Mike Sadler
@mikesadler.bsky.social
Husband, father, grandfather, humanist, retired translator, one-time teacher, Brexit Cassandra, ukulele fanatic. North Lincolnshire UK
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October 25, 2025 at 10:11 AM
It's that moment again for National Trust members to vote to keep the entryists out.
Quick and easy to vote and please do so by 31st of October
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Imagine the message it would send if Gary Lineker won 'Presenter of the Year' at this year's National Television Awards
Standing up for compassion & the right to speak out
And, the feathers it would ruffle
My lovely followers, you know what to do:
nationaltvawards.com/vote
🗓️ Deadline: 12th Sep
Standing up for compassion & the right to speak out
And, the feathers it would ruffle
My lovely followers, you know what to do:
nationaltvawards.com/vote
🗓️ Deadline: 12th Sep
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Choose your winners in this year’s National Television Awards
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September 1, 2025 at 9:31 AM
Imagine the message it would send if Gary Lineker won 'Presenter of the Year' at this year's National Television Awards
Standing up for compassion & the right to speak out
And, the feathers it would ruffle
My lovely followers, you know what to do:
nationaltvawards.com/vote
🗓️ Deadline: 12th Sep
Standing up for compassion & the right to speak out
And, the feathers it would ruffle
My lovely followers, you know what to do:
nationaltvawards.com/vote
🗓️ Deadline: 12th Sep
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Please repost, if like me, you will never accept Brexit.
It harms the British people. It was obtained through foreign interference and by far the worst abuses of democracy in modern British history, and it robs us of freedom and citizenship.
#RejoinEU
It harms the British people. It was obtained through foreign interference and by far the worst abuses of democracy in modern British history, and it robs us of freedom and citizenship.
#RejoinEU
May 9, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Please repost, if like me, you will never accept Brexit.
It harms the British people. It was obtained through foreign interference and by far the worst abuses of democracy in modern British history, and it robs us of freedom and citizenship.
#RejoinEU
It harms the British people. It was obtained through foreign interference and by far the worst abuses of democracy in modern British history, and it robs us of freedom and citizenship.
#RejoinEU
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We owe them a debt of thanks. The EU was born out of the horrors of war when leaders got together to say ‘never again’
It’s humanity’s greatest example of countries working together for peace, mutual benefit, equality, and human rights
Happy #EuropeDay
It’s humanity’s greatest example of countries working together for peace, mutual benefit, equality, and human rights
Happy #EuropeDay
Remembering the Founding Mothers and Fathers of the EU on Europe Day 🇪🇺🕊
May 9, 2025 at 4:07 PM
We owe them a debt of thanks. The EU was born out of the horrors of war when leaders got together to say ‘never again’
It’s humanity’s greatest example of countries working together for peace, mutual benefit, equality, and human rights
Happy #EuropeDay
It’s humanity’s greatest example of countries working together for peace, mutual benefit, equality, and human rights
Happy #EuropeDay
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My father who served in the RAF right through WWII returned damaged both physically and mentally and went through the rest of his life with very little medical help for what he suffered. Rather than celebrating the end of wars long past how about preventing them from happening in future? #r4today
May 8, 2025 at 6:47 AM
My father who served in the RAF right through WWII returned damaged both physically and mentally and went through the rest of his life with very little medical help for what he suffered. Rather than celebrating the end of wars long past how about preventing them from happening in future? #r4today
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Seeing an odd collection of Labour tribalists on Bluesky lately insisting that, despite appearances, UK Labour is doing wondrous things and insisting that people are either not seeing them or being impatient. This from George Monbiot seems like a good summary of how that is, frankly, nonsense.
May 7, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Seeing an odd collection of Labour tribalists on Bluesky lately insisting that, despite appearances, UK Labour is doing wondrous things and insisting that people are either not seeing them or being impatient. This from George Monbiot seems like a good summary of how that is, frankly, nonsense.
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Immigration is not the problem it’s now widely believed to be.
Brexit is much more of a problem than it’s reported to be.
So how can govt achieve growth, fix public svcs and deal with the cost of living if fear of Reform means it won’t be honest with us about these 2 elephants in the room?
It can’t.
Brexit is much more of a problem than it’s reported to be.
So how can govt achieve growth, fix public svcs and deal with the cost of living if fear of Reform means it won’t be honest with us about these 2 elephants in the room?
It can’t.
May 5, 2025 at 8:02 AM
Immigration is not the problem it’s now widely believed to be.
Brexit is much more of a problem than it’s reported to be.
So how can govt achieve growth, fix public svcs and deal with the cost of living if fear of Reform means it won’t be honest with us about these 2 elephants in the room?
It can’t.
Brexit is much more of a problem than it’s reported to be.
So how can govt achieve growth, fix public svcs and deal with the cost of living if fear of Reform means it won’t be honest with us about these 2 elephants in the room?
It can’t.
Hey Chumbawamba, how about re-forming (not reform-ing - God forbid) and helping us make sense of, or even better, put a halt to this rush to UK Trumpism? Or maybe just form a political party, and the next government? Come on, you know you can do it. We need you.
May 2, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Hey Chumbawamba, how about re-forming (not reform-ing - God forbid) and helping us make sense of, or even better, put a halt to this rush to UK Trumpism? Or maybe just form a political party, and the next government? Come on, you know you can do it. We need you.
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Thinking of voting Reform UK because you want a change?
Be careful what you wish for – Reform UK are salespeople offering simplistic solutions that come with baggage that would cost you and the country
@cliffmitchell.bsky.social @centralbylines.co.uk
Be careful what you wish for – Reform UK are salespeople offering simplistic solutions that come with baggage that would cost you and the country
@cliffmitchell.bsky.social @centralbylines.co.uk
Thinking of voting Reform UK because you want a change?
Be careful what you wish for – Reform UK are salespeople offering simplistic solutions that come with baggage that would cost you and the country
centralbylines.co.uk
April 28, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Thinking of voting Reform UK because you want a change?
Be careful what you wish for – Reform UK are salespeople offering simplistic solutions that come with baggage that would cost you and the country
@cliffmitchell.bsky.social @centralbylines.co.uk
Be careful what you wish for – Reform UK are salespeople offering simplistic solutions that come with baggage that would cost you and the country
@cliffmitchell.bsky.social @centralbylines.co.uk
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I'm faced with the prospect of having to vote for the Tory (right-wing) candidate in the Lincolnshire mayoral election in order to keep the Reform (right-wing nutter) candidate out. Not pretty.
April 11, 2025 at 4:32 PM
I'm faced with the prospect of having to vote for the Tory (right-wing) candidate in the Lincolnshire mayoral election in order to keep the Reform (right-wing nutter) candidate out. Not pretty.
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Home Office once again seeking to reduce UK exports of higher education. As if the sector wasn't in enough trouble already (and not getting the attention such as important one should get). www.ft.com/content/f441...
UK Home Office’s reform of graduate visas runs into opposition
Education department at odds with plan to curb number of overseas students allowed to stay in Britain
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April 8, 2025 at 5:58 AM
Home Office once again seeking to reduce UK exports of higher education. As if the sector wasn't in enough trouble already (and not getting the attention such as important one should get). www.ft.com/content/f441...
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The British government doesn’t get it. Brexit was the first step in the populist crapshow that has weakened Europe as a whole vis a vis Trump and Putin. Reducing the harm of Brexit is the first step to Europe recovering
Asked whether Trump's trade war means the UK will now consider re-entering a customs union with the EU, Keir Starmer's spokesman replies that "we're not going backwards when it comes to Brexit"
April 8, 2025 at 5:59 AM
The British government doesn’t get it. Brexit was the first step in the populist crapshow that has weakened Europe as a whole vis a vis Trump and Putin. Reducing the harm of Brexit is the first step to Europe recovering
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I would do anything for growth (but I won't do that).
Labour continues to put the party interest before the national interest.
Labour continues to put the party interest before the national interest.
April 8, 2025 at 6:20 AM
I would do anything for growth (but I won't do that).
Labour continues to put the party interest before the national interest.
Labour continues to put the party interest before the national interest.
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Marine Le Pen and Nigel Farage are old friends. They both took a LOT of money from the EU without doing any work for it. One of them has now been convicted of embezzlement. It would be interesting to know if the UK authorities have ever even investigated Nigel Farage.
#FightFascism
#FightFascism
April 1, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Marine Le Pen and Nigel Farage are old friends. They both took a LOT of money from the EU without doing any work for it. One of them has now been convicted of embezzlement. It would be interesting to know if the UK authorities have ever even investigated Nigel Farage.
#FightFascism
#FightFascism
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Blimey. One of Nigel Farage's biggest donors, and the owner of 55 Tufton Street, is helping the Russian military effort www.nytimes.com/2025/03/28/w...
March 28, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Blimey. One of Nigel Farage's biggest donors, and the owner of 55 Tufton Street, is helping the Russian military effort www.nytimes.com/2025/03/28/w...
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Following Labour's pathetic response to the Rejoin debate yesterday, let's keep the pressure up. All rejoiners, please sign and share. #RejoinEU
Labour's ONLY reason not to #RejoinEU given is that it's in manifesto not to.
So let's demand a Rejoin referendum, which is not in their manifesto, getting rid of that pathetic excuse.
Please Sign and Share! Let's get it to 10k for a response...
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
So let's demand a Rejoin referendum, which is not in their manifesto, getting rid of that pathetic excuse.
Please Sign and Share! Let's get it to 10k for a response...
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
Petition: Hold a referendum on re-joining the European Union
I want the government to hold a referendum on whether the UK should Rejoin the European Union.
petition.parliament.uk
March 25, 2025 at 7:37 AM
Following Labour's pathetic response to the Rejoin debate yesterday, let's keep the pressure up. All rejoiners, please sign and share. #RejoinEU
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Very informative thread on the situation on the Ukrainian frontline.
An update on the war following a recent trip. The situation has improved compared with Fall 2024. Russian offensive momentum slowed significantly over the winter, though it is premature to claim that the front has stabilized, especially following AFU withdrawal in Kursk. /1
March 21, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Very informative thread on the situation on the Ukrainian frontline.
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Why is Kemi Badenoch, leader of the UK’s Conservative Party dropping net zero targets?
Look no further
Conservatives Have Taken £7.2 Million from Climate Denial Group Funders and Directors
Figures linked to the Global Warming Policy Foundation have handed huge sums to the Tories.
Look no further
Conservatives Have Taken £7.2 Million from Climate Denial Group Funders and Directors
Figures linked to the Global Warming Policy Foundation have handed huge sums to the Tories.
Conservatives Have Taken £7.2 Million from Climate Denial Group Funders and Directors
Funders and directors of the UK’s leading climate science denial group have donated more than £7 million to the Conservative Party over the past two decades, DeSmog can reveal. The Global Warming Poli...
www.desmog.com
March 18, 2025 at 10:44 AM
Why is Kemi Badenoch, leader of the UK’s Conservative Party dropping net zero targets?
Look no further
Conservatives Have Taken £7.2 Million from Climate Denial Group Funders and Directors
Figures linked to the Global Warming Policy Foundation have handed huge sums to the Tories.
Look no further
Conservatives Have Taken £7.2 Million from Climate Denial Group Funders and Directors
Figures linked to the Global Warming Policy Foundation have handed huge sums to the Tories.
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And the net effect of this is that many of the people who only voted Labour "to get the Tories out" in 2024 are getting less and less likely to lend their votes again in 2029.
Remember:
1. They're not natural Labour voters
2. The Tories won't be in power
3. Labour's not behaving in the expected way
Remember:
1. They're not natural Labour voters
2. The Tories won't be in power
3. Labour's not behaving in the expected way
March 14, 2025 at 11:46 AM
And the net effect of this is that many of the people who only voted Labour "to get the Tories out" in 2024 are getting less and less likely to lend their votes again in 2029.
Remember:
1. They're not natural Labour voters
2. The Tories won't be in power
3. Labour's not behaving in the expected way
Remember:
1. They're not natural Labour voters
2. The Tories won't be in power
3. Labour's not behaving in the expected way
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Mentioned it before, but I get significantly angrier when Labour behave like Tories than when the Tories do, because you instinctively expect it of the latter but not of Labour, so the "disappointment gap" is MUCH larger in Labour's case.
March 14, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Mentioned it before, but I get significantly angrier when Labour behave like Tories than when the Tories do, because you instinctively expect it of the latter but not of Labour, so the "disappointment gap" is MUCH larger in Labour's case.
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WE’VE HAD ENOUGH OF BREXIT LABOUR!
March 12, 2025 at 9:38 AM
WE’VE HAD ENOUGH OF BREXIT LABOUR!
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Perfect.
![Cartoon by Stephen Collins for The Guardian. Script as follows:
[scene is Winston Churchill in a bbc studio, giving his 'finest hour' speech]
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CHURCHILL:
The whole fury and might of the enemy must very soon be turned on us.
2
CHURCHILL:
Hitler knows that he will have to break us in this Island or lose the war.
3
CHURCHILL:
If we can stand up to him, all Europe may be free
and the life of the world may move forward into broad, sun-
BBC PRESENTER:
Thank you prime minister
4
BBC PRESENTER:
Mr hitler, your response?
5
HITLER [in the studio]:
Vell zis is hysterical woke nonsense as usual from mr Churchill
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HITLER:
What we are proposing -
CHURCHILL:
Hang on
7
HITLER:
Let me finish - what we are proposing eez a simple power-sharing arrangement -
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CHURCHILL:
What's he doing here
BBC PRESENTER:
It's important we hear both sides of the debate
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CHURCHILL:
This isn't a debate
You don't debate fascists
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HITLER:
Oh here we go with ze Godwins law!
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HITLER:
Why must you people always compare ze things you don't like to 'fascists, Nazis, Hitler'...
CHURCHILL:
Because you are a fascist Nazi Hit-
12
HITLER [standing up, saluting]:
RAUSS!
BBC PRESENTER:
*Please* Mr Churchill let him speak
[ends]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:4m3we4apbjayclzcnhwe3pfp/bafkreibw4ldc3fhslbvxgy2oqrof2oys5kpgh7zu6a5f3usmx3lf4547qm@jpeg)
March 10, 2025 at 10:02 AM
Perfect.