BradipoWayway
@alanwayman.bsky.social
Londoner 🇪🇺🇺🇦
Fully deserving to be as completely ignored here as I was at the other place
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Fully deserving to be as completely ignored here as I was at the other place
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BradipoWayway
@alanwayman.bsky.social
· Jan 7
We really are going to spend the next 4 years lamenting "Just 2 inches to the right..." aren't we
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Yinke Bankola says he was 9 when the sixth form Dulwich school prefect Nigel Farage, aged 17, asked him where he was from, then told him "that's the way back to Africa".
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Former Dulwich pupil says Farage told him: ‘That’s the way back to Africa’
Exclusive: Yinka Bankole says he felt compelled to speak out after Reform leader’s attempts to ‘dismiss’ hurt of alleged targets
www.theguardian.com
December 5, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Yinke Bankola says he was 9 when the sixth form Dulwich school prefect Nigel Farage, aged 17, asked him where he was from, then told him "that's the way back to Africa".
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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FIFA will give the next Fifa peace prize to MBS in Saudi Arabia. Perhaps they should make that one about press freedom.
December 5, 2025 at 5:38 PM
FIFA will give the next Fifa peace prize to MBS in Saudi Arabia. Perhaps they should make that one about press freedom.
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This abject fawning to someone whose Government only today announced that they want to promote ethnic-nationalism in Europe and are impatient at the unwillingness of Europe to allow Russia to grab want it wants by force is utterly mortifying. It is soul-cringeing.
December 5, 2025 at 5:37 PM
This abject fawning to someone whose Government only today announced that they want to promote ethnic-nationalism in Europe and are impatient at the unwillingness of Europe to allow Russia to grab want it wants by force is utterly mortifying. It is soul-cringeing.
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We are now at the stage where all those who knew him in the past have warned us that Nigel Farage is unfit to be PM. About the same stage as when those who knew him in the past warned us that Boris Johnson was unfit to be PM.
December 5, 2025 at 12:10 PM
We are now at the stage where all those who knew him in the past have warned us that Nigel Farage is unfit to be PM. About the same stage as when those who knew him in the past warned us that Boris Johnson was unfit to be PM.
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The NSS signals 2 big shifts for Europe
1. Europe will handle its own security now. They take the 5% commitment literally.
2. US plans lots of political interference to back the far right. This is what "restoring Europe’s civilizational self-confidence and Western identity" means.
Buckle up.
1. Europe will handle its own security now. They take the 5% commitment literally.
2. US plans lots of political interference to back the far right. This is what "restoring Europe’s civilizational self-confidence and Western identity" means.
Buckle up.
December 5, 2025 at 12:37 PM
The NSS signals 2 big shifts for Europe
1. Europe will handle its own security now. They take the 5% commitment literally.
2. US plans lots of political interference to back the far right. This is what "restoring Europe’s civilizational self-confidence and Western identity" means.
Buckle up.
1. Europe will handle its own security now. They take the 5% commitment literally.
2. US plans lots of political interference to back the far right. This is what "restoring Europe’s civilizational self-confidence and Western identity" means.
Buckle up.
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I'm still not sure people entirely grasp this - it's very clear that, for the next 3 years at least, the US will increasingly be a strategic adversary and I really don't think we've cottoned onto what that means
December 5, 2025 at 11:06 AM
I'm still not sure people entirely grasp this - it's very clear that, for the next 3 years at least, the US will increasingly be a strategic adversary and I really don't think we've cottoned onto what that means
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The New Cold War is against nationalist authoritarianism, and the US is on their side.
December 5, 2025 at 10:43 AM
The New Cold War is against nationalist authoritarianism, and the US is on their side.
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Another one for the interpretation class
(always grateful to friends for sending me examples)
(always grateful to friends for sending me examples)
December 5, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Another one for the interpretation class
(always grateful to friends for sending me examples)
(always grateful to friends for sending me examples)
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The headline, the main takeaway from a European viewpoint is this:
The transatlantic relationship as we know it is over. Yes, we kinda knew this. But this is now official US White House policy. Not a sppech, not a statement. The West as it used to be no longer exists.
The transatlantic relationship as we know it is over. Yes, we kinda knew this. But this is now official US White House policy. Not a sppech, not a statement. The West as it used to be no longer exists.
December 5, 2025 at 9:49 AM
The headline, the main takeaway from a European viewpoint is this:
The transatlantic relationship as we know it is over. Yes, we kinda knew this. But this is now official US White House policy. Not a sppech, not a statement. The West as it used to be no longer exists.
The transatlantic relationship as we know it is over. Yes, we kinda knew this. But this is now official US White House policy. Not a sppech, not a statement. The West as it used to be no longer exists.
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🆘 🧵 SUMMARY OF USA 🇺🇸 Deal
1️⃣ The pharma deal is beginning of a much larger U.S. takeover of UK standards.
Trump officials explicitly say pharma is:
“the first domino”, “proof UK will move quickly to align with U.S. regulatory norms”
That alone is devastating.
www.politico.eu/article/uk-u...
1️⃣ The pharma deal is beginning of a much larger U.S. takeover of UK standards.
Trump officials explicitly say pharma is:
“the first domino”, “proof UK will move quickly to align with U.S. regulatory norms”
That alone is devastating.
www.politico.eu/article/uk-u...
December 3, 2025 at 5:41 PM
🆘 🧵 SUMMARY OF USA 🇺🇸 Deal
1️⃣ The pharma deal is beginning of a much larger U.S. takeover of UK standards.
Trump officials explicitly say pharma is:
“the first domino”, “proof UK will move quickly to align with U.S. regulatory norms”
That alone is devastating.
www.politico.eu/article/uk-u...
1️⃣ The pharma deal is beginning of a much larger U.S. takeover of UK standards.
Trump officials explicitly say pharma is:
“the first domino”, “proof UK will move quickly to align with U.S. regulatory norms”
That alone is devastating.
www.politico.eu/article/uk-u...
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Not for the first time, I’m being told that attacking Farage for his boyhood racism is futile. The opposite is the case, as you can see from how rattled he is by it.
And no, it’s not about persuading Farage fans anything, it’s about mobilising the non-voters and encouraging tactical voting.
And no, it’s not about persuading Farage fans anything, it’s about mobilising the non-voters and encouraging tactical voting.
December 4, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Not for the first time, I’m being told that attacking Farage for his boyhood racism is futile. The opposite is the case, as you can see from how rattled he is by it.
And no, it’s not about persuading Farage fans anything, it’s about mobilising the non-voters and encouraging tactical voting.
And no, it’s not about persuading Farage fans anything, it’s about mobilising the non-voters and encouraging tactical voting.
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Farage turns on broadcasters over racism allegations as number of claims hits 28 www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
December 4, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Farage turns on broadcasters over racism allegations as number of claims hits 28 www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Palantir CEO Says Making War Crimes Constitutional Would Be Good for Business
Palantir CEO Says Making War Crimes Constitutional Would Be Good for Business
Alex Karp vows to use his "whole influence" on immigration and defense policy.
gizmodo.com
December 3, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Palantir CEO Says Making War Crimes Constitutional Would Be Good for Business
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So one of the most viral British aggregators @PolitlcsUK (the second “i” is an L) is actually run by a former Tory MP turned lobbyist and Andrew Rosindell’s office manager? And they interview Rosindell? Such a great era.
December 3, 2025 at 9:56 PM
So one of the most viral British aggregators @PolitlcsUK (the second “i” is an L) is actually run by a former Tory MP turned lobbyist and Andrew Rosindell’s office manager? And they interview Rosindell? Such a great era.
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Lobbyist / ex Tory MP Ben Howlett has been done by an undercover sting. As ever, the most revealing thing is how very very cheap it is buy access in British media/politics — and especially how Howlett controls one of the biggest UK pol Twitter accounts!
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/breaking-o...
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/breaking-o...
December 3, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Lobbyist / ex Tory MP Ben Howlett has been done by an undercover sting. As ever, the most revealing thing is how very very cheap it is buy access in British media/politics — and especially how Howlett controls one of the biggest UK pol Twitter accounts!
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/breaking-o...
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/breaking-o...
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The normalisation of extremism in British politics and parts of the media is shocking - as is the complacent response of so many supposed anti-racists.
GB News now broadcasting calls to remove the ethnic minority MPs from parliament
December 3, 2025 at 8:20 PM
The normalisation of extremism in British politics and parts of the media is shocking - as is the complacent response of so many supposed anti-racists.
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Brexit: the trillion pound ‘mistake’
The recent NBER report suggests the Treasury’s 2016 analysis – slammed by Brexiters as a ‘hoax’– actually understated the impact of Brexit
yorkshirebylines.co.uk/opinion/brex...
The recent NBER report suggests the Treasury’s 2016 analysis – slammed by Brexiters as a ‘hoax’– actually understated the impact of Brexit
yorkshirebylines.co.uk/opinion/brex...
Brexit: the trillion pound ‘mistake’
The recent NBER report suggests the Treasury’s 2016 analysis – slammed by Brexiters as a ‘hoax’– actually understated the impact of Brexit
yorkshirebylines.co.uk
December 1, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Brexit: the trillion pound ‘mistake’
The recent NBER report suggests the Treasury’s 2016 analysis – slammed by Brexiters as a ‘hoax’– actually understated the impact of Brexit
yorkshirebylines.co.uk/opinion/brex...
The recent NBER report suggests the Treasury’s 2016 analysis – slammed by Brexiters as a ‘hoax’– actually understated the impact of Brexit
yorkshirebylines.co.uk/opinion/brex...
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Pleased to discover that slightly misnaming the national chess championship you won as a school child is a much more serious offence than repeatedly racially abusing your fellow pupils and telling them they should go to the gas chamber
December 3, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Pleased to discover that slightly misnaming the national chess championship you won as a school child is a much more serious offence than repeatedly racially abusing your fellow pupils and telling them they should go to the gas chamber
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Countless things wrong with Labour's pandering to the right but one, as we can see, is that the right will hate them with a demented fury regardless of what they do so one would be wise not to invite the hatred of the left (very broadly defined) as well. I've never understood that strategy
December 3, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Countless things wrong with Labour's pandering to the right but one, as we can see, is that the right will hate them with a demented fury regardless of what they do so one would be wise not to invite the hatred of the left (very broadly defined) as well. I've never understood that strategy
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This is the hidden in plain sight heffalump trap in the Budget - Mahmood’s plan will deepsix whatever fiscal headroom the Chancellor has.
There is an actual interesting little deceit in the budget, namely ther have the OBR still forecasting based on increasing net immigration back to 300-350k whilst the Home Secretary is promising to bring it down from 200k, which does dissolve about half the headroom, but somehow we're doing vibes.
Think this is exactly right - political journalism that is completely abstracted from policy, which was not the norm before 2017, has become the default. Impossible to have a serious attempt to either shrink what the state does or widen the tax base (have to do at least one) on that basis.
December 1, 2025 at 4:53 PM
This is the hidden in plain sight heffalump trap in the Budget - Mahmood’s plan will deepsix whatever fiscal headroom the Chancellor has.
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Vigilante far-right 'street patrols' with links to Neo-Nazis and the support of senior Reform UK figures, are falsely claiming police backing, while attempting to infiltrate school networks in order to "protect" local children.
bylinetimes.com/2025/12/02/t...
bylinetimes.com/2025/12/02/t...
The Reform-Backed Far-Right Street Patrols Coming to British School Gates
EXCLUSIVE: Nationalist vigilante groups, with links to Neo-Nazis, and the support of senior Reform figures, have been falsely claiming police backing while attempting to infiltrate local school networ...
bylinetimes.com
December 2, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Vigilante far-right 'street patrols' with links to Neo-Nazis and the support of senior Reform UK figures, are falsely claiming police backing, while attempting to infiltrate school networks in order to "protect" local children.
bylinetimes.com/2025/12/02/t...
bylinetimes.com/2025/12/02/t...
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I am sorry but every time Joe Biden closed his eyes in a meeting it was a 36-hour international news story, and the media consensus is that they didn't cover it enough!
Trump dozes while Marco Rubio speaks to him directly next to him. Just insane optics.
December 2, 2025 at 6:51 PM
I am sorry but every time Joe Biden closed his eyes in a meeting it was a 36-hour international news story, and the media consensus is that they didn't cover it enough!
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Philip Larkin started writing ‘Aubade’ in 1974, & finished it in 1977 after his mother’s death. It was published in the TLS on 23rd December, apparently ruining a number of people’s Christmases. Larkin, terrified of death all his life, died on this day 1985.
www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/48422/...
www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/48422/...
Aubade
Not in remorse —The good not done, the love not given, time Torn off unused—nor wretchedly because An only life can take so long to climb Clear of its wrong beginnings, and may never; But at the total...
www.poetryfoundation.org
December 2, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Philip Larkin started writing ‘Aubade’ in 1974, & finished it in 1977 after his mother’s death. It was published in the TLS on 23rd December, apparently ruining a number of people’s Christmases. Larkin, terrified of death all his life, died on this day 1985.
www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/48422/...
www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/48422/...
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NEW: US agrees UK pharma deal - US guarantees exemption from tariffs for duration of Trump presidency.
But
-UK agrees a reduction in the drugs rebate payment system to 15% (EU countries are less than 10%)
- NHS agrees to pay 25% more on new innovative drugs
Thoughts?
www.ustr.gov/about/policy...
But
-UK agrees a reduction in the drugs rebate payment system to 15% (EU countries are less than 10%)
- NHS agrees to pay 25% more on new innovative drugs
Thoughts?
www.ustr.gov/about/policy...
U.S. Government Announces Agreement in Principle with the United Kingdom on Pharmaceutical Pricing
WASHINGTON – Today, the Office of the United States Trade Representative, the Department of Commerce, and the Department of Health and Human Services issued the following statements announcing an agre...
www.ustr.gov
December 1, 2025 at 3:10 PM
NEW: US agrees UK pharma deal - US guarantees exemption from tariffs for duration of Trump presidency.
But
-UK agrees a reduction in the drugs rebate payment system to 15% (EU countries are less than 10%)
- NHS agrees to pay 25% more on new innovative drugs
Thoughts?
www.ustr.gov/about/policy...
But
-UK agrees a reduction in the drugs rebate payment system to 15% (EU countries are less than 10%)
- NHS agrees to pay 25% more on new innovative drugs
Thoughts?
www.ustr.gov/about/policy...
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at least fossil fuel companies were producing something people wanted when they destroyed the planet to enrich themselves
November 30, 2025 at 1:32 PM
at least fossil fuel companies were producing something people wanted when they destroyed the planet to enrich themselves