Bob Medley
@bobmedley.bsky.social
Ret'd Civil Servant, serial Boxer dog rescuer, old enough to remember when reality mattered.
Pinned
Bob Medley
@bobmedley.bsky.social
· Oct 6
A chicken is a noble beast,
The cow is much forlorner;
Standing in the pouring rain,
With a leg at every corner.
William McGonagall (1830–1902)
The cow is much forlorner;
Standing in the pouring rain,
With a leg at every corner.
William McGonagall (1830–1902)
Reposted by Bob Medley
Jim Radcliffe pissed me off, so I wrote this about the inconvenient truth of migration.
tl:dr - no, just fucking read it. Some basic mathematics - you know, COUNTING THINGS - might make you reconsider, you stupid twats.
(I'm not trying to make friends)
open.substack.com/pub/russinch...
tl:dr - no, just fucking read it. Some basic mathematics - you know, COUNTING THINGS - might make you reconsider, you stupid twats.
(I'm not trying to make friends)
open.substack.com/pub/russinch...
The Indisputable Maths of Migration
How Demography, Not Dinghies, Will Decide Britain’s Future
open.substack.com
February 12, 2026 at 8:24 AM
Jim Radcliffe pissed me off, so I wrote this about the inconvenient truth of migration.
tl:dr - no, just fucking read it. Some basic mathematics - you know, COUNTING THINGS - might make you reconsider, you stupid twats.
(I'm not trying to make friends)
open.substack.com/pub/russinch...
tl:dr - no, just fucking read it. Some basic mathematics - you know, COUNTING THINGS - might make you reconsider, you stupid twats.
(I'm not trying to make friends)
open.substack.com/pub/russinch...
Reposted by Bob Medley
French President Emmanuel Macron: “So many times we invest in and finance non-European solutions. We are crazy.”
February 11, 2026 at 5:05 PM
French President Emmanuel Macron: “So many times we invest in and finance non-European solutions. We are crazy.”
With Farage there's always another rant, another hobbyhorse designed to stoke the prejudices of his core base. No doubt based upon focus group data, as to which issue he might like to misrepresent next. There's never a detailed plan nor a solution, simply an endless list of factitious grievances.
February 11, 2026 at 5:48 PM
With Farage there's always another rant, another hobbyhorse designed to stoke the prejudices of his core base. No doubt based upon focus group data, as to which issue he might like to misrepresent next. There's never a detailed plan nor a solution, simply an endless list of factitious grievances.
Reposted by Bob Medley
The Epstein files reveal the role of Brexit in a global network which stands to gain from undermining democracy itself | Stephen McNair
The will of the rich and powerful: Brexit and the Epstein files
The Epstein files reveal the role of Brexit in a global network which stands to gain from undermining democracy itself
eastangliabylines.co.uk
February 11, 2026 at 5:37 AM
The Epstein files reveal the role of Brexit in a global network which stands to gain from undermining democracy itself | Stephen McNair
Reposted by Bob Medley
Turns out one of the benefits of mass deportation is low growth and anemic job creation.
Peter Navarro: "The jobs report comes out tomorrow. We have to revise our expectations down significantly for what a monthly job number should look like ... Wall Street has to adjust for the fact that we're deporting millions of illegals out of the job market."
February 10, 2026 at 2:37 PM
Turns out one of the benefits of mass deportation is low growth and anemic job creation.
Reposted by Bob Medley
Nick Buckley sets out Advance UK immigration policy of Ben Habib's party
- bsn ILR & revoke aıı post-2018 grants
- encourage all settled migrants to leave
- bsn all work visas from India & all other majority non-white countries
- ban foreigners becoming citizens
- invade French waters
- bsn ILR & revoke aıı post-2018 grants
- encourage all settled migrants to leave
- bsn all work visas from India & all other majority non-white countries
- ban foreigners becoming citizens
- invade French waters
February 10, 2026 at 12:47 AM
Nick Buckley sets out Advance UK immigration policy of Ben Habib's party
- bsn ILR & revoke aıı post-2018 grants
- encourage all settled migrants to leave
- bsn all work visas from India & all other majority non-white countries
- ban foreigners becoming citizens
- invade French waters
- bsn ILR & revoke aıı post-2018 grants
- encourage all settled migrants to leave
- bsn all work visas from India & all other majority non-white countries
- ban foreigners becoming citizens
- invade French waters
Reposted by Bob Medley
Standard royal damage limitation strategy:
Press Office release customary non-specific 'thoughts and prayers are with the victims' statement.
Demands for further comment or action are ignored.
Media report and praise full co-operation.
Press Office release customary non-specific 'thoughts and prayers are with the victims' statement.
Demands for further comment or action are ignored.
Media report and praise full co-operation.
February 10, 2026 at 8:30 AM
Standard royal damage limitation strategy:
Press Office release customary non-specific 'thoughts and prayers are with the victims' statement.
Demands for further comment or action are ignored.
Media report and praise full co-operation.
Press Office release customary non-specific 'thoughts and prayers are with the victims' statement.
Demands for further comment or action are ignored.
Media report and praise full co-operation.
Reposted by Bob Medley
If all these rich men "regret" their time with Epstein then why didn't they announce prior to the release of the files that their names would be part of the collection? Why didn't they self-report? The answer is they are not sorry and have no regret. They are sorry and regret they got caught.
February 8, 2026 at 6:16 PM
If all these rich men "regret" their time with Epstein then why didn't they announce prior to the release of the files that their names would be part of the collection? Why didn't they self-report? The answer is they are not sorry and have no regret. They are sorry and regret they got caught.
Reposted by Bob Medley
“The more Trump dominates the global agenda, the better Europe looks and the harder it becomes for Farage to argue that his brand of politics would make Britain safer, richer or more secure”
Well yes. The longest - FFS, wake up! - call to British voters ever…
app.independent.co.uk/2026/02/08/2...
Well yes. The longest - FFS, wake up! - call to British voters ever…
app.independent.co.uk/2026/02/08/2...
February 9, 2026 at 7:19 AM
“The more Trump dominates the global agenda, the better Europe looks and the harder it becomes for Farage to argue that his brand of politics would make Britain safer, richer or more secure”
Well yes. The longest - FFS, wake up! - call to British voters ever…
app.independent.co.uk/2026/02/08/2...
Well yes. The longest - FFS, wake up! - call to British voters ever…
app.independent.co.uk/2026/02/08/2...
Reposted by Bob Medley
So 'staffers' can post in Trump's name, on his account, and there's no authorisiation required?
February 6, 2026 at 5:58 PM
So 'staffers' can post in Trump's name, on his account, and there's no authorisiation required?
Reposted by Bob Medley
In news which surprises no-one who actually understands migration, cutting it undermines the whole economy. Even reductions which remain above the mythical political idea of "zero net" have fundamental impacts. Not least, because migrants actually create jobs.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Zero net migration would shrink UK economy by 3.6%, says thinktank
Jump of £37bn in budget deficit by 2040 would force government to increase taxes, NIESR predicts
www.theguardian.com
February 4, 2026 at 8:49 AM
In news which surprises no-one who actually understands migration, cutting it undermines the whole economy. Even reductions which remain above the mythical political idea of "zero net" have fundamental impacts. Not least, because migrants actually create jobs.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Reposted by Bob Medley
What I find amusing about the Express' cinematic universe is that the UK is simultaneously free and thriving thanks to Brexit and poor and oppressed thanks to the current government. This dichotomy is also reflected in Mail/Telegraph etc but its at its most acute in the Express.
February 3, 2026 at 11:42 AM
What I find amusing about the Express' cinematic universe is that the UK is simultaneously free and thriving thanks to Brexit and poor and oppressed thanks to the current government. This dichotomy is also reflected in Mail/Telegraph etc but its at its most acute in the Express.
Reposted by Bob Medley
Instead of conferring titles, gongs and baubles and then demanding those titles, gongs and baubles be removed…
…perhaps as a modern, mature polity we should have far fewer titles, gongs and baubles in the first place.
…perhaps as a modern, mature polity we should have far fewer titles, gongs and baubles in the first place.
February 2, 2026 at 11:28 PM
Instead of conferring titles, gongs and baubles and then demanding those titles, gongs and baubles be removed…
…perhaps as a modern, mature polity we should have far fewer titles, gongs and baubles in the first place.
…perhaps as a modern, mature polity we should have far fewer titles, gongs and baubles in the first place.
Reposted by Bob Medley
The test for whether sufficient Epstein documents have been disclosed is simple.
Do the documents so far disclosed explain the prosecutorial decisions and defense decisions, and any court decisions?
If not, there is a gap between what has been disclosed and what was before court and the parties.
Do the documents so far disclosed explain the prosecutorial decisions and defense decisions, and any court decisions?
If not, there is a gap between what has been disclosed and what was before court and the parties.
February 2, 2026 at 9:34 PM
The test for whether sufficient Epstein documents have been disclosed is simple.
Do the documents so far disclosed explain the prosecutorial decisions and defense decisions, and any court decisions?
If not, there is a gap between what has been disclosed and what was before court and the parties.
Do the documents so far disclosed explain the prosecutorial decisions and defense decisions, and any court decisions?
If not, there is a gap between what has been disclosed and what was before court and the parties.
Reposted by Bob Medley
The law mandates that redactions can only be made to protect victims or information currently under investigation.
US Justice Dept signalling job is over.
Numerous survivors' names have been disclosed in the latest release.
Why so many remaining unexplained redactions and unreleased files?
US Justice Dept signalling job is over.
Numerous survivors' names have been disclosed in the latest release.
Why so many remaining unexplained redactions and unreleased files?
February 1, 2026 at 9:32 AM
The law mandates that redactions can only be made to protect victims or information currently under investigation.
US Justice Dept signalling job is over.
Numerous survivors' names have been disclosed in the latest release.
Why so many remaining unexplained redactions and unreleased files?
US Justice Dept signalling job is over.
Numerous survivors' names have been disclosed in the latest release.
Why so many remaining unexplained redactions and unreleased files?
Reposted by Bob Medley
The 'armada' hasn't halted the crackdown on anti-government protests and won't force a regime change.
Rather its being deployed as leverage for Trump's deal, whatever that may consist of.
He may be concerned with sale of Iranian oil to China but the prime focus will be on benefit to Trump.
Rather its being deployed as leverage for Trump's deal, whatever that may consist of.
He may be concerned with sale of Iranian oil to China but the prime focus will be on benefit to Trump.
February 1, 2026 at 2:05 PM
The 'armada' hasn't halted the crackdown on anti-government protests and won't force a regime change.
Rather its being deployed as leverage for Trump's deal, whatever that may consist of.
He may be concerned with sale of Iranian oil to China but the prime focus will be on benefit to Trump.
Rather its being deployed as leverage for Trump's deal, whatever that may consist of.
He may be concerned with sale of Iranian oil to China but the prime focus will be on benefit to Trump.
Reposted by Bob Medley
Clearly not the cleverest but then everything Andrew attained, from military rank to partonages, from trade envoy to titles and honours, was due to him being born a royal.
February 1, 2026 at 1:37 PM
Clearly not the cleverest but then everything Andrew attained, from military rank to partonages, from trade envoy to titles and honours, was due to him being born a royal.
Reposted by Bob Medley
Less about Brexit and more about people who can't admit they were wrong.
January 31, 2026 at 7:52 AM
Less about Brexit and more about people who can't admit they were wrong.
Reposted by Bob Medley
Auschwitz was at the end of a process. We must remember that it did not start from gas chambers.
This hatred gradually developed: from ideas, words, stereotypes & prejudice through legal exclusion, dehumanization & escalating violence... to systematic and industrial murder.
Auschwitz took time.
This hatred gradually developed: from ideas, words, stereotypes & prejudice through legal exclusion, dehumanization & escalating violence... to systematic and industrial murder.
Auschwitz took time.
January 27, 2026 at 11:00 AM
Auschwitz was at the end of a process. We must remember that it did not start from gas chambers.
This hatred gradually developed: from ideas, words, stereotypes & prejudice through legal exclusion, dehumanization & escalating violence... to systematic and industrial murder.
Auschwitz took time.
This hatred gradually developed: from ideas, words, stereotypes & prejudice through legal exclusion, dehumanization & escalating violence... to systematic and industrial murder.
Auschwitz took time.
Reposted by Bob Medley
Europe isn't doomed to inexorable decline — and in fact is doing better than most people realize, the IMF chief Kristalina Georgieva has said in an interview with POLITICO.
IMF chief tells Europe to drop the doom loop
Seven of the 10 best-performing economies in 2025 were EU countries — so Europe should stop talking itself down, says Kristalina Georgieva.
www.politico.eu
January 27, 2026 at 9:12 AM
Europe isn't doomed to inexorable decline — and in fact is doing better than most people realize, the IMF chief Kristalina Georgieva has said in an interview with POLITICO.
"On revenue, the policy has delivered. Customs revenue rose sharply by US$287 billion (£213 billion),..." "... they raised money – but mainly (96%) from American buyers."
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
The winners and losers from US tariffs after one year of Trump
The US President claimed that tariffs would revive manufacturing and rebalance trade in America’s favour
www.independent.co.uk
January 25, 2026 at 8:46 AM
"On revenue, the policy has delivered. Customs revenue rose sharply by US$287 billion (£213 billion),..." "... they raised money – but mainly (96%) from American buyers."
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
Reposted by Bob Medley
I don't see an apology or retraction of his previous statement.
January 24, 2026 at 5:45 PM
I don't see an apology or retraction of his previous statement.