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Liam Thorp

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Political Editor, Liverpool Echo. UK regional journalist of the year 2025. 3 x Specialist Regional Journalist of the Year. Orwell Prize and Paul Foot nominee. Proud dad who loves overpriced craft ale.

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Those proud bastions of free speech Reform UK banned @willhaycardiff.bsky.social from their manifesto launch because they are scared of the scrutiny he would provide. Imagine what these cowards will do in power.

06.03.2026 08:13 πŸ‘ 126 πŸ” 43 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 1

β€˜You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take’

05.03.2026 21:57 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

πŸ₯Ή

05.03.2026 15:43 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

πŸ˜† solid gold one

05.03.2026 15:43 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

πŸ˜†

05.03.2026 15:25 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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My childish game of shouting Hadouken and firing pretend rays at my 2-year-old may have his nursery concerned πŸ˜†

05.03.2026 15:13 πŸ‘ 92 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 12 πŸ“Œ 0

Haha without today thankfully

05.03.2026 14:13 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Clearly

05.03.2026 09:30 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Haha this isn’t Linkedin

05.03.2026 08:46 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Fastest 5k of the year so far. Thank you sunshine.

05.03.2026 08:41 πŸ‘ 56 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 0

They clearly had very important business to attend to!

04.03.2026 19:49 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Yeah often parking a little on the pavement is actually necessary because of the size of the road - but there’s never any need for this

04.03.2026 19:49 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0

Yeah there was a few of those accounts, β€˜parking like a prick in…’ was always good

04.03.2026 19:41 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Yeah it must be so frustrating and dangerous

04.03.2026 19:39 πŸ‘ 15 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Penny Lane this one

04.03.2026 19:39 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

This person thinks I should push my child into the road because whatever they were doing was far more important

04.03.2026 19:38 πŸ‘ 148 πŸ” 11 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 0
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This is why I write so much about pavement parking

04.03.2026 19:33 πŸ‘ 621 πŸ” 107 πŸ’¬ 50 πŸ“Œ 10

And well done to @ianfraser.bsky.social for exposing this in the first place

03.03.2026 15:41 πŸ‘ 69 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

Indeed - great effort on this by the way Ian, doing the lord’s work

03.03.2026 15:36 πŸ‘ 23 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Haha I was going to do similar

03.03.2026 14:21 πŸ‘ 15 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Think this was first shared by @gerryhassan.bsky.social

03.03.2026 13:31 πŸ‘ 65 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
02104-25 Fraser v Telegraph.co.uk - IPSO Ian Fraser complained to the Independent Press Standards Organisation that Telegraph.co.uk breached Clause 1 (Accuracy) of the Editors’ Code of Practice in an article headlined β€œWe earn Β£345k, but soa...

This IPSO adjudication against the Telegraph is quite something

Confirms their story titled: β€˜We earn Β£345k, but soaring private school fees mean we can’t go on five holidays’ was completely fabricated, with the family involved non-existent and stock pictures used

www.ipso.co.uk/rulings/0210...

03.03.2026 13:31 πŸ‘ 1626 πŸ” 791 πŸ’¬ 73 πŸ“Œ 90
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Spring is here!

03.03.2026 09:12 πŸ‘ 82 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1

πŸ˜†

02.03.2026 09:08 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Wrong again, are you not tired of being wrong? I’m holding colleagues in the press to account for their editorial decisions and as you can see, plenty agree with me. It’s important to call this out because it’s dangerous. You have got your priorities all wrong. Take care now.

02.03.2026 07:52 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Wrong again. I’m not attaching anyone to their website, I haven’t shared a link for people to click - no one on here is visiting that site based on the appalling story they have put on their front page. Just look at the responses to my post, people are outraged. It’s about holding them to account.

02.03.2026 05:37 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

It’s such a lazy and daft response to say β€˜oh you’ve helped them by sharing it.’ That’s not how criticism works mate.

01.03.2026 20:20 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

It’s so obviously not free publicity, that’s very obvious. I’ve castigated the headline, eviscerated the editorial decisions and the post has gone viral with hundreds giving it similarly strong criticism. The only thing I’ve done is highlight how appalling their journalism is. You’re just wrong.

01.03.2026 20:20 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Shut it Graham, only idiot here is you

01.03.2026 17:10 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Not sure about this palliative care nurse’s bedside manner…

01.03.2026 13:48 πŸ‘ 31 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0