Ian

Ian

@bils.bsky.social

Shy retiring, Cotswold exiled-northerner, easily distracted by shiny things. Dancer, chancer, wide awoke. Lover not a fighter.

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Oh yes. I fancy a bit of this...

Ashmolean Museum, Oxford@ashmoleanmuseum.bsky.social

📢 Coming in 2027: Anglo-Saxon England 📢 Rediscover Anglo-Saxon England. Featuring spectacular jewellery, weapons and treasures alongside the latest archaeological discoveries and research, this exhibition will shed new light on England's origins.

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Britons should use money we haven't got to buy food the country doesn't grow, store it in homes that don't exist, in spare rooms that got taxed away, so we can survive when reservoirs nobody built run dry because of a climate the govt won't protect. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

theguardian.comEvery Briton should stockpile water and food supplies, government advisesBe Ready campaign aims to prepare UK for impact of climate crisis, technological dependency and threats by hostile state

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Sure, we should, if we can (many cannot). But as I keep pointing out, the government itself is making no provision at all. No stockpiles, no back-up, no alternative sources. It's individuating the response to a collective problem, and that never ends well. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

theguardian.comEvery Briton should stockpile water and food supplies, government advisesBe Ready campaign aims to prepare UK for impact of climate crisis, technological dependency and threats by hostile state

Bad news: the BBC is set to scrap Radio 4 Extra. 📻 Losing this treasure trove of classic comedy, archive drama, and timeless storytelling would be a huge blow for millions of us. Sign the petition to help save it 👇 you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/sa...

you.38degrees.org.ukSave Radio 4 ExtraRadio 4 Extra is a fabulous showcase of the BBC's phenomenal archive of radio comedy and drama, fields in which the Corporation is an undoubted pioneer, with a reputation for quality rivals woud envy ...

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Witkoff to Putin: “You talk so much about my president, President Trump, being a humanitarian -- you are a humanitarian also, sir, and I salute that.” Britain and the rest of Europe and the free world. We need to uncouple ourselves from the US. They are gone, never to be trusted again.

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Replying to @privateeyenews.bsky.social

Meta, along with TikTok and X, is challenging Ofcom’s information-gathering powers, claiming the regulator’s requests for data concerning content moderation has no legal basis. More Anti-Social Media in the new Private Eye, out now.

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During a debate held to discuss giving the RNLI the Freedom of the City, Portsmouth city councillors heard about the abuse that crew members had received in the city, including being confronted in pubs, yacht clubs & shops + two said their children had been bullied at school Reform UK opposed it.

bbc.co.ukPortsmouth RNLI crew's children facing bullying, councillors toldCouncillors hear crew members' children were bullied at school because their dads are in the RNLI.

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What the Tories did to our nation is probably irreversible. They broke everything, tore down, everything, dismantled our public services and our communities. Never forgive, never forget.

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Jenrick on #r4today trying to downplay the raging racism of Reform… by saying “Farage has done more than anyone else to stand up against racism and the far right”. Farage the schoolboy Nazi. Farage the ‘breaking point’ Brexiter. Farage the mass-deportations champion. Farage the far right racist.

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I have never seen coverage of a live trial, one involving allegations of multiple sex attacks on multiple women, framed in a more distasteful way. It's not 'Fame under fire' it's a rape trial. And it involves actual women. And this from the *checks notes* BBC

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Allowing this dead-company-walking to be bailed out again, instead of taking it into Special Administration and then permanent public ownership, would be a disgrace and a betrayal by the Andy Burnham government Enough is enough.

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Margaret Thatcher getting cooked during her funeral. "Don't you think she did any good?" "Not a bit of good, not a bit. I'd put a stake through her heart and a garlic around her neck to make sure she never came back."

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Well said. How many of Tommy Robinson’s Sport’s Direct paramilitary division go and help or worship at the churches they claim they want to protect. It’s much easier to don a balaclava and shout at the RNLI. #HopeNotHate

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Replying to @anonopin.bsky.social

Sadly socialism does not work for everybody... It only works for the poorest 98% of society.

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"People are looking through the shop window and they like what they see..." says Kemi Badenoch, of the Conservative party, which is currently polling at its lowest level in its entire history

Thought I'd have a go at this. Doubtless it will change tomorrow, and I'm sorry to ask those I've left out...

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One thing has led to another, and we are now looking for examples of the popular beat combo Steps getting involved in important local issues. And possibly other musical acts, I dunno. ——— “It’ll be a tragedy if it closes,” said a clearly rattled Lee Latchford-Evans.