Nick Jowett
@jowettnick.bsky.social
Retired Vicar in Sheffield. Writes novels (2nd just completed), stories, hymns, also material for Church Action on Poverty. Loves Haydn.
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The worst, most dishonest prime minister we’ve ever had, rocks back and forth in his Daily Mail cubbyhole spewing out idiotic bilge to kid himself that he and his disastrous Brexit weren’t an almighty national fuck-up.
A deeply pathetic threat from an abject failure of a man.
A deeply pathetic threat from an abject failure of a man.
December 20, 2025 at 8:34 AM
The worst, most dishonest prime minister we’ve ever had, rocks back and forth in his Daily Mail cubbyhole spewing out idiotic bilge to kid himself that he and his disastrous Brexit weren’t an almighty national fuck-up.
A deeply pathetic threat from an abject failure of a man.
A deeply pathetic threat from an abject failure of a man.
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For all of Farage’s bombast and bravado, Reform is basically just a retirement home for disgraced Tories - and the media should be reporting it as such
Farage’s Tory recycling scheme
And why it will surely backfire...
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December 20, 2025 at 11:16 AM
For all of Farage’s bombast and bravado, Reform is basically just a retirement home for disgraced Tories - and the media should be reporting it as such
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Fifa's £45 tickets are a disingenuous, desperate attempt to save a World Cup and the regime behind it from humiliation
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Don’t be fooled by Fifa’s £45 World Cup tickets
Yes, there are some cheap tickets now. And no, Fifa have not got any less greedy.
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December 18, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Fifa's £45 tickets are a disingenuous, desperate attempt to save a World Cup and the regime behind it from humiliation
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Can I just say that I like singing Christmas carols but those orchestral carol arrangements are just the pits 🥺
December 18, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Can I just say that I like singing Christmas carols but those orchestral carol arrangements are just the pits 🥺
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Barbados PM, Mia Mottley, has it right. The climate crisis is moving at pace. We need to act, need to do more. Cutting methane from oil and gas is one of the fastest ways we could slow the warming of the planet.
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December 18, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Barbados PM, Mia Mottley, has it right. The climate crisis is moving at pace. We need to act, need to do more. Cutting methane from oil and gas is one of the fastest ways we could slow the warming of the planet.
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Pleased that my book Someone Else's Music gets a mention in today's Guardian.
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Keir Starmer is our most musical prime minister since Edward Heath. He must take up the baton for the arts | Martin Kettle
Not all of the problems of Britain’s cultural sector come down to funding, but an awful lot do. That’s where leadership comes in, says Guardian columnist Martin Kettle
www.theguardian.com
December 18, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Pleased that my book Someone Else's Music gets a mention in today's Guardian.
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Actual Good News: Labour has launched its fair funding formula for local councils. The aim is to push more cash towards deprived communities like Middlesbrough and Birmingham. And less for wealthier areas such as Kensington and the Home Counties. www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Council funding deal: who are the winners and losers – and will tax bills rise?
Cash is now being distributed using a new Fair Funding formula that gives greater weighting to local authorities with high ‘deprivation’ scores
www.theguardian.com
December 18, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Actual Good News: Labour has launched its fair funding formula for local councils. The aim is to push more cash towards deprived communities like Middlesbrough and Birmingham. And less for wealthier areas such as Kensington and the Home Counties. www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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I consider myself a fairly patient person, but I can't listen to another second of this ridiculous, wheezing idiot. I'm done. Nothing he is saying aligns with anything that is really happening in the real world.
December 18, 2025 at 2:22 AM
I consider myself a fairly patient person, but I can't listen to another second of this ridiculous, wheezing idiot. I'm done. Nothing he is saying aligns with anything that is really happening in the real world.
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It’s exactly this kind of dismal, prejudiced bollox from the Daily Mail that’s got us into the ruinous Brexit mess we’re in. What a moronic response to us rejoining Erasmus and all the benefits that brings. If they’re really worried about cost, they should push to cancel Brexit altogether.
December 18, 2025 at 7:21 AM
It’s exactly this kind of dismal, prejudiced bollox from the Daily Mail that’s got us into the ruinous Brexit mess we’re in. What a moronic response to us rejoining Erasmus and all the benefits that brings. If they’re really worried about cost, they should push to cancel Brexit altogether.
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This is obscene. Why can't other politicians say that?
The 25 richest families are collectively $358.7 billion richer than a year ago, with a combined fortune totaling $2.9 trillion.
The 25 richest families are collectively $358.7 billion richer than a year ago, with a combined fortune totaling $2.9 trillion.
December 18, 2025 at 9:00 AM
This is obscene. Why can't other politicians say that?
The 25 richest families are collectively $358.7 billion richer than a year ago, with a combined fortune totaling $2.9 trillion.
The 25 richest families are collectively $358.7 billion richer than a year ago, with a combined fortune totaling $2.9 trillion.
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Did Mercy get a fee for her appearance? Or did she do it for the love of being a right-wing pundit?
But, heaven forfend, you try to tax the rich or limit obscene bonuses or treat valuable land as an asset - then EVERYONE WILL GO TO DUBAI BECAUSE THE FREE MARKET.
But, heaven forfend, you try to tax the rich or limit obscene bonuses or treat valuable land as an asset - then EVERYONE WILL GO TO DUBAI BECAUSE THE FREE MARKET.
'Conservative commentator' Mercy Muroki: "If you're going into a career in medicine, you shouldn't be doing it for the money... you should be doing it out of love of being a doctor."
Apparently, if you choose a career that benefits society, you should do it for free. 🤡~AA
Apparently, if you choose a career that benefits society, you should do it for free. 🤡~AA
December 15, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Did Mercy get a fee for her appearance? Or did she do it for the love of being a right-wing pundit?
But, heaven forfend, you try to tax the rich or limit obscene bonuses or treat valuable land as an asset - then EVERYONE WILL GO TO DUBAI BECAUSE THE FREE MARKET.
But, heaven forfend, you try to tax the rich or limit obscene bonuses or treat valuable land as an asset - then EVERYONE WILL GO TO DUBAI BECAUSE THE FREE MARKET.
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Although Trump’s abhorrent political beliefs are ultimately more damaging to the nation, his reprehensible personality is more shocking to me on a personal level.
I can’t fathom how anyone can support someone who is so obviously a terrible human being.
I can’t fathom how anyone can support someone who is so obviously a terrible human being.
December 15, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Although Trump’s abhorrent political beliefs are ultimately more damaging to the nation, his reprehensible personality is more shocking to me on a personal level.
I can’t fathom how anyone can support someone who is so obviously a terrible human being.
I can’t fathom how anyone can support someone who is so obviously a terrible human being.
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“This is not America having priorities that don’t involve Europe. It is not isolationism. It is America taking sides with Russia against Europe, because one of America’s two political parties now sees Russian autocracy as preferable to European democracy.”
Trump’s Long-Term Damage
The things we won’t be able to fix even if we wanted to.
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December 13, 2025 at 6:07 PM
“This is not America having priorities that don’t involve Europe. It is not isolationism. It is America taking sides with Russia against Europe, because one of America’s two political parties now sees Russian autocracy as preferable to European democracy.”
The UK has agreed to pay pharma BILLIONS more for medicines to keep Trump happy – I’ve written to my MP urging them to do everything they can to stop this disastrous deal. Use this tool to email yours too!
act.globaljustice.org.uk/node/4671
act.globaljustice.org.uk/node/4671
Write to your MP: stop big pharma’s NHS raid
The UK government has agreed a deal with Donald Trump that could see the NHS pay pharma companies an extra £3 billion a year for drugs. Experts say that diverting NHS funding to pay for this deal woul...
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December 10, 2025 at 4:10 PM
The UK has agreed to pay pharma BILLIONS more for medicines to keep Trump happy – I’ve written to my MP urging them to do everything they can to stop this disastrous deal. Use this tool to email yours too!
act.globaljustice.org.uk/node/4671
act.globaljustice.org.uk/node/4671
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Good to see another Labour minister on Bsky.
Corruption threatens our national security, undermines legitimate business and steals money from working people’s pockets.
By deploying specialist law enforcement capabilities, we will disrupt the serious organised criminals, terrorists and kleptocrats.
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By deploying specialist law enforcement capabilities, we will disrupt the serious organised criminals, terrorists and kleptocrats.
www.gov.uk/government/p...
December 8, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Good to see another Labour minister on Bsky.
Weird how often intelligent writers use ‘hove’ as though it were a present tense! ‘Hove’ is past tense of ‘heave’. We probably have to blame P G Wodehouse for ‘Aunt Agatha hove in sight’!
December 9, 2025 at 7:58 AM
Weird how often intelligent writers use ‘hove’ as though it were a present tense! ‘Hove’ is past tense of ‘heave’. We probably have to blame P G Wodehouse for ‘Aunt Agatha hove in sight’!
December 9, 2025 at 7:52 AM
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The Trump administration's foreign policy strategy attacks allies including the UK & has been enthusiastically greeted by the Kremlin. Last month, the USA announced a 'peace deal' the Kremlin had written.
And in the UK, the media is full of people still wibbling about 'Trump Derangement Syndrome'.
And in the UK, the media is full of people still wibbling about 'Trump Derangement Syndrome'.
December 8, 2025 at 6:09 PM
The Trump administration's foreign policy strategy attacks allies including the UK & has been enthusiastically greeted by the Kremlin. Last month, the USA announced a 'peace deal' the Kremlin had written.
And in the UK, the media is full of people still wibbling about 'Trump Derangement Syndrome'.
And in the UK, the media is full of people still wibbling about 'Trump Derangement Syndrome'.
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BREAKING: Bernie Sanders just now:
December 8, 2025 at 3:50 PM
BREAKING: Bernie Sanders just now:
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Nigel Farage won't apologise for his history of racism because "if he apologised, he would be turning to his own support base and saying, ‘You’re all guilty too,'" a Reform source tells the Times.
So essentially he was a racist and he believes his supporters are racists too
So essentially he was a racist and he believes his supporters are racists too
December 7, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Nigel Farage won't apologise for his history of racism because "if he apologised, he would be turning to his own support base and saying, ‘You’re all guilty too,'" a Reform source tells the Times.
So essentially he was a racist and he believes his supporters are racists too
So essentially he was a racist and he believes his supporters are racists too
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How to buy yourself a needy malignant narcissist? Just offer him a phony, made up "Peace Prize" & he's all your's!!!
No need for a formal ceremony as he'll snatch from the box & put it on all by himself. Both laughably pathetic AND pathetically laughable. 🤡 🫣
No need for a formal ceremony as he'll snatch from the box & put it on all by himself. Both laughably pathetic AND pathetically laughable. 🤡 🫣
December 6, 2025 at 7:57 PM
How to buy yourself a needy malignant narcissist? Just offer him a phony, made up "Peace Prize" & he's all your's!!!
No need for a formal ceremony as he'll snatch from the box & put it on all by himself. Both laughably pathetic AND pathetically laughable. 🤡 🫣
No need for a formal ceremony as he'll snatch from the box & put it on all by himself. Both laughably pathetic AND pathetically laughable. 🤡 🫣
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This will be remembered as the most pathetic moment in American history. What a needy fool.
December 7, 2025 at 1:09 AM
This will be remembered as the most pathetic moment in American history. What a needy fool.
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Although I have thoroughly rejected the evangelical Christianity I grew up in, it annoys the crap out of me when the media gets this wrong.
IT'S EVANGELICALISM @theguardian.com NOT EVANGELISM.
It's possible to be an evangelist without being evangelical and vv 🤬
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
IT'S EVANGELICALISM @theguardian.com NOT EVANGELISM.
It's possible to be an evangelist without being evangelical and vv 🤬
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Faith and Reform: is the religious right on the rise in UK politics?
Powerful Christian figures are emerging in Britain but there are important differences from the US, where evangelism has fuelled Trump
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December 7, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Although I have thoroughly rejected the evangelical Christianity I grew up in, it annoys the crap out of me when the media gets this wrong.
IT'S EVANGELICALISM @theguardian.com NOT EVANGELISM.
It's possible to be an evangelist without being evangelical and vv 🤬
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
IT'S EVANGELICALISM @theguardian.com NOT EVANGELISM.
It's possible to be an evangelist without being evangelical and vv 🤬
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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The racism allegations should be what wrecks Farage's political career. But I also think his absolute inability to cope with being questioned, his thin-skinned nastiness when challenged in any press conference, is also going to hurt his popularity, esp among those who have not seen that before.
December 4, 2025 at 3:55 PM
The racism allegations should be what wrecks Farage's political career. But I also think his absolute inability to cope with being questioned, his thin-skinned nastiness when challenged in any press conference, is also going to hurt his popularity, esp among those who have not seen that before.