LiberalLuddite
@liberalluddite.bsky.social
#FBPE Orange bookish, wunt be druv, generally LibDem. Member of the European Movement. Rejoiner. “Random Country” citizen. Slytherin. Made of recycled nebula.
Trek, trains, astronomy.
Recovering ex X. 🇬🇧🇪🇺🇺🇦🇩🇪 🕷️🐸
Trek, trains, astronomy.
Recovering ex X. 🇬🇧🇪🇺🇺🇦🇩🇪 🕷️🐸
Pinned
The opposite of anti-fascism is fascism.
It can’t be bargained with or reasoned with, it doesn’t feel pity or remorse, and it will not stop unless stopped.
Because the price of freedom really is eternal vigilance, yet we all took our eyes off the ball and fooled ourselves fascism had gone away.
It can’t be bargained with or reasoned with, it doesn’t feel pity or remorse, and it will not stop unless stopped.
Because the price of freedom really is eternal vigilance, yet we all took our eyes off the ball and fooled ourselves fascism had gone away.
Hot tip for painting a room quickly…
Listen to Cradle of Filth whilst doing it.
Listen to Cradle of Filth whilst doing it.
November 10, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Hot tip for painting a room quickly…
Listen to Cradle of Filth whilst doing it.
Listen to Cradle of Filth whilst doing it.
Completely ridiculous.
I have reservations about the BBC’s objectivity sometimes too, but it’s a fine institution and can’t be decapitated every time someone there makes a mistake.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cd...
I have reservations about the BBC’s objectivity sometimes too, but it’s a fine institution and can’t be decapitated every time someone there makes a mistake.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cd...
BBC director general Tim Davie and News CEO Deborah Turness resign - live updates
It comes after a leaked memo criticised the editing of a documentary about Donald Trump and accused the BBC of bias in a number of areas.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 9, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Completely ridiculous.
I have reservations about the BBC’s objectivity sometimes too, but it’s a fine institution and can’t be decapitated every time someone there makes a mistake.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cd...
I have reservations about the BBC’s objectivity sometimes too, but it’s a fine institution and can’t be decapitated every time someone there makes a mistake.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cd...
Regardless of your view of the Danish immigration system, which seems to have some appeal to the right; Denmark is a member of the EU & Schengen and yet, somehow, despite not having sovereignty (sic) manages to implement the rules anyway. Who’d have thought it?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
UK seeks inspiration from Denmark to shake up immigration system
Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood is taking cues from some of the toughest migration laws in Europe.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 9, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Regardless of your view of the Danish immigration system, which seems to have some appeal to the right; Denmark is a member of the EU & Schengen and yet, somehow, despite not having sovereignty (sic) manages to implement the rules anyway. Who’d have thought it?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Mr. "I Don't Take Responsibility At All" thinks the MASSIVE BLUE WAVE was because he wasn't on the ballot, not
a Major Referendum on his 2nd Term.
Turns out folks prefer feeding the hungry over building expen$ive, tacky Ballrooms.
Looking forward to the midterms... 🌊
#AccountabilityIsComing
a Major Referendum on his 2nd Term.
Turns out folks prefer feeding the hungry over building expen$ive, tacky Ballrooms.
Looking forward to the midterms... 🌊
#AccountabilityIsComing
November 5, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Mr. "I Don't Take Responsibility At All" thinks the MASSIVE BLUE WAVE was because he wasn't on the ballot, not
a Major Referendum on his 2nd Term.
Turns out folks prefer feeding the hungry over building expen$ive, tacky Ballrooms.
Looking forward to the midterms... 🌊
#AccountabilityIsComing
a Major Referendum on his 2nd Term.
Turns out folks prefer feeding the hungry over building expen$ive, tacky Ballrooms.
Looking forward to the midterms... 🌊
#AccountabilityIsComing
Populists need to remember that populism becomes a lot less popular after a bit of contact with reality.
November 5, 2025 at 9:09 AM
Populists need to remember that populism becomes a lot less popular after a bit of contact with reality.
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"The sheer scale & cost of Brexit has been disastrous for the national economy".
www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/how...
www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/how...
UK 'divorce bill' soars, as post-Brexit payments to EU rise above £50 billion
There's a reason no other country in the EU decided to do their own version of Brexit. Just look at the state of it...
www.thelondoneconomic.com
November 4, 2025 at 5:30 AM
"The sheer scale & cost of Brexit has been disastrous for the national economy".
www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/how...
www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/how...
Enterprise D in Lego form?
The fiends.
Don’t they know there is no more room on the shelf after the Concorde?!
The fiends.
Don’t they know there is no more room on the shelf after the Concorde?!
November 4, 2025 at 8:35 AM
Enterprise D in Lego form?
The fiends.
Don’t they know there is no more room on the shelf after the Concorde?!
The fiends.
Don’t they know there is no more room on the shelf after the Concorde?!
Reposted by LiberalLuddite
🇪🇺 “In the long term, we need to rejoin the European Union.” 👉@ZackPolanski 👏
Finally, someone in politics saying what most young people already know: Britain’s future lies back in Europe.
Rejoin the customs union. Rebuild Erasmus. Restore freedom 👏 👏 👏
#RejoinEU #SaveBritishFarming #ReUnion
Finally, someone in politics saying what most young people already know: Britain’s future lies back in Europe.
Rejoin the customs union. Rebuild Erasmus. Restore freedom 👏 👏 👏
#RejoinEU #SaveBritishFarming #ReUnion
November 4, 2025 at 7:16 AM
🇪🇺 “In the long term, we need to rejoin the European Union.” 👉@ZackPolanski 👏
Finally, someone in politics saying what most young people already know: Britain’s future lies back in Europe.
Rejoin the customs union. Rebuild Erasmus. Restore freedom 👏 👏 👏
#RejoinEU #SaveBritishFarming #ReUnion
Finally, someone in politics saying what most young people already know: Britain’s future lies back in Europe.
Rejoin the customs union. Rebuild Erasmus. Restore freedom 👏 👏 👏
#RejoinEU #SaveBritishFarming #ReUnion
Can we finally acknowledge the elephant in the room?
Brexit wiped out 4% of GDP and is a sea anchor dragging our economy back.
The solution is clear: rejoin the single market the UK helped design and create.
Until Labour grow a spine and do that, tighten your belts.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cw...
Brexit wiped out 4% of GDP and is a sea anchor dragging our economy back.
The solution is clear: rejoin the single market the UK helped design and create.
Until Labour grow a spine and do that, tighten your belts.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cw...
Chancellor Rachel Reeves to set out priorities in pre-Budget speech - live updates
She is set to pledge the upcoming Budget will focus on
www.bbc.co.uk
November 4, 2025 at 7:14 AM
Can we finally acknowledge the elephant in the room?
Brexit wiped out 4% of GDP and is a sea anchor dragging our economy back.
The solution is clear: rejoin the single market the UK helped design and create.
Until Labour grow a spine and do that, tighten your belts.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cw...
Brexit wiped out 4% of GDP and is a sea anchor dragging our economy back.
The solution is clear: rejoin the single market the UK helped design and create.
Until Labour grow a spine and do that, tighten your belts.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cw...
He doesn’t have even the most basic concept of how a democratic country is run.
He genuinely thinks it’s just one of his businesses.
Trump says it would be 'hard for me' to fund New York City if Mamdani becomes mayor www.bbc.com/news/article...
He genuinely thinks it’s just one of his businesses.
Trump says it would be 'hard for me' to fund New York City if Mamdani becomes mayor www.bbc.com/news/article...
Trump says it would be 'hard for me' to fund New York City if Mamdani becomes mayor
Left-wing candidate Zohran Mamdani is leading many opinion polls in Tuesday's mayoral race.
www.bbc.com
November 3, 2025 at 6:19 PM
He doesn’t have even the most basic concept of how a democratic country is run.
He genuinely thinks it’s just one of his businesses.
Trump says it would be 'hard for me' to fund New York City if Mamdani becomes mayor www.bbc.com/news/article...
He genuinely thinks it’s just one of his businesses.
Trump says it would be 'hard for me' to fund New York City if Mamdani becomes mayor www.bbc.com/news/article...
Reposted by LiberalLuddite
Nigel Farage currently railing against Parliament being full of "professional politicians".
He founded UKIP in 1993 and was first elected as an MEP in 1999, twenty-six years ago. Less than 5% of current MPs (31 to be precise) have a longer career in politics than Farage. ~AA
He founded UKIP in 1993 and was first elected as an MEP in 1999, twenty-six years ago. Less than 5% of current MPs (31 to be precise) have a longer career in politics than Farage. ~AA
November 3, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Nigel Farage currently railing against Parliament being full of "professional politicians".
He founded UKIP in 1993 and was first elected as an MEP in 1999, twenty-six years ago. Less than 5% of current MPs (31 to be precise) have a longer career in politics than Farage. ~AA
He founded UKIP in 1993 and was first elected as an MEP in 1999, twenty-six years ago. Less than 5% of current MPs (31 to be precise) have a longer career in politics than Farage. ~AA
Reposted by LiberalLuddite
In case you missed it ...
Starmer and Blue Labour had plenty of warning about what would happen if they kept on pandering to Farage voters. So its no surprise they're now losing support to Greens and LibDems. Here's John Curtice in 2023 explaining how anti-Brexit and pro-EU Labour voters are ...
🇬🇧🇪🇺
Starmer and Blue Labour had plenty of warning about what would happen if they kept on pandering to Farage voters. So its no surprise they're now losing support to Greens and LibDems. Here's John Curtice in 2023 explaining how anti-Brexit and pro-EU Labour voters are ...
🇬🇧🇪🇺
November 2, 2025 at 2:55 PM
In case you missed it ...
Starmer and Blue Labour had plenty of warning about what would happen if they kept on pandering to Farage voters. So its no surprise they're now losing support to Greens and LibDems. Here's John Curtice in 2023 explaining how anti-Brexit and pro-EU Labour voters are ...
🇬🇧🇪🇺
Starmer and Blue Labour had plenty of warning about what would happen if they kept on pandering to Farage voters. So its no surprise they're now losing support to Greens and LibDems. Here's John Curtice in 2023 explaining how anti-Brexit and pro-EU Labour voters are ...
🇬🇧🇪🇺
Reposted by LiberalLuddite
Re-joining would change the game for Labour and it's the only game in town. No amount of fiddling around the edges will fix it."
@therejoineuparty.com
londonlovesbusiness.com/labour-needs...
@therejoineuparty.com
londonlovesbusiness.com/labour-needs...
Labour needs game-changing plan to re-join EU to transform dire polling, Rejoin EU Party says - London Business News | Londonlovesbusiness.com
The Labour needs a game-changing plan to re-join the EU to improve its dire polling situation, says the Rejoin EU Party.
londonlovesbusiness.com
November 2, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Re-joining would change the game for Labour and it's the only game in town. No amount of fiddling around the edges will fix it."
@therejoineuparty.com
londonlovesbusiness.com/labour-needs...
@therejoineuparty.com
londonlovesbusiness.com/labour-needs...
Reposted by LiberalLuddite
Hannan and Frost in the Telegraph.
Sunak in the Times.
Kwasi Kwarteng in the iPaper.
Johnson in the Mail.
Gove editing the Spectator.
Farage everywhere.
All of them shamelessly honking out their ‘Listen to me!’ garbage, as the country flails around in the unbelievable mess they’ve made.
Nauseating.
Sunak in the Times.
Kwasi Kwarteng in the iPaper.
Johnson in the Mail.
Gove editing the Spectator.
Farage everywhere.
All of them shamelessly honking out their ‘Listen to me!’ garbage, as the country flails around in the unbelievable mess they’ve made.
Nauseating.
November 2, 2025 at 8:56 AM
Hannan and Frost in the Telegraph.
Sunak in the Times.
Kwasi Kwarteng in the iPaper.
Johnson in the Mail.
Gove editing the Spectator.
Farage everywhere.
All of them shamelessly honking out their ‘Listen to me!’ garbage, as the country flails around in the unbelievable mess they’ve made.
Nauseating.
Sunak in the Times.
Kwasi Kwarteng in the iPaper.
Johnson in the Mail.
Gove editing the Spectator.
Farage everywhere.
All of them shamelessly honking out their ‘Listen to me!’ garbage, as the country flails around in the unbelievable mess they’ve made.
Nauseating.
Reposted by LiberalLuddite
Another horrid Brexit Halloween
@leedseurope.bsky.social
@leedseurope.bsky.social
October 31, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Another horrid Brexit Halloween
@leedseurope.bsky.social
@leedseurope.bsky.social
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Compare and contrast.
Absentee MP -v- his constituency.
Greedy grifting spiv -v- most deprived English neighbourhood.
He really couldn’t give a shit.
He feeds off the inequality and anger to line his own pockets. He doesn’t want solutions because the problems are his income stream.
(iPaper & BBC)
Absentee MP -v- his constituency.
Greedy grifting spiv -v- most deprived English neighbourhood.
He really couldn’t give a shit.
He feeds off the inequality and anger to line his own pockets. He doesn’t want solutions because the problems are his income stream.
(iPaper & BBC)
October 31, 2025 at 7:44 AM
Compare and contrast.
Absentee MP -v- his constituency.
Greedy grifting spiv -v- most deprived English neighbourhood.
He really couldn’t give a shit.
He feeds off the inequality and anger to line his own pockets. He doesn’t want solutions because the problems are his income stream.
(iPaper & BBC)
Absentee MP -v- his constituency.
Greedy grifting spiv -v- most deprived English neighbourhood.
He really couldn’t give a shit.
He feeds off the inequality and anger to line his own pockets. He doesn’t want solutions because the problems are his income stream.
(iPaper & BBC)
The monarchy is overdue for abolition.
October 31, 2025 at 2:04 AM
The monarchy is overdue for abolition.
DeSantis the executioner.
15 so far this year, 2 more planned.
Disgusting.
15 so far this year, 2 more planned.
Disgusting.
October 31, 2025 at 1:28 AM
DeSantis the executioner.
15 so far this year, 2 more planned.
Disgusting.
15 so far this year, 2 more planned.
Disgusting.
The front page of BBC News has had a lot of “asylum seeker criminal” stories in recent days. Currently 2 items about Reeves forgetting a minor point, yet nothing about Wilders being shown his arse in the Dutch election. There is an article but not on the front page.
What’s going on with BBC News?
What’s going on with BBC News?
October 30, 2025 at 3:14 PM
The front page of BBC News has had a lot of “asylum seeker criminal” stories in recent days. Currently 2 items about Reeves forgetting a minor point, yet nothing about Wilders being shown his arse in the Dutch election. There is an article but not on the front page.
What’s going on with BBC News?
What’s going on with BBC News?
The Netherlands is telling the far Right to stay in its lane.
Good.
The Dutch lead the way.
Good.
The Dutch lead the way.
October 29, 2025 at 11:52 PM
The Netherlands is telling the far Right to stay in its lane.
Good.
The Dutch lead the way.
Good.
The Dutch lead the way.
It is hard to comprehend a worldview which doesn’t place the blame for an entirely unnecessary invasion and subsequent slaughter solely at the door of the invader.
Unless you have access to cheap oil. Obvs. 🙄
Viktor Orban's dilemma - Russian oil or Trump's favour www.bbc.com/news/article...
Unless you have access to cheap oil. Obvs. 🙄
Viktor Orban's dilemma - Russian oil or Trump's favour www.bbc.com/news/article...
Viktor Orban's dilemma - Russian oil or Trump's favour
Trump's closest ally in Europe will head to Washington in the midst of a disagreement over Russian oil.
www.bbc.com
October 28, 2025 at 10:49 PM
It is hard to comprehend a worldview which doesn’t place the blame for an entirely unnecessary invasion and subsequent slaughter solely at the door of the invader.
Unless you have access to cheap oil. Obvs. 🙄
Viktor Orban's dilemma - Russian oil or Trump's favour www.bbc.com/news/article...
Unless you have access to cheap oil. Obvs. 🙄
Viktor Orban's dilemma - Russian oil or Trump's favour www.bbc.com/news/article...
Reposted by LiberalLuddite
Russia still considers the UK one of its prime enemies.
And what’s the best way to bring ‘Britain to its knees’ again as the former Russian Ambassador to London once boasted?
Repeat the talking points of Farage and Far right activists - key collaborators in Putin’s mission
And what’s the best way to bring ‘Britain to its knees’ again as the former Russian Ambassador to London once boasted?
Repeat the talking points of Farage and Far right activists - key collaborators in Putin’s mission
October 28, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Russia still considers the UK one of its prime enemies.
And what’s the best way to bring ‘Britain to its knees’ again as the former Russian Ambassador to London once boasted?
Repeat the talking points of Farage and Far right activists - key collaborators in Putin’s mission
And what’s the best way to bring ‘Britain to its knees’ again as the former Russian Ambassador to London once boasted?
Repeat the talking points of Farage and Far right activists - key collaborators in Putin’s mission