Gavin Esler
@gavinesler.bsky.social
Writer, broadcaster, new book “Britain Is Better Than This” gavinesler.substack.com
Contact: [email protected]
Contact: [email protected]
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A good campaigner would tell a story about how new proposals fit into values of party and country. Where we've come from, where we're going. "Who am I, who are we, what's our common purpose" (per @gavinesler.bsky.social's book on leadership). We never hear answers to that from this govt
November 23, 2025 at 9:14 PM
A good campaigner would tell a story about how new proposals fit into values of party and country. Where we've come from, where we're going. "Who am I, who are we, what's our common purpose" (per @gavinesler.bsky.social's book on leadership). We never hear answers to that from this govt
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Too many politicians, journalists and commentators have been so behind (deliberately perhaps) on Chinese green development for too long. ‘But what about China…’ has been a tedious refrain against climate-change action. Thanks to discussions like this, that will be increasingly untenable. 💚
November 20, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Too many politicians, journalists and commentators have been so behind (deliberately perhaps) on Chinese green development for too long. ‘But what about China…’ has been a tedious refrain against climate-change action. Thanks to discussions like this, that will be increasingly untenable. 💚
Thank you @andyinafield.bsky.social
Excellent episode.
November 20, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Thank you @andyinafield.bsky.social
China has industrialised so quickly and relied on fossil fuels for so long that it has been one of the world’s biggest environmental problems. But now can China lead the way on battling climate change? Fascinating discussion with Barbara Finamore @bunkerpod.bsky.social
Can China save the world? Today on The Bunker, @gavinesler.bsky.social is joined by Barbara Finamore, Senior Visiting Fellow at the Oxford Institute for Energy Studies and author of Will China Save the Planet to discuss China and their clean-energy model 👉 linktr.ee/bunker_pod
#China #cleanenergy
#China #cleanenergy
November 20, 2025 at 2:52 PM
China has industrialised so quickly and relied on fossil fuels for so long that it has been one of the world’s biggest environmental problems. But now can China lead the way on battling climate change? Fascinating discussion with Barbara Finamore @bunkerpod.bsky.social
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I just re-read this gem by Lord Hannan. It has been a few years since I looked at it.
Incredible Stuff.
The myopia is one thing.
But the way literally every global development has been misjudged.
Amazing. www.reaction.life/p/britain-lo...
Incredible Stuff.
The myopia is one thing.
But the way literally every global development has been misjudged.
Amazing. www.reaction.life/p/britain-lo...
What Britain looks like after Brexit
You’re reading Reaction.
www.reaction.life
November 19, 2025 at 6:32 PM
I just re-read this gem by Lord Hannan. It has been a few years since I looked at it.
Incredible Stuff.
The myopia is one thing.
But the way literally every global development has been misjudged.
Amazing. www.reaction.life/p/britain-lo...
Incredible Stuff.
The myopia is one thing.
But the way literally every global development has been misjudged.
Amazing. www.reaction.life/p/britain-lo...
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🚨ICYMI🚨Can we stop the fall of Europe? @gavinesler.bsky.social and leading economic thinker and political commentator David Marsh discuss 👉 linktr.ee/DrillPod
#politics #podcast #Europe #economy
#politics #podcast #Europe #economy
November 15, 2025 at 7:00 AM
🚨ICYMI🚨Can we stop the fall of Europe? @gavinesler.bsky.social and leading economic thinker and political commentator David Marsh discuss 👉 linktr.ee/DrillPod
#politics #podcast #Europe #economy
#politics #podcast #Europe #economy
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@gavinesler.bsky.social is worth a follow on this.
And his missive "How Britain Ends: English Nationalism and the Rebirth of Four Nations" is well worth a read too.
Interesting times ahead.
2/2
And his missive "How Britain Ends: English Nationalism and the Rebirth of Four Nations" is well worth a read too.
Interesting times ahead.
2/2
How Britain Ends: English Nationalism and the Rebirth o…
A thoughtful, articulate and important book about the r…
www.goodreads.com
November 13, 2025 at 5:22 PM
@gavinesler.bsky.social is worth a follow on this.
And his missive "How Britain Ends: English Nationalism and the Rebirth of Four Nations" is well worth a read too.
Interesting times ahead.
2/2
And his missive "How Britain Ends: English Nationalism and the Rebirth of Four Nations" is well worth a read too.
Interesting times ahead.
2/2
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Dear Britain:
Your polls look very "European" and NOW would be a really really really really really really really good time to switch to PR.
➡️ RFM: 26% | 170 (+74)
🟥 LAB: 19% | 124 (-110)
🟦 CON: 18% | 118 (-38)
🟩 GRN: 15% | 98 (+55)
🟧 LDM: 14% | 91 (+10)
🟨 SNP: 3% | 19 (+2)
🔲 PLC: 2% | 12 (+7)
Your polls look very "European" and NOW would be a really really really really really really really good time to switch to PR.
➡️ RFM: 26% | 170 (+74)
🟥 LAB: 19% | 124 (-110)
🟦 CON: 18% | 118 (-38)
🟩 GRN: 15% | 98 (+55)
🟧 LDM: 14% | 91 (+10)
🟨 SNP: 3% | 19 (+2)
🔲 PLC: 2% | 12 (+7)
November 11, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Dear Britain:
Your polls look very "European" and NOW would be a really really really really really really really good time to switch to PR.
➡️ RFM: 26% | 170 (+74)
🟥 LAB: 19% | 124 (-110)
🟦 CON: 18% | 118 (-38)
🟩 GRN: 15% | 98 (+55)
🟧 LDM: 14% | 91 (+10)
🟨 SNP: 3% | 19 (+2)
🔲 PLC: 2% | 12 (+7)
Your polls look very "European" and NOW would be a really really really really really really really good time to switch to PR.
➡️ RFM: 26% | 170 (+74)
🟥 LAB: 19% | 124 (-110)
🟦 CON: 18% | 118 (-38)
🟩 GRN: 15% | 98 (+55)
🟧 LDM: 14% | 91 (+10)
🟨 SNP: 3% | 19 (+2)
🔲 PLC: 2% | 12 (+7)
Miserable Musk
It's so cool that when the right person lands a direct hit on ol' Elon he can't stop from lighting up and spinning his bowtie like a carnival game clown
lol she got his ass and he knows it
November 9, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Miserable Musk
Well that’s an interesting possible campaign slogan ….
November 7, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Well that’s an interesting possible campaign slogan ….
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🚨Start Your Week🚨
The horrific train attack at the weekend has shaken the nation. But are the media and politicians talking about it responsibly? @gavinesler.bsky.social and @jacobjarvis.bsky.social discuss this and more in Start Your Week ➡️ linktr.ee/bunker_pod
The horrific train attack at the weekend has shaken the nation. But are the media and politicians talking about it responsibly? @gavinesler.bsky.social and @jacobjarvis.bsky.social discuss this and more in Start Your Week ➡️ linktr.ee/bunker_pod
November 3, 2025 at 11:21 AM
🚨Start Your Week🚨
The horrific train attack at the weekend has shaken the nation. But are the media and politicians talking about it responsibly? @gavinesler.bsky.social and @jacobjarvis.bsky.social discuss this and more in Start Your Week ➡️ linktr.ee/bunker_pod
The horrific train attack at the weekend has shaken the nation. But are the media and politicians talking about it responsibly? @gavinesler.bsky.social and @jacobjarvis.bsky.social discuss this and more in Start Your Week ➡️ linktr.ee/bunker_pod
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Nice thread with recipes etc bsky.app/profile/gavi...
Every year around this time I get some wonderful quinces from my friend Lizzie. And every year I think that peeling them is like peeling rocks … but I’ve just cooked a bundle and the taste is so lovely and so unusual - as always … thank you Lizzie. What a treat.
October 31, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Nice thread with recipes etc bsky.app/profile/gavi...
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🚨ICYMI🚨 @schneier.com joins @gavinesler.bsky.social to discuss dictators, big tech and the future of authoritarianism. Listen now 👉 linktr.ee/DrillPod
#AI #artificialintelligence #Putin #Trump
#AI #artificialintelligence #Putin #Trump
October 31, 2025 at 7:00 AM
🚨ICYMI🚨 @schneier.com joins @gavinesler.bsky.social to discuss dictators, big tech and the future of authoritarianism. Listen now 👉 linktr.ee/DrillPod
#AI #artificialintelligence #Putin #Trump
#AI #artificialintelligence #Putin #Trump
Remember Big Brother? Well, maybe he’s already in your phone or laptop … definitely worth a listen on how big tech and authoritarian leaders may have something in common… your information… listen: @thisisnotadrillpod.bsky.social with @schneier.com
🚨ICYMI🚨 @schneier.com joins @gavinesler.bsky.social to discuss dictators, big tech and the future of authoritarianism. Listen now 👉 linktr.ee/DrillPod
#AI #artificialintelligence #Putin #Trump
#AI #artificialintelligence #Putin #Trump
October 31, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Remember Big Brother? Well, maybe he’s already in your phone or laptop … definitely worth a listen on how big tech and authoritarian leaders may have something in common… your information… listen: @thisisnotadrillpod.bsky.social with @schneier.com
Big tech and big threats to our privacy and our democracy? We get an expert view from @schneier.com This Is Not A Drill @thisisnotadrillpod.bsky.social
🚨NEW EPISODE🚨 What will happen when dictators realise just how useful big tech and the data it gathers could be for them? @schneier.com joins @gavinesler.bsky.social to discuss 👉 linktr.ee/DrillPod
#AI #artificialintelligence #Putin #Trump
#AI #artificialintelligence #Putin #Trump
October 30, 2025 at 8:11 AM
Big tech and big threats to our privacy and our democracy? We get an expert view from @schneier.com This Is Not A Drill @thisisnotadrillpod.bsky.social
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A majority of voters, and a plurality of white voters, think that Reform is a racist party with racist policies.
October 28, 2025 at 2:03 PM
A majority of voters, and a plurality of white voters, think that Reform is a racist party with racist policies.
Worth a listen - @thisisnotadrillpod.bsky.social
🚨ICYMI🚨
@gavinesler.bsky.social joins Dr Catherine Fieschi, senior fellow at the Robert Schuman Centre of the European University in Florence to discuss the populist playbook and how the right wing connects globally. Listen here 👉 linktr.ee/DrillPod
#politics #podcast
@gavinesler.bsky.social joins Dr Catherine Fieschi, senior fellow at the Robert Schuman Centre of the European University in Florence to discuss the populist playbook and how the right wing connects globally. Listen here 👉 linktr.ee/DrillPod
#politics #podcast
October 27, 2025 at 6:57 AM
Worth a listen - @thisisnotadrillpod.bsky.social
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Nigel Farage "Why do I never get called for questions?"
"Have you tried submitting them?"
"Have you tried submitting them?"
October 23, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Nigel Farage "Why do I never get called for questions?"
"Have you tried submitting them?"
"Have you tried submitting them?"
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🚨NEW EPISODE🚨
The populist playbook - how the right wing connects globally. In today’s episode, @gavinesler.bsky.social is joined by Dr Catherine Fieschi, senior fellow at the Robert Schuman Centre of the European University in Florence. Listen now 👉 linktr.ee/DrillPod
#politics #podcast
The populist playbook - how the right wing connects globally. In today’s episode, @gavinesler.bsky.social is joined by Dr Catherine Fieschi, senior fellow at the Robert Schuman Centre of the European University in Florence. Listen now 👉 linktr.ee/DrillPod
#politics #podcast
October 23, 2025 at 6:00 AM
🚨NEW EPISODE🚨
The populist playbook - how the right wing connects globally. In today’s episode, @gavinesler.bsky.social is joined by Dr Catherine Fieschi, senior fellow at the Robert Schuman Centre of the European University in Florence. Listen now 👉 linktr.ee/DrillPod
#politics #podcast
The populist playbook - how the right wing connects globally. In today’s episode, @gavinesler.bsky.social is joined by Dr Catherine Fieschi, senior fellow at the Robert Schuman Centre of the European University in Florence. Listen now 👉 linktr.ee/DrillPod
#politics #podcast
Worth a listen -
What is the reality of the cyber threat to the UK? We hear from @mrjamessullivan.bsky.social Director of Cyber and Tech at the Royal United Services Institute- definitely worth a listen @thisisnotadrillpod.bsky.social
NEW EPISODE
@gavinesler.bsky.social talks to @mrjamessullivan.bsky.social, Director of Cyber and Tech at RUSI, the Royal United Services Institute to discuss scale and nature of cyber attacks, and assess how governments can respond 👉 linktr.ee/DrillPod
#cyber #tech #podcast
@gavinesler.bsky.social talks to @mrjamessullivan.bsky.social, Director of Cyber and Tech at RUSI, the Royal United Services Institute to discuss scale and nature of cyber attacks, and assess how governments can respond 👉 linktr.ee/DrillPod
#cyber #tech #podcast
October 20, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Worth a listen -
Thanks Tom - a real eye opener this one
Really good episode, this - well worth your time.
What is the reality of the cyber threat to the UK? We hear from @mrjamessullivan.bsky.social Director of Cyber and Tech at the Royal United Services Institute- definitely worth a listen @thisisnotadrillpod.bsky.social
October 20, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Thanks Tom - a real eye opener this one
Me too. They are part of the Best of Britain and we sometimes take these brave volunteers for granted -
I would give a shout out for all the search and rescue teams around the country, including the RNLI, Mountain Rescue and Lowland Search and Rescue.
October 19, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Me too. They are part of the Best of Britain and we sometimes take these brave volunteers for granted -
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One of the many things that mean you love your country - and you don’t need to wave a flag to prove it
5 of us from our local residents group picked up litter in our village yesterday.
3 hours - 20 bags.
Not bad.
Celebrated at the pub afterwards.
3 hours - 20 bags.
Not bad.
Celebrated at the pub afterwards.
October 19, 2025 at 9:15 AM
One of the many things that mean you love your country - and you don’t need to wave a flag to prove it
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ICYMI
@gavinesler.bsky.social is joined by Dr. Aaron Edwards to explore how Britain’s far right past is shaping its turbulent present, and why this time things could end very differently. Listen now 👉 linktr.ee/bunker_pod
#ukpolitics #podcast
@gavinesler.bsky.social is joined by Dr. Aaron Edwards to explore how Britain’s far right past is shaping its turbulent present, and why this time things could end very differently. Listen now 👉 linktr.ee/bunker_pod
#ukpolitics #podcast
October 18, 2025 at 6:00 AM
ICYMI
@gavinesler.bsky.social is joined by Dr. Aaron Edwards to explore how Britain’s far right past is shaping its turbulent present, and why this time things could end very differently. Listen now 👉 linktr.ee/bunker_pod
#ukpolitics #podcast
@gavinesler.bsky.social is joined by Dr. Aaron Edwards to explore how Britain’s far right past is shaping its turbulent present, and why this time things could end very differently. Listen now 👉 linktr.ee/bunker_pod
#ukpolitics #podcast