Squeezy John
@johnspiers.co.uk
John Spiers. Squeezebox player with Gigspanner Big Band, Bellowhead, Spiers & Boden, Peter Knight & John Spiers, Jackie Oates & John Spiers …
Folk music, allotmenteer, socialist, half a century old.
Folk music, allotmenteer, socialist, half a century old.
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I found a flowchart which helps you navigate the IT landscape
October 1, 2025 at 6:22 PM
I found a flowchart which helps you navigate the IT landscape
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“A petition demanding a full inquiry into Russian influence in UK politics has surged past 100,000 signatures after being shared at remarkable speed across social media.”
Russian influence petition surges past 100,000 signatures
A petition demanding a full inquiry into Russian influence in UK politics has passed 100,000 signatures
eastangliabylines.co.uk
November 29, 2025 at 10:46 PM
“A petition demanding a full inquiry into Russian influence in UK politics has surged past 100,000 signatures after being shared at remarkable speed across social media.”
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Through his life and extraordinary talent, the immigrant and refugee child Tomáš Sträussler who became known to us all as Tom Stoppard made British theatre and this country a better place to be.
You might even argue that he helped redefine Englishness through his astonishing legacy of work.
You might even argue that he helped redefine Englishness through his astonishing legacy of work.
November 29, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Through his life and extraordinary talent, the immigrant and refugee child Tomáš Sträussler who became known to us all as Tom Stoppard made British theatre and this country a better place to be.
You might even argue that he helped redefine Englishness through his astonishing legacy of work.
You might even argue that he helped redefine Englishness through his astonishing legacy of work.
Fuck me ... Cornish rain really means business doesn't it?
November 29, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Fuck me ... Cornish rain really means business doesn't it?
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Oi you, person of Christian values…
“When a foreigner resides among you in your land, do not mistreat them. The foreigner residing among you must be treated as your native-born. Love them as yourself”
Leviticus 19:33–34
Still feeling holy?
“When a foreigner resides among you in your land, do not mistreat them. The foreigner residing among you must be treated as your native-born. Love them as yourself”
Leviticus 19:33–34
Still feeling holy?
November 28, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Oi you, person of Christian values…
“When a foreigner resides among you in your land, do not mistreat them. The foreigner residing among you must be treated as your native-born. Love them as yourself”
Leviticus 19:33–34
Still feeling holy?
“When a foreigner resides among you in your land, do not mistreat them. The foreigner residing among you must be treated as your native-born. Love them as yourself”
Leviticus 19:33–34
Still feeling holy?
How it started vs How it's going.
November 29, 2025 at 12:08 AM
How it started vs How it's going.
Sorry, this is from the other place.
Can you imagine the uproar from the right wing press if someone had died in the back of an ambulance because Just Stop Oil or Extinction Rebellion had blocked the roads?
But when it’s greedy farmers who don’t want to pay the same tax as the rest of us … nada!
Can you imagine the uproar from the right wing press if someone had died in the back of an ambulance because Just Stop Oil or Extinction Rebellion had blocked the roads?
But when it’s greedy farmers who don’t want to pay the same tax as the rest of us … nada!
November 28, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Sorry, this is from the other place.
Can you imagine the uproar from the right wing press if someone had died in the back of an ambulance because Just Stop Oil or Extinction Rebellion had blocked the roads?
But when it’s greedy farmers who don’t want to pay the same tax as the rest of us … nada!
Can you imagine the uproar from the right wing press if someone had died in the back of an ambulance because Just Stop Oil or Extinction Rebellion had blocked the roads?
But when it’s greedy farmers who don’t want to pay the same tax as the rest of us … nada!
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Bellowhead fans at 10am this morning.
a group of people are sitting on a couch with laptops .
ALT: a group of people are sitting on a couch with laptops .
media.tenor.com
November 28, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Bellowhead fans at 10am this morning.
Just in case you were thinking of getting tickets to a Bellowhead concert NEXT November … they are selling out incredibly quickly!!!
Just sayin’
bellowhead.co.uk/home
Just sayin’
bellowhead.co.uk/home
Bellowhead
Home page of Bellowhead, a folk group
bellowhead.co.uk
November 28, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Just in case you were thinking of getting tickets to a Bellowhead concert NEXT November … they are selling out incredibly quickly!!!
Just sayin’
bellowhead.co.uk/home
Just sayin’
bellowhead.co.uk/home
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The irony is that one of the reasons Harriet Harman decided not to pursue Badenoch for hacking her website was a belief that more black women in politics was a good thing. So, in a small but salient way, Badenoch owes her position to the very solidarity she now mocks.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Badenoch defends calling chancellor 'spineless' in Budget row
The Conservative Party leader says she was
www.bbc.co.uk
November 28, 2025 at 10:02 AM
The irony is that one of the reasons Harriet Harman decided not to pursue Badenoch for hacking her website was a belief that more black women in politics was a good thing. So, in a small but salient way, Badenoch owes her position to the very solidarity she now mocks.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Fewer workers. Fewer international students. More people leaving.
A "step in the right direction" according to the PM.
Impossible to take PM/govt seriously on growth if they are deliberately reducing it (and making the fiscal position worse) *as a matter of policy*.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
A "step in the right direction" according to the PM.
Impossible to take PM/govt seriously on growth if they are deliberately reducing it (and making the fiscal position worse) *as a matter of policy*.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
UK net migration falls sharply with drop in arrivals for work and study
Provisional figures for net migration to the UK show levels dropped to 204,000 in the year to June 2025.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 27, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Fewer workers. Fewer international students. More people leaving.
A "step in the right direction" according to the PM.
Impossible to take PM/govt seriously on growth if they are deliberately reducing it (and making the fiscal position worse) *as a matter of policy*.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
A "step in the right direction" according to the PM.
Impossible to take PM/govt seriously on growth if they are deliberately reducing it (and making the fiscal position worse) *as a matter of policy*.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
I was busy gigging with Peter Knight last night so I’d like to belatedly thank everyone for their kind words about Gigspanner Big Band’s Turnstone being shortlisted for the Folk Album of the Year award.
It’s an absolute honour to have been chosen alongside such innovative and excellent albums.
It’s an absolute honour to have been chosen alongside such innovative and excellent albums.
November 27, 2025 at 1:47 PM
I was busy gigging with Peter Knight last night so I’d like to belatedly thank everyone for their kind words about Gigspanner Big Band’s Turnstone being shortlisted for the Folk Album of the Year award.
It’s an absolute honour to have been chosen alongside such innovative and excellent albums.
It’s an absolute honour to have been chosen alongside such innovative and excellent albums.
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The next album shortlisted for Folk Album of the Year is "Turnstone" by Gigspanner Big Band. Watch the full show to hear a track from the album, as well as what Peter Knight and Hannah Martin had to say about it!
Watch here: youtu.be/UDrHNykW5cQ
Watch here: youtu.be/UDrHNykW5cQ
November 26, 2025 at 6:33 PM
The next album shortlisted for Folk Album of the Year is "Turnstone" by Gigspanner Big Band. Watch the full show to hear a track from the album, as well as what Peter Knight and Hannah Martin had to say about it!
Watch here: youtu.be/UDrHNykW5cQ
Watch here: youtu.be/UDrHNykW5cQ
BREAKING: The OBR have just released the details of how every Star Wars film ends.
November 26, 2025 at 12:31 PM
BREAKING: The OBR have just released the details of how every Star Wars film ends.
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'If a Chancellor were to extend a freeze on tax thresholds, that would increase taxes on working people, wouldn't it?'
Susanna Reid @goodmorningbritain.bsky.social
Susanna Reid @goodmorningbritain.bsky.social
November 26, 2025 at 8:34 AM
'If a Chancellor were to extend a freeze on tax thresholds, that would increase taxes on working people, wouldn't it?'
Susanna Reid @goodmorningbritain.bsky.social
Susanna Reid @goodmorningbritain.bsky.social
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Quick #Budget note: to hit people on low earnings, you freeze tax thresholds. To hit the rich, you raise tax rates, especially on higher bands. By their actions you shall know them.
November 26, 2025 at 8:36 AM
Quick #Budget note: to hit people on low earnings, you freeze tax thresholds. To hit the rich, you raise tax rates, especially on higher bands. By their actions you shall know them.
Aaaaaaaargh! Nooooo! I don't want ANYTHING with AI that you are trying to force on me.
Fake Instagram videos, Google AI overview, tooltips in computer programs, email overviews, adverts read out by mad robots.
Stop this madness. It's horrible!
Turn it on for me by default & you lose my custom.
Fake Instagram videos, Google AI overview, tooltips in computer programs, email overviews, adverts read out by mad robots.
Stop this madness. It's horrible!
Turn it on for me by default & you lose my custom.
November 25, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Aaaaaaaargh! Nooooo! I don't want ANYTHING with AI that you are trying to force on me.
Fake Instagram videos, Google AI overview, tooltips in computer programs, email overviews, adverts read out by mad robots.
Stop this madness. It's horrible!
Turn it on for me by default & you lose my custom.
Fake Instagram videos, Google AI overview, tooltips in computer programs, email overviews, adverts read out by mad robots.
Stop this madness. It's horrible!
Turn it on for me by default & you lose my custom.
Revolting UK 🤮
Three more school contemporaries who claim to have witnessed Nigel Farage’s alleged teenage racism have rejected the Reform UK leader’s suggestion that it was “banter”, describing it as targeted, persistent and nasty.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Three more ex-pupils at school with Nigel Farage reject ‘banter’ claims
Exclusive: Dulwich college contemporaries ‘rubbish’ Reform UK leader’s suggestion alleged racist taunts not intended to hurt
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Revolting UK 🤮
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I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
November 25, 2025 at 9:26 AM
I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
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If you receive legal threats from Nigel Farage for your reporting of Reform, please get in touch.
We have employed a defamation lawyer specifically for this purpose and would love to help (and we do so on non-commercial terms). www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
We have employed a defamation lawyer specifically for this purpose and would love to help (and we do so on non-commercial terms). www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Reform’s ‘Trumpian’ legal threats hint at more aggressive approach to media
Ultimatums sent to publications appear to intensify as Nigel Farage’s party rises in polls
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:29 AM
If you receive legal threats from Nigel Farage for your reporting of Reform, please get in touch.
We have employed a defamation lawyer specifically for this purpose and would love to help (and we do so on non-commercial terms). www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
We have employed a defamation lawyer specifically for this purpose and would love to help (and we do so on non-commercial terms). www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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It’s astonishing that Nigel Farage hasn’t been forced to resign as an MP and as leader of Reform - any other MP or party leader would have been hounded out by all of this evidence of racism and antisemitism, so why is he still in post…?
🤔🤷🏻♂️
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November 24, 2025 at 5:03 PM
It’s astonishing that Nigel Farage hasn’t been forced to resign as an MP and as leader of Reform - any other MP or party leader would have been hounded out by all of this evidence of racism and antisemitism, so why is he still in post…?
🤔🤷🏻♂️
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Google is getting increasingly weird!
November 25, 2025 at 12:37 AM
Google is getting increasingly weird!