Ash
@queerash.bsky.social
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Ash
@queerash.bsky.social
· Jan 11
also your regular warning for anyone who follows me because of my stunningly witty political-ish posts:
i am largely just a horny shitposter / shit hornyposter
it's called having range, darling
i am largely just a horny shitposter / shit hornyposter
it's called having range, darling
listen you can dance around it or you can be brave and just come out and say "every single figure skater is a would"
February 9, 2026 at 9:16 PM
listen you can dance around it or you can be brave and just come out and say "every single figure skater is a would"
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Woah! That Bluesky map is really accurate.
February 9, 2026 at 10:02 AM
Woah! That Bluesky map is really accurate.
already got some great ones, thanks guys
February 9, 2026 at 8:39 PM
already got some great ones, thanks guys
wait other people can see my posts?
February 9, 2026 at 8:29 PM
wait other people can see my posts?
never been more vindicated
February 9, 2026 at 8:24 PM
never been more vindicated
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No greater love hath a man than to lay down his subordinates for his life
February 9, 2026 at 7:46 PM
No greater love hath a man than to lay down his subordinates for his life
idk politics that well but it seems a little odd to WhatsApp someone who isn't a close friend about how you're doubting the current Prime Minister, especially when that person is an infamous Machiavelli who could easily use those messages to damage you?
Ignore the smears: I was never a close friend of Peter Mandelson. And I fully understand the lessons we must learn | Wes Streeting
Ignore the smears: I was never a close friend of Peter Mandelson. And I fully understand the lessons we must learn | Wes Streeting
I knew him but not well, and worry now that he thrived in our political culture. There was a failure of moral seriousness, says health secretary Wes Streeting
www.theguardian.com
February 9, 2026 at 7:50 PM
idk politics that well but it seems a little odd to WhatsApp someone who isn't a close friend about how you're doubting the current Prime Minister, especially when that person is an infamous Machiavelli who could easily use those messages to damage you?
also: just one more vizier bro, just one more I swear
EXCL: Chris Wormald, the most senior civil servant in Downing Street, is negotiating his exit as part of a wider shakeup of Keir Starmer’s operation after dramatic day - @kiranstacey.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Top civil servant could become third key No 10 departure in days
Exclusive: Cabinet secretary Chris Wormald is expected to follow Morgan McSweeney and Tim Allan out the door
www.theguardian.com
February 9, 2026 at 7:47 PM
also: just one more vizier bro, just one more I swear
oh fuck is that Sue Gray's entrance music I hear
EXCL: Chris Wormald, the most senior civil servant in Downing Street, is negotiating his exit as part of a wider shakeup of Keir Starmer’s operation after dramatic day - @kiranstacey.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Top civil servant could become third key No 10 departure in days
Exclusive: Cabinet secretary Chris Wormald is expected to follow Morgan McSweeney and Tim Allan out the door
www.theguardian.com
February 9, 2026 at 7:47 PM
oh fuck is that Sue Gray's entrance music I hear
[releasing my WhatsApp messages]
me: I care deeply about my wife
me: yeah it's eight inches and thick
me: no yeah normally they have five or sex orgasms minimum
me: I also believe Wes Streeting should be Prime Minister
me: I care deeply about my wife
me: yeah it's eight inches and thick
me: no yeah normally they have five or sex orgasms minimum
me: I also believe Wes Streeting should be Prime Minister
February 9, 2026 at 7:06 PM
[releasing my WhatsApp messages]
me: I care deeply about my wife
me: yeah it's eight inches and thick
me: no yeah normally they have five or sex orgasms minimum
me: I also believe Wes Streeting should be Prime Minister
me: I care deeply about my wife
me: yeah it's eight inches and thick
me: no yeah normally they have five or sex orgasms minimum
me: I also believe Wes Streeting should be Prime Minister
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hey gang. just wanted to give everyone an update re: those promises I've been making for the last ten years about how I was going to weave a ladder out of dreams and climb up to heaven. it was just a joke basically
February 9, 2026 at 5:51 PM
hey gang. just wanted to give everyone an update re: those promises I've been making for the last ten years about how I was going to weave a ladder out of dreams and climb up to heaven. it was just a joke basically
today shall be known as Geronimo's Revenge
February 9, 2026 at 5:30 PM
today shall be known as Geronimo's Revenge
oh also a pal of mine today accidentally said in the group chat that she'd been throat training instead of voice training, so yknow, somebody out there is getting clowned on more than Starmer today
February 9, 2026 at 5:26 PM
oh also a pal of mine today accidentally said in the group chat that she'd been throat training instead of voice training, so yknow, somebody out there is getting clowned on more than Starmer today
does feel kind of insane to think that Maduro was kidnapped less than six weeks ago, pretty sure it must have been in 2022
February 9, 2026 at 5:23 PM
does feel kind of insane to think that Maduro was kidnapped less than six weeks ago, pretty sure it must have been in 2022
again the counterpoint to "the British public / media / ecosystem / etc. won't *allow* good Prime Ministers to stick around"!!!"
is simply, well have we first tried having a good PM
is simply, well have we first tried having a good PM
February 9, 2026 at 5:20 PM
again the counterpoint to "the British public / media / ecosystem / etc. won't *allow* good Prime Ministers to stick around"!!!"
is simply, well have we first tried having a good PM
is simply, well have we first tried having a good PM
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David Lynch with his first painting, 1963
February 25, 2025 at 1:44 PM
David Lynch with his first painting, 1963
okay fine let's change subject: cheese in a stew, yes or no?
February 9, 2026 at 5:13 PM
okay fine let's change subject: cheese in a stew, yes or no?
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anyway I knew I'd get good use out of making this
February 9, 2026 at 5:09 PM
anyway I knew I'd get good use out of making this
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a lot of people will instinctively point out this seems bad but iirc isn't the average tenure historically for PMs like 3-4 years?
Truss is obviously an insane outlier but otherwise this isn't that unusual, I think
Truss is obviously an insane outlier but otherwise this isn't that unusual, I think
We've had 5 new Prime Ministers since June 2016 Brexit referendum in 9 & a half years
- May (3 yesrs)
- Johnson (3 years)
- Truss (50 days)
- Sunak (20 momths)
- Starner (19 momths, 2 years by July)
Previous 5 PMs lasted 37 years,1979-2016
Average: 7
Thatcher 11
Major 7
Blair 10
Brown 3
Cameron 6
- May (3 yesrs)
- Johnson (3 years)
- Truss (50 days)
- Sunak (20 momths)
- Starner (19 momths, 2 years by July)
Previous 5 PMs lasted 37 years,1979-2016
Average: 7
Thatcher 11
Major 7
Blair 10
Brown 3
Cameron 6
February 9, 2026 at 4:47 PM
a lot of people will instinctively point out this seems bad but iirc isn't the average tenure historically for PMs like 3-4 years?
Truss is obviously an insane outlier but otherwise this isn't that unusual, I think
Truss is obviously an insane outlier but otherwise this isn't that unusual, I think
honestly think a lot of the whole thing is probably partly to do with Starmer being a civil servant and thus having no experience in giving proper feedback and telling staff "actually you're shit at this"
February 9, 2026 at 4:37 PM
honestly think a lot of the whole thing is probably partly to do with Starmer being a civil servant and thus having no experience in giving proper feedback and telling staff "actually you're shit at this"
yknow there's nothing to say that a dog couldn't be prime minister
I think a nice golden retriever could command the confidence of a majority of the house of commons, in most circumstances
I think a nice golden retriever could command the confidence of a majority of the house of commons, in most circumstances
February 9, 2026 at 4:03 PM
yknow there's nothing to say that a dog couldn't be prime minister
I think a nice golden retriever could command the confidence of a majority of the house of commons, in most circumstances
I think a nice golden retriever could command the confidence of a majority of the house of commons, in most circumstances
sorry but Anas Sarwar has never been colossally important to anything, ever, and I'm including within his own life
February 9, 2026 at 3:56 PM
sorry but Anas Sarwar has never been colossally important to anything, ever, and I'm including within his own life
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sources close to Keir Starmer tell me that Keir Starmer is ‘moisturised’, ‘in his lane’ and ‘thriving’
February 9, 2026 at 12:54 PM
sources close to Keir Starmer tell me that Keir Starmer is ‘moisturised’, ‘in his lane’ and ‘thriving’