Gary Burgham 🇪🇺
@gburgham.bsky.social
North East.Left of centre.
Love Radio Caroline.
b. Liverpool #RejoinEU #FBPE
Husband, dad, grandad. Local radio, running, cycling, photography.
The Beatles to The Big Moon onward to Wolf Alice.
Love Greece and isles of Scotland.
Coeliac. European.
Love Radio Caroline.
b. Liverpool #RejoinEU #FBPE
Husband, dad, grandad. Local radio, running, cycling, photography.
The Beatles to The Big Moon onward to Wolf Alice.
Love Greece and isles of Scotland.
Coeliac. European.
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So his response to the criticism of his app generating sexual deep fakes of children is... to try to monetise it as a feature
January 9, 2026 at 10:28 AM
So his response to the criticism of his app generating sexual deep fakes of children is... to try to monetise it as a feature
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If a new app was produced which had, as its core features, the generation of sexual deep fake images of children and calls for a violent global far-right revolution, then not only would it be swiftly banned, but you wouldn't have a single mainstream politician willing to associate themselves with it
January 9, 2026 at 10:30 AM
If a new app was produced which had, as its core features, the generation of sexual deep fake images of children and calls for a violent global far-right revolution, then not only would it be swiftly banned, but you wouldn't have a single mainstream politician willing to associate themselves with it
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Everyone in the UK - and the rest of Europe - should read this. We've been abandoned by Trump and we're being threatened by Putin. That's a recipe for potential disaster.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
John Simpson on wars: ‘Why I've never seen a year like 2025'
It has been a year of multiple major conflicts - and there are geopolitical implications of unparalleled importance
www.bbc.co.uk
December 29, 2025 at 9:45 AM
Everyone in the UK - and the rest of Europe - should read this. We've been abandoned by Trump and we're being threatened by Putin. That's a recipe for potential disaster.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
❤️Kyiv 🇺🇦
Carol of the Bells in #
Kyiv subway.
Voices of the Embassies of Germany, France, and the United Kingdom came together to perform Shchedryk in the Kyiv metro as a sign of solidarity with Ukraine.
Thankful to everyone who stands with us!
Kyiv subway.
Voices of the Embassies of Germany, France, and the United Kingdom came together to perform Shchedryk in the Kyiv metro as a sign of solidarity with Ukraine.
Thankful to everyone who stands with us!
December 24, 2025 at 8:04 PM
❤️Kyiv 🇺🇦
I’ve just signed a 38 Degrees petition to tell the Government: Do everything you can to defend our BBC from Donald Trump’s $10 billion lawsuit and don't give him a penny. Will you add your name?
December 18, 2025 at 7:39 PM
I’ve just signed a 38 Degrees petition to tell the Government: Do everything you can to defend our BBC from Donald Trump’s $10 billion lawsuit and don't give him a penny. Will you add your name?
December 15, 2025 at 2:30 PM
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UK on course to rejoin Erasmus student exchange scheme from January 2027, deal can be struck before Christmas. inews.co.uk/news/politic...
UK on course to rejoin Erasmus student exchange scheme from January 2027
There is increasing optimism on both sides of negotiations that a deal can be struck before Christmas
inews.co.uk
December 11, 2025 at 9:30 AM
UK on course to rejoin Erasmus student exchange scheme from January 2027, deal can be struck before Christmas. inews.co.uk/news/politic...
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⚡️ SHOCKING! Chris Bryant’s huge Brexit admission:
🫨16,000 fewer 🇬🇧 biz exporters after Brexit. Brexit crippled 🇬🇧 biz
That’s why
France/Germany are outperforming 🇬🇧
👉growth is weaker
👉wages are under pressure
Brexit used sovereignty as bait to deliver self-harm which benefits Russian 🇷🇺 aggression.
🫨16,000 fewer 🇬🇧 biz exporters after Brexit. Brexit crippled 🇬🇧 biz
That’s why
France/Germany are outperforming 🇬🇧
👉growth is weaker
👉wages are under pressure
Brexit used sovereignty as bait to deliver self-harm which benefits Russian 🇷🇺 aggression.
December 13, 2025 at 6:21 PM
⚡️ SHOCKING! Chris Bryant’s huge Brexit admission:
🫨16,000 fewer 🇬🇧 biz exporters after Brexit. Brexit crippled 🇬🇧 biz
That’s why
France/Germany are outperforming 🇬🇧
👉growth is weaker
👉wages are under pressure
Brexit used sovereignty as bait to deliver self-harm which benefits Russian 🇷🇺 aggression.
🫨16,000 fewer 🇬🇧 biz exporters after Brexit. Brexit crippled 🇬🇧 biz
That’s why
France/Germany are outperforming 🇬🇧
👉growth is weaker
👉wages are under pressure
Brexit used sovereignty as bait to deliver self-harm which benefits Russian 🇷🇺 aggression.
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Ear defenders aren’t “insane” - they’re a simple, reasonable adjustment.
Inclusion isn’t lowering standards. It’s removing barriers so every child can learn.
Richard Tice is wrong, and this rhetoric is dangerous.
Here's my piece for Comment Central. 👇
commentcentral.co.uk/inclusion-is...
Inclusion isn’t lowering standards. It’s removing barriers so every child can learn.
Richard Tice is wrong, and this rhetoric is dangerous.
Here's my piece for Comment Central. 👇
commentcentral.co.uk/inclusion-is...
Inclusion is essential, and Richard Tice is wrong
Richard Tice, an MP and Deputy Leader of Reform UK, recently described children wearing ear defenders in school as “insane.” By doing so, he didn’t just expose a lack of understanding - he gave voice ...
commentcentral.co.uk
December 12, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Ear defenders aren’t “insane” - they’re a simple, reasonable adjustment.
Inclusion isn’t lowering standards. It’s removing barriers so every child can learn.
Richard Tice is wrong, and this rhetoric is dangerous.
Here's my piece for Comment Central. 👇
commentcentral.co.uk/inclusion-is...
Inclusion isn’t lowering standards. It’s removing barriers so every child can learn.
Richard Tice is wrong, and this rhetoric is dangerous.
Here's my piece for Comment Central. 👇
commentcentral.co.uk/inclusion-is...
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You thought the patriarchy was going to stop with trans people? Really? www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
Meta shuts down global accounts linked to abortion advice and queer content
More than 50 organisations report sites being restricted or removed, with abortion hotlines blocked and posts showing non-explicit nudity triggering warnings
www.theguardian.com
December 11, 2025 at 4:40 PM
We need to move forward to Get Back where we belong 👉🏽 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Come with me to Jacob Rees-Mogg’s house. The Brexiters are rattled – and it shows | Polly Toynbee
Labour and the country have reached a historic inflection point. For all the talk of Brexit ‘benefits’, the anti-EU ideologues know the tide has turned, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee
www.theguardian.com
December 11, 2025 at 1:34 PM
We need to move forward to Get Back where we belong 👉🏽 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
December 6, 2025 at 10:45 AM
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Today’s political landscape is one where you can start the week denying you were a racist school bully and end the week deliberately saying things that will lead to racist school bullying.
Fortunately, I’m sure Glasgow will send Farage packing with his ugly, racist little tail between his legs.
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Fortunately, I’m sure Glasgow will send Farage packing with his ugly, racist little tail between his legs.
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Farage’s Glasgow Dog Whistle bellacaledonia.org.uk/2025/12/03/f...
Farage’s Glasgow Dog Whistle
Reform UK’s attack on the children of Glasgow may at first seem an oddity, a bizarre lurch even for them. But, in fact, it has direct continuity with some of their most extreme views, many of…
bellacaledonia.org.uk
December 4, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Today’s political landscape is one where you can start the week denying you were a racist school bully and end the week deliberately saying things that will lead to racist school bullying.
Fortunately, I’m sure Glasgow will send Farage packing with his ugly, racist little tail between his legs.
👇
Fortunately, I’m sure Glasgow will send Farage packing with his ugly, racist little tail between his legs.
👇
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Reform gets largest ever political donation by an individual in UK history from a crypto baron living in Thailand
This is not normal
www.ft.com/content/db73...
This is not normal
www.ft.com/content/db73...
Reform UK gets £9mn donation from Christopher Harborne
Nigel Farage’s party attracts far more funding than both Labour and the Conservatives
www.ft.com
December 4, 2025 at 8:20 AM
Reform gets largest ever political donation by an individual in UK history from a crypto baron living in Thailand
This is not normal
www.ft.com/content/db73...
This is not normal
www.ft.com/content/db73...
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Thought it was worth a quick BBC complaint. They have a category for “poor quality”.
November 30, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Thought it was worth a quick BBC complaint. They have a category for “poor quality”.
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The Girl Guide announcement.
What can I say?
I’m imagining if it was my child - the conversations and explanations, the apologies, “I’m sorry, so sorry,” trying to comfort but feeling a failure because I couldn’t protect her from GC hate.
And the child and parents - a little bit more broken.
What can I say?
I’m imagining if it was my child - the conversations and explanations, the apologies, “I’m sorry, so sorry,” trying to comfort but feeling a failure because I couldn’t protect her from GC hate.
And the child and parents - a little bit more broken.
December 2, 2025 at 6:24 PM
The Girl Guide announcement.
What can I say?
I’m imagining if it was my child - the conversations and explanations, the apologies, “I’m sorry, so sorry,” trying to comfort but feeling a failure because I couldn’t protect her from GC hate.
And the child and parents - a little bit more broken.
What can I say?
I’m imagining if it was my child - the conversations and explanations, the apologies, “I’m sorry, so sorry,” trying to comfort but feeling a failure because I couldn’t protect her from GC hate.
And the child and parents - a little bit more broken.
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Important post right here👇👇👇👇👇👇
"In the ashes of war... Europe pulled together to create collaborative bodies designed to prevent a repeat of the horrors of Nazi Germany.
One such body was the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR)."
One such body was the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR)."
Remembrance: 75 years of the ECHR
The European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) celebrates its 75th birthday this month – like all elders, it has a lifetime of wisdom to share
yorkshirebylines.co.uk
December 3, 2025 at 9:51 AM
Important post right here👇👇👇👇👇👇
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Time to reach into the pockets of Cameron, Farage, Johnson and any other halfwit who thought this was a good idea. You owe us.
Brexit costing UK as much as £90bn in lost tax revenue every year, analysis finds
Brexit is costing the UK up to £90bn in lost tax revenues every year, according to new analysis.
www.thelondoneconomic.com
December 1, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Time to reach into the pockets of Cameron, Farage, Johnson and any other halfwit who thought this was a good idea. You owe us.
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All of us: Why, in our judgement, Chris Mason is misleading on most political points, all the time.
Because he’s incapable of political commentary that isn’t marinated in his own rightwing bias. Allegations for Labour. Free passes for Tories/Reform. Every Single Time.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Because he’s incapable of political commentary that isn’t marinated in his own rightwing bias. Allegations for Labour. Free passes for Tories/Reform. Every Single Time.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Chris Mason: Why, in my judgement, Reeves was misleading on one specific point
The Chancellor chose not to share some information on tax receipts in an unusual press conference, given before the Budget.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 1, 2025 at 7:22 PM
All of us: Why, in our judgement, Chris Mason is misleading on most political points, all the time.
Because he’s incapable of political commentary that isn’t marinated in his own rightwing bias. Allegations for Labour. Free passes for Tories/Reform. Every Single Time.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Because he’s incapable of political commentary that isn’t marinated in his own rightwing bias. Allegations for Labour. Free passes for Tories/Reform. Every Single Time.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Brexit: the trillion pound ‘mistake’
The recent NBER report suggests the Treasury’s 2016 analysis – slammed by Brexiters as a ‘hoax’– actually understated the impact of Brexit.
The recent NBER report suggests the Treasury’s 2016 analysis – slammed by Brexiters as a ‘hoax’– actually understated the impact of Brexit.
Brexit: the trillion pound ‘mistake’
The recent NBER report suggests the Treasury’s 2016 analysis – slammed by Brexiters as a ‘hoax’– actually understated the impact of Brexit
yorkshirebylines.co.uk
December 1, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Brexit: the trillion pound ‘mistake’
The recent NBER report suggests the Treasury’s 2016 analysis – slammed by Brexiters as a ‘hoax’– actually understated the impact of Brexit.
The recent NBER report suggests the Treasury’s 2016 analysis – slammed by Brexiters as a ‘hoax’– actually understated the impact of Brexit.
Evidence that we are in good hands.
December 1, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Evidence that we are in good hands.