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I only really know them from their first album and the stuff they did with David Muddyman in 1983 before Transmitters stopping fusing and started fissioning, but they're eminently danceable. https://jamuuddaloopguru.bandcamp.com/album/thee-unspoken
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Great gig
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Will #TransglobalUnderground ever start? As it's a #Firkin pub, I am obviously wearing one of my #ProlapseBand t-shirts as they are the last band I saw in a Firkin
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RE: https://flipboard.com/@theeconomist/britain-2ivm5ok9z/-/a-dZ4mV1cURnW55l-IYDF_oQ%3Aa%3A3199507-%2F0
article about #TommyRobinson in the Economist:-
'Backed by rich American donors, for over a decade Mr Robinson' ... ''distorted vision of Britain' ... 'nation overrun by “Islamic invaders” (Muslims are 6.5% of the population in England and Wales, roughly double the 2001 rate), its people silenced by a woke liberal elite. Efforts to deplatform him have backfired. Steve #Bannon, Donald #Trump’s former strategist, has called him the “backbone” of Britain. Mr #Musk pays his legal fees.'
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RE: https://mstdn.social/@jonpsp/116556897215001371
also in #Nottinghamshire and the #WestMidlands
'Media needs to take a stand against Reform’s press bans'https://www.nottinghampost.com/news/news-opinion/media-needs-take-stand-against-10961008
'Lee Anderson - who we know has been advising councillors in Nottinghamshire - to ‘beware of the media’
Lee Anderson: “Let me give you a word of advice, beware of the media, don’t speak to them, you’ve no need to, you’ve actually no need to speak to the papers, TV and radio at all.”
#democracy #PressFreedom #ReformUK #UK #ukpol #politics #Midlands
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#DavidHolmes is laying into #DonaldTrump again today in his monthly #NTSRadio programme (and playing #NineInchNails at lunchtime)
also tying in #Palantir, #PeterMandelson, and #Epstein. You'd never hear this on the BBC!
https://www.nts.live/shows/david-holmes/episodes/david-holmes-11th-may-2026
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it's interesting that the #Conservatives think my County Council Division is so safe that they don't normally do any pre-election visits and don't hand deliver leaflets, but so at risk from #ReformUK that they post a last-minute leaflet with their national priorities (including Internet censorship/surveillance to protect children) and no local ones.
#Conservative #Tory #Tories #elections #politics #ukpol #AgeVerification #Hampshire #HampshireCountyCouncil
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I regret never seeing H.Grimace (or H. Grimace) live. I had a ticket to see them at the Lexington (I think it was) in London during the worst of Covid, and they sensibly cancelled, but seemed to disappear after that.
#SteveLamacq on #bbc6music played "Oversight" by The New Cut which vaguely reminded me of them.
https://h-grimace.bandcamp.com/album/self-architect
https://youtube.com/channel/UC5YMmNs3AvJqwriA0BXG5iw?si=U_ahjhyQTHm07R5b
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I remember that #Faust were such anarchists that they sort of split and both groups kept the name, so I ended up seeing both live
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email from #FriendsOfTheEarth :-
"Fantastic news – the UK government just pulled funding from a ruinous gas mega-project in Mozambique [1]."
"... linked to serious human rights abuses. Only last month the promoter TotalEnergies was accused of complicity in war crimes [2]"
"So it’s great that UK taxpayers won’t be paying for a project that wreaks havoc in other countries"https://friendsoftheearth.uk/climate/whats-happening-mozambique
#environment #UK #Mozambique #ClimateChange #FossilFuels #TotalEnergies
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'Southern Water is investigating after millions of contaminated plastic beads washed up on Camber Sands beach, risking an “environmental catastrophe”.'
Helena Dollimore MP: 'These biobeads are deadly to marine life and wildlife, and we are already seeing more dead seals, fish and porpoises on the beach.'
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NTS Radio has some unexpected DJs today, raising money for the World Food Programme
https://www.nts.live/schedule
https://www.nts.live/shows/dont-assume-day/episodes/dont-assume-day-jeremy-corbyn-17th-october-2025#NTS #NTSlive #NTSradio #JeremyCorbyn #Corbyn #WorldFoodProgramme #worldfoodprogram
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Today's village fete, one of the last of the year (it's not Summer any more!) had egg throwing (and catching!) as the highlight. I missed out on the beer tent but made two trips to the BBQ stand and bought 6 jars of jam/chutney (mostly from a someone within walking distance of my house!).
#Longparish #TestValley #village #fete #Games #Hampshire #UK
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'The U.K. government's decision to eliminate the nation's space agency didn't come as a surprise to insiders.'
'Prior to UKSA, the British National Space Centre (BNSC) was responsible for the U.K. space program' ...' Some see the absorption of UKSA into DSIT as a return to the BNSC model of doing things, which they think will come with the same range of problems.'
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"LTNS CUT DEATHS AND INJURIES BY OVER A THIRD."
Taken from the #BikeIsBest newsletter https://www.bikeis.best/p/30-cycling-growth-and-good-ltn-news?publication_id=2148339&post_id=167820435&isFreemail=true
"Examining 113 London Low Traffic Neighbourhoods (LTNs) across more than a decade, researchers found that LTNs were associated with a 35% reduction in all injuries, and a 37% drop in deaths and serious injuries (KSIs)."
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jul/07/londons-low-traffic-zones-cut-deaths-and-injuries-by-more-than-a-third#cycling #biketodon #biketodon #walking #ActiveTravel #London #UK #LTN #LTNs #transport #RoadDanger
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"'Nick Tenconi, who is the leader of the United Kingdom Independence Party (UKIP) and a Reading-based businessman was seen in social media footage at an 'Enough is Enough' demonstration in Aldershot last week."
"Mr Tenconi justified claims of 'offensive chants' by arguing that he was allying with 'patriots' against what he called 'far left' counter-protesters."
https://www.readingchronicle.co.uk/news/24512641.reading-based-ukip-leader-replies-offensive-chants/
#UKIP #politics #UK #racism #FarRight #racistriots #NickTenconi #Aldershot #Hampshire
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'Private planes carrying millions of US dollars land in Zimbabwe regularly'
'Per the report, this unusual but legal operation, organized by the country’s biggest mobile money app, Mukuru, shows how far companies will go to accommodate customers seeking to avoid the local currency in one of the world’s most dysfunctional economies.'
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I stopped using #Hampshire #libraries because the one most convenient for me stopped opening outside of working hours, then cut its hours still further. I don't want to have to pay for a bus to go to the library.
'Hampshire libraries safe despite £7.6 million property sell-off, says cash-strapped county council'
#UK #England #library #council #HampshireCountyCouncil #austerity
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Having ridden my #bike today through floods (and diverting because some of the flooded roads are too deep) and big potholes, it's clear to me that #HampshireCountyCouncil do not consider #road #maintenance or #drainage to be a priority, and when they do, they only do half a job that falls apart 6 months later. Clearly taxation for local #Government is broken if they can't get enough money from the enormous houses.
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#Conservative life Peer Baroness #Mone to be sued by New European about a #yacht and #PPE:-
https://www.theneweuropean.co.uk/why-were-suing-michelle-mone
'The New European and Good Law Project believe The Guardian, The Mirror, Byline Times, The National, Tortoise – and a number of freelance reporters – have also spent time, money or both dealing with defamation threats connected to their reporting of PPE Medpro.'
Wikipedia mentions #cryptocurrency https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michelle_Mone,_Baroness_Mone#Aston_Plaza_development
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@ChrisMayLA6 I wonder if #Hampshire will go bankrupt before or after the next general election?
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"China ‘world’s biggest debt collector’ as poorer nations struggle with its loans"
"Since 2017, China has been the world’s biggest bilateral lender; its main development banks issued nearly $500bn between 2008 and 2021."
"Chinese lenders increased the maximum penalty interest rate for late repayments from 3% to 8.7%."
#China #debt #DebtCancellation #ThirdWorld #cancelthedebt #debtcancellation
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#ClientEarth: "Along with the Environmental Coalition on Standards (ECOS), we’re supporting the Bureau Européen des Unions de Consommateurs (BEUC) in filing a legal complaint to the European Commission against three food and drink giants, over their use of misleading ‘100% recyclable’ and ‘100% recycled’ claims on plastic water bottles sold across Europe."