Rob L
@robales.bsky.social
Angry yet helpless serf in the land of red buses and blue blooded babies. Fan of Mother Earth, community, the selfless and Oldham Athletic FC (coincidentally, also a borderline alcoholic) #oafc
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Brutal. A humiliation ritual.
August 27, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Brutal. A humiliation ritual.
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Some people in recent days have alleged a ‘cover-up’ over the grooming & rape of hundreds of young girls in predominantly northern UK towns, leading to calls for a ‘national’ public inquiry into child sexual exploitation
FWIW here’s a non-exhaustive list of inquiries into #CSE in last 12 yrs…
FWIW here’s a non-exhaustive list of inquiries into #CSE in last 12 yrs…
January 4, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Some people in recent days have alleged a ‘cover-up’ over the grooming & rape of hundreds of young girls in predominantly northern UK towns, leading to calls for a ‘national’ public inquiry into child sexual exploitation
FWIW here’s a non-exhaustive list of inquiries into #CSE in last 12 yrs…
FWIW here’s a non-exhaustive list of inquiries into #CSE in last 12 yrs…
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It’s a fiscal pothole all on its own. Absolute clowns.
In July, I FOI'd the Home Office for the full breakdown of spending on the Rwanda scheme
I was refused because the government planned to publish the data in future, and today is the day. These numbers are in millions
www.gov.uk/government/p...
I was refused because the government planned to publish the data in future, and today is the day. These numbers are in millions
www.gov.uk/government/p...
December 2, 2024 at 5:35 PM
It’s a fiscal pothole all on its own. Absolute clowns.
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Horrifyingly accurate from Edith Pritchett in the Guardian…
November 25, 2024 at 11:11 AM
Horrifyingly accurate from Edith Pritchett in the Guardian…
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A list of bands in order of efficacy:
3. Placebo
2. The Cure
1. Prevention
3. Placebo
2. The Cure
1. Prevention
November 22, 2024 at 12:05 PM
A list of bands in order of efficacy:
3. Placebo
2. The Cure
1. Prevention
3. Placebo
2. The Cure
1. Prevention
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Top tip for campaigners annoyed about their large protests on important issues never getting much coverage: Why not simply become a wealthy farmer owning >£3 million in land, with a weekly column in The Sun
November 19, 2024 at 1:10 PM
Top tip for campaigners annoyed about their large protests on important issues never getting much coverage: Why not simply become a wealthy farmer owning >£3 million in land, with a weekly column in The Sun
Jeremy Clarkson is to farming what I am to opera singing. The big, privileged, attention seeking 🔔
Man who told The Times in 2021 that he’d only bought his £4.25m farm to avoid paying inheritance tax to lead protest against inheritance tax 😂🤣😂 www.thesun.co.uk/news/3179317...
Clarkson defies docs to lead 20,000 farmers protesting against 'tractor tax'
JEREMY Clarkson will defy health fears to join up to 20,000 farmers protesting in Westminster over the hated “tractor tax”. The Clarkson’s Farm star, 64 — recovering after a life-saving heart op — …
www.thesun.co.uk
November 19, 2024 at 8:25 AM
Jeremy Clarkson is to farming what I am to opera singing. The big, privileged, attention seeking 🔔
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Whoever wrote that rhyme about magpies can fuck off. Does anyone else ever see more than one of the pied bastards at a time?
November 17, 2024 at 12:11 PM
Whoever wrote that rhyme about magpies can fuck off. Does anyone else ever see more than one of the pied bastards at a time?
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Word of the Day is a true favourite, as some of you will know.
Apricity (17th century) is the warmth of the sun on a winter’s day.
Apricity (17th century) is the warmth of the sun on a winter’s day.
November 17, 2024 at 10:09 AM
Word of the Day is a true favourite, as some of you will know.
Apricity (17th century) is the warmth of the sun on a winter’s day.
Apricity (17th century) is the warmth of the sun on a winter’s day.
Been like 13°C all autumn until about Weds. Overheard in Co-op this morning, two old dears ‘ooh I’m sick of this cold now’ 😂
November 16, 2024 at 12:19 PM
Been like 13°C all autumn until about Weds. Overheard in Co-op this morning, two old dears ‘ooh I’m sick of this cold now’ 😂
Far more entertaining than the game, tbf 👏
Good tip for anyone travelling to the capital who likes craft beer, by the way…the Bermondsey Beer Mile…I’d never heard of it til last week, but it certainly helped while away 3 hours pre-Barnet, highly recommended 🍻🍻
Good tip for anyone travelling to the capital who likes craft beer, by the way…the Bermondsey Beer Mile…I’d never heard of it til last week, but it certainly helped while away 3 hours pre-Barnet, highly recommended 🍻🍻
I won't lie, it's a challenge trying to find something to say about a 0-0 draw. This week's blog for @oldhamfanmedia.bsky.social #oafc
www.weareoldham.co.uk/post/don-t-w...
www.weareoldham.co.uk/post/don-t-w...
Don't worry, Bee happy
I will not lie to you, comrades. It is MUCH easier to write 1400 fairly interesting words about a very enjoyable win at Tranmere than it is to write about a 0-0 draw at a Southern Leisure Centre. Nevertheless, I shall persist.Firstly, let’s call a spade a spade. How rubbish was the TV coverage? The camerawork was all over the place, often not keeping up with the play. The half-time ‘analysis’ was an absolute shambles – the sound had gone, the pundits didn’t appear to know they were on air, someo
www.weareoldham.co.uk
November 16, 2024 at 10:45 AM
Far more entertaining than the game, tbf 👏
Good tip for anyone travelling to the capital who likes craft beer, by the way…the Bermondsey Beer Mile…I’d never heard of it til last week, but it certainly helped while away 3 hours pre-Barnet, highly recommended 🍻🍻
Good tip for anyone travelling to the capital who likes craft beer, by the way…the Bermondsey Beer Mile…I’d never heard of it til last week, but it certainly helped while away 3 hours pre-Barnet, highly recommended 🍻🍻
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But Muuuuuuuum, I don't want to learn to Joust!
November 16, 2024 at 8:16 AM
But Muuuuuuuum, I don't want to learn to Joust!
Think we can safely knock 4°C off those temps at BP #oafc
SATURDAY
Some rain/drizzle moving SE during the morning. This will ease late-morning & cooler air will arrive along with some brightness.
Staying mostly cloudy later on with showers arriving into the evening. Some falling hail & sleet on the tops.
Max 11°C (early on) Min 2°C
Some rain/drizzle moving SE during the morning. This will ease late-morning & cooler air will arrive along with some brightness.
Staying mostly cloudy later on with showers arriving into the evening. Some falling hail & sleet on the tops.
Max 11°C (early on) Min 2°C
November 15, 2024 at 5:32 PM
Think we can safely knock 4°C off those temps at BP #oafc
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‘At the last COP, fossil fuel lobbyists outnumbered representatives of scientific institutions, Indigenous communities and vulnerable nations’ C Figueres (ex UN) . We don’t have time for this corrupt and inept fiasco - we are being failed www.bbc.com/news/article...
COP29: UN climate talks 'no longer fit for purpose' say experts
Call for change comes after host country Azerbaijan's president calls oil and gas a 'gift of God'
www.bbc.com
November 15, 2024 at 7:29 AM
‘At the last COP, fossil fuel lobbyists outnumbered representatives of scientific institutions, Indigenous communities and vulnerable nations’ C Figueres (ex UN) . We don’t have time for this corrupt and inept fiasco - we are being failed www.bbc.com/news/article...
You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villany
YouTube video by Gabriel Syme
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November 15, 2024 at 6:02 AM
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Here's another great starter pack including lots of political voices you might have been following on "the hell site"
Thanks @joshfwd.bsky.social for putting it together
Just one click to follow all ...or pick from the list..
go.bsky.app/FpbsVro
Thanks @joshfwd.bsky.social for putting it together
Just one click to follow all ...or pick from the list..
go.bsky.app/FpbsVro
November 13, 2024 at 2:57 PM
Here's another great starter pack including lots of political voices you might have been following on "the hell site"
Thanks @joshfwd.bsky.social for putting it together
Just one click to follow all ...or pick from the list..
go.bsky.app/FpbsVro
Thanks @joshfwd.bsky.social for putting it together
Just one click to follow all ...or pick from the list..
go.bsky.app/FpbsVro