Peter Bowyer
@bowyerp
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Winding this profile down, mostly now to be found on Bluesky as @peter.bowyer.org
Oxfordshire
Joined March 2012
I'm outa here shortly. I can be found on bsky with the same username - see you on the other side.
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No, @StarbucksUK , I don't want 'early access' to a pumpkin spiced latte, thanks very much. It's August. Go away.
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It’s impossible to understand the riots without discussing austerity A must-read in today's paper from @SamFowles
https://t.co/dwSwv8oPfU
cityam.com
The UK has forgotten the lessons of the Marshall Plan: that poverty breeds extremism, says Sam Fowles
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Hoping to hear more 'and's than 'but's today. The rioters need locking up AND causes of unrest need addressing Vs The rioters need locking up BUT <excuse goes here>
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We need to have some clarity about the causes of the rioting over the past few days. A 🧵about the rioters, the instigators (two fairly distinct groups of people), and the processes leading to the current unrest. 1/21
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BBC Olympics coverage takes a break for the news. Half of the bulletin is about the Olympics. C'mon, there are other things going on, sort your priorities out, Olympics are on the channel all day.
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I went out to Slough today with the family. We were out in the parks and on the streets for hours. Then back home to South Bucks where we stepped out after an hour to get an ice cream from the van. After a night of social media reminding me of the hell of my childhood, here's
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I know you don't do these but... @angrypiln
heraldseries.co.uk
A man was caught shaving his beard while driving along the motorway as police aim to reduce road fatalities.
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I'm going to miss @BeckAdlington and @MarkFosterSwim when the swimming's over. What an excellent pair of pundits.
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As they say... 'some personal news'
📣 Two new Directors co-opted to RSGB Board until 2025 AGM. Peter Bowyer, G4MJS and Peter Ransom, M0SFZ bring a range of amateur radio and career experience to help the Board implement its strategic priorities. FFI: https://t.co/KfTwhwDNlU
#amateurradio #hamr
#RSGBstrategy
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Just getting round to reading Imperial Island - only read the intro so far, so much to look forward to. Unused to times I've lived through being in history books. @lottelydia
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Having seen the appeals I thought I'd sign up to give blood - after a 15 minute wait on the website, turns out the next appointment is 4th October. Oh well.
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On the 10, too.
Utterly dreadful decision by @BBCNews to platform the far right Lee Anderson in response to the GM Police assault video. Not his constituency, not a party leader, just a divisive racist gobshite. Petrol on a fire by the BBC. Shameful editorial choice.
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WOW! Everyone should listen to this superb maiden speech from newly appointed Prisons, Parole & Probation Minister @JamesTCobbler in the House of Lords today What an absolutely inspired appointment this is👏👏👏
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Hey @Channel4News the Y2K bug didn't hit because lots of clever people worked on mitigating it in advance.
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Classic - what did the poor toucan do wrong? @angrypiln
oxfordmail.co.uk
Derwent Green Residents Group is urging cabinet member for transport Andrew Gant to stop a "ludicrous waste of money" being spent on a…
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Controversial idea: We should elect MPs in teams of 2. One to handle politics and legislation and be based at Westminster, the other to take casework, tour schools, open fetes and be constituency-based. It's too much for one person to do properly and be good at both aspects.
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Just when you start to think the grown-ups are back in parliament - Farage.
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