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John David Francis McAra @jmcara.bsky.social · 38m

Is there currently a minimum age you can walk home from school?

How would you enforce it?

John David Francis McAra @jmcara.bsky.social · 1h

Except they don’t. It is remarkably popular.

John David Francis McAra @jmcara.bsky.social · 1h

Wait, what?

Mark Wallace @wallaceme.bsky.social · 4h

Spooks on the BBC: “We have to climb onto the roof, through a skylight and plug this thumb drive into the Chinese server.”

Spooks on Chinese TV: “We’ve just bought the British data centre. Job done.”

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John David Francis McAra @jmcara.bsky.social · 1h

String Driven Thing.

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John David Francis McAra @jmcara.bsky.social · 1h

Fab album cover at said waterfall.

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John David Francis McAra @jmcara.bsky.social · 1h

Hope so. Otherwise we’re all screwed

Edwin Hayward @edwinhayward.com · 1h

The USA can't bully Spain like it thinks it can. The EU stays united.

www.euronews.com/my-europe/20...

John David Francis McAra @jmcara.bsky.social · 1h

Statecraft as a bad afternoon regional TV game show.

Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 6h

We are living in one of the stupidest times in history.

John David Francis McAra @jmcara.bsky.social · 1h

That implies confirming Brexit was a terrible idea, when mmost people who voted thought was a good idea.

We aren’t at the point *yet* where this is regarded as electorally survivable.

See: “real” Brexit has never been done.

Stay European #RejoinEU 🇪🇺 #FBPE @stayeuropean.bsky.social · 2h

The best way to defeat Reform is for millions of people to hear a version of this message:

"Farage's Brexit made you poorer. Don't let him do it again"

John David Francis McAra @jmcara.bsky.social · 1d

Sure does. UK Greens are currently singing all the tunes Labour supporters like.

Alexander Clarkson @aphclarkson.bsky.social · 1d

If Labour fails to take the Greens as an electoral threat seriously it deserves the same fate Farage is currently meting out to the Conservatives

YouGov @yougov.co.uk · 1d

Our latest Westminster voting intention (12-13 Oct) has the Greens on their highest figure ever recorded by YouGov

Reform UK: 27% (no change from 5-6 Oct)
Labour: 20% (=)
Conservatives: 17% (=)
Lib Dems: 16% (-1)
Greens: 13% (+1)
SNP: 3% (-1)

yougov.co.uk/topics/polit...

John David Francis McAra @jmcara.bsky.social · 1d

Anything that annoys Paul Marshall is fine by me.

Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 1d

The Spectator (owned by GBNews owner Paul Marshall - estimated wealth of £800 million) doesn’t like taxing wealth fairly.

I wonder how they got to this editorial decision?

Let’s tax wealth fairly, fund front line services & make hope normal again.

join.greenparty.org.uk

Polanski is talking nonsense about wealth taxes.

John David Francis McAra @jmcara.bsky.social · 2d

Absolutely this.

James Austin @jamesdaustin.bsky.social · 3d

Everyone knows at least one person (normally, but not exclusively, a guy) whose gone properly mental due to net rabbit holes.

We see public figures regularly go mad and destroy themselves.

And we have, at a policy level, just decided to put our fingers in our ears and go nahnahnah

Alastair Meeks @alastairmeeks.bsky.social · 3d

Last night I heard of another friend of a friend who has been lost to a rabbit hole of online propaganda. We need to start treating this as a serious public health concern.

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Callum Parrish @callumparrish.bsky.social · 3d

If a Labour leader had been accepting bribes from Russia, it would been on the front pages of every paper for weeks (and quite rightly so).

And yet apparently the BBC won't let us talk about Nathan Gill and Reform. It should be headline news everywhere.

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John David Francis McAra @jmcara.bsky.social · 3d

Best of luck chap 👍

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Gail Myerscough @gailmyerscough.co.uk · 3d

My husband @mjowen174.bsky.social really needs some work.
AI has had a very detrimental effect on his earnings this year.
ChatGTP doesn’t have bills to pay and doesn’t have to worry constantly.
Please repost far and wide because I don’t like to see ‘Sad Matt’

Matt Owen @mjowen174.bsky.social · 3d

If you could please do us a favour and RT (or whatever it is on here) my writing CV I would be extremely grateful. I am a very capable writer of words, mainly “humorous”’ and if you have some PROPER paid work for me, please DM me. Thank you for your time www.mathew-owen.co.uk

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John David Francis McAra @jmcara.bsky.social · 3d

The Sweet’s best single.

Slade’s worst.

The 70s Guy @stevenw888.bsky.social · 3d

UK singles chart 12th Oct 1973
7. For The Good Times - Perry Como
6. Laughing Gnome - David Bowie
5. Monster Mash - Bobby Boris Pickett
4. Nutbush City Limits - Ike & Tina Turner
3. Ballroom Blitz - Sweet
2. My Friend Stan - Slade
1. Eye Level - Simon Park Orchestra
#Slade #Bowieforever #Sweet

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Matt Owen @mjowen174.bsky.social · 3d

If you could please do us a favour and RT (or whatever it is on here) my writing CV I would be extremely grateful. I am a very capable writer of words, mainly “humorous”’ and if you have some PROPER paid work for me, please DM me. Thank you for your time www.mathew-owen.co.uk

Home | Matt Owen | Freelance Writer

I offer a broad and diverse range of writing services. Get in touch!

www.mathew-owen.co.uk

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John David Francis McAra @jmcara.bsky.social · 3d

Fair comment.

John David Francis McAra @jmcara.bsky.social · 3d

Can you imagine if someone like Angela Rayner had these kind of links?

Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 3d

Maybe there's something in this Nigel Farage and Nathan Gill Russian bribes story....

Lots of stories about Nathan Gill and Russian bribes.

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John David Francis McAra @jmcara.bsky.social · 3d

Maybe our security services could give some pointers.

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John David Francis McAra @jmcara.bsky.social · 3d

Why no prominent Labour politician (or Lib Dem) is permanently broadcasting Farage links to Russia is “surprising”

Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 4d

Glad to see Nigel Farage has finally remembered Nathan Gill, former leader of Reform in Wales - found guilty of taking bribes from Russia.

Maybe he'll now remember how much he took from Putin's propaganda broadcaster Russia Today for all his TV appearances when he was a MEP?

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John David Francis McAra @jmcara.bsky.social · 4d

But, but, but…

Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 4d

“Here Farage is, in Gill’s office, with Voloshyn’s wife Nadia, on the day Gill makes an intervention on behalf of Medvedchuk’s channels, with an employee of one of those channels, whose husband started bribing Gill to make these statements 6 days earlier”

bylinetimes.com/2025/10/11/s...

'Stunned?' Farage's Admission He Knew Nathan Gill but Not His Kremlin Associates Does Not Stand Up to Scrutiny

Insiders have told Byline Times, it is 'inconceivable' the Reform Leader did not know about his close aide's pro Russian statements

bylinetimes.com

John David Francis McAra @jmcara.bsky.social · 4d

Wonderful.

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John David Francis McAra @jmcara.bsky.social · 4d

They should indeed.

Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 4d

Ever since I finished Question Time, Reform have massively been on the attack.

Including a rant from Richard Tice entirely designed to distract from Reform and Russia.

Everyone should know about Nathan Gill, the bribes from Russia and the link to Reform.

John David Francis McAra @jmcara.bsky.social · 5d

Very true, but meh, I spent years in the 70s and 80s watching us dominate games and then get mugged by clearly inferior opponents.

Perverse joy now in now being the “other guys”

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John David Francis McAra @jmcara.bsky.social · 5d

Certainly hope so.

StuckInRedMO @ktc2.bsky.social · 6d

French Revolution 2.0

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