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James Bottomley

@jamesbottomley.bsky.social

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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.

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James Bottomley @jamesbottomley.bsky.social · 23h

Man of the Russian people.

James Bottomley @jamesbottomley.bsky.social · 1d

They're not just down to the hardcore members, they're down to the rump of the hardcore.

James Bottomley @jamesbottomley.bsky.social · 1d

I always thought Orange Book sounded like Ian Paisley's autobiography.

James Bottomley @jamesbottomley.bsky.social · 1d

Time for Corbyn & co to stop messing about and ask supporters to switch to Green.

James Bottomley @jamesbottomley.bsky.social · 1d

It's a mad plan. It will cause havoc in A&E wards across the country, it will burn hundreds of thousands of hours of expensive police time, make town centres even worse places to live for thousands and the only real 'growth' will be to alcohol industry corporate profits, often foreign owned.

James Bottomley @jamesbottomley.bsky.social · 1d

Apart from empty words, the government aren't lifting a finger to stop our UK plastic waste being exported to less developed nations, where it routinely kills children. Carefully sorting our waste into different bins is, right now, a waste of time and morally bad.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Britain missing out on potential £2bn recycling industry by exporting plastic waste

Exclusive: Government failure to close loophole allows 600,000 tonnes to be shipped elsewhere each year

www.theguardian.com

James Bottomley @jamesbottomley.bsky.social · 2d

I had to look twice then, thought it was Mandelson.

James Bottomley @jamesbottomley.bsky.social · 2d

Following papa into one's merchant bank does require some skills you know.

James Bottomley @jamesbottomley.bsky.social · 2d

I wondered what had happened to Phil Lynott's son.

James Bottomley @jamesbottomley.bsky.social · 2d

The joy of sneering at the lower classes, shouting in bars about the next hunt meeting and bantering about Kemi's amazing plan to crush all hope for the poor. All part of a pleasant day at conference for the fake fogeys.

James Bottomley @jamesbottomley.bsky.social · 2d

Straight from Monty Python. AI generated these days of course.

James Bottomley @jamesbottomley.bsky.social · 2d

The Tories have always used paid seat-sitters at their conferences, this one will be no different.

James Bottomley @jamesbottomley.bsky.social · 2d

Like Alice, I want to believe impossible things before breakfast.

James Bottomley @jamesbottomley.bsky.social · 2d

Like a lot of anarcho-capitalist far right people, he admires Dubai's 'anything goes' mentality, where slavery still flourishes, the government make arbitrary arrests on trumped up charges and torture prisoners and the ruling class posses monopolies on everything and make a fortune out of misery.

James Bottomley @jamesbottomley.bsky.social · 2d

It's classic Tory stuff. They regard subjects like English as only suitable for the effete rich kids of Oxbridge and the like. A stereotype, true, but one they believe in. Doubtless the next step will be to attack widening access policies in upper universities.

James Bottomley @jamesbottomley.bsky.social · 2d

Although she did play the same basic game of promising to cut spending and taxes here there and everywhere. In practise, she brought down taxes for the well off and put them up a lot for everyone else.

James Bottomley @jamesbottomley.bsky.social · 2d

It's just another empty rerun of the many previous times when proposed Tory governments have promised to 'set loose' the housing market. The big winners would of course be all the existing outright home owners, with surging prices. It would do nothing for the economy except more inflation.

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James Bottomley @jamesbottomley.bsky.social · 2d

This juicy plum appears to be from Reeves, although Starmer doubtless approves. Basically they are going to end national parks as we have known them. Certain parks, the Lake District, the New Forest, the South Downs and the Peak District in particular, will be carpet bombed with development.

James Bottomley @jamesbottomley.bsky.social · 2d

Eh? It raised £11.6bn last year.

James Bottomley @jamesbottomley.bsky.social · 2d

To be fair, it is extremely hard work (positively fatigue inducing) to sit in one's million pound house whilst it grows to become worth £2m in 10 years. One feels every pound passing through, deep in one's bones.

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Prof Bill McGuire @profbillmcguire.bsky.social · 2d

Streeting surrenders to the crushing, parasitic capitalism of Big Pharma

Obscene

www.theguardian.com/business/202...

NHS could pay 25% more for medicines under plan to end row with drugmakers and Trump

UK ministers preparing to raise payments to end standoff with pharma industry, cited as reason for firms axing British investments

www.theguardian.com

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James Bottomley @jamesbottomley.bsky.social · 3d

Neither of these 'pundits' listened properly to Gary. They were busy smearing him for something unrelated to his comments. The BBC are shocking for allowing this campaigning for Reform on what is meant to be a sports channel.

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James Bottomley @jamesbottomley.bsky.social · 3d

She never completed her design course at college in Ljubljana, but regularly claimed she had a degree in numerous public ways.

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James Bottomley @jamesbottomley.bsky.social · 3d

She was an escort, perhaps Eppie or one of his circle used her services.

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James Bottomley @jamesbottomley.bsky.social · 3d

She talks like a computer bot. Must have picked it up then.