Stoatwobbler
@stoatwobbler.bsky.social
Supporter of Rejoining the EU. Christian, Whiggish, Wednesdayite, metalhead, partial to real ale and slightly geeky.
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I don’t know who made this but great job
December 23, 2024 at 1:42 AM
I don’t know who made this but great job
Absolute nonsense. A sense of fairness is more essential for left wingery than how many books you read.
And there's plenty of right wing writing out there that's incredibly thoughtful and persuasive. Edmund Burke for starters!
And there's plenty of right wing writing out there that's incredibly thoughtful and persuasive. Edmund Burke for starters!
To be left-wing, you have to read and think a lot. To be right-wing, all you have to do is be proud of your own ignorance.
December 20, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Absolute nonsense. A sense of fairness is more essential for left wingery than how many books you read.
And there's plenty of right wing writing out there that's incredibly thoughtful and persuasive. Edmund Burke for starters!
And there's plenty of right wing writing out there that's incredibly thoughtful and persuasive. Edmund Burke for starters!
I need to face an uncomfortable, unsettling truth about a once beloved thing.....
....Jaipur isn't as good a beer as it used to be!
....Jaipur isn't as good a beer as it used to be!
December 20, 2025 at 2:06 PM
I need to face an uncomfortable, unsettling truth about a once beloved thing.....
....Jaipur isn't as good a beer as it used to be!
....Jaipur isn't as good a beer as it used to be!
Nicest beer I've had from Welbeck Abbey in some time!
December 19, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Nicest beer I've had from Welbeck Abbey in some time!
Referring to any objections to what your side is doing as ".......... Derangement syndrome" is an automatic red flag that somebody has lost interest in discussing the topic for any purpose other than petty point scoring.
To think Brexit Derangement Syndrome was something they used to accuse us of.
December 18, 2025 at 7:16 AM
Referring to any objections to what your side is doing as ".......... Derangement syndrome" is an automatic red flag that somebody has lost interest in discussing the topic for any purpose other than petty point scoring.
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You really do need to suspend your disbelief or have not visited London in the last 25 years to buy any of what Farage is saying. Getting ripped off having two burgers, craft beers and a truffle and parmesan fries maybe. That's more real than anything he comes out with.
August 4, 2025 at 12:48 PM
You really do need to suspend your disbelief or have not visited London in the last 25 years to buy any of what Farage is saying. Getting ripped off having two burgers, craft beers and a truffle and parmesan fries maybe. That's more real than anything he comes out with.
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Reform is a (bad) mood and not a political party in the traditional sense.
Its followers don't care about facts. They care about their beliefs.
No amount of fact checking will work and their critics need to adjust to that.
You cannot defeat delusion with reason.
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
Its followers don't care about facts. They care about their beliefs.
No amount of fact checking will work and their critics need to adjust to that.
You cannot defeat delusion with reason.
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
Keir Starmer blasts Nigel Farage over 'unrealistic' plans that 'foster division'
Keir Starmer's press secretary said Nigel Farage had no interest in fixing the problems gripping Britain with its proposals to scrap the main route to British citizenship for migrants
www.mirror.co.uk
September 22, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Reform is a (bad) mood and not a political party in the traditional sense.
Its followers don't care about facts. They care about their beliefs.
No amount of fact checking will work and their critics need to adjust to that.
You cannot defeat delusion with reason.
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
Its followers don't care about facts. They care about their beliefs.
No amount of fact checking will work and their critics need to adjust to that.
You cannot defeat delusion with reason.
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
Welcome news.
The British people should be the ones to determine British politics. Not Russia.
The British people should be the ones to determine British politics. Not Russia.
🚨 BREAKING: Keir Starmer has launched a formal investigation into foreign election interference
It comes after former Reform UK Welsh Leader Nathan Gill was sentenced to over 10 years in prison last month for making pro-Russia statements for bribes
It comes after former Reform UK Welsh Leader Nathan Gill was sentenced to over 10 years in prison last month for making pro-Russia statements for bribes
December 16, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Welcome news.
The British people should be the ones to determine British politics. Not Russia.
The British people should be the ones to determine British politics. Not Russia.
If only you were in charge of regulatory legislation with a parliamentary majority of 148 seats eh Keir!
🚨 NEW: Keir Starmer says he is "frustrated" with the number of regulations he faces
"Every time I go to pull a lever, there are a whole bunch of regulations, consultations, arms-length bodies that mean the action from pulling the lever to delivery is longer than I think it ought to be"
"Every time I go to pull a lever, there are a whole bunch of regulations, consultations, arms-length bodies that mean the action from pulling the lever to delivery is longer than I think it ought to be"
December 15, 2025 at 6:40 PM
If only you were in charge of regulatory legislation with a parliamentary majority of 148 seats eh Keir!
Anyone who's come across Christian Nationalists on Twitter will be able to see that the below tweet is blatantly false.
One major thing that defines Christian Nationalists is wildly partisan extreme right wing politics.
One major thing that defines Christian Nationalists is wildly partisan extreme right wing politics.
December 14, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Anyone who's come across Christian Nationalists on Twitter will be able to see that the below tweet is blatantly false.
One major thing that defines Christian Nationalists is wildly partisan extreme right wing politics.
One major thing that defines Christian Nationalists is wildly partisan extreme right wing politics.
It's impossible to create any form of Christianity (muscular or otherwise) separate from the Church.
And once you realise the history of the Anglican Church since the restoration you realise that little Tommy Ten Names is on a fools errand with this gimmick.
And once you realise the history of the Anglican Church since the restoration you realise that little Tommy Ten Names is on a fools errand with this gimmick.
Stephen Yaxley Lennon Tommy Robinson is holding a carol service today billed as “Britain belongs to the British People.”
He wants to create “a muscular Christianity…separate from the Church.”
Meanwhile the Far Right’s next target is to infiltrate the Anglican Church.
He wants to create “a muscular Christianity…separate from the Church.”
Meanwhile the Far Right’s next target is to infiltrate the Anglican Church.
December 13, 2025 at 6:45 PM
It's impossible to create any form of Christianity (muscular or otherwise) separate from the Church.
And once you realise the history of the Anglican Church since the restoration you realise that little Tommy Ten Names is on a fools errand with this gimmick.
And once you realise the history of the Anglican Church since the restoration you realise that little Tommy Ten Names is on a fools errand with this gimmick.
Should be a statement of the obvious. But by 'eck this needs shouting from the rooftops!
@sketchesbyboze.bsky.social
@sketchesbyboze.bsky.social
December 13, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Should be a statement of the obvious. But by 'eck this needs shouting from the rooftops!
@sketchesbyboze.bsky.social
@sketchesbyboze.bsky.social
If you think people are anti-social wankers nowadays, think about how much inconsiderate bullshit you had to endure from smokers in times past!
Who knows the long-term effects of vaping, but I'll tell you what, the mass migration from smoking has vastly protected our cities and countryside from discarded butts thrown by cigarette wankers.
December 13, 2025 at 10:35 AM
If you think people are anti-social wankers nowadays, think about how much inconsiderate bullshit you had to endure from smokers in times past!
Increasingly coming to the conclusion that Gianni Infantino is doing to world football what Dejphon Chansiri did to Sheffield Wednesday! 😡
FIFA is telling each participating FA how much their 8% ticket allocations will cost & where those seats are in the venues. The English FA is still waiting but the Croatian FA has got the scoop. Cheapest ticket for 🏴 v 🇭🇷 is $265, 8x UEFA’s “fan first” tickets in Germany!
December 12, 2025 at 7:35 AM
Increasingly coming to the conclusion that Gianni Infantino is doing to world football what Dejphon Chansiri did to Sheffield Wednesday! 😡
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I'm so very, very tired of the people asking "but what should/does it mean to be a man these days".
Same fucking thing is does to be any other variety of human being. Look for meaning in things that YOU choose to be & do, in things that really matter!
Same fucking thing is does to be any other variety of human being. Look for meaning in things that YOU choose to be & do, in things that really matter!
December 6, 2025 at 3:50 PM
I'm so very, very tired of the people asking "but what should/does it mean to be a man these days".
Same fucking thing is does to be any other variety of human being. Look for meaning in things that YOU choose to be & do, in things that really matter!
Same fucking thing is does to be any other variety of human being. Look for meaning in things that YOU choose to be & do, in things that really matter!
Some might say that remote meetings in general make people aloof, mentally disengaged and emotionally repressed!
I’m old enough to remember when a ‘remote conference’ just meant a conference where all the participants were aloof, mentally disengaged or emotionally repressed
December 11, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Some might say that remote meetings in general make people aloof, mentally disengaged and emotionally repressed!
Bonnie Blue supports the party that wants to screw Britain. Not a surprise really.
It would however be highly amusing if Reform were to be endorsed by both Bonnie Blue and my former MP Miriam Cates! 🤣
It would however be highly amusing if Reform were to be endorsed by both Bonnie Blue and my former MP Miriam Cates! 🤣
anyway, leaving you with the news that Bonnie Blue has come out for Reform, unclear if before/after getting arrested in Bali (if you don't know who Bonnie Blue is i do not recommend googling) www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
How Bonnie Blue made her political bed with Nigel Farage
Plus: resignations from Boris Johnson’s cabinet; Starmer’s Christmas parties; a mistaken political identity; and when Rick Astley didn’t let down his audience
www.thetimes.com
December 11, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Bonnie Blue supports the party that wants to screw Britain. Not a surprise really.
It would however be highly amusing if Reform were to be endorsed by both Bonnie Blue and my former MP Miriam Cates! 🤣
It would however be highly amusing if Reform were to be endorsed by both Bonnie Blue and my former MP Miriam Cates! 🤣
"It's true but it won't cut any ice with voters" is a political mindset that's absolutely guaranteed to deliver disaster and decline.
As can be seen from British politics in the last 10 years.
As can be seen from British politics in the last 10 years.
December 10, 2025 at 7:29 PM
"It's true but it won't cut any ice with voters" is a political mindset that's absolutely guaranteed to deliver disaster and decline.
As can be seen from British politics in the last 10 years.
As can be seen from British politics in the last 10 years.
This is hardly a surprise. I can't be the only one who's heeded the horror stories and gone on holiday elsewhere.
The US is down at least $30 billion in tourism for 2025. International boycotts and a loss in appeal to visit due to trumps policies has resulted in millions of trips canceled. This graph doesn’t even include numbers from Canadian tourist that are our biggest tourist income at 26% of total tourism.
December 10, 2025 at 5:23 PM
This is hardly a surprise. I can't be the only one who's heeded the horror stories and gone on holiday elsewhere.
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I can’t help thinking that when, in future, people ask what UK political leaders said as it became undeniable that US saw European liberal democracy as its no1 strategic foe, Starmer and others will regret that the answer is “not much, shuffled awkwardly, looked at their feet”.
December 10, 2025 at 9:38 AM
I can’t help thinking that when, in future, people ask what UK political leaders said as it became undeniable that US saw European liberal democracy as its no1 strategic foe, Starmer and others will regret that the answer is “not much, shuffled awkwardly, looked at their feet”.
I hope the rest of Europe's leaders treat this idiotic suggestion from Kier Starmer with the contempt it deserves.
December 10, 2025 at 8:15 AM
I hope the rest of Europe's leaders treat this idiotic suggestion from Kier Starmer with the contempt it deserves.
I don't agree with this at all.
Conservatism was a thing long before Adam Smith wrote "The Wealth of Nations".
Conservatism was a thing long before Adam Smith wrote "The Wealth of Nations".
December 8, 2025 at 7:31 AM
I don't agree with this at all.
Conservatism was a thing long before Adam Smith wrote "The Wealth of Nations".
Conservatism was a thing long before Adam Smith wrote "The Wealth of Nations".
I'm sure there's private members clubs for people who like to put custard on their crown jewels! 🤣
Protesters arrested after smearing custard and crumble on Crown Jewels case at Tower of London
Protesters arrested after smearing custard and crumble on Crown Jewels case at Tower of London
Protesters arrested after smearing custard and crumble on Crown Jewels case at Tower of London
www.independent.co.uk
December 7, 2025 at 7:35 AM
I'm sure there's private members clubs for people who like to put custard on their crown jewels! 🤣
The lesson we need to learn as a nation is that having a national hissyfit never ends well.
It's always going to result in bad policies such as leaving the EU that do more harm than good. #brexithasfailed #rejoinEU
It's always going to result in bad policies such as leaving the EU that do more harm than good. #brexithasfailed #rejoinEU
December 6, 2025 at 4:48 PM
The lesson we need to learn as a nation is that having a national hissyfit never ends well.
It's always going to result in bad policies such as leaving the EU that do more harm than good. #brexithasfailed #rejoinEU
It's always going to result in bad policies such as leaving the EU that do more harm than good. #brexithasfailed #rejoinEU