Neil Lewis
@neil-lewis.bsky.social
Spanish Olive Oil Guy - international trade, foreign policy, economics, clean energy, food, transport. European liberal social democrat. Oh, and trees. Spain, Europe. (Don't do DMs. Don't need hookups nor $$$ ops!)
“[Musk] is causing deliberate division that may be catastrophic if it’s not regulated or tamed or if we don’t do our part in putting it down." Sounds like a documentary that deserves to be watched. giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...
Elon Musk documentary hits Venice Film Festival with cold dose of reality
Alex Gibney’s near-four-hour film is exhaustive, and exhausting
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A detail missing from The Times story… the woman who took the photo shared it to a Facebook group called ‘South east patriots’.
Mic Wright@brokenbottleboy.bsky.social · 18h agoThe Times has run a story this morning about how ‘polite’ the masked men in Dover were to three white ladies on a train. Propaganda in its clumsiest form.
France and Italy are working to deliver Ukraine a SAMP/T air defense system and Aster missiles, while countries operating Patriot systems are exploring ways to rapidly send additional units to Kyiv ahead of winter. www.kyivpost.com/post/83989
France, Italy Working on SAMP/T Delivery as Allies Explore More Patriot Systems for Ukraine
The discussions come as Ukraine seeks to strengthen its air defenses ahead of another winter of Russian strikes on critical and civilian infrastructure.
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Three years on from the ULEZ expansion, the evidence is clear: cleaner air, healthier children, fewer lives cut short.
Danny Tommo, the man who organised the blackshirts rally, openly telling us a foreign American think tank wired him £30k for his very first street protest. Foreign money is propping up the British far right
Is anyone surprised at this point? This is not a drill. Foreign actors with large sums of money are determined to divide us and subvert our democracy. bsky.app/profile/foxy...
Foxyfunderburd 🏴🏴🇺🇦🇺🇦@foxyfunderburd.bsky.social · 2d agoDanny Tommo, the man who organised the blackshirts rally, openly telling us a foreign American think tank wired him £30k for his very first street protest. Foreign money is propping up the British far right
AfD politician Petr Bystron was accused by German prosecutors of receiving cash and cryptocurrency from the pro-Russian Voice of Europe network in exchange for speaking and voting in ways favorable to the Russian government www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/docume...
Literally black shirts. But don't call them far right.
HOPE not hate@hopenothate.org.uk · yesterdayLast night, hundreds of men in black emerged on the street in Portsmouth. In ugly scenes that lasted until 3am, they blocked coaches transporting migrants. The action was led by Danny Tommo’s Patriot Platform, who were also behind Saturday’s demo in Dover. hopenothate.org.uk/2026/09/07/b...
Alongside the Linke getting the most votes in Berlin, the other underpriced outcome for Land elections on 20 September is the CDU getting pushed towards or below the 5% threshold in Mecklenburg Vorpommern as centrist voters concentrate on getting SPD to parity at 35% with the AfD
Signed! Our 🇪🇺🇬🇱🇩🇰 Joint Declaration. It reflects a clear choice by Greenland to strengthen ties with the EU. In order to protect its values, freedom and interests. Europe is making a choice too. To be more present and more engaged in Greenland and in the Arctic.
"This summer resulted in, for example, shrunken potatoes in the Netherlands, reduced carrot harvests in France, dried-up rice fields in Italy and scorched olive groves in parts of the Mediterranean region." www.carbonbrief.org/how-this-sum...
How this summer’s heat and drought impacted crops in Europe – in six charts - Carbon Brief
In the six charts below, Carbon Brief provides a snapshot of the impact this summer’s extremes are considered to have had on crop production and yields across Europe.
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When I lived in the UK none of my concerns e.g. affordable housing, climate action, increases in welfare spending, scrapping tuition fees, an ethical foreign policy, were ever framed as legitimate concerns. lnstead I was routinely told to fuck off by most political parties for having such concerns.
We couldn't have done it without you. German Neo Nazi leaders salute Elon Musk, the man who made their victory in Saxony-Anhalt possible. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Elon Musk thanked by German far-right leader after landmark election win praised by Russia | First Thing
The populist, far-right, anti-immigration AfD won the vote in the eastern state of Saxony-Anhalt
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Nigel Farage’s promise of extreme authoritarian govt. Scum of the earth.
“Even if you support Labour or you want to give Andy Burnham a chance, voting Green in this election still makes sense because it’ll make him be a better Labour prime minister”. Exactly! #VoteGreen
‘We can win here’: Zack Polanski presses the flesh in Holborn and St Pancras
Polanski is confident of taking seat vacated by Keir Starmer, but says he will stay on as Green party leader even if he loses
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Yelling "stop the boats!" as I charge in to rob this NatWest at gun point so that I can later call the Home Secretary as a character witness and the BBC will spend two weeks telling all my potential future jurors how legitimate my concerns were.
Increasingly the UK media, led by the BBC, is lying to the British public by focusing only on when the far right gets some wins. But ignores everything else, like the news below.
FinTwitter@fintwitter.bsky.social · 2d agoEU'S VON DER LEYEN: ANNOUNCES NEW EU-GREENLAND PARTNERSHIP PACKAGE WORTH €200 MILLION
just say you have genuine concerns about food prices, slip on a balaclava, and then apparently it's fine?
The Times and Sunday Times@thetimes.com · 2d agoAs supermarkets beef up their defences and security staff, criminal gangs are turning their focus on vulnerable independent shops
This BBC claim that Mr Thomas "drummed up support for 'mass resistance' but without violence" seems like an editorialisation of the news that lacks context/accuracy Firstly, Mr Thomas was clearly very pro-violence in summer 2024 + 2026 Secondly, Mr Thomas calls for disruption + threat
Half-expecting government to announce VAT cut on balaclavas to help with cost of living.
Australians will be able to switch off social media algorithms under planned legislation If tech firms such as Meta, Google and TikTok did not give the option to turn off algorithms, they should face "substantial" penalties www.bbc.com/news/article...
Australians will be able to switch off social media algorithms under planned legislation
Firms like Meta, Google and TikTok should face "substantial" penalties if they don't give the option, minister says.
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Watching BBC News and it's striking to hear the presenters repeatedly referring to the AfD as "far-right" whilst refusing to ever say the same about the hundreds of actual masked blackshirts currently swarming British ports
Nick Robinson on Today is literally talking about ‘legitimate concerns’ after second night of organised men dressed in black - sorry ‘protesters’ - mobilising en masse in another littoral town. This is how street fascism is normalised
This just shows the stupidity of Trump not supporting Ukraine and not forcing his buddy Vlad to end his war.
NOELREPORTS@noelreports.com · 2d agoUS Energy Secretary Chris Wright blamed Ukrainian strikes on Russian refineries as the "single biggest" factor behind record US diesel prices. He also blamed Biden-era policies, refinery closures and lower Chinese exports, while saying Russia has banned diesel exports and is importing gasoline. #US
Forest fire risk everywhere in Spain - but worse in the east (Teruel, Cuenca, Valencia) and near the Pyrenees (Girona, Huesca)
AEMET@aemet.es · 2d agoHoy, lunes, el peligro de incendios estará en niveles muy altos o extremos en buena parte de la Península, especialmente en la mitad este. ➡️ ¡Precaución! Predicción actualizada a 7 días: www.aemet.es/es/eltiempo/...
Reform's planned 'state of emergency'
Peter Walker@peterwalker99.bsky.social · 4d agoFarage is making it very plain that if Reform wins power they will permit no change or scrutiny to their plans from parliament, the judiciary or officials, under a state of emergency. Anyone who objects will be replaced.
