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He may work for The Ministry of the Bleeding Obvious, but it’s nice to hear someone from Labour actually say it out loud.

A Labour MP has said ‘not a single tax’ would have had to increase if Britain had not left the EU. More of this please. A lot more! www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...

Straight from the horse’s ars… mouth. (Farage, not Otto).

Bookmark this! Next time Big Dave down the pub, with his Ingerland t-shirt, his 88 tattoo next to the one honouring his grandad ‘wot fought the Germans’, who thinks ‘our Nige’ deserves a chance ‘cos he tells it like it is’, starts complaining about how forrins are bankrupting the UK, show him this.

A look at how it could/should be done. Unfortunately, the UK has form when it comes to bloated IT projects. NHS spine, Covid app…? Who will they get to make it? Thiel and Palantir? Also, try not to introduce it as a Reform-pandering project that won’t change the part you’re banging on about.

This should be on the front page of every newspaper. The top of every news website. Shouted out from the front bench every Wednesday. It looks like Farage and Reform aren’t really representing the UK.

“…the idea that one day, true believers of God will ascend into heaven… while the rest are left behind for a 7-year period of suffering at the hands of the anti-christ.” We’ve had a 4 year 1st term and about 1 year into the 2nd term, so only two more to go at the hands of Trump.

Always a good evening when the Brazilian in-laws come to visit on a Friday.

In case anyone wants to know for whom the “retired” @wulfhelm.bsky.social is consulting.

Janey would have loved this!

Looks like the Lib Dems could become the official opposition if this continues. Tick tock Badenoch. www.bbc.com/news/article...

🙄🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🙄🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🙄🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Just as relevant today as in the 1960s

And here it is. Took less time than I thought. The Einsatzgruppen, but in blue suits. First the homeless, then disabled, then blacks, then hispanics, then jews, then atheists. Then pick anyone not third generation American white.

They sound like a bunch of fence-sitters to me. Out with it! Devon or Cornwall?

I hope the roundabout-painting, flag-shagging patriots so concerned with saving are wimmin & girlz will be protesting against Trump’s state visit. Do they want someone found guilty of sexual abuse being hosted by the PM? And if, as seems the case, their concerns only apply to not-white men…

Nice to see that my follower count is steadily increasing by one or two per day. Not so nice that it is decreasing by the same one or two per day as I block the “can I message you directly”, coy-looking, stock photograph, bot accounts. At least it isn’t the crypto bros. Yet.

Party of the working class?

Just been sent this video. It should be funny, but given current events, it is actually rather depressing. The always on-point Michael Spicer. youtu.be/VmeOXYE_axE

They do things different up here in Cambridge! Looks like a Reform think tank office.

Just found the actual Big Tree behind The Mead Hall. No sign of the latrines,* or even a grave marker for the Bard. * fortunately.

🚨 Nigel Farage is in Birmingham today, where he'll be talking about Reform's plans to try to send torture survivors into the arms of their torturers. So here's a new billboard to show who has come out to back his new plan. 📍near Reform’s party conference, Birmingham

Visit Britain #342: Clacton Rotunda Tea Room.

Shout out to Sainsbury’s own-brand R&D team who have managed to produce a kitchen towel roll with perforations that are 82 times stronger than the paper.

Who do we know* that could have posted this? Who is now a “consultant”, spends a lot of time in other business’s offices, and regards most people** as deserving of a permanent marker? * @wulfhelm.bsky.social ** everyone

Do they publish obituaries on a Sunday? 🤞🤞🤞

This is like the Tories and the Rwanda deal. Have to ask the question: who profited from these decisions?

The Knights Who Say Ni searching for a Shrubbery. A nice one… not too expensive…

Had a wander around Greenwich today. Seeing this brave show of yards, feet and inches standing up to mad EU-imposed metrification made me so praaad; it was all the convincing I needed that Brexit was totally worth it.

HEADS UP WÜLFERHAMPTON Change is afoot. Read the ALT text for the full story.

More strict vetting by Reform to ensure only the best and brightest are hired.

This may look good for the Lib Dems, but what concerns me is: where have the other 12% of voters gone?

When you have major security, but still like to keep it Old Skool.

Just seen the commercial quantities of bird shit on the balcony. B’stards! Which made me think of this. #shitbirdphotos #birdshitphotos

Remembering that time that @wulfhelm.bsky.social visited Loch Ness.

Finally, something positive to come out of TFG’s tariffs.

Just to be completely clear - this British Army Vet was NOT forced out of military housing to accommodate Afghans - who, by the way, put their own lives at risk to support and protect British soldiers. Just ever more rage-baiting by Matt! 🧵1/14

In the words of Jack Johnson, “Yeah, it's always better when we're together…”

Ahem! @wulfhelm.bsky.social

Seen in another place. Dogs AND potatoes. Can this day get any better? #Wulferhampton

@wulfhelm.bsky.social FYI. Less likely to involve defence attorney fees than a seax? cc @themeadhallbard.bsky.social

Farage wants an “insurance based” healthcare system. (The NHS already is). He just wants one where you pay 25% of your salary to private companies who can profit off you by denying care, rather than one where you pay 5% of your salary and private companies don’t get their cut.

On Bluesky: thoughtful people, difficult conversations. On the bird app: white-hot rage, wilful ignorance, and several people shouting “what about free speech?” while burning cardboard refugees. So I made a resource. One FAQ. Nine excuses. Nine replies. Read and share if it helps.

Don’t want to brag, but the lifeguard at the leisure centre pool recognised me today and called me “Boss”. All previous achievements pale into insignificance.

Hollywood pitch. A remake of “White House Down”, set in 2025. The White House is taken over by rogue agents and the president is in danger. But this time everyone just goes “meh” and carries on with their business while Channing Tatum does some press ups.

Grok has invaded Poland