Bullivant
@bullivant.bsky.social
Interested in Irish history and language. Believe in the rights of minorities, refugees and asylum seekers.
Is fearr Gaeilge bhriste ná bearla cliste, ach tá Gaeilge cliste nios fearr arís. Ceartaigh mé.
Is fearr Gaeilge bhriste ná bearla cliste, ach tá Gaeilge cliste nios fearr arís. Ceartaigh mé.
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I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
November 25, 2025 at 9:26 AM
I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
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A unique voice quietened.
November 24, 2025 at 7:15 PM
A unique voice quietened.
Jimmy Cliff - The Harder They Come
YouTube video by Rocksteady Freddie
www.youtube.com
November 24, 2025 at 7:08 PM
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#OTD 21 Nov 1920 - Bloody Sunday- 14 spectators killed at Croke Park
#speirgorm #IrishHistory
www.rte.ie/news/2020/11...
#speirgorm #IrishHistory
www.rte.ie/news/2020/11...
Bloody Sunday: A day of horrors, in three acts
www.rte.ie
November 21, 2025 at 9:50 AM
#OTD 21 Nov 1920 - Bloody Sunday- 14 spectators killed at Croke Park
#speirgorm #IrishHistory
www.rte.ie/news/2020/11...
#speirgorm #IrishHistory
www.rte.ie/news/2020/11...
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Your Glasmans, your McSweeneys, yep.
Bubble-stricken Westminster party types probably believe it too.
The real issue being, that the boss appears to be a void, with no ideas of his own, so he's reliant on his supposed underlings for them.
Bubble-stricken Westminster party types probably believe it too.
The real issue being, that the boss appears to be a void, with no ideas of his own, so he's reliant on his supposed underlings for them.
November 17, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Your Glasmans, your McSweeneys, yep.
Bubble-stricken Westminster party types probably believe it too.
The real issue being, that the boss appears to be a void, with no ideas of his own, so he's reliant on his supposed underlings for them.
Bubble-stricken Westminster party types probably believe it too.
The real issue being, that the boss appears to be a void, with no ideas of his own, so he's reliant on his supposed underlings for them.
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Unfortunately yes.
Best hope without PR is hung parliament with Greens, Independents, Lib Dems and Nationalists able to form a coalition
I fear that the fascist tribute act are simply paving the way for the full fat version though.
UK is utterly fucked if so
Best hope without PR is hung parliament with Greens, Independents, Lib Dems and Nationalists able to form a coalition
I fear that the fascist tribute act are simply paving the way for the full fat version though.
UK is utterly fucked if so
November 17, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Unfortunately yes.
Best hope without PR is hung parliament with Greens, Independents, Lib Dems and Nationalists able to form a coalition
I fear that the fascist tribute act are simply paving the way for the full fat version though.
UK is utterly fucked if so
Best hope without PR is hung parliament with Greens, Independents, Lib Dems and Nationalists able to form a coalition
I fear that the fascist tribute act are simply paving the way for the full fat version though.
UK is utterly fucked if so
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It's all over this. But I think it's actually a combination of factors. They also inhabit a bubble and are now heavily guided by an online radicalisation machine they shouldn't have any contact with.
November 17, 2025 at 10:38 AM
It's all over this. But I think it's actually a combination of factors. They also inhabit a bubble and are now heavily guided by an online radicalisation machine they shouldn't have any contact with.
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Confiscating jewellery from survivors of a war zone makes you look like a fucking Nazi. And the obscene thing is, that is the intention. It's there to look appropriately harsh. Indecent. Filthy. A moral stain. And no-one of good character would have ever proposed such a thing in the first place.
November 17, 2025 at 10:48 AM
Confiscating jewellery from survivors of a war zone makes you look like a fucking Nazi. And the obscene thing is, that is the intention. It's there to look appropriately harsh. Indecent. Filthy. A moral stain. And no-one of good character would have ever proposed such a thing in the first place.
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They've gone absolutely batshit nuts. Ruined by Brexit, Twitter and insane advisors who think they're geniuses.
November 17, 2025 at 10:28 AM
They've gone absolutely batshit nuts. Ruined by Brexit, Twitter and insane advisors who think they're geniuses.
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Your regular reminder that there is absolutely nothing "hard" or "tough" about targeting the poorest, most vulnerable, and least able to defend themselves groups of people on the entire planet
November 17, 2025 at 10:17 AM
Your regular reminder that there is absolutely nothing "hard" or "tough" about targeting the poorest, most vulnerable, and least able to defend themselves groups of people on the entire planet
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Absolutely. Will also enrage any of their progressive core vote.
Reckon they could well poll in single digit %s soon
Reckon they could well poll in single digit %s soon
November 17, 2025 at 10:18 AM
Absolutely. Will also enrage any of their progressive core vote.
Reckon they could well poll in single digit %s soon
Reckon they could well poll in single digit %s soon
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My guess is they will end up u-turning on the jewellery thing (you can already see it being softening in interviews) and possibly the 20 years (which is way longer than Denmark).
November 17, 2025 at 8:55 AM
My guess is they will end up u-turning on the jewellery thing (you can already see it being softening in interviews) and possibly the 20 years (which is way longer than Denmark).
From the dark side but still very good:
November 17, 2025 at 10:00 AM
From the dark side but still very good:
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Likely Glasman and McSweeney with Mahmood as their mouthpiece
November 17, 2025 at 9:51 AM
Likely Glasman and McSweeney with Mahmood as their mouthpiece
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Hey Labour
Remember the majority of voters who believe in treating people decently and not stealing from those who've endured months and years of hardship fleeing war and persecution to seek a place of safety?
We're still over here 👋
Remember the majority of voters who believe in treating people decently and not stealing from those who've endured months and years of hardship fleeing war and persecution to seek a place of safety?
We're still over here 👋
November 17, 2025 at 7:49 AM
Hey Labour
Remember the majority of voters who believe in treating people decently and not stealing from those who've endured months and years of hardship fleeing war and persecution to seek a place of safety?
We're still over here 👋
Remember the majority of voters who believe in treating people decently and not stealing from those who've endured months and years of hardship fleeing war and persecution to seek a place of safety?
We're still over here 👋
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I live in a previously rock solid Labour ward that went to the Greens for the first time ever in a by-election earlier this year. The London local elections are in May. Do they think about the effect all this will have on what's left of their strongholds?
November 16, 2025 at 4:05 PM
I live in a previously rock solid Labour ward that went to the Greens for the first time ever in a by-election earlier this year. The London local elections are in May. Do they think about the effect all this will have on what's left of their strongholds?
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Gura fada uainn srathair na hainnise.
November 16, 2025 at 7:44 AM
Gura fada uainn srathair na hainnise.
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Someone should ask Starmer and Mahmood whether they think the Kindertransport, for example, should have been a return ticket. Whether Alf Dubs, rather than becoming a Labour MP and now Lord, ought to have been sent back with his family to Czechoslovakia once it was liberated from German rule.
This contribution to the volume of human misery is yet another policy from Labour based on a false premise, in this case that refugees are overly attracted to Britain. It will increase bureaucratic limbo, thus making worse the problem of "cohesion" it purports to solve.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
UK set to limit refugees to temporary stays
Shabana Mahmood is expected to say the era of permanent protection for refugees is over, in major changes to the UK's asylum and immigration system.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 15, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Someone should ask Starmer and Mahmood whether they think the Kindertransport, for example, should have been a return ticket. Whether Alf Dubs, rather than becoming a Labour MP and now Lord, ought to have been sent back with his family to Czechoslovakia once it was liberated from German rule.
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Interesting to see so many great British patriots right now begging an American president to bankrupt one of Britain’s last remaining truly national institutions.
November 15, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Interesting to see so many great British patriots right now begging an American president to bankrupt one of Britain’s last remaining truly national institutions.
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My post yesterday on the $Ibn Trump legal threat against the BBC has been picked up by newspapers around the world. It would appear few had gone through the letter and spotted that, well, it contained no evidence in support of its claims of damage.
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November 12, 2025 at 8:37 AM
My post yesterday on the $Ibn Trump legal threat against the BBC has been picked up by newspapers around the world. It would appear few had gone through the letter and spotted that, well, it contained no evidence in support of its claims of damage.
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Top Tory helped place hit pieces in The Mail against Jeremy Corbyn for the Israeli government.
www.declassifieduk.org/leaked-email...
www.declassifieduk.org/leaked-email...
Leaked emails expose top Tories’ historic relationship with Israel
Former Conservative party treasurer told an Israeli diplomat: ‘You still have friends close to number ten!!!’
www.declassifieduk.org
November 9, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Top Tory helped place hit pieces in The Mail against Jeremy Corbyn for the Israeli government.
www.declassifieduk.org/leaked-email...
www.declassifieduk.org/leaked-email...
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repost to let more people see the plaques that were removed to keep people from seeing them.
November 9, 2025 at 1:45 PM
repost to let more people see the plaques that were removed to keep people from seeing them.
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Wow.
I just checked my notes...
Professional fireworks are as loud as 175 dB!
I just checked my notes...
Professional fireworks are as loud as 175 dB!
November 9, 2025 at 10:33 AM
Wow.
I just checked my notes...
Professional fireworks are as loud as 175 dB!
I just checked my notes...
Professional fireworks are as loud as 175 dB!
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Yes, new research among ex-military reported in the New York Times showed that exposure to loud noises, even when unrelated to actual combat, damaged internal organs and left micro-striations in the brain associated with a dramatic decline in cognitive functioning and mental health.
November 9, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Yes, new research among ex-military reported in the New York Times showed that exposure to loud noises, even when unrelated to actual combat, damaged internal organs and left micro-striations in the brain associated with a dramatic decline in cognitive functioning and mental health.
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Agreed, though professional-grade fireworks are even louder (up to 150 dB), equivalent to actual military artillery. How many people using and watching these wear ear protection? Even so, the shock waves cause permanent physical damage. There's simply no safe level of exposure to noise above 100 dB.
November 9, 2025 at 6:05 AM
Agreed, though professional-grade fireworks are even louder (up to 150 dB), equivalent to actual military artillery. How many people using and watching these wear ear protection? Even so, the shock waves cause permanent physical damage. There's simply no safe level of exposure to noise above 100 dB.