And the longest serving of them is an absolute legend. My former politics teacher at college
27.02.2026 18:02 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0@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.
And the longest serving of them is an absolute legend. My former politics teacher at college
27.02.2026 18:02 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0You got to feel for Matt Goodwin.
Sorry missed a word. You got to feel contempt for Matt Goodwin.
Thatβs not even hard.
27.02.2026 06:21 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 02/3 of voters voting for a centre left partyβ¦can we please maybe start framing politics differentlyβ¦and stop trying to mimic the far fucking right.
27.02.2026 06:21 β π 10 π 4 π¬ 1 π 0A 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 π 1058 π 185 π¬ 40 π 10Worth 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.
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 passportsβ¦rejected because the home office donβt recognise FCO issued birth certificates. So genuinely just used as a massive money makerβ¦so par for course
26.02.2026 12:02 β π 4 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0βTommy Robinsonβ 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 βcriminal alienβ the Trump administration pretends to want to prevent from entering the U.S.
25.02.2026 22:09 β π 145 π 85 π¬ 7 π 1Fond memories of working at NTL, woman rang up screaming at me. Her husband in background shouts at her, βdonβt talk to them like that. Theyβre on fuck allβ
Then he takes phone off her, and gives me a line which I have used myself since
βDo you have a manager you dislike intensely I can speak to?β
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 π 899 π 202 π¬ 6 π 12Jesse 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 π 55 π 3 π¬ 8 π 0The key to a good atmosphere isnβt the design of a stand for marketing purposes; itβs 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 π 21 π 4 π¬ 1 π 0The AfD is flirting with Nazi history β but moral outrage alone wonβt stop the far right | Katja Hoyer
23.02.2026 06:44 β π 145 π 53 π¬ 14 π 11Oh absolutely. Iβm a leeds fan, Phillipe. This stuff is music to my ears (eyes π). Long may spurs be dreadful
22.02.2026 19:46 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Weβre far from safe but I do like not being part of the conversation right nowβ¦
22.02.2026 19:37 β π 5 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Though seeing Johnny Gaudreuβs dad balling in the crowd as they held up his jersey πππ
22.02.2026 16:00 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Bugger #theicehockey
22.02.2026 15:59 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 1Lad has earned his beer
22.02.2026 15:35 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Ai. Avril lavigne. Same age as me and as a punk kid growing up she was like the ultimate. Her Music was awful but her π
22.02.2026 11:01 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Drop a crush from your youth
22.02.2026 08:59 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Nothing 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 π 15 π 1 π¬ 5 π 0Nicholas Witchell has arrived at New Scotland Yard with a fishing rod, some chicken and four cans of lager
19.02.2026 18:19 β π 175 π 34 π¬ 6 π 0They won their last European game 4-0. Then drew with palace, lost to us, drew with wolves and sacked their bossβ¦ill reserve judgement π
19.02.2026 22:39 β π 5 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Up them world champion robins
19.02.2026 21:32 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0As many have said this week, these edgelords are nothing new π§΅ #lufc
18.02.2026 16:40 β π 13 π 5 π¬ 1 π 0A good time to bring back the guillotine?
19.02.2026 10:06 β π 10 π 1 π¬ 2 π 0We interrupt tributes to Jesse Jackson to bring you your daily dose of racism.
Thanks, Beeb. Respectfully handled.
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 π
17.02.2026 07:18 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0The pleasant quirk of my work contract being officially based in another bundesland is that today I have a day off due to Carnival, which isnβt celebrated in Berlin, whilst Mrs H and the kids are at work and school. Lovely π
16.02.2026 08:15 β π 6 π 0 π¬ 2 π 0Leeds fans rightly calling out Jim Ratcliffeβs comments may also want to know Leeds Unitedβs co-owners actively enable conspiracy theory and far-right ideology #lufc
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