Eddie Clarke
@hedgiecc.bsky.social
Londoner, arts & politics interests, reader
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I read Songs of Seven Dials: An Intimate History of 1920s and 1930s London by Matt Houlbrook
K.J. Charles's review of Songs of Seven Dials
This twentieth-century history of Seven Dials (a small weirdly laid out area in the heart of London) starts with an author's note that the quoted material includes "words, phrases or ideas that we rec...
www.goodreads.com
December 8, 2025 at 9:34 AM
I read Songs of Seven Dials: An Intimate History of 1920s and 1930s London by Matt Houlbrook
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My PT is studying for his British citizenship test so we were practicing between sets. What absolute bloody nonsense it is. "How long ago was the Bronze Age" yeah wow imagine a British citizen not knowing that, the state would collapse.
December 9, 2025 at 1:07 PM
My PT is studying for his British citizenship test so we were practicing between sets. What absolute bloody nonsense it is. "How long ago was the Bronze Age" yeah wow imagine a British citizen not knowing that, the state would collapse.
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First the Louvre, now Bristol Museums! Are museums the new go-to targets ?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
December 11, 2025 at 1:58 PM
First the Louvre, now Bristol Museums! Are museums the new go-to targets ?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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💬 @zackpolanski.bsky.social: "People are choosing a politics that doesn’t scapegoat the vulnerable or remain quiet on injustice,...a politics that says: yes, we can build a fairer economy; we can restore our natural world; we can reinvest in communities."
✅️ Choose hope. Choose Green.
✅️ Choose hope. Choose Green.
December 11, 2025 at 7:52 AM
💬 @zackpolanski.bsky.social: "People are choosing a politics that doesn’t scapegoat the vulnerable or remain quiet on injustice,...a politics that says: yes, we can build a fairer economy; we can restore our natural world; we can reinvest in communities."
✅️ Choose hope. Choose Green.
✅️ Choose hope. Choose Green.
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Hadn't realised that in the last five years London overtook New York's population for the first time since the 1960s
December 11, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Hadn't realised that in the last five years London overtook New York's population for the first time since the 1960s
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1. We've had a huge response to the launch of the Earth Rover Program, above all from small farmers, especially in Africa. Farmers all over the world are highly attuned to the need for a better understanding of soil, and have immediately seen the potential. 🧵 1/10
www.earthroverprogram.org
www.earthroverprogram.org
The Earth Rover Program
The Earth Rover Program unites scientists, farmers, and innovators to monitor, understand, and restore soils worldwide. Advancing food security, climate resilience, and biodiversity through open scien...
www.earthroverprogram.org
December 11, 2025 at 9:07 AM
1. We've had a huge response to the launch of the Earth Rover Program, above all from small farmers, especially in Africa. Farmers all over the world are highly attuned to the need for a better understanding of soil, and have immediately seen the potential. 🧵 1/10
www.earthroverprogram.org
www.earthroverprogram.org
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Farage thinks I'm a maniac?
Starmer thinks the Greens are nuts?
Badenoch thinks I'm weird?
Join.greenparty.org.uk
Starmer thinks the Greens are nuts?
Badenoch thinks I'm weird?
Join.greenparty.org.uk
December 11, 2025 at 9:17 AM
Farage thinks I'm a maniac?
Starmer thinks the Greens are nuts?
Badenoch thinks I'm weird?
Join.greenparty.org.uk
Starmer thinks the Greens are nuts?
Badenoch thinks I'm weird?
Join.greenparty.org.uk
BBC’s #Outrageous is entertaining & very watchable but as Nic says below certainly not the full story. I also find it odd the producers exaggerate the financial position of the Redesdales (the father bought a Scottish island from the proceeds of selling his ancestral property).
I've binged #Outrageous (iPlayer), which is about the Midford family. It's quite fun to watch, but, as @hedgiecc.bsky.social pointed out, the parents' Nazi sympathies have not only been completely erased, but the characters actually speak out against Hitler in the series. 1/
December 11, 2025 at 11:36 AM
BBC’s #Outrageous is entertaining & very watchable but as Nic says below certainly not the full story. I also find it odd the producers exaggerate the financial position of the Redesdales (the father bought a Scottish island from the proceeds of selling his ancestral property).
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🇪🇺 The Green Party is clear: we should be repairing our relationship with the EU and undoing the damage of Brexit.
That's why yesterday Green MPs voted in favour of re-joining the Customs Union - as a vital first step.
That's why yesterday Green MPs voted in favour of re-joining the Customs Union - as a vital first step.
December 10, 2025 at 1:05 PM
🇪🇺 The Green Party is clear: we should be repairing our relationship with the EU and undoing the damage of Brexit.
That's why yesterday Green MPs voted in favour of re-joining the Customs Union - as a vital first step.
That's why yesterday Green MPs voted in favour of re-joining the Customs Union - as a vital first step.
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We’re at a tipping point.
As we go into 2026, a majority of 2016 voters still alive voted Remain.
As we go into 2026, a majority of 2016 voters still alive voted Remain.
Brexit: can Starmer seize this demographic opportunity?
Demography and disillusion join to give the government a real opportunity to transform our relations with the EU. Will Starmer dare seize it?
eastangliabylines.co.uk
December 10, 2025 at 3:19 PM
We’re at a tipping point.
As we go into 2026, a majority of 2016 voters still alive voted Remain.
As we go into 2026, a majority of 2016 voters still alive voted Remain.
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🔴 REVEALED 🔴
The Institute of Economic Affairs – the anti-state, anti-climate pressure group that "incubated" Liz Truss – was bankrolled by oil giants and Rupert Murdoch’s media empire.
📝 Exclusive findings from @desmog.com 👇
The Institute of Economic Affairs – the anti-state, anti-climate pressure group that "incubated" Liz Truss – was bankrolled by oil giants and Rupert Murdoch’s media empire.
📝 Exclusive findings from @desmog.com 👇
The Institute of Economic Affairs Banked £640,000 from Oil Giants and Murdoch
The Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA) – the anti-state, anti-climate pressure group – received more than £640,000 from fossil fuel companies and Rupert Murdoch’s media conglomerate between 1957 and ...
www.desmog.com
December 11, 2025 at 7:05 AM
🔴 REVEALED 🔴
The Institute of Economic Affairs – the anti-state, anti-climate pressure group that "incubated" Liz Truss – was bankrolled by oil giants and Rupert Murdoch’s media empire.
📝 Exclusive findings from @desmog.com 👇
The Institute of Economic Affairs – the anti-state, anti-climate pressure group that "incubated" Liz Truss – was bankrolled by oil giants and Rupert Murdoch’s media empire.
📝 Exclusive findings from @desmog.com 👇
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Denmark has labeled the United States as a potential security concern for the first time in an annual report released by one of its intelligence agencies, offering more evidence of the increasingly fraught transatlantic alliance between Europe and the US.
Denmark sees US as potential security concern | CNN
Denmark has labeled the United States as a potential security concern for the first time in an annual report released by one of its intelligence agencies, offering more evidence of the increasingly fraught transatlantic alliance between Europe and the US.
cnn.it
December 10, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Denmark has labeled the United States as a potential security concern for the first time in an annual report released by one of its intelligence agencies, offering more evidence of the increasingly fraught transatlantic alliance between Europe and the US.
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astonishingly, the booker prize has never gone to an author with a 'q' or an 'x' in their surnames
December 10, 2025 at 2:19 PM
astonishingly, the booker prize has never gone to an author with a 'q' or an 'x' in their surnames
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It’s high time we ALL vote for what we actually want. #VoteGreen
Your regular reminder 👇
🏥 81% want publicly owned NHS
🏫 78% want publicly owned schools
💧 73% want publicly owned water
🚂 70% want publicly owned rail
✉️ 70% want publicly owned mail
🚍 67% want publicly owned buses
💡 65% want publicly owned energy
🏥 81% want publicly owned NHS
🏫 78% want publicly owned schools
💧 73% want publicly owned water
🚂 70% want publicly owned rail
✉️ 70% want publicly owned mail
🚍 67% want publicly owned buses
💡 65% want publicly owned energy
EXCLUSIVE: Poll shows huge support for nationalisation of key industries and utilities
Privatisation has failed.
leftfootforward.org
December 10, 2025 at 9:23 AM
It’s high time we ALL vote for what we actually want. #VoteGreen
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So we've gone from "he never said anything Nazi" to "well he might have said something Nazi but not in a hurtful way" to "well okay he probably did say something Nazi in a hurtful way, but didn't we all?"
December 9, 2025 at 11:49 PM
So we've gone from "he never said anything Nazi" to "well he might have said something Nazi but not in a hurtful way" to "well okay he probably did say something Nazi in a hurtful way, but didn't we all?"
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Once more for the haters...
December 9, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Once more for the haters...
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"What is making sea levels rising faster than ever?
Us
Human activity has been the main culprit since 1970
At first, it was mostly ocean water expanding as it warmed
Now, melting ice from Greenland, Antarctica, mountain glaciers has taken over as the biggest factor"
via European Environment Agency
Us
Human activity has been the main culprit since 1970
At first, it was mostly ocean water expanding as it warmed
Now, melting ice from Greenland, Antarctica, mountain glaciers has taken over as the biggest factor"
via European Environment Agency
December 10, 2025 at 9:28 AM
"What is making sea levels rising faster than ever?
Us
Human activity has been the main culprit since 1970
At first, it was mostly ocean water expanding as it warmed
Now, melting ice from Greenland, Antarctica, mountain glaciers has taken over as the biggest factor"
via European Environment Agency
Us
Human activity has been the main culprit since 1970
At first, it was mostly ocean water expanding as it warmed
Now, melting ice from Greenland, Antarctica, mountain glaciers has taken over as the biggest factor"
via European Environment Agency
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This is just a Trump 2024 tactic. All Reform UK have to do is repeat it and they will likely win a landslide in an early election.
Starmer can have as many missions/milestones as he wants. He needs to remember this:
At the start of every rally, Trump would ask "Are you better off than you were four years ago?" In the end, 72% of Americans thought they weren't.
Farage will be asking the same thing. That's the whole ballgame.
At the start of every rally, Trump would ask "Are you better off than you were four years ago?" In the end, 72% of Americans thought they weren't.
Farage will be asking the same thing. That's the whole ballgame.
December 9, 2025 at 3:24 PM
This is just a Trump 2024 tactic. All Reform UK have to do is repeat it and they will likely win a landslide in an early election.
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✅ Take parcels to the Post Office
✅ Sort out Christmas presents
✅ Join the Green Party!
180,000 members and counting. Will you be the next? ⤵️
✅ Sort out Christmas presents
✅ Join the Green Party!
180,000 members and counting. Will you be the next? ⤵️
December 9, 2025 at 12:31 PM
✅ Take parcels to the Post Office
✅ Sort out Christmas presents
✅ Join the Green Party!
180,000 members and counting. Will you be the next? ⤵️
✅ Sort out Christmas presents
✅ Join the Green Party!
180,000 members and counting. Will you be the next? ⤵️
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Even Blair, as "Bush's poodle", wasn't that subservient and slavish. Contemptible!
December 9, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Even Blair, as "Bush's poodle", wasn't that subservient and slavish. Contemptible!
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And this is what China has done on the high-speed rail front since 2008
December 9, 2025 at 12:15 PM
And this is what China has done on the high-speed rail front since 2008
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Wondering what the longest period between Keir Starmer making a statement about race and Reform that it is not immediately undermined by something done by his ministers or aides has been. Three days?
Keir Starmer’s spokesman refuses to criticise Trump for calling Europe a group of “decaying” nations led by “weak” leaders
Asked about Trump saying European countries will no longer be “viable" thanks to migration, Keir Starmer’s spokesman says the UK is “returning control to our asylum system”
Asked about Trump saying European countries will no longer be “viable" thanks to migration, Keir Starmer’s spokesman says the UK is “returning control to our asylum system”
December 9, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Wondering what the longest period between Keir Starmer making a statement about race and Reform that it is not immediately undermined by something done by his ministers or aides has been. Three days?
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Today marks 25 years of offshore wind power: an initiative that reduced the UK’s spending on imported fuels by up to £30bn.
Without wind power the country would’ve imported & burned over 20 million tonnes of gas over the last 25 years.
Wind works 🌬️ For the climate and the economy.
Without wind power the country would’ve imported & burned over 20 million tonnes of gas over the last 25 years.
Wind works 🌬️ For the climate and the economy.
December 8, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Today marks 25 years of offshore wind power: an initiative that reduced the UK’s spending on imported fuels by up to £30bn.
Without wind power the country would’ve imported & burned over 20 million tonnes of gas over the last 25 years.
Wind works 🌬️ For the climate and the economy.
Without wind power the country would’ve imported & burned over 20 million tonnes of gas over the last 25 years.
Wind works 🌬️ For the climate and the economy.
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Shamina Begum must be held accountable for her actions when she was 15. Whereas I should not, because I was a mere child.
December 7, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Shamina Begum must be held accountable for her actions when she was 15. Whereas I should not, because I was a mere child.
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Is this the same Kuenssberg that went so hard on Labour’s antisemitism crisis now ignoring the accusations about Farage? I’m so shocked!
Not a peep on Kuenssberg's show.
The Farage story seems like it's been wiped in time for the Sunday news round.
No mention of it on @lbc.co.uk at least.
No politicians (I'm aware of) have chimed in throughout the whole thing either.
VERY curious.
No mention of it on @lbc.co.uk at least.
No politicians (I'm aware of) have chimed in throughout the whole thing either.
VERY curious.
December 7, 2025 at 9:18 AM
Is this the same Kuenssberg that went so hard on Labour’s antisemitism crisis now ignoring the accusations about Farage? I’m so shocked!