gastrogeorge
@gastrogeorge.bsky.social
Council house to university. Left and chippy about it.
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We live in the worst timeline
Netanyahu announces that he's awarding the Israel Prize to President Trump. Trump says it's "surprising and very much appreciated"
December 29, 2025 at 9:56 PM
We live in the worst timeline
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Could this have anything to do with the two major parties and all the media hyping far-right narratives and "dining across the divide" increasingly unashamedly in the past couple of years?
No, it must be those grassroots "legitimate grievances" I keep hearing about...
No, it must be those grassroots "legitimate grievances" I keep hearing about...
December 29, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Could this have anything to do with the two major parties and all the media hyping far-right narratives and "dining across the divide" increasingly unashamedly in the past couple of years?
No, it must be those grassroots "legitimate grievances" I keep hearing about...
No, it must be those grassroots "legitimate grievances" I keep hearing about...
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We will never know *how much* this is attributable to Labour's decision to track not tackle Reform's rhetoric of hate on immigration. But that Labour *helped* render these views acceptable cannot, surely, be doubted.
Number of people who say Britons must be born in UK is rising, study shows
Exclusive: Research finds ‘worrying’ surge in support for hard-right narratives on national identity
www.theguardian.com
December 29, 2025 at 7:32 PM
We will never know *how much* this is attributable to Labour's decision to track not tackle Reform's rhetoric of hate on immigration. But that Labour *helped* render these views acceptable cannot, surely, be doubted.
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We’re going to have to come up with a solution to this problem that is not “forcing everyone on Earth to be polite to self-important dickheads”. I can think of one that will sort out the billionaire problem, but it’s going to be tougher to find one for your regular nuclear-powered office arsehole.
December 29, 2025 at 8:57 PM
We’re going to have to come up with a solution to this problem that is not “forcing everyone on Earth to be polite to self-important dickheads”. I can think of one that will sort out the billionaire problem, but it’s going to be tougher to find one for your regular nuclear-powered office arsehole.
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No-one with eyes & ears could’ve doubted there was a festering cesspit of racism bubbling just below the surface of UK society, the only surprise is quite how rapidly it’s engulfing us & with how little resistance from our supposed democratic institutions
Number of people who say Britons must be born in UK is rising, study shows
Exclusive: Research finds ‘worrying’ surge in support for hard-right narratives on national identity
www.theguardian.com
December 29, 2025 at 9:29 PM
No-one with eyes & ears could’ve doubted there was a festering cesspit of racism bubbling just below the surface of UK society, the only surprise is quite how rapidly it’s engulfing us & with how little resistance from our supposed democratic institutions
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Okay, I remember this exact same bullshit from 20 years ago—you literally just have to change the last letter of the country involved.
December 29, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Okay, I remember this exact same bullshit from 20 years ago—you literally just have to change the last letter of the country involved.
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Palestinians by and large WANT Americans there to see what we are doing to them in our name. And they want us to do something about it. It’s in large part because of going there and observing what I saw that I feel the least I can do today is advocate and educate.
December 29, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Palestinians by and large WANT Americans there to see what we are doing to them in our name. And they want us to do something about it. It’s in large part because of going there and observing what I saw that I feel the least I can do today is advocate and educate.
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it’s fine because the jewish communal establishment has decided that antisemitism against jews who aren’t reflexive israel supporters doesn’t count
No idea who Laurent Brindeau is, but isn’t this caricature of @zackpolanski.bsky.social in today’s @dailymailpolitics.bsky.social ragingly antisemitic?
December 29, 2025 at 2:19 PM
it’s fine because the jewish communal establishment has decided that antisemitism against jews who aren’t reflexive israel supporters doesn’t count
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Being a fascist is extreme and deeply culpable stuff! Nazi beliefs are not silly quirks, and it’s not like these people are ever shy when it comes to hurling thunderous accusations and denunciations at people who call them shitheads on X The Everything App.
December 29, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Being a fascist is extreme and deeply culpable stuff! Nazi beliefs are not silly quirks, and it’s not like these people are ever shy when it comes to hurling thunderous accusations and denunciations at people who call them shitheads on X The Everything App.
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The Shamima Begum decision is a litmus test for whether you believe in the basic liberal idea of the rule of law. It's terrifying that most of our political class failed this test.
Begum was one of the worst legal decisions ever made.
December 29, 2025 at 3:41 PM
The Shamima Begum decision is a litmus test for whether you believe in the basic liberal idea of the rule of law. It's terrifying that most of our political class failed this test.
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No idea who Laurent Brindeau is, but isn’t this caricature of @zackpolanski.bsky.social in today’s @dailymailpolitics.bsky.social ragingly antisemitic?
December 28, 2025 at 6:42 PM
No idea who Laurent Brindeau is, but isn’t this caricature of @zackpolanski.bsky.social in today’s @dailymailpolitics.bsky.social ragingly antisemitic?
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So plainly true that it shouldn’t need to be said: Yes, the Sensible Moderates will *always* choose to face the far right over the left, because they will retain clout and influence in a right-far right system. In a left-right one they are all out of a job, back in PR, lobbying and law.
December 29, 2025 at 3:54 PM
So plainly true that it shouldn’t need to be said: Yes, the Sensible Moderates will *always* choose to face the far right over the left, because they will retain clout and influence in a right-far right system. In a left-right one they are all out of a job, back in PR, lobbying and law.
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funny how the media want us to listen to the "legitimate concerns" of literal neo-Nazi's but never to the concerns of their victims, isn't it?
almost like the media are on the side of evil or something.
almost like the media are on the side of evil or something.
In another blow to Starmer & Mahmood’s cruel immigration policy
French police REFUSE to carry out dangerous operations to intercept small boats at sea!
We should be listening carefully to their concerns
Talking to @shelaghfogarty.bsky.social on @lbc.co.uk
French police REFUSE to carry out dangerous operations to intercept small boats at sea!
We should be listening carefully to their concerns
Talking to @shelaghfogarty.bsky.social on @lbc.co.uk
December 29, 2025 at 4:17 PM
funny how the media want us to listen to the "legitimate concerns" of literal neo-Nazi's but never to the concerns of their victims, isn't it?
almost like the media are on the side of evil or something.
almost like the media are on the side of evil or something.
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Protesters Urged Not To Give Trump Administration Pretext For What It Already Doing https://theonion.com/protesters-urged-not-to-give-trump-administration-pretext-for-what-it-already-doing/
December 29, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Protesters Urged Not To Give Trump Administration Pretext For What It Already Doing https://theonion.com/protesters-urged-not-to-give-trump-administration-pretext-for-what-it-already-doing/
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In another blow to Starmer & Mahmood’s cruel immigration policy
French police REFUSE to carry out dangerous operations to intercept small boats at sea!
We should be listening carefully to their concerns
Talking to @shelaghfogarty.bsky.social on @lbc.co.uk
French police REFUSE to carry out dangerous operations to intercept small boats at sea!
We should be listening carefully to their concerns
Talking to @shelaghfogarty.bsky.social on @lbc.co.uk
December 29, 2025 at 3:50 PM
In another blow to Starmer & Mahmood’s cruel immigration policy
French police REFUSE to carry out dangerous operations to intercept small boats at sea!
We should be listening carefully to their concerns
Talking to @shelaghfogarty.bsky.social on @lbc.co.uk
French police REFUSE to carry out dangerous operations to intercept small boats at sea!
We should be listening carefully to their concerns
Talking to @shelaghfogarty.bsky.social on @lbc.co.uk
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The Biden admin bent the Dodd-Frank rules when intervening in SVB and absolutely bailed out the rich depositors and corporates.
1. Silicon Valley Bank didn't get bailed out. It failed, and was acquired.
2. FDIC didn't do any special favors for SVB bankers, and didn't do it for silicon valley crypto bros. They did it to keep the promise that leads to stability: " When you put money in a US Bank, your deposits are safe."
2. FDIC didn't do any special favors for SVB bankers, and didn't do it for silicon valley crypto bros. They did it to keep the promise that leads to stability: " When you put money in a US Bank, your deposits are safe."
Most underrated Biden admin mistake was bailing out Silicon Valley Bank.
SVB bet big on low interest rates and lost. Rich tech VCs who put too many eggs in that basket generated a bank run, then called for govt money.
Got their bailout, helped elect Trump, and now reaping rewards from corruption.
SVB bet big on low interest rates and lost. Rich tech VCs who put too many eggs in that basket generated a bank run, then called for govt money.
Got their bailout, helped elect Trump, and now reaping rewards from corruption.
December 29, 2025 at 4:43 PM
The Biden admin bent the Dodd-Frank rules when intervening in SVB and absolutely bailed out the rich depositors and corporates.
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I've been doing this as a comedy bit for years, but I do believe it; before I die, I will see the establishment of a Royal Commission on Britain's failure to attract sufficient immigration, and many of today's broadsheet ethnonationalists will be on it
December 29, 2025 at 4:49 PM
I've been doing this as a comedy bit for years, but I do believe it; before I die, I will see the establishment of a Royal Commission on Britain's failure to attract sufficient immigration, and many of today's broadsheet ethnonationalists will be on it
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Lots of lovely pics of Riyadh’s Jimmy Carr with David “dropped by publisher” Walliams - ain’t showbiz wonderful
December 28, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Lots of lovely pics of Riyadh’s Jimmy Carr with David “dropped by publisher” Walliams - ain’t showbiz wonderful
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The author of this piece, Sigrid Rausing, is an heir to the Tetra-Pak fortune. In 2024, she donated £150,000 to the Labour Party; her sister, Lisbet, donated £500,000, and in 2025 was made a Dame.
Absolutely standard stuff here printed in the Times, which has been doing various versions of “human rights are a Bolshevik plot cooked up between Marxist intellectuals and Muslim terrorists” for decades now, at escalating volume and intensity archive.ph/6IWIw
December 29, 2025 at 4:52 PM
The author of this piece, Sigrid Rausing, is an heir to the Tetra-Pak fortune. In 2024, she donated £150,000 to the Labour Party; her sister, Lisbet, donated £500,000, and in 2025 was made a Dame.
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Ludicrous IMO but what the hell: does Starmer *not* deserve to get an avalanche of bad faith screeching, for failing to check what a guy he’s never met was saying on Twitter dot com in 2014? Of course he does, it was him that very stridently made this stuff the cornerstone of his public persona.
December 29, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Ludicrous IMO but what the hell: does Starmer *not* deserve to get an avalanche of bad faith screeching, for failing to check what a guy he’s never met was saying on Twitter dot com in 2014? Of course he does, it was him that very stridently made this stuff the cornerstone of his public persona.
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Look, you have to understand that for all these Atlanticist centrists, like regular conservatives, the real threat is that "the orcs" overrun the world of "men" and therefore only the racism of the former is genuinely scary, the racism of the latter is at worst offensive
It’s very interesting that this is the closest Lynskey has come to condemning the picture since it was first revealed. He’s basically been silent about it otherwise
December 29, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Look, you have to understand that for all these Atlanticist centrists, like regular conservatives, the real threat is that "the orcs" overrun the world of "men" and therefore only the racism of the former is genuinely scary, the racism of the latter is at worst offensive
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If immigration is high, the government has lost control of our borders. If it's low, it's because the country is in such a mess that nobody wants to be here. Labour is never going to win these people over, and it should stop trying.
An astonishing article in the Daily Mail.
Not only does it admit that some Romanians have left Britain because of growing discrimination after Brexit, but it also talks about the EU grants they've been able to access to start or boost their businesses back home.
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Not only does it admit that some Romanians have left Britain because of growing discrimination after Brexit, but it also talks about the EU grants they've been able to access to start or boost their businesses back home.
archive.md/2025.12.29-1...
December 29, 2025 at 2:40 PM
If immigration is high, the government has lost control of our borders. If it's low, it's because the country is in such a mess that nobody wants to be here. Labour is never going to win these people over, and it should stop trying.
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Labour people ending the year as they've lived it: normalising fascism & arguing for the infrastructure for future full fat fascists to be put in place without further delay
December 29, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Labour people ending the year as they've lived it: normalising fascism & arguing for the infrastructure for future full fat fascists to be put in place without further delay
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"no basis for him to be in the UK" other than the small matter of being a citizen, if we're in the business of kicking out British citizens because they've posted something unsavoury on social media we could probably choose some more urgent targets than this guy.
Ridiculous that these posts weren't found earlier. Feels an FCDO screw up given recent Tory govts were similarly vocal about this guy's release. If nothing forthcoming from him that genuinely demonstrates he's changed his views then no basis for him to be in the UK
Since no-one appears to be talking about it on here, just letting you know that the the PM, Foreign Secretary and various other Government Ministers have expressed their “delight” in an Egyptian “pro-Democracy” activist being freed in Egypt and allowed to come to the UK. Here are some of his views.
December 29, 2025 at 1:57 PM
"no basis for him to be in the UK" other than the small matter of being a citizen, if we're in the business of kicking out British citizens because they've posted something unsavoury on social media we could probably choose some more urgent targets than this guy.