Question how could this BBC Breaking News alert have looked worse for the Conservatives
Simon Alvey
@salvey1.bsky.social
Still too middle class for punk, will this be the social platform that fills the screaming void?
He's going to advise the party on the radicalisation of young men - not sure if he's pro or anti
When a neo-Nazi has better judgement than the Leader of the Opposition
Alex Partridge@alexpartridge87.bsky.social · 4h agoJoshua Bonehill-Paine steps back from being a Conservative council candidate following backlash
I'm begging you, can someone in British politics not be completely useless
Andy Burnham Accepter@jorisbinned.bsky.social · 8h agoHello I'm an idiot
Ok, but if this means they are further away from power then I'm in favour of this
Jonn Elledge@jonnelledge.bsky.social · 8h agojust had a horrific vision of the future in which Zack Polanski and Kemi Badenoch have a podcast and now I need a lie down
So her argument is that local councillors don't really matter, so why would you bother voting Conservative in local elections, why is she so bad at this
I've booked a ticket to the event at Backstory - let me know if you are also going along
Jonn Elledge@jonnelledge.bsky.social · yesterdayright, here's the current full list, JUST IN CASE YOU WERE WORRYING
Sat at lunch listening to a group of colleagues talking about how excited they were about Spotify's AI features and how there's no real controversies any more, and goodness did I feel like I lived in a bubble
My answers to most of these questions will change very quickly, but fill your boots
Mo 🌸📚@moplayspoke.bsky.social · 2d ago1 like = 1 book question 📚💙
Me and @nerak3l.eurosky.social spent some time over the weekend planning for Greenbelt Festival (which is a new experience for me), and on Friday night there is Grace Petrie followed by The Proclaimers, so I will be spending several hours just crying, for fun
One, you should have thought about that before breaking the law in an incredibly preventable way Two, she's 83, why not just retire?
I think this is why I have found the recent heatwave so despair inducing - there's no sense anyone has any plans to try and stop this from just getting worse
James Murray@james-bg.bsky.social · yesterdayAppreciate this is 'make it make sense' howling into the void, but the failure (with some exceptions) of government, politicians, media, and business to point at the heatwaves and fires and state 'this is why climate action matters' is a serious problem. www.businessgreen.com/blog-post/45...
Course you would, “love”… And Brexit will suddenly be amazing. And climate change will go away. And Trump will give us the bestest trade deal ever. And voters will love you for scrapping their rights, to please your moneyed mates… Now, pipe down and focus on your upcoming fight with a bin.
It's amazing how many business owners (and tech bros are some of the worst) don't understand how business works
This feels like a sign of a dying party - if they can't vet their candidates, or if they think this sort of candidate is acceptable - it's all over
The Guardian@theguardian.com · 2d agoFormer neo-Nazi activist selected as Tory candidate for Somerset council election
People of BlueSky how can I get the Qobuz app to carry on playing in the background when I'm looking at other apps on my phone
Juliet says it right - you don't have to celebrate a person's death, but you don't have to celebrate their life either
That Juliet@superjules84.bsky.social · 2d ago“I know he had horrible views, was unpleasant about LGBTQ people, was widely reported to have been revolting to his wives and wrote about wanting having sex with young girls and wanting to get rid of the ban on child pornography, but he was really nice to me at dinner once, RIP” Really?! #getagrip
I kinda wanna read this because I don't feel I know enough about Lenin to hate him the correct amount
Marie Le Conte@youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com · 2d agoI think I might hate Lenin too much to finish my Russian revolution book, every single one of his interventions is so loathsome it actively puts me in a bad mood
I was about to do the washing up when I came across this email from the economist and decided to read it instead.
No, cursed Buckingham Palace advert id be very happy if this summer ended
As a fan of the diplomatic line in a tribute, this is a classic of the genre
I give it three months until he's on GB News whining about being cancelled BBC News - Presenter Tony Livesey leaves BBC Radio 5 Live after 16 years www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Presenter Tony Livesey leaves BBC Radio 5 Live after 16 years
He stepped back from his show last month following allegations against his former boss David Sullivan.
bbc.co.uk
Another good reason to stop using Amazon - there are available alternatives for everything it sells and they are reputable retailers
Tom Roberts@tpgroberts.bsky.social · 2d agoYou basically cannot buy anything electrical off Amazon anymore unless you recognise a pre-existing brand. My mother bought me a coffee grinder about 2 years ago that literally caught fire despite having very good reviews!
I have never really been convinced of the efficacy of the direct action taken by Just Stop Oil but after two months of relentless heat and dryness I also want to start throwing things around
This is what government media relations would look like under a Reform government, quite Trumpian
Adam Bienkov@adambienkov.bsky.social · 2d agoNigel Farage just took a question from a 'journalist' at his press conference, who turned out to be his former chief adviser Raheem Kassam, who asks him why the media are being so unfair to him
This was the utterly unpleasant, very un-Radio3 thing just playing
radio3@radio3.bsky.social · 2d ago“I'll be There” by The Jacksons #nowplaying #radio3
Whatever kind of Voces 8 nonsense is currently on Radio 3 is genuinely unpleasant