"I'm already telling my eight-year-old son to keep himself physically fit, so that on April 28th 2026, he can walk a book shop and find out what Martin Fitzgerald knew!"

🧵Is the bishop of Argyll and the Isles attempting to be the Ed Davey of the Scottish Catholic hierarchy? All in a good cause, however- publicity for @sciaf.bsky.social, the Scottish Catholic international development charity, and highlighting that too many people don't have access to clean water/...

A photo I took, as an AP reporter, of Jesse Jackson on the campaign trail in West Virginia in 1988. He would capture 14% of the vote in the Democratic Party primary (way behind Michael Dukakis) in a state that was 96% white.

Farage despises women every bit as much as Trump.

Nigel Farage lashes out at a FT journalist and refuses to answer the question. Is this how Reform UK would ignore media questions if they got into government?

The answer, of course, is yes. And his audience, of course, love it. Years of Trump has left them unable to differentiate between rudeness and humour

That said, I don't think TSG,realised the absolute shitshow they were walking into, in leadership terms, with BrewDog. So at least we get to laugh at a PE firm being increasingly fucked off at James Watt's inability to hold a functional board meeting.

Effectively Watt and Dickie did a deal where they both netted up to 100 million quid for a chunk of their BrewDog shares. In return, they gambled on the company doing a $1bn+ IPO within 5 years in order to pay off TSG's investment. The longer the delay, the more TSG make each year in dividends.

Something worth noting, sadly, is that TSG Consumer Partners - the Private Equity firm Watt/Dickie sold 22% of BrewDog to - have crazy preferential rates. If the company doesn't IPO, but instead gets sold, they get a vast percentage of the profits before any of the "Punk" crowdfund investors.

Good advice

They always get to antisemitism sooner or later...

Reform UK activists face scrutiny over anti-Jewish posts

The Late Show host says CBS, heeding a warning from the FCC chairman, prohibited him from interviewing a Texas state representative who is running for the US Senate. deadline.com/2026/02/stephen-...

⚡️Russian drone strike on civilian car kills 3 energy workers in Donetsk Oblast. Three workers at the Sloviansk Thermal Power Station in Donetsk Oblast were killed, and another was injured on Feb. 17 when a Russian first-person-view (FPV) drone struck their car, the Energy Ministry said.

Is there a name for this specific maladaptive organisational response? 1. Core activities underresourced; health of organisation falters. 2. Fear of redundancy. 3. Look-at-me projects proliferate as people try to look busy. 4. Look-at-me projects suck up resources. 5. Go to 1. Asking for a sector.

Pot calls kettle… the environmental disaster of scallop dredging calling out the environmental disaster of salmon farming…

www.moldpres.md/eng/society/... Former Democratic Party leader Vladimir Plahotniuc has refused to testify in Kuliok case. He showed up today at the Supreme Court of Justice (SCJ) hearing, where he was supposed to be heard as a witness.

skyview.social?url=https%3A... No jail sentence for Russian general who defrauded the state of half a billion roubles+ This is why the Russian army collapses like tinfoil.

Reform UK party leaders accused of 'bullying' and breaking election promises by ex-councillor

🧵As @anneapplebaum.bsky.social writes here, Hungary is much loved by MAGA, too. But having been one the Soviet Bloc's nations, Orbán's corrupt, pro-Russia rule has made it poorer than most of its neighbours. This is the future Reform UK Ltd wants for Britain/... www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...

Remember: Viktor Orban has built a corrupt, stagnant Hungary that is much poorer than it should be www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...

"Lord Jesus Christ, you teach us that we cannot live by bread alone give us grace, we pray, to live by your teaching" #LectionaryPrayers for #Lent 1, February 22 2026 peterwnimmo.co.uk/2026/02/09/o...

Mandatory limit of one (1) Chinese or Indian restaurant per town.

9/In Munich, I heard many calls for technical fixes/practical solutions/a few nice words. But ultimately, they do not address the core problem -- a fundamental and deep psychological rupture in trust, which will take generations to reclaim. www.nbcnews.com/world/europe...

7/This is the logical conclusion of what @himself.bsky.social and I describe as the enshittification of US power. Platforms proved too good to be true. And now, dependence is unleashing a political response. www.wired.com/story/enshit...

"The number of people aged 20 to 66 is projected to fall by about 12 per cent, while the number of pensioners is set to rise by more than 20 per cent, Ifo said." www.ft.com/content/7b15...

A Reform UK Ltd government would have nothing for you if you were a trans youngster who was good at computer coding

You just can't get the staff nowadays...

Now we can add fracking to Reform UK's list of policies that the British public will absolutely hate. Apart from immigration, every single thing they say is on the wrong side of public opinion. And they're even at the extreme end on that. Should be the easiest clownshow ever to take down.

Literally nobody in this country used the phrase 'DEI' before January last year. America-brained shite.

The Norwegian Government ordered a stop in trading with Russian assets shortly after the full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. The goal was to divest, but today - four years later - the Pension Fund still owns shares in 46 companies listed on the Moscow stock exchange.

Nutcase news...

Braverman says social transitioning would be banned in all schools, "no ifs or buts". She says the 50% target for university education would be replaced with a 50% target for kids going into trades like electricians and plumbing. As ever, I'll believe it when it's the MPs' own kids who do this.

Braverman says children are taught about gender rather than facts, and to view the UK with "shame". Criticising schools can be politically risky, as many parents tend to view their kids' particular school, and teachers, with affection, and might dislike being told they are in fact rubbish.

Not only impossible, but geologically impossible over much of the UK, so unlikely to make much difference to UK energy needs

A thread of watching stuff so we don't have to. The striking, but unsurprising, thing, is how unserious Reform are about even the things they want. It's all reheated, end-of-the-bar sloganeering.

Literally every day there is some mad story about something Matt Goodwin, who in terms of 'actually viable candidates for a parliamentary seat' is the by-election candidate furthest from public opinion since, what...Bermondsey 1983?

Why has Reform's polling plateaud? It's a mystery.

This Bluesky feed serves to disseminate information and new posts related to Operation CRUSADER, the #desertwar in WW2 and #ww2 in general. If desert #armour warfare, surrendering Germans, and challenges to preconceived ideas about the Italians are your thing, you might want to give us a follow.

Cyril of Alexandria, imagines the rich man hearing this in hell: you could’ve shared paradise with Lazarus if you’d shared your wealth with him. Refusing mercy made the punishment fit the crime. Would any preacher today urge the rich to make the poor partners in thy wealth? #churchfathers #christian

⚡️1 killed, 25 injured across Ukraine as Russia launches latest mass missile, drone attack. Odesa, which saw three civilians injured, has been left without heating and water supply.

Reform no longer the favourites to win next election Whisper it quietly, but the wheels may have fallen off for Reform.

⚡ Ukraine’s battle-tested troops may soon train German soldiers. Der Spiegel reports Berlin plans to bring Ukrainian veterans to instruct the Bundeswehr in drones, counter-drone tactics, and battlefield coordination. 🔗 united24media.com/latest-news/...

friend needs some help for an electric wheelchair, if you have a few quid it'll be an excellent cause www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding...

Sick. Imagine Germany did a Hitler Day

This is more or less treason

Orbán’s pay cheques: Reform candidate fuelled by profits from Russian oil

We are not seeing a "Reverse Nixon" but instead a "Reverse Mao Zedong".

Hi All, Just sent this out. We are witnessing a historical failure to understand the limits on US power. People honestly talk about the US detaching Russia from China, when what we are seeing is a depressing detaching of the US from its democratic allies by Ru/Ch. open.substack.com/pub/phillips...