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@bobhudson.bsky.social @bobhudson.bsky.social · 4h

Lee’s insight is making the scales fall from your eyes John…

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@bobhudson.bsky.social @bobhudson.bsky.social · 4h

Wondering what a Reform government might do with our universities? Here’s Lee Anderson to enlighten you…😳

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@bobhudson.bsky.social @bobhudson.bsky.social · 5h

Anyone watching The Hack? David Dinsmore - a senior figure at the Sun during the phone-hacking scandal - has a new job…as chief communications advisor to the PM. Astonishing! Via the ever-interesting @bylinetimes.bsky.social. bylinetimes.com/2025/08/01/s...

Starmer and The Sun: An Appointment that Shows Everything that Is Wrong with Power and the Press in Britain

Keir Starmer has signalled the direction of his Government by appointing a former Editor of The Sun newspaper – who has a criminal conviction under the Sexual Offences Act – as a communications adviso...

bylinetimes.com

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@bobhudson.bsky.social @bobhudson.bsky.social · 8h

Why do we have to be so niggardly over cases like this? What are we trying to prove? www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

Gaza PhD student ‘heartbroken’ as family blocked from entering the UK

Manar al-Houbi’s husband and children refused entry despite her winning a scholarship to cover tuition fees, living costs and housing for them all

www.theguardian.com

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@bobhudson.bsky.social @bobhudson.bsky.social · 11h

Absolutely - tweaking will never achieve much.

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@bobhudson.bsky.social @bobhudson.bsky.social · 12h

‘He slipped away surrounded by his loved ones and the sounds of the Everly Brothers and Buddy Holly’…if you have to go, this is a good way to do it 😢 www.theguardian.com/music/2025/o...

Moody Blues singer and bassist John Lodge dies aged 82

Musician died peacefully surrounded by sounds of Everly Brothers and Buddy Holly, family say

www.theguardian.com

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@bobhudson.bsky.social @bobhudson.bsky.social · 12h

It’s the Telegraph…

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@bobhudson.bsky.social @bobhudson.bsky.social · 12h

Fine by me.

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@bobhudson.bsky.social @bobhudson.bsky.social · 13h

Huh? They’re ‘prepared to enter into a dialogue to discuss a possible settlement’? The lack of contrition from Mone and Barrowman is shocking. news.sky.com/story/ppe-me...

PPE Medpro partners open to settlement over £122m COVID gowns contract breach

PPE Medpro, linked to Tory peer Baroness Michelle Mone, filed to enter administration earlier this month.

news.sky.com

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@bobhudson.bsky.social @bobhudson.bsky.social · 14h

Sounds reasonable to me.

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@bobhudson.bsky.social @bobhudson.bsky.social · 1d

‘They were astounded, nobody has ever seen a fitter, healthier, more beautiful 79 year old…Mr President, they begged me, you must donate your body to medical science…’
www.independent.co.uk/bulletin/new...

Donald Trump’s fresh health report reveals new fact about president

www.independent.co.uk

@bobhudson.bsky.social @bobhudson.bsky.social · 1d

Trump claims Chicago is a war zone that needs defending from itself…

Luca Migo ❌👑 @victinibcn.bsky.social · 1d

Unbearably violent images from Downtown Chicago where a classical music concert was played on the Chicago River. This is too elegant and magical to be seen.

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Luca Migo ❌👑 @victinibcn.bsky.social · 1d

Unbearably violent images from Downtown Chicago where a classical music concert was played on the Chicago River. This is too elegant and magical to be seen.

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@bobhudson.bsky.social @bobhudson.bsky.social · 1d

Farage copies the Trump trick of denying he knows people who are causing him embarrassment. It’s just another lie.

Reform Party UK Exposed @reformexposed.bsky.social · 1d

Seems @Nigel_Farage is trying damage limitation on the Reform Russian Bribes scandal.

He’s known Nathan Gill for 20 years, and claims he knew nothing.

No one believes you, Nigel.

Keep the story moving. Questions must be answered.

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@bobhudson.bsky.social @bobhudson.bsky.social · 1d

Farage’s gift to the nation. How is he escaping responsibility for Brexit? And why isn’t HM Govt explaining why it has been a failure?

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Reform Party UK Exposed @reformexposed.bsky.social · 1d

Seems @Nigel_Farage is trying damage limitation on the Reform Russian Bribes scandal.

He’s known Nathan Gill for 20 years, and claims he knew nothing.

No one believes you, Nigel.

Keep the story moving. Questions must be answered.

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@bobhudson.bsky.social @bobhudson.bsky.social · 2d

These people are sickeningly bitter and self-entitled aren’t they?
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

White House slams Trump’s perceived Nobel peace prize snub as ‘politics over peace’

President has ‘heart of humanitarian’, spokesperson says after unsuccessful bid for prize amid Gaza ceasefire deal

www.theguardian.com

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@bobhudson.bsky.social @bobhudson.bsky.social · 2d

Yes, just one council seat, but the scale of the victory is astonishing. Can this bandwagon be halted?
www.gazettelive.co.uk/news/teessid...

Reform UK sweep to victory in local by-election

The party picked up more than 65% of the vote in the Skelton East ward, said to be its highest ever share anywhere to date

www.gazettelive.co.uk

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@bobhudson.bsky.social @bobhudson.bsky.social · 2d

Telegraph whinging about the consequences of the Brexit they urged us to vote for. All avoidable.

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@bobhudson.bsky.social @bobhudson.bsky.social · 2d

What nonsense! The problem isn’t our teachers ‘poisoning’ children, it’s Farage and his ilk poisoning our country. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Nigel Farage accuses teachers of ‘poisoning our kids’ on race issues

Exclusive: Reform UK leader’s remarks at event for private US college criticised as ‘grossly irresponsible’ by NEU leader

www.theguardian.com

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@bobhudson.bsky.social @bobhudson.bsky.social · 2d

Just an ordinary, beer-loving bloke asking for the chance to humbly serve you…

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@bobhudson.bsky.social @bobhudson.bsky.social · 2d

This is all so ridiculous isn’t it? Does securing peace only matter to Trump if he gets a gong? www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

Norway braces for Trump’s reaction if he does not win Nobel peace prize

US president may impose tariffs, demand higher Nato contributions or even declare Norway an enemy, analyst says

www.theguardian.com

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@bobhudson.bsky.social @bobhudson.bsky.social · 2d

The sound of hubris is overwhelming isn’t it?

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@bobhudson.bsky.social @bobhudson.bsky.social · 3d

Deaths from homelessness: 2024, 1611; 2018, 449; 2010, so unusual, no figures compiled.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

UK deaths of 1,611 homeless people in 2024 is record high

Most are linked to suicide or drugs, with spice and nitazenes increasingly deadly.

www.bbc.co.uk

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@bobhudson.bsky.social @bobhudson.bsky.social · 3d

Party conferences don’t shift the dial…

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@bobhudson.bsky.social @bobhudson.bsky.social · 3d

The threat is ‘existential’…’Brexit has left the UK out in the cold’ - why don’t we talk more about this ridiculous self-harm?
www.theguardian.com/business/202...