Joe Blair
@joezblair.bsky.social
I will post about Wimbledon football, guitars, the blues and Bruce Springsteen a little more than might be healthy for you
Sorry, not sorry
Sorry, not sorry
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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
Have Sky TV deliberately designed their set so that it says Spursy ?
November 29, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Have Sky TV deliberately designed their set so that it says Spursy ?
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We'll fight if we want to, fight if we want to
Your Party
Your Party
Your Party conference dominated by Corbyn Sultana ‘civil war’
www.channel4.com/news/your-pa...
www.channel4.com/news/your-pa...
Your Party conference dominated by Corbyn Sultana ‘civil war’
The first ever conference of the left wing 'Your Party' has descended into chaos - after one of their founders declared she was boycotting the event.
www.channel4.com
November 29, 2025 at 7:27 PM
We'll fight if we want to, fight if we want to
Your Party
Your Party
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“Sometimes the comedy just writes itself”
November 29, 2025 at 5:56 PM
“Sometimes the comedy just writes itself”
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Make no mistake, Your Party has achieved something today that I had not thought I'd see...
They've made Reform UK look disciplined.
(Admittedly that's on the basis of a) reporting on Zarah Sultana boycotting the first day and b) watching some of the live stream. Maybe the rest was better...)
They've made Reform UK look disciplined.
(Admittedly that's on the basis of a) reporting on Zarah Sultana boycotting the first day and b) watching some of the live stream. Maybe the rest was better...)
November 29, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Make no mistake, Your Party has achieved something today that I had not thought I'd see...
They've made Reform UK look disciplined.
(Admittedly that's on the basis of a) reporting on Zarah Sultana boycotting the first day and b) watching some of the live stream. Maybe the rest was better...)
They've made Reform UK look disciplined.
(Admittedly that's on the basis of a) reporting on Zarah Sultana boycotting the first day and b) watching some of the live stream. Maybe the rest was better...)
It's Your Party...
Oh so predictable
Oh so predictable
Sultana claims new Corbyn party carrying out 'witch hunt'
Sultana claims new Corbyn party carrying out 'witch hunt'
Zarah Sultana boycotts the first day of Your Party's founding conference after several members were expelled.
www.bbc.com
November 29, 2025 at 5:39 PM
It's Your Party...
Oh so predictable
Oh so predictable
November 29, 2025 at 5:29 PM
November 29, 2025 at 3:07 PM
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These guys and their imaginary diplomatic-big-boy pants, when they’re at best semi-useful idiots
🕵️🪆Vladimir Putin has a peculiar recurring gesture former counterintelligence officers flagged: when greeting Viktor Orbán’s delegation, he shakes hands with everyone — but always gives foreign minister Péter Szijjártó a distinct pat on the arm.
He does this only to Szijjártó.
He does this only to Szijjártó.
November 29, 2025 at 1:09 PM
These guys and their imaginary diplomatic-big-boy pants, when they’re at best semi-useful idiots
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I am impressed that Your Party have somehow managed to communicate via national mainstream media the feeling of being in an interminably feuding local political organizers WhatsApp with so many daily notifications that it's impossible to keep track of the feuds
November 29, 2025 at 10:49 AM
I am impressed that Your Party have somehow managed to communicate via national mainstream media the feeling of being in an interminably feuding local political organizers WhatsApp with so many daily notifications that it's impossible to keep track of the feuds
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NOT NOW YOUR PARTY OUR PARTY POPULAR ALLIANCE FOR THE MANY
"Your Party asks members to pick between four names: Your Party, Our Party, Popular Alliance and For The Many"
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Jeremy Corbyn and Zara Sultana’s Your Party reveals shortlist for official name
Leftwing party asks members to pick between Your Party, Our Party, Popular Alliance and For The Many
www.theguardian.com
November 28, 2025 at 10:11 PM
NOT NOW YOUR PARTY OUR PARTY POPULAR ALLIANCE FOR THE MANY
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Lying in politics is wrong and should never be rewarded, says newspaper which pays Boris Johnson £1 million a year to be its star columnist
November 29, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Lying in politics is wrong and should never be rewarded, says newspaper which pays Boris Johnson £1 million a year to be its star columnist
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Her *6* bedroomed house in North Kensington. 6!
November 28, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Her *6* bedroomed house in North Kensington. 6!
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The only explanation for Zarah Sultana is that she has studied the history of socialist parties, written down every mistake they have ever made, and turned that into a to-do list
November 28, 2025 at 11:14 PM
The only explanation for Zarah Sultana is that she has studied the history of socialist parties, written down every mistake they have ever made, and turned that into a to-do list
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🚨BOOM! The Petition calling for a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy has now rocketed past 80,000 signatures! Let’s get it to 100,000 this weekend. If a petition is what it’s going to take let’s get this done!
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
November 28, 2025 at 9:19 AM
🚨BOOM! The Petition calling for a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy has now rocketed past 80,000 signatures! Let’s get it to 100,000 this weekend. If a petition is what it’s going to take let’s get this done!
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
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Today's 70% fall in net migration to 205,000 was not one of the six stories in BBC ten o'clock news.
Ta massive assymetry in whether rises in immigration and falls in immigration are considered newsworthy by broadcasters
Down by 140k isn't thought to be.
Up by 140k undoubtedly would be.
Ta massive assymetry in whether rises in immigration and falls in immigration are considered newsworthy by broadcasters
Down by 140k isn't thought to be.
Up by 140k undoubtedly would be.
November 27, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Today's 70% fall in net migration to 205,000 was not one of the six stories in BBC ten o'clock news.
Ta massive assymetry in whether rises in immigration and falls in immigration are considered newsworthy by broadcasters
Down by 140k isn't thought to be.
Up by 140k undoubtedly would be.
Ta massive assymetry in whether rises in immigration and falls in immigration are considered newsworthy by broadcasters
Down by 140k isn't thought to be.
Up by 140k undoubtedly would be.
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Never let it be said that the British press is out of touch
November 27, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Never let it be said that the British press is out of touch
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No matter where you're from, Happy Thanksgiving from all of us on E Street to everyone who calls this land home!
Bruce Springsteen - American Land (Live tour Video)
YouTube video by BruceSpringsteenVEVO
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November 27, 2025 at 5:08 PM
No matter where you're from, Happy Thanksgiving from all of us on E Street to everyone who calls this land home!
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Next time someone asks what's the matter with Musk's Twitter, show them this:
An account in India, amplifying a billionaire from South Africa being cheered by an Irish passport holder (using an alias) to encourage civil unrest in the UK.
An account in India, amplifying a billionaire from South Africa being cheered by an Irish passport holder (using an alias) to encourage civil unrest in the UK.
November 27, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Next time someone asks what's the matter with Musk's Twitter, show them this:
An account in India, amplifying a billionaire from South Africa being cheered by an Irish passport holder (using an alias) to encourage civil unrest in the UK.
An account in India, amplifying a billionaire from South Africa being cheered by an Irish passport holder (using an alias) to encourage civil unrest in the UK.
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It's such a bizarre framing. Labour MPs think taking 450k kids out of poverty is putting the country first! That's why they wanted it to happen! It's not because they personally benefit.
Headline on The World at One just now:
"Sir Keir Starmer has denied putting the Labour Party before the country by ending the two-child benefit cap".
Can we please go back to reporting the actual news, not someone's partisan take on it?
"Sir Keir Starmer has denied putting the Labour Party before the country by ending the two-child benefit cap".
Can we please go back to reporting the actual news, not someone's partisan take on it?
November 27, 2025 at 1:16 PM
It's such a bizarre framing. Labour MPs think taking 450k kids out of poverty is putting the country first! That's why they wanted it to happen! It's not because they personally benefit.
It's a tragedy anyway but the way these numbers keep rising it is an absolute catastrophe
Hong Kong fire latest: rescue crews search for survivors as death toll rises to 65 with hundreds reported missing www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...
Hong Kong fire latest: rescue crews search for survivors as death toll rises to 65 with hundreds reported missing www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...
Hong Kong fire latest: rescue crews search for survivors as death toll rises to 65 with hundreds reported missing
Three men arrested as 26 rescue teams on site at Wang Fuk Court residential apartment complex in Tai Po district
www.theguardian.com
November 27, 2025 at 1:04 PM
It's a tragedy anyway but the way these numbers keep rising it is an absolute catastrophe
Hong Kong fire latest: rescue crews search for survivors as death toll rises to 65 with hundreds reported missing www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...
Hong Kong fire latest: rescue crews search for survivors as death toll rises to 65 with hundreds reported missing www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...
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The right arguing that any increase in tax is both laser targeted at you & also magic money really shows just how lazy & thick they’ve gotten. They cling to ideas that have failed for decades because they have nothing else
November 27, 2025 at 9:52 AM
The right arguing that any increase in tax is both laser targeted at you & also magic money really shows just how lazy & thick they’ve gotten. They cling to ideas that have failed for decades because they have nothing else
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Even @channel4news.bsky.social opens its budget coverage by asking "What will this do for Labour's position in the polls?"
Polls are not even a good predictor of future elections. They're certainly not a test by which budgets should be measured.
We have to break their cold, dead grip on politics.
Polls are not even a good predictor of future elections. They're certainly not a test by which budgets should be measured.
We have to break their cold, dead grip on politics.
November 26, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Even @channel4news.bsky.social opens its budget coverage by asking "What will this do for Labour's position in the polls?"
Polls are not even a good predictor of future elections. They're certainly not a test by which budgets should be measured.
We have to break their cold, dead grip on politics.
Polls are not even a good predictor of future elections. They're certainly not a test by which budgets should be measured.
We have to break their cold, dead grip on politics.