Robert Woolley 🇬🇧🇮🇪🏴
@robertwoolley.bsky.social
Cynical mid-50 something -Gen X'er. British/English/Irish 48er. Personal politics complex. Undiagnosed Aspergers. Transport person who became a software dev in late 40s.
Brent, London/Dublin/Kilkenny/ASEAN. (But mainly Brent).
Blocks arseholes.
Brent, London/Dublin/Kilkenny/ASEAN. (But mainly Brent).
Blocks arseholes.
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nor will we forget corporal Bone Spurs insulting U.S. military dead as "losers" and "suckers". If he keeps this up 'lots of people are saying' Trump might shuffle off this mortal coil prematurely.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/don...
www.nbcnews.com/politics/don...
John Kelly confirms Trump privately disparaged U.S. service members and veterans
Trump called fallen soldiers "suckers” and "losers" during his presidency, according to a 2020 report in The Atlantic.
www.nbcnews.com
January 23, 2026 at 5:43 PM
nor will we forget corporal Bone Spurs insulting U.S. military dead as "losers" and "suckers". If he keeps this up 'lots of people are saying' Trump might shuffle off this mortal coil prematurely.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/don...
www.nbcnews.com/politics/don...
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Trump is forcing the NHS to pay billions more in higher medicine costs, and this government is letting him walk all over them.
Keir Starmer should grow a backbone and tell the White House: the British people decide the future of our NHS - not a foreign regime.
Keir Starmer should grow a backbone and tell the White House: the British people decide the future of our NHS - not a foreign regime.
January 23, 2026 at 5:24 PM
Trump is forcing the NHS to pay billions more in higher medicine costs, and this government is letting him walk all over them.
Keir Starmer should grow a backbone and tell the White House: the British people decide the future of our NHS - not a foreign regime.
Keir Starmer should grow a backbone and tell the White House: the British people decide the future of our NHS - not a foreign regime.
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It should not surprise us that the man who, literally on 9/11, called into a live TV broadcast and went out of his way to brag that "his building" (40 Wall St) was now the tallest downtown also has no regard for the citizens of allied countries who died in support of US wars in the years afterwards
I don’t know if this has had any play in the US news, but Trump’s comments about Nato troops not fighting alongside the US have caused a pretty big backlash across Europe. www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cd...
Starmer calls Trump's remarks about Nato troops in Afghanistan 'insulting and frankly appalling'
Veterans and bereaved families call the comments
www.bbc.co.uk
January 23, 2026 at 5:38 PM
It should not surprise us that the man who, literally on 9/11, called into a live TV broadcast and went out of his way to brag that "his building" (40 Wall St) was now the tallest downtown also has no regard for the citizens of allied countries who died in support of US wars in the years afterwards
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this is a scrappy, furious game i made about sending as many fuck yous as you can to ICE. that's it. that's the game.
unaminh.itch.io/fu-ice #abolishice #gamedev
unaminh.itch.io/fu-ice #abolishice #gamedev
January 23, 2026 at 5:56 PM
this is a scrappy, furious game i made about sending as many fuck yous as you can to ICE. that's it. that's the game.
unaminh.itch.io/fu-ice #abolishice #gamedev
unaminh.itch.io/fu-ice #abolishice #gamedev
X needs polis
(Bad attempt at Scots)
(Bad attempt at Scots)
Bluesky needs polls
January 23, 2026 at 6:09 PM
X needs polis
(Bad attempt at Scots)
(Bad attempt at Scots)
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"Slavery was real"
Tiny sign at the base of a brick wall that, until yesterday, held panels about the people enslaved by George Washington.
Presidents House, Philadelphia.
Tiny sign at the base of a brick wall that, until yesterday, held panels about the people enslaved by George Washington.
Presidents House, Philadelphia.
January 23, 2026 at 3:22 PM
"Slavery was real"
Tiny sign at the base of a brick wall that, until yesterday, held panels about the people enslaved by George Washington.
Presidents House, Philadelphia.
Tiny sign at the base of a brick wall that, until yesterday, held panels about the people enslaved by George Washington.
Presidents House, Philadelphia.
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British, French and Canadian soldiers returning home from Afghanistan…
January 23, 2026 at 5:21 PM
British, French and Canadian soldiers returning home from Afghanistan…
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YOU HAVE TO REMEMBER TO BE HORNY ITS WHAT GEORGE MICHAEL WOULD HAVE WANTED
January 23, 2026 at 5:43 PM
YOU HAVE TO REMEMBER TO BE HORNY ITS WHAT GEORGE MICHAEL WOULD HAVE WANTED
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In light of Bessent’s outburst, I need to make one thing clear: when we Canadians start talking about American aggression, we need to stop picturing Brigade Combat Teams thundering across the border, and consider a slower process that blurs lines between policing, terrorism abd national defence.
January 23, 2026 at 5:21 PM
In light of Bessent’s outburst, I need to make one thing clear: when we Canadians start talking about American aggression, we need to stop picturing Brigade Combat Teams thundering across the border, and consider a slower process that blurs lines between policing, terrorism abd national defence.
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Make no mistake, America is coming for Alberta. This requires a response at the federal, provincial, and community level. Federally, the government must summon the ambassador for an explanation and, absent a complete retraction and apology, expel him.
www.politico.com/news/2026/01...
www.politico.com/news/2026/01...
Bessent pans Carney, cheers on Albertan separatism amid growing US-Canada rift
“People are talking,” Bessent said. “People want sovereignty. They want what the U.S. has got.”
www.politico.com
January 23, 2026 at 5:29 PM
Make no mistake, America is coming for Alberta. This requires a response at the federal, provincial, and community level. Federally, the government must summon the ambassador for an explanation and, absent a complete retraction and apology, expel him.
www.politico.com/news/2026/01...
www.politico.com/news/2026/01...
Cleverly slipping another little lie in.
Dear Evan #bbcpm James Cleverley said on air earlier that very few households in his Braintree constituency didn’t have cars. This map gives ONS census stats on that from 2021. Hes wrong, whole swaithes have >10% car free and many >20%. This is far from ‘hardly any’
www.ons.gov.uk/census/maps/...
www.ons.gov.uk/census/maps/...
January 23, 2026 at 6:00 PM
Cleverly slipping another little lie in.
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Europe commits to wind energy expansion despite Trump criticism, draft shows reut.rs/4pTHGYg
Europe commits to wind energy expansion despite Trump criticism, draft shows
European governments including Germany, Britain and Denmark will reinforce their plans to massively expand wind power projects on Monday, despite U.S. President Donald Trump stepping up criticism of their green energy agenda, a draft declaration due to be signed by government leaders showed.
reut.rs
January 23, 2026 at 5:45 PM
Europe commits to wind energy expansion despite Trump criticism, draft shows reut.rs/4pTHGYg
Yes, that's the point.
The new Board of Peace gives its president Donald Trump far too much power, a former deputy minister of Hungary told CGTN. “He can decide who is invited, he can have veto right on everything… That means that he's like an overlord and all others are the subjects to him,” said
January 23, 2026 at 5:55 PM
Yes, that's the point.
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The new Board of Peace gives its president Donald Trump far too much power, a former deputy minister of Hungary told CGTN. “He can decide who is invited, he can have veto right on everything… That means that he's like an overlord and all others are the subjects to him,” said
January 23, 2026 at 5:46 PM
The new Board of Peace gives its president Donald Trump far too much power, a former deputy minister of Hungary told CGTN. “He can decide who is invited, he can have veto right on everything… That means that he's like an overlord and all others are the subjects to him,” said
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honestly JFK is proof we don't live in a comic book universe because this would have absolutely given him strange powers
someone in discord once asked me to try to summarize jfk's assorted medical problems from memory
January 23, 2026 at 5:46 PM
honestly JFK is proof we don't live in a comic book universe because this would have absolutely given him strange powers
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Nobody will forget nor forgive this.
January 23, 2026 at 5:31 PM
Nobody will forget nor forgive this.
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Times: Starmer says that Donald Trump's remarks about British soldiers in Afghanistan are 'insulting and frankly appalling'. He suggests that the US president should apologise for saying that Nato troops stayed 'a little off the front lines'
January 23, 2026 at 5:24 PM
Times: Starmer says that Donald Trump's remarks about British soldiers in Afghanistan are 'insulting and frankly appalling'. He suggests that the US president should apologise for saying that Nato troops stayed 'a little off the front lines'
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These guys really do think of war as a vidya game
Rep. Greg Steube: "You see Macron and the French sending troops to Greenland. I would love to see the US military up against French troops in Greenland, because it would not last very long. It would be a very small skirmish ... we don't care about what Macron and the French want."
January 23, 2026 at 5:06 PM
These guys really do think of war as a vidya game
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When the US government has met with seperatists, this isn't just rhetoric.
January 23, 2026 at 5:10 PM
When the US government has met with seperatists, this isn't just rhetoric.
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It remains weird that this is how a UK member of parliament resigns his or her seat:
January 23, 2026 at 4:46 PM
It remains weird that this is how a UK member of parliament resigns his or her seat:
The more this stuff happens, the weaker Farage is, the stronger the consensus for joining the EU.
January 23, 2026 at 4:32 PM
The more this stuff happens, the weaker Farage is, the stronger the consensus for joining the EU.
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-laughs nervously in Ukrainian-
So er, I don't want to be alarmist my Canadian friends but it's not a GREAT sign when the superpower next door starts talking about how the people of a resource rich region of yours yearn for the freedom to join them and suggesting referendums...
So er, I don't want to be alarmist my Canadian friends but it's not a GREAT sign when the superpower next door starts talking about how the people of a resource rich region of yours yearn for the freedom to join them and suggesting referendums...
Bessent pushes Albertan independence from Canada: "Albertans are very independent people. There's a rumor they may have a referendum on whether they want to stay in Canada or not. People are talking. People want sovereignty. They want what the US has got."
January 23, 2026 at 4:27 PM
-laughs nervously in Ukrainian-
So er, I don't want to be alarmist my Canadian friends but it's not a GREAT sign when the superpower next door starts talking about how the people of a resource rich region of yours yearn for the freedom to join them and suggesting referendums...
So er, I don't want to be alarmist my Canadian friends but it's not a GREAT sign when the superpower next door starts talking about how the people of a resource rich region of yours yearn for the freedom to join them and suggesting referendums...
He is a terrible human being?
New Substack: The Moral Case Against Robert Jenrick. open.substack.com/pub/mbatangs...
The Moral Case Against Robert Jenrick
A sequel to Some Thoughts on the Jenrick Defection
open.substack.com
January 23, 2026 at 4:29 PM
He is a terrible human being?
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I remember covering the 3 Rifles homecoming parade in Edinburgh in 2010. The soldiers were emotional, exhausted and relieved to be back home after their tour in Helmand. Not all of them came home, of course.
www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/8156048...
www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/8156048...
Marching home to cheers... and tears
Thousands of people turned out to
welcome 3 Rifles home from
Afghanistan on Saturday.
Rachel Wearmouth watched
the parade, and spoke to some…
www.thenorthernecho.co.uk
January 23, 2026 at 4:28 PM
I remember covering the 3 Rifles homecoming parade in Edinburgh in 2010. The soldiers were emotional, exhausted and relieved to be back home after their tour in Helmand. Not all of them came home, of course.
www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/8156048...
www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/8156048...