elia ayoub š± (@ayoub.bsky.social) reposted
The IDF brought down Gazaās Mushtaha tower which is surrounded by the tents of those already displaced
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view profile on Bluesky elia ayoub š± (@ayoub.bsky.social) reposted
The IDF brought down Gazaās Mushtaha tower which is surrounded by the tents of those already displaced
Ben McKenna (@benmckenna.bsky.social)
No *youāre* singing this to the tune of Mirror on the Bathroom by The Beat
Neilly from the Leftist Cooks (She/Her) (@neillyleftistcook.bsky.social) reposted
There are several journalistic failures in this article but this might be my favourite. This is not a photograph.
Ben McKenna (@benmckenna.bsky.social)
Iām sorryā¦
Warrington-Runcorn New Town Development Plan (@warringtonruncorn.com) reposted
I think we know that when it comes to financial matters UKIP/Brexit Party/Remain have never been in any rouble whatsoever. Sorry, that should say ātroubleā.
Ben McKenna (@benmckenna.bsky.social) reply parent
I wonder where she got the inspiration.
Ben McKenna (@benmckenna.bsky.social) reply parent
Bill Lumberg?
Ben McKenna (@benmckenna.bsky.social)
Bit rich when your entire schtick is about claiming Asylum Seekers are living in the lap of luxury in four star hotels with free iPads whilst also getting all the council flats and healthcare appointments.
Ben McKenna (@benmckenna.bsky.social) reply parent
People, it gives me no pleasure to say that this is even more accurate than I originally thought. bsky.app/profile/uksh...
Ben McKenna (@benmckenna.bsky.social) reply parent
It's as if they never saw True Stories
Ben McKenna (@benmckenna.bsky.social)
'kinell, she's gone to conference as Shirley Bassey
Ben McKenna (@benmckenna.bsky.social)
Vintage Starmerball
Saoirse Nà ChiaragÔin (@miseryvulture.bsky.social) reposted
All the advice about insomnia is like "By accepting that you won't sleep, you can exorcise your anxiety about not sleeping and eventually start to sleep again" But that just has me like "Guess I won't sleep tonight š which is a thing I'm fine with š sure would be awful to be proven wrong on this š"
Ben McKenna (@benmckenna.bsky.social) reply parent
Area between Atocha station the Parque Retiro is great. You canāt go wrong. ļæ¼šš»
Ben McKenna (@benmckenna.bsky.social) reply parent
Ooooh, going via Madrid or doing the rattler along the coast?
Ben McKenna (@benmckenna.bsky.social) reply parent
It was the NFās monthly meeting at half time
Ben McKenna (@benmckenna.bsky.social) reply parent
They arenāt expecting an air attack from below. [smartguy.gif]
h o r s e (@hooved-mammal.bsky.social) reposted
can't believe the Hard Left sidelined these ultra competent awesome politicians for 5 years
Ben McKenna (@benmckenna.bsky.social) reply parent
Especially the bit where he decked and they had to improvise.
Ben McKenna (@benmckenna.bsky.social) reply parent
I did put it in the alt text, but Iāll be buggered if I can find that now. Obviously the name is great, but their socials game is also strong. Mahmoods and Salahās down there both also good. share.google/5rCq5iL4Y63s...
Ben McKenna (@benmckenna.bsky.social)
āDonāt make the same noises as them, Lynne! Theyāll think youāre enjoying it!ā
Ben McKenna (@benmckenna.bsky.social) reply parent
You cant blame the driver of a clown car. They're inherently funny.
Ben McKenna (@benmckenna.bsky.social)
Farewell then Daniel Levy. Your commitment to making spurs even funnier is appreciated.
Ben McKenna (@benmckenna.bsky.social)
Bradford burger joint TikTok is unmatched.
Ben McKenna (@benmckenna.bsky.social) reply parent
Genuinely one of the best TV characters. How that guy isnāt a classically trained actor I will never know.
Ben McKenna (@benmckenna.bsky.social) reply parent
Ben McKenna (@benmckenna.bsky.social) reply parent
Good coffee is left-wing coded, Iām sorry.
Ben McKenna (@benmckenna.bsky.social) reply parent
I try not to be too hard on them, because theyāve been subjected to a concerted campaign of hate for decades, which has been ramped up a lot recently, but also ffs..
Ben McKenna (@benmckenna.bsky.social)
This is who we are now.
Ben McKenna (@benmckenna.bsky.social) reply parent
I was like 'Don't drag waters into this!'
Ben McKenna (@benmckenna.bsky.social) reply parent
'That's a lovely sandwich board, Gram. Are you using it for one of your comedies or are you just standing in the street railing at passers by about their sins and how they'll burn for eternity?' 'No, I'm wearing it to court, Steve' 'Wow.....um.....ok?'
Ben McKenna (@benmckenna.bsky.social) reply parent
OK, so a sandwich board is probably the one more mental thing you can wear than a Telegraph front page t-shirt. Glinner is absolutely brain-wormed, and the media uncritically championing his prejudice are doing harm to him and many others. bsky.app/profile/tran...
Edward the Movie Buff šš¬š„š½ (@midgetmoxie.bsky.social) reposted
Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai (1999) Director: Jim Jarmusch #filmsky š¬ #movies š¬ #cinema š¬š½š„š
Ben McKenna (@benmckenna.bsky.social) reply parent
'As a young boy growing up in Ireland I used to have AtlƩtico de Kolkata posters on my wall'
Ben McKenna (@benmckenna.bsky.social) reply parent
Something is, for sure, but I donāt want it to remain just the M62 Corridor. I live about 40 miles from Manchester, but it shouldnāt take me over two hours to get there like it currently does. 40 miles in the South East is nothing. Our lack of parity is holding us all back.
Ben McKenna (@benmckenna.bsky.social) reply parent
These guys feel so much more representative of the country than any other party leadership.
Ben McKenna (@benmckenna.bsky.social)
I'm sorry, but whatever your personal proclivities I think we can all agree that if you're wearing a t-shirt with a Telegraph front page on it you absolutely are an extremist.
Ben McKenna (@benmckenna.bsky.social) reply parent
Blindboy is my go to recommendation. Everything from art and art history to politics and nature. Also, incredibly restful.
Ben McKenna (@benmckenna.bsky.social)
Honestly, I would be a tremendous capitalist if I could handle the guilt.
Ben McKenna (@benmckenna.bsky.social) reply parent
āYou are of course welcome to exhume your tenant/mother and relocate the cost-centre unit to a more price efficient resting basement apartmentā
Ben McKenna (@benmckenna.bsky.social) reply parent
Innovative ways to raise rents?
Ben McKenna (@benmckenna.bsky.social)
If you're not bothered by these exhibitions please, please read the excellent book my Mark Thomas, 'As Used On The Famous Nelson Mandela'. www.penguin.co.uk/books/350220...
Ben McKenna (@benmckenna.bsky.social) reply parent
That would be lovely, but sadly I think the days when you got censured for writing stuff like this are long gone.
LiLBaz (@lilbazza.bsky.social) reposted
Wild, isn't it, that less than a decade ago we had Tory historians going on LBC bare faced lying that Corbyn was going to reopen Auschwitz & now it's simply an accepted political fact for both Labour & the Tories that the camps are opening again & if you disagree you're some kind of crazed extremist
Ben McKenna (@benmckenna.bsky.social)
Imagine what the M62 corridor could do if it had a half decent transport network.
Ben McKenna (@benmckenna.bsky.social) reply parent
I wish
David Willoughby (@davidwilloughby.bsky.social) reposted
The Voice of Hind Rajab is playing at the London Film Festival whatson.bfi.org.uk/lff/Online/d... #LFF #LFF2025
Aurelien Mondon (@aurelmondon.bsky.social) reposted
No, this cartoon is not racist obviously... What it does is tap into the false ideas that the resurgence of the far right is huge and comes from below and this is what the media on the left should counter, pointing to those elites who stoke division aurelmondon.medium.com/the-people-l...
Ben McKenna (@benmckenna.bsky.social)
The spectatorās never met a racist it wonāt print.
Ben McKenna (@benmckenna.bsky.social) reply parent
I know itās gross, but what I find particularly gross is how little is redistributed down the pyramid post Football League days. PL is Best League in The Worldā¢ļø and the England team is the best itās been since sideburns, yet clubs a league or two from the top are going extinct. Itās mad.
Ben McKenna (@benmckenna.bsky.social) reply parent
I mean, youāre one step away from leeches at that point, arenāt you?
Ben McKenna (@benmckenna.bsky.social) reply parent
I think surgery for that stuff has got much better, as has early detection - Scans etc Not an expert, just had some glass knee issues myself. Would still be interested to hear though šš»
Ben McKenna (@benmckenna.bsky.social) reply parent
āI float like gravity, never had a cavity I got more rhymes than the Wayans have got familyā šš¼
Ben McKenna (@benmckenna.bsky.social) reply parent
Low end theory ā¤ļø
Tom Roberts (@tpgroberts.bsky.social) reposted
Just as an observation, Kemi Badenoch has called for Keir to sack Angela Rayner for tax shenanigans. Meanwhile, Keir has not called for Kemi to sack Jenrick for hanging around with Combat 18.
Ben McKenna (@benmckenna.bsky.social)
Post a PERFECT album from the 90s that isn't Nirvana or Pearl Jam
Ben McKenna (@benmckenna.bsky.social)
In case you've only been able to watch British news output, this is what it looks like when someone actually holds Nigel Farage accountable.
Ben McKenna (@benmckenna.bsky.social) reply parent
Grew up watching The South Bank Show, because I was trying to squeeze more out of my childhood weekends, and I regularly go into battle with insomnia armed only with In Our Time. This is a dark day.
Ben McKenna (@benmckenna.bsky.social) reply parent
Honestly, that's such a lifeline for someone. Good work. Speaks volumes you can think of others at a time like this. Being totally honest with you I couldn't do that at the time.
Ben McKenna (@benmckenna.bsky.social) reply parent
Filth. That said, kudos to your Mum. Raising antifascists is the best way to stop fascism.
Ben McKenna (@benmckenna.bsky.social)
Iām old enough to remember NF graffiti. This feels the same but worse. I wonder how Keir and Yvette feel about this.
Ben McKenna (@benmckenna.bsky.social) reply parent
"Sweet racoon shirt, violet. It would look great on the floor of the bedroom in my assisted living bungalow." "You can pull my emergency alarm call any time" etc and so on
Ben McKenna (@benmckenna.bsky.social) reply parent
OK, that's who I'm gonna use my Steradent Cassanova powers on when I get to the old folks home.
Ben McKenna (@benmckenna.bsky.social) reply parent
Paging chicken ticker guy
Ben McKenna (@benmckenna.bsky.social) reply parent
I've just had it cut off, mainly because I felt like someone was likely to put some change in my coffee if I stopped on the street.
Ben McKenna (@benmckenna.bsky.social) reply parent
To be absolutely clear, I am most of the way there already
Ben McKenna (@benmckenna.bsky.social)
Drop an old person you're going to turn into in the future.
Ben McKenna (@benmckenna.bsky.social) reply parent
Hardest working man in showbiz
Ben McKenna (@benmckenna.bsky.social) reply parent
Preferable, but not ideal
Ben McKenna (@benmckenna.bsky.social) reply parent
True, she would be good.
Ben McKenna (@benmckenna.bsky.social)
Please, please donāt give this to Amol Rajan
Ben McKenna (@benmckenna.bsky.social) reply parent
Exact same energy
Ben McKenna (@benmckenna.bsky.social) reply parent
Incredible. But good to see the right people are rattled by it.
Ben McKenna (@benmckenna.bsky.social) reply parent
Ben McKenna (@benmckenna.bsky.social) reply parent
The really mad thing is that theyāre so bad at selling the good things they do. Their free childcare policy isnāt perfect, but it is a positive thing that will affect working peopleās lives. So Yvette Cooper announces sheās going to review Right to Family Life the same day. Absolute amateur hour
Ben McKenna (@benmckenna.bsky.social)
Genuinely spectacular. I simply donāt think you can find a way back from this.
Ben McKenna (@benmckenna.bsky.social) reply parent
Thank you for your kindness. Itās cool. But days like today, well it makes it special.
Ben McKenna (@benmckenna.bsky.social) reply parent
My dad was inside for some of my childhood and honestly it brings back a lot of that to see it. Brutal systems.
Ben McKenna (@benmckenna.bsky.social) reply parent
That is The North
Ben McKenna (@benmckenna.bsky.social) reply parent
Lynch to Byrne transition complete
Ben McKenna (@benmckenna.bsky.social) reply parent
With everything thatās going on I didnāt even want to ask. Imagine being in the position where thatās in the balance. The stroke of a pen from some ālegitimate concernsā weathervane.
Ben McKenna (@benmckenna.bsky.social) reply parent
I have to be honest, I donāt know how you get the fees you do. Not saying theyāre bad players, but they are very good fees. And I know itās sensible, consistent squad management thatās a big part of it. Plus you didnāt have Edu.
Ben McKenna (@benmckenna.bsky.social) reply parent
Underrated classic that. I wish sheād done more telly.
Ben McKenna (@benmckenna.bsky.social)
Found out my mate has got his family reunion case through, and heās going to be able to see his wife and kid again. Honestly itās stuff like this that makes you value life. Pure wholesome goodness and love.
Ben McKenna (@benmckenna.bsky.social) reply parent
Itās just such a busted strategy though. I mean, as well as being actively harmful to swathes of people.
Ben McKenna (@benmckenna.bsky.social) reply parent
How did I read this in Frances Barber's voice?
Ben McKenna (@benmckenna.bsky.social) reply parent
OK mate, let's totally ignore how he 'came down like a tonne of bricks' on the lads who stole some water in the Tottenham riots when he was in charge of the CPS. Or, for that matter, how he didn't on the police who shot Jean Charles de Menezes.
Ben McKenna (@benmckenna.bsky.social) reply parent
Are you patriotic enough to put flags up on electricity pylons though, that's what I want to kn... JIMMY! www.youtube.com/watch?v=X3AK...
Ben McKenna (@benmckenna.bsky.social)
I'm so tired of these Ian Paisley arsed people.
Ben McKenna (@benmckenna.bsky.social) reply parent
Massive downgrade
Ben McKenna (@benmckenna.bsky.social)
Seems to be a pretty big confidence vote for Green Socialism as opposed to business-as-usual managerialism.
Gregk Foley (@gregk.co.uk) reposted reply parent
None of this is necessarily confined to the elites. A lot of the types of people who were loudly declaring they couldnāt support Labour in 2019 because of the moral stain of bigotry on the party are the same ones now telling you itās this or Reform. They are telling on themselves. Itās that simple.