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)
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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.
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There's always another rant and another hobbyhorse designed to stoke the prejudices of his core base. No doubt based upon data from the latest focus group as to which issue he might next like to misrepresent. There's never a solution or a detailed plan, just an endless list of factitious grievances.
February 10, 2026 at 6:25 PM
There's always another rant and another hobbyhorse designed to stoke the prejudices of his core base. No doubt based upon data from the latest focus group as to which issue he might next like to misrepresent. There's never a solution or a detailed plan, just an endless list of factitious grievances.
There's always another rant and another hobbyhorse designed to stoke the prejudices of his core base. No doubt based upon data from the latest focus group as to which issue he might next like to misrepresent. There's never a solution or a detailed plan, just an endless list of factitious grievances.
February 10, 2026 at 6:25 PM
There's always another rant and another hobbyhorse designed to stoke the prejudices of his core base. No doubt based upon data from the latest focus group as to which issue he might next like to misrepresent. There's never a solution or a detailed plan, just an endless list of factitious grievances.
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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
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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.
The same nonsensical racist obsession as Reform UK.
Only this one goes to 11.
Only this one goes to 11.
February 10, 2026 at 8:38 AM
The same nonsensical racist obsession as Reform UK.
Only this one goes to 11.
Only this one goes to 11.
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.
And by way of setting an example, you'll never find him working from home... in Clacton.
February 10, 2026 at 8:07 AM
And by way of setting an example, you'll never find him working from home... in Clacton.
Deeply concerned how the revelations might damage 'brand royal'.
February 9, 2026 at 10:35 AM
Deeply concerned how the revelations might damage 'brand royal'.
He's disgusted by dancing.
Not by American citizens being shot and killed in the street, he'll defend that.
Not by American citizens being shot and killed in the street, he'll defend that.
February 9, 2026 at 7:58 AM
He's disgusted by dancing.
Not by American citizens being shot and killed in the street, he'll defend that.
Not by American citizens being shot and killed in the street, he'll defend that.
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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.
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“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...
The Health Secretary "I just eat meat"...
February 8, 2026 at 5:56 PM
The Health Secretary "I just eat meat"...
He seems to have forgotten Johnson's involvement in the Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe case, the Lebedev party and peerage, the Owen Paterson controversey, the Pincher scandal, the unlawful prorogation of Parliment, 23,000 'excess' Covid deaths, Brexit, the 'forgotten' password for his phone, etc, etc.
February 8, 2026 at 2:39 PM
He seems to have forgotten Johnson's involvement in the Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe case, the Lebedev party and peerage, the Owen Paterson controversey, the Pincher scandal, the unlawful prorogation of Parliment, 23,000 'excess' Covid deaths, Brexit, the 'forgotten' password for his phone, etc, etc.
Interesting to note that, among all the claims of "didn't see", "staffer", "only watched part", there hasn't been a word of apology.
February 7, 2026 at 9:39 AM
Interesting to note that, among all the claims of "didn't see", "staffer", "only watched part", there hasn't been a word of apology.
So Goodwin is proposing a tax on people who don't have children at the same as Reform are pledging to reinstate the two-child benefit cap.
A sort of 'damned if you do, damned if you don't' policy.
A sort of 'damned if you do, damned if you don't' policy.
February 6, 2026 at 6:27 PM
So Goodwin is proposing a tax on people who don't have children at the same as Reform are pledging to reinstate the two-child benefit cap.
A sort of 'damned if you do, damned if you don't' policy.
A sort of 'damned if you do, damned if you don't' policy.
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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?
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?
Daily Mail, Telegraph, Express are obsessed with immigration figures. I'm sure that stat will be on all of their front pages.
February 6, 2026 at 7:14 AM
Daily Mail, Telegraph, Express are obsessed with immigration figures. I'm sure that stat will be on all of their front pages.
Mentions that Bezos paid $75m for 'Melania' but not how much Charles was paid for this.
February 6, 2026 at 7:10 AM
Mentions that Bezos paid $75m for 'Melania' but not how much Charles was paid for this.
Also, they actually intended to defect to the Lib Dems.
February 5, 2026 at 7:42 AM
Also, they actually intended to defect to the Lib Dems.
And he won't be inconvenienced.
February 4, 2026 at 6:10 PM
And he won't be inconvenienced.
Over the years they've weathered many scandals. But all it takes is a few photo ops with Kate in a new outfit or a couple of new pic's of the kids and we're back to fawning coverage of hard-working-royals on the tabloid front pages.
February 4, 2026 at 5:41 PM
Over the years they've weathered many scandals. But all it takes is a few photo ops with Kate in a new outfit or a couple of new pic's of the kids and we're back to fawning coverage of hard-working-royals on the tabloid front pages.
More fitting to state "Peter Mandleson has not been subject to any criminal conviction, yet."
February 4, 2026 at 1:36 PM
More fitting to state "Peter Mandleson has not been subject to any criminal conviction, yet."
Has she ever said Trump has harmed international relations between the US and UK?
February 4, 2026 at 1:27 PM
Has she ever said Trump has harmed international relations between the US and UK?