G🅰️reth
@gbentl.bsky.social
When Sufjan Stevens wrote "and he takes, and he takes, and he takes" that was about my feed
Wes side story
Wes, A film by Ken Loach
The Kingdom of Wes-sex
Wild, Wild, Wes
Westonian SSR
Do you speak Wesperanto?
The Westado Novo
Wes, A film by Ken Loach
The Kingdom of Wes-sex
Wild, Wild, Wes
Westonian SSR
Do you speak Wesperanto?
The Westado Novo
November 12, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Wes side story
Wes, A film by Ken Loach
The Kingdom of Wes-sex
Wild, Wild, Wes
Westonian SSR
Do you speak Wesperanto?
The Westado Novo
Wes, A film by Ken Loach
The Kingdom of Wes-sex
Wild, Wild, Wes
Westonian SSR
Do you speak Wesperanto?
The Westado Novo
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A selection of fury from Labour MPs, ministers and advisors - “This is batshit crazy” “they are f-ing deluded” “did we watch the Tories and think, let’s have a bit of that?” “why are you slagging off your main rival and then putting him on the morning round to show everyone how much better he is”
November 12, 2025 at 9:41 AM
A selection of fury from Labour MPs, ministers and advisors - “This is batshit crazy” “they are f-ing deluded” “did we watch the Tories and think, let’s have a bit of that?” “why are you slagging off your main rival and then putting him on the morning round to show everyone how much better he is”
If Andrew Adonis did another one of his tweets about bringing back Tony Blair that he used to do every 5 mins in 2018, I'd rt it approvingly
November 11, 2025 at 10:53 PM
If Andrew Adonis did another one of his tweets about bringing back Tony Blair that he used to do every 5 mins in 2018, I'd rt it approvingly
I'll take Wes at this stage tbh
November 11, 2025 at 10:38 PM
I'll take Wes at this stage tbh
As with most crises, there's an opportunity here for the government to react by, getting one of their SOBs in at the BBC and using the supposed 'lack of balance' crisis to make Ofcom much more muscular with regards to GBnews. Sincerely doubt Lisa Nandy will do it though!
November 10, 2025 at 11:17 AM
As with most crises, there's an opportunity here for the government to react by, getting one of their SOBs in at the BBC and using the supposed 'lack of balance' crisis to make Ofcom much more muscular with regards to GBnews. Sincerely doubt Lisa Nandy will do it though!
The relationship the government has with twitter is a bit like the one the previous labour government had with tabloids, simultaneously afraid of their power and yet by appeasing them for every little thing, enhancing their power.
November 10, 2025 at 10:51 AM
The relationship the government has with twitter is a bit like the one the previous labour government had with tabloids, simultaneously afraid of their power and yet by appeasing them for every little thing, enhancing their power.
I have not simply eaten 2 pain au chocolats and a flat white, I have played an important role in shaping place in urban London
November 10, 2025 at 9:17 AM
I have not simply eaten 2 pain au chocolats and a flat white, I have played an important role in shaping place in urban London
Horrified by my parents local village... poppy horse?!?!
November 9, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Horrified by my parents local village... poppy horse?!?!
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Alan carr winning the game and then winning psychologically by forcing the others to forgive him immediately....total superiority
November 6, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Alan carr winning the game and then winning psychologically by forcing the others to forgive him immediately....total superiority
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Australia has so much electricity from solar power that it is going to start offering free electricity to everyone for at least three hours during the day as the wholesale price of power goes negative
electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...
electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...
Australia has so much solar that it's offering everyone free electricity
Australia's extensive solar power penetration makes so much energy that the government wants to offer free electricity at peak hours.
electrek.co
November 6, 2025 at 4:58 AM
Australia has so much electricity from solar power that it is going to start offering free electricity to everyone for at least three hours during the day as the wholesale price of power goes negative
electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...
electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...
gbentl.medium.com/the-doughnut... One of the nice things about writing is it allows you to look back on how things that you found pertinent in years past have changed and I do think this particular type of annoying media commentary has reduced but the actual government is run by doughnut boys
The Doughnut Boy: A New Type of Guy
Theres a lot of ways to make an easy living in the British media circuit. There’s no shortage of surrogates, grifters and rent a gobs of…
gbentl.medium.com
November 6, 2025 at 1:43 PM
gbentl.medium.com/the-doughnut... One of the nice things about writing is it allows you to look back on how things that you found pertinent in years past have changed and I do think this particular type of annoying media commentary has reduced but the actual government is run by doughnut boys
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This is such strange syntax
New statement from the MoJ just dropped (never great if you are still having to clarify at 9pm)
November 5, 2025 at 9:31 PM
This is such strange syntax
You think you know someone...
November 3, 2025 at 7:39 PM
You think you know someone...
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Jesus Christ. We go mad about one bloke we wrongly released, yet hear next to nothing about this horror? www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
More than 50 child asylum seekers still missing after disappearing from Kent care
Council data obtained by the Guardian shows 345 children have gone missing in recent years, many probably taken by traffickers
www.theguardian.com
November 1, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Jesus Christ. We go mad about one bloke we wrongly released, yet hear next to nothing about this horror? www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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In case you missed it yesterday, Britain's main upcoming problem will be that immigration will be far, far too low. Politics may have gone mad, but reality is an unforgiving thing. We need to start encouraging people in and paying them to stay.
ukandeu.ac.uk/the-coming-c...
ukandeu.ac.uk/the-coming-c...
The coming collapse in immigration to the United Kingdom - UK in a changing Europe
James Bowes analyses the fall in net migration to the UK as a result of government policies and explores some of the political and economic consequences.
ukandeu.ac.uk
October 30, 2025 at 11:40 AM
In case you missed it yesterday, Britain's main upcoming problem will be that immigration will be far, far too low. Politics may have gone mad, but reality is an unforgiving thing. We need to start encouraging people in and paying them to stay.
ukandeu.ac.uk/the-coming-c...
ukandeu.ac.uk/the-coming-c...
Increasingly convinced that we are living through the decline of mass literacy and cringe as it is, we all need to get into publicly celebrating reading books as much as possible.
October 30, 2025 at 11:12 AM
Increasingly convinced that we are living through the decline of mass literacy and cringe as it is, we all need to get into publicly celebrating reading books as much as possible.
One you go fash, you don't come back
Worth saying (if the exit poll is right) that the far-right in the Netherlands hasn't really shrunk, just shifted from PVV to JA21 and FvD
October 29, 2025 at 11:27 PM
One you go fash, you don't come back
Full on police state stuff
New incredible detail here: ICE says a match in its facial recognition app Mobile Fortify is a "definitive" determination of a person's status, and that this overrides birth certificates. This is an app ICE is using in the field to scan people
www.404media.co/ice-and-cbp-...
www.404media.co/ice-and-cbp-...
October 29, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Full on police state stuff
Suffolk and Norfolk mayor is going to be really strange as the tories scrapping supplementary vote means there is a good chance of the first green party metro mayor on like 25% of the vote
October 29, 2025 at 9:50 AM
Suffolk and Norfolk mayor is going to be really strange as the tories scrapping supplementary vote means there is a good chance of the first green party metro mayor on like 25% of the vote
To browse Leyland is to gaze into the dark heart of Britain.
October 26, 2025 at 8:17 PM
To browse Leyland is to gaze into the dark heart of Britain.
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Its genuinely exhausting for everyone involved that the cycle is
1- BNP style policy gets announced
2- Labour comms say something like well yes but also no....
3-Labour MPs and others clearly have a freak out about it behind the scenes
4-Labour comes out with a clearer condemnation of said policy
1- BNP style policy gets announced
2- Labour comms say something like well yes but also no....
3-Labour MPs and others clearly have a freak out about it behind the scenes
4-Labour comes out with a clearer condemnation of said policy
NEW: Labour condemn Tory plan to strip people of indefinite leave to remain:
“It’s utterly grotesque that Tories want to deport people with the lawful right to be here to achieve ‘cultural coherence’.
“This policy would mean tearing families apart and ripping out our neighbours from communities."
“It’s utterly grotesque that Tories want to deport people with the lawful right to be here to achieve ‘cultural coherence’.
“This policy would mean tearing families apart and ripping out our neighbours from communities."
October 22, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Its genuinely exhausting for everyone involved that the cycle is
1- BNP style policy gets announced
2- Labour comms say something like well yes but also no....
3-Labour MPs and others clearly have a freak out about it behind the scenes
4-Labour comes out with a clearer condemnation of said policy
1- BNP style policy gets announced
2- Labour comms say something like well yes but also no....
3-Labour MPs and others clearly have a freak out about it behind the scenes
4-Labour comes out with a clearer condemnation of said policy
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The actual regime that these people are hankering after is Dubai: a small elite of citizens, most immigrants to be transient, insecure and all immigrants to be second-class. In reality they would hate the world they would create and would find ever-more ridiculous scapegoats for their failure.
October 22, 2025 at 10:09 AM
The actual regime that these people are hankering after is Dubai: a small elite of citizens, most immigrants to be transient, insecure and all immigrants to be second-class. In reality they would hate the world they would create and would find ever-more ridiculous scapegoats for their failure.
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Hard to overstate how extreme this is. It would allow the government to deport someone at any time after ILR is granted if they claim any state benefit at all (including the state pension), or if their annual income drops below £38,700 for six months before *or after* IDL is granted.
Via @sundersays.bsky.social the Conservatives' draft legislation - absolutely clear that it applies to (and is intended to apply to) legal permanent residents claiming state pension (on the basis of their contributions) or child benefit for British kids.
publications.parliament.uk/pa/bills/cbi...
publications.parliament.uk/pa/bills/cbi...
October 22, 2025 at 7:56 AM
Hard to overstate how extreme this is. It would allow the government to deport someone at any time after ILR is granted if they claim any state benefit at all (including the state pension), or if their annual income drops below £38,700 for six months before *or after* IDL is granted.
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If you go home with someone and they don't have an unfinished state of the nation play script on their desk, don't sleep with them.
July 5, 2025 at 6:11 PM
If you go home with someone and they don't have an unfinished state of the nation play script on their desk, don't sleep with them.