youtu.be/Y-CG0B5im50?... 4 months old #Butterflies but sums up where I think things are heading. #GavinNewsom #DumpTrump Foil #Farage Exit #Brexit This is far more serious than we think. Wake up as Newsom says...

Waiting to hear this on #r4Today... what a find.

#Butterflies My gut tells me Burnham (the Outsider) could turn things round, providing he could genuinely put Country before Party & work with others but he's not yet back in Parl & odds are neither Starmer nor the wannabe leaders are likely to be wanting to aid that.

Deeply concerning #Butterflies & indicative as to just how far this govt is allowing us to slip even further into the grasp of a predatory USA. #Palantir is another 5th Column at the heart of our State. #DumpTrump Foil #Farage & Exit #Brexit Stop the Rot!

Ed Davey criticises Starmer and Cooper for failing to acknowledge Trump's attack on Venezuela as a clear breach of international law Cooper response is both cowardly and disgusting

#Butterflies... might it be a good idea for Canada, Greenland & Denmark with friendly NATO allies to jointly enhance their mutual defence from any agressors in the far north?

It's bollocks & they know it's bollocks. Progs need to call out the bollocks! These charlatans pose more of a threat to UK citizens than any migrant or transperson. They're prepared to strip away the international rights & protecting us from them & leaving us open us to a Trumpian dystopia! #ECHR

#Butterfloes We need to be in the EU but we also need to hug Canada closer. The Yanks still saw Britain as a potential enemy in the late 19th cent. Last attempt on Canada 1860s when the Fenians had a go. Before then the US invasions of Canada in 1812. Neither ended well for the USA. #DumpTrump 🇬🇧🇨🇦🇪🇺

#Butterflies One can't help but feel that beyond the desire to control resources, some of this is still about taking the narrative from Epstein & improving standing in the midterms...assuming there are to be meaningful midterms.

Turkeys...Christmas... #DumpTrump Foil #Farage Exit #Brexit... #Butterflies

And yet #Butterflies when do we hear the media reporting this. The #LibDems views are all too often ignored yet they are the third party in Parliament & frankly are showing more sense & moral stance than many others! #DumpTrump Foil #Farage & Exit #Brexit.

Yesterday... Selene...Luna...take your pick... #Butterflies

Finally! #Butterflies

#Butterflies ...nicked from another place...😂😂😂

Say no to Trump... #DumpTrump Foil #Farage Exit #Brexit

#Butterflies there seems to be a relictance on the part of western leaders failing to call out US intervention in Venezuela. Just bear in mind Trump's motivation. He does not support Democracy, nor Human Rights. He does not seek allies, he wants compliant client states. That's all you need to know.

And what will he say if Trump makes a move on Greenland? Looking like he's nevergoing totake the moral stance.

#Butterflies To quote the late great Humphrey Littleton, I believe Putin's regime & the Russian Federation are but a 'gnat's crochet' away from collapse and the only thing preventing this is a divided West & a corrupted USA.

Remarkable interpretation of US law.

Lib Dem leader Ed Davey: “Keir Starmer should condemn Trump’s illegal action in Venezuela. Maduro is a brutal and illegitimate dictator, but unlawful attacks like this make us all less safe. “Trump is giving a green light to the likes of Putin and Xi to attack other countries with impunity.”

So #Butterflies ...regime change appears to be again a thing. My list of regimes I'd like to change: China Russian Federation N. Korea Iran USA We can sort out the rest of the autocrats once this has been achieved. I thank you for your attention. #Venezuela

Blimey! We're in for an interesting year...in interesting times. Appears the US military have now sworn allegiance to a President #Butterflies. Watch out Greenland.

On this day in 1909 the first state pensions came into force - thanks to a Liberal government.

Happy New Year #Butterflies... Stay strong, stay safe...

Idiocy. It's not up to Putin whether he loses the war, it's up to the West to ensure he does...sadly they have still not embraced the latter concept. Defeat Russia and a load of other problems facing the World become a bit easier to resolve.

#Butterflies A Russian defeat/break up has always been the key but if it takes another shift in US politics first bring it on & the soonervthe better. Meantime Europe needs to unite to fight or divided we get carved up between them.

#Butterflies the World spins & countries follow each other celebrating the New Year with fireworks. But remember a Russian War Criminal, aided by a complicit US kleptocrat, more interested in deals than real Peace, will be using different rockets to continue killing innocent #Ukrainian civilians.

#Butterflies. New Year's Eve 2025. We made it. But still so much wrong in the World. Dangerous to oversimplify but defeat Putin & Russia...collapse its evil influence & you begin to sort thungs. Today I plan to lose myself in happier things. @socialistdawn.bsky.social @colonelescargot.bsky.social

#DumpTrump Foil #Farage & Exit #Brexit

I'm gonna have to blow up part of one of my palaces to make Donald believe my latest lie

#Butterflies Me preparing for a post Christmas walk @nickynoo007.bsky.social @socialistdawn.bsky.social @colonelescargot.bsky.social @frenchie.bsky.social @nonnie.bsky.social @sirtom.bsky.social @bsky.pickpear.com @hill-hillbill.bsky.social @petersbrooking.bsky.social @pguythompson.bsky.social

395 Days in the Streets as Georgians Refuse to Surrender Their Democracy @reallyamerican.bsky.social #GeorgiaProtests reallyamerican.substack.com/p/breaking-3...

#Butterflies Only 2 things we need to consider...you can't trust Russia and sadly it looks like you can't trust the US anymore. Europe & the rest of what's left of the Free World, either step up or face carve up.

#Putin doesn't want Real Peace he wants capitulation & a new Russian Empire. #Trump doesn't want Real Peace he wants freedom to deal with Russia & to carve out his own Empire. Birds of a feather but Putin's better at it. Europe must step up to help Zelensky or it will become part of the carve up.

#Butterflies That's 'Sovereignty' for you; a US president determining your future after a criminal regime has illegally invaded your country, with genocidal intent & murdered your people. Sadly #Trump & #Putin want the same thing & #Zelensky's the one thing standing in the way. Step up Europe!

Dear #Butterflies & #NewFunThread & #Wulferhampton @nickynoo007.bsky.social @socialistdawn.bsky.social @colonelescargot.bsky.social @frenchie.bsky.social @nonnie.bsky.social @bsky.pickpear.com @hill-hillbill.bsky.social @petersbrooking.bsky.social @pguythompson.bsky.social @lillieg.bsky.social

Well #Butterflies given that religions are deeply political, e.g Constantine forced Romans to adopt Christianity as a State Religion, banning paganism, how about we ban state religion & disallow civil service attendance at places of faith. At least LGTBQI is a real thing.

How I'm arriving at the Bluesky Christmas party...

#Butterflies Went once...once was enough...made me feel more British & European than ever.

Moving read by Timothy Snyder on Carol of the Bells--its erased Ukrainian origins,cultural theft & why remembering where things come from matters,especially during Russia’s war in Ukraine.Glory to Ukrainian heroes who pay the price so others can sing unthinkingly. snyder.substack.com/p/o-generous...

#GeorgiaProtests #Butterflies NEVER FORGET Like #Ukraine they are our front line!

My final Monkey Cage is broadcast on Radio 4 on Christmas Day - I hope you have enjoyed the latest series - I am proud of what we created www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

Well #Butterflies my hosts set her on me this morning by way of saying time to get up. Like that was going to work.

As we approach Christmas, for this #MosaicMonday I'm sharing one of my favourite decorative mosaics. From Combe St Nicholas and sadly no longer surviving. Hand-coloured engraving from Samuel Lysons, Reliquiae Britannico-Romanae I.IV (1813-1817), pl. VIII. AncientBlueSky 🏺

'Winter' from Caerwent, Wales (now in Newport Museum) wears a hooded cloak against the cold & wet, maybe the 'birrus Britannicus' mentioned in Diocletian's Price Edict of AD301. A birrus was worth 6,000 denarii. Price details of Winter's furry mosaic companions in the ALT texts. #MosaicMonday 📸 me

One of @socialistdawn.bsky.social's special days #Butterflies. Happy Yule/Alban Arthan. Stay warm everyone. @colonelescargot.bsky.social @frenchie.bsky.social @nonnie.bsky.social @sirtom.bsky.social @bsky.pickpear.com @hill-hillbill.bsky.social @petersbrooking.bsky.social @pguythompson.bsky.social

Pamela Jo Bondi, doing her part to help an administration that calls itself, with a seemingly straight face, "The Most Transparent in American History."

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Oh #Butterflies when are those who seem to be hard of thinking going to realise: 1. There is no Peace with Putin et al in power. 2. #Brexit will continue to harm the UK. 3. Trump & MAGA are not your friends. 4. We need reform not Reform & like Trump Farage is Putin's friend. #DumpTrump Foil #Farage