Not his first time goodlawproject.org/reform-mp-ri...

A friend wrote to me this week to say he sees me in a "prophetical light". He was talking about a poem I wrote in 2016, about the Putin-Trump post-Brexit world. To quote Wilfred Owen, "All a poet can do today is warn." I think it's the only poem by me that rhymes, btw.

Fran put it best.

Trump is stupid, mad, dangerous, rich, and ridiculously powerful, but most of all ... the stupid bit. That's what should worry us most.

A friend wrote to me this week to say he sees me in a "prophetical light". He was talking about a poem I wrote in 2016, about the Putin-Trump post-Brexit world. To quote Wilfred Owen, "All a poet can do today is warn." I think it's the only poem by me that rhymes, btw.

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A very good piece by Mic Wright in praise of Jeremy Bowen. Jeremy believes journalism is witnessing, then telling the truth about what you've witnessed. He's right. open.substack.com/pub/brokenbo...

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What's the odds Trump gives up on his own war before his British cheerleaders do

Wow -- as first spotted by @BadFoxGraphics on X, Fox & Friends this morning used *old footage of a previous dignified transfer* to mislead their audience about the fact that Trump wore a baseball cap during the one yesterday

'raised money' - LOL

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The Trump administration is doing more harm to America in months than the Iranian regime has managed to achieve in decades. Destroying the country’s standing at home and abroad.

“Self-driving taxis safe” says self-writing article. From the new Private Eye, out now.

Spot on ⬇️ @stellacreasy.bsky.social: "The performative cruelty of repeatedly demanding that refugees prove they are still refugees – or else face deportation – cannot be understated. It is also a waste of money given that so few refugees, when retested, will change status."

I’m deeply honoured to receive the Royal Television Society 2026 Special Award. Thank you RTS and many thanks to the great BBC team in Moscow.

My #poetry collection The Tree at the Edge of the Mountains now available as an e-book. Drawing on the traditions of Edward Thomas and Ted Hughes the poems were inspired by the wild landscapes of Bavaria. books2read.com/u/491Qjw

Watching Hegseth, I'm reminded of Edwin Muir's poem, The Combat. Swells and swells in his fury till You'd almost think it was despair. www.bbc.com/news/live/c6...

Chris Mason on the BBC's Gorton and Denton by-election 'Newscast' suggesting that Reform's massive defeat is somehow still good for them because they collectively (alongside the Greens) got such a large section of the vote, like in Caerphilly with Plaid. I'm not sure that's how elections work...

Not just a loser. But a bad loser.

The life's work of anyone who gives a damn about humanity is to resist the economic elite, demand the taxes that reduce their power and defend the space in which the rest of us can thrive. If your "elected representatives" aren't helping with that, they are not your representatives, but theirs.

I’m not sure which annoys me more - the easily rubbishable idea that a government’s job is just to follow the will of the ‘vast majority’, or the notion that votes cast under FPtP could give him the faintest idea of what the ‘vast majority’ thinks.

Are Reform ever not on Question Time?

I've tarted up my website, adding a page about my poetry - take a look: www.patrickhowse.de/poetry/

Check out my new e-book, The Tree at the Edge of the Mountains. It's a collection of 30 poems, reasonably priced, and illustrated with original artwork by me, and my daughter Eleanor books2read.com/u/491Qjw

NEW! Contemporary English poetry rooted in the landscapes of Europe. Working in the traditions of Ted Hughes and Edward Thomas, Patrick Howse explores belonging, nature and love in a time of pandemic, intolerance and war. Available as an ebook: books2read.com/b/491Qjw #poetry

🚨🚨Biggest #EU news of today: #Iceland looks to fast-track vote on joining EU as referendum on EU accession could come as early as August, departing from original plan for 2027 ref. 🧵 www.politico.eu/article/icel...

There is a pattern forming across Europe. Given the US government’s stated intent to disrupt our democracies, we can expect more. Expulsions ahead?

I'm very happy to say that my new collection of poems, *The Tree at the Edge of the Mountains*, is published today (Monday 23rd) as an e-book. The thirty poems pursue the traditions of Edward Thomas and Ted Hughes. You can buy it here: books2read.com/u/491Qjw

AHEM. #carefulnow

By refusing to even consider a customs union, Keir Starmer himself is the biggest block to closer ties with Europe. Unless he changes that stance, this is all just meaningless blather

My new e-book, The Tree at the Edge of the Mountains, is published on 23rd February. My imagery draws heavily on the landscapes of Bavaria, and that connection to the environment in which the poems were written follows in the tradition of Edward Thomas. www.youtube.com/shorts/4p3aR...

The trajectory from, “Trump will give Ukraine to Tomahawks to attack Russia” to “Trump has starved Ukraine of Patriots to help Russia” is the single greatest example of the failure of people to understand what Trump is and has always been.

My new collection of poems, The Tree at the Edge of the Mountains, is being published as an e-book on February 23rd. Here's a preview youtube.com/shorts/4p3aR...

My new collection of poems, The Tree at the Edge of the Mountains, is being published as an ebook on February 23rd. You can pre-order it now, by clicking on this link books2read.com/u/3L7g5D

To wish you all a Merry Christmas, here's a seasonal poem I wrote about ten years ago

Oh wow, that's awkward. #Gullis

For all the focus on its supposed “left wing bias”, the BBC’s heavy coverage of Rachel Reeves Budget "lies" shows how its political coverage is still largely led by the right-wing press bylinetimes.com/2025/12/01/r...

Lying in politics is wrong and should never be rewarded, says newspaper which pays Boris Johnson £1 million a year to be its star columnist

This was a botched Budget by a Chancellor who’s diagnosed the disease but won’t administer the cure. Despite promises to cut the cost of living and grow the economy, the Government still refuses to fix our trade relationship with Europe and repair the £90bn Brexit black hole.

Having Johnson & Cummings in Downing Street when Covid struck was, just like Brexit, an entirely avoidable disaster caused largely by utterly appalling journalism. And now exactly the same clowns, arses & bigots with bylines are rolling out the red carpet for Farage. www.thetimes.com/article/1b15...

There is allegedly a left democratic progressive party in power. They are not just suffering this stupid racist bullshit, they are promoting it and are morally bankrupt

It's always the ones you most expect... www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

My balcony geraniums, planted in the spring, flowered in May and still flowering today as the first snow of the winter fell in Munich

The people who make Shein's clothes labor for ten to twelve hours per day (in violation of China's labor laws), some up to seven days a week, and earn as little as 15 to 30 cents per t-shirt.

www.theguardian.com/politics/ng-... I have to say: I am really *not* shocked

Catherine Lucey from Bloomberg was called Piggy by Trump yesterday. His misogyny knows no bounds.

Quiet, piggy.