Good to see a blizzard of EU flags at the Last Night of the Proms as per usual, in what has become an annual display of patriotism and openness.
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Formerly passionately opposed to Brexit, now trying not to obsess about political developments which I can’t influence. Worried about Climate Change. Interested in Philosophy & the Arts. Royal Leamington Spa Bach Choir. Language Games. Real Tennis.
Milo Yiannopoulos according to BBC #R4Today former editor of the “conservative” website, Breitbart. What the hell is going on with the BBC?
Dan Olson@foldablehuman.bsky.social · 3w agoLook, abolish ICE, but also Milo Yiannopoulos, who had a measurable role in getting the Leopards Eating Peoples Faces party into power, got his face eaten by a leopard www.cbsnews.com/news/milo-yi...
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“Cassandra” Cadwalladr, still fighting for truth and justice a decade on …
Carole Cadwalladr@carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 2mo agoIf you’re wondering why UK press has suddenly woken up to Farage, please read this. It’s because: Brexit. The r/w press refused to scrutinise the money behind Farage & the lawsuit against me scared off the rest. But this isn’t a new scandal. It’s the same one I’ve been reporting on for a decade
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Trung Le Nguyen@trungles.com · 4mo agoSo I’ve started Pride and Prejudice, and already I feel bad for Mrs Bennet.
Robert Smith at the IoW festival doing it for the last of the baby boomers right now! ❤️👏
I kind of want the Iranians to win tonight’s World Cup match, but just now when the Iranian defender blocked a shot with his bollocks, well I haven’t laughed so much in ages.
As usual the BBC seeks to lay the blame for failure with the current Government, rather than the likes of Michael Gove whose interventions in the education system resulted in the disfunctionality which Milburn singles out as being one of the prime causes of the problem www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
'Shameful' more spent on benefits than jobs for young people, says adviser Alan Milburn
Reforms are needed of the welfare system to tackle the high numbers of young people not in work or education, says Alan Milburn.
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Britain’s post-Brexit ungovernability. New post on my Brexit & Brexitism Blog discussing last week’s elections, the Labour leadership crisis which has followed, and what both tell us about post-Brexit politics: chrisgreybrexitblog.blogspot.com/2026/05/brit...
What on earth is this man talking about? I’ve only ever once seen a stoat - or was it a weasel? And I would happily pay a fiver for the happy accident of seeing another one in the wild. www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/03...
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This, I think, just about sums it up. This is what happens if you take buffoons like Nigel Farage seriously.
David Higham@oldtrotter.bsky.social · 6mo agoCheerful stuff in the FT. Trump has started something that he cannot control. This is arguably far more significant for the world economy than the oil crises of the 1970s.
A right good fisking on the issue of Israel and anti-semitism. The BBC could learn a bit from this on the subject of impartiality more generally. substack.com/@ayubahmad/n...
Ayuba Ahmad 🇵🇸 (@ayubahmad)
English Journalist Robert Fisk views on someone who criticize Israel.
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If Trump wants to do a deal to buy Greenland, maybe the Danes should cast around and see if they can get a better offer from Xi Jinping.
The replies to this are simply hilarious. Who says Blueskyers don’t have a sense of humour?
Peter Stefanovic@peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 8mo agoBREAKING: The UK is sending a single military officer to Greenland at the request of Denmark to participate in a multi-nation exercise
So if we want to eat the burger we should rejoin the EU?
Shameful. Pam Bondi and Todd Blanche are stains on the legal profession.
MeidasTouch@meidastouch.com · 9mo agoThe White House has been caught. The administration inserted a photo of Bill Clinton, Michael Jackson, and Diana Ross into the Epstein files and falsely implied it showed them with victims. In reality, it’s a publicly available fundraiser photo featuring Jackson and Ross’s own children.
The biggest problem in the world isn’t climate change, future pandemics, or democratic collapse. It’s that far too many of our most brilliant minds are working on *everything but* those problems. 🧵
Empathy is a superpower. You are able to see others through the lens of all they've carried, and help restore balance. Don't let the propaganda machine destroy it.
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For those who regularly tell me Labour are just Tory lite. They really aren’t. You’re being mugged off by the media who want you to believe that . I can give you multiple examples like this to prove my point. But this is worth a read esp if you’re outside London.
Why are the UK authorities and media so reluctant to investigate Russia’s interference in right wing UK? I thought it was purely to protect the Conservative Party, but Farage as well?🤷
Carole Cadwalladr@carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 11mo agoNEW: Police knew a Kremlin spy ring recruited former leader of Reform Wales at least 3 years ago. So why was Nathan Gill not charged till Feb this year? Pls read part 2 of @thenerve.news special investigation into Nathan Gill. And please share! 1/
