Rob Taylor
@viewsofrob.bsky.social
Just someone who cares about democracy
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Compare this to the Anchorage ceremony.
December 28, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Compare this to the Anchorage ceremony.
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A monumental waste of money, all to try to trick U.S. evangelicals into continuing to support Trump as a “protector of Christians.”
December 28, 2025 at 7:14 PM
A monumental waste of money, all to try to trick U.S. evangelicals into continuing to support Trump as a “protector of Christians.”
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Fuck Trump for his staggering absence of good manners and lack of grace.
Fuck Putin, too.
Fuck Putin, too.
Zelensky lands in Miami. Not a single US official is on hand to greet him. In the language of diplomacy this send an unequivocal message of coldness and hostility. Compare it with the lavish pomp and red carpet shown to Putin when he landed in Alaska a few weeks ago.
December 28, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Fuck Trump for his staggering absence of good manners and lack of grace.
Fuck Putin, too.
Fuck Putin, too.
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These two images of Chinese train driver Han Junjia were taken less than 30 years apart.
Transformative change is possible when it is relentlessly pursued.
Transformative change is possible when it is relentlessly pursued.
December 28, 2025 at 4:03 AM
These two images of Chinese train driver Han Junjia were taken less than 30 years apart.
Transformative change is possible when it is relentlessly pursued.
Transformative change is possible when it is relentlessly pursued.
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Brexit’s dividends
December 28, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Brexit’s dividends
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“Farage had an uneasy end to the year”
Where “uneasy” = exposed as racist with corrupt/traitorous links to Russia and useless at running councils.
But no worries. They’ll just join forces with the failed Tories to “end the left wing tyranny.”
They can all go to hell.
(Sunday Times)
Where “uneasy” = exposed as racist with corrupt/traitorous links to Russia and useless at running councils.
But no worries. They’ll just join forces with the failed Tories to “end the left wing tyranny.”
They can all go to hell.
(Sunday Times)
December 28, 2025 at 8:05 AM
“Farage had an uneasy end to the year”
Where “uneasy” = exposed as racist with corrupt/traitorous links to Russia and useless at running councils.
But no worries. They’ll just join forces with the failed Tories to “end the left wing tyranny.”
They can all go to hell.
(Sunday Times)
Where “uneasy” = exposed as racist with corrupt/traitorous links to Russia and useless at running councils.
But no worries. They’ll just join forces with the failed Tories to “end the left wing tyranny.”
They can all go to hell.
(Sunday Times)
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A-holes keep voting for republicans!
Since World War 2, The US Economy has been in a recession for nearly 10 times as many months under Republican Presidents versus Democratic Presidents
Source: National Bureau of Economic Research
presidentialdata.org/Recessions24...
Since World War 2, The US Economy has been in a recession for nearly 10 times as many months under Republican Presidents versus Democratic Presidents
Source: National Bureau of Economic Research
presidentialdata.org/Recessions24...
· 10 of the last 11 recessions in the United States have begun under Republican Administrations
presidentialdata.org
December 26, 2025 at 5:21 PM
A-holes keep voting for republicans!
Since World War 2, The US Economy has been in a recession for nearly 10 times as many months under Republican Presidents versus Democratic Presidents
Source: National Bureau of Economic Research
presidentialdata.org/Recessions24...
Since World War 2, The US Economy has been in a recession for nearly 10 times as many months under Republican Presidents versus Democratic Presidents
Source: National Bureau of Economic Research
presidentialdata.org/Recessions24...
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Reminder that Henry Hoovers are made in Britain by a unionised workforce
December 27, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Reminder that Henry Hoovers are made in Britain by a unionised workforce
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Ultimate F around and find out, courtesy of Brexit.
Unlike the EU, who are much more resilient negotiators, successive UK governments have proven extremely willing to sell Britain out to chase the brief headline boost from being able to declare a new trade deal signed.
Unlike the EU, who are much more resilient negotiators, successive UK governments have proven extremely willing to sell Britain out to chase the brief headline boost from being able to declare a new trade deal signed.
December 27, 2025 at 10:13 AM
Ultimate F around and find out, courtesy of Brexit.
Unlike the EU, who are much more resilient negotiators, successive UK governments have proven extremely willing to sell Britain out to chase the brief headline boost from being able to declare a new trade deal signed.
Unlike the EU, who are much more resilient negotiators, successive UK governments have proven extremely willing to sell Britain out to chase the brief headline boost from being able to declare a new trade deal signed.
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“None of us can guess how the Trump assault on the BBC will play out, because he wields unprecedented power, unchecked by personal dignity or decency.”
No. We can’t. But we can condemn forever the repulsive British politicians and media gobshites who would side with him instead of us.
No. We can’t. But we can condemn forever the repulsive British politicians and media gobshites who would side with him instead of us.
December 27, 2025 at 10:15 AM
“None of us can guess how the Trump assault on the BBC will play out, because he wields unprecedented power, unchecked by personal dignity or decency.”
No. We can’t. But we can condemn forever the repulsive British politicians and media gobshites who would side with him instead of us.
No. We can’t. But we can condemn forever the repulsive British politicians and media gobshites who would side with him instead of us.
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Number crunching: Telegraph editorial columns in December highlighting ‘the unreliability of social media’ v corrections the Telegraph has had to publish so far this year due to inaccurate reporting
From the new Private Eye, out now.
From the new Private Eye, out now.
December 27, 2025 at 9:15 AM
Number crunching: Telegraph editorial columns in December highlighting ‘the unreliability of social media’ v corrections the Telegraph has had to publish so far this year due to inaccurate reporting
From the new Private Eye, out now.
From the new Private Eye, out now.
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This is literally what the Telegraph campaigned for.
December 27, 2025 at 9:42 AM
This is literally what the Telegraph campaigned for.
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In case you need a positive reminder:
How effective is protesting? According to historians and political scientists: very www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
How effective is protesting? According to historians and political scientists: very www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
How effective is protesting? According to historians and political scientists: very
From emancipation to women’s suffrage, civil rights and BLM, mass movement has shaped the arc of US history
www.theguardian.com
December 26, 2025 at 2:51 AM
In case you need a positive reminder:
How effective is protesting? According to historians and political scientists: very www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
How effective is protesting? According to historians and political scientists: very www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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The President of the United States doesn't seem to understand the very First Amendment of OUR Constitution, part of the Bill of Rights, included with the ORIGINAL. His entire Admin., the entire GOP House and Senate all seem to, not only agree with, but encourage this behavior. #MAGAIsADisease
December 24, 2025 at 8:12 PM
The President of the United States doesn't seem to understand the very First Amendment of OUR Constitution, part of the Bill of Rights, included with the ORIGINAL. His entire Admin., the entire GOP House and Senate all seem to, not only agree with, but encourage this behavior. #MAGAIsADisease
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Another sanction by the Trump administration that exceeds the Kremlin’s wildest dreams, and shows exactly how and why Putin’s agenda lines up with the tech bros
www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
Two British anti-hate speech campaigners sanctioned by US state department – UK politics live
Imran Ahmed and Clare Melford among five Europeans hit with visa bans over claims they wish to ‘suppress American viewpoints they oppose’
www.theguardian.com
December 24, 2025 at 11:09 AM
Another sanction by the Trump administration that exceeds the Kremlin’s wildest dreams, and shows exactly how and why Putin’s agenda lines up with the tech bros
www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
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“A special place in hell…”
To have inflicted that much damage on our country and to be enabled to still strut around, insisting on keeping us trapped in their dead-end of prejudice and failure… well, it’s beyond forgiveness… and sanity.
So, yes. Fuck that. Fuck them.
And cheers to the resistance🥂
To have inflicted that much damage on our country and to be enabled to still strut around, insisting on keeping us trapped in their dead-end of prejudice and failure… well, it’s beyond forgiveness… and sanity.
So, yes. Fuck that. Fuck them.
And cheers to the resistance🥂
December 24, 2025 at 12:12 PM
“A special place in hell…”
To have inflicted that much damage on our country and to be enabled to still strut around, insisting on keeping us trapped in their dead-end of prejudice and failure… well, it’s beyond forgiveness… and sanity.
So, yes. Fuck that. Fuck them.
And cheers to the resistance🥂
To have inflicted that much damage on our country and to be enabled to still strut around, insisting on keeping us trapped in their dead-end of prejudice and failure… well, it’s beyond forgiveness… and sanity.
So, yes. Fuck that. Fuck them.
And cheers to the resistance🥂
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A patently stupid and self-destructive idea, pushed by very entitled people who had nothing to lose and Putins disinformation machine and voted for in large part by bigots who thought it would make this country great again.
All to the colossal detriment of the UK.
F*** them all a million times.
All to the colossal detriment of the UK.
F*** them all a million times.
Letter to the FT that stingingly sums up Brexit and the shit creek we now find ourselves in.
A terrible idea (naive, prejudiced and uninformed) that has deeply divided us and left us poorer and less secure… but unwilling to face up to the damage we’ve done to ourselves. While the EU moves on.
A terrible idea (naive, prejudiced and uninformed) that has deeply divided us and left us poorer and less secure… but unwilling to face up to the damage we’ve done to ourselves. While the EU moves on.
December 24, 2025 at 11:51 AM
A patently stupid and self-destructive idea, pushed by very entitled people who had nothing to lose and Putins disinformation machine and voted for in large part by bigots who thought it would make this country great again.
All to the colossal detriment of the UK.
F*** them all a million times.
All to the colossal detriment of the UK.
F*** them all a million times.
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“France condemns the visa restriction measures taken by the United States against Thierry Breton and four other European figures. These measures amount to intimidation and coercion aimed at undermining European digital sovereignty”
Emmanuel Macron
Emmanuel Macron
December 24, 2025 at 2:04 PM
“France condemns the visa restriction measures taken by the United States against Thierry Breton and four other European figures. These measures amount to intimidation and coercion aimed at undermining European digital sovereignty”
Emmanuel Macron
Emmanuel Macron
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Some of you have forgotten that only three years ago you were perfectly capable of writing a text, writing an email, telling a bedtime story to a child, and it should worry you that powerful companies have convinced us we can’t do things we’ve been doing since the dawn of time.
December 23, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Some of you have forgotten that only three years ago you were perfectly capable of writing a text, writing an email, telling a bedtime story to a child, and it should worry you that powerful companies have convinced us we can’t do things we’ve been doing since the dawn of time.
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Letter to the FT that stingingly sums up Brexit and the shit creek we now find ourselves in.
A terrible idea (naive, prejudiced and uninformed) that has deeply divided us and left us poorer and less secure… but unwilling to face up to the damage we’ve done to ourselves. While the EU moves on.
A terrible idea (naive, prejudiced and uninformed) that has deeply divided us and left us poorer and less secure… but unwilling to face up to the damage we’ve done to ourselves. While the EU moves on.
December 24, 2025 at 8:31 AM
Letter to the FT that stingingly sums up Brexit and the shit creek we now find ourselves in.
A terrible idea (naive, prejudiced and uninformed) that has deeply divided us and left us poorer and less secure… but unwilling to face up to the damage we’ve done to ourselves. While the EU moves on.
A terrible idea (naive, prejudiced and uninformed) that has deeply divided us and left us poorer and less secure… but unwilling to face up to the damage we’ve done to ourselves. While the EU moves on.
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Reform UK are learning the hard way that it's easy to shout insults at the players from the touchline. Far harder to get up on the pitch and play. They've been an absolute disaster wherever they are elected.
December 24, 2025 at 8:36 AM
Reform UK are learning the hard way that it's easy to shout insults at the players from the touchline. Far harder to get up on the pitch and play. They've been an absolute disaster wherever they are elected.
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Reform UK-led Derbyshire council announce closure of eight residential care homes just days before Christmas.
That's going to spell misery and considerable upset for hundreds of vulnerable people and their carers.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
That's going to spell misery and considerable upset for hundreds of vulnerable people and their carers.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Reform council’s plan to shut eight care homes ‘a betrayal of local people’
Announcement after proposed sale falls through prompts backlash and union says more than 200 jobs at risk
www.theguardian.com
December 24, 2025 at 8:32 AM
Reform UK-led Derbyshire council announce closure of eight residential care homes just days before Christmas.
That's going to spell misery and considerable upset for hundreds of vulnerable people and their carers.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
That's going to spell misery and considerable upset for hundreds of vulnerable people and their carers.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Felon47 is the deranged one...
December 22, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Felon47 is the deranged one...
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“Over half (54%) of exporters in a survey of almost 1,000 businesses – the majority of which were small and medium-sized firms – said the (Brexit) trade deal negotiated by Boris Johnson’s govt… was not helping them”
Paying a v high price for Brexit ‘sovereignty’.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Paying a v high price for Brexit ‘sovereignty’.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Keir Starmer told closer EU trade ties ‘strategic necessity’ for UK firms
Labour urged to accelerate reset with Brussels as many exporters struggling to trade in the EU after Brexit deal
www.theguardian.com
December 23, 2025 at 7:31 AM
“Over half (54%) of exporters in a survey of almost 1,000 businesses – the majority of which were small and medium-sized firms – said the (Brexit) trade deal negotiated by Boris Johnson’s govt… was not helping them”
Paying a v high price for Brexit ‘sovereignty’.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Paying a v high price for Brexit ‘sovereignty’.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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