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Dave Barnes
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Bird Spotter, 70s bike rider and Everton fan 50+ years - STH South Stand 205. Welcomed Davie back with open arms. Grandad of 6 little Toffees. Politics; well left of Starmer.
#BBCQT Well Mad Nads - where were YOU when Johnson said this? You didn’t care then, you didn’t say anything then why are so so bothered now?
Boris Johnson says '£60m spaffed up the wall' on child abuse inquiries
The former foreign secretary makes the remark while discussing police funding during a radio interview.
news.sky.com
October 25, 2025 at 10:00 AM
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October 20, 2025 at 4:56 PM
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October 17, 2025 at 2:49 PM
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September 21, 2025 at 2:27 PM
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Moving gas plants - which set the price of electricity- out of the market and into a nationally controlled reserve, would take £5bn off the UK’s energy bills

“Renewable energy is cheaper than gas but we’re not reaping all of the benefits clean power brings”

www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Energy users ‘could save £5bn a year’ if gas plants are removed from market
Former energy tsar suggests the ‘radical step’ as one of the few options the government has for cutting bills
www.theguardian.com
September 4, 2025 at 7:38 AM
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I really wonder what would need to happen to disrupt the British media‘s current obsession with immigrants.
I am serious. What would it take to talk about something else? Putin invading a few more countries? Another Prime Minister being hounded out of office? Global economic collapse? A tidal wave?
August 22, 2025 at 7:29 AM
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The human race should be fucking ashamed. That poor little boy 🤬
August 21, 2025 at 7:03 AM
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A glass ceiling for those clubs aspiring to aim higher. Nail on head. ⚽️
August 17, 2025 at 7:59 AM
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This video is bloody excellent.
⏳Final week to sign up to the Green Party.

🗳️ Vote for Bold Leadership on August 1st.
July 26, 2025 at 10:57 PM
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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.
July 25, 2025 at 8:16 AM
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Dear
@BBC

Get Farage off our screens for a while please. A long while. We wld like to see some decent,informed politicians e.g. those from the Green Party.
We know you have an agenda regarding the snake oil salesman but enough is enough.
Yours sincerely,
The UK (decent majority)
July 22, 2025 at 7:20 PM
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🚨SHOCKING: Reform's 'war on Net Zero' will cost the UK up to 1 MILLION jobs through lost green investments.

Who else thinks Reform are simply a MOUTHPIECE for the fossil fuel industry?
July 21, 2025 at 3:57 PM
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Should you be contemplating voting for Reform ask their candidate on your patch what their policies are. And watch a lot of head scratching.
July 11, 2025 at 5:53 AM
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NE India Mandala Road Arunchal Pradesh April with @brianstretch.bsky.social and @andywarr.bsky.social Himalayan Cutia foraging in moss and lichens in middle canopy frankly my pictures do not come close to doing this species justice just a stunner #birds #birdsseenin2025
June 30, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Commissioned this tribute to Goodison Park by my talented Australian Uncle to hang in my lounge. If you’re of a certain age you’ll know the goal!
June 18, 2025 at 5:04 AM
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🌍 Representatives of 24 trade unions as well as MPs—including @ianbyrnemp.bsky.social—delivered a letter to the Prime Minister, requesting he set out a plan to “protect livelihoods, create decent work, and deliver a just transition.” #CANBill www.liverpoolworld.uk/news/liverpo...
Liverpool MP urges Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer to tackle climate crisis head on
A Liverpool MP has joined Britain's biggest trade union leaders in urging Keir Starmer to tackle the climate and nature crises.
www.liverpoolworld.uk
June 17, 2025 at 12:15 PM
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#bbcqt and the BBC is so obsessed with impartiality they have forsaken accuracy
June 12, 2025 at 10:37 PM
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Don't go to Mull. It's shit
May 29, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Hardly put a foot wrong Sean.
Big shoutout for Jake O’Brien.

Endured a really difficult start but kept his head down. Got his opportunity at right-back and helped the team massively.

Now just earned his second clean sheet at centre-back in a week with different partners too. Class act. He’s Everton.
May 26, 2025 at 11:19 AM
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Europe in 26/27 and a crack at those East European ultras, please. One last swan song.
May 25, 2025 at 10:03 PM
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The U.K. fishing industry - weaponised & then betrayed & then abandoned, by Johnson, Farage & the rest of them - is better off under Starmer’s deal than it was under Johnson’s. That’s not an opinion. It’s counting. Anyone claiming otherwise is a liar.
May 19, 2025 at 12:57 PM
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NEW: Taping over a rainbow logo - a very deliberate act.

Former Man Utd star Nemanja Matic was one of two Ligue 1 players to cover the Pride flag colours on his jersey in Saturday’s annual anti-homophobia round.

Another player refused to be in his team’s squad for the fixture.

For @outsports.com
Pro soccer player covers Pride patch on anti-homophobia day - Outsports
Nemanja Matic, formerly of Chelsea and Manchester United, was among two players to stick tape over rainbow Ligue 1 logos. Another again refused to even play.
www.outsports.com
May 18, 2025 at 6:44 PM
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“It’s well-documented and widely accepted how much of a failure Brexit has been. Over the last year, even its most ardent supporters are unable to deny that it has had a disastrous impact on the UK”

www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/net...
May 13, 2025 at 10:39 AM
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Not only are they ignoring climate change—they’re trying to cover up the cost. Shutting down NOAA’s disaster tracking so we can’t see the BILLIONS it’s costing us? This ain’t solving the crisis—it’s hiding it.
US will stop tracking the costs of extreme weather fueled by climate change
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said it will no longer track the cost of weather disasters, including floods, heat waves, wildfires and more
abcnews.go.com
May 9, 2025 at 3:52 PM