Bill Hall
@artboy.bsky.social
Artist, art teacher (semi-retired!) and, printmaker.
Interests: Art, design, architecture, music, gardening, Latin & ballroom dancing, and politics.
Interests: Art, design, architecture, music, gardening, Latin & ballroom dancing, and politics.
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As Jesus once put it: "what shall it profit a man, if he gain the whole world, and then have to pay the mansion tax?"
November 28, 2025 at 12:11 PM
As Jesus once put it: "what shall it profit a man, if he gain the whole world, and then have to pay the mansion tax?"
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The killer line in this article:
"Speaking outside his chateau in France, former Brexit Party and UKIP MEP Coburn answered "no" when a BBC journalist asked him whether he had ever been paid to give a speech to promote pro-Russian campaigners"
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
"Speaking outside his chateau in France, former Brexit Party and UKIP MEP Coburn answered "no" when a BBC journalist asked him whether he had ever been paid to give a speech to promote pro-Russian campaigners"
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Former Brexit Party MEP denies taking payment from pro-Russian campaign
A prominent former MEP for Nigel Farage's old party denies taking bribes in a pro-Russian campaign.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 28, 2025 at 11:15 AM
The killer line in this article:
"Speaking outside his chateau in France, former Brexit Party and UKIP MEP Coburn answered "no" when a BBC journalist asked him whether he had ever been paid to give a speech to promote pro-Russian campaigners"
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
"Speaking outside his chateau in France, former Brexit Party and UKIP MEP Coburn answered "no" when a BBC journalist asked him whether he had ever been paid to give a speech to promote pro-Russian campaigners"
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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1/5 It was entirely predictable that The Telegraph would jump on @DavidOlusoga’s Empire series to fight its right wing culture war for control of our public history. Let’s see what they’ve done:
November 27, 2025 at 8:28 AM
1/5 It was entirely predictable that The Telegraph would jump on @DavidOlusoga’s Empire series to fight its right wing culture war for control of our public history. Let’s see what they’ve done:
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🚨BREXIT BUDGET🚨
Daisy Cooper MP: "There is a £90 billion hit to treasury income as a result of the Brexit deal."
"Brexit has been a disaster for our country. It has been a disaster for our economy."
Daisy Cooper MP: "There is a £90 billion hit to treasury income as a result of the Brexit deal."
"Brexit has been a disaster for our country. It has been a disaster for our economy."
November 26, 2025 at 7:15 PM
🚨BREXIT BUDGET🚨
Daisy Cooper MP: "There is a £90 billion hit to treasury income as a result of the Brexit deal."
"Brexit has been a disaster for our country. It has been a disaster for our economy."
Daisy Cooper MP: "There is a £90 billion hit to treasury income as a result of the Brexit deal."
"Brexit has been a disaster for our country. It has been a disaster for our economy."
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Every year Tesla ranks as the worst for road worthiness amongst ALL brands, not just EV.
Every. Single. Year.
💩 🤡 🚗
Every. Single. Year.
💩 🤡 🚗
Tesla Model Y Is The Most Defective Car This Year, Germany Says - Jalopnik
The report comes from TÜV SÜD, a German auditing, inspection, and certification firm, and is based on data collected from about 9.5 million vehicle inspections.
www.jalopnik.com
November 27, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Every year Tesla ranks as the worst for road worthiness amongst ALL brands, not just EV.
Every. Single. Year.
💩 🤡 🚗
Every. Single. Year.
💩 🤡 🚗
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There was no state. Who does she think crucified him, an anarchist collective?
November 28, 2025 at 11:22 AM
There was no state. Who does she think crucified him, an anarchist collective?
The killer line in this article:
"Speaking outside his chateau in France, former Brexit Party and UKIP MEP Coburn answered "no" when a BBC journalist asked him whether he had ever been paid to give a speech to promote pro-Russian campaigners"
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
"Speaking outside his chateau in France, former Brexit Party and UKIP MEP Coburn answered "no" when a BBC journalist asked him whether he had ever been paid to give a speech to promote pro-Russian campaigners"
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Former Brexit Party MEP denies taking payment from pro-Russian campaign
A prominent former MEP for Nigel Farage's old party denies taking bribes in a pro-Russian campaign.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 28, 2025 at 11:15 AM
The killer line in this article:
"Speaking outside his chateau in France, former Brexit Party and UKIP MEP Coburn answered "no" when a BBC journalist asked him whether he had ever been paid to give a speech to promote pro-Russian campaigners"
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
"Speaking outside his chateau in France, former Brexit Party and UKIP MEP Coburn answered "no" when a BBC journalist asked him whether he had ever been paid to give a speech to promote pro-Russian campaigners"
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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The irony is that one of the reasons Harriet Harman decided not to pursue Badenoch for hacking her website was a belief that more black women in politics was a good thing. So, in a small but salient way, Badenoch owes her position to the very solidarity she now mocks.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Badenoch defends calling chancellor 'spineless' in Budget row
The Conservative Party leader says she was
www.bbc.co.uk
November 28, 2025 at 10:02 AM
The irony is that one of the reasons Harriet Harman decided not to pursue Badenoch for hacking her website was a belief that more black women in politics was a good thing. So, in a small but salient way, Badenoch owes her position to the very solidarity she now mocks.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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This paragraph is both a glorious piece of journalism and a frustrating summary of the grifters who hoodwink the masses.
November 28, 2025 at 10:50 AM
This paragraph is both a glorious piece of journalism and a frustrating summary of the grifters who hoodwink the masses.
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💔🙏🏻🕯️⭐ 💔💔💔💔💔💔
⚡️ A 12-year-old girl wounded in Russia’s strike on Ternopil has died in the hospital.
Her death brings the toll to 35 people killed in the attack, including seven children.
🧵 1/3 ⬇️
Her death brings the toll to 35 people killed in the attack, including seven children.
🧵 1/3 ⬇️
November 27, 2025 at 11:43 PM
💔🙏🏻🕯️⭐ 💔💔💔💔💔💔
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My hotel in Hong Kong, where people understand airborne transmission of respiratory viruses, has HEPA filters everywhere
November 27, 2025 at 11:30 PM
My hotel in Hong Kong, where people understand airborne transmission of respiratory viruses, has HEPA filters everywhere
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Trump and his administration have targeted at least 470 people, organizations and institutions for retribution since he took office, according to a @reuters.com tally – an average of more than one a day. www.reuters.com/investigates...
Trump’s campaign of retribution: At least 470 targets and counting
A Reuters investigation documents at least 470 acts of retribution under Trump’s leadership.
www.reuters.com
November 27, 2025 at 11:49 PM
Trump and his administration have targeted at least 470 people, organizations and institutions for retribution since he took office, according to a @reuters.com tally – an average of more than one a day. www.reuters.com/investigates...
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"We cannot negotiate with people who say 'what's mine is mine and what's yours is negotiable'."
John F. Kennedy
25 July 1961
re: The Berlin Crisis
John F. Kennedy
25 July 1961
re: The Berlin Crisis
Putin: “When Ukrainians troops withdraw from the territories they hold, then we will cease hostilities; If they don’t leave, we will achieve this by military means “
November 27, 2025 at 8:38 PM
"We cannot negotiate with people who say 'what's mine is mine and what's yours is negotiable'."
John F. Kennedy
25 July 1961
re: The Berlin Crisis
John F. Kennedy
25 July 1961
re: The Berlin Crisis
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In the richest city in the richest country on the planet, the thing we can’t afford is to forget those who are left hungry.
November 27, 2025 at 9:50 PM
In the richest city in the richest country on the planet, the thing we can’t afford is to forget those who are left hungry.
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Homeland Security doesn’t grasp the fact that the first Thanksgiving was about making “room at the table” for European “invaders.”
November 27, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Homeland Security doesn’t grasp the fact that the first Thanksgiving was about making “room at the table” for European “invaders.”
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Somehow this got missed off the "Benefit Street" front pages today
70% of the additional spending from removing the two-child limit will go to families who are in work. This is targeting support for low-income working households who are being priced out of a decent standard of living despite doing everything asked of them.
November 27, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Somehow this got missed off the "Benefit Street" front pages today
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History repeat from, 200 years ago when "The West" spent fortunes on Chinese tea, silk, & porcelain. The solution was to supply tons of illicit opium, create millions of addicts, & send gunships to force them to buy the drug.
Not sure that it would work this time!
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opium_W...
Not sure that it would work this time!
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opium_W...
November 27, 2025 at 11:08 PM
History repeat from, 200 years ago when "The West" spent fortunes on Chinese tea, silk, & porcelain. The solution was to supply tons of illicit opium, create millions of addicts, & send gunships to force them to buy the drug.
Not sure that it would work this time!
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opium_W...
Not sure that it would work this time!
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opium_W...
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Just the good, friendly, morale-boosting kind of racism.
“I would never ever do it in a hurtful or insulting way”
Nigel Farage responds to allegations of racist behaviour from when he was a teenager at school
@itvnewspolitics.bsky.social
Nigel Farage responds to allegations of racist behaviour from when he was a teenager at school
@itvnewspolitics.bsky.social
November 24, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Just the good, friendly, morale-boosting kind of racism.
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SETTING: SOMETIME IN THE FUTURE: We were hurtling towards climate chaos which ended up really hurting the economy. More info here: doi.org/10.1093/bios...
November 27, 2025 at 10:02 PM
SETTING: SOMETIME IN THE FUTURE: We were hurtling towards climate chaos which ended up really hurting the economy. More info here: doi.org/10.1093/bios...
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As Trump and Putin work to crush Ukraine and destabilise Europe and Farage’s ally gets sentenced to 10yrs for taking Russian bribes, it’s a good time to revisit this excellent report on how the British rightwing has betrayed us all.
Brexit was their weapon of choice.
bylinetimes.com/2022/03/08/p...
Brexit was their weapon of choice.
bylinetimes.com/2022/03/08/p...
Putin’s Plot Against ‘Great’ Britain – And How He Got Away With It
Peter Jukes tracks Vladimir Putin’s long war against the West and the allies he has found in the pro-Brexit establishment in the plot to derail Britain
bylinetimes.com
November 23, 2025 at 9:31 AM
As Trump and Putin work to crush Ukraine and destabilise Europe and Farage’s ally gets sentenced to 10yrs for taking Russian bribes, it’s a good time to revisit this excellent report on how the British rightwing has betrayed us all.
Brexit was their weapon of choice.
bylinetimes.com/2022/03/08/p...
Brexit was their weapon of choice.
bylinetimes.com/2022/03/08/p...
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This is why the Centre is failing. At least the Right say they are bastards and then duly are bastards (and their base love it). The Centre say they are the good guys, but then are hypocritical bastards anyway (and their base loathe it).
Canada rolls back climate rules in energy deal with Alberta reut.rs/3MaNsXf
Canada rolls back climate rules in energy deal with Alberta
Canada's Prime Minister Mark Carney signed an agreement with Alberta's premier on Thursday that rolls back certain climate rules to spur investment in energy production, while encouraging construction of a new oil pipeline to the West Coast.
reut.rs
November 27, 2025 at 9:55 PM
This is why the Centre is failing. At least the Right say they are bastards and then duly are bastards (and their base love it). The Centre say they are the good guys, but then are hypocritical bastards anyway (and their base loathe it).
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the price of populism
"By 2025, Brexit had reduced UK GDP by 6% to 8%, with the impact accumulating gradually over time. We estimate that investment was reduced by between 12% and 18%, employment by 3% to 4% and productivity by 3% to 4%"
Read the Stanford report:
siepr.stanford.edu/publications...
Read the Stanford report:
siepr.stanford.edu/publications...
The Economic Impact of Brexit
Other
siepr.stanford.edu
November 25, 2025 at 7:43 PM
the price of populism
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Nailed it.
("Trump's new peace plan for Ukraine is now posted everywhere for people to read.")
("Trump's new peace plan for Ukraine is now posted everywhere for people to read.")
November 27, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Nailed it.
("Trump's new peace plan for Ukraine is now posted everywhere for people to read.")
("Trump's new peace plan for Ukraine is now posted everywhere for people to read.")
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Labour’s James Murray "The report that the OBR put out alongside the budget shows the impact on productivity from the previous government"
"Austerity, the way Brexit was mishandled" #BBCQT
Labour Brexit right now costs us £90 billion a year in lost tax revenue
"Austerity, the way Brexit was mishandled" #BBCQT
Labour Brexit right now costs us £90 billion a year in lost tax revenue
November 27, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Labour’s James Murray "The report that the OBR put out alongside the budget shows the impact on productivity from the previous government"
"Austerity, the way Brexit was mishandled" #BBCQT
Labour Brexit right now costs us £90 billion a year in lost tax revenue
"Austerity, the way Brexit was mishandled" #BBCQT
Labour Brexit right now costs us £90 billion a year in lost tax revenue