Sharpie
@sharpinsky.bsky.social
Cat dad and northern lad. Hillwalker. Probably “woke”. Sometime korfballer. Music, food and travel. And history and architecture. #NUFC
North-eastern England.
Like Reform? Passionate about flags? You’re going to hate me.
North-eastern England.
Like Reform? Passionate about flags? You’re going to hate me.
Another drive through Cowgate, more flags. This is Newcastle. Not East Belfast. It’s not immigration that’s dividing communities. It’s nativism.
November 19, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Another drive through Cowgate, more flags. This is Newcastle. Not East Belfast. It’s not immigration that’s dividing communities. It’s nativism.
It’s almost as if electing people with no experience of how to run local government and an unwillingness to learn or benefit from the wisdom of others might not be a great idea.
🚨 BREAKING: Kent County Council is hurtling towards financial oblivion under Reform.
A shocking new council report reveals a projected budget black hole of £46.5 million for this year. The Reform Administration has completely lost control of our finances. 🔶
A shocking new council report reveals a projected budget black hole of £46.5 million for this year. The Reform Administration has completely lost control of our finances. 🔶
November 19, 2025 at 10:48 PM
It’s almost as if electing people with no experience of how to run local government and an unwillingness to learn or benefit from the wisdom of others might not be a great idea.
Proud that Newcastle has been rated 6th best by Go Outdoors blog for a winter adventure. The North Pennines and Cheviots are fun in winter conditions (wrap up warm). If they haven’t gritted Dean Street you might well end up in the Tyne.
blog.gooutdoors.co.uk/winter-adven...
blog.gooutdoors.co.uk/winter-adven...
Winter Adventures | Best UK Winter Breaks | GO Outdoors Blog
As cities and towns transform into festive wonderlands, GO Outdoors explore the best areas across the UK for the ultimate winter experience.
blog.gooutdoors.co.uk
November 19, 2025 at 9:59 AM
Proud that Newcastle has been rated 6th best by Go Outdoors blog for a winter adventure. The North Pennines and Cheviots are fun in winter conditions (wrap up warm). If they haven’t gritted Dean Street you might well end up in the Tyne.
blog.gooutdoors.co.uk/winter-adven...
blog.gooutdoors.co.uk/winter-adven...
@teamlabouruk.bsky.social
This is what happens when you pursue the hard right on an immigration policy.
This is what happens when you pursue the hard right on an immigration policy.
Danish Social democrats suffered a massive defeat in Copenhagen last night. They incurred similar defeats across the country and there will be a general election in the next year. In Copenhagen the far-left Enhedslisten (the unity list) won the most mandates followed by the socialist people's party.
November 19, 2025 at 9:20 AM
@teamlabouruk.bsky.social
This is what happens when you pursue the hard right on an immigration policy.
This is what happens when you pursue the hard right on an immigration policy.
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Some very important points on International Men's Day, and every other day besides.
All of us men need to stick together, lift each other up and make sure we're OK.
Messages are always open, always here to listen and help where I can.
Hold on lads, we have ALL got this. ❤️
All of us men need to stick together, lift each other up and make sure we're OK.
Messages are always open, always here to listen and help where I can.
Hold on lads, we have ALL got this. ❤️
November 19, 2025 at 7:22 AM
Some very important points on International Men's Day, and every other day besides.
All of us men need to stick together, lift each other up and make sure we're OK.
Messages are always open, always here to listen and help where I can.
Hold on lads, we have ALL got this. ❤️
All of us men need to stick together, lift each other up and make sure we're OK.
Messages are always open, always here to listen and help where I can.
Hold on lads, we have ALL got this. ❤️
Charlie and Craig Reid of the Proclaimers planning to spend their royalties from next summer’s massive overplay of “Letter From America”.
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a cartoon of a dog jumping out of a hole into a pile of gold coins
ALT: a cartoon of a dog jumping out of a hole into a pile of gold coins
media.tenor.com
November 18, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Charlie and Craig Reid of the Proclaimers planning to spend their royalties from next summer’s massive overplay of “Letter From America”.
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When Bone Spurs met Bone Saws.
November 18, 2025 at 7:14 PM
When Bone Spurs met Bone Saws.
So why are we wasting our time on it as a major issue then?
‘UK net migration 20% lower in 2024 than first thought, ONS says,’ reports BBC. Estimate now 345,000.
New net migration stats published next Thursday expected to show further fall.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
New net migration stats published next Thursday expected to show further fall.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
UK net migration 20% lower in 2024 than first thought, ONS says
The main reason for the change is that more UK nationals are thought to have emigrated in 2024 than initially recorded.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 18, 2025 at 6:49 PM
So why are we wasting our time on it as a major issue then?
“Deeply shocking”.
Not really. This is more or less what I’d expect from that cunt.
Not really. This is more or less what I’d expect from that cunt.
💥 NEW: ‘Deeply shocking’: Nigel Farage faces fresh claims of racism and antisemitism at school
“He would sidle up to me and growl: ‘Hitler was right,’ or ‘Gas them,’ sometimes adding a long hiss to simulate the sound of the gas showers".
Read on for more...
www.theguardian.com/politics/ng-...
“He would sidle up to me and growl: ‘Hitler was right,’ or ‘Gas them,’ sometimes adding a long hiss to simulate the sound of the gas showers".
Read on for more...
www.theguardian.com/politics/ng-...
‘Deeply shocking’: Nigel Farage faces fresh claims of racism and antisemitism at school
Bafta-winning director among contemporaries urging contrition and apology from Reform UK leader, who denies the allegations
www.theguardian.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:15 PM
“Deeply shocking”.
Not really. This is more or less what I’d expect from that cunt.
Not really. This is more or less what I’d expect from that cunt.
Hard to know if this is distraction from the Epstein Files or actual sundowning or maybe a combination of both.
Trump is ranting barely coherently to McDonald's franchise owners: "The one pilot said, 'skedaddle!' And that thing just turned on its side -- pppph. And it's so unbelievable. And that knocked out Iran nuclear capability."
November 18, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Hard to know if this is distraction from the Epstein Files or actual sundowning or maybe a combination of both.
What do you mean? Take away a hereditary title and move him to a slightly smaller house where his elder brother can foot the bill?
November 18, 2025 at 1:53 PM
What do you mean? Take away a hereditary title and move him to a slightly smaller house where his elder brother can foot the bill?
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On that poll, this is Starmer emulating Corbyn. Corbyn managed to convince Remainers he was a Brexiter and Brexiters that he was a Remainers.
November 17, 2025 at 5:54 PM
On that poll, this is Starmer emulating Corbyn. Corbyn managed to convince Remainers he was a Brexiter and Brexiters that he was a Remainers.
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If I didn't want people referencing Tommy Robinson's support of my policies, I would simply stop writing the kind of policies supported by Tommy Robinson.
Shabana Mahmood asks MPs to stop mentioning Tommy Robinson's name (in relation to his support for her policies) as "he doesn't even think I am English. I find that offensive."
November 17, 2025 at 7:51 PM
If I didn't want people referencing Tommy Robinson's support of my policies, I would simply stop writing the kind of policies supported by Tommy Robinson.
Support from Badenoch is the kiss of death. And either Badenoch knows this and knows that she can’t win round the caucus of her party or hasn’t the self awareness to see that she’s a political joke.
Kemi Badenoch praises Shabana Mahmood's "measures to crack down on illegal immigration", saying that the Home Secretary is "bringing fresh energy and a clearer focus to this problem, and she has got more done in 70 days in the job than her predecessor did in a year."
November 17, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Support from Badenoch is the kiss of death. And either Badenoch knows this and knows that she can’t win round the caucus of her party or hasn’t the self awareness to see that she’s a political joke.
Your daily reminder that Reform are fucking wankers.
I think you can get the measure of the deadness of someone's soul from the fact they kick up a stink about [checks notes] autistic kids wearing ear defenders
November 17, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Your daily reminder that Reform are fucking wankers.
Nice to see Poppy holding her own for activity among a lot of younger cats (not that she’s old).
November 17, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Nice to see Poppy holding her own for activity among a lot of younger cats (not that she’s old).
Not very good and would have written more with more specific detail if I’d had time but I hope this captures the gist of it. Probably about the fourth letter of complaint I’ve written to my MP since he was elected.
#migrantsarehumanstoo
#migrantsarehumanstoo
November 17, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Not very good and would have written more with more specific detail if I’d had time but I hope this captures the gist of it. Probably about the fourth letter of complaint I’ve written to my MP since he was elected.
#migrantsarehumanstoo
#migrantsarehumanstoo
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Your periodic reminder that climate change means levels of migration will increase sharply in the coming years and we either find an effective and humane way to manage that or we invite ever more chaos and suffering.
November 17, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Your periodic reminder that climate change means levels of migration will increase sharply in the coming years and we either find an effective and humane way to manage that or we invite ever more chaos and suffering.
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If we don’t signal our virtue every now and again - then so many believe they are utterly alone - “virtue signalling” is not there to say “aren’t I good” but “there are more of us than you might imagine” and “fuck you for demanding that only the brutal and the bullies may speak”
November 17, 2025 at 11:31 AM
If we don’t signal our virtue every now and again - then so many believe they are utterly alone - “virtue signalling” is not there to say “aren’t I good” but “there are more of us than you might imagine” and “fuck you for demanding that only the brutal and the bullies may speak”
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🌍 42.5m refugees
Over 70% of them are hosted by low- and middle-income countries.
🇬🇧 548k refugees
= 0.78% of the UK population.
It is not refugees who tear our country apart, it is the mainstreaming of far right policies. And that’s a risk to all of us.
My letter to my MP.
#asylum #Mahmood
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Over 70% of them are hosted by low- and middle-income countries.
🇬🇧 548k refugees
= 0.78% of the UK population.
It is not refugees who tear our country apart, it is the mainstreaming of far right policies. And that’s a risk to all of us.
My letter to my MP.
#asylum #Mahmood
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![Dear [my MP’s name],
As the Home Secretary prepares to announce sweeping changes to the UK’s asylum system, I see it as both my duty as a citizen and responsibility as a migration expert to do all I can to urge policymakers to oppose the proposals—not only for what they will do to refugees, though that is the first concern, but also for what they will mean for all of us and the future society we live in.
That is why I am writing to you as my MP. This letter explains why I consider the need to oppose the Home Secretary’s proposals urgent and, at the most fundamental level, in the national and your constituents’ interest.
I was born in Germany, a country whose history taught me how quickly societies can go down dark paths; how quickly our leaders can fail in the choices they make. But the history of the displacement of people that the Nazi regime was responsible for also shaped my understanding of why refugee movements occur—and why our response to any of them can never compromise what are, and must always be, universal human rights.
Which is why what is happening in the UK now is so deeply alarming.
A manufactured crisis
As of June 2025, there were 42.5 million refugees globally. Over 70% of them are hosted by low- and middle-income countries; most of them immediate neighbours. Overall, five countries—Colombia, Germany, Türkiye, Iran and Uganda—host a third of the total number of refugees; Germany is the main host in the EU, hosting 2.7 million.
The UK hosts 548,000 refugees; that is 0.78% of the UK population. About 110,000 people are in receipt of asylum support; that is 0.15% of the UK population.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:bru4h6s37w4hfmwhetu7veye/bafkreidmewc5timbx7nh57qyq7lm7gmhvclzidmloqhwgckpnegnddoicq@jpeg)
November 16, 2025 at 9:25 PM
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Illegal immigration isn’t tearing the UK apart.
The far right is tearing the country apart, using immigration as a pretext.
The far right is tearing the country apart, using immigration as a pretext.
November 16, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Illegal immigration isn’t tearing the UK apart.
The far right is tearing the country apart, using immigration as a pretext.
The far right is tearing the country apart, using immigration as a pretext.
If the Labour Party was really that set on the deterrence of illegal migrants it would seek to ensure that the UK is an unwelcoming place for anyone who wasn’t born here, where economic growth stagnates and quality of life is
falling which no one would seriously consider making their home.
falling which no one would seriously consider making their home.
November 16, 2025 at 10:47 AM
If the Labour Party was really that set on the deterrence of illegal migrants it would seek to ensure that the UK is an unwelcoming place for anyone who wasn’t born here, where economic growth stagnates and quality of life is
falling which no one would seriously consider making their home.
falling which no one would seriously consider making their home.
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No, Home Secretary. Migration is being used by racists as an excuse to sow division - which is their sole purpose in life. And they must be delighted with your words.
How did the Labour Party sink so low... 😢
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c2...
How did the Labour Party sink so low... 😢
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c2...
Laura Kuenssberg: Illegal migration 'dividing our country', home secretary says ahead of asylum policy shake-up
Shabana Mahmood says the government
www.bbc.co.uk
November 16, 2025 at 10:35 AM
No, Home Secretary. Migration is being used by racists as an excuse to sow division - which is their sole purpose in life. And they must be delighted with your words.
How did the Labour Party sink so low... 😢
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c2...
How did the Labour Party sink so low... 😢
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c2...
By “sending a signal” do you mean showing that we’re mean spirited bastards who love a flag on a lamp post?
Guess we’re doing pretty well at that actually.
Guess we’re doing pretty well at that actually.
November 16, 2025 at 10:29 AM
By “sending a signal” do you mean showing that we’re mean spirited bastards who love a flag on a lamp post?
Guess we’re doing pretty well at that actually.
Guess we’re doing pretty well at that actually.
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Okay, I can't let this one go. I live in Ireland, not the UK, but the use of this image by a supposedly socialist party is so stupid and offensive, I'm going to get stuck in.
Let me explain to you why any experienced illustrator/designer could have stopped you making so many miserable mistakes. 1/
Let me explain to you why any experienced illustrator/designer could have stopped you making so many miserable mistakes. 1/
November 15, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Okay, I can't let this one go. I live in Ireland, not the UK, but the use of this image by a supposedly socialist party is so stupid and offensive, I'm going to get stuck in.
Let me explain to you why any experienced illustrator/designer could have stopped you making so many miserable mistakes. 1/
Let me explain to you why any experienced illustrator/designer could have stopped you making so many miserable mistakes. 1/