NWLondoner by choice; NWEuropean by birth; despair over US politics; European🇪🇺through&through; feisty&independent; parent by serendipity; here by political necessity; rebel; 🎉mum of queers; #WeMustResist #SavingDemocracyIsNotASpectatorSport
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I listened to it on a long commute home last night, Jane, and I was honestly baffled by his combativeness, his derision and his often passive-aggressive tone towards Maitlis. He is a disgraceful human being, as far as I can tell. Am flabbergasted that he was (still is???) a LibDem😳😳😳
Fcking hell @financialtimes.com - you’re a journalistic disgrace🤬
At an event with DeSantis, Florida Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo said officials will push to end "all vaccine mandates" in law. "Every last one of them is wrong," (Politico) That’s measles, polio, chicken pox and tetanus… America’s anti-science anti-intellect shift is going to kill so many people.
Some pretty grim fringe sponsors at Reform UK conference this weekend. Big tobacco, climate deniers and more. Oh and the Telegraph of course.
Hell no🤢
Not sure. Mikey Smith from the The Mirror reported it over in the other place.
They were later going to call him back in because he claimed to have to leave but then gave a lengthy GB News interview just outside. Not sure if he actually came back?
Cowardly liar bsky.app/profile/pick...
It’s absofuckinglutely brilliant, isn’t it? 😂
Farage probably thought the Congressional hearing would be an easy forum to pontificate about UK free speech while GOP bros applauded. Instead he became the Democrats' cat toy.
He’s always so shit in the face of decent questioning. Absolutely amazing how rarely it happens.
Could someone in the UK please do the exactly same thing?
So ne schöne Idee 💡 - wär ich nie drauf gekommen. Aber wir haben massig Stoffreste, weil ein Teenie hier ganz neu mit Nähmaschine am arbeiten ist. Und das Training braucht. Dafür ist so nen relativ simples Projekt doch Gold wert.
Would’ve been my guess too 🎯
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I used to like you…🥴
Oh FFS🤬🤬🤬
"Wer täglich erzählt, wie dramatisch die Lage sei und was man sich in Zukunft alles nicht mehr leisten könne, trägt massiv zur Verunsicherung... der Menschen bei. Die werden dann sicher nicht Läden ... stürmen und Einkäufe tätigen, sondern ... ihr Geld zusammenhalten ... – Gift für den Aufschwung!"
"Ein Ex-NPD-Kader und heutiger AfD-Mitarbeiter wurde in Suhl in den Demokratie-Ausschuss gewählt und entscheidet nun über „Demokratie leben!“-Fördergelder. Ein Skandal mit möglicher CDU-Unterstützung." www.belltower.news/thueringen-e...
Ja, komisch, dass kein Geld mehr da ist, wenn jeder CDU/AfD/FDP Politiker zwischen mehreren Millionen und Milliarden veruntreut. Wie wäre es mit Ermittlungen? Geld zurückholen??? Wofür haben wir eigentlich Polizei und Staatsanwaltschaft?
#Korruption #Amigos #Selbstbedienungsmetalität In der #CDU gehört Korruption und Vetternwirtschaft sei jeher zur DNA. Der #SPD scheint das egal. Jetzt fordert sogar Transparency International endlich den Untersuchungsausschuss,den #CDU und sogar die Steigbügelhalter #SPD verweigert haben. Absurd🤡
Def well worth a listen!!!⤵️ @maitlis.bsky.social is on fire on this one 🔥🔥🔥
Clearly, Ms Maitlis agrees with us there… her increasing contempt for his half-baked theories and ill-advised loyalty to all tech billionaires, Zuckerberg and Meta in particular, as shown in his words AND his book (which I will def NOT read🫤) becomes quite apparent throughout the interview.
He really really is. What a twat!😡
In fact, I hope RFKjr gets to determine all the treatment, medication (or lack thereof!!!) from here on until #Shitler’s end🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
Was just listening to this on my commute home. It‘s possibly the most volatile and rambunctious conversation I’ve ever heard on the always quite feisty @newsagents.bsky.social Nick Clegg vs Emily Maitlis. He accuses her of misleading the viewers approx 47 times🤨 open.spotify.com/episode/7gvH...
Hi Frenchie 👋🏻 Guess we have to put our hope on tomorrow then. Sooner or later, our greatest wish will come true. Modern medicine can’t be THAT effective, surely😬
The Pentagon authorizes military judges for immigration cases, the National Guard occupies DC, and Federal forces prepare to deploy to Chicago. They’re attacking democracy, terrorizing Black & Brown communities, and quelling dissent. We need to be prepared—learn how here: bit.ly/resistancetoolkit.
Long day. Just logging on again. Don’t tell me: the megalomaniacal arsehole is still alive? 😖😖😖
More and more companies are offering it. And honestly, for mocktails, most of the offerings are quite decent. We try them occasionally. Haven’t come across/looked for alcoholfree rum yet though.
He‘s a liar. We all know about it.
Makes sense. Thank you.
Are you sure? We‘ve got £10 alcoholfree Gordon’s in the fridge. Not great tasting on its own but neither is alcoholic gin. Mix it with spicy ginger beer and limes plus lots of ice and it’s tasty indeed.
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Fair enough. That one was highly unlikely to be linked, to begin with. Why hide his stroke, obesity, insanity etc and then put the flag down.
Wow 😮
Heartfelt congratulations 🥳
Excellent outcome. Congratulations, @zackpolanski.bsky.social 🥳
Love it 🥰
Ooh, have a look, John Maybe the photo is recent, after all. The halfmast flag is repeatedly shown on this video which sometime took b/c weirdly enough, someone was throwing stuff out of a window from the private residence wing. The video clearly shows the flag on half mast. x.com/lucassa56947...
Oh, so you predict complete silence then? Maybe a bit of dimwitted BS about windmills and bleach to fill the time?
Apparently, school shootings never cause the WH to lower the flag (or it would be a constant up and down). But sure: it could very well be (and most likely is) an old photo.
Love that so much 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Good 👍🏻
"Some Dem officials and health care advocates see parallels between the upcoming midterms and the 2018 cycle....The difference this time around is that Republicans actually succeeded in passing their legislation."
This little train ride boosts morale more than anything else that’s happened in 2025 so far, so let’s go extra slow 😉
Sir Michael found the solution to this week’s mystery 🤣😂🤣 - like #Shitler had others post on his SM account: „he’s in excellent health and never felt better“😜
Yes. There's a feeling now that England is lost. It's not on the brink of a far-right takeover anymore, but has fallen over the edge. The place looks and feels like 1930s Germany. And our Blue Labour government seems perfectly happy with that! Happy to hate. Happy to scapegoat. Happy to fail.
Overt racism on our streets, flags as threats, Reform strutting around like they’re in power already, toxic radicalisation by Musk on X, politicians howling to leave the ECHR and to hell with the consequences… How can the govt just meekly nod along? FFS and for all our sakes, stand up to this shit.
We only use FireFox and DuckDuckGo so nothing Chrome-based. Am looking for u-Block Origin as we speak!
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I'm giving a talk in one exactly week's time. QR for Zoom info. It's 15:00 NZ time, that's like a west coast tip off for EST people.
Someone is scheduled to make an announcement. We don’t know who it will be until 2pm.
I agree. But the legal action has to be initiated from Brussels, not Berlin, I believe?
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She apparently WAS there. So why block off all routes again?
Well, well, well…anyone else wants to buy tickets to the hopeful conspiracy train???😜
Would that ad-blocker work in conjunction with a VPN? Eg like to watch Netflix Australia or New Zealand for a different selection. Same with Prime. Any experience with that?
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Nice to have you back. Maybe just post dog/cat pics and sunsets for the first few weeks. Just to get back into the swing of things😉
The sooner these fund get frozen, the better … BUT why should Germany have the authority to freeze EU funds for a fellow member state?!?
So nobody can get close enough to film it? Maybe? I’m just guessing here.
Good shout 🥳
In addition (OR contradicting this?), there’s a previously unscheduled PressCon later today. Think we all know he won’t admit anything and instd will keep lying to the world. Are they prepping him up for that at Walter Reed, maybe? Pump him full of “look alive for the cameras” sort of drugs???
Sorry🥴 But we all deserve SOME good news, once in a while.
Susan Collins - your 2 terms are are up for the 5th time www.youtube.com/watch?v=oAWT...
If AOC's star power helps propel Mamdani to mayor in NYC, and Bernie's star power helps Graham Platner unseat Susan Collins, while small moves, they would be nice steps toward a more progressive future. It does my little socialist heart good thinking about them boosting other progressives.
Anybody else heard about the multiple road closures around Walter Reed Military Medical Center?…which is first point of call for medical emergencies in the White House. Do we dare to hope? 🙅🏼♀️🙅🏼♀️🙅🏼♀️🙅🏼♀️🙅🏼♀️
I didn’t know but very much suspected it.
Genuinely laughing out loud at this😂🤣😊
Done ✅
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I might reconsider, just because it’s you😉
Noooooooo!
Serious hellhole, isn’t it?
Is it ok to block you for the duration of your holidays?🥴
Thank you!
the PM writes in today’s Mirror: ‘it will save working parents up to £7,500 a year’
Hope springs eternal 🙅🏼♀️🙅🏼♀️🙅🏼♀️
You didn’t use the “right gear” then, I must assume?😜
Ich war *wirklich* bereit, die Klimapolitik von Friedrich Merz gut zu finden. Haben ja keine Zeit dafür, beleidigt in der Ecke zu stehen. Was jetzt aber passiert, übersteigt meine größten Befürchtungen. Meine neuste Kolumne bei @surplusmagazin.bsky.social dazu: www.surplusmagazin.de/klingbeil-kl...
Exactly that!
Going running would be THE WORST sort of date I could ever imagine😬 What’s wrong with wining🍾 and dining 🥩 and talking without losing breath???
You get sore from rain??? What kind of a Scot are you?😜 That aside: “you think”?🤨 Be my guest to try out the “right gear” with the flour/rice/sugar packs and report back. Tried them all. There is no “right gear”, Burning, for running comfortably with DDs. It’s not a complaint, it’s a simple fact.
This is amazing 🤩
‘Far right racist’ thugs tried to break into hotels hosting Asylum Seekers. There have been arrests. These hotels are some of the nearest to Heathrow. Where exactly do they expect them to stay? Shouldn’t every single politician be condemning this? Every single one!
It’a Monday. In 2025. That aside, I’m ok. Thank you. But have to decline the running invite. DoubleDs are NOT ergonomically designed to run, Burning😉 Fill a sports bra w/ 2 kilo-packs of flour/sugar/rice, then go running…and you will know what I mean☺️ Biking? Scuba diving? Parasailing instd?😜
Very true. What baffles me most is that the utter dipshïts who are believing FarRightArse Frogface already watched the livestream from the US for years, and they’ve seen what’s happening over there. Why The fuckety Fck would they think the populist’s endless lies would hold any truer in the UK???
Poorer pupils in England ‘bounced out of some subjects’ by costs, Families can't afford ingredients for food/nutrition subjects, instrument lessons for music, fieldwork trips, foreign visits in languages, home technology. Lives unfulfilled by inequitable distribution of income and wealth.
'“You said Britain is on the wrong track. Which of these moments, if any, do you think is most responsible for putting Britain on the wrong track?” ... by a long way, “the 2016 Brexit referendum” is the most damned cause of the apocalypse'
Burning, you’re here and not out running? 🏃 🏃🏻♀️🏃♂️ How are you this beautiful September morning?
Morning Chrissy 😊
Morning Ray. All coffees on me today😉
Look at this graph. The share of national income going to the richest 10 percent was lowest (and share to lower 90 percent highest) when union membership was at its highest. As unions have weakened, inequality has widened. This is why we must build back union power.
Bereits jetzt sind die Ziele vom #Klimaschutzgesetz nicht einzuhalten. Jegliche Abschwächung des Klimaschutzes durch die Regierung steht verfassungsrechtlich auf sehr wackeligen Beinen. Noch sind #Gesetze in Deutschland kein Nice-to-have. www.fr.de/politik/expe...
Morning handsome😘 I absolutely intend to. Nothing will keep us determined optimists down for too long. Am currently hoping for some movement that the EU will release some of the frozen €250bn of Russian assets and use them to buy new weapons for Ukraine 🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻
What’s it about?
Morning skydivers🙋🏼♀️ It’s Monday, September 1st. Congratulations to all of us who have managed to survive 8 whole months of this dreadful year already. Despite Shitler, Putin and most of the Billionaires of this world wanting to either enslave us or kill us, we’re still standing. Way to go, peeps🥳