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Joe Harrison
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🏵️🇻🇦 Dyed in the wool grouchy Lancastrian. Husband of one & dad of four. Old punk rocker 🧷🎸. Long suffering PNE fan ⚽ 💙🤍.
RIP Jimmy Cliff.
November 24, 2025 at 12:42 PM
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Very proud of former Reform MP, James McMurdock. Who better to stand up for women and girls than a man sent to prison for repeatedly kicking his girlfriend?
November 23, 2025 at 10:21 AM
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Call a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics

Concerned about reported efforts from Russia to influence democracy in the US/UK/Europe? We believe we must establish the depth and breadth of possible Russian influence campaigns in the UK.

petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
Petition: Call a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy
We are concerned about reported efforts from Russia to influence democracy in the US, UK, Europe and elsewhere. We believe we must establish the depth and breadth of possible Russian influence campaig...
petition.parliament.uk
November 24, 2025 at 8:45 AM
Allison Morris telling it like it is #covid

Covid showed who we were as a society; the good, the bad, the selfless and the selfish, not to mention the total grifters

www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/opinion/colu...
Covid showed who we were as a society; the good, the bad, the selfless and the selfish, not to mention the total grifters
Did we really need the Covid inquiry to tell us that politicians failed during the pandemic? As someone who worked throughout that time, I had a front row seat to that political failure, so tell me so...
www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk
November 24, 2025 at 8:54 AM
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This is the same Zia Yusuf who said no one in senior Reform UK leadership knew Nathan Gill…

Jailed ex-leader of Reform in Wales is 'ancient history', says Yusuf

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Reform UK's Zia Yusuf calls Nathan Gill 'ancient history' - BBC News
The party's head of policy says he has never met Nathan Gill, who served as the leader of Reform UK in Wales in 2021.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 23, 2025 at 2:13 PM
An average team just made #pnefc look very poor. Disappointing performance despite the injuries and suspensions.
November 21, 2025 at 9:59 PM
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BREAKING: Nathan Gill is sentenced to 10 & a half years in prison after pleading guilty to eight charges of bribery from a Russian agent.

The "ultimate source" of the funds came from "a close friend of Vladimir Putin," said Mrs Justice Cheema-Grubb.
November 21, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Can't take your eyes off this for a second 😯 #theashes
November 21, 2025 at 8:03 AM
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Lots of footie drama this week with Ireland, Scotland, Curaçao, but none as big as disgraced former owner Owen Oyston finally being evicted from the club's Penthouse suite within the ground and ordered to pay costs www.blackpoolgazette.co.uk/news/million...

He could move in with Andrew Windsor
Millionaire Owen Oyston loses battle to keep Blackpool FC penthouse
Millionaire former Blackpool FC owner Owen Oyston has lost his long-running battle to keep hold of the penthouse suite at Bloomfield Road.
www.blackpoolgazette.co.uk
November 20, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Fascinating pictures of Lancaster show a city undergoing change in the Swinging Sixties share.google/g5I5n2OluyN1...
Fascinating pictures of Lancaster show a city undergoing change in the Swinging Sixties
It was the decade known as the Swinging Sixties and while Lancaster might not have swung as much as Liverpool or London, it was a time of considerable change for the city.
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November 20, 2025 at 7:58 AM
Depressing. And I keep seeing things like this in NW English newspapers. "Burger joint" indeed 😡
November 19, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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Fishergate, Preston, mid-20th century.
November 18, 2025 at 8:23 AM
I love Steven Wright. My all time favourite comedian.
November 17, 2025 at 11:36 AM
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November 17, 2025 at 8:18 AM
"But it's literally a county, a cheese, a cat and probably other stuff....aargh!"
November 16, 2025 at 6:04 PM
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November 16, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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Owen Jones doesn't do solutions, he's more the 'scatterfire sniping from the sidelines' kind of commentator.
November 15, 2025 at 11:05 AM
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Painting by Peter Brook ‘Staithes’
Oil on Board. No other detail.
Owned by Bradford Museums and Galleries.
November 15, 2025 at 9:13 AM
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+++ On this day, the 13th of November 1978, Siouxsie & The Banshees released their debut studio album 'The Scream'. +++

#siouxsie #siouxsieandthebanshees #postpunk #otd #siouxsiesioux #thebanshees #altrock #goth
November 13, 2025 at 8:31 AM
It's almost like having certain female-only spaces is a good thing.

www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/uk-news...
Sainsbury's toilet terror as girl hears man shout 'I'm going to stab you'
Police are investigating the terrifying incident
www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk
November 13, 2025 at 8:36 AM
The Telegraph: Puts remembrance poppy in masthead.
Also The Telegraph: This country's shit, some very rich people would rather live somewhere else.

Britain’s richest young entrepreneur prepares to quit UK for Dubai share.google/OqQ6joT1Jwui...
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November 12, 2025 at 9:50 AM
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Reform UK councillor threatens legal action to shut down debate over Lancashire care home closures

national.thelead.uk/p/exclusive-...
Exclusive: Reform UK councillor threatens legal action to silence debate over Lancashire care home closures
Emails seen by The Lead show the councillor, through Lancashire County Council staff, issuing legal threats after his role in private care was questioned.
national.thelead.uk
November 12, 2025 at 9:18 AM
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Today is Armistice Day. The First World War did not officially end until 28 June 1919, but it was at the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month #OTD 11 November 1918 that the guns fell silent. Siegfried Sassoon remembered that moment in his poem 'Everyone Sang':
November 11, 2025 at 7:18 AM
Never forgotten at #pnefc 🥲 good luck to the Cumbrian Cannavaro with his next venture 💪⚽🤍💙
Carlisle: Former captain Paul Huntington retires from football - BBC Sport share.google/dscNbq1s19a1...
Carlisle: Former captain Paul Huntington retires from football
Paul Huntington, a promotion winner with Preston North End, Carlisle United and Bradford City, retires aged 38.
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November 9, 2025 at 1:05 AM