Angry John of Bradford

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I'm entering my 60s and the one constant throughout my life has been the nasty, divisive influence of the Daily Mail on society. I think it has been a debilitating malady infecting our nation and should be dismantled.

My take on why everyone should come to #Bradford2025 to see #TurnerPrize - even frequent TP visitors are finding something fresh & new in #Bradford - but it’s attracting artistically unseasoned eyes, too.
Brilliant art, brilliant setting, all in brilliant Bradford!

Badenoch’s Conservative Party banned award-winning journalist David Hencke from their conference.

It was he who exposed the scandal of two Tory MPs taking bribes to perform tasks on behalf of Mohamed Al-Fayed, the now infamous former owner of Harrods.

Turner Prize Bradford 2025 The Turner Prize lands in Bradford’s Cartwright Hall for UK City of Culture 2025 – world-class art meets a city alive with fresh voices

✍️ The Turner Prize lands in Bradford’s Cartwright Hall for UK City of Culture 2025 – world-class art meets a city alive with fresh voices

By John Atkinson

@bd-angry.bsky.social

Thank you!

Great article about the Turner Prize exhibition in Bradford. I will try to visit when I’m next on a trip back to my home town.

If a news organisation is making -200% margin after five years, it is not a commercial operation and should be assumed to have a different purpose.

My take on why everyone should come to #Bradford2025 to see #TurnerPrize - even frequent TP visitors are finding something fresh & new in #Bradford - but it’s attracting artistically unseasoned eyes, too.
Brilliant art, brilliant setting, all in brilliant Bradford!

A reminder: Asylum seekers are in hotels because of a huge application backlog that the gov't must work through. Robert Jenrick - now, bursting with creative solutions - processed applications slowly ***on purpose*** as a deterrent.

Here he is, as Immigration Minister two years ago, saying so. ~AA

Nigel Farage earns over £1m from 12 'second jobs' - check how much your MP earns The Reform UK leader's most lucrative second jobs include hosting on GB News, serving as a brand ambassador for Direct Bullion and recording videos for Cameo

Twelve Jobs Nigel has earned over £1 million in additional income since the general election.

To understand the scale of it, since the July 2024 election he's earned roughly £100k more as a brand ambassador for Direct Bullion than Starmer gets as PM.

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Conservatives Accused of ‘Trumpian’ Tactics After Barring Second Byline Times Journalist From Conference The National Union of Journalists described the bans as a threat to media freedom which "undermines the Conservative Party leader’s repeated pledge to fight for free speech"

The National Union of Journalists condemns the Conservative Party's decision to ban myself and David Hencke from their conference as a threat to media freedom which "undermines the Conservative Party leader’s repeated pledge to fight for free speech"
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Brilliant to again hear people from across the country saying great things about #Bradford District after coming for #TurnerPrize but seeing & experiencing so much more.
More fabulous impact of #Bradford2025

Woman whose party couldn’t spell ‘Britain’ decides English degrees are a ‘rip-off’ Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch has today announced plans to reduce student numbers taking worthless degrees ‘like English’, just 24 hours after her party spectacularly failed to spel…

NEWS! Woman whose party couldn't spell 'Britain' decides English degrees are a 'rip-off' newsthump.com/2025/10/08/w...

Conservative MP Mel Stride claims PIP benefit is thousands of pounds per month.

No it is an absolute maximum of £720 a month, and most people only get £250 or less.

Meanwhile he claims £1,250 a month in rent on his expenses

Lying, thieving b******

56% say Brexit was a mistake.

Only 31% think it was right.

“The tide is turning.”

So Badenoch’s a Blair fan?

Dawn redwood with boating lake behind.

Amazing bark of dawn redwood.

Come for the art; stay for the trees.
These are Dawn Redwoods - rare in their home, China.
100+yrs ago Kew Gardens got seeds, propagated them & have some to Lister Park #Bradford where they flourished!

Me in my BD25 uniform next to a BD25 flag at Cartwright Hall

I’m at #TurnerPrize @bradford2025.co.uk
Come to the fabulous Cartwright Hall #Bradford to see some wonderful art.
#Bradford2025

We have built a society in which people of different skin tones, religious backgrounds & cultures get along, share power, work alongside each other, procreate with each other, recognise the each other’s humanity and democratic rights. It is a STUNNING ACHIEVEMENT OF WORLD HISTORIC PROPORTIONS.

Annual cost of Eton school fees: £53k

Average UK salary: £35k

Guess which one the right-wing press is more concerned about?

Dawn redwood with boating lake behind.

Amazing bark of dawn redwood.

Come for the art; stay for the trees.
These are Dawn Redwoods - rare in their home, China.
100+yrs ago Kew Gardens got seeds, propagated them & have some to Lister Park #Bradford where they flourished!

Me in my BD25 uniform next to a BD25 flag at Cartwright Hall

I’m at #TurnerPrize @bradford2025.co.uk
Come to the fabulous Cartwright Hall #Bradford to see some wonderful art.
#Bradford2025

Robert Peston @Peston Heseltine has just addressed a packed meeting of the European Movement at Tory conference. He does not show the restraint of most party leaders in his critique of Farage and Reform: “right wing equivalents to the fascists of the thirties are back on the march: Le Pen in France, AfD in Germany, Fdl in Italy, Vox in Spain and conspicuously Reform in this country. Much of President Trump's language in America coincides with words here in Europe. The immigrant has replaced the Jew as the problem which needs a solution although recent events here have cast a dark shadow…We must make clear that we will never have any part in the populist extremism of Nigel Farage. We have to deal with President Trump for the next 3 years. we don't need his mouthpiece anywhere near Number 10.” 4:26 PM · Oct 7, 2025 · 16.2K Views

Michael Heseltine tells @europeanmovement.co.uk event that the Farage's Reform and European populist far right parties are “equivalents to the fascists of the thirties” and adds: ”We have to deal with President Trump for the next 3 years. We don't need his mouthpiece anywhere near No.10.” ~AA 🔥

Visited Bradford last week for the first time and loved it. Staggering buildings and of course the most glorious Waterstones bookshop..

I love Bradford and up until this year I was an annual visitor to the city (attended the Infest music festival every August). The architecture in Bradford is breathtaking, including Waterstones, and I love the people. Even though Infest is no longer held in Bradford I will try to visit when I can.

An incredible scoop from Darren here lifted straight from... Polanski's public Wikipedia page

Is any journalist at Conservative conference going to ask Robert Jenrick where he got his new "Let's take our country back," slogan from?

This is a lie.

There are many criticisms you might sensibly and truthfully make of the Sentencing Council and the Sentencing Guidelines. I’ve been making them for years.

But this is an outright lie. Pure fabrication. A fraud on the public.

He knows perfectly well where his dangerous rhetoric leads. Literally fanning the flames…