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@btown85.bsky.social

Berlin based Yorkshireman with a love for Leeds United, Rugby League and Cricket. And a (liberal yoghurt knitting) opinion on everything. A politics addict in recovery.

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And the longest serving of them is an absolute legend. My former politics teacher at college

27.02.2026 18:02 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

You got to feel for Matt Goodwin.

Sorry missed a word. You got to feel contempt for Matt Goodwin.

27.02.2026 03:53 β€” πŸ‘ 1750    πŸ” 217    πŸ’¬ 35    πŸ“Œ 11

That’s not even hard.

27.02.2026 06:21 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

2/3 of voters voting for a centre left party…can we please maybe start framing politics differently…and stop trying to mimic the far fucking right.

27.02.2026 06:21 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

A Green win must mean that "left behind" voters forgotten by Westminster want open borders and legalised class A drugs. That's how it works right?

27.02.2026 04:35 β€” πŸ‘ 1058    πŸ” 185    πŸ’¬ 40    πŸ“Œ 10

Worth noting the combined Green/Labour vote was more than double Reform. Didn't even need tactical voting to beat them in the end.

Maybe if they hadn't picked such a useless candidate they would have done better.

27.02.2026 04:46 β€” πŸ‘ 710    πŸ” 122    πŸ’¬ 25    πŸ“Œ 7

I got an overseas birth certificate from the FCO for my foreign born children. Β£250 each. I then used them as proof of birth to get them British passports…rejected because the home office don’t recognise FCO issued birth certificates. So genuinely just used as a massive money maker…so par for course

26.02.2026 12:02 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

β€œTommy Robinson” is not just a violent racist, he is a serial criminal with a string of convictions for a broad range of crimes. In other words, exactly the type of β€œcriminal alien” the Trump administration pretends to want to prevent from entering the U.S.

25.02.2026 22:09 β€” πŸ‘ 145    πŸ” 85    πŸ’¬ 7    πŸ“Œ 1

Fond memories of working at NTL, woman rang up screaming at me. Her husband in background shouts at her, β€œdon’t talk to them like that. They’re on fuck all”

Then he takes phone off her, and gives me a line which I have used myself since

β€œDo you have a manager you dislike intensely I can speak to?”

24.02.2026 14:00 β€” πŸ‘ 3042    πŸ” 823    πŸ’¬ 44    πŸ“Œ 23

So much that could be said on the 4th anniversary of the full scale invasion, but it all just boils down to the ultimate admiration for Ukrainians who have endured so much, fought so hard and deserve victory, peace and prosperity. Slava Ukraini!

24.02.2026 08:14 β€” πŸ‘ 899    πŸ” 202    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 12

Jesse Marsch is the Liz Truss of Leeds United managers... completely unable to fathom that his ideas were not only bad but represented a form of self-sabotage so severe it would take years to correct. #lufc

24.02.2026 10:36 β€” πŸ‘ 55    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 8    πŸ“Œ 0

The key to a good atmosphere isn’t the design of a stand for marketing purposes; it’s affordable, accessible, flexible ticketing on a large scale so as to give a young, independent fan culture space to grow. Yes, English football limited by law to an extent. But also by a consumerist mentality.

23.02.2026 21:01 β€” πŸ‘ 21    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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The AfD is flirting with Nazi history – but moral outrage alone won’t stop the far right | Katja Hoyer Coincidence or not, the party has timed its congress for the centenary of an infamous Nazi rally. But condemnation didn’t stop Hitler, and it’s not enough now, says historian and journalist Katja Hoyer

The AfD is flirting with Nazi history – but moral outrage alone won’t stop the far right | Katja Hoyer

23.02.2026 06:44 β€” πŸ‘ 145    πŸ” 53    πŸ’¬ 14    πŸ“Œ 11

Oh absolutely. I’m a leeds fan, Phillipe. This stuff is music to my ears (eyes 😁). Long may spurs be dreadful

22.02.2026 19:46 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

We’re far from safe but I do like not being part of the conversation right now…

22.02.2026 19:37 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Though seeing Johnny Gaudreu’s dad balling in the crowd as they held up his jersey 😭😭😭

22.02.2026 16:00 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Bugger #theicehockey

22.02.2026 15:59 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

Lad has earned his beer

22.02.2026 15:35 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Ai. Avril lavigne. Same age as me and as a punk kid growing up she was like the ultimate. Her Music was awful but her 😍

22.02.2026 11:01 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Drop a crush from your youth

22.02.2026 08:59 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Nothing from this game in the club's 'goals against Villa' video and that, my friends, is completely unacceptable #lufc

21.02.2026 11:39 β€” πŸ‘ 15    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 0

Nicholas Witchell has arrived at New Scotland Yard with a fishing rod, some chicken and four cans of lager

19.02.2026 18:19 β€” πŸ‘ 175    πŸ” 34    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 0

They won their last European game 4-0. Then drew with palace, lost to us, drew with wolves and sacked their boss…ill reserve judgement 😁

19.02.2026 22:39 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Up them world champion robins

19.02.2026 21:32 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

As many have said this week, these edgelords are nothing new 🧡 #lufc

18.02.2026 16:40 β€” πŸ‘ 13    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

A good time to bring back the guillotine?

19.02.2026 10:06 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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We interrupt tributes to Jesse Jackson to bring you your daily dose of racism.

Thanks, Beeb. Respectfully handled.

17.02.2026 11:42 β€” πŸ‘ 789    πŸ” 276    πŸ’¬ 75    πŸ“Œ 41

Ye, we do alright. sadly Berlin is the hardest done to in terms of public holidays, we get less than everyone else. So having a contract with an office in Dusseldorf gets me 3 more compared to wife and kids πŸ˜‚

17.02.2026 07:18 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The pleasant quirk of my work contract being officially based in another bundesland is that today I have a day off due to Carnival, which isn’t celebrated in Berlin, whilst Mrs H and the kids are at work and school. Lovely 😁

16.02.2026 08:15 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Leeds fans rightly calling out Jim Ratcliffe’s comments may also want to know Leeds United’s co-owners actively enable conspiracy theory and far-right ideology #lufc

14.02.2026 13:10 β€” πŸ‘ 15    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0

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