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Sim Barr<p>Howard Jones *Things Can Only Get Better*</p><p>What a great song. Cassandra Wilson and Lady Blackbird are you listening?</p><p><a href="https://c.im/tags/nowplaying" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nowplaying</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/nowhearthis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nowhearthis</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/mixtape" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mixtape</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/randomplay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>randomplay</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/howardjones" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>howardjones</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/thingscanonlygetbetter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>thingscanonlygetbetter</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/coverthis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>coverthis</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/listenup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>listenup</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/music" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>music</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/newwave" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>newwave</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/musicmakeover" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>musicmakeover</span></a></p><p><a href="https://youtu.be/CUd7AskOavA?si=ZcTGxNFJhboqt6Td" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">youtu.be/CUd7AskOavA?si=ZcTGxN</span><span class="invisible">FJhboqt6Td</span></a></p>
Scottish Lass<p>For LOLs went searching for the morning of the 1997 election where Prescott, Kinnock and Mandleson got down with the kids with D:Ream Things Can Only Get Better on an infinite loop. Copyright police seem to have all but erased this piece of history from YouTube, boo. Use.your imagination for this silent boy band.<br><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/DReam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DReam</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/ThingsCanOnlyGetBetter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ThingsCanOnlyGetBetter</span></a> <br><a href="https://youtu.be/sEoFKGeHxYk?si=w3Q0GbJxQW62fell" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">youtu.be/sEoFKGeHxYk?si=w3Q0Gb</span><span class="invisible">JxQW62fell</span></a></p>
@PrivacyMatters<p>Done. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ThingsCanOnlyGetBetter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ThingsCanOnlyGetBetter</span></a></p><p>They loved Otto’s ID at the polling station (yes, ours allows dogs in)</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DogsAtPollingStations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DogsAtPollingStations</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GE2024" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GE2024</span></a></p>
Darren Leathley<p>Even the PA here is trolling the Conservative Party.<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/thingscanonlygetbetter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>thingscanonlygetbetter</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RewindDublin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RewindDublin</span></a></p>
Omnisis<p>It’s been a d:ream week for Labour as they extended their lead in the polls and are steps ahead on most of our other trackers as <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GeneralElection2024" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GeneralElection2024</span></a> was called. In this week’s rain-soaked poll: </p><p>🔴 Labour lead hits 25 in voter intention tracker<br>📈 Sir Keir Starmer leads by 18 in ‘best PM’ tracker<br>🤥 40% agree this election could be the most “dishonest” in a generation </p><p>Full story and data here: <a href="https://buff.ly/4ayHg1N" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">buff.ly/4ayHg1N</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ThingsCanOnlyGetBetter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ThingsCanOnlyGetBetter</span></a></p>
@DurableAce has moved<p>Anyone else getting excited at the prospect of D:Ream making it back into the music charts?</p><p><a href="https://toot.bike/tags/ThingsCanOnlyGetBetter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ThingsCanOnlyGetBetter</span></a> <a href="https://toot.bike/tags/DReam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DReam</span></a> <a href="https://toot.bike/tags/BrianCox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BrianCox</span></a></p>
Flipboard Culture Desk<p>It was an inauspicious start to the U.K. Conservative Party's election campaign as Prime Minister Rishi Sunak announced that Britain will head to the polls on July 4. Heavy rain fell as he spoke, and D:Ream's "Things Can Only Get Better," best remembered as the Labour Party's theme song for its 1997 election victory, blared from a member of the public's speakers at the gates of Downing Street. Deadline has this writeup on what it calls the "farcical scenes."</p><p><a href="https://flip.it/z.3w94" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">flip.it/z.3w94</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/UKElection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UKElection</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/RishiSunak" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RishiSunak</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/ThingsCanOnlyGetBetter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ThingsCanOnlyGetBetter</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/UnitedKingdom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UnitedKingdom</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/GeneralElection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GeneralElection</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Politics</span></a></p>
davecykl<p>UK Prime Minister announces <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/UKParliament" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UKParliament</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/UKElection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UKElection</span></a> for Thursday 4 July. </p><p>Has the date cynically been chosen to be in the first part of school summer holidays in Scotland (when many families may be away) and university/college summer break (many students may also be away or at home and not registered to vote there)?</p><p>Remember to register for a <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PostalVote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PostalVote</span></a> if you want or need to, and to have ID if voting in person.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ThingsCanOnlyGetBetter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ThingsCanOnlyGetBetter</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/uk-politics-69042935" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">bbc.co.uk/news/live/uk-politic</span><span class="invisible">s-69042935</span></a></p>
Martin Hamilton<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.world/@CountBinface" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>CountBinface</span></a></span> <a href="https://martinh.net/tags/ThingsCanOnlyGetBetter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ThingsCanOnlyGetBetter</span></a></p>
Nick<p>Here we... here we... here we fucking go!!! <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/ge2024" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ge2024</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/ThingsCanOnlyGetBetter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ThingsCanOnlyGetBetter</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://youtu.be/sEoFKGeHxYk" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">youtu.be/sEoFKGeHxYk</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Louise Locock<p>Well played, Steve Bray of SODEM (Stand of Defiance European Movement). Didn't listen to what Sunak was blathering on about, too busy laughing<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ThingsCanOnlyGetBetter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ThingsCanOnlyGetBetter</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GeneralElectionNow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GeneralElectionNow</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GTTO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GTTO</span></a></p>
Louise Locock<p>Whoever is now belting out Things Can Only Get Better is a hero<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ThingsCanOnlyGetBetter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ThingsCanOnlyGetBetter</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GeneralElectionNow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GeneralElectionNow</span></a></p>