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On the trail of the elusive leader of Reform, @johnsweeneyroar.bsky.social visits his struggling constituency – where even the prospect of Putin undermining British politics doesn’t raise many eyebrows

"Some bloviating orange monster from Mar-A-Lago" in perfect received pronunciation. Rory Stewart's speech on the fight for democracy.

When the north wind blows, this little bit of joy happens every time a cat goes in or out... 🥶💨🙀

Financial markets across the world are flashing red. The S&P 500 has finally turned down after weeks of irrational optimism. The FTSE 100 is sliding. Gold is falling. Bitcoin is collapsing. Are we ready for the consequences? I’m not sure we are. youtu.be/Pq4-jy84Dkw?...

Christmas rage is here! 🧵

why can they not just fix it

When Stephen Yaxley-Lennon (aka. Tommy Robinson, aka. Tiny-Tommeh-Ten-Names) treats your policy announcement as a win, you must realise that things have gone sideways in a pretty significant way? Or is that just me? A post on the Hostile Environment 2.0 asking: Why is Labour doing this?

Reform UK voters want wealth tax - Farage wants to protect the rich. Our brand new polling shows just how out of step he is with his own supporters. https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/nov/18/most-reform-uk-voters-would-back-wealth-tax-on-very-rich-poll-suggests

Have been thinking about “immigration has been tearing this country apart.” Surely I’m not the only person to think that it isn’t true, but inflamed rhetoric about immigration by politicians is what is tearing this country apart and so statements like that only makes it worse.

🚨NEW EPISODE🚨 Today on The Bunker, @seththevoz.bsky.social is joined by @tomstandage.bsky.social, deputy editor of The Economist, to take a look at The Economist’s The World Ahead 2026 issue & find out what these trends mean for politics, the global economy & the human race 👉 linktr.ee/bunker_pod

My Dad escaped the Nazis in 1939 on the Kindertransport. He went to night school then University, trained as a physicist. Married my mum, brought up 3 kids, all work in public sector. Under these proposed rules, he would have been deported. 100% 'performatively cruel' @stellacreasy.bsky.social

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Hey Labour Remember the majority of voters who believe in treating people decently and not stealing from those who've endured months and years of hardship fleeing war and persecution to seek a place of safety? We're still over here 👋

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New post just out: "The Reality Trap" On Reform's struggles running councils. What it tells us about how they'd fare if they won a general elections. And about how broken our system of local government is. (£/free trial) open.substack.com/pub/samf/p/t...

💒 SUNDAY SCHOOL Tax of My Tears OUT NOW! 🔀 How can sticking to a pledge become a U-turn? 🚮 Fly-tipping trauma 🚻 “Doing a Mandy” @pimlicat.bsky.social & @mrkennycampbell.bsky.social deliver today's lesson. 🎧👇 🍏 podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/q... 🍊 open.spotify.com/episode/4Pmt...

🆕 Director's Cut: ECHO & NARCISSUS - The Influencer & The Follower 🏛️ Even more storytelling. Even stranger connections. Even cleaner sound. Even worse puns. Brush up, ahead of Season 2. 🍊 open.spotify.com/episode/5nB1... 🍏 podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/a...

An amazing local resource. Love it here.

A brief thread on Trump renewing his threat to sue the BBC. (Note I am not an American lawyer, this is perspective of an English legal commentator.) >

"Where were the handsome bulls and the handsome bull-fighters now? It appeared that even in Barcelona there were hardly any bullfights nowadays; for some reason all the best matadors were Fascists." George Orwell, Homage to Catalonia.

🚨ICYMI🚨 Weekly wrap-up with @jacobjarvis.bsky.social and @rafaelbehr.bsky.social: Starmer’s briefing war with Wes Streeting, unpacking the latest revelations from the Epstein files, & asking the big question: could the BBC survive a billion dollar lawsuit from Donald Trump? 👉 linktr.ee/bunker_pod

Okay, so that Waitrose Christmas advert is hilarious.

For those of us in the vicinity...

Right. Hitler's DNA. Brace yourselves for a deluge of misinformation and bad science. I'm in Australia, so do get in touch if you want some expert debunking.

Morning! #ArnosVale #Bristol

“The political strategy, at its core - get into power and instead of looking after your base, devote the first year to p***ing off your base, in favour of voters who will probably never come to you - is so poor and predictably disastrous that I don’t understand how McSweeney is still in Downing St.”

Wrote about Robbie Gibb, Michael Prescott and their role in the war on the BBC www.thenerve.news/p/bbc-tim-da...

It was my great pleasure to speak to @srd.bsky.social about competitive authoritarianism and what it means for our age. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/b...

Farage is a GB news shareholder and is paid through a private company for his appearances on the channel. So, here he is shit-stirring with Trump over the BBC and grifting his nasty little arse off… There is really nothing of ours he won’t ruin to grab for power and wealth for himself. (iPaper+LFF)

Well, this is quite a serious allegation. I do hope the BBC shows true impartiality and investigate whether or not some of its Board members are systemically biased. www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...

Gary Lineker: "This is the mistake the BBC makes. The BBC tries to appease the people that hate the BBC, rather than worrying about the people that love the BBC."

Whole fucking thing makes me sick to my stomach. An abject fucking liar, a man who lies as easily as he fucking breathes, threatening an organisation which strives for truthfulness. And plastic patriots like the Mail and Farage urging him on. Jackels.

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Why Christmas hasn't been cancelled by Muslims, a🧵...

This is somehow both real AND an Onion headline

Lets put BBC’s obsession with 4 prisoners at large freed in error into perspective👇🏼👇🏼 Feb 2024 the Met Police had 15,000+ warrants for criminals at large That’s 15K criminals they hadn’t caught or escaped other forces have 1,000’s too BBC said nothing Only now Labour are in Govt 4 are important❗️🤷🏼‍♂️

Regret to report that Daleks are now woke.

🚨ICYMI🚨 Mamdani Vs. Trump @chrisjonesprod.bsky.social and @jacobjarvis.bsky.social are joined by @brigidbergin.bsky.social to discuss 👉 linktr.ee/americanfric... #Mamdani #NewYork #Trump #Zohran

🚨ICYMI🚨 @nndroid.bsky.social & @alexvont.bsky.social wrap up the week and discuss Zohran Mamdani’s win in New York, “vibe coding,” Samir Zitouni, Rachel Reeves’ pre-budget nerves, & Donald Trump 👉 linktr.ee/bunker_pod #podcast #news #weeklyroundup

Is it just me or are the BBC not really pushing HIGNFY anymore? I've just discovered that I've already missed weeks of episodes. And it's hidden right at the end of my 'continue watching' list behind stuff I've never even watched.

Along the way I have been called Sue, Susan, Suey, Susanna and Susannah, and rather bemusingly, Suki.

My new series - Empire With David Olusoga - starts 9pm on BBC Two. Whole series on @bbciplayer.bsky.social from tonight.

Delve deeper into your family tree by finding lost relatives who served in WWI. Ensure their service & sacrifice are never forgotten. Free access until 13th November. @findmypast.bsky.social findmypast.co.uk. T&Cs apply

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If you haven’t already: ✒️ Sign our open letter supporting trans+ people’s dignity and rights at notinourname.org.uk 📣 Share it with friends, colleagues, and networks 💖 Help us reach 100,000 signatures by Christmas Together, we can show that women’s solidarity includes ALL women. 5/5

"When politicians or commentators are afraid, they vacillate, they hesitate, they dodge the issue, or they say nothing at all. Britain’s elite has a reflexive reaction to avoid saying anything about flags, poppies, or patriotism that might even slightly upset the Daily Mail or Nigel Farage."

Behind The Lines with @snellarthur.bsky.social - the best source of intelligent conversation on foreign policy, and global security - is now our sister podcast! 📣 open.spotify.com/episode/0n82... 🍏 podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/b... Give it a proper Quiet Riot welcome by following/subscribing.

🚨NEW EPISODE🚨 Playwright @deldridgewriter.bsky.social talks to @nndroid.bsky.social about adapting le Carré’s deep, dark vision for 2025 – why he expanded the role of George Smiley – and what The Spy has to say about the West’s new Cold War with Putin 👉 linktr.ee/bunker_pod #thespy #podcast