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Bill Eborn
@billious.bsky.social
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Is a grandfather, lives in Brighton, works in a high support homeless hostel (so he’s not rich but he is angry), plays jazz harmonica and has a partner living in Granada, so he goes there a lot
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jamesrball.com
I asked grok who was the better role model for humanity, Jesus Christ or Elon Musk. GUESS WHAT.
No prizes for guessing who grok chose sorry
November 20, 2025 at 8:34 PM
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ottoenglish.bsky.social
Kind of familiar.

Isn't it.
November 9, 2025 at 12:40 PM
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stephencollins.bsky.social
Cartoon by Stephen Collins for the Guardian. [Scene is BBC BREAKFAST with two presenters and a guest on the sofa]. 1 PRESENTER: Now - some disturbing new research has shown 2 PRESENTER: that as many as 10 non-Reform political parties may currently operating ‘under the radar’ across the UK. [Show on screen logos for Greens, Lib Dems, Conservatives  3 PRESENTER: In the studio to discuss this, Nigel Farage [We see the guest on the sofa is indeed Nigel Farage] 4 PRESENTER: Nigel, what’s your view?  FARAGE: Well I think this very worrying. 5 FARAGE: And just another reason why we should ban all immigration. 6 PRESENTER: I won’t push back on that FARAGE: Absolutely! 7 PRESENTER: Funnily enough, this is what your new show’s about, isn’t it? FARAGE: Oop - plug time! PRESENTER: Ha ha 8 FARAGE: Yes it’s a 12-part BBC documentary called ‘In Search Of The Political Parties That Aren’t My One’. 9 [Show on the TV screen Farage presenting a documentary series titled In Search Of The Political Parties That Aren’t My One. He is wearing his farmer's getup and looking dreamily at the UK from hillsides, visiting pubs and chatting with the locals, etc] FARAGE: It’s a really emotional journey  10 FARAGE: with lots of dreamy footage of me looking relatable...  11 FARAGE: as I answer the question: *Am I the only option for Britain?* 12 [Cut back to studio] PRESENTER: I won’t push back on that FARAGE: Absolutely! [ends]
October 26, 2025 at 12:19 PM
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stephencollins.bsky.social
1 Nurse: It’s become a real problem in this area 2 Nurse: We’ve seen the whole community lost to addiction 3 Show a building sign posted: Westminster ‘X’ Addiction Clinic With various Westminster people or looking at their phones outside it Nurse: Ministers, Spads, Researchers… 4 Nurse: Most mornings we’ll get a call about someone acting strangely [Nurse on phone taking a call] Ok - we’ll be right over 5 Nurse: We just have a gentle chat [Nurses approach a minister –Robert Jenrick? - standing in the Palace of Westminster Minister: I understand your concerns… 6 Nurse: Are you OK love? Minister: Yes I’m just hearing legitimate concerns from real voters 7 Nurse: That’s a robot, a Nazi and a poorly-disguised Russian [Show that the people he is talking to are precisely these characters] Nurse 2: Give us your phone, love 8 Nurse: At the clinic we put them in a Grass-Touching Pod, with a real voter to talk to [We see them back at the clinic, holding the minister's head and pushing him into a glass isolation booth with a grass floor. And it is a baffled looking woman, on a chair, ready to talk to him.] 9 Minister: YOU MUST BE WORRIED ABOUT THE COMING CIVIL WAR [woman looks baffled] 10 woman: I just want a bus service Minister: LOOK AT MY FLAG [produces a St George's flag] [ends]
October 19, 2025 at 3:07 PM
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drewharwell.com
The Kimmel video: "The MAGA gang desperately trying to characterize this kid who murdered Charlie Kirk as anything other than one of them, and doing everything they can to score political points from it."
September 18, 2025 at 3:04 AM
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rikefranke.bsky.social
Still the best explanation of Russian tactics and the difficulty of deterrence.

From: Yes, Prime Minister.
September 11, 2025 at 10:21 AM
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theguardian.com
Sánchez: Europe’s response to war in Gaza has been a ‘failure’
Sánchez: Europe’s response to war in Gaza has been a ‘failure’
Spanish prime minister says double standards over Gaza and Ukraine threaten to undermine the west’s global standing * ‘You need solidarity and consistency’: Pedro Sánchez on the EU, Trump and fighting the far right ​Europe and the west’s double standards over the wars in Ukraine and Gaza threaten to undermine its global standing, the Spanish prime minister, Pedro Sánchez, has warned, describing the response to Israel’s assault on the Palestinian territory as one of the darkest episodes of international relations in the 21st century. In an interview with the Guardian before talks with UK prime minister, Keir Starmer, in London on Wednesday, the socialist leader also said the US under Donald Trump was trying to end the post-second world war, rules-based global order it had originally created. Continue reading...
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September 3, 2025 at 4:23 AM
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theguardian.com
Police chief attacks Reform UK promise to scrap equality policies as ‘ludicrous’
Police chief attacks Reform UK promise to scrap equality policies as ‘ludicrous’
Merseyside chief constable, who is retiring, also dismisses claims asylum seekers are to blame for a crime wave The Reform party’s promise to abolish policies on equality and diversity is “ludicrous” and threatens to take policing and society backwards, one of the country’s most senior chief constables has said. Serena Kennedy retires on Sunday as the chief constable of Merseyside police, after a tumultuous four years in charge. Continue reading...
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August 28, 2025 at 11:18 PM
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hannahfearn.bsky.social
This is perfectly written.

When I see a column like this it gives me hope that comment journalism still has a purpose.
mrhenrymorris.substack.com Henry Morris @mrhenrymorris.substack.com · Jul 25
The PNG Courier on the crime against humanity currently being permitted to take place in Gaza.

Substack - mrhenrymorris.substack.com/p/the-png-co...
July 26, 2025 at 7:14 AM
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chrischirp.bsky.social
Another 30 actions added to the Trump Action Tracker since I launched it just 3 days ago.

www.trumpactiontracker.info?start=2025-0...

And across all domains as well - I'm hoping they take August off from pursuing their authoritarian project.
July 24, 2025 at 12:10 PM
billious.bsky.social
I had a conversation at work today with an agency worker from Ghana. She told me how much she liked it in Britain because the people are warm & welcoming. Young, bright, keen and energetic, we’re so lucky to have people like this prepared to come here & work in our care sector & should be grateful
July 23, 2025 at 4:10 PM
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theradr.bsky.social
Here's the unlocked version.

"there are also less visible forces...One of them is actually an idea: that all human beings are equal and that all deserve rights because they are human beings. That idea is responsible for the greatest and most important revolutions in history."

May it be, soon.
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July 13, 2025 at 4:06 PM
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warmatters.bsky.social
The UK care work policy in full.

Limit migration. Reduce number of people doing care work. Increase care home prices. Make it impossible for govt to cover those costs. Force old people to look after themselves. Increase mortality rate. Gain revenue from inheritance tax. Resolve housing crisis.
a woman says just like magic in a netflix advertisement
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May 12, 2025 at 11:41 AM
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chrismurphyct.bsky.social
Those trying to understand the tariffs as economic policy are dangerously naive.

No, the tariffs are a tool to collapse our democracy. A means to compel loyalty from every business that will need to petition Trump for relief.

1/ A 🧵 to explain his plan and how we fight back.
April 3, 2025 at 3:29 AM
billious.bsky.social
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Petition: Cancel Trump’s state visit
Stop Trump Coalition
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February 28, 2025 at 10:54 PM
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equiton.net
A wonderful episode, filled to bursting with passion on all things Brexit, with @sturdyalex.bsky.social, @pimlicat.bsky.social and special guest @zoejardiniere.bsky.social.

Go and listen immediately!
January 30, 2025 at 10:28 AM
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geoffreyharris.bsky.social
Barely more than 6 months now until we all get to celebrate Daniel Hannan day!
What Britain looks like after Brexit Daniel Hannan Jun 21, 2016 "It’s 24 June, 2025, and Britain is marking its annual Independence Day celebration. As the fireworks stream through the summer sky, still not quite dark, we wonder why it took us so long to leave. The years that followed the 2016 referendum didn’t just reinvigorate our economy, our democracy and our liberty. They improved relations with our neighbours. The United Kingdom is now the region’s foremost knowledge-based economy. We lead the world in biotech, law, education, the audio-visual sector, financial services and software. New industries, from 3D printing to driverless cars, have sprung up around the country. Older industries, too, have revived as energy prices have fallen back to global levels: steel, cement, paper, plastics and ceramics producers have become competitive again." "Now, the UK has again become a centre for world shipping. Shale oil and gas came on tap, almost providentially, just as the North Sea reserves were depleting, with most of the infrastructure already in place. Outside the EU, we have been able to augment this bonanza by buying cheap Chinese solar panels. In consequence, our fuel bills have tumbled, boosting productivity, increasing household incomes and stimulating the entire economy. During the first 12 months after the vote, Britain confirmed with the various countries that have trade deals with the EU that the same deals would continue. It also used that time to agree much more liberal terms with those states which had run up against EU protectionism, including India, China and Australia. These new treaties came into effect shortly after independence. Britain, like the EFTA countries, now combines global free trade with full participation in EU markets. Our universities are flourishing, taking the world’s brightest students and, where appropriate, charging accordingly. Their revenues, in consequence, are rising, while they continue to collaborate with research centres in Europe and around the world." "Unsurprisingly, several other European countries have opted to copy Britain’s deal with the EU, based as it is upon a common market rather than a common government. Some of these countries were drawn from EFTA (Norway, Switzerland and Iceland are all bringing their arrangements into line with ours). Some came from further afield (Serbia, Turkey, Ukraine). Some followed us out of the EU (Denmark, Ireland, the Netherlands). The United Kingdom now leads a 22-state bloc that forms a free trade area with the EU, but remains outside its political structures. For their part, the EU 24 have continued to push ahead with economic, military and political amalgamation. They now have a common police force and army, a pan-European income tax and a harmonised system of social security. These developments have prompted referendums in three other EU states on whether to copy Britain. Perhaps the greatest benefit, though, is not easy to quantify. Britain has recovered its self-belief. As we left the EU, we straightened our backs, looked about us, and realised that we were still a nation to be reckoned with: the world’s fifth economy and fourth military power, one of five members on the UN Security Council and a leading member of the G7 and the Commonwealth. We recalled, too, that we were the world’s leading exporter of soft power"
January 11, 2025 at 7:41 AM
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mrjamesob.bsky.social
Some crazy calls this week. This one was unbelievably moving. youtu.be/gJYHyIGaqA4?...
James O'Brien's extraordinary call with rabbi who supports arrest warrant for Netanyahu | LBC
YouTube video by LBC
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November 22, 2024 at 1:08 PM