Pepperwood
@griswaldo.bsky.social
Animals > people.
Euro-Islander.
Worse than it looks.
Euro-Islander.
Worse than it looks.
All very good points, which is precisely why Starmer and @teamlabouruk.bsky.social will do absolutely nothing about it
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
We must act now: without a written constitution, Reform UK will have carte blanche to toxify our nation | Goerge Monbiot
It means breaking with hundreds of years of tradition, but it can’t wait. As hard-right figures spread division and laud autocrats, a fail-safe is vital, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
October 23, 2025 at 10:34 PM
All very good points, which is precisely why Starmer and @teamlabouruk.bsky.social will do absolutely nothing about it
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Final note. It’s pure hopium, because I have zero faith in any meaningful amount of people actually forming a consensus that people and parties should be banned, regardless of how evidently dangerous they are.
“But it’s democracy! Just because you don’t agree with them!” will be of zero comfort 😐
“But it’s democracy! Just because you don’t agree with them!” will be of zero comfort 😐
Unpopular opinion, but it may be that Farage as PM is the only thing that’ll force progressives to grow a spine.
If he wins in 2029, and *IF* he loses the GE after that, the mainstream needs to get its act together. Ban him, ban his media, ban his backers, force them out. Zero. Fucking. Tolerance.
If he wins in 2029, and *IF* he loses the GE after that, the mainstream needs to get its act together. Ban him, ban his media, ban his backers, force them out. Zero. Fucking. Tolerance.
October 23, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Final note. It’s pure hopium, because I have zero faith in any meaningful amount of people actually forming a consensus that people and parties should be banned, regardless of how evidently dangerous they are.
“But it’s democracy! Just because you don’t agree with them!” will be of zero comfort 😐
“But it’s democracy! Just because you don’t agree with them!” will be of zero comfort 😐
Unpopular opinion, but it may be that Farage as PM is the only thing that’ll force progressives to grow a spine.
If he wins in 2029, and *IF* he loses the GE after that, the mainstream needs to get its act together. Ban him, ban his media, ban his backers, force them out. Zero. Fucking. Tolerance.
If he wins in 2029, and *IF* he loses the GE after that, the mainstream needs to get its act together. Ban him, ban his media, ban his backers, force them out. Zero. Fucking. Tolerance.
October 23, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Unpopular opinion, but it may be that Farage as PM is the only thing that’ll force progressives to grow a spine.
If he wins in 2029, and *IF* he loses the GE after that, the mainstream needs to get its act together. Ban him, ban his media, ban his backers, force them out. Zero. Fucking. Tolerance.
If he wins in 2029, and *IF* he loses the GE after that, the mainstream needs to get its act together. Ban him, ban his media, ban his backers, force them out. Zero. Fucking. Tolerance.
Wanting to deport legal immigrants with ILR is one of those “it’s okay to ban someone from politics because of their views” scenarios.
October 22, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Wanting to deport legal immigrants with ILR is one of those “it’s okay to ban someone from politics because of their views” scenarios.
Journalists still don’t get it, Reform voters DO NOT CARE how their party behaves, or how unfit its people are to lead.
Farage could literally set fire to their voters’ houses and it wouldn’t dent their polling because Reform voters aren’t serious people
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
Farage could literally set fire to their voters’ houses and it wouldn’t dent their polling because Reform voters aren’t serious people
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
How the cracks are beginning to show in Nigel Farage’s Reform UK
Reform UK appears to have an impregnable lead in the polls, but political editor David Maddox highlights how the cracks are beginning to show in the councils the party runs and the ongoing policy vacu...
www.independent.co.uk
October 20, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Journalists still don’t get it, Reform voters DO NOT CARE how their party behaves, or how unfit its people are to lead.
Farage could literally set fire to their voters’ houses and it wouldn’t dent their polling because Reform voters aren’t serious people
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
Farage could literally set fire to their voters’ houses and it wouldn’t dent their polling because Reform voters aren’t serious people
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
The BBC just can’t help itself, can it?
Nothing on the homepage on Jenrick anymore, and taking Badenoch’s word as gospel in the headline.
“Badenoch claims, without any evidence” would be the correct phrasing.
Take politics out of the BBC’s editorial remit
Nothing on the homepage on Jenrick anymore, and taking Badenoch’s word as gospel in the headline.
“Badenoch claims, without any evidence” would be the correct phrasing.
Take politics out of the BBC’s editorial remit
October 7, 2025 at 6:37 PM
The BBC just can’t help itself, can it?
Nothing on the homepage on Jenrick anymore, and taking Badenoch’s word as gospel in the headline.
“Badenoch claims, without any evidence” would be the correct phrasing.
Take politics out of the BBC’s editorial remit
Nothing on the homepage on Jenrick anymore, and taking Badenoch’s word as gospel in the headline.
“Badenoch claims, without any evidence” would be the correct phrasing.
Take politics out of the BBC’s editorial remit
Progressives in the UK and US need to wake up. They’re too soft, too attached to the useless “when they go low, we go high” way of doing things.
Unlike the US, the UK hasn’t been taken over by the far right, but we’re failing the test.
You want to safeguard democracy? Start banning people
Unlike the US, the UK hasn’t been taken over by the far right, but we’re failing the test.
You want to safeguard democracy? Start banning people
September 13, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Progressives in the UK and US need to wake up. They’re too soft, too attached to the useless “when they go low, we go high” way of doing things.
Unlike the US, the UK hasn’t been taken over by the far right, but we’re failing the test.
You want to safeguard democracy? Start banning people
Unlike the US, the UK hasn’t been taken over by the far right, but we’re failing the test.
You want to safeguard democracy? Start banning people
The BBC’s response to the complaints ranges from outright lying, to completely ignoring the facts.
Reform are high in the polls partly *because* of the BBC promoting them and failing to scrutinise them.
Take politics out of the BBC editorial now
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/s...
Reform are high in the polls partly *because* of the BBC promoting them and failing to scrutinise them.
Take politics out of the BBC editorial now
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/s...
BBC under fresh pressure over extent of Reform UK coverage
Nigel Farage’s party featured in considerably more News at Ten bulletins than Lib Dems over six months, study finds
www.theguardian.com
September 12, 2025 at 3:38 PM
The BBC’s response to the complaints ranges from outright lying, to completely ignoring the facts.
Reform are high in the polls partly *because* of the BBC promoting them and failing to scrutinise them.
Take politics out of the BBC editorial now
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/s...
Reform are high in the polls partly *because* of the BBC promoting them and failing to scrutinise them.
Take politics out of the BBC editorial now
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/s...
If you wanna talk conspiracy, there’s every chance the Trump admin or someone close to it wanted Charlie Kirk dead.
Make a martyr, claim it was Antifa, Democrats, Trans (and in typical style, do an embarrassingly poor job of making evidence appear - trans messages engraved on bullets?!)
Make a martyr, claim it was Antifa, Democrats, Trans (and in typical style, do an embarrassingly poor job of making evidence appear - trans messages engraved on bullets?!)
September 11, 2025 at 7:51 PM
If you wanna talk conspiracy, there’s every chance the Trump admin or someone close to it wanted Charlie Kirk dead.
Make a martyr, claim it was Antifa, Democrats, Trans (and in typical style, do an embarrassingly poor job of making evidence appear - trans messages engraved on bullets?!)
Make a martyr, claim it was Antifa, Democrats, Trans (and in typical style, do an embarrassingly poor job of making evidence appear - trans messages engraved on bullets?!)
Political programming should be stripped from the BBC’s editorial remit.
Place it in the hands of a panel of citizens, of all parties, serving a set term, and let them oversee it.
Place it in the hands of a panel of citizens, of all parties, serving a set term, and let them oversee it.
I can’t believe that the BBC’s political editor finished his package on Mandelson with the suggestion that had Nigel Farage been appointed UK ambassador to Washington Starmer wouldn’t be facing this crisis. Was that a quote or a comment by Mr Mason? In both cases, this was not impartial reporting.
September 11, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Political programming should be stripped from the BBC’s editorial remit.
Place it in the hands of a panel of citizens, of all parties, serving a set term, and let them oversee it.
Place it in the hands of a panel of citizens, of all parties, serving a set term, and let them oversee it.
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Cross party support for tightening up of rules around coverage to ensure ALL our parties receive fair coverage in a multiparty system is vital. LibDems have expressed their support, now will the @greenparty.org.uk @snp.org @plaidcymru.bsky.social do the same? petition.parliament.uk/petitions/71...
Petition: Ensure plurality of political coverage across UK broadcast media at all times
We want to ensure that a plurality of views from all political parties in Westminster are represented and the nations parliaments are heard all year round, not just election times. The rules for cover...
petition.parliament.uk
September 10, 2025 at 10:23 AM
Cross party support for tightening up of rules around coverage to ensure ALL our parties receive fair coverage in a multiparty system is vital. LibDems have expressed their support, now will the @greenparty.org.uk @snp.org @plaidcymru.bsky.social do the same? petition.parliament.uk/petitions/71...
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It's all well and good to point out the hypocrisy, dishonesty, inconsistency, incompetence, and downright appalling nature of a political party and its leaders.
However, when the party's voters simply do not care and indeed find it all rather appealing, it may be time to deploy different tactics.
However, when the party's voters simply do not care and indeed find it all rather appealing, it may be time to deploy different tactics.
September 7, 2025 at 7:56 AM
It's all well and good to point out the hypocrisy, dishonesty, inconsistency, incompetence, and downright appalling nature of a political party and its leaders.
However, when the party's voters simply do not care and indeed find it all rather appealing, it may be time to deploy different tactics.
However, when the party's voters simply do not care and indeed find it all rather appealing, it may be time to deploy different tactics.
It’s 2029
Reform cut SEND funding to the bone.
Vaccine research is defunded because the government is now proudly anti-science and anti-health, taking cues from the US
Abortion is made illegal
Equality laws are rolled back
But yeah, banning Reform would’ve been so wrong 🙄
Wake the fuck up!
Reform cut SEND funding to the bone.
Vaccine research is defunded because the government is now proudly anti-science and anti-health, taking cues from the US
Abortion is made illegal
Equality laws are rolled back
But yeah, banning Reform would’ve been so wrong 🙄
Wake the fuck up!
It’s 2029: Reform open the UK up to the highest bidder, courting the likes of Peter Thiel and Elon Musk to plant their flag in the ground.
We suffer a brain drain as academics leave the UK given its anti-science, anti-research government.
But yeah, banning them would’ve been wrong 🙄
We suffer a brain drain as academics leave the UK given its anti-science, anti-research government.
But yeah, banning them would’ve been wrong 🙄
It’s 2029: Reform are deporting women back to the Taliban
Your British neighbours have been attacked because they’re the wrong colour
Cringey UK flavoured Christian nationalism enters the classroom
Russian money flows into UK politics, welcomed by the government.
But yeah, we can’t ban Reform 🙄
Your British neighbours have been attacked because they’re the wrong colour
Cringey UK flavoured Christian nationalism enters the classroom
Russian money flows into UK politics, welcomed by the government.
But yeah, we can’t ban Reform 🙄
September 6, 2025 at 2:48 PM
It’s 2029
Reform cut SEND funding to the bone.
Vaccine research is defunded because the government is now proudly anti-science and anti-health, taking cues from the US
Abortion is made illegal
Equality laws are rolled back
But yeah, banning Reform would’ve been so wrong 🙄
Wake the fuck up!
Reform cut SEND funding to the bone.
Vaccine research is defunded because the government is now proudly anti-science and anti-health, taking cues from the US
Abortion is made illegal
Equality laws are rolled back
But yeah, banning Reform would’ve been so wrong 🙄
Wake the fuck up!
It’s 2029: Reform open the UK up to the highest bidder, courting the likes of Peter Thiel and Elon Musk to plant their flag in the ground.
We suffer a brain drain as academics leave the UK given its anti-science, anti-research government.
But yeah, banning them would’ve been wrong 🙄
We suffer a brain drain as academics leave the UK given its anti-science, anti-research government.
But yeah, banning them would’ve been wrong 🙄
It’s 2029: Reform are deporting women back to the Taliban
Your British neighbours have been attacked because they’re the wrong colour
Cringey UK flavoured Christian nationalism enters the classroom
Russian money flows into UK politics, welcomed by the government.
But yeah, we can’t ban Reform 🙄
Your British neighbours have been attacked because they’re the wrong colour
Cringey UK flavoured Christian nationalism enters the classroom
Russian money flows into UK politics, welcomed by the government.
But yeah, we can’t ban Reform 🙄
It’s 2029: Reform take the UK out of the ECHR, stripping you of your rights.
They copy ICE and send in masked thugs, causing terror.
They ramp up fossil fuel production and end green energy.
They quietly encourage racist attacks.
The NHS is sold.
But yeah, banning them would’ve been wrong 🙄
They copy ICE and send in masked thugs, causing terror.
They ramp up fossil fuel production and end green energy.
They quietly encourage racist attacks.
The NHS is sold.
But yeah, banning them would’ve been wrong 🙄
September 6, 2025 at 2:39 PM
It’s 2029: Reform open the UK up to the highest bidder, courting the likes of Peter Thiel and Elon Musk to plant their flag in the ground.
We suffer a brain drain as academics leave the UK given its anti-science, anti-research government.
But yeah, banning them would’ve been wrong 🙄
We suffer a brain drain as academics leave the UK given its anti-science, anti-research government.
But yeah, banning them would’ve been wrong 🙄
It’s 2029: Reform are deporting women back to the Taliban
Your British neighbours have been attacked because they’re the wrong colour
Cringey UK flavoured Christian nationalism enters the classroom
Russian money flows into UK politics, welcomed by the government.
But yeah, we can’t ban Reform 🙄
Your British neighbours have been attacked because they’re the wrong colour
Cringey UK flavoured Christian nationalism enters the classroom
Russian money flows into UK politics, welcomed by the government.
But yeah, we can’t ban Reform 🙄
It’s 2029: Reform take the UK out of the ECHR, stripping you of your rights.
They copy ICE and send in masked thugs, causing terror.
They ramp up fossil fuel production and end green energy.
They quietly encourage racist attacks.
The NHS is sold.
But yeah, banning them would’ve been wrong 🙄
They copy ICE and send in masked thugs, causing terror.
They ramp up fossil fuel production and end green energy.
They quietly encourage racist attacks.
The NHS is sold.
But yeah, banning them would’ve been wrong 🙄
September 6, 2025 at 2:34 PM
It’s 2029: Reform are deporting women back to the Taliban
Your British neighbours have been attacked because they’re the wrong colour
Cringey UK flavoured Christian nationalism enters the classroom
Russian money flows into UK politics, welcomed by the government.
But yeah, we can’t ban Reform 🙄
Your British neighbours have been attacked because they’re the wrong colour
Cringey UK flavoured Christian nationalism enters the classroom
Russian money flows into UK politics, welcomed by the government.
But yeah, we can’t ban Reform 🙄
It’s 2029: Reform take the UK out of the ECHR, stripping you of your rights.
They copy ICE and send in masked thugs, causing terror.
They ramp up fossil fuel production and end green energy.
They quietly encourage racist attacks.
The NHS is sold.
But yeah, banning them would’ve been wrong 🙄
They copy ICE and send in masked thugs, causing terror.
They ramp up fossil fuel production and end green energy.
They quietly encourage racist attacks.
The NHS is sold.
But yeah, banning them would’ve been wrong 🙄
September 5, 2025 at 4:26 PM
It’s 2029: Reform take the UK out of the ECHR, stripping you of your rights.
They copy ICE and send in masked thugs, causing terror.
They ramp up fossil fuel production and end green energy.
They quietly encourage racist attacks.
The NHS is sold.
But yeah, banning them would’ve been wrong 🙄
They copy ICE and send in masked thugs, causing terror.
They ramp up fossil fuel production and end green energy.
They quietly encourage racist attacks.
The NHS is sold.
But yeah, banning them would’ve been wrong 🙄
‘Isaac Herzog will make trip just weeks before UK is planning to recognise statehood of Palestine’
What are the odds that Starmer will row back on the proposed recognition of Palestine soon after this meeting?
What are the odds that Starmer will row back on the proposed recognition of Palestine soon after this meeting?
September 4, 2025 at 8:10 PM
‘Isaac Herzog will make trip just weeks before UK is planning to recognise statehood of Palestine’
What are the odds that Starmer will row back on the proposed recognition of Palestine soon after this meeting?
What are the odds that Starmer will row back on the proposed recognition of Palestine soon after this meeting?
Is @teamlabouruk.bsky.social actually focus grouping their policies and messaging with anyone outside the No.10 bunker they’re holed up in?
It’s almost awe-inspiring to see a Party this clueless and determined to be wiped out only one year into their first term
It’s almost awe-inspiring to see a Party this clueless and determined to be wiped out only one year into their first term
September 2, 2025 at 9:38 AM
Is @teamlabouruk.bsky.social actually focus grouping their policies and messaging with anyone outside the No.10 bunker they’re holed up in?
It’s almost awe-inspiring to see a Party this clueless and determined to be wiped out only one year into their first term
It’s almost awe-inspiring to see a Party this clueless and determined to be wiped out only one year into their first term
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Starmer had one shot to fix the country.
Rejoin S/M, implement P/R, + press & social media reg => ultimately bring us down from the frenzied radicalisation & echo chambers.
He's fucked up on all of it.
He probably will be ousted.
Rejoin S/M, implement P/R, + press & social media reg => ultimately bring us down from the frenzied radicalisation & echo chambers.
He's fucked up on all of it.
He probably will be ousted.
August 31, 2025 at 6:26 AM
Starmer had one shot to fix the country.
Rejoin S/M, implement P/R, + press & social media reg => ultimately bring us down from the frenzied radicalisation & echo chambers.
He's fucked up on all of it.
He probably will be ousted.
Rejoin S/M, implement P/R, + press & social media reg => ultimately bring us down from the frenzied radicalisation & echo chambers.
He's fucked up on all of it.
He probably will be ousted.
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Andrew Scott is a contemporary artist renowned for his bold "frame-breaking" creations, where characters in his paintings seem to penetrate through glass.
Through this unique creative approach, Scott explores themes of freedom, solitude, and resilience.
Artist: @andrewscott_art
#art #visualart
Through this unique creative approach, Scott explores themes of freedom, solitude, and resilience.
Artist: @andrewscott_art
#art #visualart
August 29, 2025 at 4:51 AM
Andrew Scott is a contemporary artist renowned for his bold "frame-breaking" creations, where characters in his paintings seem to penetrate through glass.
Through this unique creative approach, Scott explores themes of freedom, solitude, and resilience.
Artist: @andrewscott_art
#art #visualart
Through this unique creative approach, Scott explores themes of freedom, solitude, and resilience.
Artist: @andrewscott_art
#art #visualart
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2,500 more signatures needed to get us to 10k. Help us get there. Anyone you know who wants fair coverage, pass them this way to sign. Democracy matters and our broadcasters need to report on ALL parties! They’re currently failing us. Here’s the link. petition.parliament.uk/petitions/71...
August 28, 2025 at 11:12 PM
2,500 more signatures needed to get us to 10k. Help us get there. Anyone you know who wants fair coverage, pass them this way to sign. Democracy matters and our broadcasters need to report on ALL parties! They’re currently failing us. Here’s the link. petition.parliament.uk/petitions/71...
This should be an easy attack line for Labour, but would anyone really be surprised if Starmer’s response is to invite the Taliban over for a state visit? 🤷♂️
With Reform UK saying it would be reasonable to pay the Taliban to return migrants to Afghanistan, how many Britons this would be acceptable?
Acceptable: 17%
Unacceptable: 61%
% acceptable by party
Reform: 35%
Con: 23%
Lab/Lib Dem: 7-13%
yougov.co.uk/topics/polit...
Acceptable: 17%
Unacceptable: 61%
% acceptable by party
Reform: 35%
Con: 23%
Lab/Lib Dem: 7-13%
yougov.co.uk/topics/polit...
August 27, 2025 at 8:51 PM
This should be an easy attack line for Labour, but would anyone really be surprised if Starmer’s response is to invite the Taliban over for a state visit? 🤷♂️
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“Farage wants to be on the side of those who abuse women and shot British troops, to fund them to commit more crimes. He is an enemy of any British decency.”
Not hard, is it?
Not hard, is it?
August 27, 2025 at 4:09 PM
“Farage wants to be on the side of those who abuse women and shot British troops, to fund them to commit more crimes. He is an enemy of any British decency.”
Not hard, is it?
Not hard, is it?
Ministers in North Korea are probably saying the same thing to Kim Jong Un, worried they’ll be arrested if they don’t.
Witkoff: "There's only one thing I wish for: that that Nobel committee finally gets its act together and realizes that you are the single finest candidate since that Nobel award was ever talked about."
August 26, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Ministers in North Korea are probably saying the same thing to Kim Jong Un, worried they’ll be arrested if they don’t.