I felt I had to find room for a positive say on Luke O’Nien and some rare approval of Keir Starmer …
@philsmithreporter.bsky.social
@kevmag.bsky.social
#safc
#sunderlandafc
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I felt I had to find room for a positive say on Luke O’Nien and some rare approval of Keir Starmer …
@philsmithreporter.bsky.social
@kevmag.bsky.social
#safc
#sunderlandafc
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The sensational Katherine Priddy and her quite captivating new album, These Frightening Machines. Reviewed admiringly at Salut! Folk
@nextwavef.bsky.social
@katherinepriddy.bsky.social
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Playing as if we don’t really mind going out
Did anyone else think of Tommy Robinson when watching that yobbish Israeli govt minister talking with such glee about reducing Lebanese cities to Gaza style ruins?
Chris Boffey was a gem, personally and professionall and his son Dan’s tribute is terrific. My own is at francesalut.substack.com/p/farewell-t...
Funeral at St Bride’s 130 March 19. Maybe see you there … francesalut.substack.com/p/farewell-t...
Chris Boffey was a gem, personally and professionall and his son Dan’s tribute is terrific. My own is at francesalut.substack.com/p/farewell-t...
I thought the Ukipification of Labour was finally behind us.
Going back to school instead of paying a speeding fine
Plus some unwanted advice for Kemi Badenoch
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If you like the Pogues’ raucous Anglo-Irish punk folk and/or 100-year-old American country, Carter-style, try this salutfolk.com/2026/02/05/c...
If you like the Pogues’ raucous Anglo-Irish punk folk and/or 100-year-old American country, Carter-style, try this salutfolk.com/2026/02/05/c...
Salut! Folk’s Songs of the Day: the Carter Family from nearly 100 years ago & the Pogues from 1988. With due credit to the two best voices in radio, @laurenlaverne.bsky.social and
@cerysmatthews.bsky.social
With honourable mention of #safc
@bbc6music.bsky.social
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Trump vs Springsteen
No contest
Who represents the best of the USA: Putin's buddy Donald Trump, whose many false claims include a shameful boast (or crass aside) on 9/11 that he now owned Lower Manhattan's tallest building, or Bruce Springsteen, whose album The Rising honoured the victims?
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Bruce Springsteen, @marshfamilysongs.bsky.social , Ed Pickford and John Clark have been putting the ICE murders to song. #minneapolis #minnesota #alexpretti #reneegood #trump
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I feared the worst for some reason but think this is very good. See the Salut! Folk Facebook group, where I’ve shared it. #ICE
#minnesota #alexpretti #reneegood
And as if Trump could sink no lower, is it true he feels more sorry for Renee because her parents voted for him?
Up to now I’ve tried to show restraint and used phrases like ‘bordering on fascism’. The latest Orwellian developments suggest there is no longer a need for qualification
Minneapolis and #Alexpretti:
They can’t claim the protests disturbed their sleep. ‘How do you sleep at night?’ Is a phrase that could have been coined for ICE agents,
I am biased because my daughter worked on UK publicity but honestly found it utterly compelling and necessary. It also broke my heart. Shame on the IDF for its actions and lack of humility
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Quite right that it is. The most moving, heartbreaking and necessary film I have seen. RIP Hind Rajab and so many other innocent victims
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“If you can tell me the difference between these two descriptions, then you are a wiser person than me.”
@mrjamesob.bsky.social reads out two excerpts, written 82 years apart.
And here it is.
Read and hear more of the genius of Sandy Denny at salutfolk.com?s=Sandy+Denny+
youtu.be/dqf1XWUVS-w
Écoute écoute!
Évidemment Israël a ‘neutralisé’ Hind Rajab, 6 ans, et sa famille comme ‘suspects’
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And of course Trump has not even mastered English.
She has drifted ever rightwards but not all her kids have followed her francesalut.substack.com/p/reform-as-...
Meanwhile in London, domestic dissent intrudes on Farage’s choice of mayoral candidate ….. francesalut.substack.com/p/reform-as-...
Laila Cunningham is Nigel Farage’s choice as mayoral candidate for London. Some of her own children are less than impressed. Plus another pop at mad-or-bad (or both) Donald Trump. Free to view
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