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Shian @shian22.bsky.social · 22h

I can beat your confession. I was a Labour Party member for years, then having got sick of them I voted Lib Dem. Why wasn't Zack around then. You see I blame him for all my political mistakes.

Shian @shian22.bsky.social · 2d

I might be in minority in this opinion but I love this story so much. Yes it really really needed three times the budget but what a script. The taking on the snipers scene is just the Doctor to a perfect tee.

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Shian @shian22.bsky.social · 2d

Seems a shame nobody could get Keith to concentrate on pure composition. He did a couple of fine film scores, and a Second Piano Concerto would have been welcome even if he wasn't able to play it. And yes Robin Williams was another gut punch, some people can't see the love they inspire. Tragic.

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Shian @shian22.bsky.social · 2d

Sadly he had a neurological disease that really limited his playing. He took it very hard. Music wasn't just money and fame to him, it was his life.

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Glen O'Hara @gsoh31.bsky.social · 2d

The last 24 hours have shown us what Britain is truly up against: a small phalanx of hatemongers who despise Britain so much they want to drag it down into the same filth they live in.

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Shian @shian22.bsky.social · 2d

You see I had you down as more of an Old Grey Whistle Test kind of person.

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Shian @shian22.bsky.social · 2d

I will be 65 next month and still haven't got to the tired old age where I find Dire Straits remotely interesting.

Shian @shian22.bsky.social · 2d

It means what this country really needs is meaningless platitudes.

Shian @shian22.bsky.social · 3d

Just waiting for Sarah Ferguson to repost this as an example of her popular support. After all it work so well for Michelle Mone

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Shian @shian22.bsky.social · 3d

Got a feeling we might be about the same age so we know Barbara Castle was one of the greats of the Labour movement. New Nu Labour has no idea.

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Shian @shian22.bsky.social · 3d

Welcome ... yes Zack is great but so is everybody I have met in my local party.

Shian @shian22.bsky.social · 3d

What is so sad is that back in the 1970's some of us on the Labour left thought Wilson let us down. Turns out he did a fair amount of good. OK he could've done more but you highlight a good record. And he never expelled Barbara Castle as Starmer surely would have.

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Shian @shian22.bsky.social · 3d

I still can't understand how even a moron like Donald Trump made this guy Homeland Security Advisor

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Birmingham Green Party @brumgreens.bsky.social · 4d

Intensely proud that we're now considered to be the main opposition to the neo-fascist Reform party.
Give us another 6 months, and we'll be outperforming THEM in the polls too.
www.thecanary.co/skwawkbox/20...

Greens overtake Labour, Tories in latest poll to become leading opposition party

The Green Party overtakes both Labour and Tories in new poll — Zack Polanski leading a political surge that’s shaking up the establishment

www.thecanary.co

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Shian @shian22.bsky.social · 3d

Well famously I don't sweat.

Shian @shian22.bsky.social · 3d

Great news some brave people in public office do the right thing
Well done Brum www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midland...

Police and council reveal new decision on Maccabi fans ban

Breaking news as West Midlands Police and Birmingham City Council-led Safety Advisory Group came under extraordinary political pressure over their decision to ban fans of the Israeli club Maccabi Tel ...

www.birminghammail.co.uk

Shian @shian22.bsky.social · 3d

Phil, I really enjoy your blog, and agree with you about 99% of things ... but really you are watching TOTP and expecting a good tune.

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 4d

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 5d

So either Labour need to ask candidates to step aside for the Greens to take on Reform....

Or actually bring in a fair democratic process where everyone's votes count equally.

It's time for Proportional Representation.

www.thenational.scot/news/2558507...

'Just getting started': Zack Polanski reacts as Greens SECOND in new poll

ZACK Polanski has welcomed a new poll putting his party in second place at Westminster.

www.thenational.scot

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Shian @shian22.bsky.social · 5d

Of course we have to careful about 'one' poll. But they are all heading in this direction. What was thing? Hope?

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Shian @shian22.bsky.social · 5d

It is unfortunate for the Your Party group that the real mes and disgreement over the launch makes it easier for broadly sympathetc people like me to fall for stories like this.

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Shian @shian22.bsky.social · 5d

David Allen Green is a legal blogger I read a lot. (A long time ago I was almost a lawyer and retain an interest) His article here davidallengreen.com/2024/07/the-...
sums up my thoughts a lot better than I could.

The Lucy Letby case: some thoughts and observations: what should happen when a defence does not put in their own expert evidence (for good reason or bad)?

26th July 2024 Often the criminal cases that feature prominently in the news are really not interesting from a legal(istic) perspective. One could quite happily commentate on interesting legal issu…

davidallengreen.com

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Dr Julia Grace Patterson @jujuliagrace.bsky.social · 5d

In the news “loads of NHS consultant posts empty, total crisis.” Also in news “workers striking for fair working conditions are terrible/ greedy/ v clear this is the final straw.”

When’s the penny going to drop, Starmer? You have to support NHS staff if you want to keep them.🚨

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Shian @shian22.bsky.social · 5d

I might be discribed as agnostic on the issue. I don't know the vast majority of the facts. The one thing I am certain of though, guilty or not the trial of Letby was poor. Her defence team seems to have been inept according to many sources. Regardless of any 'new evidence' I'd favour a retrial.

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Shian @shian22.bsky.social · 5d

Bloody hell you are a 100% right. Sorry, that is what you get for relying on a decades old memory rather than double checking. I don't know if Phil Hammond was not involved back then but he implies he was anti Wakefield in one of these articles

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