Scott
@sandpiperhouse.bsky.social
Family, community.
Interests: UK, EU & US politics, history, tea, cake, tea, biscuits.
Independent.
Pro EU.
Not a fan of trump.
Growing increasingly appalled at US.
Repost ≠ agreement, unless it's about destroying Russia.
Support Ukraine, always 🇺🇦
Interests: UK, EU & US politics, history, tea, cake, tea, biscuits.
Independent.
Pro EU.
Not a fan of trump.
Growing increasingly appalled at US.
Repost ≠ agreement, unless it's about destroying Russia.
Support Ukraine, always 🇺🇦
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Scott
@sandpiperhouse.bsky.social
· Feb 19
Can't help but feel that Zelensky has become the collective moral conscience of democracies opposed to Russia. The scales have fallen from his eyes regarding Trump, who would undo it all, and anyone who believes in freedom and democratic values needs to hear him now and support Ukraine.
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Starmer once again says there will be no return to free movement of people
Please repost if you demand the restoration of the Freedom of Movement that was robbed from us by foreign interference and the worst abuses of democracy in modern British history.
Please repost if you demand the restoration of the Freedom of Movement that was robbed from us by foreign interference and the worst abuses of democracy in modern British history.
January 4, 2026 at 8:53 PM
Starmer once again says there will be no return to free movement of people
Please repost if you demand the restoration of the Freedom of Movement that was robbed from us by foreign interference and the worst abuses of democracy in modern British history.
Please repost if you demand the restoration of the Freedom of Movement that was robbed from us by foreign interference and the worst abuses of democracy in modern British history.
I feel Zelenskyy's disappointment, bafflement, consternation- and frankly, his exhaustion at the double standards shown by these so called 'neutral' countries and their selective outrage. His reaction feels real rather than performative, unlike the responses we've seen from Modi, the UAE, and others
December 31, 2025 at 4:35 AM
I feel Zelenskyy's disappointment, bafflement, consternation- and frankly, his exhaustion at the double standards shown by these so called 'neutral' countries and their selective outrage. His reaction feels real rather than performative, unlike the responses we've seen from Modi, the UAE, and others
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I'd like to see the next Dem candidate for president (and the entire party) run on a platform of immediately recognizing the ICC and supporting its prosecutions of all who violate international law including heads of state promoting murder, piracy, etc. Hold them accountable.
December 11, 2025 at 1:13 AM
I'd like to see the next Dem candidate for president (and the entire party) run on a platform of immediately recognizing the ICC and supporting its prosecutions of all who violate international law including heads of state promoting murder, piracy, etc. Hold them accountable.
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Remember: if a legal opinion is sound then it matters not how “great” or “distinguished“ the lawyer is.
And if it is not sound, it is not saved by the lawyer being “great” or “distinguished“.
And if it is not sound, it is not saved by the lawyer being “great” or “distinguished“.
Apparently, Stephen Miller cosplayed a “many great legal scholars” last night.
November 23, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Remember: if a legal opinion is sound then it matters not how “great” or “distinguished“ the lawyer is.
And if it is not sound, it is not saved by the lawyer being “great” or “distinguished“.
And if it is not sound, it is not saved by the lawyer being “great” or “distinguished“.
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Most asylum seekers arrive with their valuables long lost in bombed or abandoned homes, stolen, or sold to afford the dangerous clandestine passage to safety
The real thing of value to be snatched from refugees under these proposals is far more painful: their families & futures
Me, for @zeteo.com
The real thing of value to be snatched from refugees under these proposals is far more painful: their families & futures
Me, for @zeteo.com
November 17, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Most asylum seekers arrive with their valuables long lost in bombed or abandoned homes, stolen, or sold to afford the dangerous clandestine passage to safety
The real thing of value to be snatched from refugees under these proposals is far more painful: their families & futures
Me, for @zeteo.com
The real thing of value to be snatched from refugees under these proposals is far more painful: their families & futures
Me, for @zeteo.com
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NEW: Jeffrey Epstein said in emails that he had been advising the Russian government on how to deal with Donald Trump, one of several cases in which he wielded his connections to try to influence the course of foreign affairs. w @nahaltoosi
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
November 12, 2025 at 8:43 PM
NEW: Jeffrey Epstein said in emails that he had been advising the Russian government on how to deal with Donald Trump, one of several cases in which he wielded his connections to try to influence the course of foreign affairs. w @nahaltoosi
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
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Some of you will already have encountered a rather nasty piece of work causing everything from mild annoyance to serious distress through targeted harassment using muliple accounts.
You can share info here:
bsky.app/profile/ozym...
You can share info here:
bsky.app/profile/ozym...
bsky.app
November 10, 2025 at 10:39 AM
Some of you will already have encountered a rather nasty piece of work causing everything from mild annoyance to serious distress through targeted harassment using muliple accounts.
You can share info here:
bsky.app/profile/ozym...
You can share info here:
bsky.app/profile/ozym...
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The BBC is now in a fight for its life. It enemies will be happy www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/media/...
The BBC is in a fight for its survival
The BBC only has itself to blame for its handling of a serious error in a documentary on Trump. But its demise—as the US media landscape shows—would l...
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk
November 10, 2025 at 10:39 AM
The BBC is now in a fight for its life. It enemies will be happy www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/media/...
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Robbie Gibb once suggested that reporters should reflect if they were getting more retweets from one side than the other - a braindead analysis that ignores that fair and impartial reporting of education might get more Tory retweets than say, criminal justice.
Stephen really does have the best take on this. It’s not clear that the BBC Board or indeed the rest of the News team really understood the message of the previous reviews, which were about getting detail right. Instead they wanted to know what was ‘biased’ or not like they were blotting out stains.
The impossible dream some people on the British right are chasing is that you can have a BBC News operation that retreats from detail and expertise, that takes dictation from the government, but this will only create incompetence and failure when it suits you:
November 10, 2025 at 10:39 AM
Robbie Gibb once suggested that reporters should reflect if they were getting more retweets from one side than the other - a braindead analysis that ignores that fair and impartial reporting of education might get more Tory retweets than say, criminal justice.
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Stephen really does have the best take on this. It’s not clear that the BBC Board or indeed the rest of the News team really understood the message of the previous reviews, which were about getting detail right. Instead they wanted to know what was ‘biased’ or not like they were blotting out stains.
The impossible dream some people on the British right are chasing is that you can have a BBC News operation that retreats from detail and expertise, that takes dictation from the government, but this will only create incompetence and failure when it suits you:
To fix the BBC, focus on competence and cash
Corporation fails to learn from criticism, while politicians have consciously reduced its scope for quality journalism
www.ft.com
November 10, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Stephen really does have the best take on this. It’s not clear that the BBC Board or indeed the rest of the News team really understood the message of the previous reviews, which were about getting detail right. Instead they wanted to know what was ‘biased’ or not like they were blotting out stains.
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They don’t care about anything or anyone, it’s all about power and money.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Adlington: 'We've nowhere to go if Grove House care home shuts'
Residents and their families plea to keep Grove House in Adlington open as a consultation continues.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 10, 2025 at 10:13 AM
They don’t care about anything or anyone, it’s all about power and money.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Meanwhile, in Reform's Lancashire CC, the councillor in charge of care homes, owns a private care home, and is closing council care homes. 👀
A resident’s son, a Reform party member, said any move would “kill” his mother. ~AA
#NeverThoughtTheLeopards
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
A resident’s son, a Reform party member, said any move would “kill” his mother. ~AA
#NeverThoughtTheLeopards
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Lancashire’s Reform-run council plans to close care homes and day centres
Questions about potential conflict of interest as council’s cabinet member for social care owns private care company
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 10:08 AM
Meanwhile, in Reform's Lancashire CC, the councillor in charge of care homes, owns a private care home, and is closing council care homes. 👀
A resident’s son, a Reform party member, said any move would “kill” his mother. ~AA
#NeverThoughtTheLeopards
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
A resident’s son, a Reform party member, said any move would “kill” his mother. ~AA
#NeverThoughtTheLeopards
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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I had my disagreements with the BBC under Tim Davie but he was a decent man doing a difficult job.
To see Trump's White House claiming credit for his downfall and attacking the BBC should worry us all.
To see Trump's White House claiming credit for his downfall and attacking the BBC should worry us all.
November 9, 2025 at 8:00 PM
I had my disagreements with the BBC under Tim Davie but he was a decent man doing a difficult job.
To see Trump's White House claiming credit for his downfall and attacking the BBC should worry us all.
To see Trump's White House claiming credit for his downfall and attacking the BBC should worry us all.
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The BBC's senior leadership resigning en masse over one dodgy edit in one programme, simply because the right wing press demands it, tells you everything you need to know about where the power really lies in that relationship
November 9, 2025 at 8:04 PM
The BBC's senior leadership resigning en masse over one dodgy edit in one programme, simply because the right wing press demands it, tells you everything you need to know about where the power really lies in that relationship
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Wrote something with @emile-chabal.bsky.social in @foreignpolicy.com about how the immigration debate in the UK has gotten so off the rails recently: foreignpolicy.com/2025/11/05/b...
Britain Is Having the World’s Most Extreme Immigration Debate
The British discourse makes even the Trump administration look moderate.
foreignpolicy.com
November 6, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Wrote something with @emile-chabal.bsky.social in @foreignpolicy.com about how the immigration debate in the UK has gotten so off the rails recently: foreignpolicy.com/2025/11/05/b...
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Your papers please.
October 31, 2025 at 3:34 AM
Your papers please.
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Doing politics is not the same as producing content for an audience. www.thebulwark.com/p/twilight-o...
Twilight of the Democratic Influencer Candidates
Online celebs keep trying to turn big followings into viable congressional campaigns. Democrats should stay wary.
www.thebulwark.com
October 31, 2025 at 3:30 AM
Doing politics is not the same as producing content for an audience. www.thebulwark.com/p/twilight-o...
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The Senate just voted to strip #DonaldTrump of his power to impose #tariffs. MULTIPLE #Republicans abandoned him and joined #Democrats to shut him down, second night in a row the #GOP has turned on him.
Trumps grip on his own party is cracking in REAL TIME!!
NOW for the #Epsteinfiles...
Trumps grip on his own party is cracking in REAL TIME!!
NOW for the #Epsteinfiles...
October 30, 2025 at 11:22 PM
The Senate just voted to strip #DonaldTrump of his power to impose #tariffs. MULTIPLE #Republicans abandoned him and joined #Democrats to shut him down, second night in a row the #GOP has turned on him.
Trumps grip on his own party is cracking in REAL TIME!!
NOW for the #Epsteinfiles...
Trumps grip on his own party is cracking in REAL TIME!!
NOW for the #Epsteinfiles...
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Far too many in SA still think Putin’s RF is legitimate successor to the USSR, which supported military action against apartheid & included Ukrainians. (Unsuccessful warfare, yet forever glorified by the ruling ANC). Musk OTOH…he’s just a vile abusive fascist and white supremacist. Isn’t it ironic.
October 31, 2025 at 3:27 AM
Far too many in SA still think Putin’s RF is legitimate successor to the USSR, which supported military action against apartheid & included Ukrainians. (Unsuccessful warfare, yet forever glorified by the ruling ANC). Musk OTOH…he’s just a vile abusive fascist and white supremacist. Isn’t it ironic.
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🗞️ Covered by @bylinetimes.bsky.social, @nation.cymru, @scotnational.bsky.social - but ignored by most UK media.
At a moment when hostile states are shaping elections, that silence is part of the story.
bylinetimes.com/2025/10/22/u...
At a moment when hostile states are shaping elections, that silence is part of the story.
bylinetimes.com/2025/10/22/u...
UK Government's 'Failure to Investigate Foreign Interference' Challenged in Europe's Highest Court
The group of former MPs warn that UK elections are “still at risk” over the Government’s failure to investigate "credible evidence" of Russian interference
bylinetimes.com
October 23, 2025 at 2:53 PM
🗞️ Covered by @bylinetimes.bsky.social, @nation.cymru, @scotnational.bsky.social - but ignored by most UK media.
At a moment when hostile states are shaping elections, that silence is part of the story.
bylinetimes.com/2025/10/22/u...
At a moment when hostile states are shaping elections, that silence is part of the story.
bylinetimes.com/2025/10/22/u...
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The Orange Fucking Turd doesn’t care about any Court Ruling. What are the consequences? He is not listening, he is basically telling our judicial system to fuck off. Aren’t we tired of hearing about another baseless loss for Trump?
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@fightingliberal.bsky.social
· Oct 17
Another Trump court loss...
A federal appeals court declined for now to let the Trump administration deploy troops in the Chicago area...
A different judge said she was ‘profoundly concerned’ federal officials in Chicago were violating her orders.
(Free gift article)
wapo.st/3WHU3dO
A federal appeals court declined for now to let the Trump administration deploy troops in the Chicago area...
A different judge said she was ‘profoundly concerned’ federal officials in Chicago were violating her orders.
(Free gift article)
wapo.st/3WHU3dO
Judges admonish Trump administration, hand it legal setbacks in Chicago cases
A federal appeals court declined for now to let the Trump administration deploy troops in the Chicago area. A different judge said she was ‘profoundly concerned’ federal officials were violating her o...
wapo.st
October 17, 2025 at 4:45 AM
The Orange Fucking Turd doesn’t care about any Court Ruling. What are the consequences? He is not listening, he is basically telling our judicial system to fuck off. Aren’t we tired of hearing about another baseless loss for Trump?
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🤬 UN humanitarian convoy in Bilozerka in Kherson Region was attacked by Russia…
October 16, 2025 at 1:33 PM
🤬 UN humanitarian convoy in Bilozerka in Kherson Region was attacked by Russia…
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