JamesBB
@jamesbb.bsky.social
Just another Twitter refugee. Cymro yn yr Alban. A wee bit left. Behind.
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Reform said to be running cash for access, £10.000 per year for exclusive access to the leadership. That's who they want to appeal too, not you or I.
December 8, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Reform said to be running cash for access, £10.000 per year for exclusive access to the leadership. That's who they want to appeal too, not you or I.
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That's called a Dictatorship.
December 9, 2025 at 2:09 AM
That's called a Dictatorship.
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lol. Calling their bluff. These aren’t part of the 300G of data the justice department has (and could have released anytime.) the deadline is 12/19. Tick tock, Pamela Jo.
Breaking:
NEW YORK (AP) - Federal judge grants Justice Department's request to unseal records from Ghislaine Maxwell's 2021 sex trafficking case.
NEW YORK (AP) - Federal judge grants Justice Department's request to unseal records from Ghislaine Maxwell's 2021 sex trafficking case.
December 9, 2025 at 2:35 PM
lol. Calling their bluff. These aren’t part of the 300G of data the justice department has (and could have released anytime.) the deadline is 12/19. Tick tock, Pamela Jo.
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it is actually kind of bananas how unitary executive theorists have taken a straightforward clause requiring the president to "faithfully execute the laws" and transformed it into a grant for the exercise of limitless unenumerated power.
The Take Care Clause was a byproduct of the lessons learned from the Glorious Revolution that the executive should not be able to dispense with the law promulgated by the legislature. It was not a constitutional provision to empower the executive branch— but to constrain it!
December 9, 2025 at 2:20 PM
it is actually kind of bananas how unitary executive theorists have taken a straightforward clause requiring the president to "faithfully execute the laws" and transformed it into a grant for the exercise of limitless unenumerated power.
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The only person to come out of the SPeggie/NHS tribunal vindicated and with a completely untarnished reputation is Dr Beth Upton.
Not SPeggie,
Not the NHS management,
Not Four Women Scotland,
Not the media,
Just Dr Upton.
Not SPeggie,
Not the NHS management,
Not Four Women Scotland,
Not the media,
Just Dr Upton.
December 9, 2025 at 11:12 AM
The only person to come out of the SPeggie/NHS tribunal vindicated and with a completely untarnished reputation is Dr Beth Upton.
Not SPeggie,
Not the NHS management,
Not Four Women Scotland,
Not the media,
Just Dr Upton.
Not SPeggie,
Not the NHS management,
Not Four Women Scotland,
Not the media,
Just Dr Upton.
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I think he is a fan
Seriously, European leaders have to stop pandering to Trump. Yes, the US is powerful, but it has an active stated aim to undermine European states. It is untenable to think this is a "partner" anyone could work with effectively.
Seriously, European leaders have to stop pandering to Trump. Yes, the US is powerful, but it has an active stated aim to undermine European states. It is untenable to think this is a "partner" anyone could work with effectively.
December 9, 2025 at 12:25 PM
I think he is a fan
Seriously, European leaders have to stop pandering to Trump. Yes, the US is powerful, but it has an active stated aim to undermine European states. It is untenable to think this is a "partner" anyone could work with effectively.
Seriously, European leaders have to stop pandering to Trump. Yes, the US is powerful, but it has an active stated aim to undermine European states. It is untenable to think this is a "partner" anyone could work with effectively.
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Reform UK councillor Andrew Harrison's business was fined £40,000 for hiring an "illegal immigrant."
Almost like these people are shameless, two faced hypocrites isn't it
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Almost like these people are shameless, two faced hypocrites isn't it
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Seaham Reform councillor's firm fined over illegal worker
Durham councillor Andrew Harrison says the worker was legal and he is appealing against the fine.
www.bbc.com
December 8, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Reform UK councillor Andrew Harrison's business was fined £40,000 for hiring an "illegal immigrant."
Almost like these people are shameless, two faced hypocrites isn't it
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Almost like these people are shameless, two faced hypocrites isn't it
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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'Green Fields at Sunset.' Joan Eardley rarely strikes a false note. Although a flair for pictorial construction is evident even in the freest of her sketches, these are deeply felt personal responses, momentary sensations, and what she called 'the notion of landscape inside me.'
December 8, 2025 at 10:29 PM
'Green Fields at Sunset.' Joan Eardley rarely strikes a false note. Although a flair for pictorial construction is evident even in the freest of her sketches, these are deeply felt personal responses, momentary sensations, and what she called 'the notion of landscape inside me.'
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They're using the confinement box, one of the most horrific methods of CIA torture in the post-9/11 black sites, against migrants now. This is the direct result of the lack of consequences for the architects of the torture program. Either there will be criminal penalties for this or it will expand.
Torture Techniques from CIA Black Sites Were Used at Alligator Alcatraz
Amnesty International, interviewing migrant detainees, identifies use of the confinement box. There can be no denying it is a torture prison
www.forever-wars.com
December 8, 2025 at 9:40 PM
They're using the confinement box, one of the most horrific methods of CIA torture in the post-9/11 black sites, against migrants now. This is the direct result of the lack of consequences for the architects of the torture program. Either there will be criminal penalties for this or it will expand.
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"If everyone who streamed All Hell on Spotify had done so using Tidal instead, we would have received an extra £31,847.38, which would double the amount we made from streaming of the album in this time period. Or if everyone used Apple Music it would have been £12,331 more."
Los Campesinos:
Los Campesinos:
Here’s how much money Los Camp! make from streaming… - Los Campesinos!
loscampesinos.com
December 8, 2025 at 8:58 PM
"If everyone who streamed All Hell on Spotify had done so using Tidal instead, we would have received an extra £31,847.38, which would double the amount we made from streaming of the album in this time period. Or if everyone used Apple Music it would have been £12,331 more."
Los Campesinos:
Los Campesinos:
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'UK has too many ADHD diagnoses' doesn't pass the smell test as explanation for UK's rising number of young people not in education, employment or training - ADHD diagnoses have gone up at similar rates across our peers, but the UK's rising NEETs are a UK issue.
December 7, 2025 at 11:44 PM
'UK has too many ADHD diagnoses' doesn't pass the smell test as explanation for UK's rising number of young people not in education, employment or training - ADHD diagnoses have gone up at similar rates across our peers, but the UK's rising NEETs are a UK issue.
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Himes: "I think it's really important this video by made public ... it's important people see what it looks like when the full force of the US military is turned on two guys who are clinging to a piece of wood and about to go under just so they have a visceral feel for what it is we're doing"
December 7, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Himes: "I think it's really important this video by made public ... it's important people see what it looks like when the full force of the US military is turned on two guys who are clinging to a piece of wood and about to go under just so they have a visceral feel for what it is we're doing"
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Graduates face paying an extra £24.5k over the lifetime of their loans, thanks to a triple whammy unveiled in last month’s Budget ⬇️
Graduates will be £24,500 worse off from the budget
www.thetimes.com
December 8, 2025 at 8:16 AM
Graduates face paying an extra £24.5k over the lifetime of their loans, thanks to a triple whammy unveiled in last month’s Budget ⬇️
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Farage urged to ‘come clean’ over alleged election spending breaches in Clacton
Farage urged to ‘come clean’ over alleged election spending breaches in Clacton
Reform campaign accused by ex-councillor of falsely reporting expenses during Farage’s run to become MP last year
The Reform UK leader, Nigel Farage, has been urged to “come clean” over his election campaign in Clacton after a former aide claimed his party breached spending rules.
Farage’s campaign has been accused of falsely reporting his election expenses during his successful run to become an MP last year. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
December 8, 2025 at 8:19 AM
Farage urged to ‘come clean’ over alleged election spending breaches in Clacton
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Linguists start compiling first ever complete dictionary of ancient Celtic
Linguists start compiling first ever complete dictionary of ancient Celtic
More than 1,000 words used as far back as 325BC to be collected for insight into past linguistic landscape
It is not likely to be a hefty volume because the vast majority of the material has been lost in the mists of time. But the remnants of a language spoken in parts of the UK and Ireland 2,000 years ago are being collected for what is being billed as the first complete dictionary of ancient Celtic.
The dictionary will not be huge because relatively few words survive, but experts from Aberystwyth University say they expect they will end up with more than 1,000 words. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
December 8, 2025 at 8:10 AM
Linguists start compiling first ever complete dictionary of ancient Celtic
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Waterstones says they would sell plagiarized books.
Waterstones would sell books written by AI, says chain's boss
James Daunt says booksellers instinctively have "disdain" for AI but it could be sold if clearly labelled.
www.bbc.com
December 8, 2025 at 5:16 AM
Waterstones says they would sell plagiarized books.
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On Farage and his support: I fear the group of people that wants all foreigners to leave the U.K. but draws the line at racism is not as large as the press seems to assume.
December 6, 2025 at 9:50 AM
On Farage and his support: I fear the group of people that wants all foreigners to leave the U.K. but draws the line at racism is not as large as the press seems to assume.
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6 December 1942 | Grigol Peradze, a cleric of the Georgian Orthodox Church, an archimandrite, perished in #Auschwitz.
Since 1933, he lectured at the College of Orthodox Theology at Warsaw University. The Germans arrested him on 5 May 1942, and, in November, deported him to Auschwitz.
Since 1933, he lectured at the College of Orthodox Theology at Warsaw University. The Germans arrested him on 5 May 1942, and, in November, deported him to Auschwitz.
December 6, 2025 at 1:00 PM
6 December 1942 | Grigol Peradze, a cleric of the Georgian Orthodox Church, an archimandrite, perished in #Auschwitz.
Since 1933, he lectured at the College of Orthodox Theology at Warsaw University. The Germans arrested him on 5 May 1942, and, in November, deported him to Auschwitz.
Since 1933, he lectured at the College of Orthodox Theology at Warsaw University. The Germans arrested him on 5 May 1942, and, in November, deported him to Auschwitz.
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I refer to this a lot but it is, I feel, the British version of “everyone is 12” - at the end of Arthur Smith’s play An Evening with Gary Lineker, one of the main characters says to Angelic Gary “cigarettes are good for you now, aren’t they Gary?” and Gary nods wisely and that’s this, isn’t it?
I don’t get how Jenrick can actually believe that we should shrink the population and then start making more of our own things from pots and pans to what iPhones? How does he think that happens?
December 5, 2025 at 10:05 PM
I refer to this a lot but it is, I feel, the British version of “everyone is 12” - at the end of Arthur Smith’s play An Evening with Gary Lineker, one of the main characters says to Angelic Gary “cigarettes are good for you now, aren’t they Gary?” and Gary nods wisely and that’s this, isn’t it?
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They just don't seem to do numbers or facts very well...
December 5, 2025 at 11:15 AM
They just don't seem to do numbers or facts very well...
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‘Very progressive’ Ireland celebrated as bust of Oscar Wilde is unveiled in Paris
Few people wanted to be seen with Irish playwright in his final days, actor Simon Callow says - but 125 years on, he is honoured
www.irishtimes.com/culture/book...
Few people wanted to be seen with Irish playwright in his final days, actor Simon Callow says - but 125 years on, he is honoured
www.irishtimes.com/culture/book...
‘Very progressive’ Ireland celebrated as bust of Oscar Wilde is unveiled in Paris
Few people wanted to be seen with Irish playwright in his final days, actor Simon Callow says - but 125 years on, he is honoured
www.irishtimes.com
December 5, 2025 at 5:07 PM
‘Very progressive’ Ireland celebrated as bust of Oscar Wilde is unveiled in Paris
Few people wanted to be seen with Irish playwright in his final days, actor Simon Callow says - but 125 years on, he is honoured
www.irishtimes.com/culture/book...
Few people wanted to be seen with Irish playwright in his final days, actor Simon Callow says - but 125 years on, he is honoured
www.irishtimes.com/culture/book...
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🔴 Nigel Farage’s Reform is more reliant on super-rich backers than any major party in modern British political history
75% of *all* Reform donations *ever* have come from just three rich men
Is this what democracy looks like?
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75% of *all* Reform donations *ever* have come from just three rich men
Is this what democracy looks like?
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democracyforsale.substack.com/p/75-of-refo...
75% of Reform UK’s donations have come from just three rich men
Calls grow for donation caps as Democracy for Sale research reveals that three-quarters of Reform’s funding comes from a trio of wealthy donors
democracyforsale.substack.com
December 5, 2025 at 10:55 AM
🔴 Nigel Farage’s Reform is more reliant on super-rich backers than any major party in modern British political history
75% of *all* Reform donations *ever* have come from just three rich men
Is this what democracy looks like?
New on Democracy for Sale
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/75-of-refo...
75% of *all* Reform donations *ever* have come from just three rich men
Is this what democracy looks like?
New on Democracy for Sale
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/75-of-refo...
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Good King Whatshisname looked out
On the Beast Of Burden
A band called YES played Roundabout
Man, you shoulda heard em
Brightly shone the moon that night
On the streets of Bieber
Popped a cookie in his mouth
Made by elves of Keebler RS
On the Beast Of Burden
A band called YES played Roundabout
Man, you shoulda heard em
Brightly shone the moon that night
On the streets of Bieber
Popped a cookie in his mouth
Made by elves of Keebler RS
December 5, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Good King Whatshisname looked out
On the Beast Of Burden
A band called YES played Roundabout
Man, you shoulda heard em
Brightly shone the moon that night
On the streets of Bieber
Popped a cookie in his mouth
Made by elves of Keebler RS
On the Beast Of Burden
A band called YES played Roundabout
Man, you shoulda heard em
Brightly shone the moon that night
On the streets of Bieber
Popped a cookie in his mouth
Made by elves of Keebler RS