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Ben Johnson

@sillythirdman.bsky.social

Professional Yorkshireman, Beatles nerd, anti-fascist, Roger Moore apologist .

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In case you needed another reason to hate Manchester United. #scum #lufc

11.02.2026 17:34 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

William Shakespeare wrote this speech 400 years ago about people in London wishing that immigrants go back to where they came from, performed by Sir Ian McKellen on the Stephen Colbert show:

05.02.2026 13:46 β€” πŸ‘ 208    πŸ” 94    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 3
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This amused me greatly πŸ˜‚ especially the fox painting πŸ˜‚

Thank yoooo @cheekybudgie.bsky.social

07.02.2026 13:03 β€” πŸ‘ 1289    πŸ” 434    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 72

Just a word of thanks to our fantastic media. Despite my racist bullying at school, having a senior colleague imprisoned for being a traitor, breaking the MP’s Code Of Conduct 17 times, my dodgy house purchase and even being in the Epstein Files, nobody is demanding I resign!

06.02.2026 17:40 β€” πŸ‘ 753    πŸ” 291    πŸ’¬ 20    πŸ“Œ 8
ReformUK paid return envelope to Glasgow

ReformUK paid return envelope to Glasgow

Postie brought a leaflet from Reform UK today, in Glasgow. Incl a 2nd Class postage paid envelop. If you get one, remember to post the envelop back to them, empty or perhaps with a special message. Every envelop returned will cost them 85p. If every Glasgow household does that, cost will be Β£250K πŸ˜‚

27.12.2025 14:23 β€” πŸ‘ 120    πŸ” 80    πŸ’¬ 12    πŸ“Œ 5

These "I'm not a racist but..." types need half an hour listening to this lass, who should be made President of South Yorkshire.

03.08.2025 11:57 β€” πŸ‘ 91    πŸ” 29    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 7

I am begging, begging Labour to look at the last five decades and realise that catering to the far right has never, ever won their votes or succeeded at making Labour β€œlook tough” on immigration.

Even at Blair’s peak, he was attacked for being weak on it.

Please. Just. Stop.

27.07.2025 16:30 β€” πŸ‘ 310    πŸ” 76    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 2

You wouldn’t vacation in Dachau in 1935. Don’t vacation in Florida in 2025.

05.07.2025 14:39 β€” πŸ‘ 31006    πŸ” 9577    πŸ’¬ 970    πŸ“Œ 383
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πŸ’ŠThe NHS is battling "medieval" levels of untreated illness in some of Britain's poorest communities – at a cost to the health service of about Β£50bn a year, or the same as the defence budget.

My big read from Barrow, Blackpool, Burnley and Blackburn:

www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

30.06.2025 07:27 β€” πŸ‘ 224    πŸ” 114    πŸ’¬ 22    πŸ“Œ 26

Time and again, those with the broadest shoulders contribute the least, while the most vulnerable are asked to tighten already-unbearable belts. Sunak pays a lower effective tax rate than a nurse. That should prompt reform at the top, not punishment at the bottom.

26.06.2025 14:24 β€” πŸ‘ 217    πŸ” 57    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 0
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The BBC has confirmed it won’t air its documentary on Gaza’s medics. I know some of the journalists involved and they’re absolutely excellent. This statement is mealy-mouthed; you can’t β€œboth sides” the facts on the ground of a genocide, and there’s a clear public interest in documenting those facts

20.06.2025 17:22 β€” πŸ‘ 663    πŸ” 309    πŸ’¬ 22    πŸ“Œ 25

Join a union, now

19.06.2025 16:12 β€” πŸ‘ 295    πŸ” 107    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

Since becoming an MP, Nigel Farage has managed to fit in nine trips to the US, has held down twelve jobs, which earned him nearly Β£1million, but has been too busy to hold any surgeries for people in Clacton who actually voted for him.

03.06.2025 16:59 β€” πŸ‘ 2015    πŸ” 635    πŸ’¬ 105    πŸ“Œ 23

Brexit was a referendum on whether the UK should leave the European Union.

The UK has left the European Union. Referendum fulfilled.

If the people bleating about "Brexit Betrayal" wanted the Referendum to enshrine their pet policy preferences, they should have included them in the question.

18.05.2025 15:56 β€” πŸ‘ 3037    πŸ” 703    πŸ’¬ 101    πŸ“Œ 76

I face up to some sound chin music
Malcolm Marshall's bouncing me
Speaking words of Wisden
Let it be

16.05.2025 17:04 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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I'm happy to be European. Today and every day.
Happy #EuropeDay!

09.05.2025 07:12 β€” πŸ‘ 28    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Tell Reform voters about this as often as you can. Farage's agenda is exactly the same as Trump's - he'll just be better at dressing it up.

09.05.2025 07:00 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
A.I. gibberish about Chris Wilder.

A.I. gibberish about Chris Wilder.

Huge if true. #lufc

06.05.2025 10:20 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Sir, With Reform's victory in the Runcorn & Helsby by-election, a process that threatens to result in autocracy has begun. History tells us that all autocracies begin with populist movements making undeliverable promises.
When it is clear that the promises haven't materialised, blame is applied to everyone other than the populist. First the forces against populism are blamed, then the media and eventually the judiciary. We are seeing this in an accelerated form in the United States and will shortly be seeing it in the UK.
The pattern never varies, from 1930s Germany to modern-day Russia. It starts with one voter wishing for a painless means to achieve the unachievable, instead of accepting that difficult decisions are painful.
Voters who supported Reform will be the ones most likely to suffer.
Dr WJ Cunliffe

Sir, With Reform's victory in the Runcorn & Helsby by-election, a process that threatens to result in autocracy has begun. History tells us that all autocracies begin with populist movements making undeliverable promises. When it is clear that the promises haven't materialised, blame is applied to everyone other than the populist. First the forces against populism are blamed, then the media and eventually the judiciary. We are seeing this in an accelerated form in the United States and will shortly be seeing it in the UK. The pattern never varies, from 1930s Germany to modern-day Russia. It starts with one voter wishing for a painless means to achieve the unachievable, instead of accepting that difficult decisions are painful. Voters who supported Reform will be the ones most likely to suffer. Dr WJ Cunliffe

Sir, Nigel Farage has attributed his party's success in Thursday's local and parliamentary elections to worsening illegal immigration. This from the man who repeatedly assured the electorate that Brexit would result in our being able to take back control of our borders. As always, Farage appears to have the answer to everything but the solution to nothing.
James Burton Stewart
Hook, Hants

Sir, Nigel Farage has attributed his party's success in Thursday's local and parliamentary elections to worsening illegal immigration. This from the man who repeatedly assured the electorate that Brexit would result in our being able to take back control of our borders. As always, Farage appears to have the answer to everything but the solution to nothing. James Burton Stewart Hook, Hants

Farage and Reform whip up people’s prejudices, then offer to get rid of what they hate.Their power feeds off ignorance and hatred. They make people angrier about the stuff they fear, then promise to fix it. Of course they won’t. But they know who to tell you to blame when they fail.
(Letters, Times)

03.05.2025 08:14 β€” πŸ‘ 1125    πŸ” 365    πŸ’¬ 61    πŸ“Œ 15

Labour needs several million buckets of ice-cold water poured over their head and the nation's church bells ringing in unison as a very loud wake-up call. Hopefully, this is it.

People voted for hope and change and vision not Reform lite and the same old Tory shite.

02.05.2025 06:59 β€” πŸ‘ 3810    πŸ” 797    πŸ’¬ 258    πŸ“Œ 73

Nothing speaks to the current state of Christianity more than the fact that atheists can give Pope Francis credit for trying to follow the teachings of Jesus while β€œChristians” like Marjorie Taylor Greene celebrate his death because he challenged her to do the same.

26.04.2025 14:52 β€” πŸ‘ 2269    πŸ” 465    πŸ’¬ 39    πŸ“Œ 18
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"They want obedient workers. People who are just smart enough to run the machines and do the paperwork and just dumb enough to passively accept all these increasingly shittier jobs with the lower pay the longer hours the reduced benefits the end of overtime and the vanishing pension" ~George Carlin

25.04.2025 22:49 β€” πŸ‘ 24825    πŸ” 7172    πŸ’¬ 567    πŸ“Œ 549

Labour is making the same mistake.

22.04.2025 11:55 β€” πŸ‘ 421    πŸ” 116    πŸ’¬ 11    πŸ“Œ 3

Who are these imposters, and what have they done with the real Leeds United? #lufc

21.04.2025 14:29 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Jesus wept.

20.04.2025 18:42 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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London bus stop near Amazon HQ πŸ”₯

18.04.2025 18:22 β€” πŸ‘ 36527    πŸ” 7735    πŸ’¬ 321    πŸ“Œ 268
Picture of Morrison's "Mrs Unis Haggis Pakora with a spicy chilli dip"

Picture of Morrison's "Mrs Unis Haggis Pakora with a spicy chilli dip"

I defy anyone to look at this and still say integration isn't working in the UK.

06.04.2025 10:05 β€” πŸ‘ 5346    πŸ” 833    πŸ’¬ 228    πŸ“Œ 156

Do it motherfucker. Do it now

05.04.2025 18:57 β€” πŸ‘ 343    πŸ” 41    πŸ’¬ 19    πŸ“Œ 1

TIL the UK head of Peter Thiel's Palantir is the grandson of the founder of the British Union of Fascists

Thiel is the fascist sponsor of JD Vance

Do you really want these people in charge of the NHS?

05.04.2025 09:25 β€” πŸ‘ 119    πŸ” 60    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 3

Mxxxxdxff

04.04.2025 16:32 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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