@barneydog.bsky.social
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A disastrous consequence of a culture reserving its greatest rewards for commentators with the most pungently expressed opinions is how hard it becomes for them to climb down. By rights, *everybody* writing or speaking in the national interest should be horrified & outraged by Trump’s attacks on us.
December 13, 2025 at 9:08 AM
A disastrous consequence of a culture reserving its greatest rewards for commentators with the most pungently expressed opinions is how hard it becomes for them to climb down. By rights, *everybody* writing or speaking in the national interest should be horrified & outraged by Trump’s attacks on us.
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Not easy to get to sleep tonight - have burnt the bridge of whatever career I had left and really don’t feel that my opinions are so extreme that that should have been necessary
Very sad that I felt I had no choice but to resign from The Infinite Monkey Cage - a victory for the transphobes and other bigots - I did it because so much of the media has chosen to believe the kind and empathetic people are a fiction - they are real and so often unrepresented.
December 13, 2025 at 1:23 AM
Not easy to get to sleep tonight - have burnt the bridge of whatever career I had left and really don’t feel that my opinions are so extreme that that should have been necessary
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‘For goodness sake… it’s self-defeating.’
Wes Streeting issues a plea to doctors to call off their ‘dangerous’ pre-Christmas strike.
Wes Streeting issues a plea to doctors to call off their ‘dangerous’ pre-Christmas strike.
December 12, 2025 at 10:17 AM
‘For goodness sake… it’s self-defeating.’
Wes Streeting issues a plea to doctors to call off their ‘dangerous’ pre-Christmas strike.
Wes Streeting issues a plea to doctors to call off their ‘dangerous’ pre-Christmas strike.
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Nigel Farage is a racist. More as we have it.
December 5, 2025 at 10:25 AM
Nigel Farage is a racist. More as we have it.
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Good job not everyone in Europe is so afraid.
🇧🇪 Belgian PM Bart De Wever told La Libre that Russia “will not lose” in Ukraine and called claims of its defeat “a fairy tale and total illusion.” He warned that Russian assets must be returned post-war and said Moscow threatened Belgium with “eternal retaliation” if confiscated.
December 4, 2025 at 7:55 AM
Good job not everyone in Europe is so afraid.
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Impossible to exaggerate what a brilliant writer Henry is. Pisses me right off tbh.
🚨Some personal news.
I'm thrilled to announce that I've just filed my first copy for The New Yorker.
A profile of Jonathan Gullis.
"You get the sense that offstage, Jonathan Gullis struggles with being Jonathan Gullis."
open.substack.com/pub/mrhenrym...
I'm thrilled to announce that I've just filed my first copy for The New Yorker.
A profile of Jonathan Gullis.
"You get the sense that offstage, Jonathan Gullis struggles with being Jonathan Gullis."
open.substack.com/pub/mrhenrym...
Jonathan Gullis, The Seagull's Lament
A New Yorker Profile
open.substack.com
December 3, 2025 at 7:53 AM
Impossible to exaggerate what a brilliant writer Henry is. Pisses me right off tbh.
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🚨Some personal news.
I'm thrilled to announce that I've just filed my first copy for The New Yorker.
A profile of Jonathan Gullis.
"You get the sense that offstage, Jonathan Gullis struggles with being Jonathan Gullis."
open.substack.com/pub/mrhenrym...
I'm thrilled to announce that I've just filed my first copy for The New Yorker.
A profile of Jonathan Gullis.
"You get the sense that offstage, Jonathan Gullis struggles with being Jonathan Gullis."
open.substack.com/pub/mrhenrym...
Jonathan Gullis, The Seagull's Lament
A New Yorker Profile
open.substack.com
December 2, 2025 at 11:01 AM
🚨Some personal news.
I'm thrilled to announce that I've just filed my first copy for The New Yorker.
A profile of Jonathan Gullis.
"You get the sense that offstage, Jonathan Gullis struggles with being Jonathan Gullis."
open.substack.com/pub/mrhenrym...
I'm thrilled to announce that I've just filed my first copy for The New Yorker.
A profile of Jonathan Gullis.
"You get the sense that offstage, Jonathan Gullis struggles with being Jonathan Gullis."
open.substack.com/pub/mrhenrym...
Jonathan Gullis, The Seagull's Lament
open.substack.com/pub/mrhenrym...
open.substack.com/pub/mrhenrym...
Jonathan Gullis, The Seagull's Lament
A New Yorker Profile
open.substack.com
December 3, 2025 at 9:58 AM
Jonathan Gullis, The Seagull's Lament
open.substack.com/pub/mrhenrym...
open.substack.com/pub/mrhenrym...
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Honestly the completely weird Budget coverage is mostly a sign of how pretty much any attack can stick when you’re unpopular enough.
Of course Rachel Reeves didn’t brief the full Cabinet on Budget details weeks in advance! No chancellor ever does! It would immediately leak!
Of course Rachel Reeves didn’t brief the full Cabinet on Budget details weeks in advance! No chancellor ever does! It would immediately leak!
December 1, 2025 at 8:54 AM
Honestly the completely weird Budget coverage is mostly a sign of how pretty much any attack can stick when you’re unpopular enough.
Of course Rachel Reeves didn’t brief the full Cabinet on Budget details weeks in advance! No chancellor ever does! It would immediately leak!
Of course Rachel Reeves didn’t brief the full Cabinet on Budget details weeks in advance! No chancellor ever does! It would immediately leak!
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This story is starting to make me feel I’m going slightly mad - maybe RR overdid the gloom, but the tax rises are paying for a) the welfare U-turns b) the £10bn-plus increase in headroom c) scrapping the two child limit d) bits of other spending eg higher local gov costs 🤷🏻♀️
December 1, 2025 at 8:15 AM
This story is starting to make me feel I’m going slightly mad - maybe RR overdid the gloom, but the tax rises are paying for a) the welfare U-turns b) the £10bn-plus increase in headroom c) scrapping the two child limit d) bits of other spending eg higher local gov costs 🤷🏻♀️
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Not to mention this would be sending young people to a place lacking #RuleofLaw or a fair justice system: really bad idea
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
Fury as Nigel Farage ally backs project to get young Brits to move to Dubai
Charlie Mullins has been accused of giving up on Britain after saying he is supporting a project encouraging young people to move to Dubai
www.mirror.co.uk
November 30, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Not to mention this would be sending young people to a place lacking #RuleofLaw or a fair justice system: really bad idea
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
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NEW: Nigel Farage is facing renewed calls to explain why he repeatedly aired tropes and conspiracy theories associated with antisemitism during interviews, after claims the Reform UK leader used racist language in his teens.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Farage urged to explain conspiracy theories linked to antisemitism he voiced in US media
Exclusive: The Reform UK leader discussed far-right talking points in web TV and radio appearances between 2009 and 2018
www.theguardian.com
November 24, 2025 at 7:41 AM
NEW: Nigel Farage is facing renewed calls to explain why he repeatedly aired tropes and conspiracy theories associated with antisemitism during interviews, after claims the Reform UK leader used racist language in his teens.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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On US TV shows and podcasts from 2009-18, Farage discussed supposed plots by bankers to create a global government, citing Goldman Sachs, the Bilderberg group and George Soros as threats to democracy. Included six guest slots with the disgraced far-right US conspiracy theorist Alex Jones.
November 24, 2025 at 7:48 AM
On US TV shows and podcasts from 2009-18, Farage discussed supposed plots by bankers to create a global government, citing Goldman Sachs, the Bilderberg group and George Soros as threats to democracy. Included six guest slots with the disgraced far-right US conspiracy theorist Alex Jones.
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The Telegraph sides with Trump against the BBC and, so, the country.
Private Eye sums up its feeble-minded, fawning betrayal beautifully.
Private Eye sums up its feeble-minded, fawning betrayal beautifully.
November 13, 2025 at 7:30 AM
The Telegraph sides with Trump against the BBC and, so, the country.
Private Eye sums up its feeble-minded, fawning betrayal beautifully.
Private Eye sums up its feeble-minded, fawning betrayal beautifully.
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That final point is absolutely crucial.
The fact that the BBC has made serious culpable errors does not negate the point that there is a real and concerted right-wing media campaign to destroy it. Both points can be true at the same time and the campaign would not end even if the errors did.
November 12, 2025 at 8:09 AM
That final point is absolutely crucial.
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Reform UK’s Lee Anderson wants to bring back the ‘invalid carriage’.
The Invacar was banned from English roads in 2003 over safety fears after some overturned and others caught fire.
The Invacar was banned from English roads in 2003 over safety fears after some overturned and others caught fire.
October 31, 2025 at 7:08 AM
Reform UK’s Lee Anderson wants to bring back the ‘invalid carriage’.
The Invacar was banned from English roads in 2003 over safety fears after some overturned and others caught fire.
The Invacar was banned from English roads in 2003 over safety fears after some overturned and others caught fire.
"Looking for lunch".
Stodmarsh, Kent.
Stodmarsh, Kent.
October 23, 2025 at 7:09 AM
"Looking for lunch".
Stodmarsh, Kent.
Stodmarsh, Kent.
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Every day is a good day to point out that 92% of Reform's donations were found to come from figures and groups linked to the fossil fuel industry. @desmog.com
Nigel Farage’s Reform Party Has Accepted £2.3 Million from Fossil Fuel Interests, Climate Deniers, and Polluters Since 2019 Election
Reform UK has received more than £2.3 million from oil and gas interests, highly polluting industries, and climate science deniers since December 2019, amounting to 92 percent of the party’s donations...
www.desmog.com
October 12, 2025 at 8:45 AM
Every day is a good day to point out that 92% of Reform's donations were found to come from figures and groups linked to the fossil fuel industry. @desmog.com
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'Nigel Farage could never be trusted to run Britain after getting Brexit so wrong'
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
'Farage could never be trusted to run Britain after getting Brexit so wrong'
No Brexit champion, particularly Nigel Farage, is worthy of high office after proving so conclusively wrong on such a seismic issue, says Mirror Associate Editor Kevin Maguire
www.mirror.co.uk
October 13, 2025 at 6:24 AM
'Nigel Farage could never be trusted to run Britain after getting Brexit so wrong'
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
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Ever since I finished Question Time, Reform have massively been on the attack.
Including a rant from Richard Tice entirely designed to distract from Reform and Russia.
Everyone should know about Nathan Gill, the bribes from Russia and the link to Reform.
Including a rant from Richard Tice entirely designed to distract from Reform and Russia.
Everyone should know about Nathan Gill, the bribes from Russia and the link to Reform.
October 11, 2025 at 6:42 AM
Ever since I finished Question Time, Reform have massively been on the attack.
Including a rant from Richard Tice entirely designed to distract from Reform and Russia.
Everyone should know about Nathan Gill, the bribes from Russia and the link to Reform.
Including a rant from Richard Tice entirely designed to distract from Reform and Russia.
Everyone should know about Nathan Gill, the bribes from Russia and the link to Reform.
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Water bills for England households to rise even higher.
Bills already up by 36%. Competition regulator permits another 1%-5%, £556m hike
No curbs on exec pay, dividends, sewage dumping as companies raise capital from customers, shareholders get returns.
End the Scam. Nationalise water
Bills already up by 36%. Competition regulator permits another 1%-5%, £556m hike
No curbs on exec pay, dividends, sewage dumping as companies raise capital from customers, shareholders get returns.
End the Scam. Nationalise water
Five water firms provisionally allowed to raise bills by further 1% to 5%
An independent group appointed by the competition watchdog rejected nearly 80% of increases sought by companies.
www.independent.co.uk
October 9, 2025 at 7:14 AM
Water bills for England households to rise even higher.
Bills already up by 36%. Competition regulator permits another 1%-5%, £556m hike
No curbs on exec pay, dividends, sewage dumping as companies raise capital from customers, shareholders get returns.
End the Scam. Nationalise water
Bills already up by 36%. Competition regulator permits another 1%-5%, £556m hike
No curbs on exec pay, dividends, sewage dumping as companies raise capital from customers, shareholders get returns.
End the Scam. Nationalise water
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Really, Reform UK? THIS is what you're going with? That this man, who served as an MEP next to Nigel Farage for years and was made leader of your party in Wales by current deputy, Richard Tice, is just "one of tens of thousands of people Nigel meets on an annual basis"?~AA
September 29, 2025 at 9:26 AM
Really, Reform UK? THIS is what you're going with? That this man, who served as an MEP next to Nigel Farage for years and was made leader of your party in Wales by current deputy, Richard Tice, is just "one of tens of thousands of people Nigel meets on an annual basis"?~AA
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The orange felon sent troops to Oregon because he’s a vindictive dangerous bully wannabe dictator who is hellbent on revenge as well as doing everything he can to keep the Epstein Files hidden. He should have been sent to prison for life, not given full power.
September 28, 2025 at 3:36 PM
The orange felon sent troops to Oregon because he’s a vindictive dangerous bully wannabe dictator who is hellbent on revenge as well as doing everything he can to keep the Epstein Files hidden. He should have been sent to prison for life, not given full power.
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🚨 These are not even the worst, but cant show ones reported to the police.
The far right think they’re winning. They’re wrong!
We are the firewall. Join my fight against the far right. ✊🏾
Are you with us, or with them? #ButlerBlocks
The far right think they’re winning. They’re wrong!
We are the firewall. Join my fight against the far right. ✊🏾
Are you with us, or with them? #ButlerBlocks
September 26, 2025 at 11:16 AM
🚨 These are not even the worst, but cant show ones reported to the police.
The far right think they’re winning. They’re wrong!
We are the firewall. Join my fight against the far right. ✊🏾
Are you with us, or with them? #ButlerBlocks
The far right think they’re winning. They’re wrong!
We are the firewall. Join my fight against the far right. ✊🏾
Are you with us, or with them? #ButlerBlocks