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andyhardy40.bsky.social
Love bikes, coffee, books & movies (particularly Sci-Fi). Proud European, Quiet Rioter, HATE Brexit & what the Tories have done to our country. Sto imparando italiano.
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Naomi & Alex you’re always telling us how much you love us. Well, after this week’s Sunday School, I thought it would be a good time to tell you that we love you ❤️🙏 @pimlicat.bsky.social @sturdyalex.bsky.social

I just have to say this @stevenwilsonhq.bsky.social I’m obsessed with The Overview. I’m a new fan (sorry it’s taken so long). My only complaint is that the album isn’t twice as long. I just have to listen to it twice as many times 🚀🙏

This is going to be a spectacularly beautiful book, with a cover by @alexries.com and interior art by @simonroy.bsky.social .

Britain’s wokest roundabout! You could have left it at that 😂

‪@bjennings90.bsky.social‬ 🎯

🔥Daisy Cooper quotes Best for Britain's research in her response to Rachel Reeves. 📊 A deeper relationship with the EU will deliver 2.2% growth according to our research, equivalent to £25 billion per year in extra tax revenue. 🇪🇺 Want growth? Cut trade barriers with the EU.

We know from our analysis of Frontier Economics' work that the biggest growth boost for the Midlands and North comes from breaking down technical barriers to trade with the EU. #spendingreview

A young #foxoftheday today , shared by @ChrisChalkPhoto , thank you Chris !

“Brexit has shattered confidence in Britain’s economy” And yet the politicians who championed Brexit still strut around like they’re owed power, rather than a heavy dose of proper scrutiny and public disgust for the damage they’ve collectively done.

I asked a BBC spokesperson to set out any examples of the corporation drawing up specific plans to secure the support of voters for other political parties in the UK, but they were unable to do so bylinetimes.com/2025/06/09/b...

“REFORM UK THREAT” - they shout “Rise reflects distrust of political class” - they say No. Rise reflects incessant media promotion without scrutiny. Easy to seem ‘different’ when you don’t have power and you’re not held to account for the lies you tell and the hate you peddle. (Opinion, The i)

It’s been a while since I last read a book from cover to cover in the space of a week. Brilliant Chris 🙏 @cmdr-hadfield.bsky.social

‘Israel has warned its military will "take whatever measures are necessary" to prevent a boat carrying pro-Palestinian activists and humanitarian aid reaching Gaza.’ Why not just let them pass? They clearly don’t have much aid on the boat… surely they can’t save too many lives for Israel’s liking.

US aggression versus EU membership: The UK must choose stability over Trump’s chaos 👏👏👏

Reform realised they made a huge mistake and u-turned within 48H. Yet 9 years on, Brexit still remains set in stone for all time?

Reform UK has uncovered the scandal of a “wasteful” £350m contract. Small problem: it’s not a contract. Or £350m. Or a scandal. Here’s how they got it completely wrong. 👇👇

So tell me, what re-attracted you to the millionaire Zia Yusuf?

Grifters.

Sounds about right

💔 Sunday School: X-Communicated 💔 ☢️ The Trump/Musk rift goes nuclear 🐸 Tensions erupt inside Reform UK 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Full analysis of Hamilton by-election @pimlicat.bsky.social @sturdyalex.bsky.social @mrkennycampbell.bsky.social 🎧 open.spotify.com/episode/0yaL... 🍏 podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/q...

"The Authoritarian Right is populated by people who think the harshest possible rules should apply - to everyone else." Schadenfreude Special 👇🏽

Of course Zia rejoined after we recorded but don’t let that put you off! Well worth your time 🎧👇

One of the season’s biggest and best races is here 💥 Good luck to our seven wolves taking on the Critérium du Dauphiné 👊

#booksky

Maybe it’s time the UK government spent more time governing and less time thinking about this crowd

All sorts of paper-thin progressive justifications here for what would be a grotesque example of state power - deployed against immigrants and non-white Brits who people decide look a bit foreign www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Kemi Badenoch delivers a speech devoted to announcing that she will "likely" commit to taking the UK out of the ECHR, but adds that she "won't commit" to doing so now because she hasn't worked out a plan for doing it. So why bother making the announcement?

Labour win a by-election & Reform come third. So who do the BBC play an interview with? Richard Tice. Of course they do, the disproportionate amount of coverage these racist populists get is infuriating! Just wait for the day that you get what you wish for 😡

Let’s hope someone from NASA HQ is running up Pennsylvania Avenue with a fistful of plans for what we could spend all that sweet SpaceX money on, eh? If we’re cancelling government contracts randomly would be nice if science benefited for once. And it’s not like Starship works.

👏👏👏 Bravo Merz for clarifying to Trump that while Russia terrorises & bombs civilians, Ukraine only targets military assets.

While Reform has a mini meltdown and Musk/Trump tear chunks out of each other, maybe media could start scrutinising these grifting tossers who do nothing but harm and call it patriotism. They don’t even know how to behave, let alone decide policy. Time to start binning off these foghorns of failure.

A lover scorned....

Pull up a seat....

"If Economic growth is the guiding star... it would seem odd not to think about how a large sector like financial services couldn't be supported" Dr Sarah Hall, on the potential for growth from an FS deal with the #EU - including for cities like #Birmingham and #Leeds.

Piercing gaze . Today's #foxoftheday @linda2.bsky.social , thank you Linda‬

🇺🇸Trump strikes again. The uncertainty brought by his Presidency, the unreliability of the US partnership, implores the Government to pursue greater stability. 🇪🇺 How? A closer relationship with our closest ally and our largest economic market.

Who holds the cards again? 🃏

👏👏👏👏👏

🇺🇦 🇷🇺 After claiming that Ukraine was fighting a proxy war for the UK, the Leader of the Opposition received praise from an unexpected source.... the Kremlin.

🇺🇸 "Trump is threatening us with 50% (tariffs), this is classic Trump, changing the terms of a deal he had already agreed" 🔸 Davey rightly questions the volatility of the President. 🇪🇺 To give Britain's businesses the confidence they need to invest we need a reliable partner; the EU.

🚨 Two fines totalling £123 million for Thames Water. If we have to swim in sewage, it's about time the people that put it there joined us.

And people are falling for it. Labour promised Change but, so far, it’s business as usual. I assume that these people want change but he won’t deliver it, just chaos & we’ll (again) be poorer for it. Come on @labouruk.bsky.social, time is running out.

Tell me again how Reform will never win the next general election. I’d love to believe tactical voting would keep them out, but the more despised Starmer is, the harder that becomes. And yes, a lot will change in the next four years. That’s why we can’t rule it out.

I was uncharacteristically quiet here. Even by the very-different-from-the-radio-show standards of Full Disclosure. Testament to how fascinating Amanpour is.