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John Elkin

@johnkelkin

Yes if, not no because. Airworthiness, Safety, 'planes & bicycles. Frustrated Flandrian. Cyclocross addict. Often tilting at windmills.

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Joined April 2010
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Lots of poo around at the moment, well worth refreshing these wise words. – at Cheltenham, England
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Free to a good home! The Public Arts Trust saved this Keith McCarter concrete sculpture from the Ordnance Survey a number of years ago but we cannot find a suitable location for it in MK. It measures 12.4 x6.3m and comes in six pieces. Contact me if interested - please retweet
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Well, that was pretty much the most boring CX races I've watched in a while. #uciworldcx #ValDiSole – at Cheltenham, England
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A 99 Sqn C17 taking off in 2500ft from a Tactical Landing Zone (TLZ) during Ex Tartan Spirit. Wait until the end of the video to see the debris!
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#ParisRoubaix mons-en-pévèle
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Plot spoiler: in opening sequence, Bond ploughs a lorry through a city. M says, that's good enough, here's your HGV licence. Rest of film is Bond delivering fuel to garages, pissing in laybys, listening to Heart FM. He has saved Britain. The end.
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An Austro-Hungarian soldier by a "pissing latrine" in the Alps. ... Below, a confused Major is wondering how it can be raining from a cloudless sky!
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"This is really ugly stuff.” opendemocracy.net/en/dark-mo…
Record profits for Tory donor's firm that won huge PPE contracts

Record profits for Tory donor's firm that won huge PPE contracts

Pandemic was an 'unprecedented opportunity' says Meller Designs, which was fast-tracked in the government’s ‘VIP lane’

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Jaco Rees-Mogg says we must 'balance the books' In 2019, Mogg's Somerset Capital Management made £103m profit but paid zero tax ZERO tax Keep the £20 a week universal credit and tax the Tories
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NHS million family can you help us with something? @UniofNewcastle has apparently branded this ‘the most inappropriate dress they had ever seen’ and given this medical student a yellow card during her professional exam. Please like for inappropriate Please RT for appropriate
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When you’ve just plunged millions of people further into poverty but you remember that the plans for a tennis court and swimming pool on your grade II listed property have recently been approved.
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But cyclists... – at South West, England
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What next - fine the RNLI if they rescue immigrants & bring them ashore in the UK? Jeez, the state of it. bbc.co.uk/news/uk-58495948 – at Cheltenham, England
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Nothing says levelling up like reducing the disposable income of working people
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Are you against NHS privatisation? If you are, pls RT. Lots of MPs follow my account. Let’s give them a message💙
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Lovely Australian image from Adrian Wedderburn. I understand the use of long lens makes it rather more dramatic than the reality.
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The 1,000 richest people in UK are worth £771bn which is 6 times the NHS budget. And yet the Tories want to increase NI tax on ordinary working people. Enough is enough.
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Get yer peloton on! Enjoying helping out the @CyclistsvCancer shop in Cheltenham. Top bunch, SUPERB bikes and ace charity. Thanks to manager Matt for having me along. Pls check their website out cyclistsfc.org.uk. Thx to @mcsuk for having volunteer days!
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We’re looking for a labourer for a few weeks on a church job in #Bristol - immediate start. Do spread the word 👍DM me.
Image from CHURCH GOING with Andrew Ziminski FSA & SPAB 🇺🇦 (@natchjourneyman)
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My favourite all time aircraft circled our house! #winning @LeadershipNext1 you're going to have to go some to catch up. – at Cheltenham, England
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