Tom Scott
@tom--scott.bsky.social
Writer, editor, former lecturer, occasional poet, Green Party person. Views here not all party positions.
Delusions of omnipotence are a not uncommon comorbid condition in people with narcissistic personality disorder. When such people experience severe humiliation, the result is often "narcissiatic rage". Trump apoears to be a textbook case.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 4h agoQ: You said Russia and Ukraine agreed to a ceasefire, but both sides said they have not agreed to that TRUMP: Well they agreed, you know why? Because I said 'you agree.' That's why.
I thought I'd misheard, but no - this really did happen.
Alex Andreou@sturdyalex.bsky.social · 16h agoI'm sure former UN ambassador Abdallah Al-Mouallimi will be delighted to have been introduced, very crisply, as "Abdullah al Mussolini" by Justin Webb. Seriously, how does this man still have a six-figure job at the BBC? When he is not busy being biased, he is busy being useless.
Pollsters Redfield and Wilton, which have consistently produced some of the highest figures for Reform of any firm, employed a senior aide to Farage to oversee their political polling, without disclosing his role. A second Farage aide was also used to place exclusive polling by R+W in the press
Nigel Farage adviser had unpublicised role at polling firm
Exclusive: Chris Bruni-Lowe used Redfield & Wilton Strategies role to develop potential campaign tactics, sources say
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On the eve of the US election in November 2024, I wrote about the appalling consequences for Ukraine, the Middle East and the world as a whole if Trump were to win. Hardly had to be Nostradamus to see this, and so it has turned out. westcountryvoices.co.uk/the-end-of-t...
The end of the American century? - West Country Voices
Tomorrow, Americans may elect a fascist president. Tom Scott explores the disastrous impacts this would have on the world beyond the US. Last month the astute American commentator and expert on author...
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If you're a black person accused of academic fraud, the british press and political elite will harass you until you kill yourself. If you're a racism denialist accused of sexual crimes against children, the british press and political elite will *immediately* deploy the wall of silence.
Esheru@esherukweku.bsky.social · yesterday15 outlets published 249 articles about Jason Arday, but there appears to be a partial media blackout regarding Dr Lola Salem, Michael Gove's ex-girlfriend, who has been suspended from Oxford University after being charged with possessing indecent images of children. jamradio.uk/news/2026/10...
Gentle reminder: Brexit isn’t shit just because the Russians backed it. It’s shit, and that’s why the Russians backed it.
The correct response to this would be to make all the evidence used to draw the conclusion public, then challenge Farage to respond, otherwise people will just pick their opinions on the matter based purely on who they trust.
Josh Self@josh.politics.co.uk · 14h ago🚨NEW: Farage calls Burnham ‘a liar’ over claim Russia interfered in Brexit vote “There was no Russian interference, and the Russia hoax has run all the way through this”, he told a press conference in Dover Full story 👇 www.politics.co.uk/2026/10/fara...
True. But the margin by which the 2016 referendum was won was also tiny. And it is still far from clear exactly where a great deal of the money that flowed into the Brexit campaign actually came from.
Oliver Bullough@oliverbullough.bsky.social · 16h agoI'm sure the Kremlin was delighted we voted to leave the EU, but I also think it's passing the buck to blame it on Russian interference. Russia's role in Brexit was tiny compared to that of unscrupulous hedgies, ambitious politicians and decades of lies from right wing newspapers.
'The party’s former leader Caroline Lucas and the longstanding Green activist Rupert Read are about to publish a mini-manifesto titled Climate Popularism: a guide to “breaking the grip of rightwing populism through a new politics of crisis resilience”' www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
A promising future now looks perilous for election loser Zack Polanski. He sowed, now he reaps | John Harris
There was a real chance of a Green byelection win in Holborn and St Pancras. He made bad decisions and cost his party dear, says Guardian columnist John Harris
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This summer: Thousands of deaths from extreme weather. This weekend in the media: What's the point of the Green Party? This morning from the Labour party 👇
Trump blames Ukraine for high fuel costs (when it's his own illegal war on Iran driving up prices) to justify a deal with Putin to pause sanctions on Russian diesel. Another reckless & economically illiterate decision from a man more interested in cosying up to war criminals than defending intl law
Pitting NHS funding against the right to asylum is textbook Reform, who already plan on privatising our healthcare to line the pockets of its billionaire backers. A ‘normal country’ upholds basic human rights for all. It doesn’t sow division and spread poison. Britain deserves much better.
Why on earth does this BBC piece on Burnham telling an interviewer the UK security services confirmed Russian interference in the Brexit referendum require a response from a pro Brexit pressure group? It's literally our Prime Minister telling us about election security. It's nothing to do with them.
And now the best part: Bot traffic from the #Yandex network has plunged to near zero following the strike on its Vladimir data center. Bot traffic includes automated requests from search crawlers, scrapers and other online services. Twitter must be a ghost town by now.
Alina Pereverzieva 🇺🇦@perevaa.bsky.social · 2d agoAll three Yandex AI supercomputers are reportedly offline: Galushkin in Vladimir, Chervonenkis and Lyapunov in Sasovo, whose data center shut down after the Oct 8 strike. Yandex Cloud outages also threaten thousands of Russian firms relying on it for websites, databases and payments 👏
Solidarity with those arrested yesterday for holding handwritten cardboard signs whilst sitting on John Marjoram's peace bench in Stroud. www.gloucestershirelive.co.uk/news/glouces...
Police called to Palestine Action demonstration in Stroud
There are reports that arrests were made, but this has not yet been confirmed by police
gloucestershirelive.co.uk
I had this exchange with Arron Banks' sidekick Andy Wigmore in August 2017. Wigmore was comms director for LeaveEU. He & Banks went on to lie to a parliamentary committee & successive PMs (until now) found it convenient to cover up the truth about Russia's involvement in Brexit.
NEW: Prime Minister Andy Burnham finally breaks a decade of UK govt silence…& reveals there was ‘clear’ Russian interference in the Brexit vote. 1/
I am not going to share that disgusting cartoon that was in the Daily Telegraph. Suffice to say that it was disgusting and deeply offensive. Here is Jewish and Muslim Greens' joint statement on the matter, and a call to the DT to withdraw it - jewishgreens.greenparty.org.uk/2026/10/11/j... 1/10
Joint Statement from Muslim Greens and Jewish Greens Condemning Islamophobia, Antisemitism and Anti-Palestinian Racism in The Daily Telegraph - Jewish Greens
Muslim Greens and Jewish Greens stand together in unequivocal condemnation of the deeply offensive cartoon published in The Daily Telegraph on Saturday 10 October 2026. The cartoon, illustrated by Blo...
jewishgreens.greenparty.org.uk
FT: Trump calling round European capitals threatening to stop all arms for Ukraine unless he gets his phoney "temporary ceasefire" so Putin can give him a hand in the midterms. Absolutely depraved.
At last! Big congrats to all including @carolecadwalla.bsky.social As MP I was proud to join a court case to try to force ministers to hold an inquiry into the impact of Russian disinformation on the Brexit vote & other recent elections - their lack of curiosity, from Boris onwards, was stunning …
"Seamus O'Reilly" 🇺🇦🇬🇧🇮🇪🇦🇺🇬🇱@jimbobuk.bsky.social · 2d agoIn the observer; Andy Burnham has said "UK authorities are “clear” that there was Russian interference in the Brexit vote: this is the first time a prime minister has confirmed Kremlin involvement in the 2016 referendum." Finally.... What we all knew...
Maybe the most amazing aspect of the Russo-Ukraine War is that Russia is getting backing from both China and the USA, the two largest powers of the moment--and Ukraine could still emerge triumphant as long as Europe backs it stoutly.
just when you thought it couldn’t get worse
Christopher Miller@christopherjm.ft.com · 3d agoUS officials stepped up pressure on Ukraine to stop striking Russian oil refineries and threatened to cut off vital intelligence sharing as Donald Trump announced a deal with Moscow to release diesel on to the world market. www.ft.com/content/7fd4... via @financialtimes.com
‘Mob rule’ is also, of course, an insulting way of referring to democracy.
The Guardian@theguardian.com · 4d agoPalantir’s Tom Watson says ‘mob rule’ must not dictate awarding of government contracts
Putin throws lifeline to try to save Trump in the midterms. In return, American dollars go to Russia and get put toward killing innocent Ukrainians. Trump/Russia right out in the open. www.dailymail.com/news/article...
Putin throws Trump midterm lifeline as Russia agrees to supply diesel
Donald Trump announced today that Vladimir Putin has agreed to supply the US with hundreds of thousands of tons of diesel.
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