Colin Baldy 🇪🇺 🇮🇹 🇬🇧 🌈 🔶#FBPE
@maestroc.bsky.social
Brexit refugee living in Italy. Singer, writer, teacher, director and Italophile.
The US is a rogue state which needs completely isolating by the rest of the world. When the USSR invaded Afghanistan the west was quick to impose sanctions and to boycott the Moscow Olympics. It's time for other world leaders to grow a pair and do likewise to Trump's USA.
January 3, 2026 at 5:16 PM
The US is a rogue state which needs completely isolating by the rest of the world. When the USSR invaded Afghanistan the west was quick to impose sanctions and to boycott the Moscow Olympics. It's time for other world leaders to grow a pair and do likewise to Trump's USA.
A very wintry good morning. 10am and it's -3°.
This was normal 20 years ago but it's years since we've had such cold weather in December.
Trump world probably say it proves that global warming doesn't exist!
This was normal 20 years ago but it's years since we've had such cold weather in December.
Trump world probably say it proves that global warming doesn't exist!
December 29, 2025 at 8:57 AM
A very wintry good morning. 10am and it's -3°.
This was normal 20 years ago but it's years since we've had such cold weather in December.
Trump world probably say it proves that global warming doesn't exist!
This was normal 20 years ago but it's years since we've had such cold weather in December.
Trump world probably say it proves that global warming doesn't exist!
Reading the latest YouGov poll, I see Reform are down to 25%, with Labour and Tories both on 19% and Greens and LibDems both on 15%. Imagine a LibDem -Green coalition in charge. Impossible? Or finally something to hope for?
December 28, 2025 at 7:48 AM
Reading the latest YouGov poll, I see Reform are down to 25%, with Labour and Tories both on 19% and Greens and LibDems both on 15%. Imagine a LibDem -Green coalition in charge. Impossible? Or finally something to hope for?
Why isn't displaying Nazi symbolism illegal in the UK? Just think of all those Tommy supporters who'd have to get their tattoos removed!
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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British man’s Australian visa cancelled after being charged with displaying Nazi symbols
Home affairs minister, Tony Burke, said the government had ‘no time for hatred when it came to cancelling visas’
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December 24, 2025 at 9:19 AM
Why isn't displaying Nazi symbolism illegal in the UK? Just think of all those Tommy supporters who'd have to get their tattoos removed!
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Who'd have thought it? Tariffs damage exports because no-one wants to buy US goods.
Voting for Trump doesn't seem such a good idea now; certainly not if you live in Kentucky.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Voting for Trump doesn't seem such a good idea now; certainly not if you live in Kentucky.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Bourbon maker Jim Beam stops production at Kentucky site for 2026
Whiskey brand, owned by Japanese drinks group Suntory, to close main distillery amid tariff uncertainty
www.theguardian.com
December 23, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Who'd have thought it? Tariffs damage exports because no-one wants to buy US goods.
Voting for Trump doesn't seem such a good idea now; certainly not if you live in Kentucky.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Voting for Trump doesn't seem such a good idea now; certainly not if you live in Kentucky.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
When is the UK government going to realise that there is no such thing as the "special relationship"? It's all a fantasy and it certainly doesn't exist as far as the US is concerned.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
MPs warn that UK agreements with Donald Trump are ‘built on sand’
Exclusive: Health select committee chair says UK government’s ‘naive belief’ Trump is a good faith actor ‘could cost UK taxpayer billions’
www.theguardian.com
December 18, 2025 at 8:50 AM
When is the UK government going to realise that there is no such thing as the "special relationship"? It's all a fantasy and it certainly doesn't exist as far as the US is concerned.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
For my followers in the US. Please share widely, so that your compatriots know what rubbish Trump talks about London. It's a VERY safe city and a great place to live and to visit. Trump, on the other hand, is turning the entire US into a no-go area.
www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
Trump talks ‘complete nonsense’ about crime in London, says Met police commissioner – UK politics live
Mark Rowley says capital is a safe city, and claims of no-go areas are ‘completely false’
www.theguardian.com
December 12, 2025 at 11:48 AM
For my followers in the US. Please share widely, so that your compatriots know what rubbish Trump talks about London. It's a VERY safe city and a great place to live and to visit. Trump, on the other hand, is turning the entire US into a no-go area.
www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
Totally agree. I cringe every time I hear this spoken of. It's one of Johnson's bits of hubris and, like him, should be consigned to the dustbin of history.
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Why it’s ridiculous to call our new train system 'Great' British Rail | Martin Kettle
The name originated during the period of Boris Johnson boosterism. People no longer want Brexit triumphalism, but things that actually work, says Guardian columnist Martin Kettle
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December 11, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Totally agree. I cringe every time I hear this spoken of. It's one of Johnson's bits of hubris and, like him, should be consigned to the dustbin of history.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
I love John Crace. Liz Truss really does need protecting from herself, doesn't she? Who do we talk to about getting her certified?
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Welcome to the Liz Truss chatshow, but beware: viewers may end up in survivor’s therapy
SuperLiz reboots herself in a utility room studio, delivering nonsense so pure even her guests look trapped
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December 6, 2025 at 12:54 PM
I love John Crace. Liz Truss really does need protecting from herself, doesn't she? Who do we talk to about getting her certified?
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
I need to buy some more popcorn...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Holocaust survivors call on Nigel Farage to apologise over alleged antisemitic comments
Exclusive: Group’s open letter says Reform UK leader must take responsibility for behaviour as a schoolboy
www.theguardian.com
December 5, 2025 at 8:36 AM
I need to buy some more popcorn...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
There you have it: vote Reform, get Tories.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Farage tells donors he expects Reform to do election deal with Tories – report
One donor tells FT that Reform leader described an agreement as ‘inevitable’, despite denials from both sides
www.theguardian.com
December 3, 2025 at 8:19 AM
There you have it: vote Reform, get Tories.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
I sometimes think Femi goes a little over the top but I think he's spot on here. Corbyn has always thought HIS ideas of what the country needs are the correct ones. There's no room for discussion or listening to other points of view. I can't see YP lasting but I can see it splitting the vote.
December 1, 2025 at 3:45 PM
I sometimes think Femi goes a little over the top but I think he's spot on here. Corbyn has always thought HIS ideas of what the country needs are the correct ones. There's no room for discussion or listening to other points of view. I can't see YP lasting but I can see it splitting the vote.
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And this, from @chrisgrey.bsky.social just today, highlights one of the real problems in SM/ a CU/ Art49.
https://chrisgreybrexitblog.blogspot.com/2025/11/brexit-reminders.html
https://chrisgreybrexitblog.blogspot.com/2025/11/brexit-reminders.html
November 28, 2025 at 10:26 AM
And this, from @chrisgrey.bsky.social just today, highlights one of the real problems in SM/ a CU/ Art49.
https://chrisgreybrexitblog.blogspot.com/2025/11/brexit-reminders.html
https://chrisgreybrexitblog.blogspot.com/2025/11/brexit-reminders.html
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For nearly a decade, sceptics have dismissed allegations that Bannon’s Cambridge Analytica and Prigozhin’s troll farms successfully intervened in the Brexit referendum and Trump’s election in 2016 - now the argument is over
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How Online Radicalisation Works: What the New X Study Reveals About Cambridge Analytica, the IRA, and the Dark Triad Machine
The debate is over. A major new experiment show how effective Cambridge Analytica and Russian troll farms were in shifting political emotions with hostile, anti-democratic content online
pdjukes.substack.com
November 28, 2025 at 12:04 PM
For nearly a decade, sceptics have dismissed allegations that Bannon’s Cambridge Analytica and Prigozhin’s troll farms successfully intervened in the Brexit referendum and Trump’s election in 2016 - now the argument is over
pdjukes.substack.com/p/how-online...
pdjukes.substack.com/p/how-online...
Kemi Badenoch; "she started it!" For goodness sake, are there no grown ups at all in the Tory Party?
November 28, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Kemi Badenoch; "she started it!" For goodness sake, are there no grown ups at all in the Tory Party?
I really don't get Yusuf. How can a member of an ethnic minority support racists and traitors?
Zia Yusuf: I never met Russia's Reform spy!
Yusuf is STILL backing Farage on the idea that the West provoked Putin's war in Ukraine.
They're behaving like bought & paid for Russian assets. Nathan Gill was probably just the fall guy.
Yusuf is STILL backing Farage on the idea that the West provoked Putin's war in Ukraine.
They're behaving like bought & paid for Russian assets. Nathan Gill was probably just the fall guy.
"The West provoked the Ukraine War "- Zia Yusuf defends Farage on Putin
YouTube video by Femi - F Politics!
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November 27, 2025 at 4:29 PM
I really don't get Yusuf. How can a member of an ethnic minority support racists and traitors?
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My attendance record in the European Parliament was the 4th worst out of 751 MEPs, yet I managed to turn up to vote AGAINST plans to tackle Russian misinformation.
Thankfully this is of no interest to the media.
Thankfully this is of no interest to the media.
November 24, 2025 at 9:20 PM
My attendance record in the European Parliament was the 4th worst out of 751 MEPs, yet I managed to turn up to vote AGAINST plans to tackle Russian misinformation.
Thankfully this is of no interest to the media.
Thankfully this is of no interest to the media.
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£26 billion tax rise announced today in Labour's budget
£90 billon, how much tax revenue is lost because of Brexit EVERY Year
The reason taxes are going up and spending is being cut is because we can't afford stuff because of Brexit!
£90 billon, how much tax revenue is lost because of Brexit EVERY Year
The reason taxes are going up and spending is being cut is because we can't afford stuff because of Brexit!
November 26, 2025 at 12:48 PM
£26 billion tax rise announced today in Labour's budget
£90 billon, how much tax revenue is lost because of Brexit EVERY Year
The reason taxes are going up and spending is being cut is because we can't afford stuff because of Brexit!
£90 billon, how much tax revenue is lost because of Brexit EVERY Year
The reason taxes are going up and spending is being cut is because we can't afford stuff because of Brexit!
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PFI is just borrowing by another name, but with key differences in structure, cost, and accounting treatment that make it more expensive.
Starmer’s Labour…. repeating the mistakes of the past is NOT ‘change’.
Starmer’s Labour…. repeating the mistakes of the past is NOT ‘change’.
November 26, 2025 at 1:20 PM
PFI is just borrowing by another name, but with key differences in structure, cost, and accounting treatment that make it more expensive.
Starmer’s Labour…. repeating the mistakes of the past is NOT ‘change’.
Starmer’s Labour…. repeating the mistakes of the past is NOT ‘change’.
Nothing that we didn't already know or suspect but I'm glad this story isn't going away. Farage is a nasty piece of work; a bully of the first order. It would be karma if his inability to be honest about his past was the thing which finally brought him down.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Three more ex-pupils at school with Nigel Farage reject ‘banter’ claims
Exclusive: Dulwich college contemporaries ‘rubbish’ Reform UK leader’s suggestion alleged racist taunts not intended to hurt
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Nothing that we didn't already know or suspect but I'm glad this story isn't going away. Farage is a nasty piece of work; a bully of the first order. It would be karma if his inability to be honest about his past was the thing which finally brought him down.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
The National Bureau of Economic Research published research this month showing that Brexit has reduced the UK economy by 6-8% far worse than originally thought. Investment has reduced by 12-18% and employment by 3-4%. Useful info to throw at cloth eared Brexiters.
November 21, 2025 at 9:15 AM
The National Bureau of Economic Research published research this month showing that Brexit has reduced the UK economy by 6-8% far worse than originally thought. Investment has reduced by 12-18% and employment by 3-4%. Useful info to throw at cloth eared Brexiters.
