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Phil M

@phillm.bsky.social

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Manc, council house lad. Army vet (RCT), ExFirefighter (GMFRS), Fire Engineer (IFE) & fire data researcher (Leeds Uni). Medically retired (Menière’s). Vertiginous, going deaf. Pioneered fire risk determination by building type. INFJ. ADHD. @HRRBFireSafety.

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Phil M @phillm.bsky.social · Jun 7

Remember how they lied about Brexit? Unsurprisingly, they're lying about ECHR too.
Don't give up your rights!! 👇

Zoe Gardner @zoejardiniere.bsky.social · Jun 7

Should we follow Putin out of the ECHR?

Or is it just another Brexit where we give up our rights in the vain pursuit of making migrants disappear?

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Phil M @phillm.bsky.social · 18m

"Jones was convicted of four counts of rape, 14 of indecent assault and four of gross indecency with a child.
The court heard how the abuse took place in the Warrington area over several years, beginning when his victim was nine years old."
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Cheshire child rapist subjected young girl to years of abuse

Graham Jones is jailed for 21 years for 22 sexual offences which began when his victim was nine.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Steve Randall @thesteverandall.bsky.social · 13h

I see that after a brief flirtation with posting here, loads of #FPL accounts have given up & gone back to Twitter

I get that giving up a big following is hard, but having made the break it's sad that so many went back. They could at least post on both platforms for those of us who permanently left

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Phil M @phillm.bsky.social · 56m

He nails the biggest issue with our economy and honestly, we should listen.

Gary Stevenson @garyseconomics.bsky.social · 9h

What taxes will they increase at the Budget next month?

Phil M @phillm.bsky.social · 59m

They do indeed Jen, and when they do we need to believe it.

Phil M @phillm.bsky.social · 1h

"You have sought to blame Ms Leveque for your own assaults against her, and you have, in a grave insult to her memory & to her bereaved family, put forward a defence that Ms Leveque inflicted these catastrophic injuries upon herself".
www.bbc.com/news/article...

Man who murdered girlfriend in hot tub in Shetland is jailed for life

Aren Pearson will spend at least 25 years in jail for stabbing Claire Leveque to death in Shetland in 2023.

www.bbc.com

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drrebeccao.bsky.social @drrebeccao.bsky.social · 11d

Betrayal of #Gaza -
#US and #Israel changed plans agreed to by Arab and Muslim Leaders at #UN

#Palestine not consulted and must drop #ICC case

War criminal #Blair in charge.
#Turkey #Qatar #Egypt #SaudiArabia #Jordan #UAE #Indonesia#Pakistan
m.youtube.com/watch?v=qqTi...

The great betrayal: Why Arab and Muslim rulers backed Trump's Gaza plan

YouTube video by Middle East Eye

m.youtube.com

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Phil M @phillm.bsky.social · 14h

As a former army radop, that looks like a directional radio antenna.

Phil M @phillm.bsky.social · 14h

Vile, abusive, illegal.

BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 15h

The 'protect our women thugs' standing outside Asylum Seeker residences threatening women with rape while the Police do nothing.

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Phil M @phillm.bsky.social · 14h

Don't forget the helipads.
bsky.app/profile/hous...

Big Issue @bigissue.com · 15h

Taxpayer money has gone towards funding anti-abortion groups and crisis pregnancy centres in the UK.

Anti-abortion groups have received funds from the UK government

www.bigissue.com

Phil M @phillm.bsky.social · 14h

Between "Knife crime" and "Reforming the educational assessment system":
"Access to community helipads in rural areas".

House of Commons @houseofcommons.parliament.uk · 15h

Find out what's being debated in Westminster Hall today: commonsbusiness.parliament.uk/Document/978...

House of Commons Order Paper Wednesday 15 October 2025

WESTMINSTER HALL

9.30am - Knife crime

11.00am - Access to community helipads in rural areas

2.30pm - Reforming the educational assessment system

4.00pm - Potential merits of issuing guidance on tree maintenance to local authorities

4.30pm - Healthcare in Bolton

Phil M @phillm.bsky.social · 14h

Call it what it is, using the language of the perpetrator:
"The Part I offenses are:
Criminal homicide―a.) Murder and nonnegligent manslaughter: the willful (nonnegligent) killing of one human being by another."
ucr.fbi.gov/crime-in-the...

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Younity @younityuk.bsky.social · 15h

🚄☀️ Germany’s railways are riding the solar wave!

According to the Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems, areas within just 2 km of Germany’s railway substations have a massive 37.6 GW of solar potential.

That’s enough to generate four times the railway network’s annual power needs! ⚡🌞

German railway areas have 37.6 GW of solar potential

Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems (ISE) says PV systems within 2 km of Germany’s railway substations could generate more than four times the network’s annual power demand.

www.pv-magazine.com

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Adam Ramsay @adamramsay.bsky.social · 16h

Speaking to me,
@zackpolanski.bsky.social
accused both Labour and Tory governments of “a complete resentment, a disrespect, an almost dismissive and exclusionary attitude towards the Welsh people”: abolishwestminster.substack.com/p/exclusive-...

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.

abolishwestminster.substack.com

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Kirsten de Vos 🚶🏻‍♀️💚🚲🍃 @kirstendevos.bsky.social · 1d

🔥 Domestic wood burning is becoming a serious public health issue

Residential wood burning now contributes 11% of the UK’s PM2.5 emissions - tiny particles that can harm lungs, brain & heart

See how your area is affected with this interactive map from UCL:

storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/9231...

Where are the wood burners in England and Wales?

Mapping the distribution of wood fuel heat sources using Energy Performance Certificates

storymaps.arcgis.com

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Phil M @phillm.bsky.social · 1d

Good grief 😱

Frank Reif @frankreif.bsky.social · 1d

"Well, you shouldn't be complaining anyway as you got it all for free"

"Electric shocks from walls, safety features bypassed"

"Installation took over a year... we were left for the winter without central heating... We had to seek alternative accommodation for 8 weeks"

Phil M @phillm.bsky.social · 1d

I can empathise. I worked in the first PFI fire station from the day it opened. It was a nightmare.
There's more to come I reckon, until everything doesn't work.
Enshittification.
bsky.app/profile/phil...

Phil M @phillm.bsky.social · 1d

Welcome to deregulation and the free market, where profits are private and risk is communised.

Jules Birch @julesbirch.bsky.social · 1d

Hard to be surprised by anything that involves builders and cladding but what a fiasco: 98% of homes fitted with external wall insulation under govt schemes have major issues requiring remediation

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

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Even Spookier Malloy @spooksmalloy.bsky.social · 1d

Yes, different trusts use different systems. The hospital I worked at had no way of talking to specialists at a hospital at the other end of the county outside of sending letters attached to emails as they insisted it was done that way

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Phil M @phillm.bsky.social · 1d

That sounds quite annoying and inefficient.

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Phil M @phillm.bsky.social · 1d

Uganda now has some strict, fear-inducing anti-LGBT+ laws. An attitude change that has grown, financed by rich US evangelicals.
It left me wondering, Uganda, back in the day, recognised five genders, and nobody was battered in the streets, beaten until they bled, locked up, raped, or made homeless.

Big Issue @bigissue.com · 1d

Queer Georgians looks back to tell the stories of those who loved, lived and struggled in ways that still resonate with us today.

Even the Georgians questions their gender and sexuality like we do today

www.bigissue.com

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Phil Free @philfree.bsky.social · 1d

If we could tackle climate breakdown but it didn’t increase GDP growth, would we not do it?

What needs to grow is the mental capacity of economists to imagine the world differently. #degrowth

Climate investment is only growth opportunity of 21st century
www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Climate investment is only growth opportunity of 21st century, says leading economist

Lord Stern says fossil-fuelled growth is futile as the damage it causes ends in economic self-destruction

www.theguardian.com

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Phil M @phillm.bsky.social · 1d

Are different hospitals using different IT systems that they've had to shoehorn into their pre-existing processes?
That's the impression I get, that there's been some disintegration.
It saddens me a lot. I hope you're getting well Sam.

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Betty Utility @bettyutility.bsky.social · 1d

Another TV drama in which women have stressful lives but they somehow manage to be quirky and endearing as a way to completely avoid going off the rails

*rolls eyes*

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Phil M @phillm.bsky.social · 1d

Thanks for saving me the bother of watching it.

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Phil M @phillm.bsky.social · 1d

"speak to the people who own the shops and you see the misery through the stiff upper lips. Insurers have abandoned Tenbury, which means one more flood could bankrupt the town." www.theguardian.com/environment/...

The flood-prone Worcestershire town being abandoned by insurers

One more deluge could bankrupt Tenbury Wells yet its application for flood defence funding has been rejected

www.theguardian.com

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Owen Jones @owenjones.bsky.social · 2d

Wow.

Keir Starmer's goons conned their way to power.

But now the chickens are coming home to roost.

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