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@topsy07.bsky.social

Reader , watcher of sport, film, TV, politics and all things Waterford.

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George Monbiot@georgemonbiot.bsky.social · last wk.

We should never forget how the BBC has changed this country by giving endless airtime to Nigel Farage and other rightwing extremists, while shutting out progressive voices.

Nicolas Chinardet@zefrog.eu · last wk.

And why is #r4today giving (yet again) such prominence to a hair-brained scheme that has little chance to ever be implemented? A GE is unlikely soon and the threat of Reform winning it is apparently receding. What is the justification for legitimising it?

Ash Oro@ashoro.co.uk · last wk.

1/14 A brief break from #TheHormuzCrisis. I've never really explained why the phrase "put the Navy in the Channel" to stop #SmallBoat crossings isn't, in itself, a serious maritime strategy. It sounds decisive. From a maritime perspective though, it raises far more questions than it answers.

A screenshot of a headline from the second of august 2026 which says, Reform UK unveils plan for largest military operations since world war 2 to stop small boats. Reform UK's spokesman claimed the move would render the border impenetrable, ensuring nobody could reach UK shores via small boat. By Helen Corbett.
The Bear@bearlypolitics.co.uk · last mo.

Yesterday, for the first time in 50 years, we reached the point where deaths in this country overtook births. As of last year, we also reduced net migration to its lowest level since the last decade, and it looks to be even lower. We are very rapidly heading to a massive demographic crisis.

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🍁🇨🇦Team Canada Forever🇨🇦🍁@teamcanadaforever.bsky.social · last mo.

For those who don’t follow sports and haven’t really had the opportunity to get to know Canada men’s national football team head coach Jesse Marsch, he is probably one of the few Americans who addressed the insulting “51st state” rhetoric head-on since day one. ❤️🍁🇨🇦TEAM CANADA FOREVER🇨🇦🍁❤️ 1/3 🧵

Josiah Mortimer@josiahmortimer.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Labour is urging Robert Kenyon, Reform’s candidate in Makerfield, to “come out of hiding” and "urgently give proper answers to the burgeoning mountain of questions that remain unanswered about the growing list of deeply disturbing comments he has made"

Hoodlum 🇺🇸@nothoodlum.bsky.social · 3mo ago

President Obama: “We pulled it off without firing a missile. We got 97% of their enriched uranium out. There’s no dispute that it worked and we didn’t have to kill a whole bunch of people or shut down the Strait of Hormuz.”

Sherrilyn Ifill@sifill.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Feeling overwhelmed with all of this. LISTEN. Another Louisiana resident (Marshawn is the only name we have) testifies against the state’s racial gerrymander, speaking truth to power up and down the hearing room and predicts how this story will end. Speak your truth, fight and believe.

Farrukh@implausibleblog.bsky.social · 6mo ago

The Green Party's Caroline Lucas humiliates Reform UK's Zia Yusuf on #Newsnight "Your position is utterly incoherent" "You have provided no evidence that it's the Equalities Act that discriminates against white working class boys"

Otto English@ottoenglish.bsky.social · 8mo ago

It's all bad but hadn't seen the bit where Farage says: "The European Union is the prototype for the New World Order." That is a seriously, deeply problematic term that taps into Illuminati and antisemitic conspiracy theories. How the fuck did this man direct the course of our politics?

The Green Party of England & Wales@greenparty.org.uk · 8mo ago

We kept the receipts. These comments, taken together, paint a picture of the man he is today.