Failed politician Mogg praising brexit & Thatcher. #newsnight
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Failed politician Mogg praising brexit & Thatcher. #newsnight
It's like a scene from the original King Kong.
BBC Four 9pm tonight
At the outbreak of the American Civil War in 1861, Peruvian government officials purchased large quantities of artillery pieces from Fawcett, Preston's Phoenix Foundry in Lydia Ann St, Liverpool, as agent Bulloch was trying to buy navy cannon for Confederate ships he was building in Merseyside.
In 1864 the secret Confederate shipbuilding operation in France being supervised by Confederate agent James D Bulloch from Liverpool was halted after US government pressure on Louis Napoléon III In May Peruvian navy Lieutenant Miguel Grau travelled to France to purchase some ships. #navalhistory
Griselda San Martin. The Wall is a documentary project about “Friendship Park,” a stretch of the U.S.-Mexico border where families meet to share intimate moments through the metal fence that separates them.
"A mural of the Statue of Liberty in shame" by JDL Street Ar in Lille , Roubaix France 🇫🇷
Who can afford stamps these days?
Humans like interacting with humans. It's what makes us human. Human actors, human voiceovers, human train drivers, human train guards, human train cleaners...
9 jobs Nige. The grifter's grifter.
"Only when the last tree has been cut, the last river has been poisoned & the last fish been caught will they realize that they can't eat money" old Cree proverb
The hate-mongering billionaire press barons love to stir the sh*t when they're sitting on their tropical islands counting their readies. They've got nothing better to do.
Private Eye neatly sums up British press hysteria: EXCLUSIVE TO ALL NEWSPAPERS POWDER KEG UK ABOUT TO BLOW UP AS BRITAIN STANDS ON THE BRINK OF THE WHOLE NATION DESCENDING INTO CIVIL WAR by Our Apocalypse Staff HELENA HANDCART.
This guy is the vice president, a venture capitalist, and a Yale Law grad. And completely ignorant about the basics of World War 2. Sheesh.
The response to this should be choosing crosswalks throughout the city to repaint as rainbows, one new rainbow crosswalk per day at a random location, as long as this bullshit lasts. The cops can't watch all of them.
Bridges not walls in Liverpool. #nopasaran
If you ever meet someone from Liverpool who has fallen in with the far-right and talks about "waves of immigration changing the city" Ask them if they know their history. ⬇️ #Liverpool #nopasaran
".. Although the world stood up and stopped the bastard, The bitch that bore him is in heat again." From 'The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui' by Bertolt Brecht
Rip off little britain.
A projected £15 million building project aimed at honouring the late comedian and actor Ken Dodd has been cancelled after fundraising efforts fell flat.
Why do news programmes continually coax failed politicians into their studios with a handful of silvers?
If Trump wants to earn his nobel peace prize why doesn't he just tell Putin to leave Ukraine? #r4today
What about a quality pie shop like Ray's.
From Russia Today's Telegram channel, this morning
Just read that Kinks reference to Stamp and Christie on the BBC.
Left or right, the rich keep getting richer. Ask this wealth hoarding grifter, he didn't even pay for his hat ceremony. We did.
I wonder when #AI will replace politicians?
What will Sir Starmer do if Trump shouts at him like he shouted at Zelensky?
Trump forgot to ask Putin for the info he has on prince Andrew. youtu.be/_IcxnfCASuQ?...
Trump shouted at Zelensky"You're gambling with WW3, & what you're doing is very disrespectful to the country.." Trump said to Putin "I've always had a fantastic relationship with President Putin, with Vladimir.." Says it all. #bbcaq
Presumably that's why Trump did it.
What stops your president from telling Putin to get out of Ukraine? Has Putin got something on Trump?
If surveillance cameras reduce crime, why haven't the millions of CCTV cameras operating in the UK led to the complete eradication of crime?
🚨🚨🚨 We don't need more facial recognition vans on our streets We NEED legislation to protect us all from this unregulated tech www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
I wonder which human right I will miss the most if Poppy gets her wish.
Lost count of the number of failed politicians who say they will never enter the House of Lords years before they decide to sign on for the £365 (tax-free) readies per day expenses. No wonder they won't let us vote them out.
Has anyone added up the number of jobs he has on his Register of Members Interests since the election?
Indeed. According to one news report I saw, coppers were ignoring some protestors with placards but arresting others because they couldn't deal with all of them. What a carry on.
Curious to know what will happen to these arrested protesters if, due to austerity cuts, the prisons are full, many police stations have been sold off & the courts are backlogged.
Politics is all about sincerity........ and if you can fake that.. youtu.be/dL2K_5Q8QfM?...
Eliminating disease is very bad news for pharmaceutical companies, there’s billions to be made from the anti-vax movement.
✍️ The NHS App: A digital illusion at the crossroads of trust and power Trusting our gut instincts – this Palantir-backed digital upgrade would erode core NHS values of human care and inclusion By Mike Chitty @mikechitty.bsky.social
We own our data not billionaires who design surveillance tech. This should be taught in schools.
I'm amazed anyone still pays him to give these grifting speeches.
The consequences of austerity cuts are still being felt by young people now. Wealthy politicians think we all have short memories.
Between 2010 and 2023, more than 1,400 Sure Start centres were closed in England and Wales. Research by UNISON revealed that 1,243 council-run youth centres were also closed between 2010 and 2023.
TSS Duke of Lancaster is a former railway steamer passenger ship that operated in Europe from 1956 to 1979, and is beached at Llannerch-y-Mor Wharf near Mostyn Docks, on the River Dee, in north Wales.
Which wealthy politician came up with this nasty idea?
Yes, that’s the same Tony Blair Institute who’s been working with Trump on the Gaza Riviera. It is incomprehensible that anything this organisation is doing gets a free pass in the UK press let alone front page treatment www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Didn't voters who voted for the sell off of Britain's assets ever wonder what would happen afterwards?
Margaret Thatcher’s sale of 1.9m council homes cost public purse £200bn. Tories bought votes. Policy fuelled shortages in social housing, turbocharged inequality. One in six private tenants in England now rents a former local authority home. Councils lack resources to build new homes.
Me: "So which country should @aoc.bsky.social go back to?" Mick Mulvaney: "She's an American citizen." Me: "So why did Trump tell her to go back to her country?" I asked former Trump WH chief of staff Mulvaney if he ever challenged his then boss on his racist tweets. www.youtube.com/watch?v=wolq...
In corrupt little Britain, Murdoch has been given regular access to Prime Ministers since 2010 (at least).
Scousers see Sir Starmer (Rupert's mate) for the cynical politician he is. Liverpool “has been wounded by the media: The Sun in this city, a hurt for this city, and I certainly won’t be giving interviews to The Sun during the course of this campaign.” Sir Starmer speaking in Liverpool January 2020
"David Dinsmore is emblematic of everything that has gone wrong with the relationship between power and the press" Starmer has appointed a former Editor of The Sun – who has a criminal conviction under the Sexual Offences Act – as a communications advisor. Again, as always, the water we swim in.
Agreed. Thanks to @atrupar.com. His postings are invaluable.
If world leaders grew backbones they could say 'No' to Trump. Imagine that.
Sea lions were spotted diving into water for safety off of Russia's Antsiferov Island after an 8.8-magnitude earthquake struck. Read live updates: wapo.st/45cBXo2
Would women be voting now without the actions of the suffragettes? #Newsnight
Had a fascinating conversation with Eric Idle, talking about, among other things, why he and George Harrison were the outsiders in their respective groups, his "odd relationship" with Paul McCartney, the Python finances spat... and why he laughed when his doctor told him he had pancreatic cancer.
William Notman photographed a number of Confederate agents during the Civil War including Commander GT Sinclair. In June 1862 Sinclair was sent from Nassau to Liverpool with an important dispatch from Raphael Semmes to Commander James D Bulloch, the top Confederate agent in Britain. #navalhistory
From 1925:
'Classic Scouse insults' feature in new exhibition. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
youtu.be/ptaX4yH0TWc?...
Extra large helping of word salad from the orange manbaby about a deal that hasn't been signed. Why do politicians kowtow to him?
One of the most beautiful buildings in the world.
Turns out that runaway heating of the Mediterranean was among the first big turning points - and all major climate models missed it. Oil companies spent hundreds of millions to bully scientists into opting for most cautious assumptions. And they “won”!
Follow the money.
Liverpool, c.1950, photo by Bert Hardy, Picture Post photographer.
Often wonder how the IEA get so much free airtime on BBC shows like #Newsnight without ever having to reveal their incredibly shy funders & their motives.
The water companies in England aren't worth Jack sh*t. Let them all go bankrupt then buy them up for a penny.
Watch 'The Big Short', Chancellor and then watch it again and keep watching it till you understand its message.
www.thecanary.co/trending/202...
How will #PrivateEye portray this in a cartoon? Pantomime, farce or tragedy?
The heavy hand of the state. Not a good look for this government 🤔 #protest #democracy #politics #IanHislop
Just seen footage of #AudreyWhite in #Liverpool on Sunday. Years ago I remember she confronted Starmer about writing for the S*n. Days later she was expelled from the Labour Party. In the 80s a film was made about her support for a co-worker in a Bold St shop being bullied. youtu.be/z_sVIiwEpbE?...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Andrew Marr, king of the soft political interview. #lbc
The British Establishment has a notorious global reputation for cruelly refusing to compensate those it has so monstrously wronged. Despicable. Sub-postmistress/postmasters. Infected blood. Hillsborough. Nuclear test veterans.
ORGREAVE INQUIRY ANNOUNCED! The government have announced an inquiry will take place into Orgreave. Please see and share our press release. otjc.org.uk/orgreave-tru...
9 jobs Nige, the grifter's grifter.
And it appears that 650 MPs in today's parliament are powerless to stop these muck spreading river pirates.
"i asked grok" "i asked chatgpt" yeah well i asked carl sagan and he said the greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance but the illusion of knowledge 🧪
Jonah Fisher, "I do a lot of report on the figures in terms of how much sewage is put into our river, lakes and seas" "I thought I had stopped being surprised at the amount that is being discharged" "M jaw dropped when I saw the figures released this morning"
Nicolle Wallace played a montage of all the things Trump has called a hoax over the years; Obama, global warming, Russia, impeachment, COVID, the 'suckers and losers' comment, E. Jean Carroll, etc.
Sad news. A man with such an incredible zest for life.
Via #TimesNowNews - Felix Baumgartner, the Austrian daredevil best known for his 2012 supersonic skydive from the stratosphere, has died in a paragliding accident in Italy. He was 56 years old. www.timesnownews.com/world/who-wa...
Yeah I'm old & old fashioned. I guess in the future, if AI doesn't render us obsolete we will evolve into either the eloi or the morlocks.
No Birthday cards? Christmas cards?
I wonder what the average price for a stamp is in the EU. In rip off Britain the #postoffice extorts £1.70 for a 1st class stamp.
It's just another way corporations can make even more cash by using technology to dehumanise humanity.
As this country continues to leak in the economic doldrums, I often wonder what happened to all those people who voted for #Brexit
Defence Secretaries of a feather flock together. #r4today
Who'd have thunk it. #r4today