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@thesleekitvarmint.bsky.social

61 year old Scottish guy, loves cinema / movies, radio and music, works in tech, hopeless at "reading" people or intentions sometimes, also enjoys reading, politics, current affairs and a half decent weekend paper.

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Apropos of nothing, it would seem.

09.03.2026 13:48 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

We've been building ships for many many years too. Didn't stop the brand new HMS Queen Elizabeth getting sent back to have her brand new propeller getting brand newly looked at.

I'm sure all of that got tested too.

09.03.2026 13:13 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

#DonaldTrump might need to check that the US arriving to a war two years late means his opinion on timeliness isn't worth jack shit.

07.03.2026 22:16 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

@iaindale.bsky.social #KemiBadenoch having an absolute car crash of an interview so far on @lbc.co.uk

25.02.2026 19:21 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Poster with logos for Labour, Tories, Reform UK and Liberal Democrats with caption 'Priority = England' on the left, and SNP and Scottish Greens logo on right with caption 'Priority = Scotland'.

Poster with logos for Labour, Tories, Reform UK and Liberal Democrats with caption 'Priority = England' on the left, and SNP and Scottish Greens logo on right with caption 'Priority = Scotland'.

For Labour, Tories, Liberal Democrats and Reform UK the priority will *always* be England first, and the rest of us a poor second if they can be bothered at all. Vote Scotland. #Scotland #Holyrood26

22.02.2026 09:54 β€” πŸ‘ 28    πŸ” 15    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 1
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www.thenerve.news/p/stewart-le...

22.02.2026 10:11 β€” πŸ‘ 60    πŸ” 20    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 2
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NEW Stewart Lee column πŸ”₯πŸŽ‰

β€œThe Death of Human Civilisation was announced on Tuesday afternoon on LBC radio by Mullins, a tax-fearing Reform donor with the perma-tanned hue of the Dubai-domiciled, and not a cobra in sight. Perhaps it’s the banal full stop 300,000 years of evolution deserves.”

πŸ”—β¬‡οΈ

22.02.2026 10:11 β€” πŸ‘ 160    πŸ” 75    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 1
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Good old London #DonaldTrump #EpsteinFiles

09.01.2026 17:17 β€” πŸ‘ 26    πŸ” 11    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.

Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.

16.11.2025 23:43 β€” πŸ‘ 59620    πŸ” 36458    πŸ’¬ 1307    πŸ“Œ 2908

Excellent news. Miserable shower the lot of them.

21.02.2026 17:17 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

#r4today And that's Sir Jim Ratcliffe, billionaire businessman, part-owner of Manchester United and arsehole.

Fixed it for you.

12.02.2026 06:39 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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While Labour rips itself apart - the SNP is getting on with the job. 🏴󠁧󠁒󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Great to join Eilidh Munro for Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch in Rothiemurchus today.

Vote SNP on the 7th of May.

09.02.2026 17:51 β€” πŸ‘ 110    πŸ” 44    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1

Regressive thinking in action. Stick with a political system that's crumbling in a union that's steadily lurching towards the far right, or start to build a government in Scotland, for Scots, that doesn't need Westminster input, say so, or the final nod. And I say that as a former Labour voter.

10.02.2026 07:28 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

#r4today James Cook getting a tad excitable there. Easy lad, easy...

10.02.2026 07:19 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

#Spurs Looks like they'll need to win the #ChampionsLeague to have a hope of absolutely anything this season.

Bet #AngePostecoglu is having a bloody good laugh right now. Frank has*his* team out there and right now, they're just two places above where Spurs finished last season.

09.02.2026 07:41 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

#r4today Books, reading absolutely essential stuff, but God this piece has had 5 minutes too long to it...

06.02.2026 07:50 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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UK asks Air India to explain Boeing Dreamliner fuel-switch incident Britain's aviation authority has asked Air India to explain how a Boeing Dreamliner passenger jet which was grounded on arrival in India for safety checks took off from London on Sunday with a possibl...

So, to date, an "incidence" of two claimed faulty fuel cutoff switches. At the same airline? When the second one followed a devastating crash? *Very* unlikely...

www.reuters.com/world/india/...

05.02.2026 03:52 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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While waiting to see what the Senate will do...Senate vote to reign in the brutality of ICE

I keep up with the Buddhist Monks Walk for Peace to Washington DC..
Today is DAY 96 for them
They are in Virginia, enroute to Richmond Virginia by weekend

THEY ASK FOR NOTHING
May this clip you peaceπŸ™πŸ•Š

29.01.2026 22:46 β€” πŸ‘ 1952    πŸ” 743    πŸ’¬ 73    πŸ“Œ 30
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#bbcqt Konstantin seems to be one of those types that's for an opinion about everything, experience of none of them and spouts bollocks on his podcast.

Expert then.

29.01.2026 23:53 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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#bbcqt Konstantin Kisin doesn't half talk some shit...

29.01.2026 23:50 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Alex Pretti

Alex Pretti

Alex Pretti, by accounts of people who knew him, was as kind and compassionate a human as any of us can ever strive to be. One of the best of us. His last act, trying to help a woman pushed to the ground.
Tonight, honor a good man πŸ•―οΈ
Then, onward on a path to hold all those responsible, accountable.

25.01.2026 02:49 β€” πŸ‘ 242    πŸ” 67    πŸ’¬ 12    πŸ“Œ 6
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Nigella Lawson to replace Prue Leith on The Great British Bake Off The TV chef says she's

Well I know I'll be watching it now...

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

26.01.2026 13:51 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Joseph Boam - Reform Councillor - Leicestershire County Council
Blue logo - text "I Stand with ICE"

Joseph Boam - Reform Councillor - Leicestershire County Council Blue logo - text "I Stand with ICE"

Councillor Michael Squires - also Reform at Leicestershire County Council, retweeting the post by Joseph Boam - Reform Councillor - Leicestershire County Council
Blue logo - text "I Stand with ICE"

Councillor Michael Squires - also Reform at Leicestershire County Council, retweeting the post by Joseph Boam - Reform Councillor - Leicestershire County Council Blue logo - text "I Stand with ICE"

Joseph Boam CC

Party: Reform UK

Division: Whitwick

District: North West Leicestershire

Parish: Charley; Whitwick

More information about this councillor

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Leicestershire County Council is not responsible for the content of any external link

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Correspondence address:

Members' Secretariat County Hall Glenfield Leicestershire LE3 8RA

Bus. phone: 0116 305 8226

Email: joseph.boam@leics.gov.uk

Download Joseph Boam CC contact details as VCard

Committee appointments

Children and Families Overview and Scrutiny Committee

Corporate Governance Committee

County Council

Term of Office

05/05/2025-07/05/2029

Appointments to outside bodies

East Midlands Museums Service

Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland Combined Fire Authority

Leicestershire Forum for Independent Museums

Whitwick Quarry Liaison Committee

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democracy@leics.gov.uk

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Joseph Boam CC Party: Reform UK Division: Whitwick District: North West Leicestershire Parish: Charley; Whitwick More information about this councillor Electoral Division Map Declarations at meetings Register of interests Voting record Leicestershire County Council is not responsible for the content of any external link Contact information Correspondence address: Members' Secretariat County Hall Glenfield Leicestershire LE3 8RA Bus. phone: 0116 305 8226 Email: joseph.boam@leics.gov.uk Download Joseph Boam CC contact details as VCard Committee appointments Children and Families Overview and Scrutiny Committee Corporate Governance Committee County Council Term of Office 05/05/2025-07/05/2029 Appointments to outside bodies East Midlands Museums Service Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland Combined Fire Authority Leicestershire Forum for Independent Museums Whitwick Quarry Liaison Committee Contact details democracy@leics.gov.uk Twitter Facebook

Michael Squires CC

Party: Reform UK

Division: Valley

District: North West Leicestershire

Parish: Ashby-de-la Zouch; Belton; Breedon on the Hill; Coleorton; Isley cum Langley; Long Whatton & Diseworth; Normanton le Heath, Osgathorpe, Packington; Staunton Harold; Swannington, Worthington

More information about this

councillor

Electoral Division Map

Declarations at meetings

Register of interests

Voting record

Leicestershire County Council is not responsible for the content of any external link

Contact information

Correspondence address:

Members' Secretariat County Hall Glenfield Leicester LE3 8RA

Bus. phone: 0116 305 6167

Email: michael.squires@leics.gov.uk

Download Michael Squires CC contact details as VCard

Committee appointments

Cabinet

County Council

Health and Wellbeing Board (Chairman)Leicestershire County Council

Term of Office

05/05/2025-07/05/2029

Appointments to outside bodies

Breedon and Cloud Hill Quarry Liaison Committee

East Midlands Reserve Forces and Cadets Association

Grace Dieu Priory Trust Belton

Contact details

democracy@leics.gov.uk

Twitter

Facebook

Michael Squires CC Party: Reform UK Division: Valley District: North West Leicestershire Parish: Ashby-de-la Zouch; Belton; Breedon on the Hill; Coleorton; Isley cum Langley; Long Whatton & Diseworth; Normanton le Heath, Osgathorpe, Packington; Staunton Harold; Swannington, Worthington More information about this councillor Electoral Division Map Declarations at meetings Register of interests Voting record Leicestershire County Council is not responsible for the content of any external link Contact information Correspondence address: Members' Secretariat County Hall Glenfield Leicester LE3 8RA Bus. phone: 0116 305 6167 Email: michael.squires@leics.gov.uk Download Michael Squires CC contact details as VCard Committee appointments Cabinet County Council Health and Wellbeing Board (Chairman)Leicestershire County Council Term of Office 05/05/2025-07/05/2029 Appointments to outside bodies Breedon and Cloud Hill Quarry Liaison Committee East Midlands Reserve Forces and Cadets Association Grace Dieu Priory Trust Belton Contact details democracy@leics.gov.uk Twitter Facebook

Reform Party UK sharing Pro-ICE posts on social media. They support seizing 5 year olds as bait, and the extra judicial murder of civilians.

26.01.2026 08:18 β€” πŸ‘ 335    πŸ” 233    πŸ’¬ 29    πŸ“Œ 28

Dumb move by Labour to block #AndyBurnham from running. And the excuse doesn't wash either.

25.01.2026 12:07 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Vote for any unionist party in Scotland and loose these life changing benefits instigated by the SNP government
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22.01.2026 20:43 β€” πŸ‘ 38    πŸ” 23    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 4

No doubt there'll be done pro Union spud turning up giving it "it's not free, don't you know that" when of course we've all known that for absolutely friggin' decades. But they still mention it.

23.01.2026 10:15 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

#bbcqt Troy Shadow spud talking Trumpesque shite.

Farridge rating:3/10

22.01.2026 22:55 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

#bbcqt Wrong tack Emily.

22.01.2026 22:48 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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ICE detains five-year-old Minnesota boy arriving home, say school officials Superintendent says Liam Ramos and his father were taken into custody while in their driveway and sent to Texas

β€˜Terrible things are happening outside… Families are torn apart; men, women and children are separated. Children come home from school to find that their parents have disappeared. Women return… to find their families gone.’
Anne Frank, The Diary of a Young Girl.

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

22.01.2026 07:43 β€” πŸ‘ 6602    πŸ” 3324    πŸ’¬ 277    πŸ“Œ 187
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Can someone please tell this crusted clusterfuck that the last thing Scotland needs is a knight of the realm telling us that he understands about the cost of living & the priorities of people who are living life on the breadline.
#AreYouYesYet #NoUnionistRepresentationInHolyrood

16.01.2026 06:08 β€” πŸ‘ 79    πŸ” 37    πŸ’¬ 13    πŸ“Œ 2