David Norris
@borisnorris.bsky.social
Nothing changes the course of history. Whatever happened was inevitable; whatever didn't happen was impossible.
A united Europe would be a major competitor instead of a collection of vassal states. That is what they dislike.
A fragmented Europe is just a blip in its history.
A fragmented Europe is just a blip in its history.
December 22, 2025 at 10:06 AM
A united Europe would be a major competitor instead of a collection of vassal states. That is what they dislike.
A fragmented Europe is just a blip in its history.
A fragmented Europe is just a blip in its history.
Can we respond by asking for similar referendums in the American states?
And in the republics in the Russian Federation?
And in the republics in the Russian Federation?
December 22, 2025 at 8:59 AM
Can we respond by asking for similar referendums in the American states?
And in the republics in the Russian Federation?
And in the republics in the Russian Federation?
Always the big danger for dictators who rule by fear.
December 21, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Always the big danger for dictators who rule by fear.
This means that no reliance can be placed on anything released by the DOJ. Everything it says must be doubted. The White House administration has become a criminal enterprise.
December 20, 2025 at 3:41 PM
This means that no reliance can be placed on anything released by the DOJ. Everything it says must be doubted. The White House administration has become a criminal enterprise.
From what I read in Reuters, Ineos is investing £150m and the government making a £50m grant.
December 20, 2025 at 1:58 PM
From what I read in Reuters, Ineos is investing £150m and the government making a £50m grant.
I’ve known London as my place of employment and since retirement as a frequent place of leisure and entertainment for 65 years. It has never felt so vibrant or as safe as it does now.
December 20, 2025 at 10:14 AM
I’ve known London as my place of employment and since retirement as a frequent place of leisure and entertainment for 65 years. It has never felt so vibrant or as safe as it does now.
A weak man-child
December 20, 2025 at 9:04 AM
A weak man-child
Always playing the victim.
December 19, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Always playing the victim.
It’s a cleansing of the Tory stables. They may be the better for it.
December 19, 2025 at 6:02 PM
It’s a cleansing of the Tory stables. They may be the better for it.
If he had chosen cooperation rather than conflict, Russia would be wealthy and secure and a major world power.
Instead it is a vassal of China, thousands dead, its economy a wreck.
Instead it is a vassal of China, thousands dead, its economy a wreck.
December 19, 2025 at 1:33 PM
If he had chosen cooperation rather than conflict, Russia would be wealthy and secure and a major world power.
Instead it is a vassal of China, thousands dead, its economy a wreck.
Instead it is a vassal of China, thousands dead, its economy a wreck.
I remember it when it was still a real market; poultry especially. Used to get our turkeys there.
December 19, 2025 at 1:23 PM
I remember it when it was still a real market; poultry especially. Used to get our turkeys there.
I made no comment as to whether it is ‘ok’ only that the UK is not an outlier.
December 19, 2025 at 10:26 AM
I made no comment as to whether it is ‘ok’ only that the UK is not an outlier.
They said in interview that they ‘just wanted to help’.
What was left unsaid was ‘ourselves to 30% profit’
What was left unsaid was ‘ourselves to 30% profit’
December 19, 2025 at 10:00 AM
They said in interview that they ‘just wanted to help’.
What was left unsaid was ‘ourselves to 30% profit’
What was left unsaid was ‘ourselves to 30% profit’
The question is, what does that actually mean. The doctors choose a basis which is generally no longer considered credible.
December 19, 2025 at 8:19 AM
The question is, what does that actually mean. The doctors choose a basis which is generally no longer considered credible.
The UK is hardly alone in having food banks. All European countries have them. Hence the Federation of European Food Banks.
December 18, 2025 at 10:00 PM
The UK is hardly alone in having food banks. All European countries have them. Hence the Federation of European Food Banks.
But all European countries have them, even those wealthier than the uk. Hence the European Food Banks Federation, hq in Belgium
December 18, 2025 at 9:56 PM
But all European countries have them, even those wealthier than the uk. Hence the European Food Banks Federation, hq in Belgium
So? Why do you conclude‘obviously not’?
December 18, 2025 at 1:18 PM
So? Why do you conclude‘obviously not’?
Why ‘obviously not’?
December 18, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Why ‘obviously not’?
I suppose they do from the taxation on the retained jobs, and any other taxes paid by the company, and on the products sold, and so on down the chain
December 18, 2025 at 11:30 AM
I suppose they do from the taxation on the retained jobs, and any other taxes paid by the company, and on the products sold, and so on down the chain
A problem is that Netanyahu, and others, insist on conflating criticism of him and the Israeli government and its apologists and antisemitism.
December 18, 2025 at 11:16 AM
A problem is that Netanyahu, and others, insist on conflating criticism of him and the Israeli government and its apologists and antisemitism.
I’m increasingly getting the impression that Putin is becoming desperate. Anything less than total victory is a disaster for him.
December 18, 2025 at 10:00 AM
I’m increasingly getting the impression that Putin is becoming desperate. Anything less than total victory is a disaster for him.
Doesn’t Southampton have a system using geothermal?
December 18, 2025 at 8:47 AM
Doesn’t Southampton have a system using geothermal?