Reform taking the cream of the crap from the Tories.

Having a change from drawing. Did my first linocut today. Got an EssDee starter kit from Jacksons Art. Its a beautiful process and im so excited to do more @bky.art

God bless Robert Generic, Britain's favourite Ozempic root vegetable, who has today sacrificed his personal ambitions of political power so he could - let me check my notes - pursue political power.

What a perfect day to sit around in your jammies with a hot water bottle up your jumper, pottering #sketching @bsky.art #StillLife

I can't believe I'm posting this video - but we actually have to have a conversation about the real world implications of America going to war over Greenland. Let me walk you through it. It doesn't turn out well for us.

Hardwick Hall. Beautiful place, Utterly beautiful day.

For years I watched established journalists fumble to explain trump. "Maybe he's playing 4D chess," they'd say. No, he's just a stupid, impulsive criminal. And you normalised him.

Whatever you might think of Maduro, the seizure and kidnapping of a head of state takes us to a very dark place. Vast, arbitrary, extra-legal power, which could be exercised almost anywhere, regardless of the character of the target government.

Still life with empties ##blueskyarts

Full time: 0-0. Leeds fans and players celebrate like it's a win. A monumental result for the club, even with the excellent recent run. Stood tall and defended doggedly all night. Six unbeaten. Seven clear. Fantastic 21 points from first half of the season. #lufc

Last little sketch from 2025

Fountains Abbey this morning before it opened to the public

Primark Christmas teddy and weird bird #sketching ##blueskyarts #Christmas

youtube.com/shorts/F2CiI... My daughters singing this beautiful Christmas song

"BREAKING: The Trump family, living in exile in Russia after completing their US prison sentences, have announced the passing of their patriarch, Donald John Trump, who fled to Moscow in disgrace to avoid prosecution..."

"Do the rich have too much political power?" Yes: 80% No: 8% YouGov / Dec 8, 2025

Crassula or Money Tree #blueskyarts #TombowPencils #Drawing

French coffee pot and cup on a green table cloth #blueskyart #chromaflow #drawing

Just because it's reached the 100,000 threshold, doesn't mean anything will happen. So keep signing and sharing, because we need to show MPs that there's a huge demand. petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...

Exploring colour, more and more. it's a little new for me, with a sculpture background and a leaning towards monochrome, but this is exciting for me. Love drawing aloes, and their wayward limbs #Blueskyarts #drawing #AloeVera

🚨WOW! The Petition calling for a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy has now rocketed past 47,000 signatures! Let’s get it to 50,000 tonight. If a petition is what it’s going to take let’s get this done! petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...

This petition calling for a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy already has over 26,000 signatures. Let’s get it to 100,000 this week. Please sign and share 🙏 petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...

23,000. That's how many deaths can be blamed on Boris Johnson's chaotic Covid decisions and delays. Enough is enough, he must be stripped of his annual £115,000 handout. Sign the petition today: act.38degrees.org.uk/act/strip-Bo...

Aloe again #blueskyart

Five women, 1840s, photo by Scottish pioneers David Octavius Hill (1802-70) and Robert Adamson (1821-48). Miss Ellen Milne, Miss Mary Watson, Miss Watson, Miss Agnes Milne and Sarah Wilson (Scottish National Portrait Gallery).

What is it about powerful wealthy men in the West that they would risk everything to be able to have sex with young girls. I really don't get it... #Epstein

We should vote only for those who promise to make billionaires history. We need a great levelling, through tax and redistribution. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Michael Parenti goes over the history of the US crushing democracy around the world and overthrowing leaders through CIA-backed coups… There is one common denominator: All leaders overthrown by the US tried to use the political system to change the economic & class structure.

#autumn lovely day for a walk

he is protected all he lost are some stupid titles when the fact remains that he should be prosecuted to the fullest extent

Now investigate him and put him on trial.

Aloe Vera!

Staghorn, Mere Lane. Edenthorpe. #autumn #sketching #blueskyarts #drawing

'It is Ulysses Returning home From the sea of loss It is the return of the sun, Of my exiled ones And for her sake, and his I swear I shall not compromise And to the last pulse in my veins I shall resist, Resist- and resist.' Samih Al Qasim "Enemy of the Sun", 1970

Horse Chesnut, Mere Lane, Armthorpe #blueskyart ##sketchingoutside #trees

Sunflowers again. Endlessly fascinating Devilishly busy ##blueskyart #sketching #drawing

Finished reading the 9th Last Kingdom novel, in rather a hurry, so that I can get stuck into this 1st edition, John Le Carré my kid bought me from Hatchard & Daughters, in Haworth. I'm a big le Carré fan, have read all of his books multiple times, including Karla's choice - more of that please!

A Labour MP has blamed Brexit for Rachel Reeves’ tax-hiking Budget last October. Andrew Lewin said leaving the EU has left Britain £40bn poorer per year, adding that “were we still members… there would not have been a single tax rise” www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...

Picked 'em into garden this evening. What's more is, the birds planted these #sunflowers

Haworth cemetery, yesterday #blueskyart #sketchingoutdoors #drawing #BronteParsonage

The two-child benefit cap is one of the cruellest Tory policies. That’s why I voted to scrap it - and lost the Labour whip for doing so. It’s great to see a growing consensus to end it. Along with other MPs, I’ve written to the Prime Minister demanding he scraps it immediately.

If you’re wondering why the oligarchs propping up a regime would put so much effort into dividing citizens into a zero-sum set of factions, their freedom to engage in rank corruption and profiteering just might have something to do with it. newrepublic.com/article/2005...

The days of comfortably drawing outside this year are numbered. Not exactly dreading winter but it does make things more difficult. A field near Bramwith today #blueskyart #sketchingoutdoors #Yorkshire

Housesteads Fort

Cresswell

Sunflower

Well, this warmed the cold ashes of hope in my heart. A bit.

At PMQs today, I told the Prime Minister that to stop a Reform Government we need a return to real Labour values. That means real action to tackle poverty and inequality, a Wealth Tax on the super-rich, and an ethical foreign policy that takes a strong stand against war crimes.