The Bishop 🇬🇧🇪🇺🇺🇦🇹🇼🇨🇦🏴‍☠️💙
banner
fritzbischoff.bsky.social
The Bishop 🇬🇧🇪🇺🇺🇦🇹🇼🇨🇦🏴‍☠️💙
@fritzbischoff.bsky.social
Londoner by heart, Northerner by soul.
Loving Asian and Italian food. I appreciate a good beer. Travel enthusiast in love with Asia, South Europe. Pro EU, anti Brexit, anti MAGA & Trump 💙💙 #FBPE
BBC board member with Tory links ‘led charge’ in systemic bias claims, say insiders
Sources say Robbie Gibb amplified criticisms of Trump, Gaza and trans rights coverage, and had ‘a lot of oxygen in the room’

www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
BBC board member with Tory links ‘led charge’ in systemic bias claims, say insiders
Sources say Robbie Gibb amplified criticisms of Trump, Gaza and trans rights coverage, and had ‘a lot of oxygen in the room’
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Democrats, get rid of Chuck Schumer — quickly and for good.
November 10, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Reposted by The Bishop 🇬🇧🇪🇺🇺🇦🇹🇼🇨🇦🏴‍☠️💙
the Department of #Injustice
November 10, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Trump has pardoned his former personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani, his former chief of staff Mark Meadows and others accused of backing the Republican’s efforts to overturn the 2020 election

Separation of powers? 😂😂
The 🇺🇸 US constitution is a joke

apnews.com/article/rudy...
Trump pardons Rudy Giuliani and others who backed efforts to overturn 2020 election, official says
A Justice Department official says President Donald Trump has pardoned his former personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani, his former chief of staff Mark Meadows and others accused of backing the Republican’s e...
apnews.com
November 10, 2025 at 11:44 AM
What exactly have the Democrats gained by voting to end the shutdown?

Republicans promised a vote on government health-insurance subsidies. But a vote isn't a guarantee, and there's little that Trump and his team gave up that they wouldn't have agreed to on day one.

www.bbc.com/news/article...
Three takeaways from the US shutdown deal
The longest shutdown in US history appears to be drawing to a close, leaving Democrats divided and Trump's hard line paying off.
www.bbc.com
November 10, 2025 at 7:48 AM
🇺🇸 Several Democrats side with Republicans to pass deal aimed at ending US government shutdown

➡️ The situation lays bare the Democrats’ lack of leadership — they’ve been unable to coordinate a coherent strategy against Trump in recent months.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c0...
Several Democrats side with Republicans to pass deal aimed at ending US government shutdown
The deal paves the way for the government to reopen but the agreement still needs to be voted on in the House.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 10, 2025 at 7:38 AM
Trump’s admin is demanding states “undo” full SNAP benefits paid out under judges’ orders last week, now that the U.S. Supreme Court has stayed those rulings, marking the latest swing in a seesawing legal battle over the anti-hunger program used by 42 million Americans.

apnews.com/article/snap...
Trump administration demands states 'undo' full SNAP payouts as states warn of 'catastrophic impact'
President Donald Trump's administration is demanding that states reverse full SNAP benefits issued under recent court orders. The U.S.
apnews.com
November 9, 2025 at 7:03 PM
The head of the BBC and the British broadcaster’s top news executive both resigned Sunday after criticism of the way the organization edited a speech by Trump.

➡️ It’s astonishing how far the UK will go to please the Mango Mussolini and play the dutiful little sidekick.

apnews.com/article/bbc-...
BBC director resigns after criticism of the broadcaster’s editing of a Trump speech
The head of the BBC has resigned after criticism of the broadcaster’s editing of a speech by U.S. President Donald Trump.
apnews.com
November 9, 2025 at 6:56 PM
🇬🇧 — let’s start Sunday with a laugh

(even if the sad reality behind the joke makes it a bit hard to swallow).
November 9, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Reposted by The Bishop 🇬🇧🇪🇺🇺🇦🇹🇼🇨🇦🏴‍☠️💙
Majority of people not proud of post-Brexit Britain, new survey reveals

www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
Majority of people not proud of post-Brexit Britain, new survey reveals
Attitudes poll also suggests people increasingly believe UK is divided, that ‘culture wars’ exist and life was better in past
www.independent.co.uk
November 8, 2025 at 8:02 AM
'Huge victory’ in Portland as judge’s final order bars Trump from sending national guard
Karin Immergut said earlier she ‘found no credible evidence’ that protests in Oregon city were out of control

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
‘Huge victory’ in Portland as judge’s final order bars Trump from sending national guard
Karin Immergut said earlier she ‘found no credible evidence’ that protests in Oregon city were out of control
www.theguardian.com
November 8, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Further 'Brexit benefits', huh?! 😂😂😂

🇬🇧 Plant importers say border delays in Kent could drive up prices and stop deliveries from EU
Traders report long waits at Sevington inspection post and claim trees and shrubs are repeatedly being damaged

www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Plant importers say border delays in Kent could drive up prices and stop deliveries from EU
Traders report long waits at Sevington inspection post and claim trees and shrubs are repeatedly being damaged
www.theguardian.com
November 8, 2025 at 11:41 AM
🇺🇸 US Supreme Court lets Trump withhold $4 billion in food aid funding for now

😏 Quite handy, isn’t it, when the Supreme Court doubles as a Trump fan club?

www.reuters.com/world/us/usd...
www.reuters.com
November 8, 2025 at 9:11 AM
A federal appeals court leaves an order in place that requires Trump ’s administration to provide full SNAP food benefits for November amid a 🇺🇸 U.S. government shutdown.

apnews.com/article/snap...
Court leaves order in place requiring Trump admin to provide full SNAP payments for November
A federal appeals court leaves an order in place that requires President Donald Trump’s administration to provide full SNAP food benefits for November amid a U.S. government shutdown.
apnews.com
November 8, 2025 at 12:00 AM
🇺🇸 Still not "great again" - US consumer sentiment near 3-1/2-year low as government shutdown fuels anxiety

➡️ Consumer sentiment index drops to 50.3 in early November
➡️ Government shutdown blamed for deterioration in sentiment

www.reuters.com/business/us-...
www.reuters.com
November 7, 2025 at 7:55 PM
A federal judge in Rhode Island ordered the Trump administration Thursday to find the money to fully fund SNAP benefits for November.

apnews.com/article/snap...
Federal judge orders Trump administration to fully fund SNAP benefits in November
A federal judge in Rhode Island has ordered the Trump administration to find the money to fully fund SNAP benefits for November.
apnews.com
November 6, 2025 at 9:37 PM
End of a ridiculous farce:

The man who threw a Subway sandwich at a federal officer in the early days of the Trump administration’s law enforcement surge in Washington, DC, earlier this summer has been found not guilty of assault.

www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/p...
DC sandwich thrower found not guilty of assault | CNN Politics
The man who threw a Subway sandwich at a federal officer in the early days of the Trump administration’s law enforcement surge in Washington, DC, earlier this summer has been found not guilty of assau...
www.cnn.com
November 6, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Reposted by The Bishop 🇬🇧🇪🇺🇺🇦🇹🇼🇨🇦🏴‍☠️💙
November 4, 2025 at 2:43 AM
Israel’s top military lawyer arrested after she admitted leaking video of soldiers’ abuse
Rightwing politicians and pundits have called the soldiers accused of attack on Palestinian detainee ‘heroes’ and military investigators traitors

Israel slides into facism

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Israel top military lawyer arrested after she admitted leaking video of soldiers’ abuse
Rightwing politicians and pundits have called the soldiers accused of attack on Palestinian detainee ‘heroes’ and military investigators traitors
www.theguardian.com
November 3, 2025 at 8:03 PM
🇬🇧 Nigel Farage backtracks on Reform UK’s promise to cut £90bn of taxes
Party leader says proposal had been an ‘aspiration’ 😂😂

➡️ My best tax declaration to HMRC will be titled "aspirational suggestion"

www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Nigel Farage backtracks on Reform UK’s promise to cut £90bn of taxes
Party leader says proposal had been an ‘aspiration’ and accuses Tories and Labour of ‘wrecking the public finances’
www.theguardian.com
November 3, 2025 at 8:00 PM
The head of the FDA Administration’s drug center George Tidmarsh abruptly resigned Sunday after federal officials began reviewing “serious concerns about his personal conduct,” according to a gov spokesperson. Tidmarsh misused his FDA position for a "personal vendetta".

apnews.com/article/geor...
FDA's top drug regulator resigns after federal officials probe 'serious concerns'
The head of the Food and Drug Administration’s drug center abruptly resigned Sunday amid concerns about his personal conduct. A federal spokesperson said Dr.
apnews.com
November 3, 2025 at 10:06 AM
Trump administration must pay food aid benefits within days, judge says

➡️ Federal judge in Rhode Island ordered USDA to pay SNAP benefits

➡️ Judge sets Monday deadline for a SNAP funding plan

➡️ Trump had asked the court to 'clarify' order, which the judge did

www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
Trump administration must pay food aid benefits within days, judge says
The Rhode Island case is one of two lawsuits filed to block the suspension of food aid benefits.
www.reuters.com
November 2, 2025 at 6:02 PM
The luxury gap: Trump builds his palace as Americans face going hungry

Schmoozing the super-rich to fund a $300m ballroom while cutting food aid for those on low incomes threw the president’s architectural folly into sharp relief

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
The luxury gap: Trump builds his palace as Americans face going hungry
Schmoozing the super-rich to fund a $300m ballroom while cutting food aid for those on low incomes threw the president’s architectural folly into sharp relief
www.theguardian.com
November 2, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Reposted by The Bishop 🇬🇧🇪🇺🇺🇦🇹🇼🇨🇦🏴‍☠️💙
Spend a day with me on the campaign trail in Virginia.
November 2, 2025 at 2:18 PM
US government allowed and even helped US firms sell tech used for surveillance in China.

➡️ ...but teaching Europe about 'free speech'?! 😏

apnews.com/article/chin...
US government allowed and even helped US firms sell tech used for surveillance in China, AP finds
Even while warning about national security and human rights abuse, the U.S. government across five Republican and Democratic administrations has repeatedly allowed and even actively helped American fi...
apnews.com
November 1, 2025 at 2:33 PM