Cllr Brian Wernham 🔶 C.Eng. MA History
@brianwernham.bsky.social
🔶 Lib Dem Councillor for Stanwix Urban Ward, Cumberland Council
📍Carlisle, Cumbria
Proud to be British 🇬🇧
Proud to be a Lib Dem 🔶
Proud to be an internationalist🌍, not a xenophobe
Promoted by Liberal Democrats, 66 Buckingham Gate, London
📍Carlisle, Cumbria
Proud to be British 🇬🇧
Proud to be a Lib Dem 🔶
Proud to be an internationalist🌍, not a xenophobe
Promoted by Liberal Democrats, 66 Buckingham Gate, London
Rose was just cleaning the room...
February 8, 2026 at 11:54 PM
Rose was just cleaning the room...
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Another Idiot bites the dust....
February 8, 2026 at 11:34 PM
Another Idiot bites the dust....
UFO'S
Arghhh!
Arghhh!
February 8, 2026 at 11:21 PM
UFO'S
Arghhh!
Arghhh!
One well-placed source said documents would show the Cabinet Office’s propriety and ethics team had warned of the serious reputational risk of appointing Mandelson given his publicly known links with Epstein.
If this is true then Starmer might as well go now
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
If this is true then Starmer might as well go now
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Starmer in fight to reassert control over Labour party after McSweeney exit
Allies hope aide’s departure can quell anger over Mandelson scandal but others say it leaves PM dangerously exposed
www.theguardian.com
February 8, 2026 at 10:51 PM
One well-placed source said documents would show the Cabinet Office’s propriety and ethics team had warned of the serious reputational risk of appointing Mandelson given his publicly known links with Epstein.
If this is true then Starmer might as well go now
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
If this is true then Starmer might as well go now
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
McSweeney 🔜 Reeves 🔜 Starmer
February 8, 2026 at 10:35 PM
McSweeney 🔜 Reeves 🔜 Starmer
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Seems like the Epstein files are full of billionaires and not immigrants.
February 8, 2026 at 4:31 AM
Seems like the Epstein files are full of billionaires and not immigrants.
Rayner?
Streeting?
Streeting?
February 8, 2026 at 9:52 AM
Rayner?
Streeting?
Streeting?
Poor people:
when sacked for dismissible conduct behaviour:
£0
Privileged people:
£55,000
three months’ salary
www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
when sacked for dismissible conduct behaviour:
£0
Privileged people:
£55,000
three months’ salary
www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
Foreign Office to review Peter Mandelson’s US ambassador payoff – UK politics live
Mandelson under increasing pressure to return payout after he was sacked over as US ambassador over his friendship with Jeffrey Epstein
www.theguardian.com
February 8, 2026 at 8:57 AM
Poor people:
when sacked for dismissible conduct behaviour:
£0
Privileged people:
£55,000
three months’ salary
www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
when sacked for dismissible conduct behaviour:
£0
Privileged people:
£55,000
three months’ salary
www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
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Are Ant and Dec still proud of sane washing Farage for ratings now?
May 3, 2025 at 11:08 AM
Are Ant and Dec still proud of sane washing Farage for ratings now?
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We've it time and time again. The sane-washing is incredible. The same happened in the UK with Farage, but they just keep giving him credibility.
November 11, 2024 at 2:42 PM
We've it time and time again. The sane-washing is incredible. The same happened in the UK with Farage, but they just keep giving him credibility.
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Nigel Farage here basically pointing to the conspiracy theory "The Kalergi Plan" in which combatants are secreted into target nations to foment race war.
Instead of calling his bullshit out, the Labour rep assures him the govt is turbocharging deportations, thus sane-washing far-right rhetoric.
Instead of calling his bullshit out, the Labour rep assures him the govt is turbocharging deportations, thus sane-washing far-right rhetoric.
December 6, 2024 at 12:43 PM
Nigel Farage here basically pointing to the conspiracy theory "The Kalergi Plan" in which combatants are secreted into target nations to foment race war.
Instead of calling his bullshit out, the Labour rep assures him the govt is turbocharging deportations, thus sane-washing far-right rhetoric.
Instead of calling his bullshit out, the Labour rep assures him the govt is turbocharging deportations, thus sane-washing far-right rhetoric.
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Knowing a schizophrenic person very well has indelibly colored my view of people.
It takes years to stop sane-washing the insane. When you finally accept that there was never hidden meaning behind the insanity, you start recognizing the insanity of others everywhere.
It takes years to stop sane-washing the insane. When you finally accept that there was never hidden meaning behind the insanity, you start recognizing the insanity of others everywhere.
February 5, 2026 at 5:10 PM
Knowing a schizophrenic person very well has indelibly colored my view of people.
It takes years to stop sane-washing the insane. When you finally accept that there was never hidden meaning behind the insanity, you start recognizing the insanity of others everywhere.
It takes years to stop sane-washing the insane. When you finally accept that there was never hidden meaning behind the insanity, you start recognizing the insanity of others everywhere.
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Excellent article. The Republican coalition is held together by racist bigotry, social conservatism, and Trump worship.
Most establishment media works to ignore that reality. Cable news is filled with Republicans sane-washing Trump and his bigotry. It's "uncivil" to tell the truth.
Most establishment media works to ignore that reality. Cable news is filled with Republicans sane-washing Trump and his bigotry. It's "uncivil" to tell the truth.
February 8, 2026 at 4:28 AM
Excellent article. The Republican coalition is held together by racist bigotry, social conservatism, and Trump worship.
Most establishment media works to ignore that reality. Cable news is filled with Republicans sane-washing Trump and his bigotry. It's "uncivil" to tell the truth.
Most establishment media works to ignore that reality. Cable news is filled with Republicans sane-washing Trump and his bigotry. It's "uncivil" to tell the truth.
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I hear Europeans complain that Americans are in denial of the extremity of the 🇺🇸situation. But I think it's the opposite.
Most Europeans are if anything downplaying what’s happening in 🇺🇸 - thanks in part to the sane-washing of Trump by European media.
davekeating.substack.com/p/europeans-...
Most Europeans are if anything downplaying what’s happening in 🇺🇸 - thanks in part to the sane-washing of Trump by European media.
davekeating.substack.com/p/europeans-...
February 6, 2026 at 9:24 AM
I hear Europeans complain that Americans are in denial of the extremity of the 🇺🇸situation. But I think it's the opposite.
Most Europeans are if anything downplaying what’s happening in 🇺🇸 - thanks in part to the sane-washing of Trump by European media.
davekeating.substack.com/p/europeans-...
Most Europeans are if anything downplaying what’s happening in 🇺🇸 - thanks in part to the sane-washing of Trump by European media.
davekeating.substack.com/p/europeans-...
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The writing is clear, he is not leaving. This is unconstitutional—Republicans need to stop enabling this and sane washing this as normal.
www.politico.com/news/2026/02...
www.politico.com/news/2026/02...
February 3, 2026 at 6:25 AM
The writing is clear, he is not leaving. This is unconstitutional—Republicans need to stop enabling this and sane washing this as normal.
www.politico.com/news/2026/02...
www.politico.com/news/2026/02...
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I'm not understanding why the news media keeps saying this is not what people voted for regarding immigration?
Of course this is what they voted for.
He said on the campaign trail time after time that he was going to deport tens of millions of people.
The sane-washing by commentators is gross.
Of course this is what they voted for.
He said on the campaign trail time after time that he was going to deport tens of millions of people.
The sane-washing by commentators is gross.
February 5, 2026 at 5:54 PM
I'm not understanding why the news media keeps saying this is not what people voted for regarding immigration?
Of course this is what they voted for.
He said on the campaign trail time after time that he was going to deport tens of millions of people.
The sane-washing by commentators is gross.
Of course this is what they voted for.
He said on the campaign trail time after time that he was going to deport tens of millions of people.
The sane-washing by commentators is gross.
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The New York Times is just carrying on their tradition of sane-washing rancid Republicans like Katie Britt.
February 6, 2026 at 5:40 AM
The New York Times is just carrying on their tradition of sane-washing rancid Republicans like Katie Britt.
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Stichwort Sane-Washing
February 7, 2026 at 10:46 AM
Stichwort Sane-Washing
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I have heard that this is called ‘sane washing’.
It means making unethical, or authoritarian behavior sound reasonable, normal, or “just politics.”
Instead of calling it what it is, coverage reframes it in more respectable language.
In plain terms, it launders extremism into respectability.
It means making unethical, or authoritarian behavior sound reasonable, normal, or “just politics.”
Instead of calling it what it is, coverage reframes it in more respectable language.
In plain terms, it launders extremism into respectability.
February 7, 2026 at 10:32 PM
I have heard that this is called ‘sane washing’.
It means making unethical, or authoritarian behavior sound reasonable, normal, or “just politics.”
Instead of calling it what it is, coverage reframes it in more respectable language.
In plain terms, it launders extremism into respectability.
It means making unethical, or authoritarian behavior sound reasonable, normal, or “just politics.”
Instead of calling it what it is, coverage reframes it in more respectable language.
In plain terms, it launders extremism into respectability.
I have heard that this is called ‘sane washing’.
It means making unethical, or authoritarian behavior sound reasonable, normal, or “just politics.”
Instead of calling it what it is, coverage reframes it in more respectable language.
In plain terms, it launders extremism into respectability.
It means making unethical, or authoritarian behavior sound reasonable, normal, or “just politics.”
Instead of calling it what it is, coverage reframes it in more respectable language.
In plain terms, it launders extremism into respectability.
February 8, 2026 at 7:20 AM
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"The American media makes things that are abnormal seem normal. The European press doesn’t do that. So you’ll see when they report on Trump’s rambling Davos speech, they will say it made no sense. In the US press, you’ll just see excerpts and an attempt to sanitize it." — @anneapplebaum.bsky.social
Anne Applebaum on Trump's betrayal of Europe
"They’re bewildered we’ve allowed this to happen."
www.publicnotice.co
February 7, 2026 at 6:40 PM
"The American media makes things that are abnormal seem normal. The European press doesn’t do that. So you’ll see when they report on Trump’s rambling Davos speech, they will say it made no sense. In the US press, you’ll just see excerpts and an attempt to sanitize it." — @anneapplebaum.bsky.social
Every time a broadcaster makes that trade – credibility for insulation – it is a trade audiences eventually notice.
www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/f...
www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/f...
The world heard JD Vance being booed at the Olympics. Except for viewers in the US | Bryan Armen Graham
The real risk for American broadcasters is not that dissent will be visible. It is that audiences will start assuming anything they do not show is being hidden
www.theguardian.com
February 8, 2026 at 7:16 AM
Every time a broadcaster makes that trade – credibility for insulation – it is a trade audiences eventually notice.
www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/f...
www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/f...
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BlueSky is so sexist
Women in mini skirts censored
Men in (revealing) string vests not !
Women in mini skirts censored
Men in (revealing) string vests not !
February 7, 2026 at 9:58 PM
BlueSky is so sexist
Women in mini skirts censored
Men in (revealing) string vests not !
Women in mini skirts censored
Men in (revealing) string vests not !