Dave Leisler
@davel335.bsky.social
Anti-fascist, anti-racist, anti-Tory, anti-Brexit, anti ReformUK. Lapsed musician. Into books and an eclectic assortment of music. Likes good beer.
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Why is every scandal existential for Starmer? Because he has actively worked to eradicate his own support base. And that, along with the Mandelson decision, can be laid at McSweeney's door iandunt.substack.com/p/starmers-m...
February 6, 2026 at 12:25 PM
Why is every scandal existential for Starmer? Because he has actively worked to eradicate his own support base. And that, along with the Mandelson decision, can be laid at McSweeney's door iandunt.substack.com/p/starmers-m...
New Springsteen song. Written Saturday, recorded Sunday released today, Monday.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wWKS...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wWKS...
Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen
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January 28, 2026 at 7:57 PM
New Springsteen song. Written Saturday, recorded Sunday released today, Monday.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wWKS...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wWKS...
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Braverman is one of the most repulsive politicians out there. Vicious, fascistic, useless, without principle, loyalty or *any* actual genuine success to her name.
Just cheating, lying, letting people down and delivering failure. No wonder she feels she’s “come home” to Reform. It’s a perfect fit.
Just cheating, lying, letting people down and delivering failure. No wonder she feels she’s “come home” to Reform. It’s a perfect fit.
January 26, 2026 at 6:38 PM
Braverman is one of the most repulsive politicians out there. Vicious, fascistic, useless, without principle, loyalty or *any* actual genuine success to her name.
Just cheating, lying, letting people down and delivering failure. No wonder she feels she’s “come home” to Reform. It’s a perfect fit.
Just cheating, lying, letting people down and delivering failure. No wonder she feels she’s “come home” to Reform. It’s a perfect fit.
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Prioritising balance over objectivity is the most cowardly exercise that a news outlet or journalist can engage in.
'The evidence shows X, but the regime says Y - so it's impossible to know the truth.'
Lies should not be afforded the same respect and credibility as the evidence that exposes them.
'The evidence shows X, but the regime says Y - so it's impossible to know the truth.'
Lies should not be afforded the same respect and credibility as the evidence that exposes them.
January 24, 2026 at 11:29 PM
Prioritising balance over objectivity is the most cowardly exercise that a news outlet or journalist can engage in.
'The evidence shows X, but the regime says Y - so it's impossible to know the truth.'
Lies should not be afforded the same respect and credibility as the evidence that exposes them.
'The evidence shows X, but the regime says Y - so it's impossible to know the truth.'
Lies should not be afforded the same respect and credibility as the evidence that exposes them.
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January 4, 2026 at 5:24 PM
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Don’t let them rewrite history. Thank you, Nancy Pelosi, for speaking out.
December 30, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Don’t let them rewrite history. Thank you, Nancy Pelosi, for speaking out.
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December 20, 2025 at 4:10 PM
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As for Farage’s use of racist slurs being confined to his childhood - well, that's not what Alan Sked, the founder of UKIP, claimed in this 2014 interview.
He says here that Farage was using the "n" word as late as 1997.
Farage would have been about 33 at time.
www.theguardian.com/politics/201...
He says here that Farage was using the "n" word as late as 1997.
Farage would have been about 33 at time.
www.theguardian.com/politics/201...
Ukip founder Alan Sked: 'The party has become a Frankenstein's monster'
He may have founded Ukip, but Alan Sked's moderate, Brussels-boycotting party has gone rogue. Stuart Jeffries meets the academic who's desperate to stop the bandwagon he first set rolling
www.theguardian.com
November 26, 2025 at 8:55 AM
As for Farage’s use of racist slurs being confined to his childhood - well, that's not what Alan Sked, the founder of UKIP, claimed in this 2014 interview.
He says here that Farage was using the "n" word as late as 1997.
Farage would have been about 33 at time.
www.theguardian.com/politics/201...
He says here that Farage was using the "n" word as late as 1997.
Farage would have been about 33 at time.
www.theguardian.com/politics/201...
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What an interesting choice of words
November 25, 2025 at 9:08 AM
What an interesting choice of words
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“They went for pensioners, they went for the disabled, and now they’re going for people fleeing war and conflict. I am furious — this government should hang their heads in shame.”
Zack Polanski on Labour’s new immigration reforms on Newsnight.
Zack Polanski on Labour’s new immigration reforms on Newsnight.
November 18, 2025 at 10:01 AM
“They went for pensioners, they went for the disabled, and now they’re going for people fleeing war and conflict. I am furious — this government should hang their heads in shame.”
Zack Polanski on Labour’s new immigration reforms on Newsnight.
Zack Polanski on Labour’s new immigration reforms on Newsnight.
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“It isn’t people seeking sanctuary who are tearing our country apart. It’s toxic, racist narratives and the scapegoating of migrants for crises they did not cause.”
Carla Denyer challenges the Home Secretary's new immigration reforms saying they just fuel far-right narratives.
Carla Denyer challenges the Home Secretary's new immigration reforms saying they just fuel far-right narratives.
November 17, 2025 at 9:52 PM
“It isn’t people seeking sanctuary who are tearing our country apart. It’s toxic, racist narratives and the scapegoating of migrants for crises they did not cause.”
Carla Denyer challenges the Home Secretary's new immigration reforms saying they just fuel far-right narratives.
Carla Denyer challenges the Home Secretary's new immigration reforms saying they just fuel far-right narratives.
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The Labour Government reeling off the same far-right talking points on immigration. And look who is celebrating. The far-right.
There is a political alternative that won’t ever scapegoat those fleeing war, persecution and torture
join.greenparty.org.uk
There is a political alternative that won’t ever scapegoat those fleeing war, persecution and torture
join.greenparty.org.uk
November 16, 2025 at 10:28 AM
The Labour Government reeling off the same far-right talking points on immigration. And look who is celebrating. The far-right.
There is a political alternative that won’t ever scapegoat those fleeing war, persecution and torture
join.greenparty.org.uk
There is a political alternative that won’t ever scapegoat those fleeing war, persecution and torture
join.greenparty.org.uk
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Everything on our news agenda is being driven by a corrupted disinformation machine, run by a billionaire who sponsors Tommy Robinson and who keeps trying to foment civil war in the UK.
And incredibly our MPs & news providers stay there.
THAT is the problem. Not some bad editing choice on the BBC.
And incredibly our MPs & news providers stay there.
THAT is the problem. Not some bad editing choice on the BBC.
November 10, 2025 at 9:18 AM
Everything on our news agenda is being driven by a corrupted disinformation machine, run by a billionaire who sponsors Tommy Robinson and who keeps trying to foment civil war in the UK.
And incredibly our MPs & news providers stay there.
THAT is the problem. Not some bad editing choice on the BBC.
And incredibly our MPs & news providers stay there.
THAT is the problem. Not some bad editing choice on the BBC.
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There were 115 prisoners mistakenly released in the final year of the last Conservative Government alone.
Interesting that it only becomes a major national scandal the second these releases can be blamed on a Labour government
Interesting that it only becomes a major national scandal the second these releases can be blamed on a Labour government
November 5, 2025 at 1:33 PM
There were 115 prisoners mistakenly released in the final year of the last Conservative Government alone.
Interesting that it only becomes a major national scandal the second these releases can be blamed on a Labour government
Interesting that it only becomes a major national scandal the second these releases can be blamed on a Labour government
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Why is the PM involving himself in a local policing issue?
It’s purely a policing issue designed to protect British residents from well-known hooligans who have been banned elsewhere in Europe.
This is wild. The PM is putting Israeli hooligans before Brits’ safety and the law.
It’s purely a policing issue designed to protect British residents from well-known hooligans who have been banned elsewhere in Europe.
This is wild. The PM is putting Israeli hooligans before Brits’ safety and the law.
October 17, 2025 at 10:33 AM
Why is the PM involving himself in a local policing issue?
It’s purely a policing issue designed to protect British residents from well-known hooligans who have been banned elsewhere in Europe.
This is wild. The PM is putting Israeli hooligans before Brits’ safety and the law.
It’s purely a policing issue designed to protect British residents from well-known hooligans who have been banned elsewhere in Europe.
This is wild. The PM is putting Israeli hooligans before Brits’ safety and the law.
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Margaret Thatcher said "Socialism is great until you run out of other people's money."
Then sold everything of yours because she was running out of money.
The hypocrisy is mind blowing.
Then sold everything of yours because she was running out of money.
The hypocrisy is mind blowing.
October 16, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Margaret Thatcher said "Socialism is great until you run out of other people's money."
Then sold everything of yours because she was running out of money.
The hypocrisy is mind blowing.
Then sold everything of yours because she was running out of money.
The hypocrisy is mind blowing.
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Lest we forget one month ago Angela Rayner resigned over underpaying stamp duty on her £800,000 flat in Hove
Within a week Farage exposed not to own a £885,000 house in #Clacton he claimed he’d bought & accused of avoiding £44,000 in tax by funding his girlfriend to buy it
It got buried quick eh❗️😡
Within a week Farage exposed not to own a £885,000 house in #Clacton he claimed he’d bought & accused of avoiding £44,000 in tax by funding his girlfriend to buy it
It got buried quick eh❗️😡
Angela Rayner resigns after underpaying tax on Hove flat - BBC News
Her departure comes after the PM's ethics adviser concludes that she breached ministerial rules.
www.bbc.com
October 16, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Lest we forget one month ago Angela Rayner resigned over underpaying stamp duty on her £800,000 flat in Hove
Within a week Farage exposed not to own a £885,000 house in #Clacton he claimed he’d bought & accused of avoiding £44,000 in tax by funding his girlfriend to buy it
It got buried quick eh❗️😡
Within a week Farage exposed not to own a £885,000 house in #Clacton he claimed he’d bought & accused of avoiding £44,000 in tax by funding his girlfriend to buy it
It got buried quick eh❗️😡
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I remember like 10 years ago when fascism was seen by most people for what it is: criminal behavior, and not “political opinions”.
October 9, 2025 at 11:44 PM
I remember like 10 years ago when fascism was seen by most people for what it is: criminal behavior, and not “political opinions”.
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“The actual costs of my business exceed the likely revenue of my business” is usually the sort of thing we solve with bankruptcy, not piracy.
Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry
Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry
Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.
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October 8, 2025 at 12:35 PM
“The actual costs of my business exceed the likely revenue of my business” is usually the sort of thing we solve with bankruptcy, not piracy.
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October 4, 2025 at 2:23 PM