Dr Prit Buttar
@dienekes.bsky.social
Retired doctor, Eastern Front historian, husband, dad, servant of two border collie puppies.
www.pritbuttar.com
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Man who admits punching himself in the face is stupid, says he has no plans to stop punching himself in the face.
Admitting that rejoining the customs union was not “currently” the Government’s official policy, Deputy Prime Minister Mr Lammy did concede that the growth potential of rejoining was “self-evident”
www.lbc.co.uk/article/lamm...
www.lbc.co.uk/article/lamm...
Lammy refuses to rule out Brexit reversal admitting rejoining EU would 'boost UK growth' | LBC
The Deputy PM joined the News Agents as he said that 'our future is inextricably linked to the European Union'
www.lbc.co.uk
December 5, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Man who admits punching himself in the face is stupid, says he has no plans to stop punching himself in the face.
For those who are interested in history and haven’t discovered this fabulous podcast series, there’s a huge treat waiting for you. Give it a try, I promise you won’t regret it.
Turkeys may not vote for Christmas but pigs have an ambivalent relationship with the whole month of December since the 9th century….
From the Salzburg manuscript c. 818 AD
From the Salzburg manuscript c. 818 AD
December 2, 2025 at 8:30 AM
For those who are interested in history and haven’t discovered this fabulous podcast series, there’s a huge treat waiting for you. Give it a try, I promise you won’t regret it.
Boris the bullet dodger. The milk carton. And the replica guns. Quite the funniest piece of a movie, ever.
November 30, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Boris the bullet dodger. The milk carton. And the replica guns. Quite the funniest piece of a movie, ever.
Early morning walk with my boys. The tree gives a clue about the prevailing wind direction here.
November 30, 2025 at 8:47 AM
Early morning walk with my boys. The tree gives a clue about the prevailing wind direction here.
@monkemma.bsky.social demonstrating the skills that too many so-called journalists seem to lack. An outstanding thread, take a couple of minutes to read it.
Wow - this guy must be really, REALLY bad with money if an extra £208 per month will “ruin” his retirement.
Let’s take a look at his situation based on what he told the @Telegraph
Because this does NOT add up!
No, this is not a “poor pensioner” scrabbling around for pennies…
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Let’s take a look at his situation based on what he told the @Telegraph
Because this does NOT add up!
No, this is not a “poor pensioner” scrabbling around for pennies…
🧵1/9
November 29, 2025 at 11:06 AM
@monkemma.bsky.social demonstrating the skills that too many so-called journalists seem to lack. An outstanding thread, take a couple of minutes to read it.
Every single military person in the chain of command from Hegseth to whoever pulled the trigger is guilty of murder. Every one of them should have refused to carry out the order.
Textbook war crime/extrajudicial killing
"Two survivors were clinging to the smoldering wreck. The Special Operations commander overseeing the Sept. 2 attack ... ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth’s instructions."
Report by @alexhorton.bsky.social @ellenwapo.bsky.social o.bsky.social
"Two survivors were clinging to the smoldering wreck. The Special Operations commander overseeing the Sept. 2 attack ... ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth’s instructions."
Report by @alexhorton.bsky.social @ellenwapo.bsky.social o.bsky.social
Hegseth order on first Caribbean boat strike, officials say: Kill them all
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth issued a verbal order to kill all crew members in the Sept. 2 strike on a suspected drug boat. Navy SEALs fired a second missile.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 29, 2025 at 8:44 AM
Every single military person in the chain of command from Hegseth to whoever pulled the trigger is guilty of murder. Every one of them should have refused to carry out the order.
Many people on socmed responding to the Farage racism story with ‘We all said things like that in the 70s’. If you did, you’re one of those who made my childhood miserable much of the time. And if you have no remorse, face facts: you’re (still) a racist.
November 26, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Many people on socmed responding to the Farage racism story with ‘We all said things like that in the 70s’. If you did, you’re one of those who made my childhood miserable much of the time. And if you have no remorse, face facts: you’re (still) a racist.
I wonder if they will be treated with the same severity as climate change protesters?
Tractors descend on London for farmers’ Budget day protest despite police ban
Tractors descend on London for farmers’ Budget day protest despite police ban
Tractors descend on London for farmers’ Budget day protest despite police ban
www.independent.co.uk
November 26, 2025 at 10:35 AM
I wonder if they will be treated with the same severity as climate change protesters?
The autumn triangle - Deneb, Vega, Altair - and the Milky Way over our house last night. Annoying wisps of cloud that amplified the light pollution.
November 25, 2025 at 11:08 AM
The autumn triangle - Deneb, Vega, Altair - and the Milky Way over our house last night. Annoying wisps of cloud that amplified the light pollution.
Shameful. This is the result of appeasing bullies.
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 10:03 AM
Shameful. This is the result of appeasing bullies.
If I owned a hotel, I would insist on having tables like this in the lobby.
November 25, 2025 at 8:44 AM
If I owned a hotel, I would insist on having tables like this in the lobby.
Yup
November 24, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Yup
I think this is one of Bowie’s best songs. He was about 23-24 when he wrote it, and it’s just … lovely. If you don’t know it, listen to the lyrics. Very touching.
youtu.be/jCaMwqtwJTc?...
youtu.be/jCaMwqtwJTc?...
Kooks (2015 Remaster)
YouTube video by David Bowie - Topic
youtu.be
November 23, 2025 at 7:05 PM
I think this is one of Bowie’s best songs. He was about 23-24 when he wrote it, and it’s just … lovely. If you don’t know it, listen to the lyrics. Very touching.
youtu.be/jCaMwqtwJTc?...
youtu.be/jCaMwqtwJTc?...
This is at the heart of so much that’s wrong in UK. Johnson, Mogg, so many others - they would be dismissed out of hand if there wasn’t this ridiculous deference to people with posh accents.
Truth is, the man is as thick as a submarine door. Picture literally any job EXCEPT Daily Mail columnist, and try to imagine him nailing it.
You can't, can you?
If he said any of his bullshit in a thick Mancunian accent, you'd write him off in 2 seconds. But say it posh — gets away with murder.
You can't, can you?
If he said any of his bullshit in a thick Mancunian accent, you'd write him off in 2 seconds. But say it posh — gets away with murder.
November 22, 2025 at 8:41 AM
This is at the heart of so much that’s wrong in UK. Johnson, Mogg, so many others - they would be dismissed out of hand if there wasn’t this ridiculous deference to people with posh accents.
Just to prove you wrong …
November 20, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Just to prove you wrong …
A timely quote from Réné Rémond, writing about France in the 1930s:
‘It is the press of the right that formed public opinion … the Frenchman, even if he voted on the left, most often read a newspaper of the right, whose inclination was more and more towards Fascism.’
‘It is the press of the right that formed public opinion … the Frenchman, even if he voted on the left, most often read a newspaper of the right, whose inclination was more and more towards Fascism.’
November 17, 2025 at 9:27 AM
A timely quote from Réné Rémond, writing about France in the 1930s:
‘It is the press of the right that formed public opinion … the Frenchman, even if he voted on the left, most often read a newspaper of the right, whose inclination was more and more towards Fascism.’
‘It is the press of the right that formed public opinion … the Frenchman, even if he voted on the left, most often read a newspaper of the right, whose inclination was more and more towards Fascism.’
Lovely morning - no rain, no wind. Just my pleasant neighbours to greet my pups and me on our morning walk.
November 16, 2025 at 8:16 AM
Lovely morning - no rain, no wind. Just my pleasant neighbours to greet my pups and me on our morning walk.
Thank you, Judge Schwager. But it shouldn’t require a judge to say something that is so hugely obvious.
To turn this argument on its head: if OpenAI had won, presumably it would be fine for me to go into their HQ and help myself to whatever I want.
To turn this argument on its head: if OpenAI had won, presumably it would be fine for me to go into their HQ and help myself to whatever I want.
Open AI loses copyright case in Germany.
Judge Elke Schwager summarized the case saying that if you want to build something and need components, "then you purchase them and do not use the property of others."
Judge Elke Schwager summarized the case saying that if you want to build something and need components, "then you purchase them and do not use the property of others."
Blow for OpenAI in Germany as court rules song lyrics used illegally
A German court ruled on Tuesday that OpenAI violated copyright on nine popular songs in a lawsuit that marked another attempt to prevent the free use of artists' content online. The Munich Regional Co...
www.yahoo.com
November 15, 2025 at 8:44 AM
Thank you, Judge Schwager. But it shouldn’t require a judge to say something that is so hugely obvious.
To turn this argument on its head: if OpenAI had won, presumably it would be fine for me to go into their HQ and help myself to whatever I want.
To turn this argument on its head: if OpenAI had won, presumably it would be fine for me to go into their HQ and help myself to whatever I want.
Watching TOTP on BBC4 and this came up. I remember lying in bed as a child with measles listening to it on the radio … 60 years ago. Still word perfect, still makes me misty eyed.
youtu.be/z4ZipKdI1sY?...
youtu.be/z4ZipKdI1sY?...
The Seekers The Carnival Is Over (1967 In Colour Stereo)
YouTube video by Denny161853
youtu.be
November 14, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Watching TOTP on BBC4 and this came up. I remember lying in bed as a child with measles listening to it on the radio … 60 years ago. Still word perfect, still makes me misty eyed.
youtu.be/z4ZipKdI1sY?...
youtu.be/z4ZipKdI1sY?...
Rachel Reeves: if you’re serious about growth, rejoining the SM/CU is the only effective option.
Most of the UK’s economic problems since Brexit would have been avoided if it had stayed in the European Single Market and Customs Union and it’s time to move closer to the EU, writes former Belgian Prime Minister Guy Verhofstadt
www.scotsman.com/news/opinion...
www.scotsman.com/news/opinion...
In this new Age of Empires, why UK must choose Europe over isolation
Most of the UK’s economic problems since Brexit would have been avoided if it had stayed in the European Single Market and Customs Union and it’s time to move closer to the EU, writes former Belgian P...
www.scotsman.com
November 14, 2025 at 8:33 AM
Rachel Reeves: if you’re serious about growth, rejoining the SM/CU is the only effective option.
It’s naked theft of intellectual property. To describe it as ‘controversial’ is absurd.
If I were to enter the offices of @economist.com and steal items, would they accept me describing my actions as merely ‘controversial’?
If I were to enter the offices of @economist.com and steal items, would they accept me describing my actions as merely ‘controversial’?
Britain enjoys a global reputation for its creative sector. Artists boost the economy and, in a hard-to-measure way, national pride. The prospect of AI ingesting their work is controversial
A British legal ruling about AI delights nobody
The government will have to lay down the law
econ.st
November 9, 2025 at 8:44 AM
It’s naked theft of intellectual property. To describe it as ‘controversial’ is absurd.
If I were to enter the offices of @economist.com and steal items, would they accept me describing my actions as merely ‘controversial’?
If I were to enter the offices of @economist.com and steal items, would they accept me describing my actions as merely ‘controversial’?
Mr Buckley makes an excellent point.
November 7, 2025 at 8:28 AM
Mr Buckley makes an excellent point.