@dizzyideas.bsky.social
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Reform is basically a suburban petrol station's DVD bin of Tory politicians.
January 26, 2026 at 1:04 PM
Reform is basically a suburban petrol station's DVD bin of Tory politicians.
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I worry that Trump’s latest partial climbdowns, pathetic & insincere as they are, will bolster Downing Street’s arguments for keeping him sweet when it’s surely time to go full Mark Carney.
January 24, 2026 at 5:59 PM
I worry that Trump’s latest partial climbdowns, pathetic & insincere as they are, will bolster Downing Street’s arguments for keeping him sweet when it’s surely time to go full Mark Carney.
@mrrickygervais.bsky.social trail hunting ban; good news from the gov?
December 22, 2025 at 9:46 PM
@mrrickygervais.bsky.social trail hunting ban; good news from the gov?
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Good grief. What a pathetic baby.
Per @garretthaake.bsky.social, the extremely tacky "presidential wall of fame" that lines the colonnade to the West Wing now has obviously-Trump-penned plaques insulting or praising the presidents.
December 17, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Good grief. What a pathetic baby.
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Important not to overlook the fact that this bilge is amplified & disseminated by many prominent - and very real - racists who benefit financially, professionally & politically from the process.
Twitter pays people based on engagement (views, retweets, comments, etc). It appears that many MAGA accounts are based abroad and they use AI technology to generate low-effort rage bait.
My guess is that this will get worse as AI tech improves. For instance, fake videos of minorities doing crime.
My guess is that this will get worse as AI tech improves. For instance, fake videos of minorities doing crime.
November 23, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Important not to overlook the fact that this bilge is amplified & disseminated by many prominent - and very real - racists who benefit financially, professionally & politically from the process.
@mrjamesob.bsky.social RAIL FARES. Great, a really good move by the government. Get on the socials, get on the sofas, do some fun video thing on a train. Plug it all week. And then again next week. Do something, guys. Guys! Dan!
November 23, 2025 at 9:46 AM
@mrjamesob.bsky.social RAIL FARES. Great, a really good move by the government. Get on the socials, get on the sofas, do some fun video thing on a train. Plug it all week. And then again next week. Do something, guys. Guys! Dan!
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15 million Americans are going to lose their health care.
October 31, 2025 at 10:04 PM
15 million Americans are going to lose their health care.
@mrjamesob.bsky.social
Strengthened workers’ rights, clean energy, social and child welfare reforms, international trade deals and closer ties with EU, house and renters protections,
NHS appts,public service investment, Labour by no means perfect, but 1 year I’d give them a solid B-.
Strengthened workers’ rights, clean energy, social and child welfare reforms, international trade deals and closer ties with EU, house and renters protections,
NHS appts,public service investment, Labour by no means perfect, but 1 year I’d give them a solid B-.
October 29, 2025 at 9:57 AM
@mrjamesob.bsky.social
Strengthened workers’ rights, clean energy, social and child welfare reforms, international trade deals and closer ties with EU, house and renters protections,
NHS appts,public service investment, Labour by no means perfect, but 1 year I’d give them a solid B-.
Strengthened workers’ rights, clean energy, social and child welfare reforms, international trade deals and closer ties with EU, house and renters protections,
NHS appts,public service investment, Labour by no means perfect, but 1 year I’d give them a solid B-.
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Off the top of my head, there have been four egregious examples of weapons grade public racism in the last couple of weeks - Jenrick; the Express hack; Captain Concrete & the Reform woman. The way they are treated by employers, punters & wider media, will directly influence how much more we see.
October 26, 2025 at 8:24 AM
Off the top of my head, there have been four egregious examples of weapons grade public racism in the last couple of weeks - Jenrick; the Express hack; Captain Concrete & the Reform woman. The way they are treated by employers, punters & wider media, will directly influence how much more we see.
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Nothing on the BBC Radio news this morning. Nothing I could find on their website. This is an MP from the party whose lead in the opinion polls normally ensures them wall-to-wall coverage. She spouts racist nonsense for which even she feels obliged to apologise. What on earth are they playing at?
Reform’s Sarah Pochin forced to apologise after claiming adverts 'full of black people' drive her 'mad’ | LBC
The Runcorn and Helsby MP was responding to a viewer live on air who complained about the demographics of advertising.
www.lbc.co.uk
October 26, 2025 at 6:57 AM
Nothing on the BBC Radio news this morning. Nothing I could find on their website. This is an MP from the party whose lead in the opinion polls normally ensures them wall-to-wall coverage. She spouts racist nonsense for which even she feels obliged to apologise. What on earth are they playing at?
@iandunt.bsky.social this is spot on.
Wes Streeting: "What we have seen on our streets.. is a return of 1970s, 1980s style racism that I thought we had left in the history books"
You're right. But shamefully you & the Labour govt aren't a bulwark against it. Instead you've opened the door & emboldened the racists.
You're right. But shamefully you & the Labour govt aren't a bulwark against it. Instead you've opened the door & emboldened the racists.
October 26, 2025 at 10:55 AM
@iandunt.bsky.social this is spot on.
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Mrs R: "There was a woman on the ward today who didn't want to take paracetamol. We've had to explain that we're not giving it to her because she's got a fever and we want her to feel better, but because she's got a fever and if we don't get her temperature down then her baby is going to die."
"We were told thalidomide was a safe drug and it wasn't..."
Nigel Farage says he has 'no idea' if Donald Trump is right about paracetamol being linked to autism.
Nigel Farage says he has 'no idea' if Donald Trump is right about paracetamol being linked to autism.
September 24, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Mrs R: "There was a woman on the ward today who didn't want to take paracetamol. We've had to explain that we're not giving it to her because she's got a fever and we want her to feel better, but because she's got a fever and if we don't get her temperature down then her baby is going to die."
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NOTHING will prepare you for this 45-second story arc. From "I'm just doing this because I love the flag, it's totally grassroots, and I'm not part of anything political"... to who actually gave him the flags the night before.
Anyone who believes it is an innocent movement needs to see this.
Anyone who believes it is an innocent movement needs to see this.
September 10, 2025 at 11:08 AM
NOTHING will prepare you for this 45-second story arc. From "I'm just doing this because I love the flag, it's totally grassroots, and I'm not part of anything political"... to who actually gave him the flags the night before.
Anyone who believes it is an innocent movement needs to see this.
Anyone who believes it is an innocent movement needs to see this.
@mrrickygervais.bsky.social Hi Ricky, are you and Sam Harris planning to bring back an Absolutely Mental? Absolutely love the shows
August 25, 2025 at 10:31 PM
@mrrickygervais.bsky.social Hi Ricky, are you and Sam Harris planning to bring back an Absolutely Mental? Absolutely love the shows
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“We are presented with the idea of a dystopian hell, as if London is a terrible city."
“The truth is that most of it is complete bollocks.”
The hard right say London is no longer safe. They're lying
www.thenewsagents.co.uk/article/the-...
“The truth is that most of it is complete bollocks.”
The hard right say London is no longer safe. They're lying
www.thenewsagents.co.uk/article/the-...
‘The hard right hates London – it proves their politics wrong’ | The News Agents
Right-wing politicians and activists will tell you London is a dangerous place, overrun with crime and migrants, and is slowly collapsing. This isn’t true. So why the lies and anger directed at the…
www.thenewsagents.co.uk
August 23, 2025 at 4:00 PM
“We are presented with the idea of a dystopian hell, as if London is a terrible city."
“The truth is that most of it is complete bollocks.”
The hard right say London is no longer safe. They're lying
www.thenewsagents.co.uk/article/the-...
“The truth is that most of it is complete bollocks.”
The hard right say London is no longer safe. They're lying
www.thenewsagents.co.uk/article/the-...
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Don’t message me if you don’t like the line-up. Stand. And fight. And fight. And stand. And stand and fight. And fight and stand. And fight and fight and stand and stand. And stand and fight and fight and stand. And fight and stand and stand and fight…
Penny Mordaunt, Emily Thornberry, James Cleverly and Ed Davey each present James O’Brien’s weekday mid-morning show on LBC next week.
Senior politicians to guest host James O’Brien programme on LBC
Penny Mordaunt, Emily Thornberry, James Cleverly and Ed Davey each present James O’Brien’s weekday mid-morning show on LBC next week.
radiotoday.co.uk
August 22, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Don’t message me if you don’t like the line-up. Stand. And fight. And fight. And stand. And stand and fight. And fight and stand. And fight and fight and stand and stand. And stand and fight and fight and stand. And fight and stand and stand and fight…
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When Joe Biden did stuff like this, Fox would play the clips over and over like it was as significant as the moon landing
President Trump stumbles while walking up the stairs to Air Force One
June 8, 2025 at 8:39 PM
When Joe Biden did stuff like this, Fox would play the clips over and over like it was as significant as the moon landing
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He’s got away with untold crimes, lies & offences. He’s achieved the highest office in the land. Twice. He’s lining his pockets on an industrial scale & persecuting his enemies for fun. But he’s still a miserable, bitter, humourless & furious man. Because deep inside, he knows *exactly* who he is.
April 20, 2025 at 5:25 PM
He’s got away with untold crimes, lies & offences. He’s achieved the highest office in the land. Twice. He’s lining his pockets on an industrial scale & persecuting his enemies for fun. But he’s still a miserable, bitter, humourless & furious man. Because deep inside, he knows *exactly* who he is.
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It is obvious but worth repeating that regimes built on lies survive only as long as they can suppress truth. The promotion of complicit media (alternative facts) & denigration of objective media (facts) is not just desirable but essential. This process is being turbo-charged in the USA right now.
February 26, 2025 at 5:53 PM
It is obvious but worth repeating that regimes built on lies survive only as long as they can suppress truth. The promotion of complicit media (alternative facts) & denigration of objective media (facts) is not just desirable but essential. This process is being turbo-charged in the USA right now.
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I can't help feel slightly sorry for Braverman. Just look at that headline. How do you get to that place, as a person. How little respect do you have to have for yourself, that your political machinations ended up overruling your own sense of dignity and identity.
February 27, 2025 at 8:34 AM
I can't help feel slightly sorry for Braverman. Just look at that headline. How do you get to that place, as a person. How little respect do you have to have for yourself, that your political machinations ended up overruling your own sense of dignity and identity.
@mrjamesob.bsky.social have you watched @severanze.bsky.social yet? incredible work from @benstiller.redhour.com
February 15, 2025 at 9:34 AM
@mrjamesob.bsky.social have you watched @severanze.bsky.social yet? incredible work from @benstiller.redhour.com
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An information dark age is upon us. I’m logging off | Stewart Lee
An information dark age is upon us. I’m logging off | Stewart Lee
As Musk, Zuckerberg and Bezos attempt to reshape our reality, my advice is to avoid their toxic platforms and wait it out
Wow! That escalated quickly. Last time I filed my supposedly funny column, only two weeks ago, Los Angeles wasn’t on fire;…
www.theguardian.com
January 19, 2025 at 10:06 AM
An information dark age is upon us. I’m logging off | Stewart Lee
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Repost if BlueSky is now your primary social media site.
November 28, 2024 at 8:06 PM
Repost if BlueSky is now your primary social media site.
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If you're interviewing a Trump apologist in the UK media/politics sphere, don't ask about trade, tariffs or even NATO *until* you've asked about the coup attemt, the sex offending & the felonies. These people claim to care about all the things that Trump denigrates daily. Call them out on it.
November 25, 2024 at 7:34 PM
If you're interviewing a Trump apologist in the UK media/politics sphere, don't ask about trade, tariffs or even NATO *until* you've asked about the coup attemt, the sex offending & the felonies. These people claim to care about all the things that Trump denigrates daily. Call them out on it.