Phil Waring
@philwaring.bsky.social
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UK Brefugee in Spain.
Afraid for Democracy.
Pro-EU. Anti-tory. Anti-Fascist. Trans ally. #FBPE
(I tend not to follow back US accounts; there are just too many of you! Sorry).
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UK Brefugee in Spain.
Afraid for Democracy.
Pro-EU. Anti-tory. Anti-Fascist. Trans ally. #FBPE
(I tend not to follow back US accounts; there are just too many of you! Sorry).
🗣 🇬🇧🇫🇷🇩🇪🇪🇸
Pinned
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Nine out of every ten responses reject segregating trans people.
Let's see what actually happens...
Let's see what actually happens...
Striking numbers which demonstrate, in spades, how tiny is the popular support for the culture of hate that Britain's institutions seem determined to impose on a kind and accepting majority.
(Expect the BBC to ignore it or qualify it to oblivion.)
(Expect the BBC to ignore it or qualify it to oblivion.)
January 29, 2026 at 10:48 AM
Nine out of every ten responses reject segregating trans people.
Let's see what actually happens...
Let's see what actually happens...
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I agree. Working on a new report on this right now. What happened in Atlanta today is significantly worse than it even appears on the surface. I daresay I no longer hold out much hope that this fall will be anything but utter—and scary—chaos.
A free and fair election increasingly feels unthinkable.
A free and fair election increasingly feels unthinkable.
Ossoff: "This is a seismic event. This should have people across the country absolutely shook. This is a huge deal. This is an FBI raid on the Fulton County Elections office ... This is a shot across the bow at the midterm elections. He tried to steal power when he lost it in 2020."
January 29, 2026 at 5:31 AM
I agree. Working on a new report on this right now. What happened in Atlanta today is significantly worse than it even appears on the surface. I daresay I no longer hold out much hope that this fall will be anything but utter—and scary—chaos.
A free and fair election increasingly feels unthinkable.
A free and fair election increasingly feels unthinkable.
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I think it's almost a verbatim record of his conversation with Putin
Note the "docked airplane" which I think is a mistranslation of the Russian idiom for "parked airplane"
Russian air defence of it's vital assets really is rubbish
Note the "docked airplane" which I think is a mistranslation of the Russian idiom for "parked airplane"
Russian air defence of it's vital assets really is rubbish
Putin just attacked and murdered civilians on a train.
Yet Trump is mad Ukraine hit military planes
Yet Trump is mad Ukraine hit military planes
January 29, 2026 at 8:32 AM
I think it's almost a verbatim record of his conversation with Putin
Note the "docked airplane" which I think is a mistranslation of the Russian idiom for "parked airplane"
Russian air defence of it's vital assets really is rubbish
Note the "docked airplane" which I think is a mistranslation of the Russian idiom for "parked airplane"
Russian air defence of it's vital assets really is rubbish
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Brits: you are nowhere near frightened enough of what's happening in the US right now and what UK politicians are promising with the help of Palantir and friends. From @ markmcposts on IG.
January 29, 2026 at 7:45 AM
Brits: you are nowhere near frightened enough of what's happening in the US right now and what UK politicians are promising with the help of Palantir and friends. From @ markmcposts on IG.
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Don’t pay any attention to a Finditoutnow poll which shows Reform winning in the Gorton & Denton byelection.
The sample is just 143 people and the top three are blurred into margin of error.
The sample is just 143 people and the top three are blurred into margin of error.
January 28, 2026 at 11:42 PM
Don’t pay any attention to a Finditoutnow poll which shows Reform winning in the Gorton & Denton byelection.
The sample is just 143 people and the top three are blurred into margin of error.
The sample is just 143 people and the top three are blurred into margin of error.
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January 28, 2026 at 11:39 PM
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GOP Senator Thom Tillis tells Jake Tapper on CNN: “I believe that Noem is out of her depth. I think she's reached the Peter Principle. She is not competent to run this organisation. And I haven't even begun to talk about the failure on FEMA and disaster response in North Carolina.”
January 29, 2026 at 12:24 AM
GOP Senator Thom Tillis tells Jake Tapper on CNN: “I believe that Noem is out of her depth. I think she's reached the Peter Principle. She is not competent to run this organisation. And I haven't even begun to talk about the failure on FEMA and disaster response in North Carolina.”
Long - but powerful - read.
Trump has converted ICE into his own private secret police force. And that's a huge problem for America. www.economist.com/briefing/202...
Immigration agents have become Donald Trump’s personal posse
That is a liability for America and, increasingly, for him
www.economist.com
January 29, 2026 at 12:15 AM
Long - but powerful - read.
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Trump has converted ICE into his own private secret police force. And that's a huge problem for America. www.economist.com/briefing/202...
Immigration agents have become Donald Trump’s personal posse
That is a liability for America and, increasingly, for him
www.economist.com
January 28, 2026 at 10:33 PM
Trump has converted ICE into his own private secret police force. And that's a huge problem for America. www.economist.com/briefing/202...
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So Reform candidate Matt Goodwin seems to have a high opinion of the constituency he hopes to represent. (H/T @iainoverton.bsky.social)
January 28, 2026 at 10:48 PM
So Reform candidate Matt Goodwin seems to have a high opinion of the constituency he hopes to represent. (H/T @iainoverton.bsky.social)
Watching
@itvpeston.bsky.social, and there's a guest called Brian Bell, who is the Chair of the UK Government's 'Migration Advisory Committee'.
He just said that the shortage of care workers could be solved by using the NEETs (Not in Education, Employment or Training).
And he's a professor. 🙄
@itvpeston.bsky.social, and there's a guest called Brian Bell, who is the Chair of the UK Government's 'Migration Advisory Committee'.
He just said that the shortage of care workers could be solved by using the NEETs (Not in Education, Employment or Training).
And he's a professor. 🙄
January 28, 2026 at 11:56 PM
Watching
@itvpeston.bsky.social, and there's a guest called Brian Bell, who is the Chair of the UK Government's 'Migration Advisory Committee'.
He just said that the shortage of care workers could be solved by using the NEETs (Not in Education, Employment or Training).
And he's a professor. 🙄
@itvpeston.bsky.social, and there's a guest called Brian Bell, who is the Chair of the UK Government's 'Migration Advisory Committee'.
He just said that the shortage of care workers could be solved by using the NEETs (Not in Education, Employment or Training).
And he's a professor. 🙄
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BILLY BRAGG - CITY OF HEROES
YouTube video by Billy Bragg
www.youtube.com
January 26, 2026 at 10:42 PM
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Peter Cook on “those wonderful Berlin cabarets which did so much to stop the rise of Hitler and prevent the outbreak of the Second World War,” notwithstanding, fascists hate artists because empathy highlights their hatefulness & renders them ridiculous.
I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
Stay free
Stay free
Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen
youtu.be
January 28, 2026 at 6:03 PM
Peter Cook on “those wonderful Berlin cabarets which did so much to stop the rise of Hitler and prevent the outbreak of the Second World War,” notwithstanding, fascists hate artists because empathy highlights their hatefulness & renders them ridiculous.
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For context, the UK has a cap on credit card interchange fees of 0.3% and debit cards at 0.2%, the average bank charges 1.5% to bank your cash.
Make of that what you will.
Make of that what you will.
BBC local reporting credulous as always with a guy pretending he's paying a 10% card transaction fee
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Herefordshire pub landlord offers discount for cash payments as card charges soar
Alan Davies says he loses about £5 in transaction charges for every £50 made.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 28, 2026 at 2:00 PM
For context, the UK has a cap on credit card interchange fees of 0.3% and debit cards at 0.2%, the average bank charges 1.5% to bank your cash.
Make of that what you will.
Make of that what you will.
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*Melania in a dramatically lit scene, mouth full of crackers*
“All I vant for ze world is piss. World piss!”
“All I vant for ze world is piss. World piss!”
January 28, 2026 at 7:18 PM
*Melania in a dramatically lit scene, mouth full of crackers*
“All I vant for ze world is piss. World piss!”
“All I vant for ze world is piss. World piss!”
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Also from today.
bsky.app/profile/bruc...
bsky.app/profile/bruc...
I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
Stay free
Stay free
Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen
youtu.be
January 28, 2026 at 7:45 PM
Also from today.
bsky.app/profile/bruc...
bsky.app/profile/bruc...
"If you go to Minnesota, be sure to wear some flowers in your hair".
This is not the first time that @marshfamilysongs.bsky.social have caused tears to run down my cheeks.
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This is not the first time that @marshfamilysongs.bsky.social have caused tears to run down my cheeks.
👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
"Minnesota" - Marsh Family adaptation of "San Francisco (Be Sure to Wear Some Flowers in Your Hair)"
YouTube video by Marsh Family
youtu.be
January 28, 2026 at 7:37 PM
"If you go to Minnesota, be sure to wear some flowers in your hair".
This is not the first time that @marshfamilysongs.bsky.social have caused tears to run down my cheeks.
👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
This is not the first time that @marshfamilysongs.bsky.social have caused tears to run down my cheeks.
👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
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Got the real best of the best here, don't we
ICE may have just caused an international incident as they illegally tried to enter the Ecuadorian Consulate in Minneapolis without a warrant to abduct someone (1/26/26)
www.reddit.com/r/ICE_Watch/...
ICE may have just caused an international incident as they illegally tried to enter the Ecuadorian Consulate in Minneapolis without a warrant to abduct someone (1/26/26)
www.reddit.com/r/ICE_Watch/...
From the ICE_Watch community on Reddit: ICE may have just caused an international incident as they illegally tried to enter the Ecuadorian Consulate in Minneapolis without a warrant to abduct someone ...
Explore this post and more from the ICE_Watch community
www.reddit.com
January 27, 2026 at 11:30 PM
Got the real best of the best here, don't we
ICE may have just caused an international incident as they illegally tried to enter the Ecuadorian Consulate in Minneapolis without a warrant to abduct someone (1/26/26)
www.reddit.com/r/ICE_Watch/...
ICE may have just caused an international incident as they illegally tried to enter the Ecuadorian Consulate in Minneapolis without a warrant to abduct someone (1/26/26)
www.reddit.com/r/ICE_Watch/...
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On today's episode of "Fings Wot Never 'Appened"...
Trump: "I just left a great group of people from Iowa and half of them were crying as they talked to me. I don't think they're crying because I'm doing a bad job. They said, 'Sir, you brought our country back.' Crying crying."
January 27, 2026 at 11:51 PM
On today's episode of "Fings Wot Never 'Appened"...
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Trans women may face being excluded from public spaces that align with their gender, if a Reform motion is voted in at Bassetlaw District Council | Sophie Molly
Trans people fear prohibition-style ban in one England Council
Trans women may face being excluded from public spaces that align with their gender, if a Reform motion is voted in at Bassetlaw District Council
centralbylines.co.uk
January 27, 2026 at 5:10 PM
Trans women may face being excluded from public spaces that align with their gender, if a Reform motion is voted in at Bassetlaw District Council | Sophie Molly
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Start your clocks.
January 27, 2026 at 4:10 PM
Start your clocks.
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THE OPPORTUNIST EXTREMIST
The Strange Radicalisation of Matthew Goodwin
hopenothate.org.uk/state-of-hat...
The Strange Radicalisation of Matthew Goodwin
hopenothate.org.uk/state-of-hat...
State of HATE 2025: The Opportunist Extremist: The Strange Radicalisation of Matthew Goodwin
Once a respected academic studying the far right, Matthew Goodwin has become one of its most influential figures. Now a GB News pundit and Reform UK fanboy, he’s traded scholarship for reactionary gri...
hopenothate.org.uk
January 27, 2026 at 2:21 PM
THE OPPORTUNIST EXTREMIST
The Strange Radicalisation of Matthew Goodwin
hopenothate.org.uk/state-of-hat...
The Strange Radicalisation of Matthew Goodwin
hopenothate.org.uk/state-of-hat...
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The final step from a credible academic to a living meme.
January 27, 2026 at 2:13 PM
The final step from a credible academic to a living meme.
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Spain welcomes immigrants.
Spain is the fastest-growing major developed economy in Europe.
Coincidence? 🤔
Spain is the fastest-growing major developed economy in Europe.
Coincidence? 🤔
Spain approves decree to regularise half a million undocumented migrants
Move affecting those who have been in Spain five months or more runs counter to anti-migration policies across Europe
www.theguardian.com
January 27, 2026 at 2:20 PM
Spain welcomes immigrants.
Spain is the fastest-growing major developed economy in Europe.
Coincidence? 🤔
Spain is the fastest-growing major developed economy in Europe.
Coincidence? 🤔