Space Yak 🇻🇪🇨🇺🇵🇸
@spaceyak.bsky.social
Continuity Corbyn hipster analyst. He/him
They are celebrating the death of Emperor Palpatine on Bluesky, and it’s even worse than you think The ‘Be Kind’ mob betrays its true nature with torrents of hate – and even the dead aren’t safe
It's amazing how people can view using the word "Zionism" a few times as unacceptable racism but are perfectly fine with tacit support of genocide.
Feels it needs to be said again, Rod Liddle wants an awful human being, his output was awful and the world is a better place without him in it.
He's dead He's dead Rod Liddle's dead Slimy, fascist, journo, nonce No tears will be shed
Other thing I remember about the pandemic was Twentyman and his "Could you imagine if Corbyn was in charge.." while simultaneously praising the furlough policy.
Don't have much to add here beyond: This is an absolutely terrible take.
The News Agents@thenewsagents.co.uk · 6d ago“I’m glad we live in a country that is deferential to expertise - but at times in the pandemic, that did go too far.” “I’m not sure school closures were a price worth paying.” Lewis on how ‘legitimate questions’ have emerged - and should be asked - about how we handled Covid.
Thinking back to the pandemic, I remember thinking reopening schools was a terrible idea as our political class developed a cozy consensus in the opposite direction.
Betting shops are closing? Betting shops?!
Rodney Marques@rodneymarques.bsky.social · 5d agomassive canary
Apparently Russia, a country stuck in a stalemate in a war that's lasted longer than WW1 is a greater threat than this.
Unofficial BBCNews (UK) Bot@bbcnews-uk-rss.bsky.social · 6d agoUK weather: England and Wales on course for driest July on record
What we had for industrial policy in the western world over this period was: let's just create a bunch of bubbles, Larry Summers said something to this effect IIRC.
Will Davies@will-davies.bsky.social · 6d agovery interesting from @jburnmurdoch.ft.com - cross-over in graph on left coincides precisely with Global Financial Crisis www.ft.com/content/6a35...
Would be great if I lived to see the destruction of the Labour party and Oxford University.
Feels like political news these days is just actively insulting. Just an endless stream of insulting bullshit.
Toddler has just mastered jumping, and it's great watching them walk up to a step, evaluate their options and then do the jump. They just look so cute.
Nigel Farage embracing a woman who advocated burning people of colour alive in the homes they’re forced to live in. They indeed set fire to such a hotel in Rotherham after her tweet. bsky.app/profile/refo...
Reform Party UK Exposed@reformexposed.bsky.social · last wk.It’s the 2nd anniversary of this post, and the #FarageRiots.
Nigel Farage has been stoking up pogroms against people of colour and spreads far right white nationalism into the mainstream leading to attacks against people of colour in this country. So no I don’t give a shit about a guillotine tshirt.
every left and prob centre-left leader/v.high profile politician will end up with Bad Optics as long as the metaphorical cameras operated by the right (newspapers, 24 hour news). We'll keep seeing 'media-savvy' politicians suddenly portrayed as rake-steppers as soon as yr parents have heard of them
*Sir* Nick Clegg, we do like give peerages and knighthoods to the worst people.
UK will need a strong aerial firefighting force by 2035. Buggerall serious consideration for it yet.
Absolute fucking brass balls on this cunt who fucked over the country for a second hand suckle at the teat of power and then immediately went running off to a cushy job with that Pervert Glasses Pioneer Zuckerberg, now trying to act all conciliatory towards those he plunged in to life ruining debt.
A.V. Deggar@avdeggar.bsky.social · last wk.I can't tell you just how much you should fuck off, Nick. If I screamed "FUCK OFF" like a howler monkey in your face for several hours it wouldn't be sufficient. Not even close.
John Woodcock is an absolutely horrible little shit with horrible shitty politics who weaseled his way out of sexual harassment accusations. We seem to like bestowing the title of Lord on the most vile people in politics.
BASH BACK@bashback.bsky.social · last wk.Tomorrow, Lord Walney, who was responsible in part for the proscription of Palestine Action, will publish an article in The Times arguing that BASH BACK be proscribed as a terrorist organisation. We will not be intimidated. Neither should you. xoxo BASH BACK
Just saw a handle I'd not seen since the days of twitter that I'd mentally categorised as "Someone a lot of leftish people follow but I really don't see the appeal" Not surprised they went full TERF
We really need a media that regularly platforms views like "we should abolish private property".
It's weird that he chooses No 10 North and the bus fare cut as stuff to single out. One is pretty good, the other is gimmicky but with potential. If you want to criticise Burnham you can start with the fact he's helping the US bomb Iran. dumptheguardian.com/commentisfre...
Scoff at cheaper bus fares and No 10 North if you like, but Andy Burnham knows what he’s doing | Jonathan Freedland
Retail politics while taking power out of London: if this works, Burnham’s premiership could be seriously transformational, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland
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✔️ Allowed Trump to use British airbases for his war crimes. ✔️ Kept vicious authoritarian Mahmood as Home Sec. ✔️ Made Mandelson's mate Streeting his Defence Sec. ✔️ Neither said or done anything to help Trans people. ✔️ Rejected the possibility of a rent freeze.
Israel's goal was always dragging the US into a wider regional war, looks like they've got their wish.
Shipwreck@shipwreck75.bsky.social · 2w agoThe U.S. is surging forces, medics and weaponry to the Middle East to give President Trump more muscular military options as he considers expanding the conflict against Iran, according to people familiar with the matter.-WSJ