JohnFronTheNorth
@johnfromthenorth.bsky.social
Grumpy old man, living is Salford UK interested in politics, comic books, reading, walking & drinking good coffee, likes a bit of cake.
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NEW: PM’s Chief of Staff Morgan McSweeney resigns
“After careful reflection, I have decided to resign from the government. The decision to appoint Peter Mandelson was wrong. He has damaged our party, our country and trust in politics itself.”
“After careful reflection, I have decided to resign from the government. The decision to appoint Peter Mandelson was wrong. He has damaged our party, our country and trust in politics itself.”
February 8, 2026 at 2:25 PM
NEW: PM’s Chief of Staff Morgan McSweeney resigns
“After careful reflection, I have decided to resign from the government. The decision to appoint Peter Mandelson was wrong. He has damaged our party, our country and trust in politics itself.”
“After careful reflection, I have decided to resign from the government. The decision to appoint Peter Mandelson was wrong. He has damaged our party, our country and trust in politics itself.”
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🥊 We must fight against a politics of division and xenophobia.
The rise of the far-right is a stain on our society and our responsibility to display a compassionate and rational politics.
https://www.economist.com/europe/2026/02/05/how-remigration-is-penetrating-europes-political-mainstream
The rise of the far-right is a stain on our society and our responsibility to display a compassionate and rational politics.
https://www.economist.com/europe/2026/02/05/how-remigration-is-penetrating-europes-political-mainstream
www.economist.com
February 8, 2026 at 1:02 PM
🥊 We must fight against a politics of division and xenophobia.
The rise of the far-right is a stain on our society and our responsibility to display a compassionate and rational politics.
https://www.economist.com/europe/2026/02/05/how-remigration-is-penetrating-europes-political-mainstream
The rise of the far-right is a stain on our society and our responsibility to display a compassionate and rational politics.
https://www.economist.com/europe/2026/02/05/how-remigration-is-penetrating-europes-political-mainstream
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It turns out that the biggest grooming gang in the world is a gang of white, rich, powerful men like Epstein, Trump, Windsor, Mandelson, Clinton, Gates, Musk and Bannon.
The white, rich and powerful men who demand action against grooming gangs are strangely quiet about that.
The white, rich and powerful men who demand action against grooming gangs are strangely quiet about that.
February 8, 2026 at 9:32 AM
It turns out that the biggest grooming gang in the world is a gang of white, rich, powerful men like Epstein, Trump, Windsor, Mandelson, Clinton, Gates, Musk and Bannon.
The white, rich and powerful men who demand action against grooming gangs are strangely quiet about that.
The white, rich and powerful men who demand action against grooming gangs are strangely quiet about that.
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Left: Reform UK breaks electoral law
Right: Vote Leave break electoral law
Why are there no real and meaningful consequences for breaking electoral law in the UK?
Right: Vote Leave break electoral law
Why are there no real and meaningful consequences for breaking electoral law in the UK?
February 7, 2026 at 1:19 PM
Left: Reform UK breaks electoral law
Right: Vote Leave break electoral law
Why are there no real and meaningful consequences for breaking electoral law in the UK?
Right: Vote Leave break electoral law
Why are there no real and meaningful consequences for breaking electoral law in the UK?
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Both stories about Reform UK Party Ltd’s Gorton & Denton campaign are true — they, laughably, reported Labour to the police over a ‘misleading’ video, and now they face a police investigation over breaking by-election law with deliberately misleading campaign material.
February 7, 2026 at 9:10 AM
Both stories about Reform UK Party Ltd’s Gorton & Denton campaign are true — they, laughably, reported Labour to the police over a ‘misleading’ video, and now they face a police investigation over breaking by-election law with deliberately misleading campaign material.
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🚨Gorton and Denton by-election
PLEASE DON’T BE TAKEN IN BY THE DIVISIVE POLITICS OF REFORM
PLEASE DON’T BE TAKEN IN BY THE DIVISIVE POLITICS OF REFORM
February 7, 2026 at 10:45 AM
🚨Gorton and Denton by-election
PLEASE DON’T BE TAKEN IN BY THE DIVISIVE POLITICS OF REFORM
PLEASE DON’T BE TAKEN IN BY THE DIVISIVE POLITICS OF REFORM
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BBC News, "Greater Manchester Police are investigating a report that Reform UK broke electoral law in the Gorton & Denton by-election"
"It's been reported that the party sent a letter to voters that didn't include an imprint identifying the promoter of the material"
"It's been reported that the party sent a letter to voters that didn't include an imprint identifying the promoter of the material"
February 7, 2026 at 1:37 PM
BBC News, "Greater Manchester Police are investigating a report that Reform UK broke electoral law in the Gorton & Denton by-election"
"It's been reported that the party sent a letter to voters that didn't include an imprint identifying the promoter of the material"
"It's been reported that the party sent a letter to voters that didn't include an imprint identifying the promoter of the material"
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BREAKING: Danish PM Mette Frederiksen praises British 'pragmatism' in a meeting with Keir Starmer at Downing St after Trump dropped tariff threats over Greenland
'You have a cup of tea & then you think a bit about everything. You get the facts on the table & then you find a way forward'
'You have a cup of tea & then you think a bit about everything. You get the facts on the table & then you find a way forward'
January 22, 2026 at 3:54 PM
BREAKING: Danish PM Mette Frederiksen praises British 'pragmatism' in a meeting with Keir Starmer at Downing St after Trump dropped tariff threats over Greenland
'You have a cup of tea & then you think a bit about everything. You get the facts on the table & then you find a way forward'
'You have a cup of tea & then you think a bit about everything. You get the facts on the table & then you find a way forward'
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One in seven English bathing spots rated as polluted in latest testing
One in seven English bathing spots rated as polluted in latest testing
Scarborough and Bognor Regis among places where water is so polluted it is not recommended for swimming
One in seven (13%) of England’s bathing waters are rated as polluted, and one in 14 so polluted they are not recommended for swimming.
Famous beaches including Bognor Regis, Scarborough’s South Bay and Littlehaven Beach in South Shields were all rated “poor” in the latest classifications from the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra), which means they are not recommended for swimming. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 10:33 AM
One in seven English bathing spots rated as polluted in latest testing
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Protecting our chalk streams should never have been controversial — yet the amendment fell because the government refused to act and the Tories, the official opposition, wouldn’t back it.
I’ll keep pressing for real protections for these precious ecosystems.
I’ll keep pressing for real protections for these precious ecosystems.
November 25, 2025 at 10:46 AM
Protecting our chalk streams should never have been controversial — yet the amendment fell because the government refused to act and the Tories, the official opposition, wouldn’t back it.
I’ll keep pressing for real protections for these precious ecosystems.
I’ll keep pressing for real protections for these precious ecosystems.
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Alan Cumming on LGBTQ+ in the arts, safety in the US and Traitors fame
www.channel4.com/news/alan-cu...
www.channel4.com/news/alan-cu...
Alan Cumming on LGBTQ+ in the arts, safety in the US and Traitors fame
From Hollywood to the Highlands — actor, activist and US traitor’s presenter Alan Cumming is returning to his roots in Scotland.
www.channel4.com
November 13, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Alan Cumming on LGBTQ+ in the arts, safety in the US and Traitors fame
www.channel4.com/news/alan-cu...
www.channel4.com/news/alan-cu...
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Social media this morning is a zombie apocalypse of dinosaur Tory politicians and right wing hangers-on hankering after the nasty Brexit wars of the last decade. Our country has moved on!
May 19, 2025 at 9:17 AM
Social media this morning is a zombie apocalypse of dinosaur Tory politicians and right wing hangers-on hankering after the nasty Brexit wars of the last decade. Our country has moved on!
When the MSM, right wing trolls, #brexit loons rain a storm of shit, made up nonsense & fantasy sound bites, the umbrella of @mrjamesob.bsky.social on @lbc.co.uk is a warm shelter from downpour, poor Richard 1st numpty to call today, got the full treatment, Richard had strong feelings backed by nowt
May 19, 2025 at 8:25 PM
When the MSM, right wing trolls, #brexit loons rain a storm of shit, made up nonsense & fantasy sound bites, the umbrella of @mrjamesob.bsky.social on @lbc.co.uk is a warm shelter from downpour, poor Richard 1st numpty to call today, got the full treatment, Richard had strong feelings backed by nowt
@lewisgoodall.com please mention the planes of the future will not be using fossil fuels when thing about airport expansion #climateChange
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Manchester Airport to become the first airport in the UK to have a direct sustainable jet fuel supply through partnership with Fulcrum BioEnergy Limited UK
The transport of Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) direct from production plant to Manchester Airport via existing pipeline will be a first for the UK
Fulcrum BioEnergy Limited UK is developing a new ...
mediacentre.manchesterairport.co.uk
January 26, 2025 at 10:53 AM
@lewisgoodall.com please mention the planes of the future will not be using fossil fuels when thing about airport expansion #climateChange
mediacentre.manchesterairport.co.uk/manchester-a...
mediacentre.manchesterairport.co.uk/manchester-a...
@mrjamesob.bsky.social does the announcement today mean some folk have lied under oath at levenson enquiry ?
January 22, 2025 at 11:36 AM
@mrjamesob.bsky.social does the announcement today mean some folk have lied under oath at levenson enquiry ?
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This has to be the most dishonest reporting of an opinion poll I've ever seen
The survey actually found that over two thirds of voters *do not* think Starmer will be out of No 10 within a year.
The survey actually found that over two thirds of voters *do not* think Starmer will be out of No 10 within a year.
January 5, 2025 at 6:17 AM
This has to be the most dishonest reporting of an opinion poll I've ever seen
The survey actually found that over two thirds of voters *do not* think Starmer will be out of No 10 within a year.
The survey actually found that over two thirds of voters *do not* think Starmer will be out of No 10 within a year.
@simonmarksfsn.bsky.social
Journalists should be aware that the Suicide Act 1961 decriminalised the act of suicide. … in the area of suicide prevention … the use of the phrase “commit suicide” and argue that the phrasing stigmatises suicide and is insensitive to those affected by suicide. @lbc
Journalists should be aware that the Suicide Act 1961 decriminalised the act of suicide. … in the area of suicide prevention … the use of the phrase “commit suicide” and argue that the phrasing stigmatises suicide and is insensitive to those affected by suicide. @lbc
January 2, 2025 at 5:19 PM
@simonmarksfsn.bsky.social
Journalists should be aware that the Suicide Act 1961 decriminalised the act of suicide. … in the area of suicide prevention … the use of the phrase “commit suicide” and argue that the phrasing stigmatises suicide and is insensitive to those affected by suicide. @lbc
Journalists should be aware that the Suicide Act 1961 decriminalised the act of suicide. … in the area of suicide prevention … the use of the phrase “commit suicide” and argue that the phrasing stigmatises suicide and is insensitive to those affected by suicide. @lbc
News from NASA lol
Apophis will not impact our planet for at least 100 years.
science.nasa.gov/solar-system...
Apophis will not impact our planet for at least 100 years.
science.nasa.gov/solar-system...
Apophis - NASA Science
When asteroid Apophis was discovered in 2004, it was identified as one of the most hazardous asteroids that could impact Earth.
science.nasa.gov
December 23, 2024 at 8:38 PM
News from NASA lol
Apophis will not impact our planet for at least 100 years.
science.nasa.gov/solar-system...
Apophis will not impact our planet for at least 100 years.
science.nasa.gov/solar-system...
#Labour do not #govern on the same level media playing field as #torys In fact the past 3 months have been like a minefield! The Cabinet is full of grafters trying to get the job done, unlike the grifters before them, blinded by ideology & self interest. The mad promotion of this mad GE poll is a EG
November 25, 2024 at 9:08 PM
#Labour do not #govern on the same level media playing field as #torys In fact the past 3 months have been like a minefield! The Cabinet is full of grafters trying to get the job done, unlike the grifters before them, blinded by ideology & self interest. The mad promotion of this mad GE poll is a EG
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Tax avoidance is when a person or company legally exploits the tax system to reduce tax liabilities - today the official opposition in the UK backed Clarkson. Who has deliberately invested to avoid tax ✌️
November 19, 2024 at 10:26 PM
Tax avoidance is when a person or company legally exploits the tax system to reduce tax liabilities - today the official opposition in the UK backed Clarkson. Who has deliberately invested to avoid tax ✌️
@conservatives who have screwed farmers for years with crap trade deals, not replacing EU subsidies after #brexit , are today on the front of a picket line!! With the folk they’ve been screwing over for years Unbelievable ✌️ it really is wealth protecting wealth 😱 all led by tax avoider Clarkson
November 19, 2024 at 9:45 PM
@conservatives who have screwed farmers for years with crap trade deals, not replacing EU subsidies after #brexit , are today on the front of a picket line!! With the folk they’ve been screwing over for years Unbelievable ✌️ it really is wealth protecting wealth 😱 all led by tax avoider Clarkson
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Wow. BBC also didn’t think this was important enough to raise with the Government Minister this morning. What do we think is going on here?
In a significant Intervention Bank of England governor said this week that Brexit has undermined the UK economy. @skynews.com.web.brid.gy didn’t think that was important enough to raise with the Government Minister this morning. I disagree. If you do too share this report
youtu.be/jvo1JM6xZqQ?...
youtu.be/jvo1JM6xZqQ?...
The Bank of England governor says Brexit has undermined the UK economy. Hold onto your seats..
YouTube video by Peter Stefanovic
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November 17, 2024 at 9:18 AM
Wow. BBC also didn’t think this was important enough to raise with the Government Minister this morning. What do we think is going on here?
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November 15, 2024 at 9:32 AM
Thank you for following on us Bluesky 🦋
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