Rachel
@dorsetrachel.bsky.social
Amazon. Livid since 2016. 💚🤍💜
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Rachel
@dorsetrachel.bsky.social
· Jan 31
Five years after we left, a new YouGov poll finds a grand total of 2% of voters think Brexit has had a very positive impact on the NHS.
“Less trade and more immigration”: imagine if they had plastered that on the side of a bus.
Idiotic. Fancy wrecking any chance of power sharing with Labour this far out from a GE.
Question now is: would you work with Farage or Badenoch? Because if that’s a yes…
Question now is: would you work with Farage or Badenoch? Because if that’s a yes…
Zack Polanski on the prime minister: "I’d never work with Keir Starmer"
www.attitude.co.uk/news/zack-po...
www.attitude.co.uk/news/zack-po...
February 15, 2026 at 5:55 PM
Idiotic. Fancy wrecking any chance of power sharing with Labour this far out from a GE.
Question now is: would you work with Farage or Badenoch? Because if that’s a yes…
Question now is: would you work with Farage or Badenoch? Because if that’s a yes…
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Hmmm not sure I like the sound of this
February 15, 2026 at 12:24 PM
Hmmm not sure I like the sound of this
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The confluence of the River Guadalaviar (Arabic origin meaning "White River") and the Alfambra River (also Arabic origin, meaning "red earth" due to its clay). Teruel, Aragón
Via @pinosysembrados elsewhere.
Via @pinosysembrados elsewhere.
February 15, 2026 at 12:35 PM
The confluence of the River Guadalaviar (Arabic origin meaning "White River") and the Alfambra River (also Arabic origin, meaning "red earth" due to its clay). Teruel, Aragón
Via @pinosysembrados elsewhere.
Via @pinosysembrados elsewhere.
Back to the 1970s.
When I lived in Japan, far-right parties used to drive around blaring out propaganda from loudspeaker vans. People saw them as public nuisances at best, dangerous nutters at worst. Interesting to see Matt Goodwin adopt the same strategy.
February 15, 2026 at 12:45 PM
Back to the 1970s.
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Saying the quiet part out loud
Kristi Noem: "When it gets to Election Day, we've been proactive to make sure we have the right people voting, electing the right leaders to lead this country."
February 14, 2026 at 3:47 PM
Saying the quiet part out loud
You mean, Immigrant Jim moved his fortune to Monaco, thus denying our economy of the £4 billion he would otherwise have paid into British coffers.
Such a patriot, eh?
Such a patriot, eh?
In 2020, Jim Ratcliffe moved his fortune to Monaco, saving himself an estimated £4 billion in tax.
In the same year, immigrants in the UK contributed around £20 billion in tax.
That says it all.
In the same year, immigrants in the UK contributed around £20 billion in tax.
That says it all.
Guardian view on Sir Jim Ratcliffe: Britain does not need political lectures from a billionaire tax exile | Editorial
Editorial: Comments on the ‘colonisation of the UK’ by the co-owner of Manchester United were erroneous, crass and a gif
www.theguardian.com
February 13, 2026 at 7:01 PM
You mean, Immigrant Jim moved his fortune to Monaco, thus denying our economy of the £4 billion he would otherwise have paid into British coffers.
Such a patriot, eh?
Such a patriot, eh?
Immigrant Jim.
In 2020, Jim Ratcliffe moved his fortune to Monaco, saving himself an estimated £4 billion in tax.
In the same year, immigrants in the UK contributed around £20 billion in tax.
That says it all.
In the same year, immigrants in the UK contributed around £20 billion in tax.
That says it all.
Guardian view on Sir Jim Ratcliffe: Britain does not need political lectures from a billionaire tax exile | Editorial
Editorial: Comments on the ‘colonisation of the UK’ by the co-owner of Manchester United were erroneous, crass and a gif
www.theguardian.com
February 13, 2026 at 6:58 PM
Immigrant Jim.
My Bulgarian* ex-lodger complained about what he called a ‘foreign moment’ in the supermarket. I thought he was going to tell me about some racist British person but instead he moaned that the Polish woman ‘helping’ on the self-checkout couldn’t understand him when he asked for assistance. 😆
February 13, 2026 at 4:25 PM
My Bulgarian* ex-lodger complained about what he called a ‘foreign moment’ in the supermarket. I thought he was going to tell me about some racist British person but instead he moaned that the Polish woman ‘helping’ on the self-checkout couldn’t understand him when he asked for assistance. 😆
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Babies as an antidote to women having intellectual and political lives is a tale as old as time, and anyone advocating for it is by definition a wrong 'un.
Reform candidate calls for young girls to be given "biological reality check" www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
Reform candidate calls for ‘young girls’ to be given ‘biological reality’ check
Exclusive: Matt Goodwin argued ‘young girls’ should be explained ‘the biological reality’ that ‘many women in Britain are having children much too late in life’
www.independent.co.uk
February 13, 2026 at 9:19 AM
Babies as an antidote to women having intellectual and political lives is a tale as old as time, and anyone advocating for it is by definition a wrong 'un.
Chaos…
Cabinet league table – favourability (not preferred leader) among Labour members: Survation for LabourList labourlist.org/2026/02/cabi...
February 12, 2026 at 9:49 PM
Chaos…
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What a stupid timeline where we can be bombed and killed in our own homes for no reason, yet are forbidden from paying public tribute to slain athletes. This is not neutrality, this is silencing the victim.
February 12, 2026 at 9:39 PM
What a stupid timeline where we can be bombed and killed in our own homes for no reason, yet are forbidden from paying public tribute to slain athletes. This is not neutrality, this is silencing the victim.
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Immigrant whose trophy team asset depends on immigrants has a problem with immigration.
UK being ‘colonised by immigrants’, says Man Utd co-owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe
UK being ‘colonised by immigrants’, says Man Utd co-owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe
Britain’s seventh-richest man, who vocally backed Brexit then moved to tax-free Monaco, also hits out at people on benefits
The billionaire Sir Jim Ratcliffe, who moved to tax-free Monaco in 2020, has claimed that the UK is being “colonised” by immigrants.
Speaking in an interview with Sky News, Britain’s seventh-richest man and the part-owner of Manchester United FC took aim at people receiving state support and immigrants. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
February 11, 2026 at 6:17 PM
Immigrant whose trophy team asset depends on immigrants has a problem with immigration.
And of course* the MU team is choc-a-bloc with boys born in Salford…
*the fact that his numbers are way out notwithstanding
*the fact that his numbers are way out notwithstanding
'The UK has been colonised by immigrants', says INEOS boss and Man Utd co-owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe
'The UK has been colonised by immigrants', says INEOS boss and Man Utd co-owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe
Britain has been "colonised" by immigrants, who are draining resources from the state, Sir Jim Ratcliffe, one of the country's richest and most influential men, has told Sky News.
news.sky.com
February 11, 2026 at 6:18 PM
And of course* the MU team is choc-a-bloc with boys born in Salford…
*the fact that his numbers are way out notwithstanding
*the fact that his numbers are way out notwithstanding
Words not deeds, eh?
Alford: "On Bad Bunny - we're still investigating. There's info out about the lyrics. I don't speak fluent Spanish, but if it's true what was said on natl TV, we have a lot of Qs for entities that broadcast it & we'll be talking w/ the FCC. This could be worse than the Janet wardrobe malfunction"
February 10, 2026 at 11:01 PM
Words not deeds, eh?
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Heard a lad earlier talking about ‘Belgian whistles’
“A basic website costs 10k or 25k upwards if you want all the Belgian whistles”
BELGIAN WHISTLES
“A basic website costs 10k or 25k upwards if you want all the Belgian whistles”
BELGIAN WHISTLES
January 15, 2026 at 4:33 PM
Heard a lad earlier talking about ‘Belgian whistles’
“A basic website costs 10k or 25k upwards if you want all the Belgian whistles”
BELGIAN WHISTLES
“A basic website costs 10k or 25k upwards if you want all the Belgian whistles”
BELGIAN WHISTLES
All about something beginning with ‘S’ certainly, but that S doesn’t stand for Scotland.
Anas Sarwar, leader of Labour in Scotland, has called for Starmer to quit in a sensational intervention.
Sarwar said in a speech that “the leadership in Downing St has to change” because the priority for Labour had to be removing the SNP administration in Edinburgh in May’s Holyrood elections.
Sarwar said in a speech that “the leadership in Downing St has to change” because the priority for Labour had to be removing the SNP administration in Edinburgh in May’s Holyrood elections.
February 9, 2026 at 3:35 PM
All about something beginning with ‘S’ certainly, but that S doesn’t stand for Scotland.
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mashallah he is gone, to celebrate I've made the piece I wrote last year about arguably the most embarrassing project I've ever worked on free to read: youngvulgarian.substack.com/p/so-about-t...
February 8, 2026 at 3:59 PM
mashallah he is gone, to celebrate I've made the piece I wrote last year about arguably the most embarrassing project I've ever worked on free to read: youngvulgarian.substack.com/p/so-about-t...
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Lord Mandelson in disgrace
The new Private Eye is out now.
The new Private Eye is out now.
February 4, 2026 at 8:04 AM
Lord Mandelson in disgrace
The new Private Eye is out now.
The new Private Eye is out now.
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This! Labour’s leadership is being talked about as if it’s some kind of poisoned chalice.
In reality it’s a chance to take over the first term of a government with a huge majority. It’s the political opportunity of a lifetime.
In reality it’s a chance to take over the first term of a government with a huge majority. It’s the political opportunity of a lifetime.
Yet this is a government with three years left to run and an enormous Commons majority. For all the problems, there is an enormous opportunity there for someone with the political nous to take it and use it.
Starmer's reported condition - incredibly unpopular, shorn of authority, probably un-reelectable and yet will stagger on for want of an alternative - is just the new normal of how Britain is governed. It was also true for two-thirds of May's premiership, half of Johnson's and all of Sunak's.
February 8, 2026 at 11:27 AM
This! Labour’s leadership is being talked about as if it’s some kind of poisoned chalice.
In reality it’s a chance to take over the first term of a government with a huge majority. It’s the political opportunity of a lifetime.
In reality it’s a chance to take over the first term of a government with a huge majority. It’s the political opportunity of a lifetime.
So true across so many professions and skillsets.
If anything LLMs *increase* the requirement for the ‘manager’ of the codebase to be an expert while absolutely destroying the incentives for anyone to obtain the expertise.
February 8, 2026 at 11:51 AM
So true across so many professions and skillsets.
This happened to me last October.
Every day since then feels like a gift, one that I am beyond lucky to receive.
Hold tight to your mothers, lovelies: if only mine hadn’t slipped away so soon.
Every day since then feels like a gift, one that I am beyond lucky to receive.
Hold tight to your mothers, lovelies: if only mine hadn’t slipped away so soon.
February 7, 2026 at 9:39 PM
This happened to me last October.
Every day since then feels like a gift, one that I am beyond lucky to receive.
Hold tight to your mothers, lovelies: if only mine hadn’t slipped away so soon.
Every day since then feels like a gift, one that I am beyond lucky to receive.
Hold tight to your mothers, lovelies: if only mine hadn’t slipped away so soon.
This sensitive celebration of Constable’s life and work is worth listening to. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Constable's Year by Susan Owens - Episode 1: Suffolk - BBC Sounds
The story of how John Constable’s relationship with the seasons shaped his life and art.
www.bbc.co.uk
February 7, 2026 at 8:12 PM
This sensitive celebration of Constable’s life and work is worth listening to. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Coals to Newcastle etc.
Not only did they bring a small private army, but among the waste of taxpayer money was BRINGING A FULL PLANE OF FOOD.
To *Italy*.
To *Italy*.
February 7, 2026 at 6:35 PM
Coals to Newcastle etc.
This first article describes a literal scandal, namely how thousands of newly-retired civil servants are having to wait months for their long-awaited pensions to be paid. 1/2 www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Money Box - Credit Card Debt and Civil Service Pensions - BBC Sounds
Calls for stronger rules protect people from getting into persistent credit card debt.
www.bbc.co.uk
February 7, 2026 at 6:28 PM
This first article describes a literal scandal, namely how thousands of newly-retired civil servants are having to wait months for their long-awaited pensions to be paid. 1/2 www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
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Believe it or not, on Sunday in the northern hemisphere we will have finished the darkest 14 weeks of the year. The other 38 are basically OK for daylight. We are essentially through now.
Two important things:
1) after tomorrow the sun will not set before 5pm again in the UK…until October
2) if you’re struggling just now *please* be kind to yourself
1) after tomorrow the sun will not set before 5pm again in the UK…until October
2) if you’re struggling just now *please* be kind to yourself
February 6, 2026 at 2:09 PM
Believe it or not, on Sunday in the northern hemisphere we will have finished the darkest 14 weeks of the year. The other 38 are basically OK for daylight. We are essentially through now.