David Rigby
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International man of mystery. Also likes rugby league (St Helens) and beer.
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Modern Toss
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Gonna stick your cross down yeah?
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#r4today
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Tandleman
3 days ago
Fab night at our CAMRA Rochdale, Oldham and Bury branch meeting last night. Our guest speaker
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went down a storm and flogged all his stock of books. Come again anytime Matt.
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Simon Marks
3 days ago
More front than Harrods. Rubio at this briefing confirming they've changed the name in order to evade the need to seek Congressional authority for the ongoing war. Orwell spinning in his grave.
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@beer4john.bsky.social
It's not competitive*, but
@totalcurtis.bsky.social
sold more copies of his book at ROB branch meeting than at S&SM. * of course it is.😁
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5 days ago
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@mike-critchley.bsky.social
Culture clash. 😁
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Morten Morland
6 days ago
Sunday’s
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Cat Neilan
6 days ago
Exc: This week Nigel Farage explained an undeclared £5m donation as essential for security He cited an "outright arson attempt" on his house. But
@theobserveruk.bsky.social
has established that police are investigating the incident as a burglary
observer.co.uk/news/politic...
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Questions raised about ‘security risk’ to Farage in row o...
The claimed reason for Christopher Harborne’s unprecedented and undeclared donation to the Reform leader is facing scrutiny
https://observer.co.uk/news/politics/article/questions-raised-about-security-risk-to-farage-in-row-over-5m-gift-from-crypto-tycoon
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Chaucer Doth Tweet
8 days ago
Ich thynke but litel of a Mondaye bleake Tuesday grey and Wednesdaye eke Thursdaye Ich care not for thee Yet Fridaye Ich am yn love [totallye dreamye lute solo] Mondaye thou kanst fall awaye Tuesdaye, Wednesdaye, myne herte slaye No mirthe ys founde upon Thursdaye Yet Fridaye Ich am yn love
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The Guardian
9 days ago
‘Bye, bye, old friend’: Ted, the dog from Mortimer & Whitehouse: Gone Fishing, has died aged 13
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‘Bye, bye, old friend’: Ted, the dog from Mortimer & Whitehouse: Gone Fishing, has died aged 13
As well as penning a Sunday Times bestseller, the terrier had been a regular in the BBC comedy series since 2020 Sad news for fans of Mortimer and Whitehouse: Gone Fishing. Ted has died. The dog, a patterdale terrier mix, first appeared on the BBC fishing series alongside Bob Mortimer and Paul Whitehouse in 2020 and had regularly joined them on their river-based adventures since. Continue reading...
https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2026/apr/30/ted-dog-mortimer-whitehouse-gone-fishing-died?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=bluesky&CMP=bsky_gu
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Private Eye Magazine
10 days ago
Royal visit goes ahead despite shooting The new Private Eye is out now.
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You would do, wouldn't you?
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Roger Protz
11 days ago
A treat for pub lovers! New book by
@mike-critchley.bsky.social
journalist at St Helens Star. A Grand Tour of 1,900 British pubs. Great photos, 40 years of anecdotes, fine ales & breweries.
protzonbeer.co
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Morten Morland
11 days ago
Tuesday’s
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Sorry, what?
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"Between 30-35km they ran an astonishing 13:54 5km. To put into context, the time is just 12 seconds slower than the world record for a 5km parkrun, set by the Irish international runner Nick Griggs." 😮
www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/a...
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Sabastian Sawe breaks two-hour barrier to make history in London Marathon
Kenya’s Sabastian Sawe has made history at the London Marathon, winning the men’s race in a historic time of 1hr 59mins 30secs
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/apr/26/sabastian-sawe-breaks-two-hour-barrier-london-marathon-world-record?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
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Political Cartoon Gallery
13 days ago
Mac on the
#Royal
Visit to the
#UnitedStates
#KingCharlesIII
#QueenCamilla
@DailyMail – political cartoon gallery in London original-political-cartoon.com
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Annual post. 🏃🏃♀️
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13 days ago
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Femi Kuti at Manchester Academy tremendous show tonight. But why do all the tall people arrive late and push their way to the front?
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14 days ago
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Fun fact: I met Sarah Breeden, Deputy Governor of BoE on the east coast of Zanzibar in 1994. Turned out I was working with her dad at the time.
#smallworld
#r4today
15 days ago
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Morten Morland
15 days ago
Friday’s
@thetimes.com
cartoon
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Jules Birch
17 days ago
If only there were some sort ot German compound word to describe this
www.insidehousing.co.uk/news/shadow-...
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Shadow housing secretary blames Renters’ Rights Act for eviction notice
Shadow housing secretary Sir James Cleverly has been given notice to quit his private rented home because of the Renters’ Rights Act, he told a conference today.
https://www.insidehousing.co.uk/news/shadow-housing-secretary-blames-renters-rights-act-for-eviction-notice-96768
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@beersmanchester.bsky.social
Happy birthday chum.
19 days ago
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Modern Toss
20 days ago
easy mistake
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Morten Morland
20 days ago
Sunday’s
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Jessica Elgot
22 days ago
If you step back, it is truly extraordinary that so many people went to such great lengths and broke so many conventions and risked their political careers and the only outcome of all these efforts and risks was appointing a washed-up old spinner to an ambassadorial post
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John Crace
22 days ago
Starmer would have been better off saying the dog ate his homework
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Private Eye Magazine
23 days ago
The Ways in Which Donald Trump is Like Jesus Christ Except Better From the new Private Eye, in shops now.
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This Grayson Perry AI doc on Channel 4 is equally funny and scary.
#GraysonPerryHasSeenTheFuture
23 days ago
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Succinctly put by
@privateeyenews.bsky.social
24 days ago
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Manchester trouncing Imperial.
#AlmaMater
#UniversityChallenge
25 days ago
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Cold War Steve
26 days ago
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The Guardian
26 days ago
In the UK, Keir Starmer has few fans. I learned that in China it’s a very different story | Martin Rowson
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In the UK, Keir Starmer has few fans. I learned that in China it’s a very different story | Martin Rowson
The prime minister’s meal in a Yunnan restaurant in Beijing has spawned a national menu. The man has, bizarrely, become a phenomenon, says cartoonist and author Martin Rowson
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/apr/13/keir-starmer-uk-china-menu-prime-minister-beijing?utm_term=Autofeed&CMP=bsky_gu&utm_medium=&utm_source=Bluesky#Echobox=1776057626
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Jonn Elledge
26 days ago
how do we get JD Vance to start speaking at Reform press conferences
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@oldhampubs.bsky.social
27 days ago
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Back home.
#FingerpostFriday
29 days ago
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸
29 days ago
This is so well done. 👌
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Political Cartoon Gallery
about 1 month ago
Dave Brown @DaveBrownToons on
#Trump
#IranWar
#Ceasefire
@independent – political cartoon gallery in London original-political-cartoon.com
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Simon Marks
about 1 month ago
Impossible to disagree with a single word that Ben Rhodes (Obama era NSC official) is saying here:
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MeidasTouch
about 1 month ago
The Iranian Embassy in South Africa weighs in:
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March Haigh in the Riverhead Brewery Tap, Marsden. Tell me a better place to spend Easter Sunday. I'll wait. 😁
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Making Wire think they'll do something this season? 🤣
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Brian Bilston
about 1 month ago
Today’s poem is called ‘Add to Basket’.
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Obviously my best pint of the (remarkable) 🏉 day was ♥️ Pictish Alchemists Ale, but the Fyne Ales Hurrricane Jack pushed it close.
#COYS
about 1 month ago
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Pat Bagley
about 1 month ago
Puppet Masters
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Best pint of the day...Pictish Alchemists Ale in The Lamb. 👌
#maybebiased
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about 1 month ago
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"Time was short so I could only try three..." 🤣
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HappyToast
about 1 month ago
Boris Johnson is pulling his best suit from the skip, running a balloon through his hair and waiting for the BBC to call.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Marmalade to be rebranded in post-Brexit food deal
The breakfast favourite will be legally renamed when Britain aligns with new EU labelling rules.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c0e53x475qjo
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Thread. 😢
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