John Battersby
@johnbatt.bsky.social
Scored the winner against Moss Side. Excellent at those basketball games in arcades.
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So, I think it's time I begin, in detailed specifics, talking about the mess that is Unbound / Boundless as a book publisher, in essence stealing most of a years royalties from me and many other authors, as a result of poor financial decisions, and legal BS.
Please read and share this thread.
Please read and share this thread.
May 31, 2025 at 9:33 AM
So, I think it's time I begin, in detailed specifics, talking about the mess that is Unbound / Boundless as a book publisher, in essence stealing most of a years royalties from me and many other authors, as a result of poor financial decisions, and legal BS.
Please read and share this thread.
Please read and share this thread.
@absoluteradio.bsky.social
Why on earth have I just listened to Richard Tice tell us the EU deal the government has done is a disaster.
No word from labour or the actual opposition?
Why is he ALWAYS on the news segment? Who is he? Deputy leader of a party with as many MPs as the greens.
Why on earth have I just listened to Richard Tice tell us the EU deal the government has done is a disaster.
No word from labour or the actual opposition?
Why is he ALWAYS on the news segment? Who is he? Deputy leader of a party with as many MPs as the greens.
May 19, 2025 at 8:02 AM
@absoluteradio.bsky.social
Why on earth have I just listened to Richard Tice tell us the EU deal the government has done is a disaster.
No word from labour or the actual opposition?
Why is he ALWAYS on the news segment? Who is he? Deputy leader of a party with as many MPs as the greens.
Why on earth have I just listened to Richard Tice tell us the EU deal the government has done is a disaster.
No word from labour or the actual opposition?
Why is he ALWAYS on the news segment? Who is he? Deputy leader of a party with as many MPs as the greens.
April 22, 2025 at 11:49 AM
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Not to be a wide-eyed naïf about such things but... am I right in thinking that they levelled an entire building to get to one guy and *that* is not controversial to anyone in the American media or political class, only that this information was recklessly shared in an unsecured chat?
March 26, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Not to be a wide-eyed naïf about such things but... am I right in thinking that they levelled an entire building to get to one guy and *that* is not controversial to anyone in the American media or political class, only that this information was recklessly shared in an unsecured chat?
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Rachel Reeves is right that the world has changed - so why won’t she change her strategy to reflect it? Rigid adherence to arbitrary fiscal rules & refusing wealth taxes is a political choice that’s causing huge pain & harm, as well as laying out the welcome mat for the populists at Reform UK
March 26, 2025 at 6:56 AM
Rachel Reeves is right that the world has changed - so why won’t she change her strategy to reflect it? Rigid adherence to arbitrary fiscal rules & refusing wealth taxes is a political choice that’s causing huge pain & harm, as well as laying out the welcome mat for the populists at Reform UK
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“One young man sobbed when a guard pushed him to the floor. He said, ‘I’m not a gang member. I’m gay. I’m a barber.’ I believed him. *** He “began to whimper,” as his head was roughly shaved, “folding his hands in prayer as his hair fell.” He “asked for his mother & cried as he was slapped again.”
What the Venezuelans Deported to El Salvador Experienced
Exclusive photos of the arrival of Venezuelan detainees deported from the U.S.
time.com
March 22, 2025 at 8:52 PM
“One young man sobbed when a guard pushed him to the floor. He said, ‘I’m not a gang member. I’m gay. I’m a barber.’ I believed him. *** He “began to whimper,” as his head was roughly shaved, “folding his hands in prayer as his hair fell.” He “asked for his mother & cried as he was slapped again.”
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Again, the problem with this entire thesis, is that if we look at all of the supposed drivers: homelessness, poverty, ineffective education, being targeted for gambling and get rich quick schemes, Black men in the US are the *most* targeted. And yet they are the *least* likely to be Tate fans. 🙂🙃
I wrote this on young men, and why we need to stop lying about why they're easy prey for reptiles like Andrew Tate.
www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle-co...
www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle-co...
Séamas O'Reilly: We need to stop lying about what makes lost boys such easy marks for cons
Economically depressed young men are aggressively targeted with the oldest, most seductive pitch there is — money for nothing — by bad faith actors with enormous wealth
www.irishexaminer.com
March 15, 2025 at 10:18 AM
Again, the problem with this entire thesis, is that if we look at all of the supposed drivers: homelessness, poverty, ineffective education, being targeted for gambling and get rich quick schemes, Black men in the US are the *most* targeted. And yet they are the *least* likely to be Tate fans. 🙂🙃
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"I have become Welsh by mistake" #TheTraitors
January 1, 2025 at 8:23 PM
"I have become Welsh by mistake" #TheTraitors
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It's not the Robin Hood story folks wanted but attractive, well-heeled young guy who had back surgery, unrelenting pain to the point of impacting his mental health. He withdraws from his peeps, eventually goes to a dark place, and eventually takes it out on insurance CEO.
Still relatable.
Still relatable.
December 9, 2024 at 10:59 PM
It's not the Robin Hood story folks wanted but attractive, well-heeled young guy who had back surgery, unrelenting pain to the point of impacting his mental health. He withdraws from his peeps, eventually goes to a dark place, and eventually takes it out on insurance CEO.
Still relatable.
Still relatable.
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12 of the finest (unintentional) double-entendres ever aired on TV and Radio
1. Ted Walsh - Horse Racing Commentator –
'This is really a lovely horse.
I once rode her mother.'
1. Ted Walsh - Horse Racing Commentator –
'This is really a lovely horse.
I once rode her mother.'
December 9, 2024 at 6:14 AM
12 of the finest (unintentional) double-entendres ever aired on TV and Radio
1. Ted Walsh - Horse Racing Commentator –
'This is really a lovely horse.
I once rode her mother.'
1. Ted Walsh - Horse Racing Commentator –
'This is really a lovely horse.
I once rode her mother.'
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Wrote this about a deeply dangerous shift by Keir Starmer this week towards embracing the anti-migrant rhetoric of Nigel Farage, and what he should be doing instead www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/opening-th...
Opening the Borders to Nigel Farage
Keir Starmer's attempts to mimic the rhetoric of the Reform leader will end as badly for him as it did for his Conservative predecessors
www.adambienkov.co.uk
November 30, 2024 at 11:35 AM
Wrote this about a deeply dangerous shift by Keir Starmer this week towards embracing the anti-migrant rhetoric of Nigel Farage, and what he should be doing instead www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/opening-th...
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Reform MP James McMurdock was jailed for repeatedly kicking his girlfriend.
He had told the media he was jailed for "pushing" his former partner in 2006.
Court records obtained by The Times say the sentence was given because of "the serious nature of the offence”.
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
He had told the media he was jailed for "pushing" his former partner in 2006.
Court records obtained by The Times say the sentence was given because of "the serious nature of the offence”.
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
Reform MP James McMurdock was jailed for repeatedly kicking girlfriend
The MP had told the media he had been jailed for ‘pushing’ former partner in 2006, when the court records say he repeatedly kicked her on a night out
www.thetimes.com
November 21, 2024 at 6:35 PM
Reform MP James McMurdock was jailed for repeatedly kicking his girlfriend.
He had told the media he was jailed for "pushing" his former partner in 2006.
Court records obtained by The Times say the sentence was given because of "the serious nature of the offence”.
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
He had told the media he was jailed for "pushing" his former partner in 2006.
Court records obtained by The Times say the sentence was given because of "the serious nature of the offence”.
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
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Sir Tom wrote a book which he said was to raise funds for the NHS.
He died, his daughter made herself head of his charity, and gave the entire £1.47m raised to herself.
We really should be talking about prison.
He died, his daughter made herself head of his charity, and gave the entire £1.47m raised to herself.
We really should be talking about prison.
November 21, 2024 at 11:15 AM
Sir Tom wrote a book which he said was to raise funds for the NHS.
He died, his daughter made herself head of his charity, and gave the entire £1.47m raised to herself.
We really should be talking about prison.
He died, his daughter made herself head of his charity, and gave the entire £1.47m raised to herself.
We really should be talking about prison.
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Important context here:
● over half of farms are less than 49 acres (20 hectares)
● "a big farm" is 217 acres.
Now let's see who's angry:
● Clarkson farm is 1,000 acres
● Lloyd Webber farms 4,000 acres
● Viscount Rothermere (Mail owner) 4,700 acres
● Dyson owns 36,000 acres
● over half of farms are less than 49 acres (20 hectares)
● "a big farm" is 217 acres.
Now let's see who's angry:
● Clarkson farm is 1,000 acres
● Lloyd Webber farms 4,000 acres
● Viscount Rothermere (Mail owner) 4,700 acres
● Dyson owns 36,000 acres
A message from a REAL farmer who hasn’t been brainwashed by the Tories, wealthy landowners and the right wing media👇🏽
#FarmersProtest
#FarmersProtest
November 20, 2024 at 7:36 AM
Important context here:
● over half of farms are less than 49 acres (20 hectares)
● "a big farm" is 217 acres.
Now let's see who's angry:
● Clarkson farm is 1,000 acres
● Lloyd Webber farms 4,000 acres
● Viscount Rothermere (Mail owner) 4,700 acres
● Dyson owns 36,000 acres
● over half of farms are less than 49 acres (20 hectares)
● "a big farm" is 217 acres.
Now let's see who's angry:
● Clarkson farm is 1,000 acres
● Lloyd Webber farms 4,000 acres
● Viscount Rothermere (Mail owner) 4,700 acres
● Dyson owns 36,000 acres
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If you bring central London to a halt in order to campaign against catastrophic climate change then you're a "barmy" eco "fanatic" who deserves to be locked up.
If you do the same to hang on to your multimillion pound inheritance tax exemption then you're a brave freedom fighter defying the odds
If you do the same to hang on to your multimillion pound inheritance tax exemption then you're a brave freedom fighter defying the odds
November 19, 2024 at 10:22 AM
If you bring central London to a halt in order to campaign against catastrophic climate change then you're a "barmy" eco "fanatic" who deserves to be locked up.
If you do the same to hang on to your multimillion pound inheritance tax exemption then you're a brave freedom fighter defying the odds
If you do the same to hang on to your multimillion pound inheritance tax exemption then you're a brave freedom fighter defying the odds
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Jeremy Clarkson is turning up to the protest tomorrow.
A reminder that he bought his 312-acre farm in 2012 for £4.25million in HIS OWN WORDS so that he:
*would not be required pay death duties on the land*
A reminder that he bought his 312-acre farm in 2012 for £4.25million in HIS OWN WORDS so that he:
*would not be required pay death duties on the land*
November 18, 2024 at 11:01 PM
Jeremy Clarkson is turning up to the protest tomorrow.
A reminder that he bought his 312-acre farm in 2012 for £4.25million in HIS OWN WORDS so that he:
*would not be required pay death duties on the land*
A reminder that he bought his 312-acre farm in 2012 for £4.25million in HIS OWN WORDS so that he:
*would not be required pay death duties on the land*
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A word on the Allison Pearson free speech row, and what she describes as a ‘Kafkaesque’ threat to it. We asked her on @thenewsagents.bsky.social to discuss.
She said: ‘No. And if you get any aspect of the story wrong my lawyers will be watching.’
Gotta love a free speech warrior 🤷🏻♂️
She said: ‘No. And if you get any aspect of the story wrong my lawyers will be watching.’
Gotta love a free speech warrior 🤷🏻♂️
November 18, 2024 at 4:32 PM
A word on the Allison Pearson free speech row, and what she describes as a ‘Kafkaesque’ threat to it. We asked her on @thenewsagents.bsky.social to discuss.
She said: ‘No. And if you get any aspect of the story wrong my lawyers will be watching.’
Gotta love a free speech warrior 🤷🏻♂️
She said: ‘No. And if you get any aspect of the story wrong my lawyers will be watching.’
Gotta love a free speech warrior 🤷🏻♂️