not come to Chicago.
Your remarks about this effort have betrayed a continuing slip in your mental faculties
Your remarks about this effort have betrayed a continuing slip in your mental faculties
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Farting Contest, Chichester, 1956.
August 20, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Farting Contest, Chichester, 1956.
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You say Sedaka and I say Sodoku. Sedaka. Sodoku. Sodoku. Sedaka. Let's call the Neil thing math.
August 19, 2025 at 6:48 AM
You say Sedaka and I say Sodoku. Sedaka. Sodoku. Sodoku. Sedaka. Let's call the Neil thing math.
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My dog lies about her age. She’s a week old if she’s a day.
August 17, 2025 at 9:58 AM
My dog lies about her age. She’s a week old if she’s a day.
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Nice things. You’re a hero, Buddy.
Wiltshire teenager makes free lunches to help hungry families
Buddy wants to ensure no child goes hungry over the long summer break.
www.bbc.co.uk
August 16, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Nice things. You’re a hero, Buddy.
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Take-away this evening would indeed seem logical.
August 16, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Take-away this evening would indeed seem logical.
Diakité looks proper.
August 15, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Diakité looks proper.
Standard football commentary. Nothing mentioned about tactical set-ups or stuff that we might not spot, but as soon as a debatable point crops up, they’re frothing at the mouth and can’t shut the fuck up.
August 15, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Standard football commentary. Nothing mentioned about tactical set-ups or stuff that we might not spot, but as soon as a debatable point crops up, they’re frothing at the mouth and can’t shut the fuck up.
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Imagining Kraftwerk as a metal band
August 14, 2025 at 10:25 AM
Imagining Kraftwerk as a metal band
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A street in Punta del Diablo, Uruguay, based on a photo I took in 2008. Front, back, pixel drawing guide, original photograph
August 13, 2025 at 3:36 PM
A street in Punta del Diablo, Uruguay, based on a photo I took in 2008. Front, back, pixel drawing guide, original photograph
Trying to look like the big tough boy ahead of meeting the boss.
Trump announces he's placing the DC police department "under direct federal control" and deploying the National Guard in the city
August 11, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Trying to look like the big tough boy ahead of meeting the boss.
Been saving this one for a while @thefence.bsky.social 🫡
August 11, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Been saving this one for a while @thefence.bsky.social 🫡
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From The Archives: Trump Teeters On White House Ledge Weighing Pros And Cons Of Killing Self Right Now To Distract From McCain’s Funeral
August 5, 2025 at 7:30 PM
From The Archives: Trump Teeters On White House Ledge Weighing Pros And Cons Of Killing Self Right Now To Distract From McCain’s Funeral
“John”. From the country that brought us Socrates, Pele and Rivellino. “John”
🚨⚒️ EXCL: West Ham reach verbal agreement to sign John as new goalkeeper from Botafogo. €10m package almost agreed with final details being sorted, John agreed terms and the deal is almost sealed. Documents being checked… and then, here we go. 🇧🇷
August 5, 2025 at 11:14 AM
“John”. From the country that brought us Socrates, Pele and Rivellino. “John”