DavidF
@davidf7858.bsky.social
Observer of comedy, sport, social science & popular science.
Current affairs worrier & potential pessimist.
Environment;Sustainability;Nature. Social contract;Justice;Inequality reduction; Cooperation.
Reasoned contradiction welcomed & not personalised.
Current affairs worrier & potential pessimist.
Environment;Sustainability;Nature. Social contract;Justice;Inequality reduction; Cooperation.
Reasoned contradiction welcomed & not personalised.
Farage, Trump fan & broker for the rich & powerful.
Our judgement of Reform UK is being similarly tested.
Our judgement of Reform UK is being similarly tested.
Nigel Farage tells GB News that Keir Starmer's decision to appoint Peter Mandelson as US ambassador shows his judgement is "seriously wrong" and he should stand down as Prime Minister.
Here's what Farage said when Mandelson was appointed
Here's what Farage said when Mandelson was appointed
February 5, 2026 at 9:16 PM
Farage, Trump fan & broker for the rich & powerful.
Our judgement of Reform UK is being similarly tested.
Our judgement of Reform UK is being similarly tested.
Reform UK cut & paste Trump Administration policies.
RefUK & Tories to introduce an ICE equivalent?
Extreme wealth inequality is their motivation & general public's source of suffering.
Difficult to get the warnings through to the 30+% who support RefUK.
In the meantime... Climate change.
RefUK & Tories to introduce an ICE equivalent?
Extreme wealth inequality is their motivation & general public's source of suffering.
Difficult to get the warnings through to the 30+% who support RefUK.
In the meantime... Climate change.
January 25, 2026 at 11:54 AM
Reform UK cut & paste Trump Administration policies.
RefUK & Tories to introduce an ICE equivalent?
Extreme wealth inequality is their motivation & general public's source of suffering.
Difficult to get the warnings through to the 30+% who support RefUK.
In the meantime... Climate change.
RefUK & Tories to introduce an ICE equivalent?
Extreme wealth inequality is their motivation & general public's source of suffering.
Difficult to get the warnings through to the 30+% who support RefUK.
In the meantime... Climate change.
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Worth remembering when looking at the horrific scenes in the US right now that both Reform and the Tories have pledged to bring in ICE-style organisations to the UK if they win power
January 24, 2026 at 10:33 PM
Worth remembering when looking at the horrific scenes in the US right now that both Reform and the Tories have pledged to bring in ICE-style organisations to the UK if they win power
Reform UK copy USA Republican policies. How far would they go?
This health policy is too far. Prime example of public suffering for private wealth accumulation.
Extreme wealth inequality is our problem, denying circulation of national income would flow through our pockets & our public services.
This health policy is too far. Prime example of public suffering for private wealth accumulation.
Extreme wealth inequality is our problem, denying circulation of national income would flow through our pockets & our public services.
Reform MP Andrew Rosindell tells the BBC that he "would not object" to scrapping the NHS and replacing it with private insurance
January 25, 2026 at 11:39 AM
Reform UK copy USA Republican policies. How far would they go?
This health policy is too far. Prime example of public suffering for private wealth accumulation.
Extreme wealth inequality is our problem, denying circulation of national income would flow through our pockets & our public services.
This health policy is too far. Prime example of public suffering for private wealth accumulation.
Extreme wealth inequality is our problem, denying circulation of national income would flow through our pockets & our public services.
Project 2025; Trump Administration; Pardon criminals; Immunity for ICE; Indiscriminate kidnap & kill; Protest & unpopularity; Potential election loss; Insurrection Act; Excuse to implement; Increasingly urgent.
Who will prevent or investigate the killing of an ICE agent?
Who will prevent or investigate the killing of an ICE agent?
I just spoke with the White House after another horrific shooting by federal agents this morning. Minnesota has had it. This is sickening.
The President must end this operation. Pull the thousands of violent, untrained officers out of Minnesota. Now.
The President must end this operation. Pull the thousands of violent, untrained officers out of Minnesota. Now.
January 25, 2026 at 11:29 AM
Project 2025; Trump Administration; Pardon criminals; Immunity for ICE; Indiscriminate kidnap & kill; Protest & unpopularity; Potential election loss; Insurrection Act; Excuse to implement; Increasingly urgent.
Who will prevent or investigate the killing of an ICE agent?
Who will prevent or investigate the killing of an ICE agent?
Project 2025; Trump Administration; Pardon criminals; Immunity for ICE; Indiscriminate kidnap & kill; Protest & unpopularity; Potential election loss; Insurrection Act; Excuse to implement; Increasingly urgent.
Who will prevent or investigate the killing of an ICE agent?
Who will prevent or investigate the killing of an ICE agent?
January 25, 2026 at 11:26 AM
Project 2025; Trump Administration; Pardon criminals; Immunity for ICE; Indiscriminate kidnap & kill; Protest & unpopularity; Potential election loss; Insurrection Act; Excuse to implement; Increasingly urgent.
Who will prevent or investigate the killing of an ICE agent?
Who will prevent or investigate the killing of an ICE agent?
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2. There’s a basic metric by which you can tell who in politics are your allies and who are your enemies: whether they support or oppose the extreme concentration of wealth. Those who support it (let’s call them Group 1) are the political right. Those who oppose it (Group 2) are the political left.
January 23, 2026 at 11:30 AM
2. There’s a basic metric by which you can tell who in politics are your allies and who are your enemies: whether they support or oppose the extreme concentration of wealth. Those who support it (let’s call them Group 1) are the political right. Those who oppose it (Group 2) are the political left.
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Austerity, Brexit & high wealth inequality deny choice to politicians who prioritise the public good.
Left with deciding which asset to sell or environment to degrade for revenue;
Leading to political loss, as voters reward alternative candidates, who may value wealth over public good.
Solutions?
Left with deciding which asset to sell or environment to degrade for revenue;
Leading to political loss, as voters reward alternative candidates, who may value wealth over public good.
Solutions?
January 16, 2026 at 7:04 AM
Austerity, Brexit & high wealth inequality deny choice to politicians who prioritise the public good.
Left with deciding which asset to sell or environment to degrade for revenue;
Leading to political loss, as voters reward alternative candidates, who may value wealth over public good.
Solutions?
Left with deciding which asset to sell or environment to degrade for revenue;
Leading to political loss, as voters reward alternative candidates, who may value wealth over public good.
Solutions?
Trump administration actions that contradict statements;
They see the global crises, while denying them.
They see the domestic crises, while informing that their policies are effective in protecting their constituents.
1 of 3
They see the global crises, while denying them.
They see the domestic crises, while informing that their policies are effective in protecting their constituents.
1 of 3
January 8, 2026 at 5:56 PM
Trump administration actions that contradict statements;
They see the global crises, while denying them.
They see the domestic crises, while informing that their policies are effective in protecting their constituents.
1 of 3
They see the global crises, while denying them.
They see the domestic crises, while informing that their policies are effective in protecting their constituents.
1 of 3
I've just emailed my MP to tell them what nature means to me and that I want it to stay protected. Will you take action too?
action.rspb.org.uk/page/180990/...
action.rspb.org.uk/page/180990/...
Tell the UK Government they must do better for nature!
I've just emailed my MP to tell them what nature means to me and that I want it to stay protected. Will you take action too?
action.rspb.org.uk
November 29, 2025 at 11:10 AM
I've just emailed my MP to tell them what nature means to me and that I want it to stay protected. Will you take action too?
action.rspb.org.uk/page/180990/...
action.rspb.org.uk/page/180990/...
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Please take 5 seconds to sign the petition: petitions.parliament.scot/petitions/PE...
November 26, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Please take 5 seconds to sign the petition: petitions.parliament.scot/petitions/PE...
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Plastic Surpasses Plankton in Greek Seas
with some areas showing an alarming ratio of 1.3 million plastic particles per square kilometer.
This shift poses a threat not only to marine biodiversity but also to human health, as plastics enter the food chain
www.berkeywaterfilter.com/plastic-surp...
with some areas showing an alarming ratio of 1.3 million plastic particles per square kilometer.
This shift poses a threat not only to marine biodiversity but also to human health, as plastics enter the food chain
www.berkeywaterfilter.com/plastic-surp...
October 31, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Plastic Surpasses Plankton in Greek Seas
with some areas showing an alarming ratio of 1.3 million plastic particles per square kilometer.
This shift poses a threat not only to marine biodiversity but also to human health, as plastics enter the food chain
www.berkeywaterfilter.com/plastic-surp...
with some areas showing an alarming ratio of 1.3 million plastic particles per square kilometer.
This shift poses a threat not only to marine biodiversity but also to human health, as plastics enter the food chain
www.berkeywaterfilter.com/plastic-surp...
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The politics of Jenrick, Farage and Tommy Robinson will guarantee national decline.
Even if we imposed all the most vicious, hostile, and arbitrary policies they want, our towns and villages will still suffer until we fund local public services rather than corporate tax breaks.
Even if we imposed all the most vicious, hostile, and arbitrary policies they want, our towns and villages will still suffer until we fund local public services rather than corporate tax breaks.
Our culture and heritage have been eroded, not by immigrants, but by Thatcherism and corporate greed.
The answer isn’t bitterness or scapegoating.
People are right to be angry with a rotten system that’s let them down—real patriotism means rebuilding our communities.
My op-ed piece for LFF. 👇
The answer isn’t bitterness or scapegoating.
People are right to be angry with a rotten system that’s let them down—real patriotism means rebuilding our communities.
My op-ed piece for LFF. 👇
On patriotism and national decline
Prioritisation of corporate wealth and privatisation have threatened our heritage and eroded our culture far more than immigration ever has
leftfootforward.org
October 20, 2025 at 12:49 PM
The politics of Jenrick, Farage and Tommy Robinson will guarantee national decline.
Even if we imposed all the most vicious, hostile, and arbitrary policies they want, our towns and villages will still suffer until we fund local public services rather than corporate tax breaks.
Even if we imposed all the most vicious, hostile, and arbitrary policies they want, our towns and villages will still suffer until we fund local public services rather than corporate tax breaks.
Freeports, deregulation, profiteering, exploitation, inequality, non- sustainable.
More harm than good.
Loading the cons on society,while gifting the pros.
More harm than good.
Loading the cons on society,while gifting the pros.
Let the Labour Party know that you do not want your villages, towns, cities, public services privatised by predatory corporations like US Blackrock, Palantir, and hundreds more.
My petition calls for a complete transparency review of all deregulated free zones.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/72...
My petition calls for a complete transparency review of all deregulated free zones.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/72...
Petition: Transparency and Review of the free zones and ports impacts
To ensure full transparency by releasing data on governance, funding, and operations of free zones. Plus a public review to assess impacts, such as job displacement and value for taxpayers money
petition.parliament.uk
October 19, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Freeports, deregulation, profiteering, exploitation, inequality, non- sustainable.
More harm than good.
Loading the cons on society,while gifting the pros.
More harm than good.
Loading the cons on society,while gifting the pros.
@richardburgon.bsky.social www.facebook.com/reel/1883515...
I'd like to think that ministers & opposition politicians are aware of this before pressurising authorities into reversing safety advice.
Context: Club fans have been banned for property damage, protesters arrested for supporting peace.
I'd like to think that ministers & opposition politicians are aware of this before pressurising authorities into reversing safety advice.
Context: Club fans have been banned for property damage, protesters arrested for supporting peace.
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“The Prime Minister & UK media are currently lobbying to allow racist football hooligans to attend UEFA Europa match, under pressure from genocidal...
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October 19, 2025 at 3:52 PM
@richardburgon.bsky.social www.facebook.com/reel/1883515...
I'd like to think that ministers & opposition politicians are aware of this before pressurising authorities into reversing safety advice.
Context: Club fans have been banned for property damage, protesters arrested for supporting peace.
I'd like to think that ministers & opposition politicians are aware of this before pressurising authorities into reversing safety advice.
Context: Club fans have been banned for property damage, protesters arrested for supporting peace.
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While UK citizens were told Brexit would "take back control," the government was quietly handing £27bn of public money to American corporations every single year.
open.substack.com/pub/european...
open.substack.com/pub/european...
The Great British Sell-Off: How Brexit Delivered Corporate Power and US Vassalism
State Aid, Public Money, and the Corporate Takeover of Britain
open.substack.com
August 21, 2025 at 10:40 AM
While UK citizens were told Brexit would "take back control," the government was quietly handing £27bn of public money to American corporations every single year.
open.substack.com/pub/european...
open.substack.com/pub/european...
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Let the Labour Party know that you do not want your villages, towns, cities, public services privatised by predatory corporations like US Blackrock, Palantir, and hundreds more.
My petition calls for a complete transparency review of all deregulated free zones.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/72...
My petition calls for a complete transparency review of all deregulated free zones.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/72...
Petition: Transparency and Review of the free zones and ports impacts
To ensure full transparency by releasing data on governance, funding, and operations of free zones. Plus a public review to assess impacts, such as job displacement and value for taxpayers money
petition.parliament.uk
August 21, 2025 at 9:34 AM
Let the Labour Party know that you do not want your villages, towns, cities, public services privatised by predatory corporations like US Blackrock, Palantir, and hundreds more.
My petition calls for a complete transparency review of all deregulated free zones.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/72...
My petition calls for a complete transparency review of all deregulated free zones.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/72...
Signed off in style. youtu.be/tMDFv5m18Pw?...
Ozzy Osbourne - Crazy Train (Official Animated Video)
YouTube video by OzzyOsbourneVEVO
youtu.be
July 22, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Signed off in style. youtu.be/tMDFv5m18Pw?...
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People are complaining that they don't understand my petition, and that I should dumb it down, so here goes.
Your country is being cut up into pieces and sold off to corporations.
If you don't sign this petition, you will lose everything.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/72...
Your country is being cut up into pieces and sold off to corporations.
If you don't sign this petition, you will lose everything.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/72...
Petition: Transparency and Review of the free zones and ports impacts
To ensure full transparency by releasing data on governance, funding, and operations of free zones. Plus a public review to assess impacts, such as job displacement and value for taxpayers money
petition.parliament.uk
July 13, 2025 at 6:11 PM
People are complaining that they don't understand my petition, and that I should dumb it down, so here goes.
Your country is being cut up into pieces and sold off to corporations.
If you don't sign this petition, you will lose everything.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/72...
Your country is being cut up into pieces and sold off to corporations.
If you don't sign this petition, you will lose everything.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/72...
@bobsickle.bsky.social Hello. Thanks for TLL. Enjoyed in 'old' York. Lovely to see your role reprised with triple impact from D&S
June 12, 2025 at 12:36 AM
@bobsickle.bsky.social Hello. Thanks for TLL. Enjoyed in 'old' York. Lovely to see your role reprised with triple impact from D&S
@richardburgon.bsky.social
Please make your vote count to provide, at least, the ability of terminally ill cancer patients to avoid the last painful, helplessly incapacitated period before death.
Thanks. I'm relying on empathetic MPs like yourself.
Please make your vote count to provide, at least, the ability of terminally ill cancer patients to avoid the last painful, helplessly incapacitated period before death.
Thanks. I'm relying on empathetic MPs like yourself.
As a supporter who’s just been diagnosed with stage 4 ovarian cancer I’m incredibly scared that this won’t get passed by government in time. I desperately don’t want to have to endure what’s coming . But I don’t want to o spend my last months planning my suicide which can do often fail to work
May 14, 2025 at 3:19 PM
@richardburgon.bsky.social
Please make your vote count to provide, at least, the ability of terminally ill cancer patients to avoid the last painful, helplessly incapacitated period before death.
Thanks. I'm relying on empathetic MPs like yourself.
Please make your vote count to provide, at least, the ability of terminally ill cancer patients to avoid the last painful, helplessly incapacitated period before death.
Thanks. I'm relying on empathetic MPs like yourself.
Inequality [big wealth gap] is a fundamental societal issue.
An issue that can be alleviated & with justifiable reasoning.
An quicker fix than climate change mitigation, and not unrelated.
An issue that can be alleviated & with justifiable reasoning.
An quicker fix than climate change mitigation, and not unrelated.
Slashing billions from welfare will not help people into work or save money, Rachel Reeves warned
Campaigners are calling on the government to tax wealth instead of taking money from benefits claimants
www.bigissue.com/news/social-...
Campaigners are calling on the government to tax wealth instead of taking money from benefits claimants
www.bigissue.com/news/social-...
Slashing billions from welfare will not save money, Rachel Reeves warned
Campaigners are calling on the government to tax wealth instead of cutting billions of pounds from the benefits bill.
www.bigissue.com
March 7, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Inequality [big wealth gap] is a fundamental societal issue.
An issue that can be alleviated & with justifiable reasoning.
An quicker fix than climate change mitigation, and not unrelated.
An issue that can be alleviated & with justifiable reasoning.
An quicker fix than climate change mitigation, and not unrelated.
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How will AI regulation & policing, protect populations from exploitation in a system where, for example, energy bills can impoverish millions & media output can be hijacked by disinformation?
How will AI regulation & policing, protect populations from exploitation in a system where, for example, energy bills can impoverish millions & media output can be hijacked by disinformation?
497K views · 31K reactions | Raoul Pal, a prominent figure in the investment and cryptocurrency space, discussed the potential of Agentic AI during a podcast.
He described this emerging technology as...
Raoul Pal, a prominent figure in the investment and cryptocurrency space, discussed the potential of Agentic AI during a podcast.
He described this emerging technology as a digital platform...
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March 3, 2025 at 1:37 PM
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How will AI regulation & policing, protect populations from exploitation in a system where, for example, energy bills can impoverish millions & media output can be hijacked by disinformation?
How will AI regulation & policing, protect populations from exploitation in a system where, for example, energy bills can impoverish millions & media output can be hijacked by disinformation?
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If we in Europe need to spend more on defence and military, which we do, then we finally need to start making sure that the richest companies and entities pay their fair share. If we're all in this together, then we all need to PAY for this together. No more peace on the backs of the poorest.
March 3, 2025 at 12:46 PM
If we in Europe need to spend more on defence and military, which we do, then we finally need to start making sure that the richest companies and entities pay their fair share. If we're all in this together, then we all need to PAY for this together. No more peace on the backs of the poorest.