John Richards (@erp-monkey.bsky.social)
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Escaped Space-Karen’s cesspit! 🙌🏼 Stockport based. Old lefty but young at heart Despise Boris Johnson with every cell of my body 🤮🤬 European 🇪🇺 MCFC fan ⚽️ Slave to a Cockerpoo 🐕🦺
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So very very true! So social media has broken even Elon Musk. I’m forced to ask: U OK hun? | Marina Hyde www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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I also frequently collapse when faced with complex problems! www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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This 👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼
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Literally pissing myself !!!
Alan Beattie (@alanbeattie.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
Boss move for Ramaphosa would be to offer Musk political asylum.
Chris Hayes (@chrislhayes.bsky.social) reposted
I'm just glad one of these men has the nuclear codes and the other has all our personal data.
Buitengebieden (@buitengebieden.bsky.social) reposted
It’s magic.. 😂
Bylines Network (@bylinesnetwork.co.uk) reposted
It doesn’t have to be like this – says a North East economist with ambitions to change the world In Hexham, 70 gather to hear Maeve Cohen reimagine economics - where people, not profits, shape our future @northeastbylines.co.uk northeastbylines.co.uk/business/eco...
Rob Ford (@robfordmancs.bsky.social) reposted
The value of Simon Jenkins is that whatever topic he picks he is 100% certain to be wrong on. Whether this is a service a newspaper should pay for is, however, questionable.
John Richards (@erp-monkey.bsky.social) reply parent
It IS a shame. That building has huge architectural merit and style. I will miss it
Private Eye Magazine (@privateeyenews.bsky.social) reposted
And the winners of the Paul Foot Award for investigative and campaigning journalism 2025 are... Patrick Butler and Josh Halliday of The Guardian. #PaulFootAward2025 www.private-eye.co.uk/paul-foot-aw...
John Richards (@erp-monkey.bsky.social)
👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 Well deserved!
Press Gazette (@pressgazette.co.uk) reposted
Patrick Butler and Josh Halliday of The Guardian have won the Paul Foot Award for their "enraging and heartbreaking" investigation into the carer's allowance scandal www.private-eye.co.uk/paul-foot-aw...
John Richards (@erp-monkey.bsky.social)
Ouch!! Robbie Williams: Radical Honesty review – ‘Tone deaf, self-important, incredibly bad art’ www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
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First conceived in 1948 and formalised in the 1962 SELNEC plan. And equally strange to think that any development in south east Stockport since 1962 was probably predicated on the provision of that road happening. We got the former without the latter.
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Parody Keir Starmer (@parodypm.bsky.social) reposted
Good to see Reform have no shortage of candidates in the local elections.
John Richards (@erp-monkey.bsky.social) reply parent
49 days
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She is howling-at-the-moon mad!
John Richards (@erp-monkey.bsky.social)
As much as I detest the US Oompaloompah,this article distills his approach down and identifies what he is all about. Did Trump’s tariffs kill economic populism? www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
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Haha - excellent letter!!
John Richards (@erp-monkey.bsky.social)
There’s a word to describe this man - and it rhymes with ‘hunt’ www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Farrukh (@implausibleblog.bsky.social) reposted
Good morning, a trio of tulips basking in the sunshine ☀️ Have a good Friday 😊
John Richards (@erp-monkey.bsky.social) reply parent
Gorgeous 😍
Guy Thomas 〓〓 (@guywrites.bsky.social) reposted
To the sea. 😊 #Cornwall #CarbisBay #sea #ocean #beach #sky #nature #calm #peace #walk #explore #photography
John Richards (@erp-monkey.bsky.social) reply parent
Title should read ‘the most far-sighted man in Britain’ Still sadly missed
Dippity (@dippity.bsky.social) reposted
Lots of sunshine allowing flowers to bloom, there is much beauty in the world if we look for it. I hope your day is full of beauty and love wherever you are 🌱💕
Owain Sutton (@owainsutton.bsky.social) reposted
Having dropped Facebook usage to almost zero, it's now just a really good time-lapse reminder of the bleak humour of early-pandemic.
John Richards (@erp-monkey.bsky.social) reply parent
Well said! Southern focus from politicos as usual
John Richards (@erp-monkey.bsky.social) reply parent
Somebody should have told Elon about that old saying ‘fuck about and find out’
John Richards (@erp-monkey.bsky.social)
For the love of God - get a life woman!! literally.
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Or anything by Collins!!
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Yup! Such a shite song and it was number 1 for 14 feckin years!!
John Richards (@erp-monkey.bsky.social) reply parent
Yeah - that’s right up there on my list. Feckin smug lyrics 😂
andyburnham.bsky.social (@andyburnham.bsky.social) reposted
I hope the Government will work with us to change an education system too focused on the university route and excluding far too many young people from school. We need two equal routes at 14 - one academic, one technical - and our #MBacc achieves that. 🙌🏻
Schadenfreude 🇺🇦⭐️🇬🇱🇵🇸 (@tactanddiplomacy.bsky.social) reposted
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025... What the actual fuck?
John Richards (@erp-monkey.bsky.social) reply parent
It’s ALWAYS the damn printer!! .. … …… …….. Except for when is the bloody photocopier!!
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This is how it starts
Jon (@jontafkasi.bsky.social) reposted
John Richards (@erp-monkey.bsky.social) reply parent
Yeah, whatever happened to localism??Whatever happened to parents, governors and local leaders knowing what is best for their schools??!
Farrukh (@implausibleblog.bsky.social) reposted
Left: Rachel Reeves is celebrating the OBR's projection that her policies will increase GDP by 0.6% in ten years Right: The OBR pointing out that Brexit is costing the UK 4% GDP Labour are celebrating crumbs, while ignoring the huge growth offered by rejoining the EU Single Market
John Richards (@erp-monkey.bsky.social) reply parent
Puts my teeth on edge just thinking about the sugar in that!
Mara Sineps Miller (@marasimile.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
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Wow! I thought my 26year old winter jacket was doing well!
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He is excellent!
Nazir Afzal (@nazirafzal.bsky.social) reposted
The thing about the Rule of Law is it applies to everyone or no-one The second thing about the Rule of Law is if you don’t agree with a decision then you appeal it, you most certainly don’t attack the judge for applying it The third thing about the Rule Of Law is without it, you have chaos
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RunawayBrewery.bsky.social (@runawaybrewery.bsky.social) reposted
Mega weekend here at the Taproom. Thanks so much #Stockport We've lots of plans for the rest of the year here at Runaway HQ - events, hours, food & of course beer announcements coming v soon so keep em peeled 👀 Pic: @jdarcey.bsky.social
Sarah Murphy (@13sarahmurphy.bsky.social) reposted
Much needed light relief from @privateeyenews.bsky.social on the howling embarrassment that is Liz Truss… “addressing a conference of pigeons in the park wearing a MAGA hat”
CllrAndyOddy (@cllrandyoddy.bsky.social) reposted
Only sunlit uplands eh? Why is it 65% of the population and almost 100% of Labour voters can see rejoining leads to growth leads to public services leads to increased standards of living but our LINO Labour In Name Only govt refuse to see that?
Rob Ford (@robfordmancs.bsky.social) reposted
Official statistics affect everything. They shape how problems are seen and discussed, how policies are developed and assessed, and how we hold governments to account. The crisis at the ONS is therefore a crisis of governance - if statistics are how the State sees, it is going blind...
Acyn (@acyn.bsky.social) reposted
AOC: What they like to call as radical, I believe is common sense. I believe that when a person gets sick, they shouldn’t go bankrupt in the wealthiest country in the history of the world. Common sense I believe that a minimum wage should cover the minimum cost to live. Common sense...
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Ahh - lovely Stockport station.
Brendel (@brendelbored.bsky.social) reposted
There should be an MMORPG based on Gary Larson’s The Far Side
Sunderland Lollipops (@sunderlandlolly.bsky.social) reposted
Greetings from NE of Plague Island to the nice people on here 👋. For those having a crappy day - here's a bit of fresh sea air to cheer you up ❤️ xxx *And 1 bonus point if you can spot Tynemouth Priory #SouthShields #
John Richards (@erp-monkey.bsky.social)
So, do we reckon that Elon Musk is this generation’s Gerald Ratner??
Gerri McGerriface (@messmonstergigi.bsky.social) reposted
Absolutely this!
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Love love love that part of the world!
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Tinah The Queenah 🇵🇸 (@tbskbskysocial.bsky.social) reposted
I thought the problem was the desperate souls coming in on dinghies to work and pay taxes! My bad 😔
Prem Sikka (@premnsikka.bsky.social) reposted
HMRC makes ‘sweetheart deals’ with large corporations. Accepts lower amounts? Is that fair? Parliament committees can't scrutinise the deals. HMRC and Companies hide behind cloak of confidentiality. Must empower people and parliament - make company tax returns publicly available.
Peter Stefanovic (@peterstefanovic.bsky.social) reposted
This is absolutely shocking. Surely instead of cutting benefits for disabled people, the moral thing to do would be to introduce a wealth tax on the very wealthiest people in our society? www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
John Richards (@erp-monkey.bsky.social)
Quelle-fucking-surprise!!!
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Shitehawks!! 😂😂😂
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Well done to the Geordies!! ⚽️⚽️
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andyburnham.bsky.social (@andyburnham.bsky.social) reposted
By this time next week, Greater Manchester will have achieved its goal of a single, integrated public transport system. People will be able to tap in and out on tram and bus and never pay more than the daily cap. 1/3
andyburnham.bsky.social (@andyburnham.bsky.social) reposted
Today we are publishing our High Frequency map for the first time. It shows the network of bus and tram routes operating every 12 minutes or less. GM has more turn-up-and-go services than you might think! 1/2
John Richards (@erp-monkey.bsky.social) reply parent
It’s the shitest mainline station in the UK. And I challenge anyone to find one worse!
Sarah Murphy (@13sarahmurphy.bsky.social) reposted
“latest figures show the stark reality for UK’s food and drink businesses struggling to deal with the complexity and bureaucracy that comes when trading with Europe” The relentlessly ruinous idiocy of Brexit makes other cost-cutting efforts look absurd…and cruel. www.theguardian.com/business/202...
John Richards (@erp-monkey.bsky.social)
Looks like a con. Smells like a con. It must be …..?
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😂😂😂
John Richards (@erp-monkey.bsky.social) reply parent
Appeal it. If your house has the same no of rooms as your neighbour’s then you have good grounds
John Richards (@erp-monkey.bsky.social)
Looks like they are just putting a tent over the existing leaky roof! 😂
Guy Thomas 〓〓 (@guywrites.bsky.social) reposted
I know I post many Cornish sunsets that I have filmed, and I hope they don’t feel repetitive. I just feel they can help folks in a small way to feel a moment of calm if you’re struggling and to remind you that there is still a great deal that is beautiful in our world. Rest well, my friends. #calm
John Richards (@erp-monkey.bsky.social)
Oh how true