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Rick Johansen

@eclecticblue

Fond of sand dunes and salty air. Totally woke. Check my blog at www.eclecticblue.org.uk.

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Literally, I hope?

08.03.2026 18:59 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Irony dies again.

08.03.2026 18:58 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Marching unto war It's probably best not to have too many heroes in life because eventually, one way or another, they let you down. And so it has come to pass that my political hero, Tony Blair, who I have stood alongs...

Big agree. I wrote about it earlier.

08.03.2026 13:02 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

It's only the posh boys' sport. Hardly anyone gives a fuck out here in the real world.

07.03.2026 20:44 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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I predict a Green wave in the local elections. Anyone who thinks our byelection win was an outlier is mistaken | Zack Polanski Since the Gorton and Denton victory, I have travelled the UK and seen the energy that result unleashed. More will follow, says Zack Polanski, leader of the Green party

The Guardian has been attacking Labour non-stop for months now. This offering leads today's opinion pages so we now know why.

07.03.2026 20:39 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 0
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Wolves 1-3 Liverpool: Arne Slot's side reach FA Cup quarter-finals Despite a torrid Premier League campaign, could winning the FA Cup keep Liverpool manager Arne Slot in a job?

Shit career pundit who it appears has never so much as coached a Sunday pub team tells the world where Arne Slot is going wrong. Don't call us, Danny.

07.03.2026 11:13 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

A clear reference to Mail readers, there, I feel.

07.03.2026 08:54 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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The absolute state of Bozo Johnson.

07.03.2026 08:50 πŸ‘ 11 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 0

BBC News again being led by rich British migrants and holidaymakers coming 'home' from the Middle East, hopefully not at our expense.

06.03.2026 08:34 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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This is a life and death story for the UK – so why is it being brushed under the carpet? | Aditya Chakrabortty The news that healthy life expectancy is in decline in Britain exposes a serious truth about the state we’re in, says Guardian columnist Aditya Chakrabortty

This absolute weapon never misses the chance to attack Labour, despite the basis of his story being about how the Tories (and Lib Dems) crippled the country with austerity, all but wrecking the NHS in the process. Sick of my subs paying for this shit.

06.03.2026 08:32 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Passengers describe 'surreal' scramble to reach first government flight out of Middle East The plane landed at London's Stansted Airport in the early hours of Friday morning.

Yet again, the BBC's obsession with rich British migrants and holidaymakers abroad is evident on this 'story'. These well-paid hacks probably identify more with them than ordinary folk back home struggling to pay bills.

06.03.2026 08:09 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Trump belittles Starmer with 'no Churchill' jibe but can the special relationship recover? The remarks came amid a row over the refusal to permit the use of UK bases for the initial US-Israel strikes.

Barely any criticism of Trump, an unhinged malignant narcissist with likely dementia, beyond " a president whose language and outlook can change in minutes" in this latest tosh from Mason who now claims to have sources in the security services as well as in govt. Of course he does. πŸ™„

04.03.2026 11:51 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Fuck off, troll.

03.03.2026 21:23 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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And now we go life to Corbyn Mk 2.
This Green Trot would happily leave us undefended.

03.03.2026 21:16 πŸ‘ 28 πŸ” 8 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 2

I was there, called emergency services and saw what happened. Huge praise and respect to the driver of the eastbound Paddington service who made an emergency stop as a person was walking on the lines. And praise to the emergency services who dealt with the emergency.

03.03.2026 13:34 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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β€˜It was surreal’: holidaymakers on first flight out of Abu Dhabi describe petrifying experience Hundreds of thousands of passengers have found themselves stranded in the middle of a conflict between Iran and its Gulf neighbours

The media obsession with rich people going on holiday to countries with terrible human rights records just goes on and on. I wouldn't be seen dead in a place that treats women, the LGBTQ community and migrant workers like these places do.

03.03.2026 08:43 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I'm old enough to remember when Sam Coates was a journalist.

03.03.2026 08:10 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I’d be deeply alarmed if our prime minister didn’t take steps to protect British people abroad.

02.03.2026 08:47 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

No wonder so many of us are cancelling our subscriptions. I’m not paying for lies like this to discredit the Labour government. This is clearly part of a sustained attack.

02.03.2026 08:46 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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The Oxford Uni mafia runs The Grauniad and they speak with one voice. John is a great campaigner for SEND. How does he think that will go if the nicotine-stained man frog reaches Number 10?

01.03.2026 21:26 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Labour is stubborn in defeat because it knows this: we face the belated end of the political 20th century | John Harris In Gorton and Denton, I heard again and again that people wanted seismic political change – Labour and the Tories are no longer part of that conversation, says Guardian columnist John Harris

By election out of the way and The Grauniad is back tipping buckets of shit to tip over Labour. Galling for subscribers like me to see our money being spent to send at least 3 hacks (Harris, Toynbee and obviously that bell end Owen Jones) to do the dirty on them.

01.03.2026 15:12 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Bad Enoch echoing the Fagash Fuhrer. Absolutely the right thing to stay away from that's happening with Iran.

01.03.2026 14:04 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Farage's plans for voter suppression unchallenged on BBC News today. The amount of coverage he gets from the Beeb is incredible.

01.03.2026 09:34 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Youth unemployment is not at its β€˜highest ever’ levels – Full Fact Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch claimed at PMQs that youth unemployment is β€˜at its highest ever’, but that’s not what the statistics show.

Bad Enoch lying again.

01.03.2026 09:32 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Simply brilliant @markradcliffe.bsky.social and @stuartmaconie.bsky.social on @bbc6music.bsky.social today, on the theme of World Book Day.

01.03.2026 09:30 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I’m not bothered about Huey leaving after revealing his true colours as a Trump fan and being abusive on social media when challenged about it.
Beth’s section with Grimmy is dreadful. My day on 6 will be over by 10.00 am from April.

28.02.2026 18:52 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

No, but he's right, though.

28.02.2026 11:31 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Galloway and Owen Jones together at last, supporting the populist luvvies in the Greens. Not much else to say about that, is there?

28.02.2026 11:30 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Great to hear @djdebgrant.bsky.social on @bbc6music.bsky.social this morning. Not great to hear she's only there for "a few weeks" until, depressingly, Beth Ditto takes over.The Beeb appears to be determined to destroy Saturdays on 6.

28.02.2026 11:28 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

An unhinged lunatic with likely dementia is making America normal again? Christ on a bicycle.

28.02.2026 09:04 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0