Vixalon
@vixalon.bsky.social
Teacher, writer, politics geek and procrastinator extraordinaire. MD ANT 🏅 back in the bad place. #LUFC fan. Indie music forever. New round here.
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Mine with @mrjamesob.bsky.social on @lbc.co.uk about the clash between Jacob Rees Mogg and Tucker Carlson, which neither man may have anticipated.
📺: www.youtube.com/watch?v=VAAE...
📺: www.youtube.com/watch?v=VAAE...
Simon Marks reacts to Tucker Carlson vs Jacob Rees-Mogg
YouTube video by LBC
www.youtube.com
October 5, 2026 at 12:56 PM
Mine with @mrjamesob.bsky.social on @lbc.co.uk about the clash between Jacob Rees Mogg and Tucker Carlson, which neither man may have anticipated.
📺: www.youtube.com/watch?v=VAAE...
📺: www.youtube.com/watch?v=VAAE...
If Acaster gets murdered, we riot. #celebritytraitors
October 1, 2026 at 9:27 PM
If Acaster gets murdered, we riot. #celebritytraitors
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Visitors to the US are on track to drop by almost two million year-on-year.
“We’re the only major country in the world losing visitation,” the head of the US Travel Association said. “It’s mind-boggling.”
www.semafor.com/article/09/2...
“We’re the only major country in the world losing visitation,” the head of the US Travel Association said. “It’s mind-boggling.”
www.semafor.com/article/09/2...
September 30, 2026 at 9:36 PM
Visitors to the US are on track to drop by almost two million year-on-year.
“We’re the only major country in the world losing visitation,” the head of the US Travel Association said. “It’s mind-boggling.”
www.semafor.com/article/09/2...
“We’re the only major country in the world losing visitation,” the head of the US Travel Association said. “It’s mind-boggling.”
www.semafor.com/article/09/2...
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Few Highlights from 1980s
Miners strike
Mass unemployment and deindustrialisation
1981 inner city riots
HIV
Section 28
Poll Tax riots
Housing crisis and right to buy
Hillsborough
Mad Cow disease
Decimation of the welfare state
NHS outsourcing / chronic underfunding
Miners strike
Mass unemployment and deindustrialisation
1981 inner city riots
HIV
Section 28
Poll Tax riots
Housing crisis and right to buy
Hillsborough
Mad Cow disease
Decimation of the welfare state
NHS outsourcing / chronic underfunding
October 1, 2026 at 8:11 AM
Few Highlights from 1980s
Miners strike
Mass unemployment and deindustrialisation
1981 inner city riots
HIV
Section 28
Poll Tax riots
Housing crisis and right to buy
Hillsborough
Mad Cow disease
Decimation of the welfare state
NHS outsourcing / chronic underfunding
Miners strike
Mass unemployment and deindustrialisation
1981 inner city riots
HIV
Section 28
Poll Tax riots
Housing crisis and right to buy
Hillsborough
Mad Cow disease
Decimation of the welfare state
NHS outsourcing / chronic underfunding
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September 30, 2026 at 7:45 PM
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Can't recall ever seeing anything quite like this during a Congressional hearing. And I've been in and around politics for 50 years.
🤡 Schmitt beclowns himself 🤡
Schmitt concocted an elaborate conspiracy theory that Smith traveled to Atl for a Hawks game and to collude with Fani Willis, & flashed his "evidence" before accusing Smith of perjury. There's just one problem -- his facts were totally wrong.
Here's the whole sequence:
Schmitt concocted an elaborate conspiracy theory that Smith traveled to Atl for a Hawks game and to collude with Fani Willis, & flashed his "evidence" before accusing Smith of perjury. There's just one problem -- his facts were totally wrong.
Here's the whole sequence:
September 29, 2026 at 7:09 PM
Can't recall ever seeing anything quite like this during a Congressional hearing. And I've been in and around politics for 50 years.
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This. It has always been this. A sitting American president did this. And because he did this, he should have been convicted and put behind bars. And the fact that we never held him accountable for these crimes will forever stain this country. And we may never recover from it.👇
September 29, 2026 at 2:41 PM
This. It has always been this. A sitting American president did this. And because he did this, he should have been convicted and put behind bars. And the fact that we never held him accountable for these crimes will forever stain this country. And we may never recover from it.👇
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115/115. £900m of financial benefit by understating costs and overstating revenue across nine years. www.premierleague.com/en/news/4727...
Premier League Statement: Manchester City FC
An independent Commission has found Manchester City FC guilty of all charges related to serious breaches of the Premier League’s financial rules over a nine-season period, and the majority of charges in relation to its failure to co-operate with the League’s investigation.
www.premierleague.com
September 29, 2026 at 4:03 PM
115/115. £900m of financial benefit by understating costs and overstating revenue across nine years. www.premierleague.com/en/news/4727...
Good.
'It's getting so you can't celebrate Christmas anymore.' Well, Dan, you won't be.
5 months pending trial. Danny Tommo in custody ahead of trial next year accused of slashing Channel boat - Yahoo News UK share.google/WuAbPOQVlKXP...
5 months pending trial. Danny Tommo in custody ahead of trial next year accused of slashing Channel boat - Yahoo News UK share.google/WuAbPOQVlKXP...
Danny Tommo in custody ahead of trial next year accused of slashing Channel boat
The 37-year-old appeared via video link from prison for a hearing at Portsmouth Crown Court.
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September 29, 2026 at 2:53 PM
Good.
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Al Jazeera did a lovely summary of the Manchester City cheating scandal.
September 29, 2026 at 6:08 AM
Al Jazeera did a lovely summary of the Manchester City cheating scandal.
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Jack Smith: "History teaches that the rule of law is rarely destroyed all at once. It's often weakened by attacks on the institutions and the public servants sworn to uphold it. Since January 2025, we have witnessed precisely such an effort."
September 29, 2026 at 1:47 PM
Jack Smith: "History teaches that the rule of law is rarely destroyed all at once. It's often weakened by attacks on the institutions and the public servants sworn to uphold it. Since January 2025, we have witnessed precisely such an effort."
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Just want it on record that regardless of what he achieved in a Leeds shirt or his ability as a footballer, Manor Solomon is a dreadful prick & he can fuck off. #lufc
September 28, 2026 at 10:53 AM
Just want it on record that regardless of what he achieved in a Leeds shirt or his ability as a footballer, Manor Solomon is a dreadful prick & he can fuck off. #lufc
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It's really the last site standing in terms of maintaining the original idealism of the internet.
It's really the last site standing in terms of maintaining the original idealism of the internet.
Just seen it's Wikipedia's 25th birthday. The greatest website online, and possibly the internet's greatest fruit
September 27, 2026 at 4:53 PM
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It's really the last site standing in terms of maintaining the original idealism of the internet.
It's really the last site standing in terms of maintaining the original idealism of the internet.
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Absolutely fascinating to see Laura Kuenssberg interviewing Burnham, flailing to adjust her stance to a politician with a moral argument and a positive message, who stands up for his policies and answers her questions clearly. She is getting so agitated at him not playing the game by the 'rules'.
September 27, 2026 at 8:36 AM
Absolutely fascinating to see Laura Kuenssberg interviewing Burnham, flailing to adjust her stance to a politician with a moral argument and a positive message, who stands up for his policies and answers her questions clearly. She is getting so agitated at him not playing the game by the 'rules'.
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I just walked in on Kruger and Holden getting very rattled about Burnham's speech on Russian disinformation. I guess they're both worried about what will happen to their mates when everything gets dredged up. Releasing The Russia Report in its entirety would sort it out... #politicslive
September 24, 2026 at 2:35 PM
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"As I crouched between the cameras, determined to catch Peter Sutcliffe's eye and ask a question, I listened to a sometimes controversial lorry driver seeking to be magnanimous."
September 23, 2026 at 9:46 AM
"As I crouched between the cameras, determined to catch Peter Sutcliffe's eye and ask a question, I listened to a sometimes controversial lorry driver seeking to be magnanimous."
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Eric Cantona has slammed Jim Ratcliffe following his latest comments on immigration.
The United legend says he wouldn't have signed if Ratcliffe had been a co-owner of the club in 1992.
#MUFC
The United legend says he wouldn't have signed if Ratcliffe had been a co-owner of the club in 1992.
#MUFC
September 23, 2026 at 9:03 AM
Eric Cantona has slammed Jim Ratcliffe following his latest comments on immigration.
The United legend says he wouldn't have signed if Ratcliffe had been a co-owner of the club in 1992.
#MUFC
The United legend says he wouldn't have signed if Ratcliffe had been a co-owner of the club in 1992.
#MUFC
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Now, imagine the response to a column asking why a Premier League team has a Jewish supporters group.
September 22, 2026 at 7:36 AM
Now, imagine the response to a column asking why a Premier League team has a Jewish supporters group.
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Man who supported Brexit then fucked off to Monaco to avoid contributing a penny of his £15 billion fortune to public services makes the mistake of thinking anyone gives a shit what he thinks.
September 19, 2026 at 4:30 PM
Man who supported Brexit then fucked off to Monaco to avoid contributing a penny of his £15 billion fortune to public services makes the mistake of thinking anyone gives a shit what he thinks.
💯 Forget Brexit, I think this was our sliding doors moment as a country. And yes, she fucking was.
Honestly, it would have saved us so much bother if back in 2010, Gordon Brown had just said "Yeah, so fucking what? She *was* a bigot."
September 18, 2026 at 10:28 AM
💯 Forget Brexit, I think this was our sliding doors moment as a country. And yes, she fucking was.
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Barbra’s remarks on the Kennedy Center: barbrastreisand.com/news/barbras...
September 17, 2026 at 6:34 PM
Barbra’s remarks on the Kennedy Center: barbrastreisand.com/news/barbras...