Miranda

Miranda

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#TheArchers, spaniels, food, gardens, humour, books and astute reasonable political comments😉 Not here for dating, financial opportunities etc.

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As ever, thorough and incisive. I wonder why The Economist chose to publish the graph and what they hoped to achieve? #Reform

Emma Monk@monkemma.bsky.social

Oh boy, are the Right excited by this graph recently published by The Economist! And of course none of them has bothered to read the article itself (TBF, it is behind a paywall!). So as always, let's add a little context and explain why these kinds of comparisons are so problematic 🧵1/25

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One day I hope to see a similar apology from the BBC. Sadly, that day will not be anytime soon while GB News and other hard right political alumni continue to control the output of BBC News. #r4today

Mark Chadbourn@chadbourn.bsky.social

As in Hungary, the authoritarian regime in Serbia is being dismantled . “For years, we failed to fulfill our duty. We kept silent, turned a blind eye, reported events one-sidedly, and failed to ask the necessary questions. For that, we owe our viewers an apology,” news anchor Goran Eror said.

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Replying to @redpeter99.bsky.social

Gary Lineker was a football presenter and dared to voice an opinion and was fired. This anchor of one of the BBC's flagship political shows writes in a fascist rag and it's no problem at all. The BBC has zero credibility.

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Reform is currently 3rd in most polls and the trajectory is definitely downwards. Why on earth are #R4today giving Richard Tice airtime to spout his utter bullshit?

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Literally everybody is sick of this - except the BBC board and the foaming racists. Totally unacceptable. It was before, even more so now. Enough.

My concerns for my son when he tried the Police was that his notebook was properly punctuated and spelled, that he didn’t involve himself in misogyny and racism and that he kept safe. #TheArchers

Let’s get this right. Amber and George agree storms are violent and dangerous. Then promptly name their son Storm. Nominative determinism coming up. #TheArchers

Sponsored by Kit Kat and Iceland. #TheArchers

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Clearly #TheArchers could represent further #BBC cost savings by acting as an advance weather forecasting service.

Kit Kat and Iceland the supermarket. Two brand names mentioned in one episode. Next we’ll hear Casey Meats is an off shore entity and that Josh is running a crypto coin mine in Patagonia . #TheArchers

I’d just like to put on record that I like crème caramel. Panna Cotta and Crème Brûlée are also on my small list of preferred puds. #TheArchers

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In his Daily Mail column today, describing Trump as "toast," Richard Littlejohn mocks the President's attempted annexation of Greenland as being mad, using the phrase "nurse!" Here's what Littlejohn wrote about it when Trump first suggested it

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To bring a smile to your face, here’s a c. 4,500 year-old clay vase in the shape of a little hedgehog holding a bowl! 🦔 ❤️ From Chalandriani, Syros, Greece. Early Cycladic II period. National Archaeological Museum, Athens, 📷 ArchaiOptix #Archaeology

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This is a fragment of a colossal bust of Alexander the Great. It stands 58cm high. Whilst the sculpture is severely damaged, what survives is striking in its masterful rendering of the human face. For me, the clean oblique cut also lends a feel of a modern art piece. 🕰️C2nd BC 🏛️📷Pergamon Museum

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Things that currently annoy me: -Celebrity Traitors (especially that chap called Bash. What sort of bloody name is Bash???) -The advert with the bloke in the bath scrubbing his conkers & happily going on about being cremated -Vinted -Bloody fireworks -Throuples -‘Leisurewear.’ 😡

Me too Sir Michael. And a few other things too.

Sir Michael Take CBE@sirmichaeltake.bsky.social

Things that currently annoy me: -Celebrity Traitors (especially that chap called Bash. What sort of bloody name is Bash???) -The advert with the bloke in the bath scrubbing his conkers & happily going on about being cremated -Vinted -Bloody fireworks -Throuples -‘Leisurewear.’ 😡

Waiting for #TheDailyMail, and others, to apologise for their obsessive and nasty comments. Guessing all #TheFirm knew about this since 2019, but they let the commentary continue.

Judy in da Richmond 🦋@judyinrichmond.bsky.social

Let me get this right… the father that everyone berated #meghan for disowning and keeping away from her children is a paedophile. Waiting for Good Morning Britain to have him back on crying his pedo tears

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Great to see Andrea & Liz back together again. You can just sense the electricity, the moisture, the smell of Dettol. They truly are a power duo. Our Spice Girls Our Thelma & Louise Our lick & spit Our lettuce & turnip Our seat & sniff Our Thursday night bath time. Our rash. 🇬🇧

It’s a brilliant capture of all village WhatsApp groups everywhere. Excellent #TheArchers

Tom Cox@dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social

Hello new followers! I've removed the paywall from this piece, which is a chapter from my novel Villager, told entirely in the form of an online village message board. If you like it, you'll probably like the book. If you don't, you probably won't... tomcox.substack.com/p/the-villag...