Graham (@litg-55.bsky.social) reposted
Any words #tice #fartage #Lowe & not forgetting the racist piece of shit #Douglascarswell
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view profile on Bluesky Graham (@litg-55.bsky.social) reposted
Any words #tice #fartage #Lowe & not forgetting the racist piece of shit #Douglascarswell
fecklessquine.bsky.social (@fecklessquine.bsky.social) reply parent
Who’s that then?
Jessica Elgot (@jessicaelgot.bsky.social) reposted
Doubts cast on Kemi Badenoch’s claim of US medical school offer Stanford University ex-staff and experts raise questions over Tory leader’s claim of place and partial scholarship offered at 16, saying it is an impossible scenario www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
fecklessquine.bsky.social (@fecklessquine.bsky.social) reply parent
It’s disgusting. I wish it was possible to unsubscribe to the News element of the BBC but carry on paying for the drama and documentaries.
Michael (@mpbutler71.bsky.social) reposted
Fuck Farage. Fuck the Right Wing. Fuck the billionaire controlled media who need us at each other's throats, so we don't cotton on to who the real problem is.
fecklessquine.bsky.social (@fecklessquine.bsky.social) reply parent
I’m disappointed they didn’t report what he had for breakfast after the fart because we should all be eating it.
Mark Hebden (@unionlib.bsky.social) reposted
BBC News: this just in, Nigel Farage farted this morning, our chief political correspondent is on hand to catch the fart, Nick Eardley tell us more... Nick: Well this fart is significant and we'll be on hand to talk about the impact of the fart with sundry fascists thought the day in Westminster.
fecklessquine.bsky.social (@fecklessquine.bsky.social) reply parent
Or Sinn Fein (7) or the SNP (9)?
fecklessquine.bsky.social (@fecklessquine.bsky.social)
Would he by any chance be the threat to public order?
David Roberts (@volts.wtf) reposted reply parent
"I spent weeks researching this question, desperately looking for counter-examples ... Here's what I found: Once fascists win power democratically, they have never been removed democratically. Not once. Ever." 😔
fecklessquine.bsky.social (@fecklessquine.bsky.social) reply parent
It must be awful being in a permanent state of horror. I guess selling arms to the perpetrators of the regular horrific atrocities must help in some way.
mimij9.bsky.social (@mimij9.bsky.social) reposted
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025... This is all going to end so badly. This country has lost all sense of perspective. It’s lost its moral obligations and tolerance for anything and anyone. It’s a collective madness.
George Monbiot (@georgemonbiot.bsky.social) reposted
It's not asylum seekers who jack up rents, undermine the NHS, hold down wages and keep people insecure. It's capital. The role of the far right is to shift the blame for decades of economic attacks by the rich and powerful onto powerless people who have only just arrived here.
Helene von Bismarck (@helenebismarck.bsky.social) reposted
I really wonder what would need to happen to disrupt the British media‘s current obsession with immigrants. I am serious. What would it take to talk about something else? Putin invading a few more countries? Another Prime Minister being hounded out of office? Global economic collapse? A tidal wave?
Josiah Mortimer (@josiah.writes.news) reposted
Amnesty International has launched a global ‘Urgent Action’, following the arrest of over 700 people for protesting in support of Palestine Action. Amnesty chief Sacha Deshmukh: “It is entirely disproportionate to the point of absurdity to be treating the peaceful protesters as ‘terrorists’"
BladeoftheSun (@bladeofthes.bsky.social) reposted
41% of Tommy Robinson and Nigel Farage's followers who got arrested at the Riots last year had previous for Domestic Abuse. But apparently it is immigrants who are the problem and not your friendly patriotic wife beater.
Saul Staniforth (@saulstaniforth.bsky.social) reposted
Zoe Gardner: asylum seekers should be able to work while their claims are processed. Yes! It was the last Lab govt that removed their right to work, talked about bogus asylum seekers swamping our schools, introduced vouchers & opened Yarls Wood. And here we are #GMB
Reform Party UK Exposed (@reformexposed.bsky.social) reposted
'£20k for doing naff all' say readers on Reform councillor attendance www.cornwalllive.com/news/news-op...
fecklessquine.bsky.social (@fecklessquine.bsky.social) reply parent
Nor are they hippies
Ross Greer (he/him) (@ross-greer.bsky.social) reposted
Bad bosses love nothing more than workers who don't know their rights. I tripled public funding for the STUC's Unions into Schools programme, but now I want it to go even further. Every young person should learn about their rights at work before they leave school.
Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) reposted
The amusing thing about this clip is the infrastructure bill was literally the first and only thing Nancy Mace brought up in terms of her accomplishments in Congress. Her biggest win for her district was legislation she voted against.
Travis (@coloradotravis.bsky.social) reposted
Remember when getting caught doing something immoral or illegal would end a politician’s career? That was awesome.
BladeoftheSun (@bladeofthes.bsky.social) reposted
There is nothing new about Zionism, it is white settler colonialism. The White Europeans have moved in and like they did in the USA, Canada, Australia, Russia and many other countries they are killing all the natives and taking the land. Zionism just uses a religious excuse.
Candelaenlucha (@candelaenlucha.bsky.social) reposted
Let's make UK great again, yes, #Starmer, #Farage? Well done! 🤮
The Mental Change (@tslron.bsky.social) reposted
Anyone noticed that Yaxley-Lennon and Farage not mentioned this? I wonder why 🤔
fecklessquine.bsky.social (@fecklessquine.bsky.social) reply parent
It’s very strange - they’re normally very good at balancing truth with lies, but it doesn’t seem to work the other way round.
daily dose of estragon (@craigburley.com) reposted
I found the UK government's public threat to prosecute a non-citizen (Sally Rooney) over support of an organization entirely legal in her home country a bit strange. States always traditionally shied away from making direct extra-territorial threats about police enforcement of domestic criminal law.
The Company They Keep (@thecompanytheykeep.bsky.social) reposted
GB News host and Reform party Chief Whip Lee Anderson calls female journalist "young lady" and tells her to "go back to bed and call for a nurse"
Hanniba-LINA Lecter 💀 (@agirlcalledlina.bsky.social) reposted
Someone on Al Jazeera said that Starmer has come from a ‘nominally left wing party’ lmao
Paddy Boocock (@boococp.bsky.social) reposted
International law does not permit colonial conquest. It's meaningless for Starmer et al to mutter about recognising Palestine and then stand by while the Zionists completely evacuate its people. When will western leaders act, instead of mouthing platitudes? www.reuters.com/world/middle...
Ed Wilson (@eddwilson.bsky.social) reposted
Tories were in government when all this "happened", but you wouldn't expect anybody on #r4today to investigate how little truth there is in any of it.
Ross Greer (he/him) (@ross-greer.bsky.social) reposted
These are political choices. Choices like giving tax breaks to billionaire-owned shooting estates whilst letting thousands of Scots who are anything but rich pay more than they should in Council Tax. We need a Parliament and Government with the courage to stand up to the super-rich.
Prem Sikka (@premnsikka.bsky.social) reposted
UK coup made us corporate slaves. Post Office scandal, no one charged for false convictions. Grenfell fire, 72 died, no one charged Water companies, 1,137 criminal convictions, still operating. Energy companies, £514bn operating profit. No curbs. Corporate lawlessness is the new norm
Ross Greer (he/him) (@ross-greer.bsky.social) reposted
Voting in the @scottishgreens.org leadership election opens tomorrow! Vote Ross Greer #1 for a Co-Leader who will bring hope back to Scottish politics, take on the super-rich and fight for our climate.
fecklessquine.bsky.social (@fecklessquine.bsky.social) reply parent
Nobody would vote for them because…..immigrants.
fecklessquine.bsky.social (@fecklessquine.bsky.social) reply parent
They’re right about the media.
Reform Party UK Exposed (@reformexposed.bsky.social) reposted
Andrea Jenkyns shows Reform have no plan on illegal immigration in car crash interview www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/and...
Ross Greer (he/him) (@ross-greer.bsky.social) reposted
I want the UK Government and Royal Navy to tell my constituents near Coulport exactly what happened with this radiation leak and what they've done to make sure it never happens again. Given the safety record at Faslane/Coulport, I won't hold my breath. www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/politic...
mimij9.bsky.social (@mimij9.bsky.social) reposted
“We care about women and girls in this country. We need foreign men, out”! Reform U.K. Also Reform U.K. 👇
Julie Witt (@julie-witt-39.bsky.social) reposted
Then release the files and let the chips fall where they may, dipshit.
Rewild Scotland (@rewildscotland.bsky.social) reposted
The inglorious 12th tomorrow. On the left the devastation of a driven grouse moor on the right an alternative vision 🏴 🌳
Acyn (@acyn.bsky.social) reposted
Raskin: In any event, if he really cared about public safety in DC… he would not have pardoned 1600 insurrectionists and violent cop beaters on his first day in office.
Mueller, She Wrote (@muellershewrote.com) reposted
BREAKING: EXCLUSIVE: Senator Whitehouse asked the BOP for Ghislaine Maxwells sex offender waiver, custody level, transfer code, and security point score. I have them. She's also been granted the ability to leave the facility for work assignments. My latest: www.muellershewrote.com/p/exclusive-...
Peter Stefanovic (@peterstefanovic.bsky.social) reposted
With UK news shows reporting more than 50,000 small boat migrants have crossed English Channel since Labour came to power perhaps it would be a good time to remind Nigel Farage & others that Brexit has been a primary factor in the sky rocketing number of small boat crossings youtu.be/cKXFjbxSBBI?...
Eugene McParland 🇺🇦 (@eugenemcparland.bsky.social) reposted
The path to peace is through convincing putin that he won't win the war. Anne Applebaum / Instagram
Dr Julia Grace Patterson (@jujuliagrace.bsky.social) reposted
As we watch Keir Starmer and his team expand NHS privatisation, please remember that he was elected to become Labour leader saying specifically that he would remove NHS private outsourcing. He then quietly dropped this pledge in Summer 2022. This isn’t OK 🚨
Naadir (@randomvariable.co.uk) reposted
Learnt from the TF podcast that the UK government didn't apply the Online Safety Act rules to online gambling, and I think that tells you everything you need to know about how the country is run.
fecklessquine.bsky.social (@fecklessquine.bsky.social) reply parent
You need a source www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
George Monbiot (@georgemonbiot.bsky.social) reposted
Let's empty the jails so we can fill them with octogenarians who care about genocide. Because that's the real threat to society. www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Bonky (@shesbonky.bsky.social) reposted
If you think a golden ballroom is more important than childhood cancer research… I have nothing left to say to you. Please unfollow me. #pediatriccancer #cancermom
BladeoftheSun (@bladeofthes.bsky.social) reposted
After the call to boycott M&S because they employ Trans people they have seen record business. The Right's attempt to cancel people only increases their profits, or donations like the RNLI.
Max B 💙 🔶 🇺🇦 🇬🇧 🇪🇺 (@maxbrockbank.com) reposted
No. It's price gouging by the fossil fuel companies because electricity prices are tethered to their product, not the renewable energy industry's. www.economist.com/britain/2025...
Chris Painter (@rineen.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
Let them not eat cake bod.org.uk/bod-news/pol...
Christopher Walton (@christo-walton.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
Can we believe anything Cooper says on this matter ? 🤔 www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/...
fecklessquine.bsky.social (@fecklessquine.bsky.social) reply parent
I’m not sure how to prepare for that.
Russell Jon (@russjon1.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
I remember Sajid Javid doing the same thing when he removed Shamima Begum’s citizenship. He insisted that the public would be endangered by her return but would not divulge the ‘credible information’ behind his decision. Labour have learned how to lie just like the Tories.
fecklessquine.bsky.social (@fecklessquine.bsky.social) reply parent
Was it this? www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
George Monbiot (@georgemonbiot.bsky.social) reposted
Behind every draconian decision, there's secret evidence ("detailed security assessments") we're not allowed to see. We should just suck it up and believe them. Sorry, Yvette Cooper, that's not how democracy should work. When you make a decision of such consequence, we need to see the basis for it.
LorennaCleary.bsky.social (@lorennacleary.bsky.social) reposted
Fascism is expensive.
Julianna 💎 (@batariangal.bsky.social) reposted
Not that I had much faith before, but that clip of Angela Eagle saying “we hear your concerns” about the rioters has really laid bare to me just how monumentally unfit Labour is to the present moment
fecklessquine.bsky.social (@fecklessquine.bsky.social) reply parent
I think a lot of people are actually afraid to look up the statistics because the facts don’t fit their ideology.
Alan White (@aljwhite.bsky.social) reposted
New YouGov polling. A monumental failure of our political class to educate, a monumental failure of our media to report fairly, for a generation
Parody Keir Starmer (@parodypm.bsky.social) reposted
Former Tory MP Adam Holloway has defected to Reform. As someone who 'mistakenly' overclaimed £1,000 on expenses, defended an MP who sexually assaulted a 15 year old and tried to influence a judge over another MP charged with sexual assault, he should fit in perfectly.
“Rebellious Scots” 😎🏴🇪🇺 (@markrich68.bsky.social) reposted
Her Toryness Michelle Mone of Cornton Vale Still to be arrested by the british Police after scamming over £200M of public funds. Meanwhile Nicola Sturgeon was subjected to a 3yr smear enquiry, then arrested and interviewed about the purchase of items such as teabags for a campaign vehicle
Prem Sikka (@premnsikka.bsky.social) reposted
The National Insurance Fund Account has a surplus of £86.4bn. Plenty of resources to increase pensions, benefits, compensate the 1950s women. Govts raided it to fund NIC cuts for the rich, NIC holidays in freeports, and general tax cuts for the rich.
fecklessquine.bsky.social (@fecklessquine.bsky.social) reply parent
‘I know of one friend…’?? Who ‘knows of’ a friend?! Is it somebody else’s friend?
Nolan Principles Matter. End the #GazaGenocide💔💙 (@philildo.bsky.social) reposted
Carney makes a move to recognise Palestine #FreePalestine Israel is a pariah state www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
fecklessquine.bsky.social (@fecklessquine.bsky.social) reply parent
I would say always. The only time I’ve ever seen it mentioned on MSM reporting was early in the conflict when there were hostage/prisoner exchanges. It was noted that the Palestinian prisoners released were emaciated, but this was soon forgotten.
Josiah Mortimer (@josiah.writes.news) reposted
50 Israeli hostages remain held in captivity in Gaza. 3,629 Palestinians are currently detained under administrative detention by Israel, i.e. without trial, including hundreds of children. Reporting often - usually - forgets this second part.
Nolan Principles Matter. End the #GazaGenocide💔💙 (@philildo.bsky.social) reposted
This really didn't get enough airtime yesterday on the BBC I can't imagine why it wasn't the main news headline - given it was Israeli organisations stating that Israel is committing GENOCIDE www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Graham Simpson (@grahambs.bsky.social) reposted
Starmer looked like a guest in his own country. A supplicant.
Peter Stefanovic (@peterstefanovic.bsky.social) reposted
Having failed the NHS for 15 years, the Tories are now proposing legislation to ban NHS doctors from going on strike, in what’s been slammed as a ‘desperate intervention’ leftfootforward.org/2025/07/kemi...
tweety (@bluskypolitics.bsky.social) reposted
📌 Hope this soul follows him everywhere . A true hero 🐥
George Monbiot (@georgemonbiot.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
2. The greatest heroes of any age, the people who have secured all our fundamental freedoms, are those who have broken oppressive laws for moral reasons. When you malign altruistic protesters for breaking the law, you diss the legacy of those who broke it for your sake.
paulpro (@mariopro.bsky.social) reposted
Peter Jukes (@peterjukes.bsky.social) reposted
My personal experience of Yaxley Lennon (AKA 'Tommy Robinson')? Direct threats to 'pay me a visit' after intimidating and turning up at the houses of two Byline writers. That's the kind of guy Steve Bannon, Elon Musk and Rupert Lowe are praising
Saul Staniforth (@saulstaniforth.bsky.social) reposted
Nida' Ibrahim: "Israel has destroyed half of all religious and cultural sites, dozens of historical sites... libraries have also been destroyed, including Gaza Citys central archive" Israel has systematically destroyed Palestinian culture & history. Ethnocide
Steve Clarke (@gaudd.bsky.social) reposted
Absolutely tragic. Needless to say no charges have been brought against this fascist lunatic as Israeli settlers murdering Palestinians is fine with the Israeli regime. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
Anonymous (@youranoncentral.bsky.social) reposted
A message for Donald Trump from Edinburgh, Scotland. #3E
Jonathan Theobald (@jon-theo.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 (@sundaedivine.bsky.social) reposted
I feel badly for Scotland and England but while he’s out of the country, can someone please change the locks?
Chasbell 🏴🇮🇪🇮🇹🇨🇦 (@chasbell.bsky.social) reposted
Scottish universities have the highest numbers on record.
Ross Greer (he/him) (@ross-greer.bsky.social) reposted
A tale in two parts. The super-rich don't want me to be @scottishgreens.org co-leader because they know I have a track record of making them pay their fair share. And I plan to do even more of that.
BladeoftheSun (@bladeofthes.bsky.social) reposted
Countries officially accusing Israel of Genocide. 🇧🇷 Brazil 🇮🇪 Ireland 🇧🇿 Belize 🇧🇴 Bolivia 🇨🇱 Chile 🇹🇷 Türkiye 🇨🇺 Cuba 🇪🇸 Spain 🇲🇽 Mexico 🇱🇾 Libya 🇨🇴 Colombia 🇵🇸 Palestine If your country is not on there, why not? It should be, lets make them act.
fecklessquine.bsky.social (@fecklessquine.bsky.social) reply parent
Those execs and shareholders aren’t going to pay themselves!
Anthony Painter (@anthonypainter.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
Oh.....not housing shortages then? www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crim...
Fair Political Coverage - we want to hear from ALL our parties (@fairpoliticsnow.bsky.social) reposted
We’re over 5k sigs now. If you want to hear all our parties and not just have the GE framed four years out by constant over platforming of one party, then make sure you sign this petition. Democracy is at stake. Pass it on. We need to get to 10k by sept 13th. petition.parliament.uk/petitions/71...
sirkidstarversucks.bsky.social (@sirkidstarversucks.bsky.social) reposted
"God's Chosen People" feel soo entitled that they can attack a native in his own country, whilst holidaying Thats when a ship carrying genocide tourists weren't allowed to dock in Greece
fecklessquine.bsky.social (@fecklessquine.bsky.social) reply parent
I can’t believe these things are still legal!