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Put 50p in Pat Karney and he’ll tell you a prerehearsed quote about Christmas.
When I draw him aside for a chat he goes off like a pull-string Santa toy: “I love Christmas. I live for Christmas. I would start Christmas in August if I was allowed to.”
But not everyone in MCC feels this way...
When I draw him aside for a chat he goes off like a pull-string Santa toy: “I love Christmas. I live for Christmas. I would start Christmas in August if I was allowed to.”
But not everyone in MCC feels this way...
Meet the man taking on Manchester's 'Christmas Refusniks'
'I would start Christmas in August if I was allowed to'
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November 10, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Put 50p in Pat Karney and he’ll tell you a prerehearsed quote about Christmas.
When I draw him aside for a chat he goes off like a pull-string Santa toy: “I love Christmas. I live for Christmas. I would start Christmas in August if I was allowed to.”
But not everyone in MCC feels this way...
When I draw him aside for a chat he goes off like a pull-string Santa toy: “I love Christmas. I live for Christmas. I would start Christmas in August if I was allowed to.”
But not everyone in MCC feels this way...
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3. Bit of a jarring shift in tone from the above, but Ophira Gottlieb's Mill piece about the Christmas-obsessed Councillor Pat Kearney is packed with perfect lines of writing.
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Meet the man taking on Manchester's 'Christmas Refusniks'
'I would start Christmas in August if I was allowed to'
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November 9, 2025 at 8:31 AM
3. Bit of a jarring shift in tone from the above, but Ophira Gottlieb's Mill piece about the Christmas-obsessed Councillor Pat Kearney is packed with perfect lines of writing.
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www.sheffieldtribune.co.uk/sometimes-it... I wrote last week about two villains and one hero in the battle between truth and lies. Well here’s another hero - the Sheffield Tribune, one of the Mill stable of independent news sites, had the courage to publish an important story despite legal threats..
Sometimes it’s worth the risk
“We will definitely bring proceedings for Defamation and Malicious Falsehood if you publish such complete and malicious lies.”
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November 9, 2025 at 9:22 AM
www.sheffieldtribune.co.uk/sometimes-it... I wrote last week about two villains and one hero in the battle between truth and lies. Well here’s another hero - the Sheffield Tribune, one of the Mill stable of independent news sites, had the courage to publish an important story despite legal threats..
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This is good from @manchestermill.bsky.social - even if Karney comes across as positively unhinged to the point of being a liability for the Council
Meet the man taking on Manchester's 'Christmas Refusniks'
'I would start Christmas in August if I was allowed to'
manchestermill.co.uk
November 8, 2025 at 9:06 AM
This is good from @manchestermill.bsky.social - even if Karney comes across as positively unhinged to the point of being a liability for the Council
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Top investigation this, and great local journalism
“It broke my heart, that was my savings towards a new car,” one woman who paid Milne tens of thousands of pounds told us. “He has just wiped me out.”
Who is Andrew Milne - the solicitor sending "very aggressive" letters to Sheffield homeowners?
www.sheffieldtribune.co.uk/a-london-law...
Who is Andrew Milne - the solicitor sending "very aggressive" letters to Sheffield homeowners?
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A London lawyer bought hundreds of Sheffield freeholds. Then the ‘very aggressive’ letters arrived
Exclusive: The Tribune can reveal that Andrew Milne has threatened leaseholders with high court action. It ‘broke my heart’ one woman says
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November 7, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Top investigation this, and great local journalism
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We’ve made this investigation free to read because so many people in Sheffield are affected by this story.
Our journalists have been knocking on doors for weeks and we’ve had to employ lawyers because of the legal threats made against us.
We can only do this kind of journalism with your support.
Our journalists have been knocking on doors for weeks and we’ve had to employ lawyers because of the legal threats made against us.
We can only do this kind of journalism with your support.
“It broke my heart, that was my savings towards a new car,” one woman who paid Milne tens of thousands of pounds told us. “He has just wiped me out.”
Who is Andrew Milne - the solicitor sending "very aggressive" letters to Sheffield homeowners?
www.sheffieldtribune.co.uk/a-london-law...
Who is Andrew Milne - the solicitor sending "very aggressive" letters to Sheffield homeowners?
www.sheffieldtribune.co.uk/a-london-law...
A London lawyer bought hundreds of Sheffield freeholds. Then the ‘very aggressive’ letters arrived
Exclusive: The Tribune can reveal that Andrew Milne has threatened leaseholders with high court action. It ‘broke my heart’ one woman says
www.sheffieldtribune.co.uk
November 6, 2025 at 7:54 PM
We’ve made this investigation free to read because so many people in Sheffield are affected by this story.
Our journalists have been knocking on doors for weeks and we’ve had to employ lawyers because of the legal threats made against us.
We can only do this kind of journalism with your support.
Our journalists have been knocking on doors for weeks and we’ve had to employ lawyers because of the legal threats made against us.
We can only do this kind of journalism with your support.
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More first rate reporting from @manchestermill.bsky.social The point about “southerners” being used to long commutes is a good one (my dad would have been horrified to live further than 30 minutes from work) and there’s an important point right at the end
Some said the BBC had ‘lost its marbles’. But was the move to Salford such a disaster after all?
Over a decade on, we caught up with the London relocators of 2012
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November 6, 2025 at 5:46 PM
More first rate reporting from @manchestermill.bsky.social The point about “southerners” being used to long commutes is a good one (my dad would have been horrified to live further than 30 minutes from work) and there’s an important point right at the end
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A story to make your blood boil. But as an aside, I'm a big fan of Mill Media sometimes printing the full aggressive responses they get to their questions (see also: Twamley, Lee)
This summer, Andrew Milne - a City of London solicitor - bought up hundreds of freeholds in west Sheffield.
Then the letters started to arrive. They included threats of high court action and offers to sell the freeholds - for £25,000.
Read today's story: www.sheffieldtribune.co.uk/a-london-law...
Then the letters started to arrive. They included threats of high court action and offers to sell the freeholds - for £25,000.
Read today's story: www.sheffieldtribune.co.uk/a-london-law...
November 6, 2025 at 6:02 PM
A story to make your blood boil. But as an aside, I'm a big fan of Mill Media sometimes printing the full aggressive responses they get to their questions (see also: Twamley, Lee)
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This summer, Andrew Milne - a City of London solicitor - bought up hundreds of freeholds in west Sheffield.
Then the letters started to arrive. They included threats of high court action and offers to sell the freeholds - for £25,000.
Read today's story: www.sheffieldtribune.co.uk/a-london-law...
Then the letters started to arrive. They included threats of high court action and offers to sell the freeholds - for £25,000.
Read today's story: www.sheffieldtribune.co.uk/a-london-law...
November 6, 2025 at 2:55 PM
This summer, Andrew Milne - a City of London solicitor - bought up hundreds of freeholds in west Sheffield.
Then the letters started to arrive. They included threats of high court action and offers to sell the freeholds - for £25,000.
Read today's story: www.sheffieldtribune.co.uk/a-london-law...
Then the letters started to arrive. They included threats of high court action and offers to sell the freeholds - for £25,000.
Read today's story: www.sheffieldtribune.co.uk/a-london-law...
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Excellent investigative work from The Mill.
Wherever we looked for the prominent flaggers and leaders of this movement, we found people smugglers and sex doll salesmen, people with dubious criminal pasts and people willing to put in a good word for Adolf Hitler.
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The men who raised the flags
Nigel Farage says this summer’s movement was led by ‘ordinary people’ expressing their patriotism. That’s not what we found
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November 2, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Excellent investigative work from The Mill.
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Brilliant reporting from @manchestermill.bsky.social and the whole @millmedia.bsky.social network. Back them if there’s one in your town (or even if there isn’t)
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The men who raised the flags
Nigel Farage says this summer’s movement was led by ‘ordinary people’ expressing their patriotism. That’s not what we found
manchestermill.co.uk
November 2, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Brilliant reporting from @manchestermill.bsky.social and the whole @millmedia.bsky.social network. Back them if there’s one in your town (or even if there isn’t)
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A good example of where we have to find good journalism these days manchestermill.co.uk/the-men-who-...
The men who raised the flags
Nigel Farage says this summer’s movement was led by ‘ordinary people’ expressing their patriotism. That’s not what we found
manchestermill.co.uk
November 1, 2025 at 11:19 AM
A good example of where we have to find good journalism these days manchestermill.co.uk/the-men-who-...
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The men who raised the flags
Nigel Farage says this summer’s movement was led by ‘ordinary people’ expressing their patriotism. That’s not what we found
Brilliant work from @birminghamdispatch.bsky.social and @manchestermill.bsky.social
www.birminghamdispatch.co.uk/the-men-who-...
Nigel Farage says this summer’s movement was led by ‘ordinary people’ expressing their patriotism. That’s not what we found
Brilliant work from @birminghamdispatch.bsky.social and @manchestermill.bsky.social
www.birminghamdispatch.co.uk/the-men-who-...
The men who raised the flags
Nigel Farage says this summer’s movement was led by ‘ordinary people’ expressing their patriotism. That’s not what we found
www.birminghamdispatch.co.uk
November 1, 2025 at 4:28 PM
The men who raised the flags
Nigel Farage says this summer’s movement was led by ‘ordinary people’ expressing their patriotism. That’s not what we found
Brilliant work from @birminghamdispatch.bsky.social and @manchestermill.bsky.social
www.birminghamdispatch.co.uk/the-men-who-...
Nigel Farage says this summer’s movement was led by ‘ordinary people’ expressing their patriotism. That’s not what we found
Brilliant work from @birminghamdispatch.bsky.social and @manchestermill.bsky.social
www.birminghamdispatch.co.uk/the-men-who-...
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Great on-the-ground reporting by multiple teams at @millmedia.bsky.social
Wherever we looked for the prominent flaggers and leaders of this movement, we found people smugglers and sex doll salesmen, people with dubious criminal pasts and people willing to put in a good word for Adolf Hitler.
manchestermill.co.uk/the-men-who-...
manchestermill.co.uk/the-men-who-...
The men who raised the flags
Nigel Farage says this summer’s movement was led by ‘ordinary people’ expressing their patriotism. That’s not what we found
manchestermill.co.uk
November 1, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Great on-the-ground reporting by multiple teams at @millmedia.bsky.social
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"Farage told us the flag-raisers were just ordinary folk sticking it to the system. A few months worth of local journalism later, that now looks like a shaky claim."
A great read from @manchestermill.bsky.social about the kinds of people who put up flags around the UK.
A great read from @manchestermill.bsky.social about the kinds of people who put up flags around the UK.
The men who raised the flags
Nigel Farage says this summer’s movement was led by ‘ordinary people’ expressing their patriotism. That’s not what we found
manchestermill.co.uk
November 1, 2025 at 10:41 AM
"Farage told us the flag-raisers were just ordinary folk sticking it to the system. A few months worth of local journalism later, that now looks like a shaky claim."
A great read from @manchestermill.bsky.social about the kinds of people who put up flags around the UK.
A great read from @manchestermill.bsky.social about the kinds of people who put up flags around the UK.
Nigel Farage says this summer’s Raise the Colours movement was led by ‘ordinary people’ expressing their patriotism. Our reporters in five cities had a look and that’s not what we found.
November 1, 2025 at 8:44 AM
Nigel Farage says this summer’s Raise the Colours movement was led by ‘ordinary people’ expressing their patriotism. Our reporters in five cities had a look and that’s not what we found.
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October 22, 2025 at 7:25 PM
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As revealed by @manchestermill.bsky.social last week, Manchester Pride is going bust.
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Manchester Pride goes bust leaving performers out of pocket
Charity behind one of Europe’s biggest LGBTQ+ Pride events says staff will be made redundant as it is liquidated
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October 22, 2025 at 7:19 PM
As revealed by @manchestermill.bsky.social last week, Manchester Pride is going bust.
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October 19, 2025 at 12:25 PM
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Reckless spending, gambling on major events and dozens of irate artists and suppliers waiting to be paid. @manchestermill.bsky.social has the inside story of what’s gone wrong at Manchester Pride.
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Bad bets: How Manchester Pride gambled on scale - and lost
Insiders blame ‘reckless spending decisions’ and a board who lost control of one of the city’s biggest events
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October 19, 2025 at 8:17 AM
Reckless spending, gambling on major events and dozens of irate artists and suppliers waiting to be paid. @manchestermill.bsky.social has the inside story of what’s gone wrong at Manchester Pride.
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Exclusive: Manchester Pride is on the brink of collapse.
Two people with direct knowledge of the situation have told us that Manchester Pride Ltd, the organisation that runs the event, has run out of money and can no longer pay its bills.
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Two people with direct knowledge of the situation have told us that Manchester Pride Ltd, the organisation that runs the event, has run out of money and can no longer pay its bills.
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Exclusive: Manchester Pride is on the brink of collapse
The Mill understands that the organisation is about to go into administration
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October 16, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Exclusive: Manchester Pride is on the brink of collapse.
Two people with direct knowledge of the situation have told us that Manchester Pride Ltd, the organisation that runs the event, has run out of money and can no longer pay its bills.
manchestermill.co.uk/exclusive-ma...
Two people with direct knowledge of the situation have told us that Manchester Pride Ltd, the organisation that runs the event, has run out of money and can no longer pay its bills.
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‘I can hear wailing from the funeral and the yelps of the women as they scare the gods with their genitals’.
@sophieatkinson.bsky.social is back on @manchestermill.bsky.social with a brilliant piece about the Marina Abramovic show.
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@sophieatkinson.bsky.social is back on @manchestermill.bsky.social with a brilliant piece about the Marina Abramovic show.
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In a sea of writhing bodies, Marina Abramovic convinced me Aviva Studios makes sense
'I can hear wailing from the funeral and the yelps of the women as they scare the gods with their genitals'
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October 16, 2025 at 11:31 AM
‘I can hear wailing from the funeral and the yelps of the women as they scare the gods with their genitals’.
@sophieatkinson.bsky.social is back on @manchestermill.bsky.social with a brilliant piece about the Marina Abramovic show.
manchestermill.co.uk/in-a-sea-of-...
@sophieatkinson.bsky.social is back on @manchestermill.bsky.social with a brilliant piece about the Marina Abramovic show.
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🚨 Very pleased to say that Moya Lothian-McLean has become the first Managing Editor at @millmedia.bsky.social. Along with @cameronbarr.bsky.social, who joined recently as
Investigations Editor, we're building a formidable team of senior editors. And editors are the 🔑!
Investigations Editor, we're building a formidable team of senior editors. And editors are the 🔑!
October 15, 2025 at 7:01 AM
🚨 Very pleased to say that Moya Lothian-McLean has become the first Managing Editor at @millmedia.bsky.social. Along with @cameronbarr.bsky.social, who joined recently as
Investigations Editor, we're building a formidable team of senior editors. And editors are the 🔑!
Investigations Editor, we're building a formidable team of senior editors. And editors are the 🔑!
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The latest podcast from @manchestermill.bsky.social has dropped about the Heaton Park attack and their excellent reporting.
Terror comes to Manchester again: Horror and hope after the synagogue attack | The Manchester Briefing from The Mill
Two reporters reflect on a week of covering the Heaton Park tragedy
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October 14, 2025 at 10:54 AM
The latest podcast from @manchestermill.bsky.social has dropped about the Heaton Park attack and their excellent reporting.
Since Jihad Al-Shamie’s attacked Heaton Park synagogue, we have learnt more about his life and possible motivations. But in this pattern of revelations, some saw a story they recognised.
"Look at Jihad Al-Shamie and Salman Abedi," one said. "I can’t help but see the links."
"Look at Jihad Al-Shamie and Salman Abedi," one said. "I can’t help but see the links."
October 12, 2025 at 10:21 AM
Since Jihad Al-Shamie’s attacked Heaton Park synagogue, we have learnt more about his life and possible motivations. But in this pattern of revelations, some saw a story they recognised.
"Look at Jihad Al-Shamie and Salman Abedi," one said. "I can’t help but see the links."
"Look at Jihad Al-Shamie and Salman Abedi," one said. "I can’t help but see the links."