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Adrian Porter

@seasider1877.bsky.social

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Adrian Porter @seasider1877.bsky.social · Jul 8

If you are eligible to vote in the UK and you are not a member of the political elite, find yourself some time to listen to this. @writesbright.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?v=DnQV...

Bullingdon Club Britain: The ransacking of a nation - Sam Bright

YouTube video by York Ideas

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Adrian Porter @seasider1877.bsky.social · 7h

Nonce House.

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 7h

Royal Lodge – or mini-palace? The 30-room house caught up in the Prince Andrew scandal

Country mansion boasts 40 hectares of grounds yet discredited prince pays only ‘a peppercorn’ in rent each year

www.theguardian.com

Adrian Porter @seasider1877.bsky.social · 14h

#GetPRDone

Henry Mance @henrymance.ft.com · 14h

Latest YouGov opinion poll:

Reform + Conservatives: 43%
Labour + Lib Dems + Greens: 50%

Adrian Porter @seasider1877.bsky.social · 16h

'Choosing to stand with the far-right foreign football hooligan against the local police force: this, apparently, is what British patriotism looks like in 2025.'
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Standing with Maccabi’s football hooligans against local police – is that what patriotism looks like now? | Jonathan Liew

Tommy Robinson is said to be going to Villa Park as a Maccabi Tel Aviv fan. Do the politicians jumping on this bandwagon care what they are doing, asks Guardian columnist Jonathan Liew

www.theguardian.com

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David Clark @david-k-clark.bsky.social · 1d

Is Starmer really going to inflict these thugs on the people of Birmingham against the advice of the police? If so, he will be personally responsible for their behaviour.
www.theguardian.com/football/202...

Tel Aviv football derby between Hapoel and Maccabi called off after rioting

Israeli police make nine arrests, citing ‘disorderly conduct, riots, injured police officers’ and infrastructure damage

www.theguardian.com

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Adrian Porter @seasider1877.bsky.social · 1d

'Good natured fun ...'. Absolute bullshit! This man is either a fantasist or a liar. Running battles, police escorts, charging police horses, bottles, bricks, darts flying ... Enough Jenrick, you evil little man.

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UK Politics @politicsintheuk.bsky.social · 5d

Former tory scum, current Reformoron Caulfield crashes and burns live on Newsnight, desperately trying to convince Britain that Nathan Gill - a Russian-funded Refuk's Kremlin r🐀t - doesn’t matter,As Victoria Derbyshire drags her through every grubby ruble-soaked connection.

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Adrian Porter @seasider1877.bsky.social · 5d

'Rolling over for developers ...'
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A leaked memo, a Maga-style hat and a trail of broken pledges – it’s Labour’s great housing betrayal | Aditya Chakrabortty

Ignore the bombast: Steve ‘build, baby, build’ Reed’s boast looks likely to end in targets more pathetic than they are now, says Guardian columnist Aditya Chakrabortty

www.theguardian.com

Adrian Porter @seasider1877.bsky.social · 5d

This the same Shelvey that was banned for 5 games for calling Romain Saiss of Wolves an 'Arab c**t' & Borthwick-Jackson a 'smelly Arab c**t'?
www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...

Jonjo Shelvey: Former Newcastle United midfielder says he hasn't moved to Dubai for money

About 75 fans watched Jonjo Shelvey's debut in the third tier of the United Arab Emirates - but he says he has not moved for money.

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Adrian Porter @seasider1877.bsky.social · 6d

Setting Sons is an incredible album. Weller was around 20 at the time, but his lyrics showed such insight. I still listen to Private Hell & think... wow, he was just a kid when he wrote this.

Adrian Porter @seasider1877.bsky.social · 6d

The chances of the Green Party getting my vote increase every day!

Josiah Mortimer @josiah.writes.news · 6d

Zack Polanski: "If the straight question is, ‘would I abolish the monarchy' - yeah, absolutely.”
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Exclusive: Zack Polanski backs Scottish and Welsh independence

The eco-populist Green leader has called for sweeping change to Britain's political system, and spoken about potentially leading an explicitly ‘English’ party for the first time.

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Adrian Porter @seasider1877.bsky.social · 6d

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

‘Cruelest forms of torture’: freed Palestinians describe horrors of Israeli jail

Men who were held in Nafha prison say they were brutally beaten, bound at the hands and feet, verbally abused, allowed to contract fungal and skin diseases, and assaulted with loud music for up to two...

www.theguardian.com

Adrian Porter @seasider1877.bsky.social · 7d

When will his neo-fascist troglodyte supporters wake up and smell the coffee (or the Stella)?

Adrian Porter @seasider1877.bsky.social · 7d

Can't believe you are still posting this!

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Reform Party UK Exposed @reformexposed.bsky.social · 7d

Nathan Gill will be sentenced on 21st November for 8 charges of taking Russian Bribes.

It’s essential that the European Parliament carries out an investigation in to UKIP, Brexit Party and Reform UK and their connection to Russia.

Investigation now!

#InvestigateReformUK #ReformRussianBribes

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Peter Jukes @peterjukes.bsky.social · 7d

To all you patriots (and UK authorities)

Is this not political interference of the most egregious and socially divisive kind?

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Adrian Porter @seasider1877.bsky.social · 8d

While Trump boasts...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

‘My heart is broken’: Palestinians begin searching the Gaza rubble for their dead

Using manual tools and their bare hands, people start the immense task of trying to find their loved ones’ remains

www.theguardian.com

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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 9d

Private equity wrecked UK high street, says Iceland Foods boss

PE model - low wages, cut staff/investment, high debt, profiteering, tax abuse.

PE devoured Debenhams, Maplin, Byron Burger, Cath Kidson, Comet, Flybe, Poundworld, Toys R Us.

Controls care homes, vets, supermarkets.
archive.ph/tJVkV

Private equity has wrecked the high street, says Iceland boss

Richard Walker says private buyers take out costs and fail to invest then sell to the highest bidder in a cycle that makes retailers steadily worse

www.thetimes.com

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Adrian Porter @seasider1877.bsky.social · 10d

Madeline Horwath / The Guardian

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Michael McDonald @electproject.bsky.social · 11d

How delusional will Trump have to get before our media start questioning his health?

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11d

Trump: "Portland, I mean -- every time I look at that place it's burning down. There are fires all over the place. When a store -- there are very few of them left -- but when a store owner rebuilds a store they build it out of plywood. They don't put up storefronts anymore. They just put wood up."

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Matthew Stadlen @matthewstadlen.bsky.social · 10d

“The Times today reveals that eight Reform UK councils have indicated that they will raise council tax after struggling to find huge cuts in public spending.”

Imagine Reform running the country.

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Adrian Porter @seasider1877.bsky.social · 10d

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Stewart Lee: The union jack thugs have taken my flag. So I’ve taken theirs

What do you do with a lot of cheap banners hanging from motorway bridges once you’ve torn them down?

www.thenerve.news

Adrian Porter @seasider1877.bsky.social · 10d

Diwali celebrations start around 18 October. Celebrating the spiritual victory of Dharma over Adharma, light over darkness, good over evil, & knowledge over ignorance.

Wow ... we could do with some of that at the moment!

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Jolyon Maugham KC @goodlawproject.org · 11d

Really not good at all that the Christian Right feels emboldened enough to parade in Soho in paramilitary uniforms. www.thepinknews.com/2025/10/10/k...

Evangelical 'King's Army' group disrupts traffic in historic LGBTQ+ London district

A right-wing, evangelical group calling itself the King's Army blocked traffic on Old Compton Street in Soho while chanting anti-LGBTQ+ slogans.

www.thepinknews.com

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Adrian Porter @seasider1877.bsky.social · 11d

Seems to me a good example of where progressives should seek alliance and stand one candidate.

Adrian Porter @seasider1877.bsky.social · 11d

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

We all know Brexit’s to blame for the crisis facing UK steel – it’s time for politicians to be honest and reverse it | Simon Jenkins

With British industry faltering, the excuse that the public wants this is risible. Parliament must force Starmer to act, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins