Steve Lee
@harbottlej.bsky.social
Organiser, trade-unionist and campaigner, with unfortunate penchants for horse racing and Everton FC. Cracking on a bit.
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This.
Rightly, it's all moved on from him and us. But when fit, got lots of good attributes. Think underestimated how shit playing on your own in a Dyche #EFC was. Wish him well and his contributions helped a hell of a lot.
December 14, 2025 at 11:47 PM
This.
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From the Jewish Voice for Peace Rabbinical Council:
Hanukkah invites us to bring light into the world, not through swords or bombs but through acts of enlightenment - using the flames of the Chanukiah to drive out despair.
Hanukkah invites us to bring light into the world, not through swords or bombs but through acts of enlightenment - using the flames of the Chanukiah to drive out despair.
December 14, 2025 at 11:18 PM
From the Jewish Voice for Peace Rabbinical Council:
Hanukkah invites us to bring light into the world, not through swords or bombs but through acts of enlightenment - using the flames of the Chanukiah to drive out despair.
Hanukkah invites us to bring light into the world, not through swords or bombs but through acts of enlightenment - using the flames of the Chanukiah to drive out despair.
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If we are really worried about the pressure put on the NHS by flu then shouldn’t we have offered the flu vaccine to more people for free?
Super flu' wave hits hospitals in England with no peak yet
Numbers in hospital rise by more than 50% in a week as NHS faces 'worst-case scenario'.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 11, 2025 at 7:12 PM
If we are really worried about the pressure put on the NHS by flu then shouldn’t we have offered the flu vaccine to more people for free?
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This is fucking grim. Somebody invented a white guy, an "IT professional" named Edward Crabtree, who stopped the Bondi shooting and spread it all over the internet, which was picked up by AI agents and slop aggregation sites.
The real hero is a fruit stand owner named Ahmed el Ahmed.
The real hero is a fruit stand owner named Ahmed el Ahmed.
December 14, 2025 at 8:02 PM
This is fucking grim. Somebody invented a white guy, an "IT professional" named Edward Crabtree, who stopped the Bondi shooting and spread it all over the internet, which was picked up by AI agents and slop aggregation sites.
The real hero is a fruit stand owner named Ahmed el Ahmed.
The real hero is a fruit stand owner named Ahmed el Ahmed.
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Ahmed Al Ahmed, is 43, a father of 2 and owner of a fruit shop in Sutherland, Australia.
Yesterday, he disarmed a terrorist targeting a Hanukkah celebration at Bondi Beach where 12 humans were killed.
Ahmed was unarmed. He was shot twice and is expected to make a full recovery. Hero. 💔
Yesterday, he disarmed a terrorist targeting a Hanukkah celebration at Bondi Beach where 12 humans were killed.
Ahmed was unarmed. He was shot twice and is expected to make a full recovery. Hero. 💔
December 14, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Ahmed Al Ahmed, is 43, a father of 2 and owner of a fruit shop in Sutherland, Australia.
Yesterday, he disarmed a terrorist targeting a Hanukkah celebration at Bondi Beach where 12 humans were killed.
Ahmed was unarmed. He was shot twice and is expected to make a full recovery. Hero. 💔
Yesterday, he disarmed a terrorist targeting a Hanukkah celebration at Bondi Beach where 12 humans were killed.
Ahmed was unarmed. He was shot twice and is expected to make a full recovery. Hero. 💔
Time to invest in burning torch and pitchfork manufacturers!
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
‘Not in our village’: asylum camp rumours prompt fear and night vigils in East Sussex
Crowborough on edge as unconfirmed plan to house asylum seekers in training camp spurs street patrols and pre-emptive protests
www.theguardian.com
December 11, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Time to invest in burning torch and pitchfork manufacturers!
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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England's homelessness strategy will aim to halve rough sleeping, prevent people from becoming homeless out of prison and cut B&B use.
Labour aims to halve number of rough sleepers with new homelessness strategy
www.bigissue.com
December 10, 2025 at 11:18 PM
England's homelessness strategy will aim to halve rough sleeping, prevent people from becoming homeless out of prison and cut B&B use.
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
What a racket!
What a racket!
Tory governments spent £325m on free schools that failed or disappeared
More than £10bn was committed to building new schools between 2014-15 and 2023-24, compared with £6.8bn for rebuilding existing schools
www.theguardian.com
December 10, 2025 at 11:25 PM
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
What a racket!
What a racket!
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YouGov founder Peter Kellner has concluded there is now an 8.1 million majority in favour of rejoining the EU, thanks in large part to 3.2 million Leave voters having died since 2016.
December 10, 2025 at 11:10 AM
YouGov founder Peter Kellner has concluded there is now an 8.1 million majority in favour of rejoining the EU, thanks in large part to 3.2 million Leave voters having died since 2016.
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10 December 1926 | A Polish Jewish girl, Rosette Ejzenberg, was born in Łódź. She emigrated to France.
She was deported to #Auschwitz on 3 August 1942 from Pithiviers. She did not survive.
She was deported to #Auschwitz on 3 August 1942 from Pithiviers. She did not survive.
December 10, 2025 at 12:00 PM
10 December 1926 | A Polish Jewish girl, Rosette Ejzenberg, was born in Łódź. She emigrated to France.
She was deported to #Auschwitz on 3 August 1942 from Pithiviers. She did not survive.
She was deported to #Auschwitz on 3 August 1942 from Pithiviers. She did not survive.
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We believe individuals, organisations and wider society benefit from the insights of people with experience of homelessness.
Our research “It comes before your name” explores how lived experience roles can both reduce and amplify the stigmatisation of people who have been homeless. bit.ly/3zXLqEs
Our research “It comes before your name” explores how lived experience roles can both reduce and amplify the stigmatisation of people who have been homeless. bit.ly/3zXLqEs
December 10, 2025 at 12:00 PM
We believe individuals, organisations and wider society benefit from the insights of people with experience of homelessness.
Our research “It comes before your name” explores how lived experience roles can both reduce and amplify the stigmatisation of people who have been homeless. bit.ly/3zXLqEs
Our research “It comes before your name” explores how lived experience roles can both reduce and amplify the stigmatisation of people who have been homeless. bit.ly/3zXLqEs
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Really proud of this. The complete story of Che Guevara: from wannabe Jack Kerouac drifter, to freedom fighter, to executioner, to secretary of state, to doomed guerrilla. An immense, complicated, fascinating life.
December 10, 2025 at 11:08 AM
Really proud of this. The complete story of Che Guevara: from wannabe Jack Kerouac drifter, to freedom fighter, to executioner, to secretary of state, to doomed guerrilla. An immense, complicated, fascinating life.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
BP's reported profit for the third quarter of 2025 was $2.2bn, on top of 2.4bn in Q2 and 1.4bn in Q1.
BP's reported profit for the third quarter of 2025 was $2.2bn, on top of 2.4bn in Q2 and 1.4bn in Q1.
BP to scrap paid rest breaks and most bank holiday bonuses for forecourt staff
Exclusive: Plans to offset increase in minimum ‘fair pay’ set by Living Wage Foundation will affect 5,400 employees
www.theguardian.com
December 5, 2025 at 4:31 PM
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
BP's reported profit for the third quarter of 2025 was $2.2bn, on top of 2.4bn in Q2 and 1.4bn in Q1.
BP's reported profit for the third quarter of 2025 was $2.2bn, on top of 2.4bn in Q2 and 1.4bn in Q1.
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"On the first night he struck a happy medium, under-acting in the rehearsal and Titania scenes but bursting out with hilarious bravado when performing Pyramus before the Duke. This play scene can have seldom been made so funny."
A chance to see Frankie Howerd's Bottom
Put your titters away, because I'm talking about Shakespeare. In 1957 Frankie Howerd was invited to appear as Bottom in A Midsummer Night's ...
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December 2, 2025 at 11:42 AM
"On the first night he struck a happy medium, under-acting in the rehearsal and Titania scenes but bursting out with hilarious bravado when performing Pyramus before the Duke. This play scene can have seldom been made so funny."
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Sadiq Khan's policies have provided over 100 million free school meals for London's primary school pupils. Can it show Keir Starmer the way?
Sadiq Khan and his free school meals hold lessons for Labour on child poverty
www.bigissue.com
December 2, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Sadiq Khan's policies have provided over 100 million free school meals for London's primary school pupils. Can it show Keir Starmer the way?
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Keir Starmer’s government is advancing NHS privatisation 🚨
December 2, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Keir Starmer’s government is advancing NHS privatisation 🚨
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Time for a new Bretton Woods agreement to end the inequality emergency - Stiglitz
Time for a new Bretton Woods agreement to end the inequality emergency - Stiglitz
The Guardian view on the inequality emergency: why a Nobel prize winner’s warning must be heeded | Editorial
Editorial: Rising economic division is destabilising nations and eroding accountability. Joseph Stiglitz’s G20 blueprint offers a way toward global economic renewal
www.theguardian.com
December 1, 2025 at 3:47 PM
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Time for a new Bretton Woods agreement to end the inequality emergency - Stiglitz
Time for a new Bretton Woods agreement to end the inequality emergency - Stiglitz
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SAS ‘SHOT TODDLERS IN THEIR BEDS’
Declassified has reported how the inquiry was forced on the Ministry of Defence after increasingly credible claims of “cold-blooded murder”; of planting weapons on innocent civilians and deleting incriminating documents.
www.declassifieduk.org/sas-shot-tod...
Declassified has reported how the inquiry was forced on the Ministry of Defence after increasingly credible claims of “cold-blooded murder”; of planting weapons on innocent civilians and deleting incriminating documents.
www.declassifieduk.org/sas-shot-tod...
SAS ‘shot toddlers in their beds’, Afghanistan inquiry told
Special forces soldier feared the elite regiment would “go down the sewer” unless he blew the whistle
www.declassifieduk.org
December 1, 2025 at 9:29 AM
SAS ‘SHOT TODDLERS IN THEIR BEDS’
Declassified has reported how the inquiry was forced on the Ministry of Defence after increasingly credible claims of “cold-blooded murder”; of planting weapons on innocent civilians and deleting incriminating documents.
www.declassifieduk.org/sas-shot-tod...
Declassified has reported how the inquiry was forced on the Ministry of Defence after increasingly credible claims of “cold-blooded murder”; of planting weapons on innocent civilians and deleting incriminating documents.
www.declassifieduk.org/sas-shot-tod...
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RMT members who clean the DLR and who are employed by Bidvest Noonan are back on the picket lines today - fighting for sick pay.
The current offer: One weeks pay - but ONLY if you're dying!
Share if that's unfair.
The current offer: One weeks pay - but ONLY if you're dying!
Share if that's unfair.
December 1, 2025 at 11:00 AM
RMT members who clean the DLR and who are employed by Bidvest Noonan are back on the picket lines today - fighting for sick pay.
The current offer: One weeks pay - but ONLY if you're dying!
Share if that's unfair.
The current offer: One weeks pay - but ONLY if you're dying!
Share if that's unfair.
The demolition of Ealing homes is one part of developer's trail of chaos around London
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The demolition of Ealing homes is one part of developer's trail of chaos around London
A deserted site in Greenford and damp and unsafe flats in Croydon are fallout from the collapse of Henry Construction but the family owners are still in business
open.substack.com
November 28, 2025 at 12:06 PM
The demolition of Ealing homes is one part of developer's trail of chaos around London
open.substack.com/pub/theviewf...
open.substack.com/pub/theviewf...
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As the Budget dust settles, it looks more and more like an inducement for our young best and brightest to think about moving elsewhere. See towards the end of this >>https://www.standard.co.uk/business/london-economy-rachel-reeves-growth-budget-b1260134.html?ref=cupure
A shackled economy, no long-term vision for growth — and no help for London
Once again the capital did not get a single mention in the Chancellor’s speech
www.standard.co.uk
November 27, 2025 at 9:47 PM
As the Budget dust settles, it looks more and more like an inducement for our young best and brightest to think about moving elsewhere. See towards the end of this >>https://www.standard.co.uk/business/london-economy-rachel-reeves-growth-budget-b1260134.html?ref=cupure