Bara D
@baradav.bsky.social
Became obsessed with politics during the Brexit disaster - despise corrupt Tory politicians - have hope for better from Starmer etc.
Recently retired - which overall I don't recommend!
Tango dancer - another obsession, but just a tad more enjoyable!
Recently retired - which overall I don't recommend!
Tango dancer - another obsession, but just a tad more enjoyable!
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Cue Farage and all the brexity cultists howling about Reeves betraying Brexit and no one in the loud right wing media and political culture retorting that they’ve all gone mad. You can’t deny reality and call it patriotism. Well, you can but it makes you a delusional populist idiot.
February 11, 2026 at 8:59 AM
Cue Farage and all the brexity cultists howling about Reeves betraying Brexit and no one in the loud right wing media and political culture retorting that they’ve all gone mad. You can’t deny reality and call it patriotism. Well, you can but it makes you a delusional populist idiot.
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It is so embarrassing that it has taken nearly a decade for a British minister to say this, a statement of the absolute bloody obvious
February 11, 2026 at 7:40 AM
It is so embarrassing that it has taken nearly a decade for a British minister to say this, a statement of the absolute bloody obvious
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No-one seems to have noticed, but many of the core developments in the Mandelson/Epstein story these last few days have been broken on this website. @pickardje.bsky.social and @petergeoghegan.bsky.social are both posting each breaking development on BlueSky, not X.
February 10, 2026 at 11:40 AM
No-one seems to have noticed, but many of the core developments in the Mandelson/Epstein story these last few days have been broken on this website. @pickardje.bsky.social and @petergeoghegan.bsky.social are both posting each breaking development on BlueSky, not X.
I hope he *actually* understands how damaging McSweeney has been to his Premiership. And I really hope he changes tack now and stops trying to out-Reform Reform.
Starmer needs to acknowledge he didn’t win a huge mandate — the Tories collapsed, so Labour strolled in.
Corbyn actually lost with more votes.
What did McSweeney do next? Advise Labour into the lowest poll ratings in its history.
So spare us the tears over McSweeney’s resignation.
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Corbyn actually lost with more votes.
What did McSweeney do next? Advise Labour into the lowest poll ratings in its history.
So spare us the tears over McSweeney’s resignation.
👇🙄
February 10, 2026 at 11:34 AM
I hope he *actually* understands how damaging McSweeney has been to his Premiership. And I really hope he changes tack now and stops trying to out-Reform Reform.
I see I will have to continue my avoiding of Wetherspoons pubs ( which I previously quite liked) - not set foot in one since before the Referendum.
Multimillionaire Brexiter, Tim Martin, urges pubs to back Reform. Just like he urged the country to vote for Brexit. Too bad if it makes you poorer. Too bad for the children he’ll push back into poverty. Tim wants more money. And he couldn’t give a shit about the cost for everybody else.
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February 10, 2026 at 11:31 AM
I see I will have to continue my avoiding of Wetherspoons pubs ( which I previously quite liked) - not set foot in one since before the Referendum.
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🚨 BREAKING: Ed Miliband has publicly backed Keir Starmer
February 9, 2026 at 3:50 PM
🚨 BREAKING: Ed Miliband has publicly backed Keir Starmer
Just one of several ways that Starmer could re-set his Government's overall strategy, in a good way.
After all, our current political landscape is no longer Labour v Conservative, so the traditional reluctance of the main parties to promote PR should no longer exist.
After all, our current political landscape is no longer Labour v Conservative, so the traditional reluctance of the main parties to promote PR should no longer exist.
The daft thing is that with Proportional Representation there'd be no need for this self-destructive war within Labour. It could split into its component parts - left and right - and people could vote for what they wanted. It's only First-Past-the-Post that forces these irreconcilables together.
February 9, 2026 at 1:30 PM
Just one of several ways that Starmer could re-set his Government's overall strategy, in a good way.
After all, our current political landscape is no longer Labour v Conservative, so the traditional reluctance of the main parties to promote PR should no longer exist.
After all, our current political landscape is no longer Labour v Conservative, so the traditional reluctance of the main parties to promote PR should no longer exist.
I agree that Starmer should not resign - this could be an opportunity to re-think his overall strategy.
But what a strange turn of phrase by P Jukes - "to pivot to reform" - we need the exact opposite, imo!!
But what a strange turn of phrase by P Jukes - "to pivot to reform" - we need the exact opposite, imo!!
While celebrating McSweeney’s resignation, I don’t think Starmer should necessarily go next. He has a moment to pivot to reform and transparency. He can still change the political culture if he wants to. People can surprise you. Think of Zelenskyy. Live in hope
February 9, 2026 at 1:18 PM
I agree that Starmer should not resign - this could be an opportunity to re-think his overall strategy.
But what a strange turn of phrase by P Jukes - "to pivot to reform" - we need the exact opposite, imo!!
But what a strange turn of phrase by P Jukes - "to pivot to reform" - we need the exact opposite, imo!!
This is *not* the face of a caring Labour Government.
New analysis @ippr.org that 300,000 children currently in Britain will be adversely affected by government’s settlement reforms. The government consultation closes on Thursday. Dozens of MPs are concerned that impacts to their constituents & families feel unfair
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
300,000 children face 10-year wait for settled status under UK plans, says IPPR
Thinktank analysis says proposed ‘earned settlement’ changes could trap families in prolonged insecurity
www.theguardian.com
February 9, 2026 at 1:16 PM
This is *not* the face of a caring Labour Government.
And presumably all of the illegally-held "immigrants" have equally shocking tales to tell. But it does hit home harder, when it happens to be someone that we can more easily relate to.
This is absolutely insane. The sort of Kafka-esque nightmare you would find in a Philip K Dick book set far in the dystopian future. A window on America tumbling into autocracy.
www.irishtimes.com/world/us/202...
www.irishtimes.com/world/us/202...
‘Absolute hell’: Irishman with valid US work permit held by Ice since September
Seamus Culleton has been in a detention facility in Texas for nearly five months despite having no criminal record
www.irishtimes.com
February 9, 2026 at 1:14 PM
And presumably all of the illegally-held "immigrants" have equally shocking tales to tell. But it does hit home harder, when it happens to be someone that we can more easily relate to.
Exactly this! Labour's PR since the election has been abysmal, and so very disappointing. (Not helped, obviously, by some disappointing early decisions from the top.)
Good. Labour's PR has been beyond abysmal.
A few more flushes and the water may start to run clean.
A few more flushes and the water may start to run clean.
February 9, 2026 at 12:52 PM
Exactly this! Labour's PR since the election has been abysmal, and so very disappointing. (Not helped, obviously, by some disappointing early decisions from the top.)
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Morgan McSweeney’s fall offers a new beginning. Starmer and his cabinet had better grab it | Polly Toynbee
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Morgan McSweeney’s fall offers a new beginning. Starmer and his cabinet had better grab it | Polly Toynbee
If he and his philosophy were to blame for the government’s ills, now it can change tack. There can be no more excuses, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee
www.theguardian.com
February 8, 2026 at 6:28 PM
Morgan McSweeney’s fall offers a new beginning. Starmer and his cabinet had better grab it | Polly Toynbee
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Good morning. The President of the United States was in the middle of the most serious child sex trafficking ring of the last quarter century.
He is referenced not a dozen times in the case files. Not 100 times. Not 1,000 times. He’s referenced 38,000 times.
He is referenced not a dozen times in the case files. Not 100 times. Not 1,000 times. He’s referenced 38,000 times.
February 8, 2026 at 7:50 PM
Good morning. The President of the United States was in the middle of the most serious child sex trafficking ring of the last quarter century.
He is referenced not a dozen times in the case files. Not 100 times. Not 1,000 times. He’s referenced 38,000 times.
He is referenced not a dozen times in the case files. Not 100 times. Not 1,000 times. He’s referenced 38,000 times.
I'm confused. I thought John Cleese had some dodgy political views? Here, he seems to be right on!
I hope this clears up any confusion.
February 8, 2026 at 5:55 PM
I'm confused. I thought John Cleese had some dodgy political views? Here, he seems to be right on!
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McSweeney's gone. Hurrah!
That's not the end of the scandal. But hopefully it's at least the end of the beginning.
Let's see if Starmer can rehabilitate himself with better advisers.
That's not the end of the scandal. But hopefully it's at least the end of the beginning.
Let's see if Starmer can rehabilitate himself with better advisers.
February 8, 2026 at 4:48 PM
McSweeney's gone. Hurrah!
That's not the end of the scandal. But hopefully it's at least the end of the beginning.
Let's see if Starmer can rehabilitate himself with better advisers.
That's not the end of the scandal. But hopefully it's at least the end of the beginning.
Let's see if Starmer can rehabilitate himself with better advisers.
Highly recommend reading this, which details the damaging influence McSweeney has had on Labour's disastrous first year and a half in power.
🔴The End of Morgan McSweeney: Peter Oborne on Keir Starmer's Departing Chief of Staff
As McSweeney resigns, we re-publish Peter Oborne’s Byline Times reporting on how Keir Starmer's chief strategist drove Labour towards defeat by the far-right
www.bylinesupplement.com/p/the-end-of...
As McSweeney resigns, we re-publish Peter Oborne’s Byline Times reporting on how Keir Starmer's chief strategist drove Labour towards defeat by the far-right
www.bylinesupplement.com/p/the-end-of...
February 8, 2026 at 5:51 PM
Highly recommend reading this, which details the damaging influence McSweeney has had on Labour's disastrous first year and a half in power.
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“It could take years to restore Brexit losses”
Especially if Farage comes along and tears up the ‘reset’ as he threatens.
Honest to god.. it’s such a tedious, idiotic, resource-sapping mess. There’s really nothing patriotic about it. Prejudice costs such a lot.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Especially if Farage comes along and tears up the ‘reset’ as he threatens.
Honest to god.. it’s such a tedious, idiotic, resource-sapping mess. There’s really nothing patriotic about it. Prejudice costs such a lot.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Post-Brexit sales of British farm products to EU fall by 37%
NFU warn it could take years to restore Brexit losses despite efforts to smooth negotiations on farming and other elements of UK-EU reset
www.theguardian.com
February 8, 2026 at 8:58 AM
“It could take years to restore Brexit losses”
Especially if Farage comes along and tears up the ‘reset’ as he threatens.
Honest to god.. it’s such a tedious, idiotic, resource-sapping mess. There’s really nothing patriotic about it. Prejudice costs such a lot.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Especially if Farage comes along and tears up the ‘reset’ as he threatens.
Honest to god.. it’s such a tedious, idiotic, resource-sapping mess. There’s really nothing patriotic about it. Prejudice costs such a lot.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Both stories about Reform UK Party Ltd’s Gorton & Denton campaign are true — they, laughably, reported Labour to the police over a ‘misleading’ video, and now they face a police investigation over breaking by-election law with deliberately misleading campaign material.
February 7, 2026 at 9:10 AM
Both stories about Reform UK Party Ltd’s Gorton & Denton campaign are true — they, laughably, reported Labour to the police over a ‘misleading’ video, and now they face a police investigation over breaking by-election law with deliberately misleading campaign material.
Beautiful.
Just love this heron ignoring but perfectly matching our decoy by the garden pond.
February 8, 2026 at 8:43 AM
Beautiful.
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"The new law forbids counties and local law enforcement from contracting with ICE. It mandates that public bodies terminate any existing immigration detention agreements and prohibits the use of public property for federal civil immigration detention..."
kfoxtv.com/news/local/n...
kfoxtv.com/news/local/n...
New Mexico governor signs Immigrant Safety Act among other bills into law
New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham has signed four bipartisan bills into law, focusing on improving health care access, investing in statewide infrastructur
kfoxtv.com
February 7, 2026 at 9:05 PM
"The new law forbids counties and local law enforcement from contracting with ICE. It mandates that public bodies terminate any existing immigration detention agreements and prohibits the use of public property for federal civil immigration detention..."
kfoxtv.com/news/local/n...
kfoxtv.com/news/local/n...
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It doesn’t get any more disgusting than this.
February 7, 2026 at 8:41 PM
It doesn’t get any more disgusting than this.
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A federal judge in Oregon issued a sweeping rebuke of the Justice Department’s nationwide push to seize state voter rolls, ruling that the department can no longer be presumed to be acting in good faith and warning that its conduct threatens voters and states’ rights.
Federal judge rules DOJ can ‘no longer’ be trusted in voter roll crusade
The judge pointed to a letter from Bondi to Minnesota that tied federal immigration enforcement to demands for voter data as the smoking gun.
www.democracydocket.com
February 7, 2026 at 9:59 PM
A federal judge in Oregon issued a sweeping rebuke of the Justice Department’s nationwide push to seize state voter rolls, ruling that the department can no longer be presumed to be acting in good faith and warning that its conduct threatens voters and states’ rights.
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When Voting day arrives..it would benefit the Democratic Voters to hang around outside the Polling Places in massive numbers..this was suggested by one of my State Democratic Reps who is awesome...organize it.. this is how can make it safe for your fellow Citizens to Vote in Person...
February 7, 2026 at 5:59 PM
When Voting day arrives..it would benefit the Democratic Voters to hang around outside the Polling Places in massive numbers..this was suggested by one of my State Democratic Reps who is awesome...organize it.. this is how can make it safe for your fellow Citizens to Vote in Person...
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Ossoff: "You're seeing what I'm seeing, right? The president posting about the Obamas like a Klansman."
February 7, 2026 at 11:38 PM
Ossoff: "You're seeing what I'm seeing, right? The president posting about the Obamas like a Klansman."
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Terrifying that such powerful people have mad and dangerous religious extremist views.
Peter Thiel warns the Antichrist and apocalypse are linked to the ‘end of modernity’ currently happening—and cites Greta Thunberg as a driving example
fortune.com/2026/02/04/p...
*Not satire.
fortune.com/2026/02/04/p...
*Not satire.
Peter Thiel warns the Antichrist and apocalypse are linked to the ‘end of modernity’ currently happening—and cites Greta Thunberg as a driving example | Fortune
The Gen Z Swedish climate activist is a legionnaire of the Antichrist, Thiel claims, a “Luddite” who wants to halt technological progress in its tracks.
fortune.com
February 8, 2026 at 8:18 AM
Terrifying that such powerful people have mad and dangerous religious extremist views.