Johnny Lowden 🇺🇦
@johnnylowden.bsky.social
Priest in the Church of Ireland. Interested in History, theology, and nerd-culture stuff.
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Trying to imagine what this policy would have meant for my grandfather and his friends, facing the constant uncertainty of when and whether they would have been deported, after fighting to save this country from the Nazis
November 15, 2025 at 7:01 AM
Trying to imagine what this policy would have meant for my grandfather and his friends, facing the constant uncertainty of when and whether they would have been deported, after fighting to save this country from the Nazis
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This is as bad as anything proposed by Reform.
Leaving refugees in permanent limbo and unable to build a new life in the UK would be a complete abdication of our humanitarian responsibilities
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Leaving refugees in permanent limbo and unable to build a new life in the UK would be a complete abdication of our humanitarian responsibilities
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
UK set to limit refugees to temporary stays
Shabana Mahmood is expected to say the era of permanent protection for refugees is over, in major changes to the UK's asylum and immigration system.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 15, 2025 at 6:43 AM
This is as bad as anything proposed by Reform.
Leaving refugees in permanent limbo and unable to build a new life in the UK would be a complete abdication of our humanitarian responsibilities
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Leaving refugees in permanent limbo and unable to build a new life in the UK would be a complete abdication of our humanitarian responsibilities
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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“Unlimited power is apt to corrupt the minds of those who possess it; and this I know, my Lords, that where laws end, there tyranny begins.”
The Great Commoner, William Pitt the Elder, born #OTD 1708.
Portrait by William Hoare c. 1754, National Portrait Gallery London
The Great Commoner, William Pitt the Elder, born #OTD 1708.
Portrait by William Hoare c. 1754, National Portrait Gallery London
November 15, 2025 at 6:01 AM
“Unlimited power is apt to corrupt the minds of those who possess it; and this I know, my Lords, that where laws end, there tyranny begins.”
The Great Commoner, William Pitt the Elder, born #OTD 1708.
Portrait by William Hoare c. 1754, National Portrait Gallery London
The Great Commoner, William Pitt the Elder, born #OTD 1708.
Portrait by William Hoare c. 1754, National Portrait Gallery London
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Nowhere in the hysterical pile-on against the BBC in the British press has anyone mentioned that BBC News now has 77 million viewers & listeners in the US and has established itself as the second most trusted news source there.
November 11, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Nowhere in the hysterical pile-on against the BBC in the British press has anyone mentioned that BBC News now has 77 million viewers & listeners in the US and has established itself as the second most trusted news source there.
Make me the new DG of the BBC and I will make it wall-to-wall history documentaries, and then spend the other 50% of the budget on paying Aardman to make Wallace and Gromit films for the next 100 years.
November 9, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Make me the new DG of the BBC and I will make it wall-to-wall history documentaries, and then spend the other 50% of the budget on paying Aardman to make Wallace and Gromit films for the next 100 years.
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I, for one, believe him.
November 6, 2025 at 8:40 PM
I, for one, believe him.
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The world’s first trillionaire initiated a move that has left more than half a million people dead, most of whom are children.
November 7, 2025 at 7:39 AM
The world’s first trillionaire initiated a move that has left more than half a million people dead, most of whom are children.
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War crime btw
Russia has officially integrated occupied Ukrainian territories into its Southern Military District and plans to begin mobilizing 50,000 to 100,000 residents for the war effort, according to Ukraine’s National Resistance Center. Men aged 18–55, including conscripts, will be recruited by force.
November 2, 2025 at 9:41 PM
War crime btw
I rarely get legitimately angry, but this...this really made me furious.
A disgusting perversion of the work of Tolkien *and* Jackson.
A disgusting perversion of the work of Tolkien *and* Jackson.
DHS just posted a Lord of the Rings meme as an appeal to join ICE
October 29, 2025 at 9:42 PM
I rarely get legitimately angry, but this...this really made me furious.
A disgusting perversion of the work of Tolkien *and* Jackson.
A disgusting perversion of the work of Tolkien *and* Jackson.
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As Sultana and co know very well, it is perfectly possible to support a people's struggle for national freedom while opposing the govt or political leadership currently at the head of that struggle. They do not apply this here for a simple reason - they do not support Ukraine.
October 27, 2025 at 4:21 PM
As Sultana and co know very well, it is perfectly possible to support a people's struggle for national freedom while opposing the govt or political leadership currently at the head of that struggle. They do not apply this here for a simple reason - they do not support Ukraine.
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Totally untrue garbage from @thetimes.com & @dailymail.co.uk today - smear dressed up as journalism. Some facts:
- There is no “£900 desk”
- my constituency office has Ikea desks/chairs
- we significantly underspent the new MPs allowance to set up an office
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
- There is no “£900 desk”
- my constituency office has Ikea desks/chairs
- we significantly underspent the new MPs allowance to set up an office
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
Treasury minister leading budget plans spent £900 on desk
Torsten Bell, who is working with Rachel Reeves to fill a £30 billion hole in finances, also used his parliamentary expenses to claim £600 for three chairs
www.thetimes.com
October 27, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Totally untrue garbage from @thetimes.com & @dailymail.co.uk today - smear dressed up as journalism. Some facts:
- There is no “£900 desk”
- my constituency office has Ikea desks/chairs
- we significantly underspent the new MPs allowance to set up an office
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
- There is no “£900 desk”
- my constituency office has Ikea desks/chairs
- we significantly underspent the new MPs allowance to set up an office
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
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Incredible to hear Russell's voice. And important to note that from the very beginning, some people on the left recognised the sadism and intellectual poverty of Bolshevism.
Bertrand Russell wasn't impressed with him: youtu.be/6TK9c-caEcw?...
Bertrand Russell on his meeting with Vladimir Lenin in 1920
YouTube video by Roman Styran
youtu.be
October 26, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Incredible to hear Russell's voice. And important to note that from the very beginning, some people on the left recognised the sadism and intellectual poverty of Bolshevism.
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That's why I have "there's too many black people in adverts" as one of the most hands-down racist klaxons there is, short of violence or Nazi iconography. There's no pretence of a policy issue there, no tapdance of "legitimate concerns". It's just pathetic melanin whinging.
Something I can't get over with the Sarah Pochin comments is that it's not just racist, it's also pathetic? Like oh wittle Sarah doesn't like the wittle adverts is it? Get a grip, you're a grown woman and member of parliament, stop being a snowflake and find a real problem to deal with
October 26, 2025 at 9:40 PM
That's why I have "there's too many black people in adverts" as one of the most hands-down racist klaxons there is, short of violence or Nazi iconography. There's no pretence of a policy issue there, no tapdance of "legitimate concerns". It's just pathetic melanin whinging.
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Every day there are new vulgarities that should offend any person who loves Jesus.
This week, he is literally autographing BIBLES and selling them for $1,000 each.
Don’t ever pay $1,000 for a Bible… we’ll send you a free copy & make sure it doesn’t include the founding documents of America.
This week, he is literally autographing BIBLES and selling them for $1,000 each.
Don’t ever pay $1,000 for a Bible… we’ll send you a free copy & make sure it doesn’t include the founding documents of America.
October 25, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Every day there are new vulgarities that should offend any person who loves Jesus.
This week, he is literally autographing BIBLES and selling them for $1,000 each.
Don’t ever pay $1,000 for a Bible… we’ll send you a free copy & make sure it doesn’t include the founding documents of America.
This week, he is literally autographing BIBLES and selling them for $1,000 each.
Don’t ever pay $1,000 for a Bible… we’ll send you a free copy & make sure it doesn’t include the founding documents of America.
*A united left wing vote pushed Reform comfortably into second place*
Labour:...We need to be even more like Reform.
Everyone:
Labour:...We need to be even more like Reform.
Everyone:
a close up of a man 's face with his eyes closed
ALT: a close up of a man 's face with his eyes closed
media.tenor.com
October 24, 2025 at 10:39 AM
*A united left wing vote pushed Reform comfortably into second place*
Labour:...We need to be even more like Reform.
Everyone:
Labour:...We need to be even more like Reform.
Everyone:
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Alleged Tolkien fans in tech stop doing things that would make Tolkien bite through his pipe stem in rage challenge (difficulty level: impossible)
A US tech bro corp in the US has decided the night sky should go away. They've made that decision for everyone on Earth.
Naturally they've named the first searing orbital array (many times brighter than the moon) after Eärendil, the light bearer, from Tolkien's work
www.space.com/space-explor...
Naturally they've named the first searing orbital array (many times brighter than the moon) after Eärendil, the light bearer, from Tolkien's work
www.space.com/space-explor...
Company's plan to launch 4,000 space mirrors alarms scientists
Reflect Orbital says their light-on-demand idea has generated significant interest from commercial and government customers.
www.space.com
October 23, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Alleged Tolkien fans in tech stop doing things that would make Tolkien bite through his pipe stem in rage challenge (difficulty level: impossible)
There is no sacred duty only toward other citizens of your own country, there is only a sacred duty to love our neighbours as ourselves.
Nb, "Sacred duty" is Lam's own language she has absolutely made an ethical and theological claim here about what is (not) owed to foreigners who live among us
October 23, 2025 at 2:25 PM
There is no sacred duty only toward other citizens of your own country, there is only a sacred duty to love our neighbours as ourselves.
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"The idea of deporting people with settled status is disgusting, and anyone proposing it should be immediately drummed out of polite society. Breaking promises made in good faith to our friends and neighbours is racist, extremist and immoral."
I'm basically shouting at the sky here, but still.
I'm basically shouting at the sky here, but still.
It’s racist, it’s extremist and it’s immoral
The right is still calling for deportations, and the government is still being cowardly about it. Also: London’s first green belt; some notes on a shark; and some news, on my next book.
jonn.substack.com
October 22, 2025 at 1:22 PM
"The idea of deporting people with settled status is disgusting, and anyone proposing it should be immediately drummed out of polite society. Breaking promises made in good faith to our friends and neighbours is racist, extremist and immoral."
I'm basically shouting at the sky here, but still.
I'm basically shouting at the sky here, but still.
Statement from the Primate of All Ireland Most Revd John McDowell and the Archbishop of Dublin and Glendalough.
'...the Church of Ireland recognises no body other than the one described in the preceding paragraphs as the Anglican Communion.'
www.churchofireland.org/news/13089/a...
'...the Church of Ireland recognises no body other than the one described in the preceding paragraphs as the Anglican Communion.'
www.churchofireland.org/news/13089/a...
Archbishops’ statement on the Church of Ireland and the Anglican Communion
The Most Rev John McDowell, the Church of Ireland’s Primate of All Ireland and Archbishop of Armagh, with the Most Rev Michael Jackson, Primate of Ireland and Archbishop of Dublin have issued the foll...
www.churchofireland.org
October 20, 2025 at 9:56 AM
Statement from the Primate of All Ireland Most Revd John McDowell and the Archbishop of Dublin and Glendalough.
'...the Church of Ireland recognises no body other than the one described in the preceding paragraphs as the Anglican Communion.'
www.churchofireland.org/news/13089/a...
'...the Church of Ireland recognises no body other than the one described in the preceding paragraphs as the Anglican Communion.'
www.churchofireland.org/news/13089/a...
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'...culturally coherent group of people'
A sentiment that is both nonsensical and utterly chilling
A sentiment that is both nonsensical and utterly chilling
Sunday Times interview Tory "rising star" Katie Lam
She is clear she wants lots of legal migrants to be told to "go home" so as "to leave a mostly but not entirely culturally coherent group of people"
(The interviewer suggests she is scrapping ILR or stripping people of it)
She is clear she wants lots of legal migrants to be told to "go home" so as "to leave a mostly but not entirely culturally coherent group of people"
(The interviewer suggests she is scrapping ILR or stripping people of it)
October 19, 2025 at 12:09 PM
'...culturally coherent group of people'
A sentiment that is both nonsensical and utterly chilling
A sentiment that is both nonsensical and utterly chilling
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October 17, 2025 at 10:08 PM
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heartbroken to learn the pope sympathizes with the poor. how can i continue to believe in god
October 17, 2025 at 5:43 PM
heartbroken to learn the pope sympathizes with the poor. how can i continue to believe in god
I think the BBC meant to say 'How Milei's economic vandalism wrecked the already-shaky Argentinian economy so badly that the US had to bail them out to the tune of $20bn'
October 14, 2025 at 1:23 PM
I think the BBC meant to say 'How Milei's economic vandalism wrecked the already-shaky Argentinian economy so badly that the US had to bail them out to the tune of $20bn'
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Extinguishing MLK's Eternal Flame is both outrageous and a hell of a metaphor for right now www.wsbtv.com/news/local/a...
Eternal flame at Martin Luther King Jr.’s Atlanta burial site destroyed
Police say the man also urinated in the reflective pool.
www.wsbtv.com
October 11, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Extinguishing MLK's Eternal Flame is both outrageous and a hell of a metaphor for right now www.wsbtv.com/news/local/a...