Nick Briggs
@nickbriggs19.bsky.social
Lincoln City supporter and carrying out PhD research into public dialogue and the Common Good. Still love The Beatles…. and reading.
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This is quite cheering, in the midst of everything. Maybe Farage next?
BREAKING: Nathan Gill is sentenced to 10 & a half years in prison after pleading guilty to eight charges of bribery from a Russian agent.
The "ultimate source" of the funds came from "a close friend of Vladimir Putin," said Mrs Justice Cheema-Grubb.
The "ultimate source" of the funds came from "a close friend of Vladimir Putin," said Mrs Justice Cheema-Grubb.
November 21, 2025 at 1:12 PM
This is quite cheering, in the midst of everything. Maybe Farage next?
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November 20, 2025 at 10:02 AM
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Mill workers were hugely important in the push to get women the vote. Although wages were low they, wielded economic power and were well organised.
They often, unfairly, get overlooked in the popular narrative where the quest for the vote gets cast as a purely middle or upper class movement.
They often, unfairly, get overlooked in the popular narrative where the quest for the vote gets cast as a purely middle or upper class movement.
This has to be one of of the most iconic photographs of the 20th century from March 1907. Sixteen years old suffragette Dora Thewlis. A poor mill worker from Honley in Huddersfield she was a member of the Women's Social and Political Union At a demonstration in London she is
November 20, 2025 at 9:12 AM
Mill workers were hugely important in the push to get women the vote. Although wages were low they, wielded economic power and were well organised.
They often, unfairly, get overlooked in the popular narrative where the quest for the vote gets cast as a purely middle or upper class movement.
They often, unfairly, get overlooked in the popular narrative where the quest for the vote gets cast as a purely middle or upper class movement.
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👏👏👏
The Guardian are reporting a significant increase in Jewish people voting for the Green Party.
It's almost like many of us grew up learning a history of persecution & violence.
We don't oppose the Genocide in spite of being Jewish but because of it.
Never again for everyone.
It's almost like many of us grew up learning a history of persecution & violence.
We don't oppose the Genocide in spite of being Jewish but because of it.
Never again for everyone.
November 20, 2025 at 10:12 AM
👏👏👏
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YouGov polling for @bestforbritain.org shows that most people intending or considering a vote for Reform are in favour of a wealth tax - which is Green Party policy
Nigel Farage & Richard Tice are, of course, vehemently opposed to taxing the ultra-rich whose interests they represent.
Nigel Farage & Richard Tice are, of course, vehemently opposed to taxing the ultra-rich whose interests they represent.
November 20, 2025 at 10:11 AM
YouGov polling for @bestforbritain.org shows that most people intending or considering a vote for Reform are in favour of a wealth tax - which is Green Party policy
Nigel Farage & Richard Tice are, of course, vehemently opposed to taxing the ultra-rich whose interests they represent.
Nigel Farage & Richard Tice are, of course, vehemently opposed to taxing the ultra-rich whose interests they represent.
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He is SO full of it.
To make work optional, you would need universal basic income (UBI) - and I cannot see Musk championing such a policy.
To make work optional, you would need universal basic income (UBI) - and I cannot see Musk championing such a policy.
This is an...interesting...economic theory:
"...the only way...to prevent America from going bankrupt is AI and robotics...
Robots like Optimus will make working "optional" in the future...
We'll have...universal high income," Musk said.
www.businessinsider.com/elon-musk-sa...
"...the only way...to prevent America from going bankrupt is AI and robotics...
Robots like Optimus will make working "optional" in the future...
We'll have...universal high income," Musk said.
www.businessinsider.com/elon-musk-sa...
Elon Musk says Optimus will 'eliminate poverty' in speech after his $1 trillion pay package was approved
Elon Musk has spent the last few weeks outlining a future with Optimus — one that will "eliminate" poverty, work, and require a universal income.
www.businessinsider.com
November 20, 2025 at 10:14 AM
He is SO full of it.
To make work optional, you would need universal basic income (UBI) - and I cannot see Musk championing such a policy.
To make work optional, you would need universal basic income (UBI) - and I cannot see Musk championing such a policy.
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After another week of banging on about immigration, Keir Starmer's ratings fall to their lowest ever level.
At what point do Labour strategists start to think that maybe this isn't quite the winning strategy they believed?
At what point do Labour strategists start to think that maybe this isn't quite the winning strategy they believed?
November 20, 2025 at 9:59 AM
After another week of banging on about immigration, Keir Starmer's ratings fall to their lowest ever level.
At what point do Labour strategists start to think that maybe this isn't quite the winning strategy they believed?
At what point do Labour strategists start to think that maybe this isn't quite the winning strategy they believed?
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AI will never replace novelists. If you think that, you don’t understand what novels actually are.
And you also don’t understand what AI is capable of.
And you also don’t understand what AI is capable of.
November 20, 2025 at 10:17 AM
AI will never replace novelists. If you think that, you don’t understand what novels actually are.
And you also don’t understand what AI is capable of.
And you also don’t understand what AI is capable of.
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Farage and Reform bought into the lie they had majority support in the country, they never did, they were the most vocal. Large turnout and tactical voting will defeat Reform just like it has in Caerphilly.
October 24, 2025 at 6:54 AM
Farage and Reform bought into the lie they had majority support in the country, they never did, they were the most vocal. Large turnout and tactical voting will defeat Reform just like it has in Caerphilly.
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I always keep an eye on new Parliamentary petitions, and think this one is worth supporting.
It makes sense to give more migrants a say in the democratic process when their continued existence in this country is under threat from politicians in Reform, the Conservatives and Labour.
It makes sense to give more migrants a say in the democratic process when their continued existence in this country is under threat from politicians in Reform, the Conservatives and Labour.
Petition: Allow people with Indefinite Leave to Remain to vote in parliamentary elections
Extend voting in UK parliamentary elections to include those who have been granted Indefinite Leave to Remain (ILR).
petition.parliament.uk
October 24, 2025 at 10:08 AM
I always keep an eye on new Parliamentary petitions, and think this one is worth supporting.
It makes sense to give more migrants a say in the democratic process when their continued existence in this country is under threat from politicians in Reform, the Conservatives and Labour.
It makes sense to give more migrants a say in the democratic process when their continued existence in this country is under threat from politicians in Reform, the Conservatives and Labour.
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Enoch Powell was sacked *in a heartbeat* by the Leader of the Conservative Party for being overtly racist. That was the right response. Today the Conservative party is embracing policies more extreme than Powell.
We do not have to understand this. We have to oppose it.
We do not have to understand this. We have to oppose it.
To win arguments we need to understand the basis on which our opponents are gaining ground. As a rough rule of thumb shouting ‘FFS’ voters as a relatively useless strategy.
October 24, 2025 at 10:22 AM
Enoch Powell was sacked *in a heartbeat* by the Leader of the Conservative Party for being overtly racist. That was the right response. Today the Conservative party is embracing policies more extreme than Powell.
We do not have to understand this. We have to oppose it.
We do not have to understand this. We have to oppose it.
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We sit at the end of a decades-long process, partly structural but also partly very deliberate, of the breaking-down of shared norms of informational awareness and trust that could maintain a patchy but workable distinction between news, propaganda, and advertising.
It’s also the case that many time normies do not know about this thing!
Local media is hollowed out! Many people are fundamentally disengaged!
Local media is hollowed out! Many people are fundamentally disengaged!
"normies do not care about this thing and so it is no use raising a stink" is imho just an excuse for not doing politics, which is the job of making normies care about something
October 24, 2025 at 10:27 AM
We sit at the end of a decades-long process, partly structural but also partly very deliberate, of the breaking-down of shared norms of informational awareness and trust that could maintain a patchy but workable distinction between news, propaganda, and advertising.
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See, the thing is, I've met Kwasi Kwarteng. Had a conversation that went on a while. I know he's a prat.
But the rest of the country ought to have figured that out when he was the lead man on the most disastrous economic policy decision of the modern era.
But the rest of the country ought to have figured that out when he was the lead man on the most disastrous economic policy decision of the modern era.
Sorry @theipaper.com but WHY is this guy talking to us about what will make the UK poorer? He was happy to grenade our economy twice…
Brexit and then his batshit budget with Truss.
He should be in political oblivion for the mess he made and the price we all have to pay for his party’s failures.
Brexit and then his batshit budget with Truss.
He should be in political oblivion for the mess he made and the price we all have to pay for his party’s failures.
October 24, 2025 at 10:32 AM
See, the thing is, I've met Kwasi Kwarteng. Had a conversation that went on a while. I know he's a prat.
But the rest of the country ought to have figured that out when he was the lead man on the most disastrous economic policy decision of the modern era.
But the rest of the country ought to have figured that out when he was the lead man on the most disastrous economic policy decision of the modern era.
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Nigel Farage swans around peddling hate on Nick Ferrari’s phone-in | John Crace
Nigel Farage swans around peddling hate on Nick Ferrari’s phone-in | John Crace
From immigrants eating the king’s waterfowl to sharia law in London, it’s all there in our Nige’s relativist world
www.theguardian.com
September 25, 2025 at 5:33 AM
Nigel Farage swans around peddling hate on Nick Ferrari’s phone-in | John Crace
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The administration has ordered that "black" be stricken from all song titles. Hence:
"Paint It" - Stones
"Bird" - Beatles
"Back In" - AC/DC
"Hole Sun" - Soundgarden
"Or White - Michael Jackson
"Paint It" - Stones
"Bird" - Beatles
"Back In" - AC/DC
"Hole Sun" - Soundgarden
"Or White - Michael Jackson
September 20, 2025 at 1:32 PM
The administration has ordered that "black" be stricken from all song titles. Hence:
"Paint It" - Stones
"Bird" - Beatles
"Back In" - AC/DC
"Hole Sun" - Soundgarden
"Or White - Michael Jackson
"Paint It" - Stones
"Bird" - Beatles
"Back In" - AC/DC
"Hole Sun" - Soundgarden
"Or White - Michael Jackson
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bring back public shame idk
you should be embarrassed to be this racist in front of people
you should be embarrassed to be this racist in front of people
September 21, 2025 at 11:40 AM
bring back public shame idk
you should be embarrassed to be this racist in front of people
you should be embarrassed to be this racist in front of people
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This is it. Overwhelming anti-intellectualism. Everywhere, all the time
Can’t help but feel that we are living in an era of overwhelming anti-intellectualism on every front, with AI being the corporate vanguard of this cultural emptiness.
September 21, 2025 at 10:05 AM
This is it. Overwhelming anti-intellectualism. Everywhere, all the time
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This guy is such a scumbag.
Do not buy Dyson products.
Do not buy Dyson products.
September 20, 2025 at 10:07 AM
This guy is such a scumbag.
Do not buy Dyson products.
Do not buy Dyson products.
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Edward Kelley, pardoned by Trump for Jan. 6 crimes, was sentenced to life for plotting to kill FBI agents in Tennessee, compiling a “kill list” and planning attacks with car bombs and drones; his co-conspirator testified against him.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
September 17, 2025 at 9:54 AM
Edward Kelley, pardoned by Trump for Jan. 6 crimes, was sentenced to life for plotting to kill FBI agents in Tennessee, compiling a “kill list” and planning attacks with car bombs and drones; his co-conspirator testified against him.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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This was a word AND he cussed 😂
September 14, 2025 at 11:47 PM
This was a word AND he cussed 😂
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The first US-born leader of the Catholic church singled out the Tesla chief as an example of the kind of wealth he said was undermining 'the value of human life, of the family, of the value of society' on.ft.com/4653oC8
September 15, 2025 at 2:01 AM
The first US-born leader of the Catholic church singled out the Tesla chief as an example of the kind of wealth he said was undermining 'the value of human life, of the family, of the value of society' on.ft.com/4653oC8
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Political discourse *should* be about how best to take care of one another. It *shouldn’t* be about defending your humanity against the assault of unrepentant bigots and misogynists like Charlie Kirk.
Those same unrepentant bigots and misogynists are now playing the victim.
Those same unrepentant bigots and misogynists are now playing the victim.
September 15, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Political discourse *should* be about how best to take care of one another. It *shouldn’t* be about defending your humanity against the assault of unrepentant bigots and misogynists like Charlie Kirk.
Those same unrepentant bigots and misogynists are now playing the victim.
Those same unrepentant bigots and misogynists are now playing the victim.
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@shoshanade.bsky.social Your Bylines article was along similar lines wasn't it?
"Leaving X isn’t about surrendering ground. It’s about refusing to lend legitimacy to a platform being weaponised against democracy"
Anyone know if this is doing the rounds on the shitpit?
"Leaving X isn’t about surrendering ground. It’s about refusing to lend legitimacy to a platform being weaponised against democracy"
Anyone know if this is doing the rounds on the shitpit?
September 14, 2025 at 5:36 PM
@shoshanade.bsky.social Your Bylines article was along similar lines wasn't it?
"Leaving X isn’t about surrendering ground. It’s about refusing to lend legitimacy to a platform being weaponised against democracy"
Anyone know if this is doing the rounds on the shitpit?
"Leaving X isn’t about surrendering ground. It’s about refusing to lend legitimacy to a platform being weaponised against democracy"
Anyone know if this is doing the rounds on the shitpit?
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It's yelling into the void but something tell me it just needs to kept being said: if you are still posting, RTing, or lurking on X, you are helping keep users there and you are helping this guy pull in advertising revenue.
You are a volunteer worker for a slobbering, drug-addled white supremacist
You are a volunteer worker for a slobbering, drug-addled white supremacist
Elon Musk calls for dissolution of parliament at far-right rally in London
US-based tech boss was addressing the ‘unite the kingdom’ protest organised by Tommy Robinson via video link
www.theguardian.com
September 14, 2025 at 10:13 AM
It's yelling into the void but something tell me it just needs to kept being said: if you are still posting, RTing, or lurking on X, you are helping keep users there and you are helping this guy pull in advertising revenue.
You are a volunteer worker for a slobbering, drug-addled white supremacist
You are a volunteer worker for a slobbering, drug-addled white supremacist
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Elon Musk and several of the largest accounts on Twitter are doing everything they possibly can in this moment to focus the violent retribution people are braying for right now towards trans people.
It is IMPERATIVE to be loud ally right now and defend the trans community with our whole chest.
It is IMPERATIVE to be loud ally right now and defend the trans community with our whole chest.
September 14, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Elon Musk and several of the largest accounts on Twitter are doing everything they possibly can in this moment to focus the violent retribution people are braying for right now towards trans people.
It is IMPERATIVE to be loud ally right now and defend the trans community with our whole chest.
It is IMPERATIVE to be loud ally right now and defend the trans community with our whole chest.