@mikeinsdevon.bsky.social
Still trying to make sense of everything and avoid getting too confused!
Slightly unhinged, wide range of interests.
RIP Boo Boo 2009-2024
Slightly unhinged, wide range of interests.
RIP Boo Boo 2009-2024
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I’ve been stalwart backer of transatlantic alliance all my life. I understand why Europeans have so far trod softly/tried to keep Trump onside. But, there comes a time when you have to face reality. The US is no longer our ally. Its defense guarantee is worthless. Time to kick ass back🧵
January 17, 2026 at 6:00 PM
I’ve been stalwart backer of transatlantic alliance all my life. I understand why Europeans have so far trod softly/tried to keep Trump onside. But, there comes a time when you have to face reality. The US is no longer our ally. Its defense guarantee is worthless. Time to kick ass back🧵
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In an extremely crowded field, I reckon Robert Jenrick is one of the worst, most dislikable politicians in modern Britain.
Here’s why 👇🏻
Here’s why 👇🏻
Jenrick’s anti-personality politics
Bland but sinister.
writesbright.substack.com
January 17, 2026 at 10:42 AM
In an extremely crowded field, I reckon Robert Jenrick is one of the worst, most dislikable politicians in modern Britain.
Here’s why 👇🏻
Here’s why 👇🏻
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This Tweet is evergreen Nigel Farage
January 15, 2026 at 8:13 PM
This Tweet is evergreen Nigel Farage
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"I hate career politicians who have never known financial struggles."
Endorses the privately-educated millionaire and biggest career politician of them all 🤦♂️
www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/tom...
Endorses the privately-educated millionaire and biggest career politician of them all 🤦♂️
www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/tom...
Tom Skinner hits out at 'career politicians' - before backing Nigel Farage
Social media personality Tom Skinner has endorsed Reform UK and Nigel Farage in an incredibly unsurprising turn of events.
www.thelondoneconomic.com
January 16, 2026 at 6:45 PM
"I hate career politicians who have never known financial struggles."
Endorses the privately-educated millionaire and biggest career politician of them all 🤦♂️
www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/tom...
Endorses the privately-educated millionaire and biggest career politician of them all 🤦♂️
www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/tom...
Aye sure. He's probably preparing his leadership pitch as I type this.
Reform MP insists Jenrick won’t try to oust Farage after Tory defection – latest
Reform MP insists Jenrick won’t try to oust Farage after Tory defection – latest
Lee Anderson said Robert Jenrick ‘wants to be part of a team’ after his defection to Reform UK
www.independent.co.uk
January 16, 2026 at 11:12 AM
Aye sure. He's probably preparing his leadership pitch as I type this.
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I don't expect Jenrick to last long in Reform. He left the Tories because he couldn't be the leader. He is far too ambitious to last long next to the Fahrage, who will not allow any competition. See Rupert Lowe.
January 15, 2026 at 6:14 PM
I don't expect Jenrick to last long in Reform. He left the Tories because he couldn't be the leader. He is far too ambitious to last long next to the Fahrage, who will not allow any competition. See Rupert Lowe.
Awkward!
January 15, 2026 at 9:42 PM
Awkward!
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I've highlighted in red 18 countries who've qualified for the World Cup finals (or are still in contention with a few play-off places still to be decided).
If the fans (and the players?) can no longer get US visas, how can FIFA continue to justify proceeding with the tournament in the US?
If the fans (and the players?) can no longer get US visas, how can FIFA continue to justify proceeding with the tournament in the US?
January 15, 2026 at 2:44 PM
I've highlighted in red 18 countries who've qualified for the World Cup finals (or are still in contention with a few play-off places still to be decided).
If the fans (and the players?) can no longer get US visas, how can FIFA continue to justify proceeding with the tournament in the US?
If the fans (and the players?) can no longer get US visas, how can FIFA continue to justify proceeding with the tournament in the US?
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Good question 🎯
"Mr. Farage, you say you're a new reforming force in politics. How can you claim that if - by your own definition - you're bringing in so many people that cause the mess you're trying to clear up?"
Vote for Reform UK and get the very worst of the Tories...
"Mr. Farage, you say you're a new reforming force in politics. How can you claim that if - by your own definition - you're bringing in so many people that cause the mess you're trying to clear up?"
Vote for Reform UK and get the very worst of the Tories...
January 15, 2026 at 5:20 PM
Good question 🎯
"Mr. Farage, you say you're a new reforming force in politics. How can you claim that if - by your own definition - you're bringing in so many people that cause the mess you're trying to clear up?"
Vote for Reform UK and get the very worst of the Tories...
"Mr. Farage, you say you're a new reforming force in politics. How can you claim that if - by your own definition - you're bringing in so many people that cause the mess you're trying to clear up?"
Vote for Reform UK and get the very worst of the Tories...
I'm guessing this means we can expect to hear Brendan and Scotty B joining in the next few weeks?
January 15, 2026 at 5:25 PM
I'm guessing this means we can expect to hear Brendan and Scotty B joining in the next few weeks?
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Jenrick apparently "left his resignation speech printed out and hanging around" and "someone got hold of it".
He's got the brains of a 4 year old child - and that kid will be glad to have got rid of them.
He's got the brains of a 4 year old child - and that kid will be glad to have got rid of them.
BREAKING Kemi Badenoch has sacked Robert Jenrick from the shadow cabinet, removed the whip and suspended his party membership.
She says she was "presented with clear, irrefutable evidence that he was plotting in secret to defect" to Reform
She says she was "presented with clear, irrefutable evidence that he was plotting in secret to defect" to Reform
January 15, 2026 at 3:58 PM
Jenrick apparently "left his resignation speech printed out and hanging around" and "someone got hold of it".
He's got the brains of a 4 year old child - and that kid will be glad to have got rid of them.
He's got the brains of a 4 year old child - and that kid will be glad to have got rid of them.
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@kitty-donaldson.bsky.social: 'EXC:
Inside Robert #Jenrick;s plot to defect to #Reform UK
On Wednesday evening, screen shots of Jenrick’s draft defection letter and accompanying media plan to make the most noise possible about his decision to switch sides were passed to #Badenoch’s office.' 1/
Inside Robert #Jenrick;s plot to defect to #Reform UK
On Wednesday evening, screen shots of Jenrick’s draft defection letter and accompanying media plan to make the most noise possible about his decision to switch sides were passed to #Badenoch’s office.' 1/
January 15, 2026 at 3:47 PM
@kitty-donaldson.bsky.social: 'EXC:
Inside Robert #Jenrick;s plot to defect to #Reform UK
On Wednesday evening, screen shots of Jenrick’s draft defection letter and accompanying media plan to make the most noise possible about his decision to switch sides were passed to #Badenoch’s office.' 1/
Inside Robert #Jenrick;s plot to defect to #Reform UK
On Wednesday evening, screen shots of Jenrick’s draft defection letter and accompanying media plan to make the most noise possible about his decision to switch sides were passed to #Badenoch’s office.' 1/
Surely if it's not Glasman it'll be Hinder.
And to be honest the best outcome for Labour would be if they both went.
And to be honest the best outcome for Labour would be if they both went.
Farage boasts he'll have a Labour defection next week. If it's not Glasman I'll scoff a trilby.
January 15, 2026 at 1:40 PM
Surely if it's not Glasman it'll be Hinder.
And to be honest the best outcome for Labour would be if they both went.
And to be honest the best outcome for Labour would be if they both went.
Don't give him ideas!
“Labour should ask Robert Jenrick to defect to them instead”- Lord Glasman
January 15, 2026 at 12:47 PM
Don't give him ideas!
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X says Grok account will stop undressing women. I just tested the standalone Grok app, which immediately complied with my request to undress a photo of me. This is illegal, according to the legal experts I spoke with.
January 15, 2026 at 12:14 AM
X says Grok account will stop undressing women. I just tested the standalone Grok app, which immediately complied with my request to undress a photo of me. This is illegal, according to the legal experts I spoke with.
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Did you see the claim from the Government in the House of Lords that "10.8 million families use X as their main news source"?
Well, the government has admitted it was wrong.
I investigated for Radio 4's More or Less - you can hear it here, starting at 14:55.
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Well, the government has admitted it was wrong.
I investigated for Radio 4's More or Less - you can hear it here, starting at 14:55.
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
More or Less - Have more than 100 private schools been forced to close because of VAT? - BBC Sounds
Tim Harford investigates closing schools, X users, Covid deaths and churchgoers
www.bbc.co.uk
January 14, 2026 at 9:40 AM
Did you see the claim from the Government in the House of Lords that "10.8 million families use X as their main news source"?
Well, the government has admitted it was wrong.
I investigated for Radio 4's More or Less - you can hear it here, starting at 14:55.
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Well, the government has admitted it was wrong.
I investigated for Radio 4's More or Less - you can hear it here, starting at 14:55.
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
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Note to the Labour party - listen to Kerri, not to Luke.
'Avoiding the iceberg' - LabourList
Labour’s polling crisis isn’t about Reform voters but losing progressives. To avoid electoral collapse, the party must clarify its values and unite its bloc.
labourlist.org
January 14, 2026 at 2:52 PM
Note to the Labour party - listen to Kerri, not to Luke.
Talks about "improving public transport" and "protecting green spaces" then jumps ship to a party opposed to much of that.
One of the weirder defections. Guessing he originally joined Greens more on anti-establishment/anti-Labour Party? views rather than agreeing with much of the party's platform?
One of the weirder defections. Guessing he originally joined Greens more on anti-establishment/anti-Labour Party? views rather than agreeing with much of the party's platform?
January 14, 2026 at 4:47 PM
Talks about "improving public transport" and "protecting green spaces" then jumps ship to a party opposed to much of that.
One of the weirder defections. Guessing he originally joined Greens more on anti-establishment/anti-Labour Party? views rather than agreeing with much of the party's platform?
One of the weirder defections. Guessing he originally joined Greens more on anti-establishment/anti-Labour Party? views rather than agreeing with much of the party's platform?
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If the figures we're getting out of Iran are in the right league, this weekend was, I think, one of the bloodiest state crackdowns of all time. People are talking 12,000-20,000 dead; for comparison Hungary in 1956 was about 2,500, Tiananmen - across country, in multiple cities - probably 1000+
January 13, 2026 at 7:41 PM
If the figures we're getting out of Iran are in the right league, this weekend was, I think, one of the bloodiest state crackdowns of all time. People are talking 12,000-20,000 dead; for comparison Hungary in 1956 was about 2,500, Tiananmen - across country, in multiple cities - probably 1000+
Can't help thinking that if the orange man-baby does try and seize Greenland, the Scottish and Irish governments should seize his golf courses.
January 13, 2026 at 7:24 PM
Can't help thinking that if the orange man-baby does try and seize Greenland, the Scottish and Irish governments should seize his golf courses.
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Holy crap there's a new poll for Wales and it is crazy.
It puts Plaid well ahead of Reform with the Greens beating Labour.
The results of this YouGov/ITV Cymru Wales/Cardiff Uni were:
Plaid 37% (+7)
Reform 23 (-6)
Green 13 (+7)
Labour 10 (-4)
Conservatives 10 (-1)
Lib Dem 5 (-1)
Other 2 (-2)
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It puts Plaid well ahead of Reform with the Greens beating Labour.
The results of this YouGov/ITV Cymru Wales/Cardiff Uni were:
Plaid 37% (+7)
Reform 23 (-6)
Green 13 (+7)
Labour 10 (-4)
Conservatives 10 (-1)
Lib Dem 5 (-1)
Other 2 (-2)
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January 13, 2026 at 7:07 PM
Holy crap there's a new poll for Wales and it is crazy.
It puts Plaid well ahead of Reform with the Greens beating Labour.
The results of this YouGov/ITV Cymru Wales/Cardiff Uni were:
Plaid 37% (+7)
Reform 23 (-6)
Green 13 (+7)
Labour 10 (-4)
Conservatives 10 (-1)
Lib Dem 5 (-1)
Other 2 (-2)
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It puts Plaid well ahead of Reform with the Greens beating Labour.
The results of this YouGov/ITV Cymru Wales/Cardiff Uni were:
Plaid 37% (+7)
Reform 23 (-6)
Green 13 (+7)
Labour 10 (-4)
Conservatives 10 (-1)
Lib Dem 5 (-1)
Other 2 (-2)
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No doubt the DfT will spend years talking about it before deciding to just buy some buses instead
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
New Birmingham-Manchester rail link planned
Previous plans for a high-speed rail line between the cities were scrapped by Rishi Sunak's government.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 13, 2026 at 2:01 PM
No doubt the DfT will spend years talking about it before deciding to just buy some buses instead
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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A free NHS Scotland, or a United Kingdom. Choose one, because you can't have both (regardless of who's in charge in Westminster).
#ScottishIndependence 🏴
#ScottishIndependence 🏴
There it is.
Farage and Reform would end our NHS.
Millions of people could not afford to be ill under a Reform government.
Farage and Reform would end our NHS.
Millions of people could not afford to be ill under a Reform government.
January 13, 2026 at 12:09 PM
A free NHS Scotland, or a United Kingdom. Choose one, because you can't have both (regardless of who's in charge in Westminster).
#ScottishIndependence 🏴
#ScottishIndependence 🏴