Steve Ridding
@riddmiester.bsky.social
Retired, live in Lincolnshire COYS, Cricket, F1, left leaning, brexit was a stupid piece of self harm. Cancer survivor. BROOOOOOCE. #theboss.
Middle class, nerdy, elite peeps all hate Mrs browns boys, I'm a retired builder from lincs, it's still shite.
Middle class, nerdy, elite peeps all hate Mrs browns boys, I'm a retired builder from lincs, it's still shite.
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"Yorkshire Water was privatised in 1989 under the Water Act, launched debt-free and promoted as the start of a new, efficient era.
What followed was anything but. Today, the company carries almost £7bn in debt. Our rivers are polluted, our bills keep rising, and we’re told to pay still more..."
What followed was anything but. Today, the company carries almost £7bn in debt. Our rivers are polluted, our bills keep rising, and we’re told to pay still more..."
Yorkshire Water: it’s time to end the rip-off
Handing the company back to local people would return both control and value to those who need it most
yorkshirebylines.co.uk
November 12, 2025 at 7:58 AM
"Yorkshire Water was privatised in 1989 under the Water Act, launched debt-free and promoted as the start of a new, efficient era.
What followed was anything but. Today, the company carries almost £7bn in debt. Our rivers are polluted, our bills keep rising, and we’re told to pay still more..."
What followed was anything but. Today, the company carries almost £7bn in debt. Our rivers are polluted, our bills keep rising, and we’re told to pay still more..."
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Nowhere in the hysterical pile-on against the BBC in the British press has anyone mentioned that BBC News now has 77 million viewers & listeners in the US and has established itself as the second most trusted news source there.
November 11, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Nowhere in the hysterical pile-on against the BBC in the British press has anyone mentioned that BBC News now has 77 million viewers & listeners in the US and has established itself as the second most trusted news source there.
After a wet and windy walk today, this was most welcome. 😋
October 29, 2025 at 9:01 PM
After a wet and windy walk today, this was most welcome. 😋
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Yes, important lesson from history this one.
October 4, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Yes, important lesson from history this one.
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Good to see the BBC finally getting engaged with this story:
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Nigel Farage faces questions over who funded £885,000 Clacton constituency home
A BBC investigation raises questions about how the Reform UK leader's partner paid for a home in his constituency.
www.bbc.co.uk
September 11, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Good to see the BBC finally getting engaged with this story:
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Dear The BBC and OP ed writers in the UK media,
This is how it's done. Do this.
This is how it's done. Do this.
"To the people of the UK who think this Putin-loving free-speech imposter and Trump sycophant will protect freedom in your country, come on over to America and see what Trump & MAGA are doing to destroy OUR freedom"
Farage has his arse handed to him on a plate.
Farage has his arse handed to him on a plate.
September 3, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Dear The BBC and OP ed writers in the UK media,
This is how it's done. Do this.
This is how it's done. Do this.
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Funnily enough I don't remember reading similar front pages when Jeremy Hunt bought *seven* luxury seaside apartments from a Conservative donor, in breach of his government's own money laundering rules
August 23, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Funnily enough I don't remember reading similar front pages when Jeremy Hunt bought *seven* luxury seaside apartments from a Conservative donor, in breach of his government's own money laundering rules
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Fake victimhood at its finest
Political prisoner, my arse
Political prisoner, my arse
August 23, 2025 at 10:09 AM
Fake victimhood at its finest
Political prisoner, my arse
Political prisoner, my arse
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Ukrainians didn't surrender in 2014, when the world refused even to recognize russian aggression.
Ukrainians didn't surrender in 2022, when the world expected us to fall in 72h.
Ukrainians won't surrender in 2025, either.
For us, freedom and sovereignty are not empty words.
Ukrainians didn't surrender in 2022, when the world expected us to fall in 72h.
Ukrainians won't surrender in 2025, either.
For us, freedom and sovereignty are not empty words.
August 17, 2025 at 7:45 AM
Ukrainians didn't surrender in 2014, when the world refused even to recognize russian aggression.
Ukrainians didn't surrender in 2022, when the world expected us to fall in 72h.
Ukrainians won't surrender in 2025, either.
For us, freedom and sovereignty are not empty words.
Ukrainians didn't surrender in 2022, when the world expected us to fall in 72h.
Ukrainians won't surrender in 2025, either.
For us, freedom and sovereignty are not empty words.
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"'Cause if my eyes don't deceive me, there's something going wrong around here"
Happy 71st birthday to David Ian Jackson, aka Joe Jackson, Born today 11th August 1954
#ClassicRock #MusicSky
Happy 71st birthday to David Ian Jackson, aka Joe Jackson, Born today 11th August 1954
#ClassicRock #MusicSky
August 11, 2025 at 6:46 AM
"'Cause if my eyes don't deceive me, there's something going wrong around here"
Happy 71st birthday to David Ian Jackson, aka Joe Jackson, Born today 11th August 1954
#ClassicRock #MusicSky
Happy 71st birthday to David Ian Jackson, aka Joe Jackson, Born today 11th August 1954
#ClassicRock #MusicSky
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I cannot tell you how many times I have watched this, but I have laughed every time.
August 10, 2025 at 4:48 PM
I cannot tell you how many times I have watched this, but I have laughed every time.
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The threat to our society is not from asylum seekers in small boats. It’s from politicians and media cynically whipping up fear and prejudice, labelling them all as criminals, inciting hatred against people for where and what they’ve fled from.
It must stop. For all our sakes. It’s deeply sinister.
It must stop. For all our sakes. It’s deeply sinister.
August 10, 2025 at 10:22 AM
The threat to our society is not from asylum seekers in small boats. It’s from politicians and media cynically whipping up fear and prejudice, labelling them all as criminals, inciting hatred against people for where and what they’ve fled from.
It must stop. For all our sakes. It’s deeply sinister.
It must stop. For all our sakes. It’s deeply sinister.
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Never judge a book by its cover!
August 9, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Never judge a book by its cover!
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Amazed it took 40 years to reach this conclusion. It was obvious in the 80s, if you bothered to look.
Thatcher used the working-classes' own money to bribe them into voting to destroy their futures, and the Tories have been worshipping her for it ever since.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Thatcher used the working-classes' own money to bribe them into voting to destroy their futures, and the Tories have been worshipping her for it ever since.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Right to buy in England ‘fuelled housing crisis and cost taxpayers £200bn’
Common Wealth report calls discounted sales of council homes one of the ‘largest giveaways in UK history’
www.theguardian.com
August 3, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Amazed it took 40 years to reach this conclusion. It was obvious in the 80s, if you bothered to look.
Thatcher used the working-classes' own money to bribe them into voting to destroy their futures, and the Tories have been worshipping her for it ever since.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Thatcher used the working-classes' own money to bribe them into voting to destroy their futures, and the Tories have been worshipping her for it ever since.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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I've got a back to the future detectorists print with a dent/tear at the bottom, free to a randomly selected good home. Follow/Like/Repost/Reply to be in with a chance of getting it.
August 2, 2025 at 2:51 PM
I've got a back to the future detectorists print with a dent/tear at the bottom, free to a randomly selected good home. Follow/Like/Repost/Reply to be in with a chance of getting it.
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Happy 67th birthday to Catherine Bush CBE , Born today 30th July 1958
"I think quotes are very dangerous things".
#KateBush #StrangerThings #ClassicRock #MusicSky #photography
📸 Gered Mankowitz
"I think quotes are very dangerous things".
#KateBush #StrangerThings #ClassicRock #MusicSky #photography
📸 Gered Mankowitz
July 30, 2025 at 7:15 AM
Happy 67th birthday to Catherine Bush CBE , Born today 30th July 1958
"I think quotes are very dangerous things".
#KateBush #StrangerThings #ClassicRock #MusicSky #photography
📸 Gered Mankowitz
"I think quotes are very dangerous things".
#KateBush #StrangerThings #ClassicRock #MusicSky #photography
📸 Gered Mankowitz
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Little Tommy Ten Names bravely ran away.
July 29, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Little Tommy Ten Names bravely ran away.
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Today is one of the most fateful dates in history: The Austrian Emperor declared war on Serbia in 1914.
It was the beginning of the First World War.
Churchill wrote to his wife: ‘My darling...Everything tends towards catastrophe & collapse. I am interested, geared-up & happy.’
It was the beginning of the First World War.
Churchill wrote to his wife: ‘My darling...Everything tends towards catastrophe & collapse. I am interested, geared-up & happy.’
July 28, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Today is one of the most fateful dates in history: The Austrian Emperor declared war on Serbia in 1914.
It was the beginning of the First World War.
Churchill wrote to his wife: ‘My darling...Everything tends towards catastrophe & collapse. I am interested, geared-up & happy.’
It was the beginning of the First World War.
Churchill wrote to his wife: ‘My darling...Everything tends towards catastrophe & collapse. I am interested, geared-up & happy.’
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She's heard it 🙏
Skegness, one of your absolute finest people right here. Buy her a drink whenever you see her.
July 28, 2025 at 7:07 AM
She's heard it 🙏
First of the season.
July 27, 2025 at 2:13 PM
First of the season.
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22nd July 1977 Elvis Costello released his debut studio album "My Aim Is True" ,the album peaked top 20 in the UK album charts. Album cover artwork photography by 📸Keith Morris.
#AlbumOfTheDay #ElvisCostello #ClassicRock #MusicSky
#AlbumOfTheDay #ElvisCostello #ClassicRock #MusicSky
July 22, 2025 at 6:43 AM
22nd July 1977 Elvis Costello released his debut studio album "My Aim Is True" ,the album peaked top 20 in the UK album charts. Album cover artwork photography by 📸Keith Morris.
#AlbumOfTheDay #ElvisCostello #ClassicRock #MusicSky
#AlbumOfTheDay #ElvisCostello #ClassicRock #MusicSky