@shandyman.bsky.social
Retired - English; left leaning; indie guitar music; PNEFC; dogs
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“Let me just get some proof of delivery”
Didn’t find a subscription left under your Christmas tree? Treat yourself! 🎁
➡️ Get 26 issues for just £48. Subscribe: checkout.private-eye.co.uk/SingleItem?I...
Didn’t find a subscription left under your Christmas tree? Treat yourself! 🎁
➡️ Get 26 issues for just £48. Subscribe: checkout.private-eye.co.uk/SingleItem?I...
December 25, 2025 at 9:03 AM
“Let me just get some proof of delivery”
Didn’t find a subscription left under your Christmas tree? Treat yourself! 🎁
➡️ Get 26 issues for just £48. Subscribe: checkout.private-eye.co.uk/SingleItem?I...
Didn’t find a subscription left under your Christmas tree? Treat yourself! 🎁
➡️ Get 26 issues for just £48. Subscribe: checkout.private-eye.co.uk/SingleItem?I...
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Every year, people mock this tree. But I love it anyway.
It reminds us that if we stand together in tough times, we can overcome anything.
Merry Christmas from my family to yours. 🎄✨
It reminds us that if we stand together in tough times, we can overcome anything.
Merry Christmas from my family to yours. 🎄✨
December 24, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Every year, people mock this tree. But I love it anyway.
It reminds us that if we stand together in tough times, we can overcome anything.
Merry Christmas from my family to yours. 🎄✨
It reminds us that if we stand together in tough times, we can overcome anything.
Merry Christmas from my family to yours. 🎄✨
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Raynor Winn’s new book: The Garden Path
December 23, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Raynor Winn’s new book: The Garden Path
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Hunts still chase foxes when they can get away with it bit.ly/48QV625 drone footage shows
King and Queen’s former hunt filmed as hounds ‘chase fox’
The Beaufort hunt, with which Charles and Camilla used to ride, has been accused of illegal activity as ministers move to ban trail hunting entirely
bit.ly
December 23, 2025 at 7:12 AM
Hunts still chase foxes when they can get away with it bit.ly/48QV625 drone footage shows
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"I said Tommy Robinson really stood up for himself when that boxer confronted him in Dubai. What did I say Roy?"
"You said the coked-up little prick shat his pants"
"You said the coked-up little prick shat his pants"
December 21, 2025 at 8:01 PM
"I said Tommy Robinson really stood up for himself when that boxer confronted him in Dubai. What did I say Roy?"
"You said the coked-up little prick shat his pants"
"You said the coked-up little prick shat his pants"
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Commentatorballs: collecting the very best of the wisdom of pundits. These are all real quotes from real commentators.
Watch ‘An Evening with Private Eye 2025’ in full, on Private Eye’s YouTube channel now.
Watch ‘An Evening with Private Eye 2025’ in full, on Private Eye’s YouTube channel now.
December 21, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Commentatorballs: collecting the very best of the wisdom of pundits. These are all real quotes from real commentators.
Watch ‘An Evening with Private Eye 2025’ in full, on Private Eye’s YouTube channel now.
Watch ‘An Evening with Private Eye 2025’ in full, on Private Eye’s YouTube channel now.
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We've done some boxing by mistake
December 21, 2025 at 10:32 AM
We've done some boxing by mistake
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It's a sad day when patriotic hero Tommy Robinson can't visit a Muslim country and get his arse handed to him and publicly shit himself.
December 20, 2025 at 6:13 PM
It's a sad day when patriotic hero Tommy Robinson can't visit a Muslim country and get his arse handed to him and publicly shit himself.
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Jo Cox was murdered before the vote by a far-right terrorist & this is the language this complete disgrace chooses to use
December 20, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Jo Cox was murdered before the vote by a far-right terrorist & this is the language this complete disgrace chooses to use
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I also want to say thank you to the person who introduced me to the French word 'beaucoup' this year. It means a lot.
December 19, 2025 at 1:32 PM
I also want to say thank you to the person who introduced me to the French word 'beaucoup' this year. It means a lot.
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Auditors and new officials have been turning over stones at the body in charge of Teesworks. Turns out the Tees Valley Combined Authority has been lending hundreds of millions of £ to connected orgs, without loan agreements, and those orgs are now struggling to repay
as.ft.com/r/ac457745-4...
as.ft.com/r/ac457745-4...
Auditors raise red flags at public body run by Ben Houchen
[FREE TO READ] EY said errors included ‘material misstatements’ in latest setback for Conservative metro mayor Lord Houchen
as.ft.com
December 18, 2025 at 9:25 AM
Auditors and new officials have been turning over stones at the body in charge of Teesworks. Turns out the Tees Valley Combined Authority has been lending hundreds of millions of £ to connected orgs, without loan agreements, and those orgs are now struggling to repay
as.ft.com/r/ac457745-4...
as.ft.com/r/ac457745-4...
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Keir Starmer goes after Nigel Farage at PMQs:
"Apparently the leader of Reform is in the lounge."
"I know he likes an early getaway at Christmas to get to his place in France."
"Apparently the leader of Reform is in the lounge."
"I know he likes an early getaway at Christmas to get to his place in France."
December 17, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Keir Starmer goes after Nigel Farage at PMQs:
"Apparently the leader of Reform is in the lounge."
"I know he likes an early getaway at Christmas to get to his place in France."
"Apparently the leader of Reform is in the lounge."
"I know he likes an early getaway at Christmas to get to his place in France."
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🎶he sees you when you're sleeping
he knows when you're awake
his vision's based on movement
and the heat signature you make🎶
he knows when you're awake
his vision's based on movement
and the heat signature you make🎶
December 17, 2025 at 9:37 AM
🎶he sees you when you're sleeping
he knows when you're awake
his vision's based on movement
and the heat signature you make🎶
he knows when you're awake
his vision's based on movement
and the heat signature you make🎶
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I’m not often lost for words but…
December 15, 2025 at 4:00 PM
I’m not often lost for words but…
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Donald Trump siding with soulmate tyrant Vladimir Putin against Britain, France, Germany, Europe itself and particularly invaded Ukraine is the moment to stop pretending this US President is any kind of ally.
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
'Donald Trump siding with 'soulmate tyrant' Putin means UK can't rely on US'
'Brexit has proved catastrophic – an economic calamity – and the migration its backers falsely claimed would fall actually soared after EU freedom of movement ended'
www.mirror.co.uk
December 15, 2025 at 9:28 AM
Donald Trump siding with soulmate tyrant Vladimir Putin against Britain, France, Germany, Europe itself and particularly invaded Ukraine is the moment to stop pretending this US President is any kind of ally.
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
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This ludicrous Telegraph piece calls the bonus Labour’s bit.ly/4j2gEwg it was introduced in 1972 by Edward Heath (Conservative) and was worth far more than a week’s pension which was £6.75. It has never been cancelled by any govt (Conservative or Labour) or uprated.
Labour’s Christmas bonus. It’s for welfare claimants of course
Gloomy clouds gather over the private sector
bit.ly
December 14, 2025 at 10:52 AM
This ludicrous Telegraph piece calls the bonus Labour’s bit.ly/4j2gEwg it was introduced in 1972 by Edward Heath (Conservative) and was worth far more than a week’s pension which was £6.75. It has never been cancelled by any govt (Conservative or Labour) or uprated.
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"..the Lord said I was hungry and you told me I could make a meal for 30p, I was a stranger and you said 'fuck off back where you came from', I was sick and you said we should replace the NHS with private health insurance..."
December 13, 2025 at 8:43 AM
"..the Lord said I was hungry and you told me I could make a meal for 30p, I was a stranger and you said 'fuck off back where you came from', I was sick and you said we should replace the NHS with private health insurance..."
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this isn’t very free speech-y of the free speech champs
Citizens of countries including the UK and France will have to disclose the past five years of their social media history to visit the US even though they are covered by visa waiver schemes, under new proposals by the Trump administration.
www.ft.com/content/683b...
www.ft.com/content/683b...
US to require social media disclosure for visa-waiver requests
Change would affect visitors from countries including the UK, France and Australia
www.ft.com
December 10, 2025 at 8:09 PM
this isn’t very free speech-y of the free speech champs
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Imagine the right-wing reaction if Starmer or Biden had proposed something like this
Citizens of countries including the UK and France will have to disclose the past five years of their social media history to visit the US even though they are covered by visa waiver schemes, under new proposals by the Trump administration.
www.ft.com/content/683b...
www.ft.com/content/683b...
US to require social media disclosure for visa-waiver requests
Change would affect visitors from countries including the UK, France and Australia
www.ft.com
December 10, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Imagine the right-wing reaction if Starmer or Biden had proposed something like this
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Five years social media, contacts, and emails before you can enter the land of the free where free speech is protected by the Constitution bit.ly/44m92hP I don’t think I’ll be going for a while! Nor will Rishi Sunak who seems to lose his messages whenever he changes phones!
US plans to start checking all tourists' social media
The potential social media mandate being proposed by Customs and Border Protection (CBP) would apply to anyone visiting, whether they require a visa or not.
bit.ly
December 10, 2025 at 8:53 AM
Five years social media, contacts, and emails before you can enter the land of the free where free speech is protected by the Constitution bit.ly/44m92hP I don’t think I’ll be going for a while! Nor will Rishi Sunak who seems to lose his messages whenever he changes phones!
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December 9, 2025 at 9:23 AM