Rootless Cosmopolitan
@brennick.bsky.social
books, films, music, politics, history. "this is a stupid conversation, and I'm not going to continue it".
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It's not just social media. Looks like visitors to the US from Europe and other countries that are part of the visa waiver program will have to submit an enormous amount of data about themselves and their families, including DNA, if proposed new rules are accepted
December 12, 2025 at 12:24 PM
It's not just social media. Looks like visitors to the US from Europe and other countries that are part of the visa waiver program will have to submit an enormous amount of data about themselves and their families, including DNA, if proposed new rules are accepted
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In attempting to oppose Reform while also sounding like Reform on Farage’s core issue - immigration - Labour risk facilitating exactly the conditions where a Reform win on a low vote share becomes possible, with Farage uniting the most anti-imm 30% while anti-Farage majority splinters
December 12, 2025 at 12:35 PM
In attempting to oppose Reform while also sounding like Reform on Farage’s core issue - immigration - Labour risk facilitating exactly the conditions where a Reform win on a low vote share becomes possible, with Farage uniting the most anti-imm 30% while anti-Farage majority splinters
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A “Reform vs Not Reform” strategy is only going to work for Labour if they are seen as credibly “not Reform” by LD/Green curious voters. Every hardline intervention on immigration weakens that credibility but without persuading Reform curious voters.
December 12, 2025 at 12:35 PM
A “Reform vs Not Reform” strategy is only going to work for Labour if they are seen as credibly “not Reform” by LD/Green curious voters. Every hardline intervention on immigration weakens that credibility but without persuading Reform curious voters.
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A result which both illustrates the magnitude of the Reform threat and the problems with Labour’s “Farage is right, don’t vote for him” response. 37 point Lab to Reform swing. Labour go from first to 4th as anti-Reform vote splits 3 ways. Combined Lab/LD/Grn vote larger than Reform vote.
Red Hall & Lingfield (Darlington) Council By-Election Result:
➡️ RFM: 37.7% (New)
🌳 CON: 17.3% (-22.5)
🔶 LDM: 17.3% (New)
🌹 LAB: 16.8% (-37.1)
🌍 GRN: 9.8% (+3.6)
🙋 Ind: 1.0% (New)
Reform GAIN from Labour.
Changes w/ 2023.
➡️ RFM: 37.7% (New)
🌳 CON: 17.3% (-22.5)
🔶 LDM: 17.3% (New)
🌹 LAB: 16.8% (-37.1)
🌍 GRN: 9.8% (+3.6)
🙋 Ind: 1.0% (New)
Reform GAIN from Labour.
Changes w/ 2023.
December 12, 2025 at 12:31 PM
A result which both illustrates the magnitude of the Reform threat and the problems with Labour’s “Farage is right, don’t vote for him” response. 37 point Lab to Reform swing. Labour go from first to 4th as anti-Reform vote splits 3 ways. Combined Lab/LD/Grn vote larger than Reform vote.
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If I were Nigel Farage and had come up to Falkirk to announce our amazing new defection, and days later he went on Question Time and gave one of the worst, most out-of-touch contributions ever seen, I'd be encouraging him to re-defect to the Tories lmao
www.thenational.scot/sport/256926...
www.thenational.scot/sport/256926...
Reform's Malcolm Offord 'boasts' about his World Cup tickets on Question Time
REFORM peer Malcolm Offord has been accused of having "zero feel for the public" as he defended the extortionate price of tickets to go to…
www.thenational.scot
December 12, 2025 at 11:20 AM
If I were Nigel Farage and had come up to Falkirk to announce our amazing new defection, and days later he went on Question Time and gave one of the worst, most out-of-touch contributions ever seen, I'd be encouraging him to re-defect to the Tories lmao
www.thenational.scot/sport/256926...
www.thenational.scot/sport/256926...
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⚡️ Europe must prepare for war with Russia, NATO chief warns.
"We must be prepared for the scale of war our grandparents and great-grandparents endured," NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte warned.
"We must be prepared for the scale of war our grandparents and great-grandparents endured," NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte warned.
Europe must prepare for war with Russia, NATO chief warns
"We must be prepared for the scale of war our grandparents and great-grandparents endured," NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte warned.
kyivindependent.com
December 12, 2025 at 10:17 AM
⚡️ Europe must prepare for war with Russia, NATO chief warns.
"We must be prepared for the scale of war our grandparents and great-grandparents endured," NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte warned.
"We must be prepared for the scale of war our grandparents and great-grandparents endured," NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte warned.
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Me at the arrivals gate in any US airport after providing my social media accounts
December 12, 2025 at 10:16 AM
Me at the arrivals gate in any US airport after providing my social media accounts
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Anyone boy in 60’s & 70’s who loved Nazis (the enemy when playing War as boys), & made sssss noises imitating gas chambers to Jewish boys as Farage did was a freak.. a sick, major Wrong’un
I went to 7 different schools & never saw anyone do that❗️
Once a major Wrong’un always a major Wrong’un 🤷🏼♂️
I went to 7 different schools & never saw anyone do that❗️
Once a major Wrong’un always a major Wrong’un 🤷🏼♂️
Just an observation… but if Farage *was not* now a racist - genuinely… then he would really want to make up for the hurt he caused as a schoolboy bully. Definitely not make it worse.
Instead, he’s angry and accusing. So, he is racist. And raging with anyone who says so. Or thinks that’s a problem.
Instead, he’s angry and accusing. So, he is racist. And raging with anyone who says so. Or thinks that’s a problem.
December 12, 2025 at 10:08 AM
Anyone boy in 60’s & 70’s who loved Nazis (the enemy when playing War as boys), & made sssss noises imitating gas chambers to Jewish boys as Farage did was a freak.. a sick, major Wrong’un
I went to 7 different schools & never saw anyone do that❗️
Once a major Wrong’un always a major Wrong’un 🤷🏼♂️
I went to 7 different schools & never saw anyone do that❗️
Once a major Wrong’un always a major Wrong’un 🤷🏼♂️
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24 hours later and still gobsmacked that someone tried at trash Dolly Parton.
Dolly is self-deprecating and uses her talent, which is awesome, to improve the lot of millions in the world.
In contrast to Musk and Trump, who are human beings without a single redeeming quality between them.
Dolly is self-deprecating and uses her talent, which is awesome, to improve the lot of millions in the world.
In contrast to Musk and Trump, who are human beings without a single redeeming quality between them.
December 12, 2025 at 6:08 AM
24 hours later and still gobsmacked that someone tried at trash Dolly Parton.
Dolly is self-deprecating and uses her talent, which is awesome, to improve the lot of millions in the world.
In contrast to Musk and Trump, who are human beings without a single redeeming quality between them.
Dolly is self-deprecating and uses her talent, which is awesome, to improve the lot of millions in the world.
In contrast to Musk and Trump, who are human beings without a single redeeming quality between them.
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For the attention of the BBC, 2 in 3 of Farages partners don't speak fluent English.
December 12, 2025 at 9:39 AM
For the attention of the BBC, 2 in 3 of Farages partners don't speak fluent English.
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This is a really appalling editorial error on BBC Question Time
"Apparently one in three children don't speak English as a first language, why does this matter?"
Chair says "have English as a second language"
Caption changes the meaning entirely
"Don't speak fluent English"
"Apparently one in three children don't speak English as a first language, why does this matter?"
Chair says "have English as a second language"
Caption changes the meaning entirely
"Don't speak fluent English"
December 11, 2025 at 11:11 PM
This is a really appalling editorial error on BBC Question Time
"Apparently one in three children don't speak English as a first language, why does this matter?"
Chair says "have English as a second language"
Caption changes the meaning entirely
"Don't speak fluent English"
"Apparently one in three children don't speak English as a first language, why does this matter?"
Chair says "have English as a second language"
Caption changes the meaning entirely
"Don't speak fluent English"
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Definitely worth considering - what happens when the AI bubble bursts, and might Europe look a little more appealing? Because for all the current panics, actually there's still a lot of strengths here.
www.ft.com/content/0308...
www.ft.com/content/0308...
Europe must be ready when the AI bubble bursts
A market correction will give the EU the chance to offer a trust-based alternative to American tech
www.ft.com
December 12, 2025 at 9:50 AM
Definitely worth considering - what happens when the AI bubble bursts, and might Europe look a little more appealing? Because for all the current panics, actually there's still a lot of strengths here.
www.ft.com/content/0308...
www.ft.com/content/0308...
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If handing someone their arse, was a video clip
December 12, 2025 at 8:12 AM
If handing someone their arse, was a video clip
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Thank you to everyone who has been listening to Upon A White Horse as Radio 4's Book of the Week. The final part is about Sycamore Gap and goes out at 11.45am today. It's also all available on BBC Sounds. I hope you enjoy it. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
BBC Radio 4 - Upon a White Horse by Peter Ross
Peter Ross celebrates the landscape and people of prehistoric Britain and Ireland.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 12, 2025 at 7:56 AM
Thank you to everyone who has been listening to Upon A White Horse as Radio 4's Book of the Week. The final part is about Sycamore Gap and goes out at 11.45am today. It's also all available on BBC Sounds. I hope you enjoy it. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
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A few loving words about Madness and one song in particular.
“With Madness that felt important because you know how desperately a certain sort of pink-faced, St. George's flag-waving Reformer would love to embrace them as one of their own.” | Pete Paphides
Get more from Pete Paphides on Patreon
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December 12, 2025 at 7:56 AM
A few loving words about Madness and one song in particular.
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all i'm saying is that there were better options
December 12, 2025 at 5:25 AM
all i'm saying is that there were better options
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Eight hours on a plane and then 24 hours in detention being interrogated about some Tweets before ultimately being escorted at gunpoint back to the plane. Thanks, but I'll skip www.afr.com/world/north-...
I was detained and deported for opinions Trump’s America didn’t like
The message for visitors to the US is clear from Donald Trump’s new social media rule: self-censorship is your ticket to ride.
www.afr.com
December 12, 2025 at 7:32 AM
Eight hours on a plane and then 24 hours in detention being interrogated about some Tweets before ultimately being escorted at gunpoint back to the plane. Thanks, but I'll skip www.afr.com/world/north-...
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NEW: Five years of social media history is only a fraction of what the US Government will shortly demand of overseas visitors.
The full requirements will end tourism in the United States.
Below is the full, mind-blowing list.
🚨THEY. WANT. YOUR. DNA.🚨
1/
The full requirements will end tourism in the United States.
Below is the full, mind-blowing list.
🚨THEY. WANT. YOUR. DNA.🚨
1/
December 11, 2025 at 3:27 PM
NEW: Five years of social media history is only a fraction of what the US Government will shortly demand of overseas visitors.
The full requirements will end tourism in the United States.
Below is the full, mind-blowing list.
🚨THEY. WANT. YOUR. DNA.🚨
1/
The full requirements will end tourism in the United States.
Below is the full, mind-blowing list.
🚨THEY. WANT. YOUR. DNA.🚨
1/
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I guess it's fitting that it's a reimagined, worse version of someone else's artwork
December 12, 2025 at 4:00 AM
I guess it's fitting that it's a reimagined, worse version of someone else's artwork
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Ben Habib, Advance UK leader who was himself born in Pakistan - and a disgruntled former Reform UK elected representative - complains about a local council candidate born in Bangladesh
December 11, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Ben Habib, Advance UK leader who was himself born in Pakistan - and a disgruntled former Reform UK elected representative - complains about a local council candidate born in Bangladesh
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Stephen Flynn criticises Nigel Farage from attacking children who speak more than one language #BBCQT
"A man who aspires to be PM of these isle would pick a fight with school kids, would hold school kids up as an object to beat, absolutely repulses me and it should repulse all of you as well"
"A man who aspires to be PM of these isle would pick a fight with school kids, would hold school kids up as an object to beat, absolutely repulses me and it should repulse all of you as well"
December 11, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Stephen Flynn criticises Nigel Farage from attacking children who speak more than one language #BBCQT
"A man who aspires to be PM of these isle would pick a fight with school kids, would hold school kids up as an object to beat, absolutely repulses me and it should repulse all of you as well"
"A man who aspires to be PM of these isle would pick a fight with school kids, would hold school kids up as an object to beat, absolutely repulses me and it should repulse all of you as well"
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The budding Russo-American alliance aims to divide and dominate Europe and Canada. Start brainstorming how to resist. Best short-term strategy is to empower Ukraine to defeat Ru.
apple.news/ANXb0ZCdSS3C...
apple.news/ANXb0ZCdSS3C...
Trump ‘to persuade four countries to leave EU’, leaked document shows — The Telegraph
Leaked document reveals how US can ‘Make Europe Great Again’
apple.news
December 12, 2025 at 12:45 AM
The budding Russo-American alliance aims to divide and dominate Europe and Canada. Start brainstorming how to resist. Best short-term strategy is to empower Ukraine to defeat Ru.
apple.news/ANXb0ZCdSS3C...
apple.news/ANXb0ZCdSS3C...
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Trump is aiming to make stronger ties with Poland, Italy, Hungary and Austria to pull them away from the EU.
Trump vill dra Italien, Österrike, Polen och Ungern från EU
Vita huset slår tillbaka • Europa påstås stå inför en ”civilisationsutplåning”
www.tv4.se
December 11, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Trump is aiming to make stronger ties with Poland, Italy, Hungary and Austria to pull them away from the EU.
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🚨 “Can I tell you how many times in the last 45 years the European Court of Human Rights has ruled against the UK when it comes to deporting people from this country - only 13 times - in 45 years”
Hugely important point made by @vicderbyshire.bsky.social 👏
Hugely important point made by @vicderbyshire.bsky.social 👏
December 11, 2025 at 8:38 PM
🚨 “Can I tell you how many times in the last 45 years the European Court of Human Rights has ruled against the UK when it comes to deporting people from this country - only 13 times - in 45 years”
Hugely important point made by @vicderbyshire.bsky.social 👏
Hugely important point made by @vicderbyshire.bsky.social 👏