Andy B
@sheffieldskate.bsky.social
#Pompey fan born in #Basingstoke lived in #Hull lives in #Sheffield when I'm not watching the blues I'm watching the blues #Hallamfc
Watching #England tonight and over the last few games makes you think we wasted at least 2 tournaments with whith Southgate who was actually completely shit
November 13, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Watching #England tonight and over the last few games makes you think we wasted at least 2 tournaments with whith Southgate who was actually completely shit
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Morrell was short in stature but an absolute giant in #Pompey title-winning dressing room. When he got injured, he wasn’t truly replaced in midfield, but that promotion juggernaut was never stopping. An intelligent interviewee, top guy and superb pro. Forever in Fratton folklore.
October 20, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Morrell was short in stature but an absolute giant in #Pompey title-winning dressing room. When he got injured, he wasn’t truly replaced in midfield, but that promotion juggernaut was never stopping. An intelligent interviewee, top guy and superb pro. Forever in Fratton folklore.
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On the money.
The murder of Charlie Kirk was criminal, wrong, and should be condemned.
And Charlie Kirk was a horrible, hateful man who spent his life radicalizing young people to embrace their worst demons by targeting women, people of color, immigrants, and the marginalized.
I refuse to sanitize him.
And Charlie Kirk was a horrible, hateful man who spent his life radicalizing young people to embrace their worst demons by targeting women, people of color, immigrants, and the marginalized.
I refuse to sanitize him.
September 11, 2025 at 7:33 AM
On the money.
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Charlie Kirk was killed for saying things "that used to be simple common sense," says Boris Johnson.
Here's a few of those things
Here's a few of those things
September 11, 2025 at 8:49 AM
Charlie Kirk was killed for saying things "that used to be simple common sense," says Boris Johnson.
Here's a few of those things
Here's a few of those things
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The bigger point: stamp duty is a confusing mess. The tax shouldn't exist. The second home surcharge is daft.
Why are we taxing someone who buys two £500k homes £55k (£15k + £40k),
But someone who buys one £1m home £43k?
Where's the logic?
Why are we taxing someone who buys two £500k homes £55k (£15k + £40k),
But someone who buys one £1m home £43k?
Where's the logic?
September 3, 2025 at 12:15 PM
The bigger point: stamp duty is a confusing mess. The tax shouldn't exist. The second home surcharge is daft.
Why are we taxing someone who buys two £500k homes £55k (£15k + £40k),
But someone who buys one £1m home £43k?
Where's the logic?
Why are we taxing someone who buys two £500k homes £55k (£15k + £40k),
But someone who buys one £1m home £43k?
Where's the logic?
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University redundancies in recent days: Bournemouth, Cranfield, Edinburgh, Edinburgh Napier, UCL. And this is before the deluge that will start in the new academic year. An urgent, overwhelming danger to key national assets. Nothing will be done.
August 28, 2025 at 2:47 PM
University redundancies in recent days: Bournemouth, Cranfield, Edinburgh, Edinburgh Napier, UCL. And this is before the deluge that will start in the new academic year. An urgent, overwhelming danger to key national assets. Nothing will be done.
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'Bishop continues to be a talismanic presence for #Pompey and even when battered, bruised and unable to walk - like Saturday - he somehow manages to pick himself up and strike back.' My verdict on 1-1 draw at West Brom.
West Brom 1 Pompey 1: Neil Allen's verdict - He gets knocked down, he gets up again
A hard-earned point for the Blues at West Brom, with their talismanic striker bouncing back yet again
www.portsmouth.co.uk
August 24, 2025 at 10:35 AM
'Bishop continues to be a talismanic presence for #Pompey and even when battered, bruised and unable to walk - like Saturday - he somehow manages to pick himself up and strike back.' My verdict on 1-1 draw at West Brom.
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The Ukrainian resistance to the Russian invasion is the reason I came back to social media.
There are many heroes in that resistance, but for me it began with the crucial decision of President Zelenskyy to refuse to surrender or evacuate.
✊🇺🇦 #SlavaUkraine
There are many heroes in that resistance, but for me it began with the crucial decision of President Zelenskyy to refuse to surrender or evacuate.
✊🇺🇦 #SlavaUkraine
July 27, 2025 at 12:27 PM
The Ukrainian resistance to the Russian invasion is the reason I came back to social media.
There are many heroes in that resistance, but for me it began with the crucial decision of President Zelenskyy to refuse to surrender or evacuate.
✊🇺🇦 #SlavaUkraine
There are many heroes in that resistance, but for me it began with the crucial decision of President Zelenskyy to refuse to surrender or evacuate.
✊🇺🇦 #SlavaUkraine
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There is *something* in this, in the sense that there are identifiable DNA haplogroups in which you can roughly tell where someone is from.
So there's an identifiable west European Y-DNA group that takes in England.... and several other countries
So there's an identifiable west European Y-DNA group that takes in England.... and several other countries
June 30, 2025 at 7:19 PM
There is *something* in this, in the sense that there are identifiable DNA haplogroups in which you can roughly tell where someone is from.
So there's an identifiable west European Y-DNA group that takes in England.... and several other countries
So there's an identifiable west European Y-DNA group that takes in England.... and several other countries
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"Israel is doing the West a huge service — for which the Jewish state is paying in blood — that much of the West still obdurately refuses to realise" | ✍️ Melanie Phillips
Wake up West, Iran is a threat to us all
Israel was told that Tehran’s nuclear potential was at a critical point and had no choice but to attack
www.thetimes.com
June 17, 2025 at 10:20 PM
"Israel is doing the West a huge service — for which the Jewish state is paying in blood — that much of the West still obdurately refuses to realise" | ✍️ Melanie Phillips
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'Tens of millions of people died as a direct result of Stalin’s policies between 1924 and his death. These policies included the forced collectivisation of agriculture, the Gulag labour camp system and the “great terror”' But 'By 2023, 63% of Russians had an overall positive view of his leadership.'
Why is Stalin back in the Moscow metro?
Joseph Stalin is making a comeback in Russia.
theconversation.com
June 17, 2025 at 7:13 AM
'Tens of millions of people died as a direct result of Stalin’s policies between 1924 and his death. These policies included the forced collectivisation of agriculture, the Gulag labour camp system and the “great terror”' But 'By 2023, 63% of Russians had an overall positive view of his leadership.'
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London buses are covered in adverts urging us all to watch this for free through DAZN, a streaming service owned by the ever-curious character of Len Blavatnick (whose representatives will phone you all weekend if you dare to call him an “oligarch”), who used $1bn of Saudi cash to buy the rights.
Really has cheered me up watching the collective indifference of football fans to the new Club World Cup.
I mean just look at this nonsense. Surprised Delap isn’t starting to be honest. I’ve never seen any pre season game be this bad in attendance terms!
June 16, 2025 at 9:24 PM
London buses are covered in adverts urging us all to watch this for free through DAZN, a streaming service owned by the ever-curious character of Len Blavatnick (whose representatives will phone you all weekend if you dare to call him an “oligarch”), who used $1bn of Saudi cash to buy the rights.
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“Few things unite supporters of Reform like opposition to benefits for anyone other than themselves. While the removal of the Winter Fuel Allowance was cruel and callous penny-pinching, the two-child cap is, if anything, far too generous”
Is Reform a right-wing party?
If the problem with Labour is that it believes in nothing, the problem with Reform is that it believes in everything
www.spectator.co.uk
June 9, 2025 at 8:42 AM
“Few things unite supporters of Reform like opposition to benefits for anyone other than themselves. While the removal of the Winter Fuel Allowance was cruel and callous penny-pinching, the two-child cap is, if anything, far too generous”
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You wish. Trouble is they also understand the (im)moral and political power of those who already own their homes and don't want anymore built where they live lest it spoil their views, lower their house prices (and/or 'the tone' of their neighbourhoods), and let in NIMBY Lib Dems. See 2010-2024.
Simon Clarke: Conservatives understand the moral and political power of homeownership | Conservative Home
We need to face up to the hard truth that every planning rejection in a high-demand area is not just a lost home—it is a lost voter, a lost future, and a fraying thread in the Conservative social cont...
conservativehome.com
June 3, 2025 at 10:21 AM
You wish. Trouble is they also understand the (im)moral and political power of those who already own their homes and don't want anymore built where they live lest it spoil their views, lower their house prices (and/or 'the tone' of their neighbourhoods), and let in NIMBY Lib Dems. See 2010-2024.
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🎙️ New Podcast: Bursaspor
We’re joined by Uygar, Cafer and Fatih to hear the unique story of Bursaspor.
From Süper Lig champions to the 3. Lig in 14 years, Bursaspor fans have had their fair share of ups and downs.
Listen on your preferred platform here ⬇️
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We’re joined by Uygar, Cafer and Fatih to hear the unique story of Bursaspor.
From Süper Lig champions to the 3. Lig in 14 years, Bursaspor fans have had their fair share of ups and downs.
Listen on your preferred platform here ⬇️
linktr.ee/footyheritage
June 2, 2025 at 6:02 PM
🎙️ New Podcast: Bursaspor
We’re joined by Uygar, Cafer and Fatih to hear the unique story of Bursaspor.
From Süper Lig champions to the 3. Lig in 14 years, Bursaspor fans have had their fair share of ups and downs.
Listen on your preferred platform here ⬇️
linktr.ee/footyheritage
We’re joined by Uygar, Cafer and Fatih to hear the unique story of Bursaspor.
From Süper Lig champions to the 3. Lig in 14 years, Bursaspor fans have had their fair share of ups and downs.
Listen on your preferred platform here ⬇️
linktr.ee/footyheritage
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One of the funniest jokes in TV history big RIP
June 2, 2025 at 4:18 PM
One of the funniest jokes in TV history big RIP
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People apparently think they’re being clever when they tell abuse victims to leave once a relationship turns abusive. In reality they’re demonstrating they know nothing about how abuse works at either a psychological or practical level
June 1, 2025 at 12:49 AM
People apparently think they’re being clever when they tell abuse victims to leave once a relationship turns abusive. In reality they’re demonstrating they know nothing about how abuse works at either a psychological or practical level
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Keir Starmer has found Nigel Farage’s weak spot – and it is Trussonomics. Me for @the-independent.com www.independent.co.uk/voices/keir-...
Keir Starmer has found Nigel Farage’s weak spot – and it is Trussonomics
The prime minister looks as if he is being pushed around by five-MP Reform, but at least he is taking the fight to them on issues that matter to the voters, writes John Rentoul
www.independent.co.uk
May 29, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Keir Starmer has found Nigel Farage’s weak spot – and it is Trussonomics. Me for @the-independent.com www.independent.co.uk/voices/keir-...
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SSE's annual results show that energy companies continue to profiteer from the pockets of everyday people. The cost of living crisis isn't over yet SSE is making billions and lining the pockets of their overseas shareholders. 🧵1️⃣
May 22, 2025 at 8:03 AM
SSE's annual results show that energy companies continue to profiteer from the pockets of everyday people. The cost of living crisis isn't over yet SSE is making billions and lining the pockets of their overseas shareholders. 🧵1️⃣