James Bottomley
@jamesbottomley.bsky.social
UK-based older project consultant guy with history in both public and private sectors. Enjoys chatting about politics, society, culture, etc. Spent time in many countries, including working in the US, so moderately familiar with other lands.
The third runway at Heathrow - 760 more planes a day over London, dreadful increases in noise and pollution for residents. Time for "would sell his own soul to be in office" Ed Miliband to pop up saying it's good for climate change!
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Heathrow airport’s £33bn third runway plan chosen by government
Scheme includes plan to move the M25 and could mean up to 760 more planes in the skies around London every day
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 3:03 PM
The third runway at Heathrow - 760 more planes a day over London, dreadful increases in noise and pollution for residents. Time for "would sell his own soul to be in office" Ed Miliband to pop up saying it's good for climate change!
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Not really surprising that people perceive GP services as having declined.
The funding given to GPs to run their practices has been cut in real terms by 20%
The average is now £169 per patient per year, but many practices receive less and in most cases this is in poorer areas with worse health outcomes
The average is now £169 per patient per year, but many practices receive less and in most cases this is in poorer areas with worse health outcomes
November 23, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Not really surprising that people perceive GP services as having declined.
Who knows why Farage isn't also under police investigation. Knowing his love of money, it's for the birds to suspect he didn't have financial motives for constantly pumping Russian positions.
So the line is that he wasn't getting paid for any of this
November 22, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Who knows why Farage isn't also under police investigation. Knowing his love of money, it's for the birds to suspect he didn't have financial motives for constantly pumping Russian positions.
It could not be plainer that Trump continues to regard Europe and especially E. Europe as within the Russian sphere of operations and basically not his business. In that model, Ukraine is wholly expendable and must logically surrender. Putin is given a free hand and the US abjectly exits.
as Phillips O'Brien also points out, this plan has been in negotiation for a long time, probably since Trump took office.
open.substack.com/pub/phillips...
open.substack.com/pub/phillips...
The Long Con Comes To An End
The Trump Administration Takes Off The Mask (Again)
open.substack.com
November 22, 2025 at 12:41 PM
It could not be plainer that Trump continues to regard Europe and especially E. Europe as within the Russian sphere of operations and basically not his business. In that model, Ukraine is wholly expendable and must logically surrender. Putin is given a free hand and the US abjectly exits.
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Remember: The oligarchs who control our economy and democracy seek to divide us so they can become more powerful.
They want us to turn on each other so we don't look up and see where all the wealth and power have gone.
Don't fall for it.
They want us to turn on each other so we don't look up and see where all the wealth and power have gone.
Don't fall for it.
November 21, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Remember: The oligarchs who control our economy and democracy seek to divide us so they can become more powerful.
They want us to turn on each other so we don't look up and see where all the wealth and power have gone.
Don't fall for it.
They want us to turn on each other so we don't look up and see where all the wealth and power have gone.
Don't fall for it.
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I think the American public has the right to see the secret protocols of the Witkoff-Dmitriev pact. What business deals have been agreed?
November 20, 2025 at 6:29 PM
I think the American public has the right to see the secret protocols of the Witkoff-Dmitriev pact. What business deals have been agreed?
It's hard to think of any good reason, reading the Covid report, why Boris Johnson was not charged with Misconduct in Public Office and why he isn't now serving a long prison sentence.
November 20, 2025 at 4:21 PM
It's hard to think of any good reason, reading the Covid report, why Boris Johnson was not charged with Misconduct in Public Office and why he isn't now serving a long prison sentence.
"... the governments did not take the pandemic seriously enough until it was too late. February 2020 was a lost month..."
Boris Johnson was busy writing his book during this key period and did not attend emergency planning meetings.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Boris Johnson was busy writing his book during this key period and did not attend emergency planning meetings.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
‘Too little, too late’: damning report condemns UK’s Covid response
Report on handling of pandemic contains stinging criticism of ‘toxic and chaotic’ culture inside Boris Johnson’s No 10
www.theguardian.com
November 20, 2025 at 4:20 PM
"... the governments did not take the pandemic seriously enough until it was too late. February 2020 was a lost month..."
Boris Johnson was busy writing his book during this key period and did not attend emergency planning meetings.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Boris Johnson was busy writing his book during this key period and did not attend emergency planning meetings.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
"....describing February as “a lost month”. It questions why Johnson failed to chair a single meeting of the Cobra emergency committee that month, noting also that the response to Covid essentially halted..."
What happens when you appoint a lazy indifferent preening Etonian to the job of PM.
What happens when you appoint a lazy indifferent preening Etonian to the job of PM.
November 20, 2025 at 4:18 PM
"....describing February as “a lost month”. It questions why Johnson failed to chair a single meeting of the Cobra emergency committee that month, noting also that the response to Covid essentially halted..."
What happens when you appoint a lazy indifferent preening Etonian to the job of PM.
What happens when you appoint a lazy indifferent preening Etonian to the job of PM.
X and Grok are now centres of holocaust denial, propagated by the company that runs them. There is absolutely no excuse for any public authority or politician from sane democratic countries to remain on those platforms.
Given that Grok, X’s AI tool, is now posting holocaust-denial commentary on X, I’d say we should well beyond the casual-review-but-do-nothing stage of investigation and moving swiftly on to legal challenges and all govt accounts/responsible media leaving X immediately.
🚨 Labour MPs are calling for a minister-led review of the government’s use of X, warning it poses growing risks to democracy and public safety
@politicshome.bsky.social understands a review is currently being carried out by officials, but without ministerial oversight
@politicshome.bsky.social understands a review is currently being carried out by officials, but without ministerial oversight
November 20, 2025 at 2:02 PM
X and Grok are now centres of holocaust denial, propagated by the company that runs them. There is absolutely no excuse for any public authority or politician from sane democratic countries to remain on those platforms.
Not content with the massive damage to rainforests and the natural world that they cause (and being a major cause of CO2 emissions), the all-powerful meat industry also wants to attack vegetarian alternatives, so their government friends are helping.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Ban on veggie ‘burgers’: plant-based products may lose meaty names in UK under EU law
Exclusive: Trade agreement means UK is subject to some food labelling rules, with vote on vegetarian food terms this week
www.theguardian.com
November 20, 2025 at 9:59 AM
Not content with the massive damage to rainforests and the natural world that they cause (and being a major cause of CO2 emissions), the all-powerful meat industry also wants to attack vegetarian alternatives, so their government friends are helping.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Nothing about Nigel for a change on the BBC website. Can it be they haven't heard about Nazi Nigel's past like the rest of us? Strange because he's usually such a feature at the Beeb.
November 20, 2025 at 7:55 AM
Nothing about Nigel for a change on the BBC website. Can it be they haven't heard about Nazi Nigel's past like the rest of us? Strange because he's usually such a feature at the Beeb.
The plan to cut prices for gigantic energy users is absolutely certain to push our bills up still further. It's basically a tax on working people to grease the wheels of billionaires.
Another "Benefit of the Union"
Labour plot to slash electricity prices for AI companies while families struggle
www.thenational.scot/news/2563567...
Labour plot to slash electricity prices for AI companies while families struggle
www.thenational.scot/news/2563567...
Labour plot to slash electricity prices for AI companies while families struggle
LABOUR are planning to cut electricity prices for tech companies while energy bills continue to leave families struggling, The National can reveal.
www.thenational.scot
November 19, 2025 at 8:07 PM
The plan to cut prices for gigantic energy users is absolutely certain to push our bills up still further. It's basically a tax on working people to grease the wheels of billionaires.
He isn't your mate in the pub, pretending to swill beer. He isn't the cheeky chappy who frequents TV shows sounding like he's a sensible decent everyday guy. He's a virulent anti-Semite and an agent for foreign oligarchs seeking to control our country.
www.theguardian.com/politics/ng-...
www.theguardian.com/politics/ng-...
‘Deeply shocking’: Nigel Farage faces fresh claims of racism and antisemitism at school
Bafta-winning director among contemporaries urging contrition and apology from Reform UK leader, who denies the allegations
www.theguardian.com
November 18, 2025 at 3:58 PM
He isn't your mate in the pub, pretending to swill beer. He isn't the cheeky chappy who frequents TV shows sounding like he's a sensible decent everyday guy. He's a virulent anti-Semite and an agent for foreign oligarchs seeking to control our country.
www.theguardian.com/politics/ng-...
www.theguardian.com/politics/ng-...
Any gold teeth could be extracted too and spectacles and shoes taken. These could be piled up in a large warehouse to be called 'Canada'. Perhaps some could be displayed in glass cases for the public at a later date?
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Asylum seekers’ jewellery could be seized to pay for processing costs, says Home Office minister
Idea borrowed from Denmark is latest attempt to reduce number of people seeking asylum in UK
www.theguardian.com
November 17, 2025 at 9:32 AM
Any gold teeth could be extracted too and spectacles and shoes taken. These could be piled up in a large warehouse to be called 'Canada'. Perhaps some could be displayed in glass cases for the public at a later date?
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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The golden age of diversity and democracy in Oz.
November 16, 2025 at 7:04 AM
The golden age of diversity and democracy in Oz.
In many ways I would sooner lie in the bottom of a skip.
November 16, 2025 at 9:39 AM
In many ways I would sooner lie in the bottom of a skip.
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To suggest that having lived a life so grim that even an English tribunal will grant you asylum, and to have somehow managed to get here at great risk to life, is a "golden ticket" is absolutely fucking contemptible. Shame on this so-called Labour Party.
November 15, 2025 at 11:47 PM
To suggest that having lived a life so grim that even an English tribunal will grant you asylum, and to have somehow managed to get here at great risk to life, is a "golden ticket" is absolutely fucking contemptible. Shame on this so-called Labour Party.
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Buckle up - because this now amounts to a direct and deliberate attack on our country and its cultural sovereignty. Which side our politicians take - Trump's or the BBC's - over the coming days and weeks will speak volumes about their patriotism.
Trump says he will sue BBC for at least $1bn over Panorama edit
The US president confirmed he intends to sue the broadcaster for at least $1bn over the Panorama edit of a 2021 speech.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 15, 2025 at 7:10 AM
Buckle up - because this now amounts to a direct and deliberate attack on our country and its cultural sovereignty. Which side our politicians take - Trump's or the BBC's - over the coming days and weeks will speak volumes about their patriotism.
And so it begins....
www.wesforleader.com
www.wesforleader.com
We're with Wes
We're with Wes
www.wesforleader.com
November 13, 2025 at 2:00 PM
And so it begins....
www.wesforleader.com
www.wesforleader.com
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Oh, they're talking about it now, Mr Vance.
November 13, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Oh, they're talking about it now, Mr Vance.
Gambling and energy monopolies. Two big areas the government has, by an astonishing coincidence, avoided clamping down on. Nothing to do with Tim Allan working for them in his 'old' job of course.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Labour faces questions over Starmer aide who holds shares in lobbying firm
Communications chief Tim Allan left Strand Partners in September but still holds a minority stake
www.theguardian.com
November 13, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Gambling and energy monopolies. Two big areas the government has, by an astonishing coincidence, avoided clamping down on. Nothing to do with Tim Allan working for them in his 'old' job of course.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Looks like the big environment charities have suddenly realised they've been systematically lied to by Starmer's government and that a planning disaster is about to hit our struggling remnant nature in the UK.
The Planning Bill is back in Parliament today.‼️
From the start, it’s been controversial: risking damage to precious wildlife and habitats.
Peers reduced some of those risks.
Now MPs get to vote: keep those protections, or strip them out.
From the start, it’s been controversial: risking damage to precious wildlife and habitats.
Peers reduced some of those risks.
Now MPs get to vote: keep those protections, or strip them out.
November 13, 2025 at 10:02 AM
Looks like the big environment charities have suddenly realised they've been systematically lied to by Starmer's government and that a planning disaster is about to hit our struggling remnant nature in the UK.
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Peter Thiel is in the Epstein emails, enjoying himself.
Peter Thiel is an overt, convinced, outspoken Nazi.
Peter Thiel's company is being paid by the UK government to crawl all over YOUR personal data.
Oswald Mosley's grandson runs his UK operation.
You can't make it up.
Peter Thiel is an overt, convinced, outspoken Nazi.
Peter Thiel's company is being paid by the UK government to crawl all over YOUR personal data.
Oswald Mosley's grandson runs his UK operation.
You can't make it up.
How Palantir infiltrated the state
At a moment of national emergency, the government handed our data to Peter Thiel’s controversial company
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk
November 13, 2025 at 8:56 AM
Peter Thiel is in the Epstein emails, enjoying himself.
Peter Thiel is an overt, convinced, outspoken Nazi.
Peter Thiel's company is being paid by the UK government to crawl all over YOUR personal data.
Oswald Mosley's grandson runs his UK operation.
You can't make it up.
Peter Thiel is an overt, convinced, outspoken Nazi.
Peter Thiel's company is being paid by the UK government to crawl all over YOUR personal data.
Oswald Mosley's grandson runs his UK operation.
You can't make it up.
China's rush to build huge projects at record speeds is admired by many in the West, but they don't always acknowledge that standards of construction are often pretty low.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
New bridge in south-west China collapses into mountainside
No casualties reported after section of 758-metre structure helping to link Sichuan province to Tibet falls to pieces
www.theguardian.com
November 12, 2025 at 3:16 PM
China's rush to build huge projects at record speeds is admired by many in the West, but they don't always acknowledge that standards of construction are often pretty low.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...