Simon Alvey
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Still too middle class for punk, will this be the social platform that fills the screaming void?
Exciting race to see which establishment collapses first, the government or the BBC
about 6 hours ago
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Oh, for crying out loud, how is this a priority? BBC News - Government to rethink rejection of Waspi compensation - BBC News
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Government to rethink rejection of Waspi compensation
Pensions Secretary Pat McFadden says that the rethink does not mean that payouts will necessarily follow.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c709y7ln5zro?app-referrer=push-notification
about 13 hours ago
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I have been thinking about the (in London at least) the clear lack of poppy wearing* I think that the combination of the lack of veterans of either world war no backdrop of soldiers returning in coffins as we saw in 2000s means that it feels distant *Not a criticism I haven't worn one in years
about 18 hours ago
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Oh yes Unzoomed #663 1/6 🟢⚪️⚪️⚪️⚪️⚪️
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about 22 hours ago
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Oh no
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1 day ago
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Fact of the day there
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2 days ago
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On Saturday night me and
@nerak3l.bsky.social
went to see Fickle Friends, and I have to say that their new album is a perfect album full of fun for such a driech day as this
open.spotify.com/album/77NcQb...
2 days ago
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As always
@stephenkb.bsky.social
nails the problems at the BBC, that it is just noticeably worse than it used to be, because it doesn't have enough money or care. Which is why I am so worried about the future of In Our Time for instance
2 days ago
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Hardly breaking news I know but my, Bleak House is a long book This post sponsored by me getting to the halfway point through it
2 days ago
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This is what happens when you get media analysis from someone whose main qualification is being a not very good table tennis player
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3 days ago
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That's going well then...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Stand-off over £800,000 Your Party membership fees
Your Party officials accuse Zarah Sultana of withholding funds despite publicly agreeing to transfer the money.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c9wvqk22epyo
4 days ago
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The BBC's desire to make every aspect of every wrongly released prisoner, feels unreasonable
7 days ago
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Nowhere the worst action by a member of that family but this is just very tiresome BBC News - Prince Harry says 'banter' is what he loves about Britishness
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Prince Harry says 'banter' is what he loves about Britishness
The Duke of Sussex says humour and self-deprecation are what he loves about Britain, in an essay for Remembrance.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c0l7x5r1274o
7 days ago
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I had to log on to X for the first time in a year, and my goodness there a still a lot of reasonable people there (and Dan Hodges)
7 days ago
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Jonn Elledge
7 days ago
big, multicultural cities - they're good!
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Jack Tindale
7 days ago
The haters said I couldn't do it and they were correct. Honestly, great call from the haters.
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There's a really odd feeling reading results from the US, real happiness but with a sense that it guarantees that the GOP will never allow elections to happen again
7 days ago
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Any guesses as to where I went for an early modern geek trip earlier this evening
7 days ago
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John Oxley
8 days ago
Not sure who will win out in the New York mayoralty, but I'm hearing some *very* confident noises from Susan Hall's team.
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Marktech
8 days ago
Oh wow did you hear about the mysterious fire next week
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Why is everyone talking about sandwiches?
8 days ago
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The BBC is reporting that Dick Cheney is dead, and on that basis I will use my mother's mantra - if you can't say anything nice, don't say anything at all
8 days ago
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QTWTAIN
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8 days ago
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A virtually Antarctic take this, but Bleak House is good isn't it?* *For the first quarter that I've read so far
8 days ago
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Now do the costings for the over 60s bus pass BBC News - No free bus passes for under 22s, says government
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No free bus passes for under 22s, says goverment
The Commons Transport Committee recommended scrapping bus fares for young people in August.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ce9drlgenjno
12 days ago
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The latest news on Andrew clearly represents an opportunity for republicans to call the whole edifice into question but it is going to need sustained pressure, particularly in any parliamentary debates
12 days ago
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David Quantick
12 days ago
Evelyn But The Girl.
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Andrew Lownie, in this picture, looks like the lovechild of Roy Hodgson and Frank Skinner
12 days ago
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Watching Bend it Like Beckham - and it really needed to take another run at the script didn't it?
12 days ago
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Still think that the Met should feel his collar, but losing his titles is something I suppose
12 days ago
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cameron
13 days ago
My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings. Look on my works and let me know if you have any questions! 🤗
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A friend shared the Greens campaign video for their campaign for Hackney Council next year - and all it reflected was that whatever plans they might have they won't be able to do because local councils have no discretion on spending any more - meaning we don't really have local democracy
13 days ago
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This is true, and the reliance on this single industry - as with the sponsorship of football clubs - is a really bad sign of the state of our economy
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13 days ago
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Adam Bienkov
13 days ago
Nobody had even heard of Katie Lam outside of Westminster until about two weeks ago. Literally all it takes to be considered "brilliant" and a "rising star" on the right of British politics now is just a willingness to say something slightly more racist than all of your competitors
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This though was just a fluke Unzoomed #358 1/6 🟢⚪️⚪️⚪️⚪️⚪️
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13 days ago
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Always satisfying
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13 days ago
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It is a notable editorial choice of the BBC to mention the nationality or immigration status of criminals, until they are British citizens BBC News - Man charged with murder after woman, 42, stabbed
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Man charged with murder after woman, 42, stabbed in Tulse Hill
Robert Sabat, 59, is charged with murder and is due to appear at the Old Bailey on Friday.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cq508vll5d4o
13 days ago
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One of biggest benefits of abolishing the monarchy would be that we bulldoze the monstrosity of a palace and sell the land
13 days ago
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People really hate inflation, in a sane, democratic election the Trump party should lose everything
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13 days ago
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It is incredibly refreshing to hear a national publication just lay out the case for Republicanism so clearly
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Abolish the rotten monarchy
https://pca.st/episode/0b6c5102-c2d7-43ee-be6a-b5c4171fcc9b
13 days ago
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Following
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's interactions in recent days and I can't work out if his opponents think that a realistic account of Starmer's troubles are a sign he's a latent Communist or a neo liberal sell out, it's very confusing
14 days ago
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De Tocqueville was wrong Democracy in America was a mistake
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Application - The Survey Center on American Life
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14 days ago
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I found the Today Programme leading on one criminal being deported both depressing and unsurprising
14 days ago
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This is some new meaning of the word cease fire I wasn't previously aware of
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15 days ago
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I have to say that I find BBC iPlayer sending me push notifications to tune in to watch a natural disaster in which people have already died to be pretty awful
15 days ago
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I love that the picture of the decade is incompetent government which I broadly agree with, followed by incompetent government by ethnonationalists
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15 days ago
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Annoying realisation of the morning, I failed to put away the meat in the Sainsbury's delivery last night, so that's been wasted
15 days ago
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For his daughter's 18th, what is the opposite of a father of the year prize
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15 days ago
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An incredibly simple problem with seemingly no solution
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15 days ago
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I am nearly finished reading the memoirs of someone I have really admired, Sandi Toksvig, and it has only made me really dislike her. The same thing happened reading Mary Robinson's memoirs, is this a common experience
16 days ago
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