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@andydownie.bsky.social

Husband, Dad, and Grampy; Woking FC, cyclist, a bit of drawing/painting, tai chi learner, modelmaker, trams, left leaning and a bit green.

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Ow, perhaps they could turn their attention to the 2024 election.
Maybe there’s some fraud to uncover there?

29.01.2026 21:38 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

It’ll be on GBBees next week!

29.01.2026 19:31 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Anyone else have this feeling of frustration that we get report after report like this, but little action.
Where do people think we will end up?
Dont they care?
Report blames #pollution & unsustainable land use & says climate change is intensifying pressures on the environment.

29.01.2026 10:45 β€” πŸ‘ 16    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Was that the Manchester suburb of St Albans he came from?

29.01.2026 18:58 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I just looked at my statements. When I graduated from medical school in 2022, my loan balance was Β£88,797.

Today it is Β£105,589. This is despite paying hundreds of pounds a month every month.

29.01.2026 12:05 β€” πŸ‘ 121    πŸ” 44    πŸ’¬ 10    πŸ“Œ 2

I obviously understand nothing about art - imho they’ve picked the worst 3 on #LAOTY!

28.01.2026 20:54 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

#GeorgiaProtests Day 428 πŸ‡¬πŸ‡ͺπŸ‡ͺπŸ‡Ί
πŸ“· @protest24.bsky.social

28.01.2026 20:12 β€” πŸ‘ 26    πŸ” 13    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 2
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Illegal HMOs shut down over safety concerns after landlord ignored warnings The two six-bedroomed properties out in Tamworth, 'failed to meet even the most basic of living standards and legal requirements'

It appears that the 'Rogue Landlord' involved in this story is Reform UK Councillor Edward Harris, Chairman of Warwickshire County Council (of Polesworth).

Illegal Tamworth HMOs shut down over string of safety concerns after landlord ignored warnings

www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midland...

28.01.2026 17:24 β€” πŸ‘ 179    πŸ” 139    πŸ’¬ 7    πŸ“Œ 5
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Nick Clegg: "Nigel Farage's great achievement in life is a disaster for this country, and no one holds him to account."

28.01.2026 17:16 β€” πŸ‘ 354    πŸ” 86    πŸ’¬ 46    πŸ“Œ 24
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Sure the people of Gorton and Denton will be delighted to hear this...

28.01.2026 11:29 β€” πŸ‘ 44    πŸ” 28    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 3

Wearing cult colours

28.01.2026 15:09 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Please delete
DO NOT SHARE as it makes Reform
look like a bunch of hypocritical twats ...

meme via Truth Against Hate

28.01.2026 11:58 β€” πŸ‘ 76    πŸ” 67    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
https://www.change.org/p/hold-by-elections-for-mps-who-resign-or-defect

New petition, let’s keep the pressure up:

Hold by-elections for MPs who resign or defect

t.co/hBR5fDWpH1

28.01.2026 12:50 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

He fell in love with Salford and Gorton and Denton and Manchester and still respects the place and the people to this day.

bsky.app/profile/sara...

27.01.2026 23:13 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 2

I love what Labour are doing with prison reform, and this news is fantastic...

Today we hear the new role of Prison Reading Laureate has been created.

Author Lee Child known for the Jack Reacher book series will be the first.

It's created to show the importance of literacy skills in...

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27.01.2026 17:08 β€” πŸ‘ 105    πŸ” 39    πŸ’¬ 7    πŸ“Œ 3

This disqualifies him, surely?

28.01.2026 08:09 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Rest assured that Reform will NEVER work with Tories.
Apart from Lee Anderson, Nadine Dorries, Danny Kruger, Andrea Jenkyns, Jonathan Gullis, Sarah Pochin, Jake Berry, Marco Longhi, Peter Bone, Robert Jenrick, Andrew Rosindell, Suella Braverman…

27.01.2026 19:36 β€” πŸ‘ 370    πŸ” 118    πŸ’¬ 23    πŸ“Œ 5

This is so good. There are models--and Minneapolis is a great one--of what community and solidarity look like. And those real, existing models are far more compelling to far more people than the blood-and-soil fever dreams of soulless maga ghouls

27.01.2026 13:49 β€” πŸ‘ 350    πŸ” 64    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0

Agreed, except Reform plc have absolutely no intent to fix anything. It’s all about corrupt money making, whatever they say. More will need to be broken to satisfy their greed.

27.01.2026 14:39 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Chris Mason cheer leading for the fascists again on BBC website today.
Claiming Labour in total disarray about traitorous Braverman’s defection to Reform plc.

27.01.2026 10:06 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Same reason they never showed any of the pro-EU marches.

They are a far right monopoly media company.

27.01.2026 08:25 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Revealed: a rotting illegal waste site belongs to the King’s royal estate It's been called one of the most dangerous illegal waste sites in the country - a huge 25,000 tonne dump of rubbish located next to a row of houses and a primary school near Wigan.

Meanwhile, in England’s Green and Pleasant Land.

The hereditary monarch refuses to clear up a shit hole on his land. Feudalism writ large.

#NotMyKing
#IndependentScottishRepublic

27.01.2026 08:07 β€” πŸ‘ 29    πŸ” 26    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 4
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'Unless Nigel Farage finds the guts to stand up to Trump his dream is over' Nigel Farage has painted himself into a corner and he cannot turn on his America daddy, writes Neil Mackay

β€˜Trump will be the undoing of Nigel Farage’

Farage is now umbilically tied to a President who has the blood of US citizens on his hands. The stink of Trump is all over Farage. As Trump spirals out of control, Farage will pay for his loyalty at the British ballot box

In @heraldscotland.bsky.social

27.01.2026 08:06 β€” πŸ‘ 73    πŸ” 25    πŸ’¬ 13    πŸ“Œ 2
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"After two years of Israeli attacks, more than 39,000 children in Gaza have lost at least one parent. A further 17,000 kids have lost both parents. Nearly 2,600 of those children have been registered as what is known as 'WCNSF', wounded child no surviving family"

Genocide.

27.01.2026 07:24 β€” πŸ‘ 263    πŸ” 235    πŸ’¬ 14    πŸ“Œ 16

The sooner a by election is required if MPs renege on their voters preference the better.

26.01.2026 21:08 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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UK to join major wind farm project with eight European countries For the first time, the new wind farms will be connected to more than one country through undersea cables.

πŸ’¨ Big news for clean energy! The UK is joining 9 European nations in a massive North Sea wind farm project 🌊⚑️.

βœ… Boosts energy security
βœ… Links countries via undersea cables
βœ… Could help lower energy prices

A step toward escaping the 'fossil fuel rollercoaster' 🎒

26.01.2026 11:19 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

What vile, selfish, despicable β€˜humans’ these people are.
Emboldened to show their deep true feeling by the rise of the fascist Farage and Reform plc abetted by Mason and others at the BBC, and the hatefilled MSM.

26.01.2026 11:10 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Think you’ll find the party rules don’t allow for a current mayor to stand as a candidate for parliament.
This is yet another β€˜blown up by the press to discredit Labour’ non story.

26.01.2026 08:27 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I think he so indoctrinated by the Farage cult he’d work for fascism for nothing.

25.01.2026 22:19 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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