David Chance
@davidchance.bsky.social
‘Resting’ journalist. Cat is Bob and we live in Liverpool. He likes chasing things, eating and sleeping. I like LFC, The Archers and making my way round on a bike. 🚲
My god. I have just seen that a guy on here that I shared a house with in St Andrew’s is a full on Reform fascist. He describes himself as an ‘author’ - the reality is self published. He was a twat, he was at St Andrews and went to Harrow, but still I shared a roof with him for a year. Blocked.
Is this true that Bonehill-Paine wrote while in prison that he intended to become an MP and to continue “where I left off”. It’s cited in this blog: arthurpewtysmaggotsandwich.blogspot.com/2016/01/a-wi...
Went to see All that Fall in Toxteth Reservoir in 2024 as part of that year’s festival. It was truly amazing. Looking forward to this year!
Irish Studies@LivUni@irishinstitute.bsky.social · 4h agoThe festival also features a double bill of Beckett's Play + Come and Go directed by Adrian Dunbar @liveveryplay.bsky.social, a free evening concert and more! For the full programme of Beckett: Lieben, please go to www.liverpool.ac.uk/beckett
Why go there Zack? He’s a real liability. He’s lost it.
David Sedaris is the only American one might invite in for a cup of tea. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Radio 4 - Listen Live - BBC Sounds
Listen live to Radio 4 on BBC Sounds
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www.irishtimes.com/opinion/an-i... So there’s not actually a connection, and certainly not an enduring one.
From Homer to Heaney: Ray Burke on Ireland’s enduring connection to The Odyssey
The Odyssey predates the earliest evidence for Ireland’s Táin Bó Cúailnge by around 1,400 years
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"Journalists have become very zealous at asking Labour politicians how they will pay for any additional spending, but rather less adept at doing the same for promises of lower taxes." @sjwrenlewis.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/sjwrenle...
Long term fiscal projections are a good antidote to politicians talking about tax cuts
If you can get past the hand wringing, the OBR's long term fiscal projections contain useful information that most politicians pretend isn't there.
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Telegraph morning meeting: Andy Burnham’s written in. Park him below the page 2 fold, under the benefit scrounger sex toys story from Lee Anderson and the Reform press office.
What about the rest of us? If Burnham needs to build a coalition come 2028, these people aren’t going to be his allies. ‘The new Labour leader still has to prove he can win back the working class pro-Brexit voters that Labour once regarded as its core…’ www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Sir John Curtice: The "Burnham bounce" is real but it's not massive
The governing party's poll ratings have improved but they're only just ahead of Reform.
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The Father Christmas scene in Small Prophets is brilliant, breathtaking and so simple.
Harrison and Martyn Gibson should go ‘out on the pull’. #TheArchers
Anyone know a reliable builder in the Sefton Park area. Have been very badly let down. Job is to finish off kitchen and refurbish bathroom. Cat and I are currently living in a building site. 👷♂️
Climate science denial in physical form. The Land Rover Defender X (yup - they've gone full Musk). Price: £103,460, plus a few kids' lives. 🧵
I guess if you bomb their cities and schools this retaliation is inevitable. Trump is making the world less safe for Americans. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/01/u...
Scope of Hacks on U.S. Water Supply Widens as Evidence Points to Iran
Michigan and Minnesota are among at least seven states coping with cyberattacks aimed at disrupting water systems nationwide.
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www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle... Let’s ask Nicola Sturgeon! It’s a fair cop.
‘£5,800 on a watch?!’ What happened when five couples kept separate money diaries – then revealed all to their partners?
Rachel forked out £700 for beauty treatments, Kojo confessed to a £25 cigarette habit, and Jake indulged his love of fancy timepieces. Were their other halves forgiving or furious?
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Thank God we have working royals! And the children at this young age are so conscious that we will one day be so grateful to them. Long to reign over us. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
William and Kate bring children to Commonwealth Games netball and cycling events
Spectators at Glasgow's OVO Hydro were treated to exhilarating performances during New Zealand's 61-54 win over England.
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Hungary's new government is tested very early. Paks nuclear plant is about to go offline for the first time in 44 years because the Danube is drying up. That's nearly half the country's electricity. Collapsed supply & gas prices spiking throughout the region. Just brutal. apnews.com/article/hung...
Hungary braces for a full shutdown of the Paks nuclear plant as the Danube River hits record lows
Hungary's only nuclear power plant is shutting down for the first time due to record-low water levels on the Danube River.
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Can you really ‘storm to victory’ when only a quarter of voters turned out? www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Labour wins decisive victory in Greater Manchester mayoral byelection
Bev Craig succeeds Andy Burnham and wins back support in areas where Reform made gains in May
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What's this? A PM who knows how to put the ball in the back of an open net?
Andy Burnham says Gianni Infantino is ‘wrong man’ to lead Fifa after stake-sale plan
UK prime minister’s intervention raises pressure on Fifa president after resignation of a top adviser
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www.theguardian.com/football/202... Do explain to me how you can be the ‘moral heart’ of a team owned by Berlusconi.
Franco Baresi was not only the captain but the moral heart of great Milan team
Centre-back defined era of hard Italian defending and collection of honours are eternal proof of his class
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