I'm fed up with the attempt to normalize Trump and make out his unhinged behaviour is part of some clever strategy, and he is not an unhinged lunatic. Okay, so say his unhinged behaviour over Iran is part of some clever strategy. What about the rest? www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a... 1/2

See this, where I raise the crucial issue that journalists need to be asking about the Keir Starmer, Peter Mandelson issue, because it is being framed in the wrong way. skywriter.blue/@steb77.bsky...

I'd like to address the scandal of Keir Starmer, the appointment of Peter Mandelson as ambassador to the US, and Starmer's claim that he was unaware, Mandelson had failed developed vetting. This is being framed in a misleading way by the media. I place this here to clarify matters. 1/🧵

"Trump warns Tehran ‘can’t blackmail us’ as gunboats ‘fire at tanker’ in Strait of Hormuz" But Trump has been telling us for weeks, that he's won. I guess he was lying as usual. www.independent.co.uk/news/world/m...

I heard a Cuckoo again, on Whixall Moss NNR. I had my sound recording equipment with me, but it was too far away for a good recording, and didn't come closer. Just before I left, I saw this Speckled Wood, posing in a perfect position for a photo.

I didn't get to post this photo of a Green Hairstreak Butterfly I took on Whixall Moss yesterday. It was the first day I'd seen quite a few out. It was blustery, and not ideal for photography, but I was pleased with this one.

Some week ago, I made all these points about why increasing extraction of oil and gas from the North Sea, would not bring prices down for UK consumers, and would not benefit the British public. The big question is why Farage and Badenoch, made these claims? www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home... 1/2

I've heard my first Cuckoo on Fenns and Whixall Moss, but only in the distance, so far.

"JD Vance said that cutting Ukraine off from US support is one of his proudest achievements of the Trump administration." Just how low can the Trump regime sink? www.independent.co.uk/news/world/e...

I see, so staring an illegal war, that kills thousands, blowing up a girls school, throwing the world into economic chaos, and causing death and mayhem, threatening global war, isn't a moral issue. I suppose that tells us Vance is a psychopath. www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

This is what angers me about the mainstream media. Continually trying to normalize, the grossly abnormal Trump. Trying to make out Trump's recent outbursts raise questions about his mental instability. Where have these people been since 2016? www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a... 1/3

My latest thread all on one page. skywriter.blue/@steb77.bsky...

For quite some years, I have been saying to progressives, not to worry too much about right wing populism, in the longer term, because it will destroy itself. I make longer term political predictions, based on an understanding of complex dynamics. The fall of Orban was the start, and Trump ... 1/🧵

Trump is really messing up big time, attacking the Pope for simply doing his job, and speaking out against wars. There are a lot of Trump's voter base, now questioning his sanity and judgement. www.politico.eu/article/gior...

Should be part of his next test.

"Iran-US war latest: Vance accuses Tehran of ‘economic terrorism’ in Strait of Hormuz but warns ‘two can play that game’" So JD Vance is tacitly admitting that the US is engaged in international terrorism? www.independent.co.uk/news/world/m...

The world is fed up with the lying lunatic Donald Trump. 'The US president ⁠said in a press conference that Iran had "called this morning" and that "they'd like to work a deal."' Yeah, sure! How many times have we heard this lie? www.independent.co.uk/news/world/m... 1/3

Please, America, deal with this sick dangerous lunatic, and remove him from office. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Trump announces he will cause global economic meltdown if he can't get his own way, and threw all his toys out of his pram. Imaging the most powerful nation on earth, being ruled by an overgrown stroppy toddler, with dementia. www.independent.co.uk/news/world/m...

Trump will probably issue a posthumous pardon to Jeffrey Epstein. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

In the last week, the Tory Press, including the Mail and Sun have posted stories, smearing and ridiculing @zackpolanski.bsky.social for wanting to ban Horse Racing. Ironically the Mail Online carried this story below, today. 1/2

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I am putting this down as a page marker. If King Charles' state visit to the US goes ahead, Trump will humiliate Charles. It will probably go something like this. Trump will claim that Charles criticised Starmer, and Charles won't be able to defend himself. That's how predictable it is.

"Starmer ‘fed up’ with Iran war impact and says it is proof UK must reinforce European ties" Says the man that repeatedly ruled out rejoining the EU in any circumstance, and who tried to suck up to Trump to get an advantage over other European countries. www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli... 1/2

"Remaining in Nato is in best interests of US, says Keir Starmer" Not having Donald Trump or MAGA, is in the interests of the US, but they are going to take the stupid direction. Starmer needs to give up on trying to teach Trump to be rational. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...

"Airports across Europe could face “systemic” jet fuel shortages within three weeks if the Strait of Hormuz remains closed" Donald Trump may accidentally have done something positive (is he a secret climate activist), even if inadvertently. www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home... 1/🧵

If only King Charles had the spine, to cancel his visit to the US after Trump's repeated and insulting attacks on the UK. Yes, I know people will say he is advised by the government, but all that tells us, is that they are similarly spineless. Stand up to Trump.

Some Great-crested Grebe action from this morning on Marbury Big Mere. The weed dance, and what happened when an interloper tried approaching this pair. I think both in the altercation are males.

"Donald Trump is considering withdrawing some US troops from Europe amid dismay over Nato allies’ failure to help secure the Strait of Hormuz, according to a report in Reuters. ". Europe should close all American bases, and expel all US troops, immediately. www.independent.co.uk/news/world/m...

My thread all on one page, if anyone is slightly curious, about how we live in a society, where the most powerful person in the world, Donald Trump, is a total dumbass. The answer is here, if you follow it through. skywriter.blue/@steb77.bsky...

I think humanity needs to have an urgent think, about the society and system we live in. Donald Trump has proved himself to be the unhinged maniac, that many of us suspected he was, when he was first elected, with no grasp of reality. 1/🧵

The lunatic gangster, Donald Trump is getting tiresome, with his complaints that NATO didn't assist him in his illegal attack on Iran. NATO, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, is a defensive treaty, covering only the North Atlantic area, and is not a general military alliance. 1/4🧵

"Trump may be using Nixon’s ‘madman theory’ – and similar infamy may await" Don't overthink it. Trump's simply a madman. I've no idea why the media try to normalize Trump's idiocy, as if he has some sort of clever strategy. No, he's just an idiot and a lunatic. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

An Orange Tip and a Peacock, but no Large Red Damselflies yet, on Whixall Moss.

Soon Hegseth can go back to being a lush, when Trump fires him, and makes him a scapegoat for Trump's Iran debacle.

Why are the mainstream media, trying to normalize Trump's insane rants and threats? Where they ever really news media, or have they always just been establishment propagandists? Let's get this clear. Trump started a clearly illegal war for no good reason. Now he's threatening genocide.

"Trump warns Iran ‘a whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back’ as his strikes deadline looms" The art of deal? www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

"Trump says he is ‘not at all’ worried about committing war crimes in Iran" What else would you expect psychopath, with no conscience, no moral compass, and no concern for consequences say? Trump is just declaring to the world, that he's an actual psychopath. www.independent.co.uk/news/world/m...

Just imagine how Trump will look in a few more months, in a year, in a few years. People will be amazed that this lunatic was the President of the US. They will ask, what lunatics voted for him.

When will establishment politicians, and the establishment media, finally acknowledge that Donald Trump has made the biggest fuck-up in the history of the Western World? That he is totally unhinged, and has no idea about what he is doing? 1/2

See my latest thread on one page. skywriter.blue/@steb77.bsky...

As if we needed reminding just how disingenuous, dishonest and incompetent Keir Starmer is. Pretending that the @greenparty.org.uk and @zackpolanski.bsky.social won't protect worker's rights and have no realistic economic policy. He has no vision. www.theguardian.com/politics/202... 1/🧵

My first Swallow of the year, over Brown Moss, near Whitchurch, North Shropshire. There were quite a few, with Sand Martins.

I've repeatedly said from the beginning, it was a huge tactical error, for Keir Starmer to believe, that being obsequious to Trump, would allow him to develop a special relationship with Trump, which would allow the UK to be in a unique position with Trump. www.theguardian.com/politics/202... 1/7🧵

Macron's criticisms of Trump, are accurate and pertinent. But there's a problem, Macron, Starmer et al, have all facilitated Trump, by pandering to him, not challenging him like they should of, and telling him he was beyond the pale. Now we're up shit creek. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a... 1/🧵

Trump, the biggest liar the world has ever known. He makes Walter Mitty look like a total amateur.

Lies and bullshit like you've never seen before. www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

This is my thread on one page. This is profoundly important, and please read it. This is not because I wrote it, but because I have a solid track record over many decades of making accurate predictions, and being right. Ignore what I say, at your peril. skywriter.blue/@steb77.bsky...

If the BBC were unbiased media, #R4Today would be running an item on the environmental impact of Artemis II; looking at how better the money could have been spent.... There is no Planet B

I'm seriously suggesting this crisis be called the "Trump fuck-up". I understand some people will object to me using profanities. But this is deliberate, because euphemisms could be the death of us. It's a monumental fuck-up and we must use the strongest possible language to avoid misleading people.