N ox
@aurum-sapiens.bsky.social
Uk, likes photography, politics, science & dogs
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Trump vs The BBC.
Love or loathe the BBC, recent events have put the UK's journalistic sovereignty in peril.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=iCMn...
Love or loathe the BBC, recent events have put the UK's journalistic sovereignty in peril.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=iCMn...
Trump vs The BBC
YouTube video by Jonathan Pie
www.youtube.com
November 18, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Trump vs The BBC.
Love or loathe the BBC, recent events have put the UK's journalistic sovereignty in peril.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=iCMn...
Love or loathe the BBC, recent events have put the UK's journalistic sovereignty in peril.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=iCMn...
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Wrote this about flags and patriotism in 2021 (in The Decade In Tory). Stand by every word now.
August 25, 2025 at 8:59 AM
Wrote this about flags and patriotism in 2021 (in The Decade In Tory). Stand by every word now.
Agree, the only things the Americans are better at is bragging that they are the best
Incorrect - it’s cruel, but John Oates lack of stature lends their set a Reeves & Mortimer-esque hilarity missing from the UK event.
July 21, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Agree, the only things the Americans are better at is bragging that they are the best
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Trump’s base is fracturing, and Reform UK should be worried.
Because when movements are built on outrage, conspiracy and fiction, the second they can’t deliver, the crowd turns.
And there are no refunds in cult politics.
Because when movements are built on outrage, conspiracy and fiction, the second they can’t deliver, the crowd turns.
And there are no refunds in cult politics.
The Spectacular Cognitive Collapse of MAGA
When Conspiracy Becomes Canon, the Reverse Ferret can Break the Entire Belief System.
open.substack.com
July 17, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Trump’s base is fracturing, and Reform UK should be worried.
Because when movements are built on outrage, conspiracy and fiction, the second they can’t deliver, the crowd turns.
And there are no refunds in cult politics.
Because when movements are built on outrage, conspiracy and fiction, the second they can’t deliver, the crowd turns.
And there are no refunds in cult politics.
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WTF from Streeting: They’re not quite the changes we would like”
They’re acting illegally, destroying the American constitutional system, shutting down government agencies by fiat, crashing the stock market, and abandoning allies to Russian aggression.
They’re acting illegally, destroying the American constitutional system, shutting down government agencies by fiat, crashing the stock market, and abandoning allies to Russian aggression.
This is utterly repellent language from Starmer’s government.
March 15, 2025 at 11:00 AM
WTF from Streeting: They’re not quite the changes we would like”
They’re acting illegally, destroying the American constitutional system, shutting down government agencies by fiat, crashing the stock market, and abandoning allies to Russian aggression.
They’re acting illegally, destroying the American constitutional system, shutting down government agencies by fiat, crashing the stock market, and abandoning allies to Russian aggression.
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February 24, 2025 at 1:42 PM
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An extraordinary moment. America has publicly resigned its leadership of the free world
The United States just voted with Russia against peace in Ukraine.
February 24, 2025 at 5:08 PM
An extraordinary moment. America has publicly resigned its leadership of the free world
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Thought experiment for Labour…
With over 4yrs and a huge majority, why not stir it up? Pitch your tent defiantly on the liberal lawn, loudly reject the epic failures of Brexit and rightwing immigration ideology and see how many liberal votes you gain instead of chasing Reform into a toxic dead end?
With over 4yrs and a huge majority, why not stir it up? Pitch your tent defiantly on the liberal lawn, loudly reject the epic failures of Brexit and rightwing immigration ideology and see how many liberal votes you gain instead of chasing Reform into a toxic dead end?
February 10, 2025 at 8:45 AM
Thought experiment for Labour…
With over 4yrs and a huge majority, why not stir it up? Pitch your tent defiantly on the liberal lawn, loudly reject the epic failures of Brexit and rightwing immigration ideology and see how many liberal votes you gain instead of chasing Reform into a toxic dead end?
With over 4yrs and a huge majority, why not stir it up? Pitch your tent defiantly on the liberal lawn, loudly reject the epic failures of Brexit and rightwing immigration ideology and see how many liberal votes you gain instead of chasing Reform into a toxic dead end?
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If it refuses to share eggs with anybody else, a goose that lays golden eggs is absolutely worthless.
www.cityam.com/james-dyson-...
www.cityam.com/james-dyson-...
James Dyson: Reeves' inheritance tax hike 'is killing the geese that lay golden eggs'
Dyson hit out at Chancellor Reeves, saying she will "kill off" British family businesses with a "vindictive" budget and tax hikes.
www.cityam.com
January 28, 2025 at 4:03 PM
If it refuses to share eggs with anybody else, a goose that lays golden eggs is absolutely worthless.
www.cityam.com/james-dyson-...
www.cityam.com/james-dyson-...
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I hope this helps clear up what just happened. It is short, free, and sourced.
Explaining in Five Paragraphs the Scam Donald Trump Just Pulled on 150 Million American TikTok Users
Make no mistake, one of the most popular apps in the world was just down in the U.S. for 14 hours because Donald Trump ordered that it be taken down. Why? So he could be seen as a hero in “saving” it.
sethabramson.substack.com
January 19, 2025 at 8:30 PM
I hope this helps clear up what just happened. It is short, free, and sourced.
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Hats off to @jessphillipsmp.bsky.social and sod off to Elon Musk. Here's a 🎶 parody of Leonard Cohen's "Bird on the Wire" about Musk's recent spate of diarrhoea tweets about the UK, called "Turd on a Wire" (with an attempted nod to the wonderful k.d. lang version ❤️).
youtu.be/G_N4UmUjJeo
youtu.be/G_N4UmUjJeo
"Turd on a Wire" - Marsh Family parody of Cohen's "Bird on the Wire" about Elon Musk's UK Tweeting
YouTube video by Marsh Family
youtu.be
January 7, 2025 at 11:39 PM
Hats off to @jessphillipsmp.bsky.social and sod off to Elon Musk. Here's a 🎶 parody of Leonard Cohen's "Bird on the Wire" about Musk's recent spate of diarrhoea tweets about the UK, called "Turd on a Wire" (with an attempted nod to the wonderful k.d. lang version ❤️).
youtu.be/G_N4UmUjJeo
youtu.be/G_N4UmUjJeo
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Whilst I’m recommending books I’d also hugely recommend the badly named Dublin Trilogy (currently on about book 8 I think) by @caimhmc.bsky.social - you can get the first 4 books on Kindle for £4.99 and they are ace. I’ve read everything Caimh has written and they’re fantastic fun.
January 2, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Whilst I’m recommending books I’d also hugely recommend the badly named Dublin Trilogy (currently on about book 8 I think) by @caimhmc.bsky.social - you can get the first 4 books on Kindle for £4.99 and they are ace. I’ve read everything Caimh has written and they’re fantastic fun.
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We don't defeat populists by calling out their lies. We tried that. Facts are complicated, and the audience for populism wants simplicity. It won't work.
We defeat populists by enacting bold political ideas that improve lives for the disenfranchised, and make the world seem less grotesquely unfair.
We defeat populists by enacting bold political ideas that improve lives for the disenfranchised, and make the world seem less grotesquely unfair.
December 31, 2024 at 12:27 PM
We don't defeat populists by calling out their lies. We tried that. Facts are complicated, and the audience for populism wants simplicity. It won't work.
We defeat populists by enacting bold political ideas that improve lives for the disenfranchised, and make the world seem less grotesquely unfair.
We defeat populists by enacting bold political ideas that improve lives for the disenfranchised, and make the world seem less grotesquely unfair.
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Ok so Trump won again, Musk is buying up democracy, media is overdosing on Farage and Tory sour grapes…
BUT
We kicked the Tories out, the right is split, Brexit hovers over the shredder, Trump and Musk will trip up over their monstrous egos and we moved to Bluesky.
There’s always hope.
Cheers all🎄🥂
BUT
We kicked the Tories out, the right is split, Brexit hovers over the shredder, Trump and Musk will trip up over their monstrous egos and we moved to Bluesky.
There’s always hope.
Cheers all🎄🥂
December 23, 2024 at 5:02 PM
Ok so Trump won again, Musk is buying up democracy, media is overdosing on Farage and Tory sour grapes…
BUT
We kicked the Tories out, the right is split, Brexit hovers over the shredder, Trump and Musk will trip up over their monstrous egos and we moved to Bluesky.
There’s always hope.
Cheers all🎄🥂
BUT
We kicked the Tories out, the right is split, Brexit hovers over the shredder, Trump and Musk will trip up over their monstrous egos and we moved to Bluesky.
There’s always hope.
Cheers all🎄🥂
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Imagine you need medical treatment, let's say you're insured but your claim gets turned down. What now?
We don't want this in the UK
This is why I am & always will be a socialist, healthcare is a human right
Are you with me? Then follow me! #SocialistSunday #NHS #IFB
We don't want this in the UK
This is why I am & always will be a socialist, healthcare is a human right
Are you with me? Then follow me! #SocialistSunday #NHS #IFB
December 8, 2024 at 4:51 PM
Imagine you need medical treatment, let's say you're insured but your claim gets turned down. What now?
We don't want this in the UK
This is why I am & always will be a socialist, healthcare is a human right
Are you with me? Then follow me! #SocialistSunday #NHS #IFB
We don't want this in the UK
This is why I am & always will be a socialist, healthcare is a human right
Are you with me? Then follow me! #SocialistSunday #NHS #IFB
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I sense it is time to remind people of Roy Jenkins famous quip that IHT is “a voluntary levy paid by those who distrust their heirs more than they dislike the Inland Revenue”.
November 19, 2024 at 9:21 AM
I sense it is time to remind people of Roy Jenkins famous quip that IHT is “a voluntary levy paid by those who distrust their heirs more than they dislike the Inland Revenue”.
Malham on a moody day
November 16, 2024 at 3:44 PM
Malham on a moody day
Had a customer today say that they “hated socialism”. Try to avoid politics at work but it was really hard to stay silent, especially as he was a heavy user of the NHS
November 16, 2024 at 3:35 PM
Had a customer today say that they “hated socialism”. Try to avoid politics at work but it was really hard to stay silent, especially as he was a heavy user of the NHS