Sean Dadds
@ubuntued.bsky.social
Co-editor-in-chief at Yorkshire Bylines, Editorial co-ordinator for the Bylines Network.
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David Davis said there wouldn't be a single downside to Brexit.
Yorkshire Bylines recorded >2,000 of them from 2021-4.
Yorkshire Bylines recorded >2,000 of them from 2021-4.
The Davis Downside Dossier
David Davis famously said there would be no downsides to Brexit only considerable upsides - so we started recording them.
yorkshirebylines.co.uk
November 30, 2025 at 10:26 AM
David Davis said there wouldn't be a single downside to Brexit.
Yorkshire Bylines recorded >2,000 of them from 2021-4.
Yorkshire Bylines recorded >2,000 of them from 2021-4.
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Happening now Newcastle’s Grainger Market - Midsommar Bakery grand opening!
Queues formed early, and have been running out the door all day. Buns, open sandwiches, cakes flying into happy bellies.
It already feels like a hub of lovely humans. Fika has been enjoyed by all!
Queues formed early, and have been running out the door all day. Buns, open sandwiches, cakes flying into happy bellies.
It already feels like a hub of lovely humans. Fika has been enjoyed by all!
November 29, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Happening now Newcastle’s Grainger Market - Midsommar Bakery grand opening!
Queues formed early, and have been running out the door all day. Buns, open sandwiches, cakes flying into happy bellies.
It already feels like a hub of lovely humans. Fika has been enjoyed by all!
Queues formed early, and have been running out the door all day. Buns, open sandwiches, cakes flying into happy bellies.
It already feels like a hub of lovely humans. Fika has been enjoyed by all!
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- Budget first, Country second?
- Farage haunted by schoolyard spite and present day hubris
- Lib Dems daring to mention Brexit
Meanwhile the Bishop of Norwich brings moral clarity....
This and more in Pecksniff's Diary
- Farage haunted by schoolyard spite and present day hubris
- Lib Dems daring to mention Brexit
Meanwhile the Bishop of Norwich brings moral clarity....
This and more in Pecksniff's Diary
Pecksniff : A budget to save Starmer and Reeves, though they were never in present danger
In which Mr Pecksniff lays before his readers for their approval certain observations and speculations reflecting on the political life
eastangliabylines.co.uk
November 29, 2025 at 7:16 AM
- Budget first, Country second?
- Farage haunted by schoolyard spite and present day hubris
- Lib Dems daring to mention Brexit
Meanwhile the Bishop of Norwich brings moral clarity....
This and more in Pecksniff's Diary
- Farage haunted by schoolyard spite and present day hubris
- Lib Dems daring to mention Brexit
Meanwhile the Bishop of Norwich brings moral clarity....
This and more in Pecksniff's Diary
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Wolf Alice, Beth Ditto, Adam Lambert, Sugababes and more for huge ‘Trans Mission’ charity Wembley gig
The concert is "a statement that trans people are loved, valued, and celebrated, and that the entertainment industry stands proudly with them." www.nme.com/news/music/w...
The concert is "a statement that trans people are loved, valued, and celebrated, and that the entertainment industry stands proudly with them." www.nme.com/news/music/w...
Wolf Alice, Beth Ditto, Adam Lambert, Sugababes and more for huge 'Trans Mission' charity Wembley gig
Wolf Alice, Beth Ditto, Adam Lambert, Sugababes and more for huge 'Trans Mission' charity Wembley gig. See how to get tickets.
www.nme.com
November 29, 2025 at 7:19 AM
Wolf Alice, Beth Ditto, Adam Lambert, Sugababes and more for huge ‘Trans Mission’ charity Wembley gig
The concert is "a statement that trans people are loved, valued, and celebrated, and that the entertainment industry stands proudly with them." www.nme.com/news/music/w...
The concert is "a statement that trans people are loved, valued, and celebrated, and that the entertainment industry stands proudly with them." www.nme.com/news/music/w...
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Rachel Reeves was frustrated that a Sussex development was delayed by “… some snails … a protected species or something, that are microscopic; you can’t even see them…”
The snail in question is one of Britain’s rarest and most endangered freshwater species, the lesser whirlpool ramshorn.
The snail in question is one of Britain’s rarest and most endangered freshwater species, the lesser whirlpool ramshorn.
Living alongside nature: humans must get better at it
The first of two articles inspired by COP30 explores some problems and the need to seek inclusive and nature-aligned solutions.
eastangliabylines.co.uk
November 28, 2025 at 6:47 AM
Rachel Reeves was frustrated that a Sussex development was delayed by “… some snails … a protected species or something, that are microscopic; you can’t even see them…”
The snail in question is one of Britain’s rarest and most endangered freshwater species, the lesser whirlpool ramshorn.
The snail in question is one of Britain’s rarest and most endangered freshwater species, the lesser whirlpool ramshorn.
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Totally missed @northeastbylines.co.uk writing about our family bakery. Lush. Come join the gang on Saturday.
Swedish-Geordie couple launch Midsommar Bakery and cafe | North East Bylines
It’s fika time! – Midsommar brings a taste of Sweden to Tyneside
Swedish-Geordie couple launch Midsommar Bakery and cafe
northeastbylines.co.uk
November 27, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Totally missed @northeastbylines.co.uk writing about our family bakery. Lush. Come join the gang on Saturday.
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✨New online:
As fake news accelerates, we need to teach our children how to think critically - and Finnish schools are leading the charge.
@zionlights.bsky.social digs into the details
As fake news accelerates, we need to teach our children how to think critically - and Finnish schools are leading the charge.
@zionlights.bsky.social digs into the details
newhumanist.org.uk
November 27, 2025 at 7:52 PM
✨New online:
As fake news accelerates, we need to teach our children how to think critically - and Finnish schools are leading the charge.
@zionlights.bsky.social digs into the details
As fake news accelerates, we need to teach our children how to think critically - and Finnish schools are leading the charge.
@zionlights.bsky.social digs into the details
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The Commons isn’t usually the place for sharp comedy, but today’s Budget delivered a moment that made even the frontbench blink.
Let’s just say Russia came up… and Farage was the punchline ⤵️
@eastangliabylines.co.uk
Let’s just say Russia came up… and Farage was the punchline ⤵️
@eastangliabylines.co.uk
Reeves aims a searing ‘Russian assets’ gibe at Farage
Rachel Reeves used her Budget speech to jab at Nigel Farage, invoking Russia amid renewed security concerns
eastangliabylines.co.uk
November 26, 2025 at 8:17 PM
The Commons isn’t usually the place for sharp comedy, but today’s Budget delivered a moment that made even the frontbench blink.
Let’s just say Russia came up… and Farage was the punchline ⤵️
@eastangliabylines.co.uk
Let’s just say Russia came up… and Farage was the punchline ⤵️
@eastangliabylines.co.uk
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If you receive legal threats from Nigel Farage for your reporting of Reform, please get in touch.
We have employed a defamation lawyer specifically for this purpose and would love to help (and we do so on non-commercial terms). www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
We have employed a defamation lawyer specifically for this purpose and would love to help (and we do so on non-commercial terms). www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Reform’s ‘Trumpian’ legal threats hint at more aggressive approach to media
Ultimatums sent to publications appear to intensify as Nigel Farage’s party rises in polls
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:29 AM
If you receive legal threats from Nigel Farage for your reporting of Reform, please get in touch.
We have employed a defamation lawyer specifically for this purpose and would love to help (and we do so on non-commercial terms). www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
We have employed a defamation lawyer specifically for this purpose and would love to help (and we do so on non-commercial terms). www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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I implore someone, anyone, in the media…
Do your job
And the next time you have Farage on, please ask him directly:
…what were the motivations behind this?
Do your job
And the next time you have Farage on, please ask him directly:
…what were the motivations behind this?
November 24, 2025 at 3:39 PM
I implore someone, anyone, in the media…
Do your job
And the next time you have Farage on, please ask him directly:
…what were the motivations behind this?
Do your job
And the next time you have Farage on, please ask him directly:
…what were the motivations behind this?
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Rachel Reeves says there’s a “hole” in the public finances. A new decade-long Brexit study explains it: a 6–8% hit to GDP – that's £180bn-£240bn a year – means less tax, less investment and less money for everything else.
Brexit made Britain poorer. Much poorer.
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Brexit made Britain poorer. Much poorer.
@eastangliabylines.co.uk
New: Boris Johnson’s ‘Brexit Titanic success’ was half right
Nearly ten years on, the first full assessment of Brexit confirms what millions warned: Britain made itself poorer
eastangliabylines.co.uk
November 23, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Rachel Reeves says there’s a “hole” in the public finances. A new decade-long Brexit study explains it: a 6–8% hit to GDP – that's £180bn-£240bn a year – means less tax, less investment and less money for everything else.
Brexit made Britain poorer. Much poorer.
@eastangliabylines.co.uk
Brexit made Britain poorer. Much poorer.
@eastangliabylines.co.uk
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Surviving sexual abuse: long term risks and how to find help
The impact of sexual abuse can last for decades, but survivors can still take control of their lives, and support is available
@jenniekermode.bsky.social @sussexbylines.co.uk
The impact of sexual abuse can last for decades, but survivors can still take control of their lives, and support is available
@jenniekermode.bsky.social @sussexbylines.co.uk
Surviving sexual abuse: long term risks and how to find help
The impact of sexual abuse can last for decades, but survivors can still take control of their lives, and support is available
sussexbylines.co.uk
November 23, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Surviving sexual abuse: long term risks and how to find help
The impact of sexual abuse can last for decades, but survivors can still take control of their lives, and support is available
@jenniekermode.bsky.social @sussexbylines.co.uk
The impact of sexual abuse can last for decades, but survivors can still take control of their lives, and support is available
@jenniekermode.bsky.social @sussexbylines.co.uk
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Why should Labour bring in Proportional Representation NOW?
"Because it's fairer and we're no longer a two party system"
#MakeVotesMatter
"Because it's fairer and we're no longer a two party system"
#MakeVotesMatter
November 22, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Why should Labour bring in Proportional Representation NOW?
"Because it's fairer and we're no longer a two party system"
#MakeVotesMatter
"Because it's fairer and we're no longer a two party system"
#MakeVotesMatter
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Remember, a Reform government would see us betray Ukraine the same way Trump is trying to www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Cryptocurrency backed by Farage donor is used for Russian war effort, investigators say
Tether tokens found to facilitate scheme that enables sanctions evasion and launders money for the Kremlin
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Remember, a Reform government would see us betray Ukraine the same way Trump is trying to www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Trump here is using a standard Fascist Social Manipulation tactics which is also common to all malignant narcissists, called "Love Bombing"- where the narcissist acts overly nice to draw a person in, but ONLY to manipulate them or others witnessing the interaction. Putin uses this tactic often too.
Trump: I think Mamdani will be 'a really great mayor'
YouTube video by CNN
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November 22, 2025 at 1:50 AM
Trump here is using a standard Fascist Social Manipulation tactics which is also common to all malignant narcissists, called "Love Bombing"- where the narcissist acts overly nice to draw a person in, but ONLY to manipulate them or others witnessing the interaction. Putin uses this tactic often too.
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Jonathan Freedland finally says it:
Britain is drowning bc there’s a Brexit-shaped hole in the roof and Labour refuses to fix it.
Reeves can juggle taxes but nothing improves until we face the truth.
We’re poorer bc of Brexit. We stay poor if Labour protects it.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Britain is drowning bc there’s a Brexit-shaped hole in the roof and Labour refuses to fix it.
Reeves can juggle taxes but nothing improves until we face the truth.
We’re poorer bc of Brexit. We stay poor if Labour protects it.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Rachel Reeves is studiously ignoring the cause of Britain’s woes: the Brexit-shaped hole in its roof | Jonathan Freedland
The autumn budget will mop up some damage, but the true source of the economic crisis is clear. The government should now fix it – tragically, it won’t, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2025 at 8:24 AM
Jonathan Freedland finally says it:
Britain is drowning bc there’s a Brexit-shaped hole in the roof and Labour refuses to fix it.
Reeves can juggle taxes but nothing improves until we face the truth.
We’re poorer bc of Brexit. We stay poor if Labour protects it.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Britain is drowning bc there’s a Brexit-shaped hole in the roof and Labour refuses to fix it.
Reeves can juggle taxes but nothing improves until we face the truth.
We’re poorer bc of Brexit. We stay poor if Labour protects it.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Quite why Maya Forstater thinks her views are more important than the sizeable majority who voted to keep the ponds trans inclusive, as they always have been. But she does. She and her gazillionaire backers have a hearing in the High Court next month - and we're fighting back. goodlaw.social/vs0d
We’re standing with trans people against hate at Hampstead women’s pond | Good Law Project
It’s almost crunch time for a legal challenge from an anti-trans pressure group which could see trans people banned from Hampstead women’s pond. We’re not backing down.
goodlaw.social
November 22, 2025 at 10:13 AM
Quite why Maya Forstater thinks her views are more important than the sizeable majority who voted to keep the ponds trans inclusive, as they always have been. But she does. She and her gazillionaire backers have a hearing in the High Court next month - and we're fighting back. goodlaw.social/vs0d
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Mamdani in the Oval Office
November 21, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Mamdani in the Oval Office
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Remember the Covid era? Well this week the covid inquiry laid bare the devastating ineptitude of Johnson's govt.
While in today's era, we have Starmer seemngly adrift, Mahmood mimicking Reform, and MP's 'sleeping under desks'....
All this & more from Mr Pecksniff et al
While in today's era, we have Starmer seemngly adrift, Mahmood mimicking Reform, and MP's 'sleeping under desks'....
All this & more from Mr Pecksniff et al
Pecksniff – Refugees: will Labour MPs march through the lobby with Reform?
In which Mr Pecksniff lays before his readers for their approval certain observations and speculations reflecting on the political life
eastangliabylines.co.uk
November 22, 2025 at 7:25 AM
Remember the Covid era? Well this week the covid inquiry laid bare the devastating ineptitude of Johnson's govt.
While in today's era, we have Starmer seemngly adrift, Mahmood mimicking Reform, and MP's 'sleeping under desks'....
All this & more from Mr Pecksniff et al
While in today's era, we have Starmer seemngly adrift, Mahmood mimicking Reform, and MP's 'sleeping under desks'....
All this & more from Mr Pecksniff et al
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So as Nigel Farage has a good buddy & a long time prominent member of his Reform party jailed for taking Russian bribes, the BBCs Chris Mason thinks it is Keir Starmer who needs to be questioned over his leadership credentials.
Stop the gossip journalism & seek out a real story… Farage & Russia.
Stop the gossip journalism & seek out a real story… Farage & Russia.
November 21, 2025 at 6:45 PM
So as Nigel Farage has a good buddy & a long time prominent member of his Reform party jailed for taking Russian bribes, the BBCs Chris Mason thinks it is Keir Starmer who needs to be questioned over his leadership credentials.
Stop the gossip journalism & seek out a real story… Farage & Russia.
Stop the gossip journalism & seek out a real story… Farage & Russia.
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Despicable
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Great read from Dan Rather:
"...The very existence of a free press is a threat to this president’s modus operandi, which is to govern by lying. Why would he want people around him who ask for facts and truthful answers?..."
#BlueCrew #MisogynistInChief
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Great read from Dan Rather:
"...The very existence of a free press is a threat to this president’s modus operandi, which is to govern by lying. Why would he want people around him who ask for facts and truthful answers?..."
#BlueCrew #MisogynistInChief
Despicable
The bully-in-chief is targeting women in the White House press corps
open.substack.com
November 21, 2025 at 4:04 AM
Despicable
open.substack.com/pub/steady/p...
Great read from Dan Rather:
"...The very existence of a free press is a threat to this president’s modus operandi, which is to govern by lying. Why would he want people around him who ask for facts and truthful answers?..."
#BlueCrew #MisogynistInChief
open.substack.com/pub/steady/p...
Great read from Dan Rather:
"...The very existence of a free press is a threat to this president’s modus operandi, which is to govern by lying. Why would he want people around him who ask for facts and truthful answers?..."
#BlueCrew #MisogynistInChief
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Word of the day is ‘quockerwodger’ (19th century): a puppet politician whose strings are pulled entirely by someone else.
November 21, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Word of the day is ‘quockerwodger’ (19th century): a puppet politician whose strings are pulled entirely by someone else.
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Gill’s sentence sets a clear legal benchmark – leaving the way clear for Parliament to finally hold a much-needed inquiry into Kremlin meddling in domestic affairs…
This inquiry cannot help but look at events surrounding the EU Referendum
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/21/n...
This inquiry cannot help but look at events surrounding the EU Referendum
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/21/n...
Nathan Gill, Voloshyn and the Kremlin’s European Network
The sentencing of Reform UK's former leader in Wales to ten and a half years in prison should open the door to a broader investigation into the pro-Kremlin network that has infiltrated European politi...
bylinetimes.com
November 21, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Gill’s sentence sets a clear legal benchmark – leaving the way clear for Parliament to finally hold a much-needed inquiry into Kremlin meddling in domestic affairs…
This inquiry cannot help but look at events surrounding the EU Referendum
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/21/n...
This inquiry cannot help but look at events surrounding the EU Referendum
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/21/n...
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BREAKING: Reform UK's former Welsh leader and close Nigel Farage associate, Nathan Gill, sentenced to 10 and a half years in prison for repeatedly taking bribes to spread pro-Russian propaganda
November 21, 2025 at 12:52 PM
BREAKING: Reform UK's former Welsh leader and close Nigel Farage associate, Nathan Gill, sentenced to 10 and a half years in prison for repeatedly taking bribes to spread pro-Russian propaganda