Aidan McQuade
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Aidan McQuade
@themcquade.bsky.social
· Nov 14
Exploring the Irish revolution through the prism of crime fiction…
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Starmer’s anti-asylum policies show how utterly clueless he is about the right-wing media’s role in politics.
He’s trying to fix a “problem” contrived by Farage, GB News and The Telegraph. He’ll never win, because ultimately he’s fighting a ghost – he’s fighting something that doesn’t really exist
He’s trying to fix a “problem” contrived by Farage, GB News and The Telegraph. He’ll never win, because ultimately he’s fighting a ghost – he’s fighting something that doesn’t really exist
November 17, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Starmer’s anti-asylum policies show how utterly clueless he is about the right-wing media’s role in politics.
He’s trying to fix a “problem” contrived by Farage, GB News and The Telegraph. He’ll never win, because ultimately he’s fighting a ghost – he’s fighting something that doesn’t really exist
He’s trying to fix a “problem” contrived by Farage, GB News and The Telegraph. He’ll never win, because ultimately he’s fighting a ghost – he’s fighting something that doesn’t really exist
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Winter is coming … so here’s some flowers to brighten up your darker days aidanjmcquade.com/2025/10/18/w...
Winter is coming
Summary: some flowers from Kew
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October 18, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Winter is coming … so here’s some flowers to brighten up your darker days aidanjmcquade.com/2025/10/18/w...
Winter is coming … so here’s some flowers to brighten up your darker days aidanjmcquade.com/2025/10/18/w...
Winter is coming
Summary: some flowers from Kew
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October 18, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Winter is coming … so here’s some flowers to brighten up your darker days aidanjmcquade.com/2025/10/18/w...
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There are two sorts of people who want to tamper with the European Convention on Human Rights #ECHR
1. Those who don't understand the causes of WW2;
2. Those whose side lost in WW2
1. Those who don't understand the causes of WW2;
2. Those whose side lost in WW2
August 31, 2025 at 8:45 PM
There are two sorts of people who want to tamper with the European Convention on Human Rights #ECHR
1. Those who don't understand the causes of WW2;
2. Those whose side lost in WW2
1. Those who don't understand the causes of WW2;
2. Those whose side lost in WW2
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We flounced out of the EU on the say-so of politicians who lied to us. And what a total shitshow that’s turned out to be. The polar opposite of what they promised. Now the call to flounce out of the ECHR. By the same people. Telling the same lies. Has the country been kicked in the head by a horse?
October 5, 2025 at 7:04 AM
We flounced out of the EU on the say-so of politicians who lied to us. And what a total shitshow that’s turned out to be. The polar opposite of what they promised. Now the call to flounce out of the ECHR. By the same people. Telling the same lies. Has the country been kicked in the head by a horse?
The Undiscovered Country
October 5, 2025 at 10:11 AM
The Undiscovered Country
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The UN should counter-sue him for breaking the escalator: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Trump demands inquiry over UN 'triple sabotage'
The US president called the incidents that included an escalator and teleprompter mishap
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September 25, 2025 at 7:14 AM
The UN should counter-sue him for breaking the escalator: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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What a lovely review 😻
“By refusing to flinch from grotesque realities, the Secret Barrister has produced a novel several cuts above much contemporary English crime fiction, and one that, like the best of literature, illuminates the human condition while laying bare the failings of our world.”
“By refusing to flinch from grotesque realities, the Secret Barrister has produced a novel several cuts above much contemporary English crime fiction, and one that, like the best of literature, illuminates the human condition while laying bare the failings of our world.”
The Cut Throat Trial, by the Secret Barrister
Summary: One of these suspects is not like the others … As aficionados of Rumpole will know, a “cut-throat” trial is one in which co-defendants turn on each other. That is the heart of this novel a…
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September 23, 2025 at 7:42 AM
What a lovely review 😻
“By refusing to flinch from grotesque realities, the Secret Barrister has produced a novel several cuts above much contemporary English crime fiction, and one that, like the best of literature, illuminates the human condition while laying bare the failings of our world.”
“By refusing to flinch from grotesque realities, the Secret Barrister has produced a novel several cuts above much contemporary English crime fiction, and one that, like the best of literature, illuminates the human condition while laying bare the failings of our world.”
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I loved as a kid telling other kids that the bands they’d just learnt about, I’d known for ages!
Later I learnt that vital for building successful movements is to not lambast late-comers but rather welcome newcomers.
The goal is the winning many, not the longest-involved few.
Later I learnt that vital for building successful movements is to not lambast late-comers but rather welcome newcomers.
The goal is the winning many, not the longest-involved few.
September 9, 2025 at 3:36 AM
I loved as a kid telling other kids that the bands they’d just learnt about, I’d known for ages!
Later I learnt that vital for building successful movements is to not lambast late-comers but rather welcome newcomers.
The goal is the winning many, not the longest-involved few.
Later I learnt that vital for building successful movements is to not lambast late-comers but rather welcome newcomers.
The goal is the winning many, not the longest-involved few.
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The UK government’s shenanigans around Palestine Action undermines fundamental principles of rule of law
aidanjmcquade.com/2025/09/07/a...
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Arbitrary Power and the Rule of Law: The UK’s Criminalisation of Protest
Summary: The UK government’s shenanigans around Palestine Action undermines fundamental principles of rule of law In 2010, Tom Bingham — former Master of the Rolls, Lord Chief Justice, and La…
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September 8, 2025 at 7:58 PM
The UK government’s shenanigans around Palestine Action undermines fundamental principles of rule of law
aidanjmcquade.com/2025/09/07/a...
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Protest being beaten down by Starmer...
New Banksy artwork to be removed from Royal Courts of Justice
A judge in a wig and gown appears to use a gavel to beat a protester who is lying on the ground holding a blood-splattered placard.
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September 8, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Protest being beaten down by Starmer...
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The inept pigheaded government forced a single vote on 3 separate organisations.
They blocked the option of 3 separate votes.
Some MPs (eg SNP) abstained on the vote (on all 3) as a result.
They blocked the option of 3 separate votes.
Some MPs (eg SNP) abstained on the vote (on all 3) as a result.
September 8, 2025 at 8:18 PM
The inept pigheaded government forced a single vote on 3 separate organisations.
They blocked the option of 3 separate votes.
Some MPs (eg SNP) abstained on the vote (on all 3) as a result.
They blocked the option of 3 separate votes.
Some MPs (eg SNP) abstained on the vote (on all 3) as a result.
The UK government’s shenanigans around Palestine Action undermines fundamental principles of rule of law
aidanjmcquade.com/2025/09/07/a...
aidanjmcquade.com/2025/09/07/a...
Arbitrary Power and the Rule of Law: The UK’s Criminalisation of Protest
Summary: The UK government’s shenanigans around Palestine Action undermines fundamental principles of rule of law In 2010, Tom Bingham — former Master of the Rolls, Lord Chief Justice, and La…
aidanjmcquade.com
September 8, 2025 at 7:58 PM
The UK government’s shenanigans around Palestine Action undermines fundamental principles of rule of law
aidanjmcquade.com/2025/09/07/a...
aidanjmcquade.com/2025/09/07/a...
Arbitrary Power and the Rule of Law: The UK’s Criminalisation of Protest aidanjmcquade.com/2025/09/07/a...
Arbitrary Power and the Rule of Law: The UK’s Criminalisation of Protest
Summary: The UK government’s shenanigans around Palestine Action undermines fundamental principles of rule of law In 2010, Tom Bingham — former Master of the Rolls, Lord Chief Justice, and La…
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September 7, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Arbitrary Power and the Rule of Law: The UK’s Criminalisation of Protest aidanjmcquade.com/2025/09/07/a...
Keeping the conscience of a nation, Parliament Square, London, 6 Sept 2025
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Parliament Square, London, 6 September 2025
Summary: citizens keeping the conscience of their country
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September 7, 2025 at 7:37 AM
Keeping the conscience of a nation, Parliament Square, London, 6 Sept 2025
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I’m a scientist & historian, & over a decade ago I warned about the far right & their ‘free speech’ rhetoric - that it was an excuse for punching down & ‘saying the unsayable’, but that only they would be allowed such ‘freedom’. The two UK far right parties [Tory & Reform] are openly doing it now:
Kemi Badenoch's 'Free Speech' Conservatives Ban Byline Times From Party Conference
The ban on covering the party's annual gathering came despite Badenoch's repeated commitment to "fight" for free speech and a free press
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September 4, 2025 at 10:50 AM
I’m a scientist & historian, & over a decade ago I warned about the far right & their ‘free speech’ rhetoric - that it was an excuse for punching down & ‘saying the unsayable’, but that only they would be allowed such ‘freedom’. The two UK far right parties [Tory & Reform] are openly doing it now:
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Says a government who arrested hundreds of pensioners for holding sign opposing genocide. We are being run by fucking morons.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Police should focus on ‘streets not tweets’, says Wes Streeting after Graham Linehan arrest
Health secretary criticises Tory policing record after Father Ted co-creator arrested over posts on transgender issues
www.theguardian.com
September 3, 2025 at 10:05 AM
Says a government who arrested hundreds of pensioners for holding sign opposing genocide. We are being run by fucking morons.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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September 3, 2025 at 10:08 AM
My short video review of Wendy Erskine’s first novel, The Benefactors www.instagram.com/reel/DOD5aXf...
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Aggravated sycophancy has its rewards: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Rudy Giuliani to receive Presidential Medal of Freedom, Trump says
America's highest civilian honour is awarded to those with
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September 2, 2025 at 6:54 AM
Aggravated sycophancy has its rewards: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
There are two sorts of people who want to tamper with the European Convention on Human Rights #ECHR
1. Those who don't understand the causes of WW2;
2. Those whose side lost in WW2
1. Those who don't understand the causes of WW2;
2. Those whose side lost in WW2
August 31, 2025 at 8:45 PM
There are two sorts of people who want to tamper with the European Convention on Human Rights #ECHR
1. Those who don't understand the causes of WW2;
2. Those whose side lost in WW2
1. Those who don't understand the causes of WW2;
2. Those whose side lost in WW2
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A flicker of gulls: images obtained at great personal risk while eating chips in Folkestone aidanjmcquade.com/2025/08/24/a...
A flicker of gulls
Summary: images obtained at great personal risk while eating chips in Folkestone
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August 24, 2025 at 8:39 AM
A flicker of gulls: images obtained at great personal risk while eating chips in Folkestone aidanjmcquade.com/2025/08/24/a...
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From Siege to Safety: A Sudanese Family's Journey aidanjmcquade.com/2025/08/28/f...
From Siege to Safety: A Sudanese Family’s Journey
Summary: First in a series of guest blogs on the war in Sudan, by “Elphaba” I have been writing family bulletins for myself and anyone ready to read them since the start of the war in S…
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August 28, 2025 at 2:17 PM
From Siege to Safety: A Sudanese Family's Journey aidanjmcquade.com/2025/08/28/f...
From Siege to Safety: A Sudanese Family's Journey aidanjmcquade.com/2025/08/28/f...
From Siege to Safety: A Sudanese Family’s Journey
Summary: First in a series of guest blogs on the war in Sudan, by “Elphaba” I have been writing family bulletins for myself and anyone ready to read them since the start of the war in S…
aidanjmcquade.com
August 28, 2025 at 2:17 PM
From Siege to Safety: A Sudanese Family's Journey aidanjmcquade.com/2025/08/28/f...