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Amazing day on Pebble Island yesterday. Thanks to Riki at the Lodge and Luis our ace tour guide. Now for FIGAS back to Stanley!
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every generation loves Rumours. it’s fucking Rumours
November 9, 2025 at 2:55 AM
every generation loves Rumours. it’s fucking Rumours
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Maurice Glasman has made me agree wholeheartedly with George Monbiot. I'm still adjusting to this state of affairs.
After clashing with Maurice Glasman recently, I've come to realise just how pernicious he and his Blue Labour movement are. We could discuss his chumminess with Steve Bannon and JD Vance, endless pandering to the far right and evident hatred of the Labour left. But there's something even worse. 🧵
October 3, 2025 at 11:12 AM
Maurice Glasman has made me agree wholeheartedly with George Monbiot. I'm still adjusting to this state of affairs.
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It didn't work out for me in the race to be deputy leader, but given events today, am sharing this again.
We in Labour are uniquely placed to bring our diverse country together against the forces of hate. When we stand up for each other, we all win.
labourlist.org/2025/09/alis...
We in Labour are uniquely placed to bring our diverse country together against the forces of hate. When we stand up for each other, we all win.
labourlist.org/2025/09/alis...
'We win when we fight together – that's the story Labour needs to tell' - LabourList
We can never give in to the forces that would divide us and send us backwards. The answer is the Labour winning over a broad coalition for our future.
labourlist.org
September 13, 2025 at 9:17 PM
It didn't work out for me in the race to be deputy leader, but given events today, am sharing this again.
We in Labour are uniquely placed to bring our diverse country together against the forces of hate. When we stand up for each other, we all win.
labourlist.org/2025/09/alis...
We in Labour are uniquely placed to bring our diverse country together against the forces of hate. When we stand up for each other, we all win.
labourlist.org/2025/09/alis...
This!! Yesterday, Liverpool was heaving with people doing fun things… going the match, shopping, having a drink. Most people don’t spend their time attacking police officers or putting up flags on lampposts.
Right now, this is an extreme minority magnified by a social media that sends extremes viral. If nobody has the courage to say that’s what it is - & that normal people, even if worried about immigration, spend their Saturdays in Tesco or taking the kids to football - it won’t stay extreme for long.
September 14, 2025 at 8:16 AM
This!! Yesterday, Liverpool was heaving with people doing fun things… going the match, shopping, having a drink. Most people don’t spend their time attacking police officers or putting up flags on lampposts.
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Rudolf Hess might have heard, if not perhaps listened to, ‘Respectable’ by Mel and Kim.
September 9, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Rudolf Hess might have heard, if not perhaps listened to, ‘Respectable’ by Mel and Kim.
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I don’t think any of us expected him to say that.
September 6, 2025 at 8:48 AM
I don’t think any of us expected him to say that.
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"Is Britain about to blow?" asks Matt Goodwin promoted a two hour special event on the subject.
Their greasy desperation for violence and carnage, so they can profit off it, is so disgusting.
Their greasy desperation for violence and carnage, so they can profit off it, is so disgusting.
July 25, 2025 at 8:16 AM
"Is Britain about to blow?" asks Matt Goodwin promoted a two hour special event on the subject.
Their greasy desperation for violence and carnage, so they can profit off it, is so disgusting.
Their greasy desperation for violence and carnage, so they can profit off it, is so disgusting.
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The below is from Merseyside Police’s twitter account. Please don’t speculate or share distressing content online.
May 26, 2025 at 7:26 PM
The below is from Merseyside Police’s twitter account. Please don’t speculate or share distressing content online.
Surprised to find out this wasn't still the case and then I realised it's 13 years since I left university 😰
I have a simple solution to this. Grade students entirely by means of three hour hand-written exams in a big hall with no computers. If they all fail because they never learned to write without AI, sucks to be them
“Massive numbers of students are going to emerge from university with degrees, and into the workforce, who are essentially illiterate…Both in the literal sense and in the sense of being historically illiterate and having no knowledge of their own culture, much less anyone else’s.”
May 7, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Surprised to find out this wasn't still the case and then I realised it's 13 years since I left university 😰
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story of British politics for the past decade is people getting what they want and then fucking *hating* it
Irony is the Conservative Party ought to be joining Steve Baker, Dan Hannan in a victory lap. Conventional wisdom in 2016 was that an FTA with India and accession to CPTPP were pipe-dreams. They won!
May 7, 2025 at 8:34 AM
story of British politics for the past decade is people getting what they want and then fucking *hating* it
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Up until about 5 years ago, I still called the Liscard branch 'Menzies'
March 28, 2025 at 11:12 AM
Up until about 5 years ago, I still called the Liscard branch 'Menzies'
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"What is th charge? Eating a rower? A succulent Chinese rower?"
March 25, 2025 at 10:29 AM
"What is th charge? Eating a rower? A succulent Chinese rower?"
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New phone, Houthis
March 24, 2025 at 6:01 PM
New phone, Houthis
Saw one with a crab hanging out its mouth once and crashed my bike as a result.
I’ve also seen a couple attacking live pigeons… that might just be the Liverpool XL Gullies though.
I’ve also seen a couple attacking live pigeons… that might just be the Liverpool XL Gullies though.
From profiteroles to moles: project uncovers gulls’ surprising diet
From profiteroles to moles: project uncovers gulls’ surprising diet
Salford University findings show gulls are predators – not just opportunists snatching people’s snacks
* In pictures: Octopus? Ice cream? Is there anything gulls don’t eat?
Gulls are renowned for snatching chips from tourists’ hands, but a…
www.theguardian.com
March 15, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Saw one with a crab hanging out its mouth once and crashed my bike as a result.
I’ve also seen a couple attacking live pigeons… that might just be the Liverpool XL Gullies though.
I’ve also seen a couple attacking live pigeons… that might just be the Liverpool XL Gullies though.
📍 Keith’s, Lark Lane, Liverpool.
March 11, 2025 at 12:35 AM
📍 Keith’s, Lark Lane, Liverpool.
Amazing day on Pebble Island yesterday. Thanks to Riki at the Lodge and Luis our ace tour guide. Now for FIGAS back to Stanley!
March 1, 2025 at 10:28 AM
Amazing day on Pebble Island yesterday. Thanks to Riki at the Lodge and Luis our ace tour guide. Now for FIGAS back to Stanley!
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Neville Chamberlain, to do him justice, never amplified under his own byline Hitler's propaganda against the Czechs
February 19, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Neville Chamberlain, to do him justice, never amplified under his own byline Hitler's propaganda against the Czechs
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Have written about JD Vance’s Munich speech. In what may prove to be the biggest week for European security since 1991, it’s time Europe listened to what Trump and his Vice President are telling us. open.substack.com/pub/goodalla...
We need to listen to what Trump and Vance are telling us.
This may have been the biggest moment for European security since 1991.
open.substack.com
February 15, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Have written about JD Vance’s Munich speech. In what may prove to be the biggest week for European security since 1991, it’s time Europe listened to what Trump and his Vice President are telling us. open.substack.com/pub/goodalla...
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All that's missing from the Badenoch statement is the phrase "long time listener, first time caller" at the start.
January 23, 2025 at 6:55 PM
All that's missing from the Badenoch statement is the phrase "long time listener, first time caller" at the start.
Trip out to Camp for the weekend… Beautiful weather and great company but a poor showing on the BBQ!
January 19, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Trip out to Camp for the weekend… Beautiful weather and great company but a poor showing on the BBQ!
What a massive shame, saw her several times as Mrs Johnstone in Blood Brothers - always a stellar performance.
Linda Nolan, singer and television personality, dies aged 65
Linda Nolan, singer and television personality, dies aged 65
Manager says Nolan died ‘with her loving siblings by her bedside’
The singer and TV personality Linda Nolan has died aged 65 “with her loving siblings by her bedside”, her manager said.
More details soon …
Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
January 15, 2025 at 1:16 PM
What a massive shame, saw her several times as Mrs Johnstone in Blood Brothers - always a stellar performance.