Martin Nesbit
@arrhenius-on-bsky.bsky.social
Former civil servant and resting environmental policy consultant. Urban liberal, patriot, and lover of the countryside. Antifascist.
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Don't know how many different ways I can say these are actual Nazis, minus the bureaucratic skill and esthetics
Trump goes on another racist rant about Somalis: "Ilhan Omar should be thrown the hell out of our country, and most of those people -- they have destroyed Minnesota. It's a hellhole right now. Those Somalians should be out of here. They have destroyed out country ... go back to your own country."
December 4, 2025 at 3:14 AM
Don't know how many different ways I can say these are actual Nazis, minus the bureaucratic skill and esthetics
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Because, you see, buying influence is only a worry if a Labour peer donates a couple of "freebie" outfits to close friends. When a man, whose business is literally DARK MONEY, single-handedly rescues a near-bankrupt far-right party, leading in the polls, he's doing it because he believes in Nige.
December 4, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Because, you see, buying influence is only a worry if a Labour peer donates a couple of "freebie" outfits to close friends. When a man, whose business is literally DARK MONEY, single-handedly rescues a near-bankrupt far-right party, leading in the polls, he's doing it because he believes in Nige.
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The guy shot two random people with a gun, I don't think you can say he wasn't assimilating into our culture
Stephen Miller is now arguing that assimilation is fundamentally impossible and that certain cultures are not compatible with Western civilization
November 28, 2025 at 3:23 PM
The guy shot two random people with a gun, I don't think you can say he wasn't assimilating into our culture
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Imagine TV News covering this farmer protest - banned, but turned up anyway, grinding capital to a halt - if it were about Palestine or climate change, not inheritance tax. Would they present protesters as heroes? Or showing "I need to get to work" and "me auld mam missed her hip operation" voxpops?
November 26, 2025 at 10:42 AM
Imagine TV News covering this farmer protest - banned, but turned up anyway, grinding capital to a halt - if it were about Palestine or climate change, not inheritance tax. Would they present protesters as heroes? Or showing "I need to get to work" and "me auld mam missed her hip operation" voxpops?
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Dear UK: You don’t pay enough taxes to have an NHS that doesn’t run on immigration and immigrant labour.
Sorry to be brutally honest but it’s how it is
Sorry to be brutally honest but it’s how it is
November 23, 2025 at 10:06 AM
Dear UK: You don’t pay enough taxes to have an NHS that doesn’t run on immigration and immigrant labour.
Sorry to be brutally honest but it’s how it is
Sorry to be brutally honest but it’s how it is
A reminder of the need to leave the pro-fascist website.
An X user asks Elon Musk why they’re seeing tweets from left-wing lawmakers.
Musk: “Because we are failing very badly with the recommendations algorithm. Doing my best to address this.”
Musk: “Because we are failing very badly with the recommendations algorithm. Doing my best to address this.”
November 21, 2025 at 1:56 PM
A reminder of the need to leave the pro-fascist website.
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"The bloc is in danger of squandering a period of better relations between the US president and Europe" - ha. This US administration is an extorting bully that can't do better relations with anyone, but whose President will take bribes. Survival against that is the best plan.
Trump trade negotiator hits out at EU delays in cutting tariffs and rules on.ft.com/4oUiQrq
Trump trade negotiator hits out at EU delays in cutting tariffs and rules
Jamieson Greer warns bloc that trade remains a ‘flashpoint’ in advance of talks next week
on.ft.com
November 16, 2025 at 8:05 PM
"The bloc is in danger of squandering a period of better relations between the US president and Europe" - ha. This US administration is an extorting bully that can't do better relations with anyone, but whose President will take bribes. Survival against that is the best plan.
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NEW
The letter the BBC could send back to Trump
A proposal for a reply to his $1bn claim
By me. Enjoy.
emptycity.substack.com/p/the-letter...
The letter the BBC could send back to Trump
A proposal for a reply to his $1bn claim
By me. Enjoy.
emptycity.substack.com/p/the-letter...
The letter the BBC could send back to Trump
A proposal for a reply to his $1bn claim
emptycity.substack.com
November 12, 2025 at 12:00 PM
NEW
The letter the BBC could send back to Trump
A proposal for a reply to his $1bn claim
By me. Enjoy.
emptycity.substack.com/p/the-letter...
The letter the BBC could send back to Trump
A proposal for a reply to his $1bn claim
By me. Enjoy.
emptycity.substack.com/p/the-letter...
The orange dotard’s fatuous demands to the BBC are going to be very effective in increasing support for public broadcasting in the UK (and increasing its reach in the US). I assume the BBC’s response will apologise for the mildly misleading edit, and politely ask what reputational damage it caused.
November 11, 2025 at 1:40 PM
The orange dotard’s fatuous demands to the BBC are going to be very effective in increasing support for public broadcasting in the UK (and increasing its reach in the US). I assume the BBC’s response will apologise for the mildly misleading edit, and politely ask what reputational damage it caused.
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Trump is like a toddler: time he spends asleep is to be prized, not resented. Every minute he sleeps is a minute he is not tantruming or breaking things or smearing his own shit on things.
Images of Donald Trump appearing to close his eyes at an Oval Office announcement this week rocketed around social media this weekend, with the president’s opponents seizing on the footage to raise questions about Trump’s on-the-job performance.
Images of Trump appearing to close his eyes during Oval Office event spread across social media | CNN Politics
Images of Donald Trump appearing to close his eyes at an Oval Office announcement this week rocketed around social media this weekend, with the president’s opponents seizing on the footage to raise qu...
www.cnn.com
November 9, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Trump is like a toddler: time he spends asleep is to be prized, not resented. Every minute he sleeps is a minute he is not tantruming or breaking things or smearing his own shit on things.
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“In the last year of the Conservative Government alone, 115 prisoners were released in error, including a series of serious offenders.
“At no point did this fact ever make the front pages of British newspapers, or lead news bulletins on the BBC.”
“At no point did this fact ever make the front pages of British newspapers, or lead news bulletins on the BBC.”
How ever since Labour came to power, the British media has started to notice a whole series of problems they spent the previous 14 years completely ignoring
www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/the-great-...
www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/the-great-...
The 'Great Noticing' Era
Ever since Labour came to power, the British media has started to notice a whole series of problems they spent the previous 14 years completely ignoring
www.adambienkov.co.uk
November 8, 2025 at 6:35 PM
“In the last year of the Conservative Government alone, 115 prisoners were released in error, including a series of serious offenders.
“At no point did this fact ever make the front pages of British newspapers, or lead news bulletins on the BBC.”
“At no point did this fact ever make the front pages of British newspapers, or lead news bulletins on the BBC.”
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A great session this afternoon talking to residents in Cyprus Street. Lots of good conversations, and enthusiasm for voting for Sirajul Islam next May and getting rid of Lutfur Rahman’s failing Tower Hamlets administration. All the best for Remembrance Sunday tomorrow at their war memorial.
November 8, 2025 at 4:56 PM
A great session this afternoon talking to residents in Cyprus Street. Lots of good conversations, and enthusiasm for voting for Sirajul Islam next May and getting rid of Lutfur Rahman’s failing Tower Hamlets administration. All the best for Remembrance Sunday tomorrow at their war memorial.
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Great decision by Tower Hamlets Labour's Cllr Siraj Islam. The Bonfire Night fireworks were the upside to local residents of disruption from commercial events in Victoria Park. To have events, but no fireworks was wrong. Tower Hamlets Council should do more like this to strengthen community cohesion
November 5, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Great decision by Tower Hamlets Labour's Cllr Siraj Islam. The Bonfire Night fireworks were the upside to local residents of disruption from commercial events in Victoria Park. To have events, but no fireworks was wrong. Tower Hamlets Council should do more like this to strengthen community cohesion
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The full transcript of Zohran Mamdani's acceptance speech is very much worth reading in full. Even if you don't agree with your politics, it's very beautifully put together.
archive.is/8VqQJ
[this is a useable link to the NYT transcript]
archive.is/8VqQJ
[this is a useable link to the NYT transcript]
November 5, 2025 at 11:34 AM
The full transcript of Zohran Mamdani's acceptance speech is very much worth reading in full. Even if you don't agree with your politics, it's very beautifully put together.
archive.is/8VqQJ
[this is a useable link to the NYT transcript]
archive.is/8VqQJ
[this is a useable link to the NYT transcript]
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Disappointed a politician won’t make an extreme and hasty decision in the immediate wake of a shockingly unusual event
Heidi Alexander, the transport secretary, rules out metal detecting arches at stations, pointing out that with the number of stations and entrances to each it's basically impossible. She says that overall, UK trains are a pretty safe place to be.
November 3, 2025 at 7:59 AM
Disappointed a politician won’t make an extreme and hasty decision in the immediate wake of a shockingly unusual event
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ladies and gentlemen...we got him
October 30, 2025 at 7:10 PM
ladies and gentlemen...we got him
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How short our memories are.
Just a few years ago, nurses carried this country through a pandemic, and now they're suffering a 55% surge in racist abuse.
To every nurse: London stands with you. You are loved and valued, and always will be.
Just a few years ago, nurses carried this country through a pandemic, and now they're suffering a 55% surge in racist abuse.
To every nurse: London stands with you. You are loved and valued, and always will be.
October 30, 2025 at 2:57 PM
How short our memories are.
Just a few years ago, nurses carried this country through a pandemic, and now they're suffering a 55% surge in racist abuse.
To every nurse: London stands with you. You are loved and valued, and always will be.
Just a few years ago, nurses carried this country through a pandemic, and now they're suffering a 55% surge in racist abuse.
To every nurse: London stands with you. You are loved and valued, and always will be.
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BREAK 🔥 Starmer on Pochin comments via BBC: "It’s shocking racism and it’s the sort of thing that’ll tear our country apart. And tells you everything about Reform. Nigel Farage either doesn’t consider it racist which I think is shocking in itself or he does and shows absolutely no leadership.” ~AA
October 27, 2025 at 2:10 PM
BREAK 🔥 Starmer on Pochin comments via BBC: "It’s shocking racism and it’s the sort of thing that’ll tear our country apart. And tells you everything about Reform. Nigel Farage either doesn’t consider it racist which I think is shocking in itself or he does and shows absolutely no leadership.” ~AA
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Yay. Priceless. The right column at the right time. And a gleefully English two fingers to the haters.
October 25, 2025 at 7:38 AM
Yay. Priceless. The right column at the right time. And a gleefully English two fingers to the haters.
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Mamdani: "There are 12 days remaining until Election Day. I will be a Muslim man in NYC each of those 12 days and every day that follows after that. I will not change who I am, how I eat, or the faith that I am proud to call my own."
October 24, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Mamdani: "There are 12 days remaining until Election Day. I will be a Muslim man in NYC each of those 12 days and every day that follows after that. I will not change who I am, how I eat, or the faith that I am proud to call my own."
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October 9, 2025 at 1:30 AM
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All this is why I am very happy to co-sign this letter organised by Luke, a great champion for net-zero and fighting climate change. An important reminder that support for tackling the climate emergency remains strong inside Parliament and with the British public.
bsky.app/profile/luke...
bsky.app/profile/luke...
For ~20yrs the Climate Change Act has powered clean growth & climate action
Proud to co-ordinate 124 MPs & Peers to urge the Conservatives, don’t scrap it
Turning climate leadership into a political football puts our economy, security & children’s future at risk
#ClimateAction
Proud to co-ordinate 124 MPs & Peers to urge the Conservatives, don’t scrap it
Turning climate leadership into a political football puts our economy, security & children’s future at risk
#ClimateAction
October 3, 2025 at 3:11 PM
All this is why I am very happy to co-sign this letter organised by Luke, a great champion for net-zero and fighting climate change. An important reminder that support for tackling the climate emergency remains strong inside Parliament and with the British public.
bsky.app/profile/luke...
bsky.app/profile/luke...
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Please join me in congratulating Woman on her appointment
Woman named as new Archbishop of Canterbury in historic first
Woman named as new Archbishop of Canterbury in historic first
Bishop of London Dame Sarah Mullally, a former nurse, has been named as the next Archbishop of Canterbury - the first time a woman has been appointed to the role in the Church of England's history.
news.sky.com
October 3, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Please join me in congratulating Woman on her appointment
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Very few people still alive have faced this real and present a threat of fascism, this multi-faceted a set of impossible global challenges. We have to build alliances with people with whom we disagree on almost everything - except saving democracy. We must internalise this before we lose all. 10/10
September 23, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Very few people still alive have faced this real and present a threat of fascism, this multi-faceted a set of impossible global challenges. We have to build alliances with people with whom we disagree on almost everything - except saving democracy. We must internalise this before we lose all. 10/10