Mike
@mikew1912.bsky.social
Husband, Dad, Grandad. Retired Primary HT, Barnsley FC, Yorkshire cricket, Northumberland, golf, books, theatre
Rob Key’s description of Stephen Fleming in today’s Guardian as ‘already very much in the weeds’ is very much David Brent.
August 1, 2026 at 7:58 AM
Rob Key’s description of Stephen Fleming in today’s Guardian as ‘already very much in the weeds’ is very much David Brent.
@davidsquires.bsky.social Another great cartoon this week, particularly the KK tribute
July 22, 2026 at 8:56 AM
@davidsquires.bsky.social Another great cartoon this week, particularly the KK tribute
@jonathanliew.bsky.social Another outstanding piece which gets to the heart of the Tuchel issue and the misinformation re England’s performance after scoring the goal
July 18, 2026 at 8:46 AM
@jonathanliew.bsky.social Another outstanding piece which gets to the heart of the Tuchel issue and the misinformation re England’s performance after scoring the goal
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Nigel Farage Listens to the News
June 6, 2026 at 7:48 AM
Nigel Farage Listens to the News
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EXCL
Reform MP under fire for helping 'Britain's biggest benefits cheat' who swindled £740,000 get bungalow in now-deleted video
Ethel McGill claimed her father war pension and benefits for 12 years after he died, pleaded guilty to 14 charges
@mrjamesob.bsky.social
www.lbc.co.uk/article/refo...
Reform MP under fire for helping 'Britain's biggest benefits cheat' who swindled £740,000 get bungalow in now-deleted video
Ethel McGill claimed her father war pension and benefits for 12 years after he died, pleaded guilty to 14 charges
@mrjamesob.bsky.social
www.lbc.co.uk/article/refo...
Reform MP under fire for helping 'Britain's biggest benefits cheat' who swindled £740,000 get bungalow in now-deleted video | LBC
A Reform MP has come under fire after seeming to promote the plight of 'Britain's biggest benefits cheat' across her social media channels.
www.lbc.co.uk
May 28, 2026 at 11:10 AM
EXCL
Reform MP under fire for helping 'Britain's biggest benefits cheat' who swindled £740,000 get bungalow in now-deleted video
Ethel McGill claimed her father war pension and benefits for 12 years after he died, pleaded guilty to 14 charges
@mrjamesob.bsky.social
www.lbc.co.uk/article/refo...
Reform MP under fire for helping 'Britain's biggest benefits cheat' who swindled £740,000 get bungalow in now-deleted video
Ethel McGill claimed her father war pension and benefits for 12 years after he died, pleaded guilty to 14 charges
@mrjamesob.bsky.social
www.lbc.co.uk/article/refo...
The thing is, the racists have always been with us, just keeping their bile behind closed doors.Farage,Jenrick and co have enabled them to express their pathetic views out in the open
May 9, 2026 at 4:12 PM
The thing is, the racists have always been with us, just keeping their bile behind closed doors.Farage,Jenrick and co have enabled them to express their pathetic views out in the open
Great day for racists, Putin, Trump etc
May 8, 2026 at 5:40 PM
Great day for racists, Putin, Trump etc
Turns out a significant number of Brits are racist and dim
May 8, 2026 at 11:07 AM
Turns out a significant number of Brits are racist and dim
@davidsquires.bsky.social ‘Fine I’ll call Franz Carr’….😂, excellent
May 6, 2026 at 9:13 AM
@davidsquires.bsky.social ‘Fine I’ll call Franz Carr’….😂, excellent
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Reform councillor Sam Journet, who is leading Reform’s bid to take two Essex councils, was arrested last year following complaints about him filming in private areas.
Byline Times can reveal he has continued to film council officials using camera glasses and faces multiple bullying allegations.
Byline Times can reveal he has continued to film council officials using camera glasses and faces multiple bullying allegations.
Reform UK's Basildon Leader Accused of Bullying After Filming Council Staff and Residents With Meta-Style Smart Glasses
EXCLUSIVE: Cllr Sam Journet, who is leading Reform's bid to take two Essex councils, was arrested last year following multiple complaints about him filming in private areas
bylinetimes.com
April 30, 2026 at 3:18 PM
Reform councillor Sam Journet, who is leading Reform’s bid to take two Essex councils, was arrested last year following complaints about him filming in private areas.
Byline Times can reveal he has continued to film council officials using camera glasses and faces multiple bullying allegations.
Byline Times can reveal he has continued to film council officials using camera glasses and faces multiple bullying allegations.
The 7 Lords who destroyed the Assisted Dying bill are a disgrace. Whatever your views, this is not just or democratic. They should be ashamed.
April 26, 2026 at 6:03 PM
The 7 Lords who destroyed the Assisted Dying bill are a disgrace. Whatever your views, this is not just or democratic. They should be ashamed.
How have Cameron and Osborne got away with their disastrous time in office? Johnson and Truss were despicable but so many of our problems go back to 2010, austerity and Brexit. Prisons, armed forces, NHS, police etc etc with cuts and no investment - a national disaster.
April 15, 2026 at 6:00 PM
How have Cameron and Osborne got away with their disastrous time in office? Johnson and Truss were despicable but so many of our problems go back to 2010, austerity and Brexit. Prisons, armed forces, NHS, police etc etc with cuts and no investment - a national disaster.
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Reform’s UK Scotland leader under pressure over homophobic joke
www.channel4.com/news/reforms...
www.channel4.com/news/reforms...
Reform’s UK Scotland leader under pressure over homophobic joke
As the Reform UK campaign kicked off in England, in Scotland their leader, Malcolm Offord pulled out of a planned interview today.
www.channel4.com
March 26, 2026 at 8:10 PM
Reform’s UK Scotland leader under pressure over homophobic joke
www.channel4.com/news/reforms...
www.channel4.com/news/reforms...
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Important for understanding the context for Farage’s witless opposition to ‘net zero’.
🔴 Hedge fund manager Jeremy Hosking has given Reform £1.7m+
Since Iran war, Hosking's fund's energy and fossil fuel investments have risen by more than $25 million
Other Reform donors set to profit from the 'war premium'
Exclusive by me on D4S:
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/farages-fo...
Since Iran war, Hosking's fund's energy and fossil fuel investments have risen by more than $25 million
Other Reform donors set to profit from the 'war premium'
Exclusive by me on D4S:
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/farages-fo...
Farage's fossil fuel donors profit from Iran war
Democracy for Sale analysis finds 'war premium' driving up energy costs is also boosting the portfolios of some of Reform's biggest backers
democracyforsale.substack.com
March 24, 2026 at 3:33 PM
Important for understanding the context for Farage’s witless opposition to ‘net zero’.
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The current presidency in a nutshell.
March 25, 2026 at 5:36 AM
The current presidency in a nutshell.
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Ooh! Ooh! I know this one. They have morals and a conscience. And a brain!
March 21, 2026 at 3:58 PM
Ooh! Ooh! I know this one. They have morals and a conscience. And a brain!
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So it turns out Reform are laundering their donations through crypto, before converting them into cash, hiding the original source of the money.
So who is really funding Nigel Farage and Reform UK?
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
So who is really funding Nigel Farage and Reform UK?
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
Reform accused of using third party to turn crypto into c...
Digital currency donations have been turned into sterling to make them much less easy to track, sources say
observer.co.uk
March 22, 2026 at 7:41 AM
So it turns out Reform are laundering their donations through crypto, before converting them into cash, hiding the original source of the money.
So who is really funding Nigel Farage and Reform UK?
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
So who is really funding Nigel Farage and Reform UK?
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
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This is an extraordinary saga that Sunder is pursuing indefatigably. The BBC has repeatedly tried to excuse itself from responsibility for allowing Nigel Farage to lie egregiously about immigration without challenge. It is illustrative of a much wider malaise & so very important. Thank you, Sunder.
We are trying to improve on: "unfortunately we did not spot that" [big false claim] - but the presenter did argue with him about anecdotal experiences of crime just after that, if that helps, + we corrected a different false claim. [So: is there a quota of one correction per interview?!?!]
March 22, 2026 at 9:19 AM
This is an extraordinary saga that Sunder is pursuing indefatigably. The BBC has repeatedly tried to excuse itself from responsibility for allowing Nigel Farage to lie egregiously about immigration without challenge. It is illustrative of a much wider malaise & so very important. Thank you, Sunder.
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Reform UK really do inspire community action in the most unexpected ways.
March 19, 2026 at 10:25 PM
Reform UK really do inspire community action in the most unexpected ways.
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Sadiq Khan: "It's Muslims today, who will it be tomorrow? Jewish people? Who the day after, Hindu people? This sort of mono-ethnic, mono-nationalistic view is a carbon copy of President Trump. These guys are pound shop President Trumps, they should be ashamed of themselves."
Kemi Badenoch Defends Shadow Minister Who Called London Muslim Celebrations an ‘Act of Domination’
The Conservative leader's spokesman told Byline Times that she stands by the Shadow Lord Chancellor Nick Timothy, who said that the annual event was "not welcome" in the UK
bylinetimes.com
March 18, 2026 at 5:31 PM
Sadiq Khan: "It's Muslims today, who will it be tomorrow? Jewish people? Who the day after, Hindu people? This sort of mono-ethnic, mono-nationalistic view is a carbon copy of President Trump. These guys are pound shop President Trumps, they should be ashamed of themselves."
The incredible bias being shown by football’s authorities is staggering. Chelsea - slap on the wrist, City - no sanction for years despite 100+ charges. Sheffield Wednesday punished to extinction.
March 17, 2026 at 6:47 PM
The incredible bias being shown by football’s authorities is staggering. Chelsea - slap on the wrist, City - no sanction for years despite 100+ charges. Sheffield Wednesday punished to extinction.
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There's a special place reserved in Hell for hacks and apologists who attempt to explain the verbal dribblings of Donald Trump.
Trump is insane and dangerous. It's that simple. Call it out.
Trump is insane and dangerous. It's that simple. Call it out.
March 17, 2026 at 8:32 AM
There's a special place reserved in Hell for hacks and apologists who attempt to explain the verbal dribblings of Donald Trump.
Trump is insane and dangerous. It's that simple. Call it out.
Trump is insane and dangerous. It's that simple. Call it out.
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Thank God Starmer is in charge, really. If it had been any of his immediate predecessors, we'd currently be at war with Iran, playing lapdog to a deranged US administration, unable to say what we were doing or why.
March 17, 2026 at 3:02 AM
Thank God Starmer is in charge, really. If it had been any of his immediate predecessors, we'd currently be at war with Iran, playing lapdog to a deranged US administration, unable to say what we were doing or why.
@imcmillan.bsky.social Good to see you here Ian, sad what Twitter became. Up the Reds!
March 12, 2026 at 7:36 PM
@imcmillan.bsky.social Good to see you here Ian, sad what Twitter became. Up the Reds!