Owentheblues

Owentheblues

@owentheblues.bsky.social

Goldwing rider, drummer and all round grumpy old man but lover of all things Brecon Beacons, Bruce, Bolan, Broncos, Bulldogs, Bradfield and Bristol Rovers.

247 Followers 667 Following 84 Posts Joined Aug 2024
2 days ago
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Just been to The Vaccines in Bristol. OMG check out the support band Brigitte Calls Me Baby. The Smiths meets Elvis with fantastic soaring melodies. Wes Leavins, what a voice!

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6 days ago
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You’re a goal down in the 87th minute and you pull off a win. Those are the best ones! #UTG

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6 days ago

Farage talking Chagos with Trump over dinner at Mar-A-Lago last night is your latest reminder that official U.S. policy is to grease the wheels for "patriotic European parties" to take power across the continent. An astonishing moment, nonetheless.

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1 week ago
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Real war and culture war. New post on my Brexit & Brexitism Blog analyzing the Brexit imprint of domestic responses to the Iran crisis, the hypocrisy & sectarianism of Reform's response to the by-election and the questions it poses for Labour: chrisgreybrexitblog.blogspot.com/2026/03/real...

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1 week ago
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1 week ago

The Iranian regime is objectively hideous. It murders & incarcerates innocent people, threatens & attacks sovereign neighbours, routinely breaks international law, outlaws dissent & crushes free speech.
Can you see the problem with *Donald Trump & Benjamin Netanyahu* leading the attack on them?

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End the sewage pollution scandal We're sick of it. Sick of the lies, sick of the greed, and sick of a system rigged against us. This is a scandal and this dirty business must end. For more than 30 years water companies have put corpo...

Are you watching Dirty Business? I can't believe how much water companies have gotten away with. They're putting profit before public health - it’s a scandal and the Government MUST take action! Sick of sewage? Add your name to the petition today: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/en...

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2 weeks ago

Interesting piece by @rolandmcs.bsky.social on the nostalgia which has become such a significant feature of current politics

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3 weeks ago
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Starmer’s real leadership crisis. New post on my Brexit & Brexitism Blog. Fatuous media coverage aside, Starmer’s challenge is to make good on his claim that Britain isn’t the country of the Brexit years in the face of rising ethno-nationalism: chrisgreybrexitblog.blogspot.com/2026/02/star...

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3 weeks ago
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3 weeks ago
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Nigel Farage lashes out at a FT journalist and refuses to answer the question.

Is this how Reform UK would ignore media questions if they got into government?

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1 month ago

Nigel Farage claims "Look at net migration numbers. Oh, it isn't good that net migration is coming down".

"Do you know why? Its because there is an exodus: those of a situation + a financial position to be fortunate to have a choice"

A v misleading exaggeration/narrative of falling net migration

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1 month ago

This is not only great reporting but @mrjamesob.bsky.social and @henryriley1.bsky.social are such a great comedy double act!

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1 month ago
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The BBC boycott is going well then… @mrjamesob.bsky.social

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1 month ago
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Elon’s emails to Epstein.
Location: Starbase, Texas

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1 month ago
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This is overt racism. Full stop. There’s no ‘misinterpretation’ and no excuse. This is who he is, who he’s always been, and why he should never be anywhere near power again. And there’s a reason the tapes from The Apprentice have never been released.

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1 month ago
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Count to one hundred. New post on my Brexit & Brexitism Blog reflecting on a frenetic fortnight of domestic and international news, the state of the reset, the significance of the latest calls for 'proper Brexit', and the anger suffusing our politics: chrisgreybrexitblog.blogspot.com/2026/02/coun...

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1 month ago
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Nigel Farage tells GB News that Keir Starmer's decision to appoint Peter Mandelson as US ambassador shows his judgement is "seriously wrong" and he should stand down as Prime Minister.

Here's what Farage said when Mandelson was appointed

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1 month ago
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What Starmer cannot say The hypocrisy, in so many directions, the Epstein files reveal of the Westminster and the media class

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1 month ago
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Shockingly (to no one who has been following local government finances), councils are not rife with waste and fraud ...

In Kent, Reform's DOGE "had not found any significant waste to cut"

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1 month ago

And breathe…

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1 month ago
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💥The boy’s a genius! #UTG

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1 month ago

Love to the cactus.

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1 month ago
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In case you missed it: My suggestion that Farage was whispering to Trump behind the scenes while Trump was going after Greenland has been essentially confirmed.

As @jamesdaustin.bsky.social notes: Working against your country's interest with a semi-hostile state - there's a word for that.

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1 month ago
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Nigel Farage attended Davos on a pass sponsored by the family office of Iranian billionaire Sasan Ghandehari, which told the World Economic Forum that the Reform UK leader had advised the company since 2018. ft.trib.al/V138xDu

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1 month ago
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Making sense of the madness. New post on my Brexit & Brexitism Blog. Analysis of the international and domestic implications of the ‘Greenland crisis’, including how the ‘Carney doctrine’ could offer a way forward for post-Brexit Britain: chrisgreybrexitblog.blogspot.com/2026/01/maki...

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1 month ago

And you were on 🔥 today Simon!

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1 month ago

All of these people - Mogg, Farage, Carswell, Jenrick, Hannan and the rest need to be forever reminded of what they backed and supported

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1 month ago
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ON TO THE NEXT.

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