@firstprinciples.bsky.social
He's described the UK's Conservative and Reform 'parties'
If a political party does not have its foundation in the determination to advance a cause that is right and moral, then it’s not a political party; it is merely a conspiracy to seize power. - Dwight Eisenhower
December 9, 2025 at 11:59 AM
He's described the UK's Conservative and Reform 'parties'
This is top quality trolling
December 8, 2025 at 10:50 AM
This is top quality trolling
This is a fascinating and potentially game-changing initiative that could transform both our knowledge of the soil under our feet and the best ways to support and manage it. It's the basis of the entire terrestrial food chain but we still know comparatively little about it.
1. Some good news at last. This week’s column is about the amazing thing a couple of us stumbled into three years ago, which we’ve now developed into a global research programme. It doesn’t change everything, of course, but it could help change quite a lot. + 🧵 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Over a pint in Oxford, we may have stumbled upon the holy grail of agriculture | George Monbiot
I knew that a revolution in our understanding of soil could change the world. Then came a eureka moment – and the birth of the Earth Rover Program, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
December 6, 2025 at 4:04 PM
This is a fascinating and potentially game-changing initiative that could transform both our knowledge of the soil under our feet and the best ways to support and manage it. It's the basis of the entire terrestrial food chain but we still know comparatively little about it.
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We must get back to the point where bullying is not incentivized, monetized or accepted as rational discourse or what will happen is a calamity, leaving in it's wake the human wreckage created by bullies. It should never, ever be normalized, no matter who a person is, what religion or anything.
December 5, 2025 at 9:21 AM
We must get back to the point where bullying is not incentivized, monetized or accepted as rational discourse or what will happen is a calamity, leaving in it's wake the human wreckage created by bullies. It should never, ever be normalized, no matter who a person is, what religion or anything.
I don't normally repost these but this one matters. We can't have a Farage government elected on 30% of the vote or less in 2029.
I just signed a @makevotesmatter.bsky.social petition to the Democracy Minister, calling for Proportional Representation. Add your name: actionnetwork.org/petitions/pe...
I just signed a @makevotesmatter.bsky.social petition to the Democracy Minister, calling for Proportional Representation. Add your name: actionnetwork.org/petitions/pe...
Petition to Democracy Minister
First Past The Post undermines our politics.
It leaves most of us with MPs we didn't vote for, and keeps delivering results that don't represent public opinion.
The upcoming Elections Bill is a chan...
actionnetwork.org
December 5, 2025 at 11:44 AM
I don't normally repost these but this one matters. We can't have a Farage government elected on 30% of the vote or less in 2029.
I just signed a @makevotesmatter.bsky.social petition to the Democracy Minister, calling for Proportional Representation. Add your name: actionnetwork.org/petitions/pe...
I just signed a @makevotesmatter.bsky.social petition to the Democracy Minister, calling for Proportional Representation. Add your name: actionnetwork.org/petitions/pe...
Farage's pro-Russian credentials go back years
Farage rarely turned up to vote when he was an MEP.
But, he did turn up to vote against the EU’s anti-Russia interference motion.
He said it was a “hoax”.
He voted against strengthening Europe’s defences against foreign interference.
Why?
But, he did turn up to vote against the EU’s anti-Russia interference motion.
He said it was a “hoax”.
He voted against strengthening Europe’s defences against foreign interference.
Why?
December 2, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Farage's pro-Russian credentials go back years
Starmer is edging closer to saying what we all know to be true: Brexit was a terrible idea
Yesterday, the UK PM gave a speech at the Lady Mayor's Banquet at the Guildhall, London, an annual event.
And I say to him 'thank you' for what he said on Brexit.
He said "how it was sold and delivered was wrong. Wild promises were made to the British people and not fulfilled."
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And I say to him 'thank you' for what he said on Brexit.
He said "how it was sold and delivered was wrong. Wild promises were made to the British people and not fulfilled."
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December 2, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Starmer is edging closer to saying what we all know to be true: Brexit was a terrible idea
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It's like the media got addicted to the psychodrama soap opera of the last government and keep trying to stir things so we get a doof-doof moment every week. It's relentless, and pretty pathetic.
December 1, 2025 at 5:13 PM
It's like the media got addicted to the psychodrama soap opera of the last government and keep trying to stir things so we get a doof-doof moment every week. It's relentless, and pretty pathetic.
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The Economist: surprised by everything since 1843.
Three years into the generative-AI wave, demand for the technology seems surprisingly flimsy
Investors expect AI use to soar. That’s not happening
Recent surveys point to flatlining business adoption
econ.st
December 1, 2025 at 2:18 PM
The Economist: surprised by everything since 1843.
Sound advice.
The most precious commodity you have is your attention. You don’t have to waste it on poor-faith debates or arguments with strangers if you don’t think they’ll be productive. You can prioritize the things that matter to you and make your life richer.
December 1, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Sound advice.
this
The British press poses a genuine and profound threat to our democracy and our shared prosperity. They howl out their right wing, wealth-protecting agenda and want Farage as PM. We will all pay a very high price for their selfish greed and their utter indifference to social inequality.
November 29, 2025 at 6:37 PM
this
Why, it's almost as if these 'newspapers' are owned by millionaires who might have to pay a bit more council tax that they won't even notice
The sheer scale of media outrage this week about plans to lift hundreds of thousands children out of poverty, by taxing millionaire homeowners, tells you everything you need to know about the real priorities of the British press
www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/the-real-b...
www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/the-real-b...
The Real 'Benefits Street' Protecting Britain's Wealthiest
The sheer scale of outrage about plans to lift children out of poverty, by taxing millionaire homeowners, tells you everything you need to know about the priorities of the British press
www.adambienkov.co.uk
November 29, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Why, it's almost as if these 'newspapers' are owned by millionaires who might have to pay a bit more council tax that they won't even notice
Amen
Headline on The World at One just now:
"Sir Keir Starmer has denied putting the Labour Party before the country by ending the two-child benefit cap".
Can we please go back to reporting the actual news, not someone's partisan take on it?
"Sir Keir Starmer has denied putting the Labour Party before the country by ending the two-child benefit cap".
Can we please go back to reporting the actual news, not someone's partisan take on it?
November 27, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Amen
Brexit: the grift that keeps on taking
Fantastic column by @rafaelbehr.bsky.social this:
Rachel Reeves has many problems. She’s realising that her Brexit bind may be the biggest of all | Rafael Behr
Brutal economic realities are prompting a shift in Labour’s tone on Europe. But will it dare tell the whole truth about Britain’s predicament, asks Guardian columnist Rafael Behr
www.theguardian.com
November 26, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Brexit: the grift that keeps on taking
Spot-on diagnosis of UK woes
Yep - neonazism & xenophobic isolationism have long been known to be economy-killers. Truly from outside looking in - your press is 100% the problem. It elevates people who don't have a following until it gets the following it wants them to have. All bc they're saying something outrageous.
November 24, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Spot-on diagnosis of UK woes
this is correct
If I’m understanding this correctly, X is owned by a white nationalist who pays poor people of color in developing countries to pretend to be working class white Americans to scare other white Americans into being afraid poor people of color from developing countries are going to ruin America?
November 24, 2025 at 1:16 PM
this is correct
This applies so much in Britain too
I am really losing patience with Americans who treat their elected officials like celebrities they have to defend, instead of representatives they have to hold responsible. Grow the fuck up. Millions of lives are at stake.
November 23, 2025 at 4:55 PM
This applies so much in Britain too
Excellent exposition of the moral blindness and intellectual incapacity of those who denigrate empathy, altruism and basic human decency as 'virtue signalling'
When they say Trump calling a reporter "piggy" is "just being honest," they are revealing a key feature of the reactionary mind: it believes, at a deep brainstem level, that *everyone* is awful & selfish & ugly on the inside. Everyone just suppresses it out of fear of social disapproval. Not Trump!
November 21, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Excellent exposition of the moral blindness and intellectual incapacity of those who denigrate empathy, altruism and basic human decency as 'virtue signalling'
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Obviously why use it in the first place etc etc but I'm still just amazed by people who see Grok barf out whatever hateful racist garbage or more recently obsequious praise of Elon and then continue to use it. What you saw wasn't a "bug," that was a peek at what the thing actually does
November 21, 2025 at 3:48 AM
Obviously why use it in the first place etc etc but I'm still just amazed by people who see Grok barf out whatever hateful racist garbage or more recently obsequious praise of Elon and then continue to use it. What you saw wasn't a "bug," that was a peek at what the thing actually does
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Remember: The oligarchs who control our economy and democracy seek to divide us so they can become more powerful.
They want us to turn on each other so we don't look up and see where all the wealth and power have gone.
Don't fall for it.
They want us to turn on each other so we don't look up and see where all the wealth and power have gone.
Don't fall for it.
November 21, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Remember: The oligarchs who control our economy and democracy seek to divide us so they can become more powerful.
They want us to turn on each other so we don't look up and see where all the wealth and power have gone.
Don't fall for it.
They want us to turn on each other so we don't look up and see where all the wealth and power have gone.
Don't fall for it.
Brexit was shooting ourselves in both feet. The continuing hostility to migrants is cutting ourselves off at the knees
“We may now be reaching a tipping point where our failure is so severe that Brits and immigrants alike have decided this is not a country they want to live in”
The slowest of handclaps to all who made hostility towards immigrants damage this country for everyone.
liveapp.inews.co.uk/category/405...
The slowest of handclaps to all who made hostility towards immigrants damage this country for everyone.
liveapp.inews.co.uk/category/405...
November 19, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Brexit was shooting ourselves in both feet. The continuing hostility to migrants is cutting ourselves off at the knees
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For Americans trying to understand why Starmer is so unpopular, he inherited a country with high borrowing costs, no/low growth, gutted public services and the impact of Brexit & Covid.
There was no painless way to deal with that package, meaning courage and clarity were essential.
Instead, this:
There was no painless way to deal with that package, meaning courage and clarity were essential.
Instead, this:
November 19, 2025 at 11:57 AM
For Americans trying to understand why Starmer is so unpopular, he inherited a country with high borrowing costs, no/low growth, gutted public services and the impact of Brexit & Covid.
There was no painless way to deal with that package, meaning courage and clarity were essential.
Instead, this:
There was no painless way to deal with that package, meaning courage and clarity were essential.
Instead, this:
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Receipts from 8 years ago - and yes Andy Wigmore did refer this to Farage’s lawyers
November 18, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Receipts from 8 years ago - and yes Andy Wigmore did refer this to Farage’s lawyers
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Seems like a good day to remind everyone that Jared Kushner advised Saudi Crown Prince MBS on how to “weather the storm” after his hit squad slaughtered American journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
November 18, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Seems like a good day to remind everyone that Jared Kushner advised Saudi Crown Prince MBS on how to “weather the storm” after his hit squad slaughtered American journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
Given a chance, refugees will contribute
A lovely story of mutual aid - refugees are welcome here: labourhub.org.uk/2025/11/17/n...
“No amount of concessions will be enough for the forces of reaction”
By Glyn Robbins I don’t usually share this story. But, on the day the Labour government (“a Labour government”) introduces laws that, when I was growing up in multi-ethnic East London, were the pre…
labourhub.org.uk
November 18, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Given a chance, refugees will contribute