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Visiting Professor in Public Policy, Sunderland University. Sunderland AFC loyalist. Inveterate Remainer. Durham City, UK. https://www.theguardian.com/profile/bob-hudson

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‘A very dangerous person’: alarm as Pete Hegseth revels in carnage of Iran war Critics say brash, bombastic Fox News host out of his depth to guide US military through murky new Middle East conflict

‘Pete Hegseth is a very dangerous person with the arsenal of the US government at his disposal’ - utterly terrifying and depraved…
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

09.03.2026 15:53 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Nigel Farage invests £215,000 in Kwasi Kwarteng’s bitcoin firm Reform UK leader strengthens ties with crypto sector with stake in former Tory chancellor’s company Stack BTC

Why can’t people see him for the self-serving huckster he is? He doesn’t even hide it! www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

09.03.2026 15:27 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Still haven’t got over this…

09.03.2026 07:34 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Grass Email from nhsManagers.net Most of it is oven ready View as Webpage Share This Email Share This Email Share This Email Share This Email Weather IHSCM Academy of Fab' Stuff nhsManagers.net 9th March 20

Timely message from @roylilley1.bsky.social to Louise Casey: legislation to fix social care has been on the statute book for over a decade… myemail.constantcontact.com/Grass.html?s...

09.03.2026 07:18 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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So…the victim of an abusive relationship is the one to blame?

09.03.2026 07:15 — 👍 9    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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The first lesson of war is ‘know your enemy’ – and Britain’s enemy now is Donald Trump | Simon Tisdall As the Iran disaster escalates, the US president should be seen as an enemy whose actions threaten the lawful, democratic way of life everywhere, says Guardian foreign affairs commentator Simon Tisdal...

‘It’s time for a British Declaration of Independence’ - hard-hitting analysis here by Simon Tisdall…
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

08.03.2026 16:44 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Starmer speaks with Trump after president criticises lack of UK support for Iran strikes Leaders discuss military cooperation day after Trump hit out at PM over lack of immediate backing for attacks

It’s like trying to calm down the tantrum toddler - humiliating task.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

08.03.2026 16:35 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Don’t want to talk about it 😡

08.03.2026 15:51 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 1
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Trump tells Starmer help not needed even as US uses UK bases for Iran strikes US president delivers stinging criticism of UK prime minister over delayed support for Iran war

If this ‘special relationship’ was a marriage, and the UK was the wife, we’d all be screaming ‘Leave him, he’s abusing you’’… www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

08.03.2026 12:30 — 👍 4    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0
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Crypto investor based in Thailand donates further £3m to Reform Christopher Harborne’s gift is latest to party’s election war chest and comes amid calls for cap on political donations

Why oh why hasn’t a Labour government put a stop to this?
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

08.03.2026 09:39 — 👍 10    🔁 4    💬 1    📌 0
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Donald Trump's war with Iran is going global - this is a chaotic and dangerous moment Reports are emerging of Russian forces providing intelligence to Tehran that could help the Islamic regime target US forces in the Gulf.

In what sane world do we hitch our wagon to this insane huckster? news.sky.com/story/donald...

08.03.2026 08:47 — 👍 6    🔁 3    💬 1    📌 0
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State of this vulgarian! Looks like he’s stopping off en route to a baseball game.

08.03.2026 07:29 — 👍 3    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Starmer is on the right side of public opinion here. What exactly do we get out of this ‘special relationship’?

08.03.2026 07:22 — 👍 10    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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If there’s one person who should be keeping his silence over joining in with American adventurism…😡

08.03.2026 07:16 — 👍 10    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0
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Farage, while boasting of his patriotism, whispers poison into Trump’s ear. This👇is the result. Our very own Lord Haw-Haw.

08.03.2026 07:14 — 👍 14    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0
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Nissan ‘says Sunderland plant could close’ if UK excluded from Made in Europe rules Reports of carmaker’s warning come as lobby group says EU proposals could damage £70bn cross-channel trade

Remind me again of the ‘sunlit uplands’ of Brexit… www.theguardian.com/business/202...

07.03.2026 12:56 — 👍 2    🔁 2    💬 1    📌 0

Heady days at New College, was there myself at the time.

07.03.2026 07:57 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Nigel Farage jets off to meet Donald Trump and 'talk down Britain' over dinner Nigel Farage is set to dine with Donald Trump at his Florida Mar-a-Lago resort as the crisis in the Middle East escalates - with Lib Dem leader Sir Ed Davey questioning the Reform chief's patriotism

More Lord Haw-Haw than Winston Churchill isn’t he? www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...

07.03.2026 07:52 — 👍 7    🔁 5    💬 0    📌 1
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US troops were told war on Iran was ‘all part of God’s divine plan’, watchdog alleges Religious freedom group says 200 troops sent complaints of superiors using extremist Christian rhetoric to justify war

‘Trump has been anointed by Jesus to light the fire in Iran to cause Armageddon and mark his return to earth’ - they’re as mad as the mullahs aren’t they? www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...

06.03.2026 16:30 — 👍 6    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Telegraph censured for story of fictional family’s struggle to pay school fees Watchdog upholds complaint it breached code with article about impact of VAT on banker who did not exist

Just a reminder not to believe a word you read in the Telegraph…
www.theguardian.com/media/2026/m....

06.03.2026 11:14 — 👍 6    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0

It's bone-chilling the way Trump, Hesgeth et al are behaving like school kids playing a video game. They are devoid of decency, empathy, intelligence and humanity.

06.03.2026 10:18 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Clocks go forward at the end of the month then go back to the 1950s if Farage ever becomes PM.

06.03.2026 07:05 — 👍 6    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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We should be grateful that Starmer is doing what he can to keep us at arms length from Trump’s trigger happy neocons.

06.03.2026 07:02 — 👍 4    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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While you were sleeping - Labour convincingly retrieves a council seat it previously lost to Reform here in Durham.

06.03.2026 06:53 — 👍 58    🔁 11    💬 3    📌 2
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‘Best way forward’ for Iran would be negotiated settlement, says Starmer PM defends decision not to join initial strikes by US and Israel and says UK is doing ‘everything we can’ to de-escalate situation

Let’s at least be thankful it’s PM Starmer - not Farage or Badenoch. For all his faults he’s not a total Trump lackey. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

05.03.2026 17:52 — 👍 8    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Two key Sunderland figures to be awarded the Freedom of the City next week Next week will see two prominent city figures, who’ve done much to enhance life in Sunderland, awarded the Freedom of the City.

Congratulations to @paulcallaghan.bsky.social on being awarded Freedom of the City of Sunderland. Honestly can’t think of anyone more deserving 👏👏👏
www.sunderlandecho.com/news/people/...

05.03.2026 17:35 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 2    📌 0
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NE ‘newspaper’ spreading panic and looking for clicks…

05.03.2026 09:02 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Baffling how that woman is still regarded as some sort of saviour.

05.03.2026 08:06 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Absolutely.

05.03.2026 08:01 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Listening to Louise Casey on #r4today describing adult social care policy and provision as ‘horrendous’…Yes we knew. What to do? She says she’s ‘trying to work it out’…Her report is due in 2028!

05.03.2026 07:57 — 👍 7    🔁 0    💬 3    📌 0