Neil
@squeekyboot.bsky.social
Retired Engineer
Likes walking, cycling, and gliding.
Do not likes. The Tories or their Brexit.
EV Owner.
Likes walking, cycling, and gliding.
Do not likes. The Tories or their Brexit.
EV Owner.
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« Brexit was driven by a wealthy elite desperate to escape the EU's Anti Tax Avoidance Directive, a set of regulations designed to hold tax dodgers accountable. »
January 19, 2026 at 1:27 PM
« Brexit was driven by a wealthy elite desperate to escape the EU's Anti Tax Avoidance Directive, a set of regulations designed to hold tax dodgers accountable. »
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We've spent ten years being proved right about all the things the loudest, biggest voices in the UK media insisted, often obnoxiously, we were wrong about. The real kicker is that there's no consolation whatsoever in being correct. Brexit, Putin, Johnson, Truss, Trump, Twitter, Netanyahu etc etc...
January 19, 2026 at 9:12 AM
We've spent ten years being proved right about all the things the loudest, biggest voices in the UK media insisted, often obnoxiously, we were wrong about. The real kicker is that there's no consolation whatsoever in being correct. Brexit, Putin, Johnson, Truss, Trump, Twitter, Netanyahu etc etc...
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“Conservatives lack the stomach for radical change” says Jenrick.
Erm, wasn’t it them who ripped us out of the world’s biggest trading union, isolating us on our own continent, costing us hundreds of millions every year & splitting the country into two angry sides?
I’d say that was pretty radical.
Erm, wasn’t it them who ripped us out of the world’s biggest trading union, isolating us on our own continent, costing us hundreds of millions every year & splitting the country into two angry sides?
I’d say that was pretty radical.
January 16, 2026 at 10:04 AM
“Conservatives lack the stomach for radical change” says Jenrick.
Erm, wasn’t it them who ripped us out of the world’s biggest trading union, isolating us on our own continent, costing us hundreds of millions every year & splitting the country into two angry sides?
I’d say that was pretty radical.
Erm, wasn’t it them who ripped us out of the world’s biggest trading union, isolating us on our own continent, costing us hundreds of millions every year & splitting the country into two angry sides?
I’d say that was pretty radical.
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Loving how the Tories are attacking Labour for U-turning on some of the digital ID policy, quoting the £1.8bn it would have cost.
A) they’ve U-turned on it so the cost is irrelevant
B) you enacted a disastrous policy that will cost the country £100bn every single year PLUS the £30bn divorce bill
A) they’ve U-turned on it so the cost is irrelevant
B) you enacted a disastrous policy that will cost the country £100bn every single year PLUS the £30bn divorce bill
January 14, 2026 at 1:01 PM
Loving how the Tories are attacking Labour for U-turning on some of the digital ID policy, quoting the £1.8bn it would have cost.
A) they’ve U-turned on it so the cost is irrelevant
B) you enacted a disastrous policy that will cost the country £100bn every single year PLUS the £30bn divorce bill
A) they’ve U-turned on it so the cost is irrelevant
B) you enacted a disastrous policy that will cost the country £100bn every single year PLUS the £30bn divorce bill
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Britain left the EU because people told us we had greater security and financial relationships with the USA.
Happy now?
Happy now?
January 3, 2026 at 10:25 AM
Britain left the EU because people told us we had greater security and financial relationships with the USA.
Happy now?
Happy now?
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What a pity @zackpolanski.bsky.social isn't offering the grown-up solutions we've got used to from SERIOUS parties, such a letting billionaires make up their own rules, pretending Belgium doesn't exist, or improving public services without raising taxes.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Zack Polanski offering voters fantasy solutions, says head of Fabian Society
Joe Dromey, head of the Labour thinktank, urges his party to take on the ‘twin populisms’ of Reform UK and the Greens
www.theguardian.com
December 31, 2025 at 1:46 PM
What a pity @zackpolanski.bsky.social isn't offering the grown-up solutions we've got used to from SERIOUS parties, such a letting billionaires make up their own rules, pretending Belgium doesn't exist, or improving public services without raising taxes.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Some people do my head in.
This arse is one of them.
Why TF would we care about his business…? Did he care about all the SMEs bankrupted by Brexit? Does he feel any anxiety or shame about just how much that stupid idea has cost our country and many of us personally.
No.
He can absolutely do one.
This arse is one of them.
Why TF would we care about his business…? Did he care about all the SMEs bankrupted by Brexit? Does he feel any anxiety or shame about just how much that stupid idea has cost our country and many of us personally.
No.
He can absolutely do one.
December 27, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Some people do my head in.
This arse is one of them.
Why TF would we care about his business…? Did he care about all the SMEs bankrupted by Brexit? Does he feel any anxiety or shame about just how much that stupid idea has cost our country and many of us personally.
No.
He can absolutely do one.
This arse is one of them.
Why TF would we care about his business…? Did he care about all the SMEs bankrupted by Brexit? Does he feel any anxiety or shame about just how much that stupid idea has cost our country and many of us personally.
No.
He can absolutely do one.
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To be fair it’s going to be very funny when these clowns invent AGI and the super intelligent machine tells everyone to get offline, avoid processed food, stroll in the woods, seek community, eschew racism, pay high marginal rates of tax and ignore the ravings of deranged billionaires.
December 11, 2025 at 10:33 PM
To be fair it’s going to be very funny when these clowns invent AGI and the super intelligent machine tells everyone to get offline, avoid processed food, stroll in the woods, seek community, eschew racism, pay high marginal rates of tax and ignore the ravings of deranged billionaires.
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German foreign policy and security expert and member of the German parliament Roderich Kiesewetter issued another stark warning, this time regarding the latest US National Security Strategy (NSS) document. This is his statement:
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December 8, 2025 at 5:52 PM
German foreign policy and security expert and member of the German parliament Roderich Kiesewetter issued another stark warning, this time regarding the latest US National Security Strategy (NSS) document. This is his statement:
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The Trump administration's foreign policy strategy attacks allies including the UK & has been enthusiastically greeted by the Kremlin. Last month, the USA announced a 'peace deal' the Kremlin had written.
And in the UK, the media is full of people still wibbling about 'Trump Derangement Syndrome'.
And in the UK, the media is full of people still wibbling about 'Trump Derangement Syndrome'.
December 8, 2025 at 6:09 PM
The Trump administration's foreign policy strategy attacks allies including the UK & has been enthusiastically greeted by the Kremlin. Last month, the USA announced a 'peace deal' the Kremlin had written.
And in the UK, the media is full of people still wibbling about 'Trump Derangement Syndrome'.
And in the UK, the media is full of people still wibbling about 'Trump Derangement Syndrome'.
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Still growing, but much more slowly than before. Note the massive impact of Trump's re-election.
Do keep dragging your friends out of the seventh circle of X and onto this platform.
Do keep dragging your friends out of the seventh circle of X and onto this platform.
December 8, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Still growing, but much more slowly than before. Note the massive impact of Trump's re-election.
Do keep dragging your friends out of the seventh circle of X and onto this platform.
Do keep dragging your friends out of the seventh circle of X and onto this platform.
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The Russian government represents Putin and his cronies. Musk represents himself.
Elon Musk and his Russian friends call for the abolishment of the EU
December 6, 2025 at 8:28 PM
The Russian government represents Putin and his cronies. Musk represents himself.
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Oh look. They’ve actually drawn a diagram for all the people stupid enough to need a bloody diagram.
Elon Musk and his Russian friends call for the abolishment of the EU
December 6, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Oh look. They’ve actually drawn a diagram for all the people stupid enough to need a bloody diagram.
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But we'll welcome former Tories Jonathan Gullis, Danny Kruger, Lee Anderson, Nadine Dorries, Ann Widdecombe, Lucy Allen, Jake Berry - the former chair of the Tories, for God's sake - Andrea Jenkyns, Maria Caufield, Lia Nici ... 20 of them so far.
They should never be forgiven. Except those ones.
They should never be forgiven. Except those ones.
December 3, 2025 at 9:18 AM
But we'll welcome former Tories Jonathan Gullis, Danny Kruger, Lee Anderson, Nadine Dorries, Ann Widdecombe, Lucy Allen, Jake Berry - the former chair of the Tories, for God's sake - Andrea Jenkyns, Maria Caufield, Lia Nici ... 20 of them so far.
They should never be forgiven. Except those ones.
They should never be forgiven. Except those ones.
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“Labour are total bastards. They’ve caused all the problems of the past 2000 years.
Just paraphrasing UK media, including BBC
Does anyone remember this kind of coverage of Tories, when, for 14 yrs, they were lying through their teeth, directing untold billions of public money to their friends etc?
Just paraphrasing UK media, including BBC
Does anyone remember this kind of coverage of Tories, when, for 14 yrs, they were lying through their teeth, directing untold billions of public money to their friends etc?
December 1, 2025 at 7:11 AM
“Labour are total bastards. They’ve caused all the problems of the past 2000 years.
Just paraphrasing UK media, including BBC
Does anyone remember this kind of coverage of Tories, when, for 14 yrs, they were lying through their teeth, directing untold billions of public money to their friends etc?
Just paraphrasing UK media, including BBC
Does anyone remember this kind of coverage of Tories, when, for 14 yrs, they were lying through their teeth, directing untold billions of public money to their friends etc?
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The British press poses a genuine and profound threat to our democracy and our shared prosperity. They howl out their right wing, wealth-protecting agenda and want Farage as PM. We will all pay a very high price for their selfish greed and their utter indifference to social inequality.
November 29, 2025 at 5:26 PM
The British press poses a genuine and profound threat to our democracy and our shared prosperity. They howl out their right wing, wealth-protecting agenda and want Farage as PM. We will all pay a very high price for their selfish greed and their utter indifference to social inequality.
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Lying in politics is wrong and should never be rewarded, says newspaper which pays Boris Johnson £1 million a year to be its star columnist
November 29, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Lying in politics is wrong and should never be rewarded, says newspaper which pays Boris Johnson £1 million a year to be its star columnist
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Can’t remember budget ‘case studies’ ever being quite so funny. Especially in newspapers that recently anointed Liz Truss a fiscal genius.
Wow - this guy must be really, REALLY bad with money if an extra £208 per month will “ruin” his retirement.
Let’s take a look at his situation based on what he told the @Telegraph
Because this does NOT add up!
No, this is not a “poor pensioner” scrabbling around for pennies…
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Let’s take a look at his situation based on what he told the @Telegraph
Because this does NOT add up!
No, this is not a “poor pensioner” scrabbling around for pennies…
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November 29, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Can’t remember budget ‘case studies’ ever being quite so funny. Especially in newspapers that recently anointed Liz Truss a fiscal genius.
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The Brexit "news" never is @nick1webb.bsky.social
Brexit choices were always
1/ Trying to take back (border) control, meaning greater rocketing prices for far less choice & empty shelves
OR
2/ Giving up all semblance of control meaning
unilaterally advantaging the EU (their exporters) & smugglers
Brexit choices were always
1/ Trying to take back (border) control, meaning greater rocketing prices for far less choice & empty shelves
OR
2/ Giving up all semblance of control meaning
unilaterally advantaging the EU (their exporters) & smugglers
November 28, 2025 at 4:44 PM
The Brexit "news" never is @nick1webb.bsky.social
Brexit choices were always
1/ Trying to take back (border) control, meaning greater rocketing prices for far less choice & empty shelves
OR
2/ Giving up all semblance of control meaning
unilaterally advantaging the EU (their exporters) & smugglers
Brexit choices were always
1/ Trying to take back (border) control, meaning greater rocketing prices for far less choice & empty shelves
OR
2/ Giving up all semblance of control meaning
unilaterally advantaging the EU (their exporters) & smugglers
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Witkoff advised the Russians on how to pitch their Ukraine plan to Trump www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
November 25, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Witkoff advised the Russians on how to pitch their Ukraine plan to Trump www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Reform voters are least likely to trust anything! Science, history, facts, medicine - they don’t believe any of it! Fucks sake, leave them in their pit of ignorance and just concentrate on doing your job BBC!
November 24, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Reform voters are least likely to trust anything! Science, history, facts, medicine - they don’t believe any of it! Fucks sake, leave them in their pit of ignorance and just concentrate on doing your job BBC!
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I don't know why immigrants don't just go on strike. See how long the racists can cope without GP surgeries, nursing, deliveries, food being picked, clothes being made, warehouses being staffed, software being maintained, houses being built...
November 17, 2025 at 5:12 PM
I don't know why immigrants don't just go on strike. See how long the racists can cope without GP surgeries, nursing, deliveries, food being picked, clothes being made, warehouses being staffed, software being maintained, houses being built...
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Alastair Campbell, "Of the mistakes I have made, the biggest is Brexit..It has made us al weaker and poorer..A campaign won by liars and conmen"
From a hypothetical scenario of what AC would do if he was PM
From a hypothetical scenario of what AC would do if he was PM
November 17, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Alastair Campbell, "Of the mistakes I have made, the biggest is Brexit..It has made us al weaker and poorer..A campaign won by liars and conmen"
From a hypothetical scenario of what AC would do if he was PM
From a hypothetical scenario of what AC would do if he was PM