Bill Reid
@callereal.bsky.social
Scotland rugby and football, England cricket (watch ANY cricket), QPR fan. Open garden for the National Garden Scheme raising money for nursing charities.
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And honestly I don't give a fuck if it's popular or not. It's going to make a lot of kids' lives better. That's the point of government. Not an opinion poll.
November 26, 2025 at 1:12 PM
And honestly I don't give a fuck if it's popular or not. It's going to make a lot of kids' lives better. That's the point of government. Not an opinion poll.
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Given the PM loves a flag-waving presser about something patriotic, i don't get why govt is not now in full 'launch an inquiry on foreign interference in UK politics' given this week we've had Nathan Gill jailed over Russian bribes, Chinese spies again, & this www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
MAGA X accounts exposed as being run from far-flung foreign countrie
The rollout has hit the MAGA movement particularly hard, with high-profile accounts which often post about election results and Trump's anti-immigration agenda linked to far-flung foreign nations.
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November 24, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Given the PM loves a flag-waving presser about something patriotic, i don't get why govt is not now in full 'launch an inquiry on foreign interference in UK politics' given this week we've had Nathan Gill jailed over Russian bribes, Chinese spies again, & this www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
Fantastic comment on the cricket et al Substack which I’m hoping may be premature and laughed at in the coming couple of months : England are like a test cricket cover band - entertaining but not the real thing.
November 23, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Fantastic comment on the cricket et al Substack which I’m hoping may be premature and laughed at in the coming couple of months : England are like a test cricket cover band - entertaining but not the real thing.
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If I’m understanding this correctly, X is owned by a white nationalist who pays poor people of color in developing countries to pretend to be working class white Americans to scare other white Americans into being afraid poor people of color from developing countries are going to ruin America?
November 23, 2025 at 7:30 PM
If I’m understanding this correctly, X is owned by a white nationalist who pays poor people of color in developing countries to pretend to be working class white Americans to scare other white Americans into being afraid poor people of color from developing countries are going to ruin America?
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🚨 Labour MPs are calling for a minister-led review of the government’s use of X, warning it poses growing risks to democracy and public safety
@politicshome.bsky.social understands a review is currently being carried out by officials, but without ministerial oversight
@politicshome.bsky.social understands a review is currently being carried out by officials, but without ministerial oversight
Labour MPs Call For A More Serious Review Of The Government's Use Of X
Labour MPs are calling for ministers to take control of decisions over the government’s continued use of X, as concerns grow about the platform’s s...
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November 20, 2025 at 12:05 PM
🚨 Labour MPs are calling for a minister-led review of the government’s use of X, warning it poses growing risks to democracy and public safety
@politicshome.bsky.social understands a review is currently being carried out by officials, but without ministerial oversight
@politicshome.bsky.social understands a review is currently being carried out by officials, but without ministerial oversight
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No, they really didn’t. The opposite. The BBC smiled, in a gentile way, and told him to bugger off. You have to imagine the letter being read by Charles Dance.
The BBC bends the knee.
This just in: BBC chair Samir Shah has responded to Trump's legal threat by sending a "personal letter" making clear "that he and the Corporation are sorry for the edit of the President's speech." And/but the BBC also says Trump has no basis for a defamation lawsuit.
November 15, 2025 at 7:31 AM
No, they really didn’t. The opposite. The BBC smiled, in a gentile way, and told him to bugger off. You have to imagine the letter being read by Charles Dance.
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Water power...
Cromford Mills, #Derbyshire
Cromford Mills, #Derbyshire
November 15, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Water power...
Cromford Mills, #Derbyshire
Cromford Mills, #Derbyshire
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Love being reminded to do this every year. It's a win/win all round
November 11, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Love being reminded to do this every year. It's a win/win all round
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EU investing €546 billion for high speed rail by 2040
E.g. Lisbon to Warsaw, from 38 hours today to 12 hours
Pricing to compete with low cost flights
Reduce emissions by 80%
Jokes on them, they don't have Brexit sovereignty 🤷♂️
E.g. Lisbon to Warsaw, from 38 hours today to 12 hours
Pricing to compete with low cost flights
Reduce emissions by 80%
Jokes on them, they don't have Brexit sovereignty 🤷♂️
November 7, 2025 at 7:56 PM
EU investing €546 billion for high speed rail by 2040
E.g. Lisbon to Warsaw, from 38 hours today to 12 hours
Pricing to compete with low cost flights
Reduce emissions by 80%
Jokes on them, they don't have Brexit sovereignty 🤷♂️
E.g. Lisbon to Warsaw, from 38 hours today to 12 hours
Pricing to compete with low cost flights
Reduce emissions by 80%
Jokes on them, they don't have Brexit sovereignty 🤷♂️
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Took the cats out for a walk with my brother and accidentally created a 90s Britpop album cover
November 5, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Took the cats out for a walk with my brother and accidentally created a 90s Britpop album cover
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Just nice to see an American progressive leader who is unafraid and victorious. Really no more to it than that. What a beautiful fucking sight.
November 5, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Just nice to see an American progressive leader who is unafraid and victorious. Really no more to it than that. What a beautiful fucking sight.
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This cause is close to my heart - please sign: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ba...
Petition: Ban public sale of fireworks!
Claire's beloved horse Tango died in terror when holiday-makers set off a firework display at a nearby cottage. Sign her petition to protect animals and vulnerable people from the shock and terror of ...
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November 4, 2025 at 5:51 PM
This cause is close to my heart - please sign: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ba...
Sedum Seboldii at the front contrasting with a magnificent Mahonia behind which is still covered in bees! 🇬🇧🌱
November 1, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Sedum Seboldii at the front contrasting with a magnificent Mahonia behind which is still covered in bees! 🇬🇧🌱
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"When I was a kid, we didn't have smartphones. We had to come up with our own extremist views"
October 28, 2025 at 8:17 PM
"When I was a kid, we didn't have smartphones. We had to come up with our own extremist views"
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It's that moment again for National Trust members to vote to keep the entryists out.
Quick and easy to vote and please do so by 31st of October
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Quick and easy to vote and please do so by 31st of October
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Then share. Thank you.
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October 25, 2025 at 10:11 AM
It's that moment again for National Trust members to vote to keep the entryists out.
Quick and easy to vote and please do so by 31st of October
Quick Vote link keeps the AstroTurfers out.
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Quick and easy to vote and please do so by 31st of October
Quick Vote link keeps the AstroTurfers out.
Then share. Thank you.
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King Charles who loves killing foxes, birds, and badgers has been made Patron of the RSPCA.
King Charles used his power to block a ban on Fox Hunting and to make sure it is the joke ban we currently have.
RT if the RSPCA should remove him.
King Charles used his power to block a ban on Fox Hunting and to make sure it is the joke ban we currently have.
RT if the RSPCA should remove him.
December 21, 2024 at 1:05 PM
King Charles who loves killing foxes, birds, and badgers has been made Patron of the RSPCA.
King Charles used his power to block a ban on Fox Hunting and to make sure it is the joke ban we currently have.
RT if the RSPCA should remove him.
King Charles used his power to block a ban on Fox Hunting and to make sure it is the joke ban we currently have.
RT if the RSPCA should remove him.
Fantastic autumn colours at Chatsworth House today. 🇬🇧🌱
October 21, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Fantastic autumn colours at Chatsworth House today. 🇬🇧🌱
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It is a travesty that Peter Svidler GM, a former candidate to the chess world crown, still in Top 50 at the age of 49, self-confessed "cricket tragic" and proud Russian who spoke out against the invasion of Ukraine, should have under 2,000 followers on this platform.
these are always good, although it did re-traumatise me a bit after i just about recovered from that final morning of the 5th test. also, buy that book - alex and @liebcricket.com collabs are excellent
14 England things that happened in the summer of 2025 – do they tell us anything?
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October 13, 2025 at 11:34 AM
It is a travesty that Peter Svidler GM, a former candidate to the chess world crown, still in Top 50 at the age of 49, self-confessed "cricket tragic" and proud Russian who spoke out against the invasion of Ukraine, should have under 2,000 followers on this platform.
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Having illustrated the problem of X ignoring its legal duties, I want to build an effective coalition for intervention. If you are or know people on X receiving racist abuse, rape threats, I would welcome receipts of one rejected attempt to report to the platform an indefensible case
Thanks for this kind note. I hope to do something useful with this by Nov/Dec (new Ofcom powers, new EHRC chair). I'd like more women + ethnic minorities to go through (futile) process of reporting shocking stuff (eg rape threats, p-word, n-word) & share receipts with me of one egregious example
October 11, 2025 at 7:29 AM
Having illustrated the problem of X ignoring its legal duties, I want to build an effective coalition for intervention. If you are or know people on X receiving racist abuse, rape threats, I would welcome receipts of one rejected attempt to report to the platform an indefensible case
This pink border is where our hideous oil tank used to be before we got our heat pump. The dahlia is Fascination underplanted with Persecaria Red Rragon with Salvia Cerro Petosi and a pink cosmos in the background. 🇬🇧🌱
October 11, 2025 at 7:40 AM
This pink border is where our hideous oil tank used to be before we got our heat pump. The dahlia is Fascination underplanted with Persecaria Red Rragon with Salvia Cerro Petosi and a pink cosmos in the background. 🇬🇧🌱
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cry havoc and let slip the frogs of war
October 11, 2025 at 12:32 AM
cry havoc and let slip the frogs of war
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Just got a haircut, and my lovely barber, a Turkish guy who employs 6 people, and has a wife who's an IVF technician, is shutting up shop and moving to another country because his Indefinite Leave to Remain is under threat by these venal, stupid, posturing politicians, left and right.
October 6, 2025 at 9:13 AM
Just got a haircut, and my lovely barber, a Turkish guy who employs 6 people, and has a wife who's an IVF technician, is shutting up shop and moving to another country because his Indefinite Leave to Remain is under threat by these venal, stupid, posturing politicians, left and right.
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like to think that Lecornu didn't actually want to be PM and just wanted to see what it was like to form a government for fun, cf.
October 6, 2025 at 8:22 AM
like to think that Lecornu didn't actually want to be PM and just wanted to see what it was like to form a government for fun, cf.
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Extraordinary events in the US - a civil war brewing which the UK media seem to have missed
This is a breathtaking abuse of the law and power by the President of the United States.
America is on the brink of martial law.
Do not be silent.
America is on the brink of martial law.
Do not be silent.
This evening, President Trump is ordering 400 members of the Texas National Guard for deployments to Illinois, Oregon, and other locations within the United States. No officials from the federal government called me directly to discuss or coordinate.
October 6, 2025 at 5:01 AM
Extraordinary events in the US - a civil war brewing which the UK media seem to have missed
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We’re delighted to welcome Dr Richard Claxton as the new CEO of @ngsopengardens.bsky.social
Richard worked as a GP for many years and has long championed nature-based therapies for patients.
#UKGardening 🌱 #NationalGardenScheme #OpenGardens
Richard worked as a GP for many years and has long championed nature-based therapies for patients.
#UKGardening 🌱 #NationalGardenScheme #OpenGardens
October 2, 2025 at 10:54 AM
We’re delighted to welcome Dr Richard Claxton as the new CEO of @ngsopengardens.bsky.social
Richard worked as a GP for many years and has long championed nature-based therapies for patients.
#UKGardening 🌱 #NationalGardenScheme #OpenGardens
Richard worked as a GP for many years and has long championed nature-based therapies for patients.
#UKGardening 🌱 #NationalGardenScheme #OpenGardens