John Barbour

John Barbour

@johnmb.bsky.social

Reader, not a writer....

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London’s most expensive house, the Reform UK Treasurer, Holly Valance, one of Labour’s biggest donors, a £265m sale, and a curious loophole we’ve uncovered that could slash the taxes earned from elite London properties. London Centric x Dan Neidle collab. www.londoncentric.media/p/londons-mo...

londoncentric.mediaLondon’s most expensive house, Reform UK’s treasurer, and a massively reduced tax billA £265m mansion in the heart of the Chelsea • Sold by billionaire Nick Candy and his ex-wife Holly Valance • Bought by a Labour-donating hedge fund boss • Why was the tax bill so small?

Can I be the first to say the Emi M departing is because he won't be able to handle the new PL time wasting rules. Big part of his game, all the ' housery... #AVFC #UTV

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“President Infantino, we’ve got the King of Belgium on line 1, the Prime Minister of Belgium on line 2, the Minister-Presidents of Flanders, Wallonia, and the Brussels Capital Region on lines 3, 4, and 5 respectively, and the Minister-President of the German-Speaking Community of Belgium on line 6.”

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INSANELY powerful speech about one of the most evil, legal industries: Big Tobacco. This industry kills 8+ million people/year. More than HIV/AIDS, TB, and malaria combined. The #1 cause of preventable death on earth. Yet the fight against it gets just 0.1% of global health funding. 🧵

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Just watched a replay of #TOTAVL in the #FACup A bit of a boil over after FT (I’ll probably read about it), but lovely to see John McGinn having a quiet word, post-game, with Archie Gray. In the dark days of Gerrard, Ginny put Archie out of the game with a bad tackle in a Brisbane friendly. #AVFC

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For those of us not in the cult, this is what we hear when anyone from the Trump administration speaks. For the people in the back, this is satire and so well done…

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It's genuinely worth a quick check of the advanced moderation settings as there's plenty I'm sure people would like to tweak but aren't aware that they can.

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My father worked on an offshore wind farm. Woke up early every morning before dawn to wrangle the zephyrs out to pasture, then he had to milk the breezes. Sometimes one of the gales would get a little rowdy. He died of whale-lung at the age of forty two.

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Fenella Racist, the former Conservative Minister for Housing (6-9 October 2021), has sensationally defected to Reform UK. Racist, 52, who lost her seat to a Labour newcomer with a large face and a briefcase, said the Tories had lost sight of ordinary voters’ priorities, which is a code they use.

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Replying to @ianfraser.bsky.social

Guy Singh-Watson says the easiest way to raise revenue from the farming sector would be to capture the 100-fold increase in land value when planning permission is granted to build houses. The Riverford organic veg business founder backs a wealth tax and is a member of @patrioticmillionaires.org.

theguardian.com‘People just lie’: How Riverford’s Guy Singh-Watson became the most brutally honest farmer in BritainThe organic veg pioneer talks to the Guardian about being unemployable, his unconventional father and his recent autism diagnosis

I cannot endorse this enough... you can poke your Spotify pish...

Red Cavalry@redcavalry.bsky.social

Want to do something to help people over profits today? Create a fan account on BandCamp The profit from streaming goes to billionaire tech bro investors not artists BandCamp is free, lets you stream for free & any purchase pays more than thousands of streams Together change is possible.

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Want to do something to help people over profits today? Create a fan account on BandCamp The profit from streaming goes to billionaire tech bro investors not artists BandCamp is free, lets you stream for free & any purchase pays more than thousands of streams Together change is possible.

#Villatillidie

Tim Stevens@timstevens.bsky.social

Another chore day with the electric Polaris XP Kinetic. This thing is definitely coming in handy around the property, but still more testing to come before I can file a verdict. #utv

This was outside a pub next to Clissold Park during the World Cup. People gotta learn to think about other people.....

Michele Grant@michelegrant.bsky.social

Want to cross the road safely? Disabled? Pushing a pram? Tough luck. What an utter, selfish disgrace. Seeing this every day now in London.

I joined Twitter to get info on the London riots in 2011 and now I deactivated my account because of all the BS feeding riots in 2024.. hope Bluesky can stay sane....

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