@treeblopez.bsky.social
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This "open borders" line is *infuriating* - these people came here to study or work, because they had a uni place or a job to come to. They paid visa fees, student fees, NHS surcharge - and many of them are doing challenging and important work - staffing our care homes, for example, including Mum's.
Starmer keeps using this line, & it's bonkers.
Most importantly, it's untrue: the party that ended Free Movement, ran the "hostile environment" & made Suella Braverman Home Sec did not run "an experiment in open borders".
It's also politically mad. Voters who believe this will not vote for Starmer
Most importantly, it's untrue: the party that ended Free Movement, ran the "hostile environment" & made Suella Braverman Home Sec did not run "an experiment in open borders".
It's also politically mad. Voters who believe this will not vote for Starmer
!["And this is what Keir Starmer’s press secretary has said about Robert Jenrick at the lobby briefing this morning.
[Highlighted] Robert Jenrick was the immigration minister in a government that presided over an open borders experiment [Highlighted], a health minister who left people stuck on waiting lists, and a Treasury minister during the worst decline in living standards on record.”
While Reform continues to welcome failed Tory retreads, this Labor government is putting the country back on track."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cixgmtrg7nzy4gkmyfeosaox/bafkreibe3jczrmbmzfnhj2adl4qe432lbpmcbn6m6qrentwih7vxj4fu7y@jpeg)
January 15, 2026 at 2:29 PM
This "open borders" line is *infuriating* - these people came here to study or work, because they had a uni place or a job to come to. They paid visa fees, student fees, NHS surcharge - and many of them are doing challenging and important work - staffing our care homes, for example, including Mum's.
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The awful new shooter video seems to provide an explanation for the murder, but not an excuse or justification. The shooter lost his temper, presumably because of the shouting of the victim's partner. Why anyone would think that exculpatory is a mystery.
It was murder.
It was murder.
January 9, 2026 at 7:08 PM
The awful new shooter video seems to provide an explanation for the murder, but not an excuse or justification. The shooter lost his temper, presumably because of the shouting of the victim's partner. Why anyone would think that exculpatory is a mystery.
It was murder.
It was murder.
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That’s enough about your comment and opinion section
January 8, 2026 at 3:47 PM
That’s enough about your comment and opinion section
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I call on my party and my government to remove themselves entirely from X and communicate with the public where they actually participate online and can be protected from such illegality.
January 8, 2026 at 12:31 PM
I call on my party and my government to remove themselves entirely from X and communicate with the public where they actually participate online and can be protected from such illegality.
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sitcom about Khamenei going to Moscow and befriending the now-ophtalmologist-again Assad called Eye To Ay'
Tbf I imagine Khameini would probably enjoy this a lot. He’s said before that his favourite hobby is reading Russian novels
January 6, 2026 at 11:39 PM
sitcom about Khamenei going to Moscow and befriending the now-ophtalmologist-again Assad called Eye To Ay'
I wonder whether it goes the other way - cyclists are doing it, so cars follow the norm. I see more cars skipping lights than I used to. And there’s a big chunk of cyclists - Lime and Deliveroo bikes - who have strong incentives to be reckless.
January 3, 2026 at 4:06 PM
I wonder whether it goes the other way - cyclists are doing it, so cars follow the norm. I see more cars skipping lights than I used to. And there’s a big chunk of cyclists - Lime and Deliveroo bikes - who have strong incentives to be reckless.
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Just watched the new Knives Out and I think it's really important you know that the scene in the Seminary's Gym is filmed in the same place Rick Astley filmed the music video for Never Gonna Give You Up.
I saw the window tracery and immediately made my friends pause the film so I could tell them.
I saw the window tracery and immediately made my friends pause the film so I could tell them.
December 29, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Just watched the new Knives Out and I think it's really important you know that the scene in the Seminary's Gym is filmed in the same place Rick Astley filmed the music video for Never Gonna Give You Up.
I saw the window tracery and immediately made my friends pause the film so I could tell them.
I saw the window tracery and immediately made my friends pause the film so I could tell them.
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This latest shitshow is another reminder why Starmer needs to go - not in May but now. He is not willing or capable of playing the role of PM. He is vindicating the far-right and demoralising the left. He should be removed for being bad for the country not merely losing Labour elections
December 29, 2025 at 11:27 AM
This latest shitshow is another reminder why Starmer needs to go - not in May but now. He is not willing or capable of playing the role of PM. He is vindicating the far-right and demoralising the left. He should be removed for being bad for the country not merely losing Labour elections
“Class hole” is really weak wordplay too
December 20, 2025 at 2:11 PM
“Class hole” is really weak wordplay too
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Never thought I'd be describing my politics as 'Labour, but against racism.'
December 14, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Never thought I'd be describing my politics as 'Labour, but against racism.'
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Fuck Keir Starmer's spokesman, and fuck the cowards running the Labour party.
Asked repeatedly about Donald Trump calling Sadiq Khan "disgusting" and suggesting that he was only elected because of immigrants, Keir Starmer's spokesman says only that the PM has a "strong relationship" with the President which has "yielded positive results for this country"
December 9, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Fuck Keir Starmer's spokesman, and fuck the cowards running the Labour party.
It's an excellent egg and that guy's a maniac.
November 26, 2025 at 2:38 PM
It's an excellent egg and that guy's a maniac.
It’s a style choice, it’s not wrong. Most style guides say s’s with names unless it’s unwieldy, eg Mephistopheles’
November 22, 2025 at 9:00 AM
It’s a style choice, it’s not wrong. Most style guides say s’s with names unless it’s unwieldy, eg Mephistopheles’
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"Trans people could be asked about whether they should be accessing single-sex services based on their physical appearance."
No. not "trans people". ANYONE. This moral panic leads inexorably to the policing of women based on their appearance deemed to be "unfeminine".
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
No. not "trans people". ANYONE. This moral panic leads inexorably to the policing of women based on their appearance deemed to be "unfeminine".
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Trans people could be barred from services based on appearance
The new code of practice on access to single-sex services cannot gain legal force until it gets sign-off from ministers.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 21, 2025 at 3:36 PM
"Trans people could be asked about whether they should be accessing single-sex services based on their physical appearance."
No. not "trans people". ANYONE. This moral panic leads inexorably to the policing of women based on their appearance deemed to be "unfeminine".
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
No. not "trans people". ANYONE. This moral panic leads inexorably to the policing of women based on their appearance deemed to be "unfeminine".
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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At some point, for the love of God, will someone ANYONE at long last take the council funding crisis seriously?!?
Because THIS is what will break down a society, not some poor soul escaping incredible dangers, arriving on our shores.
Because THIS is what will break down a society, not some poor soul escaping incredible dangers, arriving on our shores.
English councils plan to sell off social clubs and sports centres to balance books
English councils plan to sell off social clubs and sports centres to balance books
Survey finds 60% of key cities councils are planning to sell assets to meet costs of adult and children’s social care
English councils are planning to sell social clubs, sports centres and shopping arcades as they bet on a fire sale of assets to balance the books, according to a survey of local authorities.
The key cities group of councils, which represents second-tier cities in England, said 60% of councils were planning to sell assets to meet the escalating costs of adult and children’s social care. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 15, 2025 at 8:03 PM
At some point, for the love of God, will someone ANYONE at long last take the council funding crisis seriously?!?
Because THIS is what will break down a society, not some poor soul escaping incredible dangers, arriving on our shores.
Because THIS is what will break down a society, not some poor soul escaping incredible dangers, arriving on our shores.
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Terrific, thought-provoking piece by @chrisdillow.bsky.social:
On incompetence
Much of our political culture is fundamentally incompetent.
chrisdillow.substack.com
November 15, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Terrific, thought-provoking piece by @chrisdillow.bsky.social:
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OH MY HEARTS ❤️❤️
November 13, 2025 at 5:07 PM
OH MY HEARTS ❤️❤️
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All PMs are flawed but I think if you have no coherent vision, no ability to make decisions quickly, no humour or charisma when addressing the public, no strong roots in your party, no talent for charming MPs and no control over your own office, then you are unlikely to be able to turn it around
November 13, 2025 at 10:32 AM
All PMs are flawed but I think if you have no coherent vision, no ability to make decisions quickly, no humour or charisma when addressing the public, no strong roots in your party, no talent for charming MPs and no control over your own office, then you are unlikely to be able to turn it around
A week after The Times pulled two stories because of serious editorial lapses and which were clear examples of ideological bias. No one resigned.
November 11, 2025 at 6:46 PM
A week after The Times pulled two stories because of serious editorial lapses and which were clear examples of ideological bias. No one resigned.
“A small group of activists who have frozen out dissenting views” - everything she says here is true of her and the papers she writes for.
November 9, 2025 at 1:58 PM
“A small group of activists who have frozen out dissenting views” - everything she says here is true of her and the papers she writes for.
“The complex issue of transgender rights.” Moore clearly finds the issue very complex indeed.
November 9, 2025 at 1:50 PM
“The complex issue of transgender rights.” Moore clearly finds the issue very complex indeed.
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I’m sure Matt Goodwin will be along shortly to tell us all whether LNER Customer Service Host Samir Zitouni counts as British or not. news.sky.com/story/train-...
Train company LNER 'extremely proud' of rail worker in critical condition after mass stabbing as family call him 'hero'
The "extraordinary bravery" of the LNER worker who intervened during the train mass stabbing attack on Saturday has been hailed by his company.
news.sky.com
November 4, 2025 at 10:59 AM
I’m sure Matt Goodwin will be along shortly to tell us all whether LNER Customer Service Host Samir Zitouni counts as British or not. news.sky.com/story/train-...
Have they libelled the other De Blasio? He never claimed to be the mayor and never misled the reporter. He merely didn’t correct him. That doesn’t make him an imposter who set out to mislead.
November 1, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Have they libelled the other De Blasio? He never claimed to be the mayor and never misled the reporter. He merely didn’t correct him. That doesn’t make him an imposter who set out to mislead.
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This spectacular @thetimes.com screw-up deserves much wider attention. It’s the second bullshit story that the “paper of record” has deleted in a week after Monday’s attempted hatchet job on @torstenbell.bsky.social. A sad descent for a once serious paper
November 1, 2025 at 11:13 AM
This spectacular @thetimes.com screw-up deserves much wider attention. It’s the second bullshit story that the “paper of record” has deleted in a week after Monday’s attempted hatchet job on @torstenbell.bsky.social. A sad descent for a once serious paper