Thom Bamford
@thombamford.bsky.social
Editor, frustrated tailor, cricket badger, gig and theatre enjoyer
How am I supposed to write with this going on
April 4, 2025 at 2:07 PM
How am I supposed to write with this going on
March 23, 2025 at 11:31 AM
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@aoc.bsky.social: "Tax cuts cost money. We have to pay for them. So every dollar that you spend in federal taxes is going to pay for some rich person's G-Wagon. And it's also going to cut an 8-year-old kid with autism's ability to access Medicaid. That's what they are putting on the table."
March 9, 2025 at 5:44 PM
@aoc.bsky.social: "Tax cuts cost money. We have to pay for them. So every dollar that you spend in federal taxes is going to pay for some rich person's G-Wagon. And it's also going to cut an 8-year-old kid with autism's ability to access Medicaid. That's what they are putting on the table."
March 10, 2025 at 8:09 AM
This cat does not believe in personal space
March 7, 2025 at 2:00 PM
This cat does not believe in personal space
Sweet no brains I love you ❤️
March 5, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Sweet no brains I love you ❤️
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Canadian MP Charlie Angus: Donald, what, you had to bring a guy from the Russian state media in to watch you try and beat up Zelenskyy—and you thought that would make you look good? It made you look like the crook you are. Zelenskyy is a man that you will never be; he’s a genuine hero.
March 3, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Canadian MP Charlie Angus: Donald, what, you had to bring a guy from the Russian state media in to watch you try and beat up Zelenskyy—and you thought that would make you look good? It made you look like the crook you are. Zelenskyy is a man that you will never be; he’s a genuine hero.
March 4, 2025 at 7:53 AM
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HERO vs ZERO
I'm in a state of shock & still trying to process yesterday's shameful, traitorous debacle in the WH: A DAY THAT WILL LIVE IN INFAMY. Our standing in the world has plummeted overnight, but the repercussions will be felt forevermore.
#SlavaUkraini🇺🇦 #ShameOnUS🇺🇸
I'm in a state of shock & still trying to process yesterday's shameful, traitorous debacle in the WH: A DAY THAT WILL LIVE IN INFAMY. Our standing in the world has plummeted overnight, but the repercussions will be felt forevermore.
#SlavaUkraini🇺🇦 #ShameOnUS🇺🇸
March 2, 2025 at 1:05 AM
HERO vs ZERO
I'm in a state of shock & still trying to process yesterday's shameful, traitorous debacle in the WH: A DAY THAT WILL LIVE IN INFAMY. Our standing in the world has plummeted overnight, but the repercussions will be felt forevermore.
#SlavaUkraini🇺🇦 #ShameOnUS🇺🇸
I'm in a state of shock & still trying to process yesterday's shameful, traitorous debacle in the WH: A DAY THAT WILL LIVE IN INFAMY. Our standing in the world has plummeted overnight, but the repercussions will be felt forevermore.
#SlavaUkraini🇺🇦 #ShameOnUS🇺🇸
Legends.
‘We spent £100,000 doing a gig in a scout hut!’ The Beta Band on debt, disastrous decisions – and their defiant comeback
‘We spent £100,000 doing a gig in a scout hut!’ The Beta Band on debt, disastrous decisions – and their defiant comeback
Fiercely original and stunning live, they should have been massive – but they imploded. As the Scots return, they relive disowning their debut album, blowing Top of the Pops – and getting shocks off their battery-powered illuminated suits
www.theguardian.com
March 3, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Legends.
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This is the most right wing newspaper in the UK.
Extraordinary.
Extraordinary.
March 2, 2025 at 12:24 AM
This is the most right wing newspaper in the UK.
Extraordinary.
Extraordinary.
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Britain’s net zero economy is booming, CBI says
Britain’s net zero economy is booming, CBI says
Green sector growing at triple the rate of the UK economy, providing high-wage jobs and increasing energy security
The net zero sector is growing three times faster than the overall UK economy, analysis has found, providing high-wage jobs across the…
www.theguardian.com
February 24, 2025 at 6:16 AM
Britain’s net zero economy is booming, CBI says
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Trump’s bullshit blitz has Europe on its knees | Stewart Lee
Trump’s bullshit blitz has Europe on its knees | Stewart Lee
For the US president’s cheerleaders, the whitewashing of the deaths of ten of thousands of Ukrainians is a small price to pay for sticking it to the wokerati
www.theguardian.com
February 23, 2025 at 10:34 AM
Trump’s bullshit blitz has Europe on its knees | Stewart Lee
Saw Figures in Extinction last night at Factory International. As a massive Complicité and Simon Mcburney fanboi, was so excited and it did not disappoint! Go and see it if you get a chance.
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Review: Figures of Extinction at Factory International is 'a pulsating, profound work that will leave you speechless'
Few collaborations in contemporary performance are as arresting as Figures in Extinction, where Crystal Pite’s visceral choreography and Simon McBurney’s immersive storytelling merge to create a trilo...
ilovemanchester.com
February 20, 2025 at 8:10 AM
Saw Figures in Extinction last night at Factory International. As a massive Complicité and Simon Mcburney fanboi, was so excited and it did not disappoint! Go and see it if you get a chance.
ilovemanchester.com/review-figur...
ilovemanchester.com/review-figur...
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Investment in UK’s crumbling public services is pro-growth, says pensions minister
Investment in UK’s crumbling public services is pro-growth, says pensions minister
Exclusive: Torsten Bell defends Labour’s spending plans, saying ‘the status quo is economically and morally bankrupt’
Britain’s crumbling public services are bad for business, and spending more taxpayers’ money to fix them is a pro-growth policy, the…
www.theguardian.com
February 20, 2025 at 7:51 AM
Investment in UK’s crumbling public services is pro-growth, says pensions minister
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I am right in thinking everyone wants to Rejoin the EU aren't I?
Like if you do
RT if you really do
Like if you do
RT if you really do
February 4, 2025 at 4:32 PM
I am right in thinking everyone wants to Rejoin the EU aren't I?
Like if you do
RT if you really do
Like if you do
RT if you really do
The editor is in
February 17, 2025 at 2:04 PM
The editor is in
Any good sewing/clothes making people on here to follow? 🪡 🧵
February 17, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Any good sewing/clothes making people on here to follow? 🪡 🧵
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The US has sold Ukraine down the river – and shown Britain what ‘America first’ means in practice | Gaby Hinsliff
The US has sold Ukraine down the river – and shown Britain what ‘America first’ means in practice | Gaby Hinsliff
A superpower that once built alliances across the west is dramatically reorienting itself – and so too must its former allies, writes Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff
www.theguardian.com
February 14, 2025 at 9:36 AM
The US has sold Ukraine down the river – and shown Britain what ‘America first’ means in practice | Gaby Hinsliff
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This is the way forward, all around the globe. A resounding, vociferous resistance to hate, bigotry, and depravity, in the ongoing fight of good vs. evil, democracy vs. autocracy.
🙏🏼🌎🕊️
🙏🏼🌎🕊️
Massive rally in Berlin against against far-right fascism. 🙌🙏💪👏👊👇
January 29, 2025 at 1:04 PM
This is the way forward, all around the globe. A resounding, vociferous resistance to hate, bigotry, and depravity, in the ongoing fight of good vs. evil, democracy vs. autocracy.
🙏🏼🌎🕊️
🙏🏼🌎🕊️
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Europe to the US oligarchs, especially Zuckerberg and Musk: "You can take your Nazi salute and 'masculine energy' and go back home. "
January 24, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Europe to the US oligarchs, especially Zuckerberg and Musk: "You can take your Nazi salute and 'masculine energy' and go back home. "
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Look, if Russia is investing millions of dollars and dozens of troll farms to oppose and smear a candidate in your country, then that’s the fucking person you need to elect.
January 18, 2025 at 2:09 AM
Look, if Russia is investing millions of dollars and dozens of troll farms to oppose and smear a candidate in your country, then that’s the fucking person you need to elect.
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The government has told elderly & disabled people to wait until 2028 to hear its plan for social care.
What about those who are suffering here and now?
We don’t need a commission to know what to do: end austerity, reverse privatisation and build a National Care Service for all.
What about those who are suffering here and now?
We don’t need a commission to know what to do: end austerity, reverse privatisation and build a National Care Service for all.
January 3, 2025 at 11:50 AM
The government has told elderly & disabled people to wait until 2028 to hear its plan for social care.
What about those who are suffering here and now?
We don’t need a commission to know what to do: end austerity, reverse privatisation and build a National Care Service for all.
What about those who are suffering here and now?
We don’t need a commission to know what to do: end austerity, reverse privatisation and build a National Care Service for all.