Brendan Paddy
@bjpaddy.bsky.social
Looking to make the outdoors for everyone as director of Ramblers Scotland but these are personal views. Expect pics of walks, posts on politics/world news, risidual overseas aid and guest appearances by a small hairy murderer named Pixie.
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Dim Philby is a corker
November 21, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Dim Philby is a corker
Farage's racism denials are dishonest, says ex-classmate
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Nigel Farage's racism denials are dishonest, says ex-classmate
Peter Ettedgui tells the BBC Nigel Farage targeted antisemitic abuse at him when they were teenagers.
www.bbc.com
November 25, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Farage's racism denials are dishonest, says ex-classmate
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Richard Tice’s comments are irresponsible and shameful.
There is no "overdiagnosis crisis" of children with neurodiverse issues.
The real crisis is a SEND system on its knees, where parents fight for every scrap of support and children are left without the help they desperately need and deserve.
There is no "overdiagnosis crisis" of children with neurodiverse issues.
The real crisis is a SEND system on its knees, where parents fight for every scrap of support and children are left without the help they desperately need and deserve.
MP hits back at Richard Tice over ‘dangerous’ SEND diagnosis remarks
Adam Dance says Richard Tice’s remarks risk taking the country backwards on inclusion and neurodiversity support
www.somersetlive.co.uk
November 24, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Richard Tice’s comments are irresponsible and shameful.
There is no "overdiagnosis crisis" of children with neurodiverse issues.
The real crisis is a SEND system on its knees, where parents fight for every scrap of support and children are left without the help they desperately need and deserve.
There is no "overdiagnosis crisis" of children with neurodiverse issues.
The real crisis is a SEND system on its knees, where parents fight for every scrap of support and children are left without the help they desperately need and deserve.
Really sad news. Small points in the context of this tragedy but 1) it's Aoraki or Aoraki Mt Cook, never just Mt Cook. The mountain is sacred to the Ngāi Tahu people & in their traditions it is the frozen body of the son of the sky god www.bbc.com/news/article...
Aoraki Mount Cook: Two climbers dead on New Zealand's tallest mountain
Hikes to the summit of Mount Cook are known to be challenging even for experienced climbers.
www.bbc.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:26 AM
Really sad news. Small points in the context of this tragedy but 1) it's Aoraki or Aoraki Mt Cook, never just Mt Cook. The mountain is sacred to the Ngāi Tahu people & in their traditions it is the frozen body of the son of the sky god www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Auntie In The Dock: my SKETCH of Today in People Who Love The BBC And Definitely Didn't Leak Anything To The Telegraph.
Auntie in the dock | Robert Hutton | The Critic Magazine
“I have been defined by these two years at Number 10,” Robbie Gibb complained, sounding for all the world like the chap in the joke who only shagged one sheep. How dare anyone suggest that this…
thecritic.co.uk
November 24, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Auntie In The Dock: my SKETCH of Today in People Who Love The BBC And Definitely Didn't Leak Anything To The Telegraph.
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If you’re a journalist who’s still on Twitter, from now on in your writing you have to replace “the American people want” with “troll bots in Eastern Europe demand”
Being there makes your judgment suspect. I don’t care how savvy you think you are, you’re marinating in a disinformation campaign.
Being there makes your judgment suspect. I don’t care how savvy you think you are, you’re marinating in a disinformation campaign.
November 23, 2025 at 4:27 PM
If you’re a journalist who’s still on Twitter, from now on in your writing you have to replace “the American people want” with “troll bots in Eastern Europe demand”
Being there makes your judgment suspect. I don’t care how savvy you think you are, you’re marinating in a disinformation campaign.
Being there makes your judgment suspect. I don’t care how savvy you think you are, you’re marinating in a disinformation campaign.
“I don’t believe in germ theory”
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
‘Ignorant and life-threatening’: experts condemn Free Birth Society misinformation
Professionals say claims about birth, including excessive bleeding, blue babies and placenta care, are dangerous
www.theguardian.com
November 24, 2025 at 7:07 AM
“I don’t believe in germ theory”
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
1/ you need sticks as well as carrots if you are serious about modal shift
2/ if you rely on carrots alone the small changes you do deliver will be mostly between sustainable modes
3/ stop dicking around & make damaging behaviours more expensive & less convenient road.cc/content/news...
2/ if you rely on carrots alone the small changes you do deliver will be mostly between sustainable modes
3/ stop dicking around & make damaging behaviours more expensive & less convenient road.cc/content/news...
Improving cycle infrastructure and public transport has little impact on car use, new review finds
These non-coercive measures need to be combined with measures such as higher driving costs or reduced car access to have an effect
road.cc
November 24, 2025 at 6:38 AM
1/ you need sticks as well as carrots if you are serious about modal shift
2/ if you rely on carrots alone the small changes you do deliver will be mostly between sustainable modes
3/ stop dicking around & make damaging behaviours more expensive & less convenient road.cc/content/news...
2/ if you rely on carrots alone the small changes you do deliver will be mostly between sustainable modes
3/ stop dicking around & make damaging behaviours more expensive & less convenient road.cc/content/news...
Great and while they're at it they could take a look at all the rest of the racial hatred & threats of violence on the platform
We found that Jewish people were targeted with a wave of hatred & calls for violence on X after the heinous UK Heaton Park Synagogue attack.
Following this research, more than 30 cross-party MPs & peers are urging Ofcom to take action against antisemitism on X.
More in @politicshome.bsky.social ⤵️
Following this research, more than 30 cross-party MPs & peers are urging Ofcom to take action against antisemitism on X.
More in @politicshome.bsky.social ⤵️
Cross-Party MPs Demand Ofcom Investigation Into Antisemitism On X
Exclusive: A cross-party group of MPs and peers has demanded that Ofcom take action against a surge in antisemitic posts and calls for violence aga...
www.politicshome.com
November 23, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Great and while they're at it they could take a look at all the rest of the racial hatred & threats of violence on the platform
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X rolled out a new feature overnight showing where accounts are based. This network of “Trump-supporting independent women” that claimed to be “real Americans” are based in Thailand.
The photos were stolen from European models & posts pushed pro-Trump lines while targeting Islam and LGBTQ people.
The photos were stolen from European models & posts pushed pro-Trump lines while targeting Islam and LGBTQ people.
November 23, 2025 at 12:55 PM
X rolled out a new feature overnight showing where accounts are based. This network of “Trump-supporting independent women” that claimed to be “real Americans” are based in Thailand.
The photos were stolen from European models & posts pushed pro-Trump lines while targeting Islam and LGBTQ people.
The photos were stolen from European models & posts pushed pro-Trump lines while targeting Islam and LGBTQ people.
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One of the giants of social psychology was a serial sexual harasser.
This new report reveals how Miles Hewstone touched, bullied, and sexual harassed numerous women during his 18 years at the University of Oxford. It's amazing how often bullying and sexual harassment go together in academia.
This new report reveals how Miles Hewstone touched, bullied, and sexual harassed numerous women during his 18 years at the University of Oxford. It's amazing how often bullying and sexual harassment go together in academia.
November 19, 2025 at 10:30 PM
One of the giants of social psychology was a serial sexual harasser.
This new report reveals how Miles Hewstone touched, bullied, and sexual harassed numerous women during his 18 years at the University of Oxford. It's amazing how often bullying and sexual harassment go together in academia.
This new report reveals how Miles Hewstone touched, bullied, and sexual harassed numerous women during his 18 years at the University of Oxford. It's amazing how often bullying and sexual harassment go together in academia.
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It's a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma - how can we possibly know who is telling the truth?
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Twenty people allege he has a racist past. He denies it. Who’s telling the truth about Farage’s schooldays?
Reform UK’s leader refuses to answer questions about his abusive behaviour, claiming there’s ‘no evidence’. We talk to victims and witnesses
www.theguardian.com
November 23, 2025 at 12:11 PM
It's a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma - how can we possibly know who is telling the truth?
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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the funniest thing about the word “tankie” is that if anyone objects to you using it, you can safely block them because that’s by far the easiest way to identify a tankie
fuck all these people being awful to starfish
(and also, this is an opportunity to block a whole bunch of this website’s most brain-dead tankies)
(and also, this is an opportunity to block a whole bunch of this website’s most brain-dead tankies)
Fine. You all win. I’m logging off for the day because I‘m a big smelly man who’s also a Nazi and a bigot because I liked it better when Groypers didn’t have 1,770 nuclear weapons on hair-trigger alert. Feel free to brag in your discords about how my jimmies have been rustled and I was owned.
November 21, 2025 at 3:20 PM
the funniest thing about the word “tankie” is that if anyone objects to you using it, you can safely block them because that’s by far the easiest way to identify a tankie
250 years on & from beyond the grave Samuel Johnson just keeps smashing it with the simple observation that patriotism is the last refuge of the scoundrel
www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news...
www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news...
Flag campaign chief praised by Tommy Robinson facing jail over ‘holiday scam’
Ryan Bridge, ringleader of the Raise the Colours movement heralded by ex-EDL leader Tommy Robinson, is being pursued for an eight-year sentence in Spain
www.mirror.co.uk
November 23, 2025 at 10:12 AM
250 years on & from beyond the grave Samuel Johnson just keeps smashing it with the simple observation that patriotism is the last refuge of the scoundrel
www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news...
www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news...
As a regular Asda shopper until recently, I couldn't work out why the customer experience just kept getting worse, especially online, in a way that was clearly harming the future prospects of the business. Silly me...
The Curse of Private Equity
Asda to raise £568m in sale and leaseback of stores.
Company loaded with debt, cut staffing, wages.
Already sold most of its warehouses and 25 supermarkets in sale and leaseback deals. Asset stripping continues.
Company losing market share.
What next?
Asda to raise £568m in sale and leaseback of stores.
Company loaded with debt, cut staffing, wages.
Already sold most of its warehouses and 25 supermarkets in sale and leaseback deals. Asset stripping continues.
Company losing market share.
What next?
Asda to raise £568m in store sell-off as sales continue to fall
Supermarket still losing market share despite effort under Allan Leighton to win over customers with price cuts
www.theguardian.com
November 23, 2025 at 9:44 AM
As a regular Asda shopper until recently, I couldn't work out why the customer experience just kept getting worse, especially online, in a way that was clearly harming the future prospects of the business. Silly me...
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I knew I’d have to shoot a panorama as soon as I arrived at Bamburgh. The light first started breaking through out at sea and slowly spread across the sky, then it vanished only to be replaced by a different gap in the clouds. Repeat for two hours.
#photography #landscapephotography #photographers
#photography #landscapephotography #photographers
November 22, 2025 at 5:18 PM
I knew I’d have to shoot a panorama as soon as I arrived at Bamburgh. The light first started breaking through out at sea and slowly spread across the sky, then it vanished only to be replaced by a different gap in the clouds. Repeat for two hours.
#photography #landscapephotography #photographers
#photography #landscapephotography #photographers
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Why do people think England flags have been raised on lampposts?
White adults
National pride: 26%
Anti-migrant/minority sentiment: 49%
Both: 19%
Ethnic minority adults
National pride: 15%
Anti-migrant/minority sentiment: 55%
Both: 20%
yougov.co.uk/society/arti...
White adults
National pride: 26%
Anti-migrant/minority sentiment: 49%
Both: 19%
Ethnic minority adults
National pride: 15%
Anti-migrant/minority sentiment: 55%
Both: 20%
yougov.co.uk/society/arti...
November 21, 2025 at 10:17 AM
Why do people think England flags have been raised on lampposts?
White adults
National pride: 26%
Anti-migrant/minority sentiment: 49%
Both: 19%
Ethnic minority adults
National pride: 15%
Anti-migrant/minority sentiment: 55%
Both: 20%
yougov.co.uk/society/arti...
White adults
National pride: 26%
Anti-migrant/minority sentiment: 49%
Both: 19%
Ethnic minority adults
National pride: 15%
Anti-migrant/minority sentiment: 55%
Both: 20%
yougov.co.uk/society/arti...
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Has the England flag become a racist symbol? Most ethnic minority adults say it has
England flag
All GB adults: 39% has become racist symbol
White adults: 36%
Ethnic minority adults: 52%
UK flag
All GB adults: 19%
White adults: 18%
Ethnic minority adults: 26%
yougov.co.uk/society/arti...
England flag
All GB adults: 39% has become racist symbol
White adults: 36%
Ethnic minority adults: 52%
UK flag
All GB adults: 19%
White adults: 18%
Ethnic minority adults: 26%
yougov.co.uk/society/arti...
November 21, 2025 at 10:17 AM
Has the England flag become a racist symbol? Most ethnic minority adults say it has
England flag
All GB adults: 39% has become racist symbol
White adults: 36%
Ethnic minority adults: 52%
UK flag
All GB adults: 19%
White adults: 18%
Ethnic minority adults: 26%
yougov.co.uk/society/arti...
England flag
All GB adults: 39% has become racist symbol
White adults: 36%
Ethnic minority adults: 52%
UK flag
All GB adults: 19%
White adults: 18%
Ethnic minority adults: 26%
yougov.co.uk/society/arti...
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Hope HMRC are investigating whether Gill evaded tax on the bribes he received.
(Bribes are absolutely taxable income, but people tend not to declare them to HMRC...)
(Bribes are absolutely taxable income, but people tend not to declare them to HMRC...)
November 22, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Hope HMRC are investigating whether Gill evaded tax on the bribes he received.
(Bribes are absolutely taxable income, but people tend not to declare them to HMRC...)
(Bribes are absolutely taxable income, but people tend not to declare them to HMRC...)
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Reform narrowly blocked from their first Scottish win, though it's their best yet vote share up here and first time they placed first.
Notably high rate of Didn't Transfers for this top two though at 68% of available; past 5 by-elections have been ~58%, 58%, 56%, 36% and 44% exhausted of available.
Notably high rate of Didn't Transfers for this top two though at 68% of available; past 5 by-elections have been ~58%, 58%, 56%, 36% and 44% exhausted of available.
Stranraer and the Rhins (Dumfries and Galloway) by-election transfers, votes at final stage:
Conservative: 1565 (39.7%)
Reform UK: 1523 (38.7%)
Didn't Transfer: 851 (21.6%)
No detailed data to follow as this was a hand count.
Conservative: 1565 (39.7%)
Reform UK: 1523 (38.7%)
Didn't Transfer: 851 (21.6%)
No detailed data to follow as this was a hand count.
November 21, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Reform narrowly blocked from their first Scottish win, though it's their best yet vote share up here and first time they placed first.
Notably high rate of Didn't Transfers for this top two though at 68% of available; past 5 by-elections have been ~58%, 58%, 56%, 36% and 44% exhausted of available.
Notably high rate of Didn't Transfers for this top two though at 68% of available; past 5 by-elections have been ~58%, 58%, 56%, 36% and 44% exhausted of available.
Former Reform in Wales leader Nathan Gill jailed for pro-Russian bribery
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Former Reform in Wales leader Nathan Gill jailed for pro-Russian bribery
Nathan Gill, 52, is sentenced to 10 and a half years in prison after admitting taking bribes while an MEP.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 21, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Former Reform in Wales leader Nathan Gill jailed for pro-Russian bribery
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Just heard a BBC reporter interview a BBC reporter about a story about the BBC. Not an uncommon occurrence. Do you think it's possible for an organisation to have a narcissistic personality disorder?
November 21, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Just heard a BBC reporter interview a BBC reporter about a story about the BBC. Not an uncommon occurrence. Do you think it's possible for an organisation to have a narcissistic personality disorder?