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Bill Pritchard

@wjp51.bsky.social

Retired newspaper man, avid fiction reader, Pratchett, Adams, crime, humour. Socialist tendencies, left leaning. Enjoy art, theatre TV, movies.

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Tuning the Dial

We’re lost in music, caught …………… at second slip,
low down, by the outstretched hand of ………………..
the US vice president, JD Vance, who was spotted ...
…………..….…. working as a waitress in a cocktail bar
when …………………. Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 7
was premiered in the …………………..… Forties. South
or southwest 5 to 7, occasionally gale ………..…………
from Croydon is on the line, who wants to talk to us
about ……………………….… why Aviva life insurance is
right for you and …………………………………... offers me
protection, a lot of love and affection whether I’m
right or ………….…….….. left wing but there’s nobody
in the centre and the ball gets cleared to ………..……..
….......….…..... Oscar Wilde, who famously announced
β€˜I have nothing to declare except …………….……………
.……….….. I can boogie, boogie woogie all night long.


Brian Bilston

Tuning the Dial We’re lost in music, caught …………… at second slip, low down, by the outstretched hand of ……………….. the US vice president, JD Vance, who was spotted ... …………..….…. working as a waitress in a cocktail bar when …………………. Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 7 was premiered in the …………………..… Forties. South or southwest 5 to 7, occasionally gale ………..………… from Croydon is on the line, who wants to talk to us about ……………………….… why Aviva life insurance is right for you and …………………………………... offers me protection, a lot of love and affection whether I’m right or ………….…….….. left wing but there’s nobody in the centre and the ball gets cleared to ………..…….. ….......….…..... Oscar Wilde, who famously announced β€˜I have nothing to declare except …………….…………… .……….….. I can boogie, boogie woogie all night long. Brian Bilston

Happy Radio Day to all those who celebrate.

13.02.2026 09:06 β€” πŸ‘ 359    πŸ” 103    πŸ’¬ 11    πŸ“Œ 14

GIRFUY!

13.02.2026 11:04 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Poll quoted in Labour by-election ad doesn’t reliably show it’s the only party which can beat Reform – Full Fact A bar chart shared by Labour is based on a very small sample size.

Labour’s claimed a poll from Gorton and Denton shows it’s the only party which can beat Reform UK.

But its bar chart is based on a very small sample size, and experts told us the poll can’t reliably show how support for the main parties compares.

11.02.2026 17:00 β€” πŸ‘ 27    πŸ” 9    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 1

Could Streeting be the first Labour MP to join Reform?

11.02.2026 15:18 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Not a sign of media failure. A sign of media contempt.

08.02.2026 10:38 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Among the defendants was Samuel Corner, whose altercation with a police officer was widely used to justify the proscription of Palestine Action. The fact that the jury, who heard the full story, didn’t convict him of a crime leaves the case for proscription in tatters.

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Unless I think he'll beat me to the leadership.

25.01.2026 14:58 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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β€œIf you can tell me the difference between these two descriptions, then you are a wiser person than me.”

@mrjamesob.bsky.social reads out two excerpts, written 82 years apart.

22.01.2026 14:48 β€” πŸ‘ 427    πŸ” 203    πŸ’¬ 20    πŸ“Œ 24
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If Network NEWSCASTS, and their Late Night Shows, are almost 100% Accurate about a Pathological Liar and Convicted Felon who Incited an Insurrection, tried to Steal a Fair Election and is Covering up Sex Crimes against Children, shouldn't his Disgraceful Presidency be terminated? I say, YES!

24.12.2025 21:28 β€” πŸ‘ 30373    πŸ” 7122    πŸ’¬ 1263    πŸ“Œ 373

The amount of fake gold required to make them Trump-class will sink them.

24.12.2025 11:58 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Have a good one.

24.12.2025 11:53 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Insult and robbery.

19.12.2025 12:58 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Friendship, Love & Truth is launched The Vale Rawlings book Friendship, Love & Truth, written by Elaine Pritchard, has been officially launched at Burton upon Trent public library.The book can now be bought, priced at Β£15.99, with all pr...

More details of the launch of my new book are live on the Forgotten Burton Stories website - www.forgottenburtonstories.co.uk/post/friends... #Tradeunions #LabourHistory #BurtonUponTrent #SocialHistory #TradeUnionHistory #Socialism #FriendshipLoveTruth #ValeRawlings

11.12.2025 08:36 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Total wacko.

10.12.2025 16:38 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Can't risk anyone breaking the hair.

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What he said: πŸ’― 🎯

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Covid inquiry live: β€˜Inexcusable’ delays under Johnson led to 23,000 deaths Lockdowns may have been avoided if Boris Johnson’s government had acted faster, damning report finds

Having Johnson & Cummings in Downing Street when Covid struck was, just like Brexit, an entirely avoidable disaster caused largely by utterly appalling journalism. And now exactly the same clowns, arses & bigots with bylines are rolling out the red carpet for Farage.
www.thetimes.com/article/1b15...

20.11.2025 17:14 β€” πŸ‘ 4021    πŸ” 1416    πŸ’¬ 164    πŸ“Œ 77

Robin Hood robbed from the rich to give to the poor, despite an exodus of barons to the Middle East. So obviously it can be done.

20.11.2025 13:40 β€” πŸ‘ 66    πŸ” 20    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 0

I had people call me callous when I was criticising Johnson, them saying "nobody could have done better". It turns out that a lot of people could have done better and would have meant that thousands of people wouldn't have died. I think the UK is deserving an apology at the very least.

20.11.2025 16:58 β€” πŸ‘ 13    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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After today's confirmation (as if it was needed) that Johnson was nothing more than a lazy, ignorant bungler of a PM, I wonder if there will be any contrition or admission of remorse from the usual media suspects on how they fluffed him up and sold a big fat lie?
It's a rhetorical question..

20.11.2025 21:22 β€” πŸ‘ 20    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

Hahahahahaha

14.11.2025 07:43 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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The BBC was right about the Capitol riots. In a sane world, Trump would be in jail Trump faced impeachment over the riots, and in a world where Republicans had more courage, he would have been found guilty

β€œThe BBC is not an American broadcaster, and it doesn’t owe any obligation to shareholders determined to close deals and make profits. Its clash with Trump is a chance to show the advantages of being a public broadcaster by standing up for the truth. It should seize that opportunity.”

04.11.2025 13:26 β€” πŸ‘ 624    πŸ” 157    πŸ’¬ 9    πŸ“Œ 5
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β€œPrices remain incredibly high. The cost of a weekly shop is still 30% higher than in 2022, and this is continuing to have a huge impact on the lives of people up and down the country.” - Shona Goudie

Our new report on #foodinsecurity: bit.ly/4ozVF5j

#costoflivingcrisis #foodpoverty #costofliving

27.10.2025 11:58 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

A year into power Keir Starmer's Labour has presided over causing a marginalised community to almost universally be living in fear for their safety.

27.10.2025 12:35 β€” πŸ‘ 80    πŸ” 37    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
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How Keir Starmer conned the British electorate Book review: β€˜The Fraud’ offers the most damning portrayal yet of the Starmer project.

Euan Philipps, head of media at Labour Against Antisemitism, adopted a Jewish sounding name to file antisemitism complaints to Labour.

The activities of this faux Jewish activist encapsulate the absurdity of the antisemitism hysteria under CorbynπŸ‘‡
www.declassifieduk.org/how-keir-sta...

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Thank you to everyone at the #NO_KINGS rallies for making your voices heard & being part of history.
The massive crowds were joyful, passionate & spectacular!

So were the signs...

19.10.2025 16:49 β€” πŸ‘ 33143    πŸ” 5664    πŸ’¬ 779    πŸ“Œ 157

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