Pudsey (@the-puddington.bsky.social) reply parent
Bollocks. Does she really even believe a word that she is spouting?
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Bollocks. Does she really even believe a word that she is spouting?
Pudsey (@the-puddington.bsky.social) reply parent
Stupid. Inhuman.
Pudsey (@the-puddington.bsky.social) reply parent
Maybe #TwoTierUsCitizenship should begin trending.
Pudsey (@the-puddington.bsky.social)
Excellent read. eastangliabylines.co.uk/opinion/brit...
BladeoftheSun (@bladeofthes.bsky.social) reposted
A simple test of humanity. Do you support Palestine and their right to exist?
Pudsey (@the-puddington.bsky.social) reply parent
Why not simply give Farage the job. At this point, @teamlabouruk.bsky.social may as well. Utterly useless.
Anand Menon (@anandmenon.bsky.social) reposted
"Talk of mass deportation is Nazi fucking bullshit. You can pretend otherwise, but that's what it is. In order to even countenance it, you must reach a point of hatred towards a minority group which is reminiscent of the very worst moments of human history".
Pudsey (@the-puddington.bsky.social) reply parent
Mieux vaut tard que jamais... Cela aurait dรป รชtre fait il y a un moment dรฉjร .
Eliot Higgins (@eliothiggins.bsky.social) reposted
Politics today is less driven by ideological conviction and more by parties chasing votes based on a distorted picture of public opinion, one filtered through algorithms that amplify emotionally engaging content. This incentivises performance over substance and erodes democratic deliberation.
Byline Times (@bylinetimes.bsky.social) reposted
BREAKING: Our hearts Our new front page #ProtectJournalistsInGaza #LetReportersIntogaza Www.bylinetimes.com
Pudsey (@the-puddington.bsky.social) reply parent
Sickening but anyone finding this a surprise has not been paying attention.
Pudsey (@the-puddington.bsky.social) reply parent
They intended to do so regardless of recognition, let's not kids ourselves. Years of impunity coming home to roost and the reputation of the West (and Arab countries) lies in the gutter.
Pudsey (@the-puddington.bsky.social)
This is totally stupid and counter-productive. The idea that one "cause" is worthier than the other is beyond ludicrous. I wish people would use their brains. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
Edwin Hayward (@edwinhayward.com) reposted
Has anyone seen an Overton window? It was last seen heading Right at several hundred MPH.
Best for Britain (@bestforbritain.org) reposted
"Britain is better than this - forget Farage, we need more decency and humanity." ๐จ Share if you agree ๐ https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/britain-better-plastic-patriots-like-35797820
Pudsey (@the-puddington.bsky.social) reply parent
The idea that this is something that can be stopped with the climate change that we are still to acknowledge is simply ridiculous. We keep pretending that the world hasn't changed. This is just the start & will get significantly worse. Pity the young of today - 0 logical solutions from politicians.
Pudsey (@the-puddington.bsky.social) reply parent
The lack of humanity is... there are no adequate adjectives. These guys have no conscience. They will tread on anything and anyone getting in the way of profit. I hope the downfall is long and painful for him and generations behind him.
Pudsey (@the-puddington.bsky.social) reply parent
But 50% tariffs on India.... Right. ๐
Pudsey (@the-puddington.bsky.social) reply parent
Think they miss the point - it's the idiots Im insulted by and not the flag. ๐
Pudsey (@the-puddington.bsky.social) reply parent
The Democratic Party appears to be about as effective as the UK Labour Party; the expression that suits them both is "as useful as a chocolate teapot"
Pudsey (@the-puddington.bsky.social) reply parent
I swear the world is going stark raving bonkers - we really do not deserve to survive as a species!
Pudsey (@the-puddington.bsky.social) reply parent
Simple calculation : the orange man is doing it so I can too. Worst part is that those voting him in will do so fully aware of what he said and in spite of his track record. Like Brexit all over again. And Starmer? Absolutely useless!
Talk With Saul (@talkwithsaul.bsky.social) reposted
There's not a soul in the streets, just a little 4-year-old boy playing in the sand in his yard. The commander suddenly starts running, grabs the boy, and breaks his arm at the elbow and his leg here. Stepped on his stomach three times and left. We all stood there with our mouths open.
Pudsey (@the-puddington.bsky.social) reply parent
1. Incompetent is an understatement. 2. Ukraine was invaded 3. Ukraine is still standing and will continue if not for the US putting a spanner in the works. 4. Having said it would take days, Russia is still fighting 3yrs on and needing North Korean troops to do so.. 5. Just shut up already!
Pudsey (@the-puddington.bsky.social) reply parent
Pass the sick bucket please! ๐คฎ
Pudsey (@the-puddington.bsky.social) reply parent
I think this post is far more interesting ๐ bsky.app/profile/merr...
Pudsey (@the-puddington.bsky.social) reply parent
The headline from NBC, I found equally impersonal. I figured it was just me... bsky.app/profile/nbcn...
Pudsey (@the-puddington.bsky.social) reply parent
So they have no excuse is what they are saying. Wasn't expecting anything more because they had nothing to begin with.
Pudsey (@the-puddington.bsky.social) reply parent
That this is a surprise is what I find odd. As a person living this and having felt the shift across three European countries. We are having to justify our existence as many have little idea of their history...
Pudsey (@the-puddington.bsky.social) reply parent
You think...? Shock, horror... ๐
Pudsey (@the-puddington.bsky.social) reply parent
Just like yapping on about flying flags .... Not only pointless but almost as if there was nothing more important to talk about...
Pudsey (@the-puddington.bsky.social) reply parent
How interestingly worded by NBC. One of those MURDERED journalists had a working relationship with NBC. You'd never guess that from the headline. Had he been from the West, I suspect it may well have read differently. The western mainstream press bears some responsibility. #TwoTierMorality
Pudsey (@the-puddington.bsky.social) reply parent
For crying out loud, no one is forcing anyone to watch. That's the principle of a streaming service. Do a review of something that actually makes a difference and stop jumping on the bandwagon - it's so yesterday... ๐
Sunder Katwala (sundersays) (@sundersays.bsky.social) reposted
About sixth of the public hold extreme/toxic views on mass deportations even beyond asylum. This is not larger than a decade ago. Elites are shifting *much* more than the public (which is liberalising longterm & frustrated about asylum/boats in the short-term).
Pudsey (@the-puddington.bsky.social) reply parent
It was seeing your post that made me look closer and realise that the spelling of the name was wrong. Also, the person sent me a message this morning thanking me for supporting Gaza etc. That didn't make any sense at all. So thank you.
Pudsey (@the-puddington.bsky.social) reply parent
I definitely will not! Just subjected myself to 15 minutes of Julia Hartley Brewer's verbal diarrhea on Talk-Radio. That almost requires a mental reset to continue the rest of the day! How you do it, I have no idea!
Pudsey (@the-puddington.bsky.social) reply parent
I think so is this one @waeleldaahdoouh@bsky.social Account blocked and reported.
Pudsey (@the-puddington.bsky.social) reply parent
The audacity of that statement. Clearly impunity pays. I have never been so ashamed to be European. Beyond that, this is a collective stain on all of us. I am disgusted.
Pudsey (@the-puddington.bsky.social) reply parent
This took my breath away earlier - I hadn't read the comment. Despite all the shocking images of the last 23 months, I suppose I should be grateful that it still does. ๐ Yet, a primary talking point in the UK is flying flags. #TwoTierMorality #Shameful
Pudsey (@the-puddington.bsky.social)
@lbc.co.uk I cannot believe that flags is THE main topic of discussion given Israel's direct targeting & murder of journalists (AGAIN). Russia/European/Israeli journalists = wall to wall coverage. Do Palestinian lives (and journalists) matter less? Charlie Hebdo ring any bells? #Lbc #TwoTierMorality
Pudsey (@the-puddington.bsky.social) reply parent
The message Israel has taken away over the last 23 months is that they can do WHATEVER they want - noone will hold them accountable. Western leaders and Arab leaders can hang their heads in shame. #TwoTierMorality #Shameful #WarCrimes
Pudsey (@the-puddington.bsky.social) reply parent
Murdered would be more appropriate. The footage is beyond doubt - for those that this believe that this is "self-defense" @lbc.co.uk @bbcnewsnight.bsky.social @ukparliament.parliament.uk www.instagram.com/reel/DNxXb1v...
Pudsey (@the-puddington.bsky.social)
In what universe is this lawful? So ashamed of European leaders. #WarCrimes #Genocide www.instagram.com/reel/DNxRoul...
Pudsey (@the-puddington.bsky.social) reply parent
Lacks any understanding of how complex identity is. Born to Parents of Indian origin, an overseas British National since naturalised British and now French. Most of these people have never had to justify their existence - I and my kids still do, increasingly so!
Pudsey (@the-puddington.bsky.social) reply parent
Don't bother! And the Royal Mail and DHL ought to do the same. About time the Mafia were shown some pushback!
Pudsey (@the-puddington.bsky.social) reply parent
I must be living in a different dimension. The world is going totally batshit crazy.
Pudsey (@the-puddington.bsky.social) reply parent
Honestly, at this point, as a human being, I do wish the US were in another universe!
Pudsey (@the-puddington.bsky.social) reply parent
Bollocks...unless you're white. And even they'd be utterly stupid to go.
Pudsey (@the-puddington.bsky.social) reply parent
Infantino is a disgrace. If ever you wondered what people would have done in WW2, now you know exactly... FIFA is a disgrace and the IOC too for not rescinding the games. ๐คฎ๐คฌ
Pudsey (@the-puddington.bsky.social) reply parent
I will try and remain polite so: 1. Pitiful ๐คฌ 2. NOT VOTING LABOUR AGAIN. 3. NOT VOTING LABOUR AGAIN. 4. NOT VOTING LABOUR AGAIN. 5: NOT VOTING LABOUR AGAIN 6. NOT VOTING LABOUR AGAIN. 7. NOT VOTING LABOUR AGAIN. 8. NOT VOTING LABOUR AGAIN. 9. NOT VOTING LABOUR AGAIN. 10. Ditto...
Pudsey (@the-puddington.bsky.social) reply parent
Tbh, that's assuming he had them to begin with...
Pudsey (@the-puddington.bsky.social) reply parent
๐ for both...but particularly the second!
Pudsey (@the-puddington.bsky.social) reply parent
Very true. However, the Right's use of the flag (regardless of country) has a rather poetic, colloquial term which is spot on : flag shagger.
EL PAรS (@elpais.com) reposted
Bardem ha llamado a las fuerzas armadas de israel โnazisโ y afirma que utilizan โla misma lรณgica de terror y deshumanizaciรณnโ contra la poblaciรณn palestina
Sir Basil (@sirbasil.bsky.social) reposted
Sarah, if the silent majority want to say things like "Set fire to all the f***ing hotels full of the b******s for all that I care" then they are violent arseholes and they should stay silent
Pudsey (@the-puddington.bsky.social)
@lbc.co.uk , by that journalist's logic Anne Frank shouldn't be counted as a victim of the Holocaust because she died of Typhus. 100,000 tons of explosives dropped on Gaza, one of the most densely populated places on earth with a population that has nowhere to go. ๐๐คฌ #ridiculous #lbc #shameful #Gaza
Pudsey (@the-puddington.bsky.social) reply parent
๐คฎ๐คฌ - I have no other words.
Pudsey (@the-puddington.bsky.social)
@lbc.co.uk Yet another hour on asylum seekers. Let's go on talking about flags & not the real issues - lack of investment across decades from UK governments. Maybe looking in the mirror at our support for recent US actions in the whole Middle East might also have something to do with it?
Asawin Suebsaeng (@swin24.bsky.social) reposted
This is a popular message across the political spectrum, and will likely be for the rest of our lives and to our great shame. Itโs a collective moral and political failure, top to bottom, that it is
Pudsey (@the-puddington.bsky.social) reply parent
The worst and scariest part is that it is also likely a message likely to reach those feeling emboldened by Trump in EU countries. Utterly depressing. Utterly disgusting. Those dystopian films where we saw the "poor" parked in areas and the rich "living it up" is becoming a reality it feels like.
Pudsey (@the-puddington.bsky.social) reply parent
Nutcase.
Good Law Project (@goodlawproject.bsky.social) reposted
The US far-right is coming for our reproductive rights in the UK. It's time to fight back. https://observer.co.uk/news/international/article/us-christian-conservative-groups-escalate-support-for-uk-anti-abortion-protesters
Pudsey (@the-puddington.bsky.social) reply parent
yipee.... ๐ฎโ๐จ Something to look forward to then....
Pudsey (@the-puddington.bsky.social)
Thank you @lewisgoodall.com for the clarity. The Israeli narrative linking the events of 9/11 = false equivalence & they know it. Netanyahu's attack on Macron etc. is ridiculous. Am guessing that by that yardstick, the millions of Israeli citizens protesting are anti-Semitic/self-hating Jews? ๐๐ฎโ๐จ
Pudsey (@the-puddington.bsky.social) reply parent
Oh so I guess we are to ready ourselves for endless attacks on "immigrants"... Thanks for the heads up... No doubt, we can count on Kemi Badenoch to calm things down...
Pudsey (@the-puddington.bsky.social) reply parent
Also, his questioning of the lawyer earlier was ridiculous. I despise the man for what he did. But we have a justice system for a reason - the man was "punished" & that point was made several times. Like a tabloid journalist, he kept coming back to the same point. Pfff - what a time to be alive!
Pudsey (@the-puddington.bsky.social) reply parent
I try to avoid this time slot. Generally try and listen where possible to O'Brien. The rest raises my blood pressure too much. Ali Miraj, Feltz etc... ewww.... Radio automatically switches off
Pudsey (@the-puddington.bsky.social) reply parent
It gets worse - the current caller took the long way round but found his way to the "muslim voter".
Pudsey (@the-puddington.bsky.social) reply parent
Inviting Sophie Corcoran.... This time slot is painful to listen to.
Pudsey (@the-puddington.bsky.social) reply parent
What a time to be alive...
Pudsey (@the-puddington.bsky.social) reply parent
๐คข๐คฎ๐คฌ
Pudsey (@the-puddington.bsky.social)
I suspect that if families in the UK were faced with an occupying army that burst into the house in the night, demolished the house as collective punishement for a member being a "terrorist", held people without trial (including children), Tom.Swarbick would well classify it as terrorism... #lbc
Pudsey (@the-puddington.bsky.social) reply parent
These programs are just so...yesterday!
Pudsey (@the-puddington.bsky.social) reply parent
I won't even bother reading the article - the headline is enough. No.
Pudsey (@the-puddington.bsky.social) reply parent
So...walking on eggshells to avoid upsetting the toddler. waste of time - his word is worthless. But here we are, having agreed to a colossal increase in defense spending, with barely any guarantees because...a toddler is in charge. Pitiful really
Pudsey (@the-puddington.bsky.social) reply parent
Those running the Merriam Webster social media accounts are just ๐๐พ๐๐พ๐๐พ๐๐พ! ๐
Pudsey (@the-puddington.bsky.social) reply parent
You are yet another reason not to vote Labour again! Utterly disappointing since winning the GE. Lack of morality. Lack of courage. Taking your voters for fools.
Matthew Stadlen (@matthewstadlen.bsky.social) reposted
Robert Jenrick, the Tory Shadow Justice Secretary and former Home Office Minister, joining protesters outside an asylum hotel is one of the most disgusting acts by a frontline British politician in living memory.
Pudsey (@the-puddington.bsky.social) reply parent
Of course, taking responsibility would require some honesty.... Nothing surprising...
Pudsey (@the-puddington.bsky.social) reply parent
If only she were that decisive about people being decimated in Gaza... Two tier morality.
Pudsey (@the-puddington.bsky.social) reply parent
The man has sold his soul to the devil - and he knows it. I hope there's a special place in Hell for him and all the others. With friends like this, who needs enemies?
Pudsey (@the-puddington.bsky.social) reply parent
He says "jump", they ask "how high".
Pudsey (@the-puddington.bsky.social) reply parent
RI-DI-CU-LOUS!
Pudsey (@the-puddington.bsky.social) reply parent
Well, I for one am not one of those. I find it infuriating. As a teacher and parent, how are we meant to teach young minds given the spectacle before us of supposedly "intelligent" and "well read" leaders?! Beggars belief!
Pudsey (@the-puddington.bsky.social) reply parent
All of the above? Cannot quite see how they are representing European citizens' interests by continuing to do lick his boots given everything that we have seen so far. When he visits the UK later on this year, NOONE turns up as his ridiculous motorcade goes past. He deserves 0 respect.
Pudsey (@the-puddington.bsky.social) reply parent
Either way, extremely infuriating. As European citizens, we are paying for US arms to Ukraine that the US refuses to pay for. I am all for supporting Ukraine but gangster tactics as those being employed by the US are wearing more than thin. They aren't trustworthy.
Pudsey (@the-puddington.bsky.social) reply parent
And yet Eu leaders continue to sing his praises... ๐คฎ๐คฌ
Pudsey (@the-puddington.bsky.social) reply parent
200%
Pudsey (@the-puddington.bsky.social) reply parent
๐คฃ๐๐คฃ๐ Had to ask - you never know these days ๐คฃ๐๐คฃ๐ Doesn't lie straight in bed either ! ๐ ๐คฃ๐๐คฃ๐
Pudsey (@the-puddington.bsky.social) reply parent
Is this real?๐
Pudsey (@the-puddington.bsky.social) reply parent
And we are meant to take the US' word because.....? Right now, Europeans are paying for arms that the US is giving to Ukraine but refusing to pay for. What makes anyone think that they can be trusted? EU leaders need to find their spine & call a spade, a spade. The US' word counts for little today!
Pudsey (@the-puddington.bsky.social) reply parent
I hope that there is a very special place in hell for all these people. Karma is very slow to make an appearance....but it eventually does.
Pudsey (@the-puddington.bsky.social) reply parent
๐คข๐คฌ๐คข๐คฌ The EU's lack of a spine and ability to call a spade, a spade is infuriating/sickening. Continuing to praise the orange man as if he has been helpful rather than woefully incompetent is ... irritating....to be polite. #FedUpOfAmerica
Pudsey (@the-puddington.bsky.social) reply parent
Great region - really crappy politicians and currently not making the type of headlines that would want to make you visit... especially if you have dark skin!
Pudsey (@the-puddington.bsky.social) reply parent
#FedUpOfTheUS
Pudsey (@the-puddington.bsky.social) reply parent
#FedUpOfTheUS
Pudsey (@the-puddington.bsky.social) reply parent
And yet, Western leaders continue to bow down before him. #FedUpOfTheUS
BladeoftheSun (@bladeofthes.bsky.social) reposted
Someone told me a joke today. International Law.
Pudsey (@the-puddington.bsky.social) reply parent
"bollocks" comes to mind.
Pudsey (@the-puddington.bsky.social) reply parent
Bla bla bla... Your propaganda isn't cutting through anymore.