patrickcherry
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there is always time to save our world and our future. Populists are filth. Honesty the disinfectant. Not left not right. #FBPE
UK/France, EU
there is always time to save our world and our future. Populists are filth. Honesty the disinfectant. Not left not right. #FBPE
UK/France, EU
COP 30, not a waste of time. Lots of positives and possibilities.
November 25, 2025 at 9:10 AM
COP 30, not a waste of time. Lots of positives and possibilities.
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Still reeling from the Stanford report on Brexit. Reduced GDP by up to 8% and investment by as much as 18%. The UK Treasury would have £40 billion more each year if Britain had remained in the EU. Devastating self-immolation.
The Economic Impact of Brexit
Other
siepr.stanford.edu
November 24, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Still reeling from the Stanford report on Brexit. Reduced GDP by up to 8% and investment by as much as 18%. The UK Treasury would have £40 billion more each year if Britain had remained in the EU. Devastating self-immolation.
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This is excellent. But if you read this you’re one of the people who’s already asking yourself what the social networks of the past have become.
And I’m on my way to Brugge to run a comms training course. Where few attendees will care about this.
And I’m on my way to Brugge to run a comms training course. Where few attendees will care about this.
November 25, 2025 at 6:35 AM
This is excellent. But if you read this you’re one of the people who’s already asking yourself what the social networks of the past have become.
And I’m on my way to Brugge to run a comms training course. Where few attendees will care about this.
And I’m on my way to Brugge to run a comms training course. Where few attendees will care about this.
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This is one of the big accounts boosting Tommy Robinson, Farage and Reform and ‘English Patriots’.
It’s Russian.
It’s Russian.
November 24, 2025 at 10:30 AM
This is one of the big accounts boosting Tommy Robinson, Farage and Reform and ‘English Patriots’.
It’s Russian.
It’s Russian.
Plenty of optimism after COP. Don't believe the narrative that it was just a waste of time.
Fascinating long read below.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Fascinating long read below.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘Fossil fuel giants finally in the crosshairs’: Cop30 avoids total failure with last-ditch deal
It took some oblique wording, but Saudi Arabia made a last-minute decision to sign deal that marks departure for Cop
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 6:37 AM
Plenty of optimism after COP. Don't believe the narrative that it was just a waste of time.
Fascinating long read below.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Fascinating long read below.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
"Ukraine must stop talking about war crimes, cut the size of its army, promise never to join NATO, never to invite European troops onto its territory & even hold elections within 100 days, a demand not made of Russia, a dictatorship that has not held free elections for over 2 decades."
For a decade, Russia has been seeking to divide Europe and America, to undermine NATO and weaken the transatlantic alliance. This peace plan, if accepted, will achieve that goal.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
The Murky Plan That Ensures a Future War
Who will benefit from the White House’s 28-point proposal for Ukraine?
www.theatlantic.com
November 23, 2025 at 9:19 AM
"Ukraine must stop talking about war crimes, cut the size of its army, promise never to join NATO, never to invite European troops onto its territory & even hold elections within 100 days, a demand not made of Russia, a dictatorship that has not held free elections for over 2 decades."
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Jonathan Freedland finally says it:
Britain is drowning bc there’s a Brexit-shaped hole in the roof and Labour refuses to fix it.
Reeves can juggle taxes but nothing improves until we face the truth.
We’re poorer bc of Brexit. We stay poor if Labour protects it.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Britain is drowning bc there’s a Brexit-shaped hole in the roof and Labour refuses to fix it.
Reeves can juggle taxes but nothing improves until we face the truth.
We’re poorer bc of Brexit. We stay poor if Labour protects it.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Rachel Reeves is studiously ignoring the cause of Britain’s woes: the Brexit-shaped hole in its roof | Jonathan Freedland
The autumn budget will mop up some damage, but the true source of the economic crisis is clear. The government should now fix it – tragically, it won’t, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2025 at 8:24 AM
Jonathan Freedland finally says it:
Britain is drowning bc there’s a Brexit-shaped hole in the roof and Labour refuses to fix it.
Reeves can juggle taxes but nothing improves until we face the truth.
We’re poorer bc of Brexit. We stay poor if Labour protects it.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Britain is drowning bc there’s a Brexit-shaped hole in the roof and Labour refuses to fix it.
Reeves can juggle taxes but nothing improves until we face the truth.
We’re poorer bc of Brexit. We stay poor if Labour protects it.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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🔥 BREAKING: Bank of England confirms
Brexit’s economic damage is *DOUBLE* whatOBR predicted 🔥 a 6–8% GDP hit, collapsing investment, and lasting harm to services.
The biggest self-inflicted economic shock in modern 🇬🇧 history.
Labour are committed to Brexit destroying 🇬🇧
archive.ph/2025.11.20-2...
Brexit’s economic damage is *DOUBLE* whatOBR predicted 🔥 a 6–8% GDP hit, collapsing investment, and lasting harm to services.
The biggest self-inflicted economic shock in modern 🇬🇧 history.
Labour are committed to Brexit destroying 🇬🇧
archive.ph/2025.11.20-2...
November 20, 2025 at 10:04 PM
🔥 BREAKING: Bank of England confirms
Brexit’s economic damage is *DOUBLE* whatOBR predicted 🔥 a 6–8% GDP hit, collapsing investment, and lasting harm to services.
The biggest self-inflicted economic shock in modern 🇬🇧 history.
Labour are committed to Brexit destroying 🇬🇧
archive.ph/2025.11.20-2...
Brexit’s economic damage is *DOUBLE* whatOBR predicted 🔥 a 6–8% GDP hit, collapsing investment, and lasting harm to services.
The biggest self-inflicted economic shock in modern 🇬🇧 history.
Labour are committed to Brexit destroying 🇬🇧
archive.ph/2025.11.20-2...
Bookmark this. And then give it or read it to anyone who tells you they "might even vote Reform", or "may have no choice but to vote Reform"
This is farage, and those around him clearly share the same views.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
This is farage, and those around him clearly share the same views.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Twenty people allege he has a racist past. He denies it. Who’s telling the truth about Farage’s schooldays?
Reform UK’s leader refuses to answer questions about his abusive behaviour, claiming there’s ‘no evidence’. We talk to victims and witnesses
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Bookmark this. And then give it or read it to anyone who tells you they "might even vote Reform", or "may have no choice but to vote Reform"
This is farage, and those around him clearly share the same views.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
This is farage, and those around him clearly share the same views.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Russia's ambassador to the UK, Yakovenko, boasted about Brexit to another diplomat:
“We have crushed the British to the ground. They are on their knees and will not rise for a very long time”
Today, Farage’s close ally, leader of Reform in Wales, was sentenced to 10yrs for taking bribes from Russia.
“We have crushed the British to the ground. They are on their knees and will not rise for a very long time”
Today, Farage’s close ally, leader of Reform in Wales, was sentenced to 10yrs for taking bribes from Russia.
Brexit has caused almost twice as much damage to the UK economy than estimated by official forecasts, according to new paper from a group of experts including a senior Bank of England economist
Brexit Hit to UK Economy Double Official Estimate, Study Finds
Brexit has caused almost twice as much damage to the UK economy than estimated by official forecasts, according to new paper from a group of experts including a senior Bank of England economist.
bloom.bg
November 21, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Russia's ambassador to the UK, Yakovenko, boasted about Brexit to another diplomat:
“We have crushed the British to the ground. They are on their knees and will not rise for a very long time”
Today, Farage’s close ally, leader of Reform in Wales, was sentenced to 10yrs for taking bribes from Russia.
“We have crushed the British to the ground. They are on their knees and will not rise for a very long time”
Today, Farage’s close ally, leader of Reform in Wales, was sentenced to 10yrs for taking bribes from Russia.
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The journalist who asked is Mary Bruce.
Kudos to her for asking.
Kudos to her for asking.
Reporter: Is it appropriate for your family to do business with Saudi Arabia while you’re president? The us intelligence concluded you orchestrated the murder of a journalist…
Trump: Who are you with?
Reporter: ABC News
Trump: Who are you with?
Reporter: ABC News
November 18, 2025 at 5:59 PM
The journalist who asked is Mary Bruce.
Kudos to her for asking.
Kudos to her for asking.
@channel4news.bsky.social
Well worth listening to interview with From tonight re Epstein saga on Channel 4 news tonight and how this has a long way to run..
Doesn't seem to be clipped on bluesky
Well worth listening to interview with From tonight re Epstein saga on Channel 4 news tonight and how this has a long way to run..
Doesn't seem to be clipped on bluesky
November 18, 2025 at 10:34 PM
@channel4news.bsky.social
Well worth listening to interview with From tonight re Epstein saga on Channel 4 news tonight and how this has a long way to run..
Doesn't seem to be clipped on bluesky
Well worth listening to interview with From tonight re Epstein saga on Channel 4 news tonight and how this has a long way to run..
Doesn't seem to be clipped on bluesky
What the fuck does trump mean people didn't like khashoggi? Just baloney? Just an investigative journalist causing trouble for crooks like trump?
Not seen any analysis on this...
Not seen any analysis on this...
November 18, 2025 at 10:31 PM
What the fuck does trump mean people didn't like khashoggi? Just baloney? Just an investigative journalist causing trouble for crooks like trump?
Not seen any analysis on this...
Not seen any analysis on this...
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![[Scene is a kitchen - a middle aged woman called JANET is boiling peas at the stove. A younger more colourfully dressed woman named LIZ approached her.]
JANET:
Ugh...
LIZ:
What's up?
JANET:
I am so bored of cooking peas!
LIZ:
Have you tried...
AI peas?
JANET:
AI peas?
LIZ:
They're peas with AI!
[Liz holds up to us a packet of peas labelled: Pea-i AI - Peas with AI].
LIZ:
Al-powered peas harness the potential of your peas
JANET:
What
LIZ [Now a voiceover as we cut to a whizzy technology diagram of peas all connected by meaningless dotted lines]
Why not take your peas to the next level with Al Peas' new Al tools to power your peas?
[Show a techno diagram of a pea with a label reading 'AI' pointing to a random zone in it]
LIZ:
Each pea has Al in a way we haven't quite worked out yet but it's fine
[Show Janet and Liz now in a Matrix-style world of peas]
LIZ:
With Al peas you can supercharge productivity and make AI work for your peas!
JANET:
What
LIZ:
Shut up
LIZ:
Our game-changing Pea-Al gives you the freedom to unlock the potential of the power of the future of your peas workflow
From opening the bag of peas
to boiling the peas
to eating the peas
To spending millions on adding Al to the peas and then having to work out what that even means.
JANET:
Is it really necessary to-
LIZ [Grabbing Janet by the collar]:
THE PEAS HAVE GOT AI, JANET
[Cut to an advert ending screen, with the bag of peas and the slogan:
AI PEAS: Just 'Peas' for god's sake buy the AI peas.
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#r4today what awful tripe from gove.
Haven't contributed via their ancestors since the dawn of the welfare state. Unreal
Maybe Brexit? Coincidence that's where all the problems started. And of course any brave objective informed commentator would expect exactly that result.
Haven't contributed via their ancestors since the dawn of the welfare state. Unreal
Maybe Brexit? Coincidence that's where all the problems started. And of course any brave objective informed commentator would expect exactly that result.
November 12, 2025 at 8:46 AM
#r4today what awful tripe from gove.
Haven't contributed via their ancestors since the dawn of the welfare state. Unreal
Maybe Brexit? Coincidence that's where all the problems started. And of course any brave objective informed commentator would expect exactly that result.
Haven't contributed via their ancestors since the dawn of the welfare state. Unreal
Maybe Brexit? Coincidence that's where all the problems started. And of course any brave objective informed commentator would expect exactly that result.
Absolutely this. Fantastic @iandunt.bsky.social, thank goodness to read an accurate decent analysis of where we are on this awful story.
"Why do they hate the BBC? It's not for the reason they give. In fact it is the opposite. They do not hate its bias. They want it to adopt their bias."
"Why do they hate the BBC? It's not for the reason they give. In fact it is the opposite. They do not hate its bias. They want it to adopt their bias."
What you’re witnessing is a populist assault on the BBC.
This is not an institutional scandal in any meaningful sense of the word. It is an attack on public service broadcasting.
iandunt.substack.com/p/extra-edit...
This is not an institutional scandal in any meaningful sense of the word. It is an attack on public service broadcasting.
iandunt.substack.com/p/extra-edit...
November 10, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Absolutely this. Fantastic @iandunt.bsky.social, thank goodness to read an accurate decent analysis of where we are on this awful story.
"Why do they hate the BBC? It's not for the reason they give. In fact it is the opposite. They do not hate its bias. They want it to adopt their bias."
"Why do they hate the BBC? It's not for the reason they give. In fact it is the opposite. They do not hate its bias. They want it to adopt their bias."
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A good day to listen to our proud, joyous history of the BBC: One of the greatest British inventions of the 20th Century. An institution which, even at its worst, is far better than its detractors podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...
podcasts.apple.com
November 10, 2025 at 11:02 AM
A good day to listen to our proud, joyous history of the BBC: One of the greatest British inventions of the 20th Century. An institution which, even at its worst, is far better than its detractors podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...
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See what’s happening. A Trumpist US media company has taken over Channel 5. Another US company is gunning for ITV. Our social media is saturated by Musk’s calls for civil war in the UK. The BBC is the last thing standing, and Trump/Johnson are trying to bring it down
November 9, 2025 at 11:59 PM
See what’s happening. A Trumpist US media company has taken over Channel 5. Another US company is gunning for ITV. Our social media is saturated by Musk’s calls for civil war in the UK. The BBC is the last thing standing, and Trump/Johnson are trying to bring it down
#r4today well said yelland earlier.
A coup, yes.
The nasty bunch don't want objective reporting of Israel, or Trump, or Reform or other populists and right wing nutters, who now want freedom to speak nasty, sometimes racist, filth.
The BBC has moved their way, but for them, not enough.
A coup, yes.
The nasty bunch don't want objective reporting of Israel, or Trump, or Reform or other populists and right wing nutters, who now want freedom to speak nasty, sometimes racist, filth.
The BBC has moved their way, but for them, not enough.
November 10, 2025 at 7:41 AM
#r4today well said yelland earlier.
A coup, yes.
The nasty bunch don't want objective reporting of Israel, or Trump, or Reform or other populists and right wing nutters, who now want freedom to speak nasty, sometimes racist, filth.
The BBC has moved their way, but for them, not enough.
A coup, yes.
The nasty bunch don't want objective reporting of Israel, or Trump, or Reform or other populists and right wing nutters, who now want freedom to speak nasty, sometimes racist, filth.
The BBC has moved their way, but for them, not enough.
"Maybe they are embittered and resentful that where their calculated, cynical, focus-grouped campaign strategy of insincerity and manipulation has failed, Mamdani’s unabashedly sincere campaign of joy and principle has succeeded."
Labour need to learn from this.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Labour need to learn from this.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Mamdani’s victory is a rebuke to the failed strategies of the Democratic party | Moira Donegan
The Democratic party appears listless and unprincipled, unwilling to fight because they do not believe in anything. Zohran Mamdani is the opposite of this
www.theguardian.com
November 5, 2025 at 6:31 AM
"Maybe they are embittered and resentful that where their calculated, cynical, focus-grouped campaign strategy of insincerity and manipulation has failed, Mamdani’s unabashedly sincere campaign of joy and principle has succeeded."
Labour need to learn from this.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Labour need to learn from this.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Fantastic news, Mamdani and a great victory speech, taking on trump.
Great also to wake up to hear that Sherill and Spanberger have won also.
Fight US, stop trump.
Great also to wake up to hear that Sherill and Spanberger have won also.
Fight US, stop trump.
November 5, 2025 at 6:17 AM
Fantastic news, Mamdani and a great victory speech, taking on trump.
Great also to wake up to hear that Sherill and Spanberger have won also.
Fight US, stop trump.
Great also to wake up to hear that Sherill and Spanberger have won also.
Fight US, stop trump.
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Nope. Cluelessness far more important than being desperate. A total failure to understand the modern world, trade, geography, even international politics. Still not fixed.
And in milder forms quite widespread across Europe.
And in milder forms quite widespread across Europe.
‘I think we were so desperate to get out of the EU that at the time we basically came up with a very bad deal.’
Former Tory Brexit minister David Jones, who has since defected to Reform UK
#Traitors
Former Tory Brexit minister David Jones, who has since defected to Reform UK
#Traitors
November 1, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Nope. Cluelessness far more important than being desperate. A total failure to understand the modern world, trade, geography, even international politics. Still not fixed.
And in milder forms quite widespread across Europe.
And in milder forms quite widespread across Europe.