Charles Metcalfe
@thewinesinger.bsky.social
Lover of wine, food and cooking. Passionately European. Believer in proportional representation.
More pie and wine | Jancis Robinson www.jancisrobinson.com/articles/mor...
More pie and wine
www.jancisrobinson.com
November 29, 2025 at 4:20 PM
More pie and wine | Jancis Robinson www.jancisrobinson.com/articles/mor...
Fascinating article by Dave Broom on whiskies made by winemakers.
Whisky with a winemaker's palate | Jancis Robinson www.jancisrobinson.com/articles/whi...
Whisky with a winemaker's palate | Jancis Robinson www.jancisrobinson.com/articles/whi...
Whisky with a winemaker's palate
www.jancisrobinson.com
September 29, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Fascinating article by Dave Broom on whiskies made by winemakers.
Whisky with a winemaker's palate | Jancis Robinson www.jancisrobinson.com/articles/whi...
Whisky with a winemaker's palate | Jancis Robinson www.jancisrobinson.com/articles/whi...
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Release the Epstein files!!!
September 17, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Release the Epstein files!!!
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Banbury’s Labour MP Sean Woodcock has called out roundabouts being painted with red and white flags as “vandalism”, saying “it doesn’t honour our nation, it disrespects it… we must reject racism and bigotry outright.” oxfordclarion.uk/we-must-neve...
“We must never sacrifice our decency or humanity”
Banbury MP Sean Woodcock weighs in to the debate on flags, and outlines his thoughts on national pride and Labour's progress in their change agenda.
Pride in our country
I am immensely proud to cal...
oxfordclarion.uk
September 17, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Banbury’s Labour MP Sean Woodcock has called out roundabouts being painted with red and white flags as “vandalism”, saying “it doesn’t honour our nation, it disrespects it… we must reject racism and bigotry outright.” oxfordclarion.uk/we-must-neve...
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Wait a minute, where is Kemi Badenoch and Nigel Farage to defend our free speech?
🚨Watch as police confiscate van showing Jeffrey Epstein and Donald Trump in Windsor amid the US president's state visit
September 17, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Wait a minute, where is Kemi Badenoch and Nigel Farage to defend our free speech?
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WHAT? @ledbydonkeys.org message
Just appalling. It seems Tommy Robinson (whilst on bail?) and Elon Musk can cause massive disruption and fear and make hideously offensive speech without arrest but not entirely peaceful @ledbydonkeys.org and not anti- Palestine genocide protestors
Just appalling. It seems Tommy Robinson (whilst on bail?) and Elon Musk can cause massive disruption and fear and make hideously offensive speech without arrest but not entirely peaceful @ledbydonkeys.org and not anti- Palestine genocide protestors
September 17, 2025 at 11:31 AM
WHAT? @ledbydonkeys.org message
Just appalling. It seems Tommy Robinson (whilst on bail?) and Elon Musk can cause massive disruption and fear and make hideously offensive speech without arrest but not entirely peaceful @ledbydonkeys.org and not anti- Palestine genocide protestors
Just appalling. It seems Tommy Robinson (whilst on bail?) and Elon Musk can cause massive disruption and fear and make hideously offensive speech without arrest but not entirely peaceful @ledbydonkeys.org and not anti- Palestine genocide protestors
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Kudos to @seanlwoodcock.bsky.social 🙏🙏👏👏🌹🌹
Banbury’s Labour MP Sean Woodcock has called out roundabouts being painted with red and white flags as “vandalism”, saying “it doesn’t honour our nation, it disrespects it… we must reject racism and bigotry outright.” oxfordclarion.uk/we-must-neve...
“We must never sacrifice our decency or humanity”
Banbury MP Sean Woodcock weighs in to the debate on flags, and outlines his thoughts on national pride and Labour's progress in their change agenda.
Pride in our country
I am immensely proud to cal...
oxfordclarion.uk
September 17, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Kudos to @seanlwoodcock.bsky.social 🙏🙏👏👏🌹🌹
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Whatever Donald Trump discussed with Vladimir Putin in Alaska last month, the outcome has only been a stepped increase in Russian aggression that has now forced Nato’s military into action. On Tuesday night 19 Russian drones entered Poland's airspace.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...
Drones in Poland are another unsettling post-Alaska escalation by Russia
Kremlin’s war in Ukraine has spilled over into Nato country – but whether to create fear or test response, aim is unclear
www.theguardian.com
September 10, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Whatever Donald Trump discussed with Vladimir Putin in Alaska last month, the outcome has only been a stepped increase in Russian aggression that has now forced Nato’s military into action. On Tuesday night 19 Russian drones entered Poland's airspace.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...
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The President of the United States is a pedophile child sex trafficker conman who is destroying the American economy and democratic republic in order to install a Techno-/Christo-fascist Kleptoligarchy whilst helping a Russian dictator to start World War II.
And that’s not even the half of it.
And that’s not even the half of it.
September 10, 2025 at 3:13 PM
The President of the United States is a pedophile child sex trafficker conman who is destroying the American economy and democratic republic in order to install a Techno-/Christo-fascist Kleptoligarchy whilst helping a Russian dictator to start World War II.
And that’s not even the half of it.
And that’s not even the half of it.
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🚨It’s his signature 100%
September 10, 2025 at 2:25 PM
🚨It’s his signature 100%
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Danish patriots been out and about.
September 10, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Danish patriots been out and about.
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Good for Chuck!💪
"Schumer took a brazen procedural step on the Senate floor in order to trigger the vote." www.cnn.com/2025/09/10/p...
"Schumer took a brazen procedural step on the Senate floor in order to trigger the vote." www.cnn.com/2025/09/10/p...
Schumer moves to force vote on Epstein files release in brazen breach of Senate protocol | CNN Politics
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer moved on Wednesday to force a vote on releasing documents related to the Jeffrey Epstein case, putting the contentious issue front-and-center in the chamber.
www.cnn.com
September 10, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Good for Chuck!💪
"Schumer took a brazen procedural step on the Senate floor in order to trigger the vote." www.cnn.com/2025/09/10/p...
"Schumer took a brazen procedural step on the Senate floor in order to trigger the vote." www.cnn.com/2025/09/10/p...
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This is just off the scale.
Reform will have to reselect in Croydon, as their initial candidate for Mayor had been dead for 6 months when they selected her, Inside Croydon report
Being dead is one way to pass the social media vetting but was likely to get noticed eventually
insidecroydon.com/2025/08/27/f...
Being dead is one way to pass the social media vetting but was likely to get noticed eventually
insidecroydon.com/2025/08/27/f...
Farage party picked a dead woman to run for Croydon Mayor
EXCLUSIVE: Sharon Carby, aged 70, from Bradford, sadly died in July 2024. But that didn’t stop Reform UK six months later picking her as their Croydon mayoral candidate. By our Political Edit…
insidecroydon.com
August 28, 2025 at 6:00 PM
This is just off the scale.
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Just a random reminder that trickle-down economics was invented by conservatives in the 1980s to justify massive tax cuts for the wealthy and corporations. It’s been nothing short of a disaster.
August 28, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Just a random reminder that trickle-down economics was invented by conservatives in the 1980s to justify massive tax cuts for the wealthy and corporations. It’s been nothing short of a disaster.
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Pushing out top officials. Firing hundreds of lifelong public health experts. Trying to slash the CDC’s budget by billions. How is this “Making America Healthy Again”?
August 28, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Pushing out top officials. Firing hundreds of lifelong public health experts. Trying to slash the CDC’s budget by billions. How is this “Making America Healthy Again”?
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Please make this moron's head explode by repeating this simple fact.
Brexit meant the end of our extradition treaty with France and the start of the Small Boat crossings.
Brexit meant the end of our extradition treaty with France and the start of the Small Boat crossings.
August 28, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Please make this moron's head explode by repeating this simple fact.
Brexit meant the end of our extradition treaty with France and the start of the Small Boat crossings.
Brexit meant the end of our extradition treaty with France and the start of the Small Boat crossings.
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Farage’s “probity and judgment were sold as the product called Brexit. It turned out to be a piece of shit.”
And, unbelievably, this Labour govt finds itself trapped because it has refused to call this out.
What a profound - and now dangerous - political failure.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
And, unbelievably, this Labour govt finds itself trapped because it has refused to call this out.
What a profound - and now dangerous - political failure.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
There’s an obvious way to challenge Nigel Farage. But Keir Starmer won’t do it | Rafael Behr
Labour’s reluctance to name Brexit as the cause of so many problems hasn’t stopped Reform’s rise. It’s time to try the truth, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr
www.theguardian.com
August 27, 2025 at 7:17 AM
Farage’s “probity and judgment were sold as the product called Brexit. It turned out to be a piece of shit.”
And, unbelievably, this Labour govt finds itself trapped because it has refused to call this out.
What a profound - and now dangerous - political failure.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
And, unbelievably, this Labour govt finds itself trapped because it has refused to call this out.
What a profound - and now dangerous - political failure.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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"Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it."
August 27, 2025 at 6:54 AM
"Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it."
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A reminder, this is the only move the Right have.
August 26, 2025 at 8:23 PM
A reminder, this is the only move the Right have.
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Norway is a Socialist Country
It has the largest Government surplus in the world at £2tn with a population of only 5.5m. The UK has a debt of £3tn
It is the happiest country in world, has the best railways in Europe and taxes all fossil fuels at 78%
It has the largest Government surplus in the world at £2tn with a population of only 5.5m. The UK has a debt of £3tn
It is the happiest country in world, has the best railways in Europe and taxes all fossil fuels at 78%
August 21, 2025 at 10:06 AM
Norway is a Socialist Country
It has the largest Government surplus in the world at £2tn with a population of only 5.5m. The UK has a debt of £3tn
It is the happiest country in world, has the best railways in Europe and taxes all fossil fuels at 78%
It has the largest Government surplus in the world at £2tn with a population of only 5.5m. The UK has a debt of £3tn
It is the happiest country in world, has the best railways in Europe and taxes all fossil fuels at 78%
Israel plans to take over Gaza City. Starmer says their plan is wrong & they must rethink it, but the UK is still supporting Israel with arms sales, training, RAF surveillance flights & more. Sign the petition: tell Keir he MUST end this support: 38d.gs/hwpb?utm_cam...
Sign the petition: Stop all UK support for the Israeli military in Gaza
I've signed a petition calling for Keir Starmer to end all UK military support in Israel.
38d.gs
August 21, 2025 at 10:14 AM
Israel plans to take over Gaza City. Starmer says their plan is wrong & they must rethink it, but the UK is still supporting Israel with arms sales, training, RAF surveillance flights & more. Sign the petition: tell Keir he MUST end this support: 38d.gs/hwpb?utm_cam...
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Watters: I remember you said you can't win a trade war, no one wins a trade war. We just did. What did we give up?
Jessica: The right to have affordable European goods
Jessica: The right to have affordable European goods
July 29, 2025 at 2:21 AM
Watters: I remember you said you can't win a trade war, no one wins a trade war. We just did. What did we give up?
Jessica: The right to have affordable European goods
Jessica: The right to have affordable European goods