John Bosworth
@jbosworth46.bsky.social
Elderly, long-retired university administrator; pro-EU leftie; Green Party member and (mostly) voter since it most nearly reflects my views. Gave up on X long before discovering this site.
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He wasn't alone:
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January 20, 2026 at 6:43 PM
He wasn't alone:
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There is no strategy
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January 20, 2026 at 6:41 AM
There is no strategy
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
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Re PM’s statement, I get need to stay focused, avoid precipitate acts or over-heated rhetoric. But, it hewed too close to pretence that this is just normal diplomatic spat. It should’ve acknowledged we’re in seriously different territory, and shown more underlying steel. www.gov.uk/government/s...
PM statement on international affairs and cost of living issues: 19 January 2026
Prime Minister Keir Starmer's remarks at the press conference in 9 Downing Street this morning (Monday 19 January).
www.gov.uk
January 19, 2026 at 1:33 PM
Re PM’s statement, I get need to stay focused, avoid precipitate acts or over-heated rhetoric. But, it hewed too close to pretence that this is just normal diplomatic spat. It should’ve acknowledged we’re in seriously different territory, and shown more underlying steel. www.gov.uk/government/s...
The Government is planning to send King Charles to the US to celebrate with Trump. Giving him a royal visit right now sends a terrible message that his behaviour is acceptable. We can stop this if enough of us speak up. Will you add your name to the petition? you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ca...
Call off the King’s visit to the US for the 250th anniversary of America's independence
With the current political chaos in the US and Trump’s failure to adhere to international norms, and given his apparent obsession with the Monarchy, calling off this visit would send a powerful messag...
you.38degrees.org.uk
January 17, 2026 at 9:15 PM
The Government is planning to send King Charles to the US to celebrate with Trump. Giving him a royal visit right now sends a terrible message that his behaviour is acceptable. We can stop this if enough of us speak up. Will you add your name to the petition? you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ca...
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Keir Starmer did everything he could to be US poodle and his strategy has ended in total humiliation. Both him and Farage are puppets of a hostile foreign nation.
It's obvious that if someone is a bully - you don't just keep appeasing them.
Disastrous strategy by Labour.
It's obvious that if someone is a bully - you don't just keep appeasing them.
Disastrous strategy by Labour.
January 17, 2026 at 7:54 PM
Keir Starmer did everything he could to be US poodle and his strategy has ended in total humiliation. Both him and Farage are puppets of a hostile foreign nation.
It's obvious that if someone is a bully - you don't just keep appeasing them.
Disastrous strategy by Labour.
It's obvious that if someone is a bully - you don't just keep appeasing them.
Disastrous strategy by Labour.
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We threw away such a lot for that not-so “special relationship”.
A more confident nation, with more honest politicians, would admit it and make amends with Europe. This is all such bullshit.
A more confident nation, with more honest politicians, would admit it and make amends with Europe. This is all such bullshit.
January 17, 2026 at 6:57 PM
We threw away such a lot for that not-so “special relationship”.
A more confident nation, with more honest politicians, would admit it and make amends with Europe. This is all such bullshit.
A more confident nation, with more honest politicians, would admit it and make amends with Europe. This is all such bullshit.
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It is the source of so many of our evils: the astonishing concentration of wealth in the hands of a very few, and the immense political power that gives them. We cannot solve our problems until we tackle it.
This week's column.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
This week's column.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
At the root of all our problems stands one travesty: politicians’ surrender to the super-rich | George Monbiot
There are many excuses for failing to tax the ultra-wealthy. The truth is that governments don’t tackle the problem because they don’t want to, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
January 16, 2026 at 6:18 PM
It is the source of so many of our evils: the astonishing concentration of wealth in the hands of a very few, and the immense political power that gives them. We cannot solve our problems until we tackle it.
This week's column.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
This week's column.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Trump is once again trying to flood Britain with chlorinated chicken. Absolutely disgusting. I just signed the petition calling on all major supermarkets to rule out stocking the stuff. Sign here if you agree! 38d.gs/hd_w
No chlorinated chicken on our supermarket shelves!
I just signed the campaign to say NO chlorinated chicken on our supermarket shelves!
38d.gs
January 16, 2026 at 3:29 PM
Trump is once again trying to flood Britain with chlorinated chicken. Absolutely disgusting. I just signed the petition calling on all major supermarkets to rule out stocking the stuff. Sign here if you agree! 38d.gs/hd_w
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Labour's one in one out policy ignores human rights and denies protections to trafficking victims, among other things. Everything about it is fundamentally inhumane. It's a policy designed to appear "compassionate" while actively harming vulnerable individuals.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
More than 100 asylum seekers stage ‘one in, one out’ protests at detention centres
Officers with riot shields, dogs and teargas called in to quell action at Harmondsworth and Brook House facilities
www.theguardian.com
January 15, 2026 at 8:23 PM
Labour's one in one out policy ignores human rights and denies protections to trafficking victims, among other things. Everything about it is fundamentally inhumane. It's a policy designed to appear "compassionate" while actively harming vulnerable individuals.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
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All these Reform defections are short term gains which undermine their core selling point - which is change.
Why would the country elect a party full of all the same washed-up, scandal-hit former Tory ministers they just kicked out of office?
Opens the space for both a Labour and Tory recovery
Why would the country elect a party full of all the same washed-up, scandal-hit former Tory ministers they just kicked out of office?
Opens the space for both a Labour and Tory recovery
January 15, 2026 at 11:34 AM
All these Reform defections are short term gains which undermine their core selling point - which is change.
Why would the country elect a party full of all the same washed-up, scandal-hit former Tory ministers they just kicked out of office?
Opens the space for both a Labour and Tory recovery
Why would the country elect a party full of all the same washed-up, scandal-hit former Tory ministers they just kicked out of office?
Opens the space for both a Labour and Tory recovery
I just signed the campaign calling to say NO chlorinated chicken on our supermarket shelves!
January 15, 2026 at 11:30 AM
I just signed the campaign calling to say NO chlorinated chicken on our supermarket shelves!
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The folks at More In Common found 2/3 of Brits are WRONG about immigration…
But are we really? Or do we just mean 2 different things when we talk about immigration?
But are we really? Or do we just mean 2 different things when we talk about immigration?
January 13, 2026 at 5:06 PM
The folks at More In Common found 2/3 of Brits are WRONG about immigration…
But are we really? Or do we just mean 2 different things when we talk about immigration?
But are we really? Or do we just mean 2 different things when we talk about immigration?
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Reform: where no one is too corrupt, no one is too racist, no one is too incompetent.
They welcome any and all shitstains. Very few questions asked. No principles ever needed. Just a raging sense of entitlement and a willingness to betray your country for money and maybe a grubby peerage.
They welcome any and all shitstains. Very few questions asked. No principles ever needed. Just a raging sense of entitlement and a willingness to betray your country for money and maybe a grubby peerage.
January 12, 2026 at 6:55 PM
Reform: where no one is too corrupt, no one is too racist, no one is too incompetent.
They welcome any and all shitstains. Very few questions asked. No principles ever needed. Just a raging sense of entitlement and a willingness to betray your country for money and maybe a grubby peerage.
They welcome any and all shitstains. Very few questions asked. No principles ever needed. Just a raging sense of entitlement and a willingness to betray your country for money and maybe a grubby peerage.
X's AI chatbot Grok appears to be making sex abuse images of women and children - and Elon Musk thinks he can get away with letting it! I’m calling for a full ban on X here in the UK and you should too - add your name to the petition now:
January 12, 2026 at 7:14 PM
X's AI chatbot Grok appears to be making sex abuse images of women and children - and Elon Musk thinks he can get away with letting it! I’m calling for a full ban on X here in the UK and you should too - add your name to the petition now:
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Priceless.
January 12, 2026 at 11:58 AM
Priceless.
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“Could be cleared within a decade” seems not much of a boast in return for trashing people’s right to jury trial
January 12, 2026 at 8:06 AM
“Could be cleared within a decade” seems not much of a boast in return for trashing people’s right to jury trial
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Two-thirds of UK voters wrongly think immigration is rising, poll finds.
Net migration to the UK fell by more than two-thirds to a post-pandemic low in the year ending June 2025, but 67% of the people polled thought it had increased
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
Net migration to the UK fell by more than two-thirds to a post-pandemic low in the year ending June 2025, but 67% of the people polled thought it had increased
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
Two-thirds of UK voters wrongly think immigration is rising, poll finds
Exclusive: Voters say they have little confidence that government can control borders despite sharp falls in net migration
www.theguardian.com
January 11, 2026 at 7:29 AM
Two-thirds of UK voters wrongly think immigration is rising, poll finds.
Net migration to the UK fell by more than two-thirds to a post-pandemic low in the year ending June 2025, but 67% of the people polled thought it had increased
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
Net migration to the UK fell by more than two-thirds to a post-pandemic low in the year ending June 2025, but 67% of the people polled thought it had increased
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
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January 11, 2026 at 12:49 PM
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Another important read. The official response to Renee Good's shooting (lies and calling her a communist agitator who deserved to die) is as frightening as the killing itself.
open.substack.com/pub/heatherd...
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January 10, 2026 at 8:57 AM
Another important read. The official response to Renee Good's shooting (lies and calling her a communist agitator who deserved to die) is as frightening as the killing itself.
open.substack.com/pub/heatherd...
open.substack.com/pub/heatherd...
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Which is exactly why the world needs international law…
Unbelievably things just took a turn for the worse Trump says he doesn’t need international law he’ll be guided by his own morality
So a convicted felon, pedophile, who ignores US law, incited insurrection, with zero integrity will be guided by his “me first” moral code
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So a convicted felon, pedophile, who ignores US law, incited insurrection, with zero integrity will be guided by his “me first” moral code
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‘I don’t need international law’: Trump says power constrained only by ‘my own morality’
President says morality ‘the only thing that can stop me’ in New York Times interview on limits to his authority
www.theguardian.com
January 9, 2026 at 10:05 AM
Which is exactly why the world needs international law…
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Watch the video of this Minneapolis shooting and tell me how anyone could reasonably say that the ICE officer looked like he was about to die or be injured and that three shots to the head is the logical response to the situation.
January 8, 2026 at 9:58 AM
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I don't hear anything pertinent about the wellbeing and future of the Venezuelans. I only hear "we will run Venezuela" and that the Trump regime seeks to "tap" the "oil reserves".
They don't fucking pretend anymore.
They are just thiefs who don't care that we know they are thiefs.
They don't fucking pretend anymore.
They are just thiefs who don't care that we know they are thiefs.
January 4, 2026 at 7:07 AM
I don't hear anything pertinent about the wellbeing and future of the Venezuelans. I only hear "we will run Venezuela" and that the Trump regime seeks to "tap" the "oil reserves".
They don't fucking pretend anymore.
They are just thiefs who don't care that we know they are thiefs.
They don't fucking pretend anymore.
They are just thiefs who don't care that we know they are thiefs.
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Building owner holding immigrants hostage to work for free—threatening to call ICE.
"We are being held hostage inside a cell and forced to work for free," man pleads for help.
"We are here forced to work in exchange for food for fear of immigration."
"Please someone help us!
"We are being held hostage inside a cell and forced to work for free," man pleads for help.
"We are here forced to work in exchange for food for fear of immigration."
"Please someone help us!
December 31, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Building owner holding immigrants hostage to work for free—threatening to call ICE.
"We are being held hostage inside a cell and forced to work for free," man pleads for help.
"We are here forced to work in exchange for food for fear of immigration."
"Please someone help us!
"We are being held hostage inside a cell and forced to work for free," man pleads for help.
"We are here forced to work in exchange for food for fear of immigration."
"Please someone help us!
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The dictator’s threats and dirty tricks go unanswered and unpunished. We can’t keep rolling over like this
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Putin is out to destroy the UK and Europe. If we don’t accept that, we’re doomed
The dictator’s threats and dirty tricks go unanswered and unpunished. We can’t keep rolling over like this
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December 29, 2025 at 5:30 PM
The dictator’s threats and dirty tricks go unanswered and unpunished. We can’t keep rolling over like this
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