Doomwatch
@doomwatch.bsky.social
Chemist/engineer. Cabaret Voltaire, DM, Electronic, Heaven 17/B.E.F., Sylvian/Japan, Bauhaus, GY!BE, Numan, Industrial...Old, wizened and unabashed socialist, no longer a member of the Labour party.
That English to Chuck Schumer Translator in full..
Input English: "we are right behind you, we voted Dem in the elections in a massive way, you have our support, don't give in, don't surrender, stand your ground, you've got this!!"
Output Schummer: "Oh I got you I'll surrender immediately"
Input English: "we are right behind you, we voted Dem in the elections in a massive way, you have our support, don't give in, don't surrender, stand your ground, you've got this!!"
Output Schummer: "Oh I got you I'll surrender immediately"
November 10, 2025 at 2:14 AM
That English to Chuck Schumer Translator in full..
Input English: "we are right behind you, we voted Dem in the elections in a massive way, you have our support, don't give in, don't surrender, stand your ground, you've got this!!"
Output Schummer: "Oh I got you I'll surrender immediately"
Input English: "we are right behind you, we voted Dem in the elections in a massive way, you have our support, don't give in, don't surrender, stand your ground, you've got this!!"
Output Schummer: "Oh I got you I'll surrender immediately"
The Democratic party has no leader, and it shows, by leadership I mean moral and principle. Chuck Schumer certainly isn't it and has for Hakeem Jeffries he has all the charisma and presence of this guy...
#Senate #Schumer #SellOut #ACA
www.youtube.com/shorts/36UPb...
#Senate #Schumer #SellOut #ACA
www.youtube.com/shorts/36UPb...
There shall in that time be rumours of things going ASTRAY... | Monty Python
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November 10, 2025 at 1:11 AM
The Democratic party has no leader, and it shows, by leadership I mean moral and principle. Chuck Schumer certainly isn't it and has for Hakeem Jeffries he has all the charisma and presence of this guy...
#Senate #Schumer #SellOut #ACA
www.youtube.com/shorts/36UPb...
#Senate #Schumer #SellOut #ACA
www.youtube.com/shorts/36UPb...
How fucking sickening, these companies just hack and burn their way through important stuff with a "can't put the branches back on, sorry" mentality. The penalty for this type of assumed immunity should be massive, company busting massive. A few "examples" need to be made.
#trees #TakingThePiss
#trees #TakingThePiss
Toby Carvery owner urged to fund ‘life support’ for felled Enfield oak
Sprinklers could save 500-year-old tree that had branches cut off without authorisation in April, says expert
www.theguardian.com
November 7, 2025 at 8:09 PM
How fucking sickening, these companies just hack and burn their way through important stuff with a "can't put the branches back on, sorry" mentality. The penalty for this type of assumed immunity should be massive, company busting massive. A few "examples" need to be made.
#trees #TakingThePiss
#trees #TakingThePiss
I'm waiting for the predictable comments about how much the removal of his titles etc. will devastate and shame the ex Prince Andrew.
Fuck right off!
They don't pay like we ever do, legally, financially, morally or emotionally. Man should be inside doing time.
Republic now!
Fuck right off!
They don't pay like we ever do, legally, financially, morally or emotionally. Man should be inside doing time.
Republic now!
October 31, 2025 at 5:25 AM
I'm waiting for the predictable comments about how much the removal of his titles etc. will devastate and shame the ex Prince Andrew.
Fuck right off!
They don't pay like we ever do, legally, financially, morally or emotionally. Man should be inside doing time.
Republic now!
Fuck right off!
They don't pay like we ever do, legally, financially, morally or emotionally. Man should be inside doing time.
Republic now!
Companies like Sinclair& Nexstar don't think you are capable of using an on/off switch on your remote, or changing channels when you don't like what you are seeing.
That's a bit insulting really isn't it.
They seem to think you need looking after, that you can't take care of yourself.
Can you?
That's a bit insulting really isn't it.
They seem to think you need looking after, that you can't take care of yourself.
Can you?
September 24, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Companies like Sinclair& Nexstar don't think you are capable of using an on/off switch on your remote, or changing channels when you don't like what you are seeing.
That's a bit insulting really isn't it.
They seem to think you need looking after, that you can't take care of yourself.
Can you?
That's a bit insulting really isn't it.
They seem to think you need looking after, that you can't take care of yourself.
Can you?
Did this Tyler Knoll chap have left leaning tendency? were they boss at the ANTIFA base? The truth is out, their manifesto? "Take this four times a day!"
Seriously Tylenol's biggest issue? Americans can't enjoy this joke.
Why are there no aspirins in the Jungle?
The Parrots eat 'em all.
🙄
Seriously Tylenol's biggest issue? Americans can't enjoy this joke.
Why are there no aspirins in the Jungle?
The Parrots eat 'em all.
🙄
September 23, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Did this Tyler Knoll chap have left leaning tendency? were they boss at the ANTIFA base? The truth is out, their manifesto? "Take this four times a day!"
Seriously Tylenol's biggest issue? Americans can't enjoy this joke.
Why are there no aspirins in the Jungle?
The Parrots eat 'em all.
🙄
Seriously Tylenol's biggest issue? Americans can't enjoy this joke.
Why are there no aspirins in the Jungle?
The Parrots eat 'em all.
🙄
The global insanity is accelerating.
I was sent an obviously AI generated anti-immigrant image and the fucking idiot who sent it believed it. So you could generate tens of 1000's of "believable" images for these morons every few hours.
It won't end well
#Starmer #reform #London #alt-right
I was sent an obviously AI generated anti-immigrant image and the fucking idiot who sent it believed it. So you could generate tens of 1000's of "believable" images for these morons every few hours.
It won't end well
#Starmer #reform #London #alt-right
September 13, 2025 at 7:02 PM
The global insanity is accelerating.
I was sent an obviously AI generated anti-immigrant image and the fucking idiot who sent it believed it. So you could generate tens of 1000's of "believable" images for these morons every few hours.
It won't end well
#Starmer #reform #London #alt-right
I was sent an obviously AI generated anti-immigrant image and the fucking idiot who sent it believed it. So you could generate tens of 1000's of "believable" images for these morons every few hours.
It won't end well
#Starmer #reform #London #alt-right
Starmer has one remaining "out", shuffle off McSweeny, he is so "bubbled" that every piece of advice he gives Starmer is just total bollox.
Unpopular stuff can be handled in a better way, winter fuel allowance, yeah it needed some overhaul, but to then do NOTHING about energy company profits...
Unpopular stuff can be handled in a better way, winter fuel allowance, yeah it needed some overhaul, but to then do NOTHING about energy company profits...
September 13, 2025 at 10:09 AM
Starmer has one remaining "out", shuffle off McSweeny, he is so "bubbled" that every piece of advice he gives Starmer is just total bollox.
Unpopular stuff can be handled in a better way, winter fuel allowance, yeah it needed some overhaul, but to then do NOTHING about energy company profits...
Unpopular stuff can be handled in a better way, winter fuel allowance, yeah it needed some overhaul, but to then do NOTHING about energy company profits...
I don't think we should be in a position to be demanding Peter Mandelson resign over his association with Epstein.
Because Mandelson should never have had a position in any Labour government or official capacity again for any number of reasons in the first fucking place.
Slimy conniving bastard.
Because Mandelson should never have had a position in any Labour government or official capacity again for any number of reasons in the first fucking place.
Slimy conniving bastard.
September 10, 2025 at 1:36 PM
I don't think we should be in a position to be demanding Peter Mandelson resign over his association with Epstein.
Because Mandelson should never have had a position in any Labour government or official capacity again for any number of reasons in the first fucking place.
Slimy conniving bastard.
Because Mandelson should never have had a position in any Labour government or official capacity again for any number of reasons in the first fucking place.
Slimy conniving bastard.
Dear Kier Starmer, top tip, your problem (and I guess by extension ours) is Morgan McSweeney.
He's been doing such a shite job and yet there he remains.
No mini-reshuffle has any meaning at all with him still in post.
I could say the same about Reeves but I know that's too much of an ask.
He's been doing such a shite job and yet there he remains.
No mini-reshuffle has any meaning at all with him still in post.
I could say the same about Reeves but I know that's too much of an ask.
September 1, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Dear Kier Starmer, top tip, your problem (and I guess by extension ours) is Morgan McSweeney.
He's been doing such a shite job and yet there he remains.
No mini-reshuffle has any meaning at all with him still in post.
I could say the same about Reeves but I know that's too much of an ask.
He's been doing such a shite job and yet there he remains.
No mini-reshuffle has any meaning at all with him still in post.
I could say the same about Reeves but I know that's too much of an ask.
"We are experiencing high call volumes..." is now the default message.
If businesses were to employ PEOPLE instead of using chat bots (useless in most instances) then society would be better for it and people would have more money in the economy to buy their stuff.
#UK #CustomerService
If businesses were to employ PEOPLE instead of using chat bots (useless in most instances) then society would be better for it and people would have more money in the economy to buy their stuff.
#UK #CustomerService
June 26, 2025 at 3:45 PM
"We are experiencing high call volumes..." is now the default message.
If businesses were to employ PEOPLE instead of using chat bots (useless in most instances) then society would be better for it and people would have more money in the economy to buy their stuff.
#UK #CustomerService
If businesses were to employ PEOPLE instead of using chat bots (useless in most instances) then society would be better for it and people would have more money in the economy to buy their stuff.
#UK #CustomerService
Labour's messaging & delivery are so piss poor, boring, unimaginative, tone deaf and sporadic they could make the complete abolition of world poverty seem like a negative event.
Fire the advisors and Reeves, they are shit.
Remind us why we voted for you.
#Labour #Reeves #Starmer #FreeSchoolMeals
Fire the advisors and Reeves, they are shit.
Remind us why we voted for you.
#Labour #Reeves #Starmer #FreeSchoolMeals
June 5, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Labour's messaging & delivery are so piss poor, boring, unimaginative, tone deaf and sporadic they could make the complete abolition of world poverty seem like a negative event.
Fire the advisors and Reeves, they are shit.
Remind us why we voted for you.
#Labour #Reeves #Starmer #FreeSchoolMeals
Fire the advisors and Reeves, they are shit.
Remind us why we voted for you.
#Labour #Reeves #Starmer #FreeSchoolMeals
I hope not, fuck 'em.
Bunch of spiteful bastards for whom it seems the only entrance qualification was "Do you enjoy pulling the wing off of insects and do you hate poor people?". From laughing boys Cameron and Osborne through to this fucking idiot, they have been inflicted on us, so no I nope not.
Bunch of spiteful bastards for whom it seems the only entrance qualification was "Do you enjoy pulling the wing off of insects and do you hate poor people?". From laughing boys Cameron and Osborne through to this fucking idiot, they have been inflicted on us, so no I nope not.
‘The brand is broken’: is there any way back from abyss for Tories?
Conservative party has repeatedly proved able to adapt and reinvent itself – but this time might be different
www.theguardian.com
May 29, 2025 at 4:25 PM
I hope not, fuck 'em.
Bunch of spiteful bastards for whom it seems the only entrance qualification was "Do you enjoy pulling the wing off of insects and do you hate poor people?". From laughing boys Cameron and Osborne through to this fucking idiot, they have been inflicted on us, so no I nope not.
Bunch of spiteful bastards for whom it seems the only entrance qualification was "Do you enjoy pulling the wing off of insects and do you hate poor people?". From laughing boys Cameron and Osborne through to this fucking idiot, they have been inflicted on us, so no I nope not.
While the financial game of musical chairs with Thames Water was going on, leaving the taxpayer standing with no chair at the end, OFWAT ignored all the signs. Unfit for purpose. Like OFGEM loading the tariffs against the consumer and OFCOM allowing all kinds of abuses
Start over. Root and branch.
Start over. Root and branch.
May 28, 2025 at 7:47 PM
While the financial game of musical chairs with Thames Water was going on, leaving the taxpayer standing with no chair at the end, OFWAT ignored all the signs. Unfit for purpose. Like OFGEM loading the tariffs against the consumer and OFCOM allowing all kinds of abuses
Start over. Root and branch.
Start over. Root and branch.
Thames Water is bust. When it was privatised the emphasis should have been made clear, any risk at all to the provision of a life essential service would result is seizure at no compensation to shareholders.
That would have "focused" the shareholders on ensuring the business was run responsibly.
That would have "focused" the shareholders on ensuring the business was run responsibly.
May 28, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Thames Water is bust. When it was privatised the emphasis should have been made clear, any risk at all to the provision of a life essential service would result is seizure at no compensation to shareholders.
That would have "focused" the shareholders on ensuring the business was run responsibly.
That would have "focused" the shareholders on ensuring the business was run responsibly.
I have some suggestions for the unimaginative Reeves, who manages to fuck up the people who voted for her and still can't run an economy. You could financially beat up on some more poor people.... Or you could tax the very wealthy, a tiny bit more.
#Reeves #Betrayal #DWP #PIP #Labour #TaxTheRich
#Reeves #Betrayal #DWP #PIP #Labour #TaxTheRich
UK borrowing rises to £20.2bn, putting pressure on Rachel Reeves
April figure more than expected and comes despite increase in employer national insurance contributions
www.theguardian.com
May 22, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Or we could plug the 5 Billion hole by taxing people who won't even miss it and many of them agree that they are under taxed. Not all wealthy people are uncaring, our Labour government seemingly are.
Confirmation (as if any were needed) that these cuts are ideological.
#DWP #UC #PIP #Kendall #ESA
Confirmation (as if any were needed) that these cuts are ideological.
#DWP #UC #PIP #Kendall #ESA
Our £5bn disability benefits cut will stop welfare state collapsing, says Kendall
Exclusive: Work and pensions secretary to double down on changes despite growing pressure within Labour
www.theguardian.com
May 21, 2025 at 7:10 AM
Dear DWP claimants, the next time they have you in the job centre giving you shit about something you said and threatening to sanction your benefit payments just remember the "misspoke" get-out-of-jail-free card, doubly effective when played with the "I don't recall" gambit. #ThamesWater #DWP
Thames Water: big bonuses due from emergency £3bn loan ‘withdrawn’
Environment secretary makes announcement after company’s chair said he ‘may have misspoken’ to MPs
www.theguardian.com
May 20, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Dear DWP claimants, the next time they have you in the job centre giving you shit about something you said and threatening to sanction your benefit payments just remember the "misspoke" get-out-of-jail-free card, doubly effective when played with the "I don't recall" gambit. #ThamesWater #DWP
#TakingTheFuckingPiss. We have to retain senior managers, yeah look what a top notch job the senior managers have done in the past. They might leave? That's terrible, don't let that happen, fucking sack them. This rewarding of failure is why we are all where we are. #ThamesWater #Failure #Bankrupt
Ministers to block Thames Water paying bosses bonuses out of emergency loan
Exclusive: Firm close to insolvency says using £3bn loan to pay ‘substantial’ bonuses is vital to retain senior managers
www.theguardian.com
May 16, 2025 at 5:02 AM
#TakingTheFuckingPiss. We have to retain senior managers, yeah look what a top notch job the senior managers have done in the past. They might leave? That's terrible, don't let that happen, fucking sack them. This rewarding of failure is why we are all where we are. #ThamesWater #Failure #Bankrupt
Not the same, but be honest, the inclusion of the phrasing of "strangers" is no co-incidence, a calculated crumb thrown to the reform mob, there were many ways they could've made their point, to opt for that was deliberate with a deniability get out if things got heated, they did, cue deniability.
Starmer’s migration speech ‘completely different’ to Enoch Powell’s, says Yvette Cooper
Home secretary says PM talked about strength in diversity, after criticism from MPs over ‘island of strangers’ rhetoric
www.theguardian.com
May 13, 2025 at 8:42 AM
Not the same, but be honest, the inclusion of the phrasing of "strangers" is no co-incidence, a calculated crumb thrown to the reform mob, there were many ways they could've made their point, to opt for that was deliberate with a deniability get out if things got heated, they did, cue deniability.
FFS, OK time to have an "MP's expenses" style revision of practice in the UK Parliament.
No freebies, they're bribes, otherwise why offer them.
No firms lending MPs staff or office help.
No second jobs, being an MP should be full time.
No subsidised bars.
#HoC #Hoyle #Speaker #Bribes
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No freebies, they're bribes, otherwise why offer them.
No firms lending MPs staff or office help.
No second jobs, being an MP should be full time.
No subsidised bars.
#HoC #Hoyle #Speaker #Bribes
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House of Commons speaker has kept almost 300 gifts over past four years
Lindsay Hoyle’s freebies include champagne, whisky, food hampers, skincare sets and presents for his pets
www.theguardian.com
May 10, 2025 at 8:10 PM
The optics of the "deal" are not particularly good for Kier Starmer. There's a difference between getting something genuinely useful for the UK and rushing out 1/2 done shite to basically give DJT something to call a win back home.
Actually it's all a bit embarrassing.
Find some fucking dignity.
Actually it's all a bit embarrassing.
Find some fucking dignity.
May 8, 2025 at 11:10 PM
The optics of the "deal" are not particularly good for Kier Starmer. There's a difference between getting something genuinely useful for the UK and rushing out 1/2 done shite to basically give DJT something to call a win back home.
Actually it's all a bit embarrassing.
Find some fucking dignity.
Actually it's all a bit embarrassing.
Find some fucking dignity.
Another move towards cultural isolationism.
Tariffs? They're not all just bad economics, it's a way of forcing your message and your fantasy world/historical view on your population by restricting access to foreign culture, views and products.
Kind of like North Korea then. #Hollywood #tariffs
Tariffs? They're not all just bad economics, it's a way of forcing your message and your fantasy world/historical view on your population by restricting access to foreign culture, views and products.
Kind of like North Korea then. #Hollywood #tariffs
Trump announces 100% tariffs on movies ‘produced in foreign lands’
President calls films ‘national security threat’ and claims he called on commerce department to immediately enact tariff
www.theguardian.com
May 5, 2025 at 8:11 AM
Another move towards cultural isolationism.
Tariffs? They're not all just bad economics, it's a way of forcing your message and your fantasy world/historical view on your population by restricting access to foreign culture, views and products.
Kind of like North Korea then. #Hollywood #tariffs
Tariffs? They're not all just bad economics, it's a way of forcing your message and your fantasy world/historical view on your population by restricting access to foreign culture, views and products.
Kind of like North Korea then. #Hollywood #tariffs
I'm sick of politicians of all parties, not giving a shit when they sacrifice a group to appeal to the "majority"
The sick and those with disabilities, they don't care about your vote. News for them, those people have people who love and care for them, share their lives, their worries. #DWP #PiP
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The sick and those with disabilities, they don't care about your vote. News for them, those people have people who love and care for them, share their lives, their worries. #DWP #PiP
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May 2, 2025 at 11:17 PM
This is not new, nor should it be any surprise at all. The right are always whining on about the burden of the homeless, yet the REAL burden is these already wealthy landlords charging massively over the odds. It goes without saying that something should be done, but it won't happen.
#homeless
#homeless
Private landlords and hotels ‘cashing in’ on England’s hidden homelessness crisis
Exclusive: Half of local authorities charged double by private providers for temporary housing, investigation finds
www.theguardian.com
April 27, 2025 at 7:07 PM
This is not new, nor should it be any surprise at all. The right are always whining on about the burden of the homeless, yet the REAL burden is these already wealthy landlords charging massively over the odds. It goes without saying that something should be done, but it won't happen.
#homeless
#homeless