Neil
@pitonman.bsky.social
Left of centrist dad. Music, politics, history, quality beer and wine, sport….etc
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Interesting polling from YouGov on who’d make the best PM.
Farage loses to every other major party leader including Davey.
▪️Starmer beats Farage by 44% to 29%
▪️Starmer’s lead over Kemi Badenoch as best Prime Minster is 36% to 25%
▪️Britons prefer Badenoch as Prime Minister to Farage by 29% to 25%
Farage loses to every other major party leader including Davey.
▪️Starmer beats Farage by 44% to 29%
▪️Starmer’s lead over Kemi Badenoch as best Prime Minster is 36% to 25%
▪️Britons prefer Badenoch as Prime Minister to Farage by 29% to 25%
May 27, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Interesting polling from YouGov on who’d make the best PM.
Farage loses to every other major party leader including Davey.
▪️Starmer beats Farage by 44% to 29%
▪️Starmer’s lead over Kemi Badenoch as best Prime Minster is 36% to 25%
▪️Britons prefer Badenoch as Prime Minister to Farage by 29% to 25%
Farage loses to every other major party leader including Davey.
▪️Starmer beats Farage by 44% to 29%
▪️Starmer’s lead over Kemi Badenoch as best Prime Minster is 36% to 25%
▪️Britons prefer Badenoch as Prime Minister to Farage by 29% to 25%
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Endless references in media coverage today to the rapid increases in net migration in recent years and often too little explanation as to why: (i) keeping UK HE/social care afloat and (ii) an attempt to deal with post Covid labour shortages/supply chain inflation.
May 12, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Endless references in media coverage today to the rapid increases in net migration in recent years and often too little explanation as to why: (i) keeping UK HE/social care afloat and (ii) an attempt to deal with post Covid labour shortages/supply chain inflation.
Wow Rachael Blackmore quits riding!
May 12, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Wow Rachael Blackmore quits riding!
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47 years ago today
The Clash: Rock Against Racism London 1978
#punkrock #theclash #fightracism #fucknazis #history #punkrockhistory #otd
The Clash: Rock Against Racism London 1978
#punkrock #theclash #fightracism #fucknazis #history #punkrockhistory #otd
April 30, 2025 at 2:31 AM
47 years ago today
The Clash: Rock Against Racism London 1978
#punkrock #theclash #fightracism #fucknazis #history #punkrockhistory #otd
The Clash: Rock Against Racism London 1978
#punkrock #theclash #fightracism #fucknazis #history #punkrockhistory #otd
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Barry Blitt’s cover for this week’s issue, “The First Hundred Days.” #NewYorkerCovers nyer.cm/ysrCZ47
April 28, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Barry Blitt’s cover for this week’s issue, “The First Hundred Days.” #NewYorkerCovers nyer.cm/ysrCZ47
Haha they’ve been sent off while Irish anthem was being played 🤣
April 21, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Haha they’ve been sent off while Irish anthem was being played 🤣
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The cruelty is the point. The banal, vicious, performative cruelty. Turns out ‘anti-woke’ just meant anti-decency, anti-humanity & anti-rule of law.
April 18, 2025 at 7:10 PM
The cruelty is the point. The banal, vicious, performative cruelty. Turns out ‘anti-woke’ just meant anti-decency, anti-humanity & anti-rule of law.
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This will appear in a few future history books as the perfect metaphor for current events....
April 12, 2025 at 9:29 AM
This will appear in a few future history books as the perfect metaphor for current events....
This is a distract the beast news conference from the orange buffoon
April 9, 2025 at 8:52 PM
This is a distract the beast news conference from the orange buffoon
I see Trump has been caught by reality
April 9, 2025 at 8:36 PM
I see Trump has been caught by reality
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Trump tells his followers to buy stock in the morning, minutes after the market opens, then announces he is pausing tariffs 4 hours later.
Nothing to see here.
Nothing to see here.
April 9, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Trump tells his followers to buy stock in the morning, minutes after the market opens, then announces he is pausing tariffs 4 hours later.
Nothing to see here.
Nothing to see here.
@thetwomatts.bsky.social you completely missed Bob Dylan!
April 6, 2025 at 4:03 PM
@thetwomatts.bsky.social you completely missed Bob Dylan!
Tripoli Flyer as per normal can’t jump
April 4, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Tripoli Flyer as per normal can’t jump
Ed Chamberlain “Huw Edward’s will be making headlines with that ride” 🫣😬
April 3, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Ed Chamberlain “Huw Edward’s will be making headlines with that ride” 🫣😬
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He believes absolutely that tariffs are The Answer, as if they were passed down by God himself. It's his one big idea and now that he's escaped all accountability for everything and he's descending into dementia like his father, there is no talking him out of it. Or anything.
It feels like Trump has been willing to inflict pain and anger so many people because he truly believes that his tariffs will usher in some golden age that will make everyone forgive him, so when that turns out *not* to be the case, it's going to get very weird, very fast, as he tries to adjust.
March 30, 2025 at 7:25 PM
He believes absolutely that tariffs are The Answer, as if they were passed down by God himself. It's his one big idea and now that he's escaped all accountability for everything and he's descending into dementia like his father, there is no talking him out of it. Or anything.
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The British public have clearly got a sense that *someone* undeserving has taken all the money, which is true, a class of people have, but it's truly a sign of painfully evil the British spirit is that so many are convinced it's the disabled and people on benefits who have made off with it.
March 18, 2025 at 3:57 PM
The British public have clearly got a sense that *someone* undeserving has taken all the money, which is true, a class of people have, but it's truly a sign of painfully evil the British spirit is that so many are convinced it's the disabled and people on benefits who have made off with it.
No love lost between Nadia Whitome and Camilla Tominey eh?!
March 19, 2025 at 11:40 AM
No love lost between Nadia Whitome and Camilla Tominey eh?!
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No, the meeting did not go badly for Ukraine. It exposed in the most undeniable, unequivocal way possible the pro-Putin commitments of the president and vice president. That was information Americans and allies needed to have clear before them.
February 28, 2025 at 5:57 PM
No, the meeting did not go badly for Ukraine. It exposed in the most undeniable, unequivocal way possible the pro-Putin commitments of the president and vice president. That was information Americans and allies needed to have clear before them.
Have Jeremy Bowen and Bill Bailey ever been seen in the same room?
February 28, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Have Jeremy Bowen and Bill Bailey ever been seen in the same room?
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Where is Starmer's statement of support for Zelenskyy. No excuses. No equivocation.
February 28, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Where is Starmer's statement of support for Zelenskyy. No excuses. No equivocation.
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Do you think Trump and Vance would have spoken to Putin like this? We all know they wouldn't dare.
February 28, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Do you think Trump and Vance would have spoken to Putin like this? We all know they wouldn't dare.
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This Zelensky, Trump and Vance presser is excruciating.
Horrific.
Horrific.
February 28, 2025 at 5:45 PM
This Zelensky, Trump and Vance presser is excruciating.
Horrific.
Horrific.
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The best way to confront a bully about the misinformation he is spreading is to confront him in front of everyone. Macron just did that.
February 24, 2025 at 7:17 PM
The best way to confront a bully about the misinformation he is spreading is to confront him in front of everyone. Macron just did that.
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Trump has now completely humiliated his apologists in the U.K. but not one of them will be honest enough to admit it.
February 19, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Trump has now completely humiliated his apologists in the U.K. but not one of them will be honest enough to admit it.