Max B 💙 🔶 🇺🇦 🇬🇧 🇪🇺
@maxbrockbank.com
Happily-married dad & Santa lookalike. Cat lackey. ½ US, ½ UK, 💯% EU. Liberal & a Democrat (LibDem). Ex-Tabloid hack, now dabbles in SEO (See @BigInSEO.Bsky.social)
I do sarcasm. A lot.
I block MAGA + all other zealots + bots.
Don't be a dick!
I do sarcasm. A lot.
I block MAGA + all other zealots + bots.
Don't be a dick!
Deform UK’s “flagship” Kent County Council is reportedly hurtling towards “financial oblivion” with a £46.5m overspend.
If this is the flagship, imagine the fleet.
Trussonomics on steroids – with extra needles.
If this is the flagship, imagine the fleet.
Trussonomics on steroids – with extra needles.
November 24, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Deform UK’s “flagship” Kent County Council is reportedly hurtling towards “financial oblivion” with a £46.5m overspend.
If this is the flagship, imagine the fleet.
Trussonomics on steroids – with extra needles.
If this is the flagship, imagine the fleet.
Trussonomics on steroids – with extra needles.
I remember sitting in a bar in Ghent, Belgium, and literally thinking, people have been drinking here since before "Columbus sailed the ocean blue"!
November 24, 2025 at 6:08 PM
I remember sitting in a bar in Ghent, Belgium, and literally thinking, people have been drinking here since before "Columbus sailed the ocean blue"!
Q on Quora: Why do average Americans have a higher IQ than Brits?
Average American...
Average American...
November 24, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Q on Quora: Why do average Americans have a higher IQ than Brits?
Average American...
Average American...
The Trump admin removed a memorial for Black troops at the Margraten WW2 cemetery.
Though on Netherlands soil, it's owned by the US.
Outraged, Dutch satire show Even tot hier found them and placed them just outside the grounds - fully visible, on Dutch soil.
Police removed them hours later.
Though on Netherlands soil, it's owned by the US.
Outraged, Dutch satire show Even tot hier found them and placed them just outside the grounds - fully visible, on Dutch soil.
Police removed them hours later.
November 24, 2025 at 9:37 AM
The Trump admin removed a memorial for Black troops at the Margraten WW2 cemetery.
Though on Netherlands soil, it's owned by the US.
Outraged, Dutch satire show Even tot hier found them and placed them just outside the grounds - fully visible, on Dutch soil.
Police removed them hours later.
Though on Netherlands soil, it's owned by the US.
Outraged, Dutch satire show Even tot hier found them and placed them just outside the grounds - fully visible, on Dutch soil.
Police removed them hours later.
A different perspective on the Trump-Putin "Peace Plan" to end the Ukraine conflict, as if applied to Venezuela.
November 24, 2025 at 9:25 AM
A different perspective on the Trump-Putin "Peace Plan" to end the Ukraine conflict, as if applied to Venezuela.
Hole in the economy caused by a decade of Tory grift, incompetence and greed = £20Bn
Cost of the Test & Trace scheme praised by Bozo Johnson as better than lockdown at curbing COVVID = £ 37Bn.
Cost of the Test & Trace scheme praised by Bozo Johnson as better than lockdown at curbing COVVID = £ 37Bn.
November 24, 2025 at 8:48 AM
Hole in the economy caused by a decade of Tory grift, incompetence and greed = £20Bn
Cost of the Test & Trace scheme praised by Bozo Johnson as better than lockdown at curbing COVVID = £ 37Bn.
Cost of the Test & Trace scheme praised by Bozo Johnson as better than lockdown at curbing COVVID = £ 37Bn.
She sold off the "bloated out of date industries" to Tory-friendly foreign companies, and they suddenly became successful cash cows.
They were "bloated and out of date" by [Tory] design.
See also: Noam Chomsky.
They were "bloated and out of date" by [Tory] design.
See also: Noam Chomsky.
November 24, 2025 at 8:25 AM
She sold off the "bloated out of date industries" to Tory-friendly foreign companies, and they suddenly became successful cash cows.
They were "bloated and out of date" by [Tory] design.
See also: Noam Chomsky.
They were "bloated and out of date" by [Tory] design.
See also: Noam Chomsky.
Putin foolishly boasted he would occupy Kyiv in 3 days.
But he did did manage to occupy the White House in 4 years.
But he did did manage to occupy the White House in 4 years.
November 23, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Putin foolishly boasted he would occupy Kyiv in 3 days.
But he did did manage to occupy the White House in 4 years.
But he did did manage to occupy the White House in 4 years.
So King Donald the Mad failed to win the Nobel Peace prize but his alleged new "Peace Plan for Ukraine" shows he's doing his damnedest best to win "Kremlin Employee of the Month".
November 23, 2025 at 9:17 PM
So King Donald the Mad failed to win the Nobel Peace prize but his alleged new "Peace Plan for Ukraine" shows he's doing his damnedest best to win "Kremlin Employee of the Month".
King Donald the Mad is wallowing in what might have been - or might yet be to come?
November 23, 2025 at 9:08 PM
King Donald the Mad is wallowing in what might have been - or might yet be to come?
Xitter's hurriedly-aborted location feature - which showed the most vocal MAGA accounts were really posting from Nigeria, Serbia, Russia and other countries behind fake flags - proved what we’ve always known: the chaos is coordinated.
November 23, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Xitter's hurriedly-aborted location feature - which showed the most vocal MAGA accounts were really posting from Nigeria, Serbia, Russia and other countries behind fake flags - proved what we’ve always known: the chaos is coordinated.
Reuters has confirmed that King Donald the Mad's "28-point Ukraine peace plan" was written by Russia, handed to Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff during a Miami hotel meeting with sanctioned Kremlin operative Kirill Dmitriev, then pushed as US policy.
Oops.
Oops.
November 23, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Reuters has confirmed that King Donald the Mad's "28-point Ukraine peace plan" was written by Russia, handed to Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff during a Miami hotel meeting with sanctioned Kremlin operative Kirill Dmitriev, then pushed as US policy.
Oops.
Oops.
He knows deep down that it's almost all done. He's crumbling before our eyes. Not long now.
Shame. Said no one ever.
Shame. Said no one ever.
November 23, 2025 at 6:36 PM
He knows deep down that it's almost all done. He's crumbling before our eyes. Not long now.
Shame. Said no one ever.
Shame. Said no one ever.
The Express says Starmer will definitely resign in January, just 13 months later than they said he would definitely resign at the same lie this time last year.
November 23, 2025 at 6:31 PM
The Express says Starmer will definitely resign in January, just 13 months later than they said he would definitely resign at the same lie this time last year.
It was going to happen.
[The Onion: satire]
[The Onion: satire]
November 23, 2025 at 8:19 AM
It was going to happen.
[The Onion: satire]
[The Onion: satire]
The Moscow Times reports Russia’s Central Bank has discovered a 10 TRILLION Ruble "black hole" in unpaid loans - that's 24% of the entire Russian budget gone.
Another reason Putin is pushing for a “peace” deal.
Russia is weaker and poorer than ever.
Another reason Putin is pushing for a “peace” deal.
Russia is weaker and poorer than ever.
November 22, 2025 at 10:34 PM
The Moscow Times reports Russia’s Central Bank has discovered a 10 TRILLION Ruble "black hole" in unpaid loans - that's 24% of the entire Russian budget gone.
Another reason Putin is pushing for a “peace” deal.
Russia is weaker and poorer than ever.
Another reason Putin is pushing for a “peace” deal.
Russia is weaker and poorer than ever.
91.5 tonnes of the "Russian" gold the country is now selling to stay afloat is actually the Romanian national treasure, sent to Russia for safekeeping during WW1, which has never been returned.
November 22, 2025 at 10:16 PM
91.5 tonnes of the "Russian" gold the country is now selling to stay afloat is actually the Romanian national treasure, sent to Russia for safekeeping during WW1, which has never been returned.
The big liest poll numbers ever seen.
November 22, 2025 at 10:05 PM
The big liest poll numbers ever seen.
Who'd have guessed Fox would have reported this?
November 22, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Who'd have guessed Fox would have reported this?
Xitter has disabled its new profile-location feature hours after launch, after it showed several prominent accounts - previously believed to be US-based right-wing or pro-Israel voices - were operated from "other countries".
November 22, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Xitter has disabled its new profile-location feature hours after launch, after it showed several prominent accounts - previously believed to be US-based right-wing or pro-Israel voices - were operated from "other countries".
Is Marjorie Taylor Greene's departure date anything significant?
Well, for starters, it's just a day or so after her Congressional pension kicks in.
She knows the writing is on the wall for the GOP. When better to go after making $$$ by insider trading stocks while in office?
Well, for starters, it's just a day or so after her Congressional pension kicks in.
She knows the writing is on the wall for the GOP. When better to go after making $$$ by insider trading stocks while in office?
November 22, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Is Marjorie Taylor Greene's departure date anything significant?
Well, for starters, it's just a day or so after her Congressional pension kicks in.
She knows the writing is on the wall for the GOP. When better to go after making $$$ by insider trading stocks while in office?
Well, for starters, it's just a day or so after her Congressional pension kicks in.
She knows the writing is on the wall for the GOP. When better to go after making $$$ by insider trading stocks while in office?