Dave Wilson
@davewsocial.bsky.social
Canterbury, Kent. UK Labour, world politics, rock & soul music, history, MUFC and football. Former Facility Mgt consultant, once of Morecambe, Hull and Muswell Hill.
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'We have historically high welfare spending.' No we don't.
'We have a historically high proportion of working-age people not actually working.' No we don't.
'The number of Britons emigrating is skyrocketing.' No it isn't.
'We have a historically high proportion of working-age people not actually working.' No we don't.
'The number of Britons emigrating is skyrocketing.' No it isn't.
November 29, 2025 at 5:08 PM
'We have historically high welfare spending.' No we don't.
'We have a historically high proportion of working-age people not actually working.' No we don't.
'The number of Britons emigrating is skyrocketing.' No it isn't.
'We have a historically high proportion of working-age people not actually working.' No we don't.
'The number of Britons emigrating is skyrocketing.' No it isn't.
Infantino might just as well cut to the chase and just award the World Cup to USA! USA! so Trump will love him forever.
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
World Cup 2026 draw to adopt tennis-style system for the four top seeds
The world’s top four teams will not be able to meet until the World Cup semi-finals if they win their groups under a new seeding system
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Infantino might just as well cut to the chase and just award the World Cup to USA! USA! so Trump will love him forever.
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
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‘Search can sometimes take you to places you don’t want to go. But at least a “classical” search engine like Google in the 2000s and 2010s took you outside itself, and perhaps prompted you to evaluate what you found there.’
Donald MacKenzie on Google’s future:
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Donald MacKenzie on Google’s future:
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Donald MacKenzie · The Future of Search: Will we still google it?
I’m starting to feel some pre-emptive nostalgia when I do a Google search. Yes, it’s true, search can sometimes take...
www.lrb.co.uk
November 24, 2025 at 4:47 PM
‘Search can sometimes take you to places you don’t want to go. But at least a “classical” search engine like Google in the 2000s and 2010s took you outside itself, and perhaps prompted you to evaluate what you found there.’
Donald MacKenzie on Google’s future:
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Donald MacKenzie on Google’s future:
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
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It appears that somebody instructed Marco Rubio to go along with the story unfolding and it looks to me that this resulted from the following chain of events. I will lay it out here:
November 23, 2025 at 9:07 AM
It appears that somebody instructed Marco Rubio to go along with the story unfolding and it looks to me that this resulted from the following chain of events. I will lay it out here:
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Reminder.
November 23, 2025 at 7:37 AM
Reminder.
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📷 Farage meeting the wife of Oleg Voloshyn, who bribed Nathan Gill
📷 Farage meeting the Russian Ambassador in 2013
📷 #Farage on RT (17 appearances, 2010-2014)
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Source links @ faragewatch.media/nigel-farage-patriot-or-puppet/
From the forthcoming issue 1 of #Faragewatch: faragewatch.media/about
📷 Farage meeting the Russian Ambassador in 2013
📷 #Farage on RT (17 appearances, 2010-2014)
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Source links @ faragewatch.media/nigel-farage-patriot-or-puppet/
From the forthcoming issue 1 of #Faragewatch: faragewatch.media/about
November 20, 2025 at 5:26 PM
📷 Farage meeting the wife of Oleg Voloshyn, who bribed Nathan Gill
📷 Farage meeting the Russian Ambassador in 2013
📷 #Farage on RT (17 appearances, 2010-2014)
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Source links @ faragewatch.media/nigel-farage-patriot-or-puppet/
From the forthcoming issue 1 of #Faragewatch: faragewatch.media/about
📷 Farage meeting the Russian Ambassador in 2013
📷 #Farage on RT (17 appearances, 2010-2014)
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Source links @ faragewatch.media/nigel-farage-patriot-or-puppet/
From the forthcoming issue 1 of #Faragewatch: faragewatch.media/about
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Kent council report £46.5m overspend following Reform takeover
www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/ken...
www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/ken...
November 20, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Kent council report £46.5m overspend following Reform takeover
www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/ken...
www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/ken...
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The UK isn’t a “soft touch” on asylum.
UK asylum seeker benefits are similar to European neighbours
No right to work before 12 months (it’s 6 months in France, Spain, Belgium, Netherlands)
UK settlement after 5 years (it’s 3 or 4 in Germany)
Let’s cut out the alarmist rhetoric.
UK asylum seeker benefits are similar to European neighbours
No right to work before 12 months (it’s 6 months in France, Spain, Belgium, Netherlands)
UK settlement after 5 years (it’s 3 or 4 in Germany)
Let’s cut out the alarmist rhetoric.
November 19, 2025 at 11:52 AM
The UK isn’t a “soft touch” on asylum.
UK asylum seeker benefits are similar to European neighbours
No right to work before 12 months (it’s 6 months in France, Spain, Belgium, Netherlands)
UK settlement after 5 years (it’s 3 or 4 in Germany)
Let’s cut out the alarmist rhetoric.
UK asylum seeker benefits are similar to European neighbours
No right to work before 12 months (it’s 6 months in France, Spain, Belgium, Netherlands)
UK settlement after 5 years (it’s 3 or 4 in Germany)
Let’s cut out the alarmist rhetoric.
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Happy 75th Birthday Graham Parker!
November 18, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Happy 75th Birthday Graham Parker!
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“Polls suggest the most probable result is a loss for the party’s candidate, a former government minister understood to have been handpicked by the PM.
“Among the reasons cited by analysts are frustration with Frederiksen’s hardline policies on issues such as integration and immigration.”
“Among the reasons cited by analysts are frustration with Frederiksen’s hardline policies on issues such as integration and immigration.”
November 18, 2025 at 7:59 AM
“Polls suggest the most probable result is a loss for the party’s candidate, a former government minister understood to have been handpicked by the PM.
“Among the reasons cited by analysts are frustration with Frederiksen’s hardline policies on issues such as integration and immigration.”
“Among the reasons cited by analysts are frustration with Frederiksen’s hardline policies on issues such as integration and immigration.”
If AI cant deliver reliably accurate results, then you can’t trust it *at all*.
A point which those shoving it down our throats seem to have missed.
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
A point which those shoving it down our throats seem to have missed.
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Don’t blindly trust everything AI tools say, warns Alphabet boss
Sundar Pichai says artificial intelligence models are ‘prone to some errors’ and warns of impact if AI bubble bursts
www.theguardian.com
November 18, 2025 at 8:30 AM
If AI cant deliver reliably accurate results, then you can’t trust it *at all*.
A point which those shoving it down our throats seem to have missed.
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
A point which those shoving it down our throats seem to have missed.
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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Scene from the James Comey grand jury room.
November 17, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Scene from the James Comey grand jury room.
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Well done Reform UK Kent! 👀
November 15, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Well done Reform UK Kent! 👀
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PSA for former fans of the Observer Review section - I think you might like @thenerve.news, founded by & featuring a lot of writers/editors you’ll recognise (from @dorianlynskey.bsky.social to @johnsweeneyroar.bsky.social @carolecadwalla.bsky.social and more)
November 13, 2025 at 7:29 PM
PSA for former fans of the Observer Review section - I think you might like @thenerve.news, founded by & featuring a lot of writers/editors you’ll recognise (from @dorianlynskey.bsky.social to @johnsweeneyroar.bsky.social @carolecadwalla.bsky.social and more)
Government can impose all the house building targets it likes on local Councils, but bottom line is developers will only build what they can sell.
Policy on house building needs a serious rethink to give Councils a real chance to build homes themselves.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Policy on house building needs a serious rethink to give Councils a real chance to build homes themselves.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Housebuilder Taylor Wimpey hit by sales fall amid budget uncertainty
Weekly average for number of private sales per site drops 11% in key autumn period as property tax rumours swirl
www.theguardian.com
November 12, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Government can impose all the house building targets it likes on local Councils, but bottom line is developers will only build what they can sell.
Policy on house building needs a serious rethink to give Councils a real chance to build homes themselves.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Policy on house building needs a serious rethink to give Councils a real chance to build homes themselves.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
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This was a December ritual for us - get your kid involved in choosing what goes, and explain what you’re doing (in a believer-appropriate way obvs…)
Love being reminded to do this every year. It's a win/win all round
November 11, 2025 at 3:30 PM
This was a December ritual for us - get your kid involved in choosing what goes, and explain what you’re doing (in a believer-appropriate way obvs…)
Wondeful people, and so clearly demonstrating their competence to run the country
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Your Party row erupts over hundreds of thousands of pounds in donations
Clash the latest in months of political infighting between the camps of Jeremy Corbyn and Zarah Sultana
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 10:59 AM
Wondeful people, and so clearly demonstrating their competence to run the country
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Nowhere in the hysterical pile-on against the BBC in the British press has anyone mentioned that BBC News now has 77 million viewers & listeners in the US and has established itself as the second most trusted news source there.
November 11, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Nowhere in the hysterical pile-on against the BBC in the British press has anyone mentioned that BBC News now has 77 million viewers & listeners in the US and has established itself as the second most trusted news source there.
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This is probably why Trump cares.
Nowhere in the hysterical pile-on against the BBC in the British press has anyone mentioned that BBC News now has 77 million viewers & listeners in the US and has established itself as the second most trusted news source there.
November 11, 2025 at 9:18 AM
This is probably why Trump cares.
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Maybe Keir should demand the heads of major US news networks any time they imply Britain is on the brink of civil war or that we live under sharia law. Or does it not work both ways?
November 10, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Maybe Keir should demand the heads of major US news networks any time they imply Britain is on the brink of civil war or that we live under sharia law. Or does it not work both ways?
Fantastic commentary. Every word rings true.
Will the Government step up to put right the sabotage inflicted by Tory appointees? And will it act to put the BBC on a firm long term foundation?
Will the Government step up to put right the sabotage inflicted by Tory appointees? And will it act to put the BBC on a firm long term foundation?
What you’re witnessing is a populist assault on the BBC.
This is not an institutional scandal in any meaningful sense of the word. It is an attack on public service broadcasting.
iandunt.substack.com/p/extra-edit...
This is not an institutional scandal in any meaningful sense of the word. It is an attack on public service broadcasting.
iandunt.substack.com/p/extra-edit...
November 10, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Fantastic commentary. Every word rings true.
Will the Government step up to put right the sabotage inflicted by Tory appointees? And will it act to put the BBC on a firm long term foundation?
Will the Government step up to put right the sabotage inflicted by Tory appointees? And will it act to put the BBC on a firm long term foundation?
Au contraire: Labour will be wiped out if they *don’t* raise taxes - and do something positive with the income
www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
Labour could suffer Lib Dem-style election wipeout if they raise taxes, Reeves warned – UK politics live
Warning comes as speculation mounts about rise in income tax ahead of budget day on 26 November
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 9:29 AM
Au contraire: Labour will be wiped out if they *don’t* raise taxes - and do something positive with the income
www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
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With all its faults we need to defend the BBC and public service broadcasting. 👍
November 9, 2025 at 8:40 PM
With all its faults we need to defend the BBC and public service broadcasting. 👍
Soviet realism.
The Labor Department launched a social media campaign with illustrations that appear to be AI-generated and that almost exclusively feature White men — part of an effort to promote the hiring of American citizens over foreign workers.
Labor Department social media campaign depicts a White male workforce
The campaign has drawn scrutiny, with critics saying it is not realistically portraying the country’s diversity and is sending messages that feel exclusionary.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 7, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Soviet realism.