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Southampton FC supporter. Libdem. Love my family.
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peterstefanovic.bsky.social
🚨Gorton and Denton by-election

Surely by now we can all see that Reform is a party that thrives on division, fuels anger, and uses the scapegoating of minorities to gain support.

We are so much better than that.

DON’T BE TAKEN IN BY THE DIVISIVE POLITICS OF REFORM

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🚨Gorton and Denton by-election - JUST DON’T VOTE REFORM
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February 9, 2026 at 7:03 AM
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oakymoron.bsky.social
So the BBC gets hauled over the coals in the US but at same time Ofcom is too scared of GB News

Tail wagging the toothless dog

www.theguardian.com/media/2026/f...
Ofcom under fire after refusing to investigate ‘misleading’ GB News Trump interview
US president not challenged over false claims climate change is ‘hoax’ and parts of London have sharia law
www.theguardian.com
February 9, 2026 at 5:19 PM
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Irish man with valid US work permit held in ICE detention for five months
Irish man with valid US work permit held in ICE detention for five months
Seamus Culleton, who has lived in US for two decades, faces deportation after being arrested on way home from work * US politics live – latest updates * Europe live – latest updates An Irish man has spent five months in US Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention and faces deportation despite having a valid work permit and no criminal record. Seamus Culleton was a “model immigrant” who had become the victim of a capricious and inept system, said his lawyer, Ogor Winnie Okoye. Continue reading...
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February 9, 2026 at 5:35 PM
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premnsikka.bsky.social
Post-Brexit sales of British farm products to EU fall by 37%.

Brexit has brought no benefits and left the UK exposed in the era of tariffs and trade wars.

Farage and Tories lied about Brexit.

Govt can get economic growth by rejoining the EU. Our future is in Europe, not in being the 51st state.
Post-Brexit sales of British farm products to EU fall by 37%
NFU warn it could take years to restore Brexit losses despite efforts to smooth negotiations on farming and other elements of UK-EU reset
www.theguardian.com
February 9, 2026 at 5:49 PM
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tomxr.bsky.social
The rightwing capture of the regulators continues. They still walk amongst us. #MediaRevolution
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February 9, 2026 at 6:18 PM
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A post-Trump restoration is still possible ft.trib.al/GX2fiqG
A post-Trump restoration is still possible
His presidency may eventually be seen as an aberration rather than a permanent shift
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February 9, 2026 at 12:54 PM
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Ofcom under fire after refusing to investigate ‘misleading’ GB News Trump interview
Ofcom under fire after refusing to investigate ‘misleading’ GB News Trump interview
US president not challenged over false claims climate change is ‘hoax’ and parts of London have sharia law The UK’s media regulator Ofcom has been accused of abandoning “any pretence” of guarding against misleading and biased television coverage, after it refused to investigate a series of complaints about a GB News interview with Donald Trump. During the interview with the rightwing network, broadcast last November, the US president falsely claimed human-induced climate change was “a hoax” and that London had no-go areas for police. He said parts of the capital had “sharia law”. Continue reading...
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February 9, 2026 at 4:01 PM
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How has your local high street changed since 2019? Check your postcode
How has your local high street changed since 2019? Check your postcode
The makeup of Great Britain’s high streets has changed dramatically. See what the data says about where you live
www.theguardian.com
January 28, 2026 at 3:45 PM
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ottoenglish.bsky.social
Some fun facts.

● 100% of Reform MPs ARE EX-TORY party members

● 57.14% of Reform MPs ARE former Tory MPs

● Feel free to add your own
LIVE: Join Nigel Farage and Robert Jenrick at our Newark rally with special guests! Andrew Rosindell will not be the last MP to put country before party before the deadline on May 7th. cey GB News @GBNEWS . 7h '1 believe that our country is more important than any political party. Reform UK MP Andrew Rosindell speaks in why he defected to Reform UK after 25 ye
January 19, 2026 at 8:39 PM
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ianbeavis.bsky.social
Tunbridge Wells' very own Rev Thomas Stebbing monographed the crustaceans from the Challenger expeditions. He never went to sea himself, but studied the specimens at his home, Ephraim Lodge on Tunbridge Wells Common
royalsociety.org The Royal Society @royalsociety.org · Dec 21
#OnThisDay in 1872, the expedition of HMS Challenger set sail from Portsmouth, travelling nearly 70,00 nautical miles and cataloguing over 4000 unknown species over 4 years. This pioneering expedition, organised by the Royal Society, laid the foundations of oceanography.
January 15, 2026 at 6:42 PM
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oakymoron.bsky.social
Excess baggage or the equivalent of buying a stale pack Quavers

Farage is as desperate for defections as a junkie for his fix – hence why he’ll take people like Jake [Berry], Nadine [Dorries] and Nadhim [Zahawi] – so this one will be sucked up willingly too,”

www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Robert Jenrick: from remainer to rightwinger with ruthless reputation
Defection of former Tory minister to Reform is another twist in ambitious politician’s career
www.theguardian.com
January 16, 2026 at 8:35 AM
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Tonight's turret meeting will be pretty awkward
An edit of a 'Traitors' confessional shot with Robert Jenrick sat in the chair. The caption identifies him as 'Robert' 44, Wannabe PM and a traitor'.
January 15, 2026 at 11:52 AM
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mrjamesob.bsky.social
The decent Tories were culled in 2019.
The indecent ones are defecting to Farage.
I wonder who or what will be left by 2029.
January 15, 2026 at 5:58 PM
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historicalsoton.bsky.social
The former workhouse on St Mary Street. The first workhouse on this site dated back to the 1770s but in 1863 it was condemned by a Poor Law inspector who described it as ‘totally inadequate’ for the housing of the poor.

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The front of the former workhouse. The rear of the former workhouse. Round the side of the the former workhouse. One of the buildings at the back of the former workhouse.
January 16, 2026 at 7:44 AM
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ottoenglish.bsky.social
Well done
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Why we won't be using X anymore ⬇️
January 13, 2026 at 12:02 AM
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oakymoron.bsky.social
Another narcissist for Reform

They are not interested in the greater good but instead their own personal advancement

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How Reform could offer ever-ambitious Nadhim Zahawi a new route to the top
The former vaccines minister may not be the most obvious fit for Nigel Farage's party, but both sides will be hoping the relationship can give them an advantage.
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January 13, 2026 at 6:19 AM
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historicalsoton.bsky.social
D Block was a military psychiatric hospital located behind high walls at the rear of the Royal Victoria Hospital, Netley.

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The D Block building with patients on the grass in front.
January 13, 2026 at 7:50 AM
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premnsikka.bsky.social
Former chancellor Nadhim Zahawi defects to Reform after begging Tories for peerage.

Backed Liz Truss and involved in numerous scandals - claimed cost of heating stables on private estate as MP expense, later repaid; tax shenanigans, breaches of ministerial codes,

Must feel at home with Reform.
Ex-chancellor Nadhim Zahawi defects to Reform ‘after begging Tories for peerage’
Former MP and minister sacked as Tory Party chair in 2023 after he breached ministerial code over his tax affairs
www.independent.co.uk
January 13, 2026 at 7:56 AM
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historicalsoton.bsky.social
On the left: 2 Oxford Street. Two Titanic crew members were staying here before the ill-fated maiden voyage. George Henry Hinckley was a third class steward and James Hutchinson was a vegetable cook. Sadly, they both died in the sinking.

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Oxford Street buildings.
January 8, 2026 at 7:45 AM
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historicalsoton.bsky.social
Dock Gate 4. Near here, in August 1914, the British Expeditionary Force embarked for France. Over the next four years, around eight million troops passed through Southampton. Next to the gate is the former docks post office with a tablet remembering the ‘Old Contemptibles’ who embarked here in 1914.
Old photo of the docks and the dock gate, with the docks post office on the right. Ships in the background. The gate today, next to the building and the plaque. The plaque on the building. Close up of the plaque.
January 6, 2026 at 7:51 AM
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fentonsteve.bsky.social
Mrs F had some donations to drop off so today’s Chazza harvest. Livvy neutron-bomb & Sam Cooke £2 each, everything else a quid
December 30, 2025 at 6:00 PM
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historicalsoton.bsky.social
The third annual reunion dinner of the Hampshire Regiment at the Coliseum on Portland Terrace, January 1931. Anybody who had served in the regiment was welcome and around five hundred men attended this ‘inspiring and memorable function’.

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Photograph of hundreds of men sat at long tables.
January 2, 2026 at 9:09 AM
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historicalsoton.bsky.social
I’ve written a post about Christmas which is way too long for Bluesky, so here are screenshots of the post from my Facebook page.

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Part of a page from the 27 December 1890 edition of the Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News. It shows a young boy throwing a snowball at an old lady, a man in his night clothes getting annoyed at carol singers, and, for some reason, a cheeky chap climbing out of a window. Although many of our Christmas traditions predate the Victorian era, it was this period that came to define many of the beloved traditions that we know today. I'm currently reading 'A Christmas Carol' by Charles Dickens and his depiction of a Victorian Christmas is so vivid, with carols, mince pies, brandy-soaked puddings, roasted chestnuts, mulled wine, Christmas dinners, warm family gatherings, awful poverty, and charitable deeds to help people in need. When thinking of the Victorian period, it's easy to imagine Dickens' London, but much of what he wrote about London could easily be applied to Southampton too. The winter of 1890 and 1891 was particularly harsh; it was the coldest Christmas period in decades. The Hampshire Advertiser reported on that year's weather: 'What with the late spring, the cold summer, the hot autumn, and the early and severe winter, ordinary Britishers find themselves completely out of their reckoning. There was no chance of making hay at midsummer, and there has not been much chance of merrymaking at Christmas. A white winter is a very picturesque thing on canvas, and comes in effectively on Christmas cards and in Christmas stories, but there the romance ends. When you have experienced it for about three weeks you have had quite enough of it. The sooner 1891 carries it off the better we shall all be pleased. There had been weeks of freezing weather towards the end of 1890, with snow and ice causing many slips and falls around town. The residents of Southampton enjoyed skating on the frozen reservoirs on Southampton Common but for the town's poor, the severe cold posed a very real and desperate danger. As an Echo journalist pointed out whilst discussing the freezing weather across the whole country, 'a white Christmas is much more in favour of the undertaker. The visitation of cold and fog has been nearly as fatal in killed and wounded as a second-class battle!' Thankfully, there were plenty of people in Victorian Southampton who were willing to give their time and money to make the Christmas season more comfortable for those most in need at this time of the year. Thousands of poor children across Southampton were treated to hot Christmas dinners and given gifts of fruit, sweets, and toys, thanks to the benevolence of kind individuals and various organisations. Likewise, many impoverished adults were able to get a hot meal on Christmas Day thanks to the charitable deeds of strangers and local philanthropists. Town councillors bought tons of coal for the 'deserving poor' of their parishes. Sir Frederick Perkins, five-time Mayor of Southampton and former MP, donated, alongside his wife, Isabella, tea and coal for the widows in the Thorner's Almshouses, as well as oranges and sweets for the children in the local orphanage. Members of St Andrew's Presbyterian Church provided a free hot breakfast for around three hundred people on Christmas morning in a 'well-warmed' hall. The workhouse on St Mary Street was 'tastefully decorated' with Christmas trees and decorations and the destitute inmates were given an 'excellent' Christmas dinner. Their entertainment came in the form of a magic lantern that projected 'dissolving view' scenes from 'A Christmas Carol' onto a screen. The Borough Police Force selected seventy-two poor old men and women they considered deserving of relief and invited them to the Guildhall for a feast of roast beef, mutton, ham, pork, turkey, and all the trimmings. The food had been donated by members of the police force and the public. One of the old men fed by the police that year was over one hundred years old.
December 24, 2025 at 8:42 AM
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fentonsteve.bsky.social
A tale of two Saints. St. Neots on Saturday for Sudafed, St. Ives yesterday for cheese biscuits we didn't really need. "Well, we've got an hour on the parking, I might as well have a dash round the chazzas while we're here." Mrs F bought a scarf for a quid in BHF. Top left is Rapper's Delight.
December 24, 2025 at 7:34 PM