David Bale
@dcb00.bsky.social
It’s okay, the Mail will be trying to discredit this on the front page for 15 days straight.
February 12, 2026 at 6:28 PM
It’s okay, the Mail will be trying to discredit this on the front page for 15 days straight.
As usual, not an apology. ‘Sorry you’re offended’
February 12, 2026 at 12:23 PM
As usual, not an apology. ‘Sorry you’re offended’
Setting up the NHS wasn’t grown up by the same token.
February 12, 2026 at 12:05 PM
Setting up the NHS wasn’t grown up by the same token.
He’s the one paid in Eire to avoid tax?
February 10, 2026 at 8:10 PM
He’s the one paid in Eire to avoid tax?
They don’t even look like athletes. They were playing Japan, NZ and SA recently when Aus v Eng League tests were also televised. A world of difference in athleticism and physicality.
February 10, 2026 at 6:07 PM
They don’t even look like athletes. They were playing Japan, NZ and SA recently when Aus v Eng League tests were also televised. A world of difference in athleticism and physicality.
Yusuf clearly already regards state money as his own
February 10, 2026 at 12:50 PM
Yusuf clearly already regards state money as his own
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That continues a worrying trend for the UK over the last decade.
@anticorruption.bsky.social cited record political donations from super‑rich backers, cash‑for‑access politics, aggressive lobbying & shrinking space for protest, journalism & people-powered campaigns the UK's downgrade... 2/3
@anticorruption.bsky.social cited record political donations from super‑rich backers, cash‑for‑access politics, aggressive lobbying & shrinking space for protest, journalism & people-powered campaigns the UK's downgrade... 2/3
February 10, 2026 at 12:08 PM
That continues a worrying trend for the UK over the last decade.
@anticorruption.bsky.social cited record political donations from super‑rich backers, cash‑for‑access politics, aggressive lobbying & shrinking space for protest, journalism & people-powered campaigns the UK's downgrade... 2/3
@anticorruption.bsky.social cited record political donations from super‑rich backers, cash‑for‑access politics, aggressive lobbying & shrinking space for protest, journalism & people-powered campaigns the UK's downgrade... 2/3
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Did you see all the “Countryside is too white”, “countryside is racist” hoo ha last week?
If you were anywhere near RW media or the hell site, you can’t have missed it!
Want to know where it all came from? Why there were over 30 “news” pieces about it in just 4 days?
Let’s take a look!👀
🧵1/29
If you were anywhere near RW media or the hell site, you can’t have missed it!
Want to know where it all came from? Why there were over 30 “news” pieces about it in just 4 days?
Let’s take a look!👀
🧵1/29
February 9, 2026 at 9:25 PM
Did you see all the “Countryside is too white”, “countryside is racist” hoo ha last week?
If you were anywhere near RW media or the hell site, you can’t have missed it!
Want to know where it all came from? Why there were over 30 “news” pieces about it in just 4 days?
Let’s take a look!👀
🧵1/29
If you were anywhere near RW media or the hell site, you can’t have missed it!
Want to know where it all came from? Why there were over 30 “news” pieces about it in just 4 days?
Let’s take a look!👀
🧵1/29
‘Farage issues ‘come and get me’ plea to Rees-Mogg’
February 9, 2026 at 8:39 PM
‘Farage issues ‘come and get me’ plea to Rees-Mogg’
It plays to his retired ‘it was good enough for us’ base. And it plays to the US far right religious backers who want women to stay at home and have children.
February 9, 2026 at 7:50 PM
It plays to his retired ‘it was good enough for us’ base. And it plays to the US far right religious backers who want women to stay at home and have children.
Nope. As others have pointed out, he is obsessed by the drama, by the style over the substance. He isn’t alone.
February 9, 2026 at 7:09 PM
Nope. As others have pointed out, he is obsessed by the drama, by the style over the substance. He isn’t alone.
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Elon’s emails to Epstein.
Location: Starbase, Texas
Location: Starbase, Texas
February 8, 2026 at 9:10 PM
Elon’s emails to Epstein.
Location: Starbase, Texas
Location: Starbase, Texas
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Just beyond parody at this point
February 8, 2026 at 7:52 PM
Just beyond parody at this point
Excellent podcast, listen alongside this one from this week, not an uplifting picture in any respect:
February 7, 2026 at 4:14 PM
Excellent podcast, listen alongside this one from this week, not an uplifting picture in any respect:
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Have a read of this. Great scoop, obviously, but it’s also an absolute masterclass in how to report on these jokers. Plenty of London-based hacks could learn a lot from Martin Shipton here. If they actually wanted to…
nation.cymru/news/the-new...
nation.cymru/news/the-new...
The new leader of Reform UK Wales lives in Bath, not Wales
Martin Shipton The newly appointed leader of Reform UK in Wales hasn’t moved back to his home town in the Valleys, but has bought a £1m house near Bath, we can reveal. Dan Thomas, the former Conservat...
nation.cymru
February 7, 2026 at 11:38 AM
Have a read of this. Great scoop, obviously, but it’s also an absolute masterclass in how to report on these jokers. Plenty of London-based hacks could learn a lot from Martin Shipton here. If they actually wanted to…
nation.cymru/news/the-new...
nation.cymru/news/the-new...
This is a bit too Leslie Knope for me.
Child at the podium: “A woo woo woo.”
Mamdani: That’s how I felt when we came up with this plan. Together, we will expand the idea of what is possible in our city—and what sounds and noises we can make at a press conference.
Mamdani: That’s how I felt when we came up with this plan. Together, we will expand the idea of what is possible in our city—and what sounds and noises we can make at a press conference.
February 6, 2026 at 11:01 PM
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Leaflet wars just stepped up a gear: Mill reveal Reform UK have broken electoral law manchestermill.co.uk/exclusive-re...
Exclusive: Reform UK just broke electoral law in Gorton and Denton
People across the constituency thought they were getting a letter from a concerned pensioner, they didn’t know she was working for Reform
manchestermill.co.uk
February 6, 2026 at 6:05 PM
Leaflet wars just stepped up a gear: Mill reveal Reform UK have broken electoral law manchestermill.co.uk/exclusive-re...
‘Fascist Paedo Station’
February 6, 2026 at 3:26 AM
‘Fascist Paedo Station’
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In the Epstein files, Far-right bloated shite Steve Bannon & Epstein discuss the chaos that will follow Brexit.
The telling line is the very cause of so much right now.
'The right now has the working class behind them on immigration'
Divide the working class - been their plan all along.
The telling line is the very cause of so much right now.
'The right now has the working class behind them on immigration'
Divide the working class - been their plan all along.
February 5, 2026 at 8:48 PM
In the Epstein files, Far-right bloated shite Steve Bannon & Epstein discuss the chaos that will follow Brexit.
The telling line is the very cause of so much right now.
'The right now has the working class behind them on immigration'
Divide the working class - been their plan all along.
The telling line is the very cause of so much right now.
'The right now has the working class behind them on immigration'
Divide the working class - been their plan all along.
Somewhere the lobbyists can get to easily, near a major airport.
February 5, 2026 at 10:06 PM
Somewhere the lobbyists can get to easily, near a major airport.
Better: ‘What is a falafel?’
February 5, 2026 at 8:53 PM
Better: ‘What is a falafel?’
What is obvious is that Trump’s own obsession with his own supremacy in all situations would not allow him to know of the network and fail to manoeuvre himself to its forefront. This implied contradiction underpins all his Epstein statements.
February 5, 2026 at 7:08 PM
What is obvious is that Trump’s own obsession with his own supremacy in all situations would not allow him to know of the network and fail to manoeuvre himself to its forefront. This implied contradiction underpins all his Epstein statements.
This week’s @privateeyenews.bsky.social :
February 5, 2026 at 11:50 AM
This week’s @privateeyenews.bsky.social :
He is just joining in Bannon’s flood the zone strategy at this ‘difficult time’ for some of his network.
February 4, 2026 at 8:12 AM
He is just joining in Bannon’s flood the zone strategy at this ‘difficult time’ for some of his network.