Steve Jary
@unionsteve.bsky.social
News, views and occasional abuse. Former @ProspectUnion Nat Sec for aviation (and, before that, various bits of the Civil Service, including the MoD). Now retired and emigrated from N16 to the Highlands. PhD technology & employment (1990). Photo ©Jess Hurd
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Yeah! Because the climate emergency isn't nearly as important as Derek in Carshalton Beeches God given right to drive a diesel Mercedes through Sutton.
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Kemi Badenoch: Tories to scrap petrol ban if they win next election
The Conservative Party leader says the policy is
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December 14, 2025 at 10:22 AM
Yeah! Because the climate emergency isn't nearly as important as Derek in Carshalton Beeches God given right to drive a diesel Mercedes through Sutton.
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Haven’t read this, but the stand first caught my eye… why would an overseas company want to own a qualifications and awards body? I always thought it was a charity.
December 14, 2025 at 8:20 AM
Haven’t read this, but the stand first caught my eye… why would an overseas company want to own a qualifications and awards body? I always thought it was a charity.
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Daily Mail tragedy in 3 acts
22 June 2016 (day before referendum): Pro-Leave editorial. One reason: too many immigrants from Eastern Europe.
24 June 2016: Brexit vote outcome means many Poles will decide to return home
13 December 2025: Oh no, where have the Poles gone?
All the signs were there!
22 June 2016 (day before referendum): Pro-Leave editorial. One reason: too many immigrants from Eastern Europe.
24 June 2016: Brexit vote outcome means many Poles will decide to return home
13 December 2025: Oh no, where have the Poles gone?
All the signs were there!
December 14, 2025 at 1:11 AM
Daily Mail tragedy in 3 acts
22 June 2016 (day before referendum): Pro-Leave editorial. One reason: too many immigrants from Eastern Europe.
24 June 2016: Brexit vote outcome means many Poles will decide to return home
13 December 2025: Oh no, where have the Poles gone?
All the signs were there!
22 June 2016 (day before referendum): Pro-Leave editorial. One reason: too many immigrants from Eastern Europe.
24 June 2016: Brexit vote outcome means many Poles will decide to return home
13 December 2025: Oh no, where have the Poles gone?
All the signs were there!
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2016 Daily Mail: We want foreigners out! We don’t care if it makes us poorer. Brexit means Brexit!
2025 Daily Mail: Foreigners are leaving Starmer’s Britain because this country is poor and shit!
This country would be so much better off without this hypocritical, incendiary, irresponsible rag.
2025 Daily Mail: Foreigners are leaving Starmer’s Britain because this country is poor and shit!
This country would be so much better off without this hypocritical, incendiary, irresponsible rag.
December 13, 2025 at 10:28 AM
2016 Daily Mail: We want foreigners out! We don’t care if it makes us poorer. Brexit means Brexit!
2025 Daily Mail: Foreigners are leaving Starmer’s Britain because this country is poor and shit!
This country would be so much better off without this hypocritical, incendiary, irresponsible rag.
2025 Daily Mail: Foreigners are leaving Starmer’s Britain because this country is poor and shit!
This country would be so much better off without this hypocritical, incendiary, irresponsible rag.
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The blatant & shameful hypocrisy of The Spectator on antisemitism. It gets all serious abt one incident of alleged antisemitism by a rock band. Yet it completely dismisses allegations of multiple incidents of antisemitism by a senior public figure who aspires to be PM. Go figure.
December 13, 2025 at 11:01 AM
The blatant & shameful hypocrisy of The Spectator on antisemitism. It gets all serious abt one incident of alleged antisemitism by a rock band. Yet it completely dismisses allegations of multiple incidents of antisemitism by a senior public figure who aspires to be PM. Go figure.
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It continues to tell you everything you need to know about British politics and media that the only person who has ever had to apologise for Nigel Farage's long history of inflammatory and racist comments, is a journalist who accurately reported them as such
December 13, 2025 at 9:43 AM
It continues to tell you everything you need to know about British politics and media that the only person who has ever had to apologise for Nigel Farage's long history of inflammatory and racist comments, is a journalist who accurately reported them as such
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Full marks to Zia for somehow managing to block out the irony of accusing someone of treason when Nathan Gill has literally just been sent to prison for being a traitor.
December 13, 2025 at 9:47 AM
Full marks to Zia for somehow managing to block out the irony of accusing someone of treason when Nathan Gill has literally just been sent to prison for being a traitor.
And yet, #r4today presenters are allowed to express opinions in paid columns in competitor publications. Am I missing something here?
Very sad that I felt I had no choice but to resign from The Infinite Monkey Cage - a victory for the transphobes and other bigots - I did it because so much of the media has chosen to believe the kind and empathetic people are a fiction - they are real and so often unrepresented.
December 13, 2025 at 9:55 AM
And yet, #r4today presenters are allowed to express opinions in paid columns in competitor publications. Am I missing something here?
Although it’s obviously the weather, the Mail etc never mention this in the summer. So why should we?
28 days since any small boat crossings across the English Channel.
Looking forward to this being blazen across the front pages of the Mail, Express & Telegraph given their obsession with small boat crossings.
Looking forward to this being blazen across the front pages of the Mail, Express & Telegraph given their obsession with small boat crossings.
December 12, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Although it’s obviously the weather, the Mail etc never mention this in the summer. So why should we?
What is it about corporates describing themselves as ‘proud’ to sponsor something? They’ve just paid to advertise themselves! Why is that a matter of pride? Or am I missing something?
December 12, 2025 at 9:32 PM
What is it about corporates describing themselves as ‘proud’ to sponsor something? They’ve just paid to advertise themselves! Why is that a matter of pride? Or am I missing something?
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Sam Altman: hey I made a machine that stole literally all your stuff in order to make CSAM of your child actors, sometimes it encourages people to kill themselves
Disney: Holy shit here's a billion dollars
Altman: the machine loses more than that each week but thank you. Soon it will become god.
Disney: Holy shit here's a billion dollars
Altman: the machine loses more than that each week but thank you. Soon it will become god.
December 12, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Sam Altman: hey I made a machine that stole literally all your stuff in order to make CSAM of your child actors, sometimes it encourages people to kill themselves
Disney: Holy shit here's a billion dollars
Altman: the machine loses more than that each week but thank you. Soon it will become god.
Disney: Holy shit here's a billion dollars
Altman: the machine loses more than that each week but thank you. Soon it will become god.
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At the helm stand Silicon Valley’s most rightwing figures–Peter Thiel, Elon Musk, Marc Andreessen, David Sacks, Palmer Luckey & Alexander Karp–whose investments align with a political project: the remaking of sovereignty as a private asset class.
Essential reading.
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Essential reading.
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Takeover by Big Tech
Open access // by Francesca Bria (Le Monde diplomatique - English edition, November 2025)
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December 12, 2025 at 8:53 AM
At the helm stand Silicon Valley’s most rightwing figures–Peter Thiel, Elon Musk, Marc Andreessen, David Sacks, Palmer Luckey & Alexander Karp–whose investments align with a political project: the remaking of sovereignty as a private asset class.
Essential reading.
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Essential reading.
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False and stupid to claim that people cannot be fluent in more than one language, @bbcnewsnight.bsky.social. This says nothing good or decent about BBC. English being someone's second language does NOT mean they are not fluent in it.
This is a really appalling editorial error on BBC Question Time
"Apparently one in three children don't speak English as a first language, why does this matter?"
Chair says "have English as a second language"
Caption changes the meaning entirely
"Don't speak fluent English"
"Apparently one in three children don't speak English as a first language, why does this matter?"
Chair says "have English as a second language"
Caption changes the meaning entirely
"Don't speak fluent English"
December 11, 2025 at 11:20 PM
False and stupid to claim that people cannot be fluent in more than one language, @bbcnewsnight.bsky.social. This says nothing good or decent about BBC. English being someone's second language does NOT mean they are not fluent in it.
Colombia now. FIFA’s peace prize was sooo timely.
December 11, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Colombia now. FIFA’s peace prize was sooo timely.
Err, what’s the price if we don’t reach it?! We won’t be here to find out.
Reaching net zero: what will it cost the UK and is it a price worth paying?
Reaching net zero: what will it cost the UK and is it a price worth paying?
An official report says the bill for switching to clean energy will rise sharply – and puts forward a slower, ‘falling behind” alternative
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December 11, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Err, what’s the price if we don’t reach it?! We won’t be here to find out.
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The fascists are organising a carol concert in London to "draw attention to unchecked immigration and the fading of our cultural heritage".
What would Woody do?
Write an anti-fascist Xmas carol and sing it at the counter demo.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=liRd...
What would Woody do?
Write an anti-fascist Xmas carol and sing it at the counter demo.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=liRd...
BILLY BRAGG - PUT CHRIST BACK INTO CHRISTMAS
YouTube video by Billy Bragg
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December 11, 2025 at 4:41 PM
The fascists are organising a carol concert in London to "draw attention to unchecked immigration and the fading of our cultural heritage".
What would Woody do?
Write an anti-fascist Xmas carol and sing it at the counter demo.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=liRd...
What would Woody do?
Write an anti-fascist Xmas carol and sing it at the counter demo.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=liRd...
Reform Ltd looking more and more like the Zombie Tories with every defection.
December 11, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Reform Ltd looking more and more like the Zombie Tories with every defection.
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Number crunching: Individuals arrested within five days for suspected manslaughter after fire apparently related to building materials ripped through seven Hong Kong apartment blocks v individuals arrested over Grenfell
From the new Private Eye, out now.
From the new Private Eye, out now.
December 11, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Number crunching: Individuals arrested within five days for suspected manslaughter after fire apparently related to building materials ripped through seven Hong Kong apartment blocks v individuals arrested over Grenfell
From the new Private Eye, out now.
From the new Private Eye, out now.
Who has the capacity or know-how to compile 5y of posts, reactions, blogs, blog comments, instagram photos,…? And who will put it in a (presumably machine readable) format for the Trump Federal agents - much reduced in size post-DOGE - to analyse? Or is it down to visitors to declare any woke posts?
Want to travel to the US? You might have to give the Trump administration the last five years of your social media history.
US wants five years of some tourists' social media to enter the country
Digital rights advocates say it’s an affront to civil liberties.
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December 11, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Who has the capacity or know-how to compile 5y of posts, reactions, blogs, blog comments, instagram photos,…? And who will put it in a (presumably machine readable) format for the Trump Federal agents - much reduced in size post-DOGE - to analyse? Or is it down to visitors to declare any woke posts?
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New post: Labour, a supply side explanation for the rise of populism, and the growing acceptability of xenophobic discourse in the UK
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Labour's 'tougher' stance on immigration/asylum and right wing populists' response has shifted the Overton window.
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Labour's 'tougher' stance on immigration/asylum and right wing populists' response has shifted the Overton window.
Labour, a supply side explanation for the rise of populism, and the growing acceptability of xenophobic discourse in the UK
I never cease to be amazed at how bad Labour politicians are at politics. It may seem arrogant for an economist to say that, but it’s not ...
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December 9, 2025 at 8:55 AM
New post: Labour, a supply side explanation for the rise of populism, and the growing acceptability of xenophobic discourse in the UK
mainlymacro.blogspot.com/2025/12/labo...
Labour's 'tougher' stance on immigration/asylum and right wing populists' response has shifted the Overton window.
mainlymacro.blogspot.com/2025/12/labo...
Labour's 'tougher' stance on immigration/asylum and right wing populists' response has shifted the Overton window.
Justin now celebrating Trump’s security strategy - yes, the one that says European democracy is dead and needs to be put out of its misery.
#r4today
#r4today
December 11, 2025 at 8:40 AM
Justin now celebrating Trump’s security strategy - yes, the one that says European democracy is dead and needs to be put out of its misery.
#r4today
#r4today
You could hear Justin welling-up in his empathy and compassion for the homeless in that #r4today interview.
That's homelessness dealt with for another year with added reference to small boats and asylum seekers taking private rentals, and more support to landlords, and are the Labour government capable. Next item. Well done Justin Webb. Bish Bosh.
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December 11, 2025 at 8:26 AM
You could hear Justin welling-up in his empathy and compassion for the homeless in that #r4today interview.