Ralph Ferrett
@ralphferrett.bsky.social
Trade Unionist, Dog Lover, Food fanatic, Argyle Fan.
Sucks at Destiny 2
Sucks at Destiny 2
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If (for the sake of argument) I could not afford a pair of glasses, I would be severly diabled and would struggle to find a job I could work at.
A review into the causes of myopia diagnosis would not enable me to work! A pair of glasses would easily stop me claiming benefits.
A review into the causes of myopia diagnosis would not enable me to work! A pair of glasses would easily stop me claiming benefits.
December 4, 2025 at 10:29 AM
If (for the sake of argument) I could not afford a pair of glasses, I would be severly diabled and would struggle to find a job I could work at.
A review into the causes of myopia diagnosis would not enable me to work! A pair of glasses would easily stop me claiming benefits.
A review into the causes of myopia diagnosis would not enable me to work! A pair of glasses would easily stop me claiming benefits.
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The real question is not "Why is Bluesky so left-coded," the real question is "Why can't the right exist in a social media environment without algorithmic assistance, where people can ignore them"
December 2, 2025 at 3:08 PM
The real question is not "Why is Bluesky so left-coded," the real question is "Why can't the right exist in a social media environment without algorithmic assistance, where people can ignore them"
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This is actually quite brilliant, up to and including the final sentence 🔥
December 1, 2025 at 11:09 AM
This is actually quite brilliant, up to and including the final sentence 🔥
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Rightly lots of debates about growth this weekend - rightly because it was low productivity growth that saw wages entirely flatline during the 2010s.
November 30, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Rightly lots of debates about growth this weekend - rightly because it was low productivity growth that saw wages entirely flatline during the 2010s.
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Damn. I had money on Party McPartyFace.
loving the fact that YourParty has voted for a new name and it's YourParty
November 30, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Damn. I had money on Party McPartyFace.
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RIP Tom Stoppard—the most talented contemporary British playwright—also known as Tomáš Sträussler, born in Czechoslovakia and fled as a Jewish refugee to England in 1946. Freedom wasn’t only a theatrical device for him but something personal, and perhaps that’s what made all the difference.
November 30, 2025 at 6:58 AM
RIP Tom Stoppard—the most talented contemporary British playwright—also known as Tomáš Sträussler, born in Czechoslovakia and fled as a Jewish refugee to England in 1946. Freedom wasn’t only a theatrical device for him but something personal, and perhaps that’s what made all the difference.
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"For there will never cease to be poor in the land. Therefore I command you, 'You shall open wide your hand to your brother, to the needy, and to the poor, in your land'"
Deuteronomy 15:11
Deuteronomy 15:11
November 28, 2025 at 1:43 PM
"For there will never cease to be poor in the land. Therefore I command you, 'You shall open wide your hand to your brother, to the needy, and to the poor, in your land'"
Deuteronomy 15:11
Deuteronomy 15:11
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The UK, where the day after a decision to take half a million children out of poverty, the media & political world has been full of sneering at those same children & their families, labelling them as ‘Benefits Street’, while the same people are moaning about a tax on £2m mansions. Shameful stuff.
November 27, 2025 at 8:22 PM
The UK, where the day after a decision to take half a million children out of poverty, the media & political world has been full of sneering at those same children & their families, labelling them as ‘Benefits Street’, while the same people are moaning about a tax on £2m mansions. Shameful stuff.
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It's such a bizarre framing. Labour MPs think taking 450k kids out of poverty is putting the country first! That's why they wanted it to happen! It's not because they personally benefit.
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 1:16 PM
It's such a bizarre framing. Labour MPs think taking 450k kids out of poverty is putting the country first! That's why they wanted it to happen! It's not because they personally benefit.
By no means a fan of this Labour Government but I think that this point is spot on.
This policy is politically harmful to Labour, broadly unpopular with the public, the Government and Number 10 didn't want it, and it's only happening because Labour MPs knowing this forced the Government into it.
This policy is politically harmful to Labour, broadly unpopular with the public, the Government and Number 10 didn't want it, and it's only happening because Labour MPs knowing this forced the Government into it.
Also Labour MPs know it’s not a vote winner, they just want to do it because they think it’s right. How’s that become such an alien concept in our politics?
November 27, 2025 at 2:41 PM
By no means a fan of this Labour Government but I think that this point is spot on.
This policy is politically harmful to Labour, broadly unpopular with the public, the Government and Number 10 didn't want it, and it's only happening because Labour MPs knowing this forced the Government into it.
This policy is politically harmful to Labour, broadly unpopular with the public, the Government and Number 10 didn't want it, and it's only happening because Labour MPs knowing this forced the Government into it.
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Also Labour MPs know it’s not a vote winner, they just want to do it because they think it’s right. How’s that become such an alien concept in our politics?
November 27, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Also Labour MPs know it’s not a vote winner, they just want to do it because they think it’s right. How’s that become such an alien concept in our politics?
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This really needs emphasizing. The entirety of the UK media ecosystem is utterly fixated on a 100% fabricated "crisis".
Net migration has fallen again to 204,000, the lowest level since 2021 and is forecast to continue falling over the coming years.
Not that you would know it from the endless coverage of Britain's supposed "immigration crisis"
Not that you would know it from the endless coverage of Britain's supposed "immigration crisis"
November 27, 2025 at 12:48 PM
This really needs emphasizing. The entirety of the UK media ecosystem is utterly fixated on a 100% fabricated "crisis".
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Pediatricians say vaccines do not cause autism. A bear-eating heroin addict who fantasizes about sucking his own semen out of his lovers' orifices says they do. For busy parents, it can be hard to know who to trust.
November 26, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Pediatricians say vaccines do not cause autism. A bear-eating heroin addict who fantasizes about sucking his own semen out of his lovers' orifices says they do. For busy parents, it can be hard to know who to trust.
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"Labour are concerned that raising Income Tax or NI will cut spending power, so instead they will just bring more of your income under NI and have you pay tax on that instead. No, this is not the same because shut up."
November 26, 2025 at 12:46 AM
"Labour are concerned that raising Income Tax or NI will cut spending power, so instead they will just bring more of your income under NI and have you pay tax on that instead. No, this is not the same because shut up."
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My taxes bring all the boys to the yard.
And they're like "this is bad approach to fiscal policy".
And they're like "this is bad approach to fiscal policy".
November 25, 2025 at 11:55 AM
My taxes bring all the boys to the yard.
And they're like "this is bad approach to fiscal policy".
And they're like "this is bad approach to fiscal policy".
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This Labour government’s talent for punishing its own natural supporters without gaining any new ones is something I don’t think I’ve ever seen in politics. What on earth are they smoking
November 23, 2025 at 10:57 PM
This Labour government’s talent for punishing its own natural supporters without gaining any new ones is something I don’t think I’ve ever seen in politics. What on earth are they smoking
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Modern Cruise Ships look extremely stupid.
November 24, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Modern Cruise Ships look extremely stupid.
Best political tweet Evar!
It’s like Brewster’s Millions but for giving away votes
November 24, 2025 at 9:55 AM
Best political tweet Evar!
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My most popular cartoon by a long chalk is also oddly niche, in that it mostly appeals to a generation who remember the song it refers to and enjoy the nostalgia for their youth. I can draw one for you if you like.
www.worldofmoose.com/collections/...
www.worldofmoose.com/collections/...
October 25, 2025 at 10:38 AM
My most popular cartoon by a long chalk is also oddly niche, in that it mostly appeals to a generation who remember the song it refers to and enjoy the nostalgia for their youth. I can draw one for you if you like.
www.worldofmoose.com/collections/...
www.worldofmoose.com/collections/...
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Morning.
November 21, 2025 at 3:46 AM
Morning.
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Couldn’t really be much simpler than this.
Tommy Robinson ain’t trolling, he likes what you’re selling.
Tommy Robinson ain’t trolling, he likes what you’re selling.
Remarkably simple solution. If you don't want the backing of the far-right for your immigration policy, or to have people point out that you have their backing, don't base your immigration policy on the far-right's rhetoric and ideology.
www.independent.co.uk/tv/news/shab...
www.independent.co.uk/tv/news/shab...
Shabana Mahmood hits out at Tommy Robinson’s backing of Labour’s migration policy
Shabana Mahmood has said she finds it “deeply offensive” when MPs quote Tommy Robinson at her in the Commons, after the far-right activist backed the government’s sweeping asylum reforms. Asked about ...
www.independent.co.uk
November 20, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Couldn’t really be much simpler than this.
Tommy Robinson ain’t trolling, he likes what you’re selling.
Tommy Robinson ain’t trolling, he likes what you’re selling.
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After another week of banging on about immigration, Keir Starmer's ratings fall to their lowest ever level.
At what point do Labour strategists start to think that maybe this isn't quite the winning strategy they believed?
At what point do Labour strategists start to think that maybe this isn't quite the winning strategy they believed?
November 20, 2025 at 9:59 AM
After another week of banging on about immigration, Keir Starmer's ratings fall to their lowest ever level.
At what point do Labour strategists start to think that maybe this isn't quite the winning strategy they believed?
At what point do Labour strategists start to think that maybe this isn't quite the winning strategy they believed?
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From @philipjcowley.bsky.social - thanks to a happy coincidence we have a much more rigorous than usual understanding of the impact of Keir Starmer's "Island of Strangers" speech. As Cowley puts it "It is not obvious this was the intended outcome"
November 20, 2025 at 1:27 PM
From @philipjcowley.bsky.social - thanks to a happy coincidence we have a much more rigorous than usual understanding of the impact of Keir Starmer's "Island of Strangers" speech. As Cowley puts it "It is not obvious this was the intended outcome"