Richard King
@richardlking.bsky.social
Retired Chartered Engineer, HND N.E. Essex Tech College, BTech(Hons), MTech(Non-Metallic Materials) from Brunel University, MIMechE, Member of Scientific and Medical Network. Author of "Remembering Lorelei" (Autobiographical), Grosvenor Books.
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From Thatcher to Brexit, the Tories’ war on Europe turned a political colossus into a crippled party. Labour risks repeating the same mistake
How Europe turned the Conservative Party from political giant to intensive care patient. Labour beware. – The European Movement in Scotland
euromovescotland.org.uk
November 28, 2025 at 7:38 AM
From Thatcher to Brexit, the Tories’ war on Europe turned a political colossus into a crippled party. Labour risks repeating the same mistake
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Dear Bluesky,
www.thenerve.news is still tiny. We launched it with no dirty money (no money at all, lol!). But we're proving what's possible with a small expert team & no billionaire owners.
We knew the UK press wouldn't understand or properly cover this story, so we did. Thank you for the support!
www.thenerve.news is still tiny. We launched it with no dirty money (no money at all, lol!). But we're proving what's possible with a small expert team & no billionaire owners.
We knew the UK press wouldn't understand or properly cover this story, so we did. Thank you for the support!
This is the Observer's coverage of the Reform Russian Spie Scandal... 600 words on page 22 of the printed newspaper.
observer.co.uk/news/politic...
observer.co.uk/news/politic...
More MEPs investigated in Russian bribe probe | The Observer
observer.co.uk
November 23, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Dear Bluesky,
www.thenerve.news is still tiny. We launched it with no dirty money (no money at all, lol!). But we're proving what's possible with a small expert team & no billionaire owners.
We knew the UK press wouldn't understand or properly cover this story, so we did. Thank you for the support!
www.thenerve.news is still tiny. We launched it with no dirty money (no money at all, lol!). But we're proving what's possible with a small expert team & no billionaire owners.
We knew the UK press wouldn't understand or properly cover this story, so we did. Thank you for the support!
Unlike the USA in its current Administration’s mad health paroxysms, vaccinations in the UK are encouraged and for encouraged and for those of us who qualify via age, or otherwise, are free, on the NHS. Hence my wife and I attending our local Health centre today for our annual /1
October 4, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Unlike the USA in its current Administration’s mad health paroxysms, vaccinations in the UK are encouraged and for encouraged and for those of us who qualify via age, or otherwise, are free, on the NHS. Hence my wife and I attending our local Health centre today for our annual /1
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Crashed on my sofa after a week with the orange Thing, and looking for something to binge.
Out of ideas. Anyone?
#followerpower
Out of ideas. Anyone?
#followerpower
September 19, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Crashed on my sofa after a week with the orange Thing, and looking for something to binge.
Out of ideas. Anyone?
#followerpower
Out of ideas. Anyone?
#followerpower
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“What is a plant without a means to communicate? A husk. And without conversation, a forest is not a forest.”
THE LIGHT EATERS, by Zoë Schlanger
#SundaySentence #naturewriting
THE LIGHT EATERS, by Zoë Schlanger
#SundaySentence #naturewriting
September 14, 2025 at 5:28 PM
“What is a plant without a means to communicate? A husk. And without conversation, a forest is not a forest.”
THE LIGHT EATERS, by Zoë Schlanger
#SundaySentence #naturewriting
THE LIGHT EATERS, by Zoë Schlanger
#SundaySentence #naturewriting
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This is a very good short piece at @goodlawproject.bsky.social on the (mis?)application of terrorism law with Palestine Action: goodlawproject.org/martha-spurr...
My piece on same issue at @prospectmagazine.co.uk www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/law/th...
My piece on same issue at @prospectmagazine.co.uk www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/law/th...
Martha Spurrier: Proscribing Palestine Action is a dangerous shift in the law
More than 20 years ago, ministers promised they wouldn’t use the Terrorism Act to target direct action. But if the powers to suppress dissent are there, it’s only a matter of time before the state use...
goodlawproject.org
September 14, 2025 at 8:38 AM
This is a very good short piece at @goodlawproject.bsky.social on the (mis?)application of terrorism law with Palestine Action: goodlawproject.org/martha-spurr...
My piece on same issue at @prospectmagazine.co.uk www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/law/th...
My piece on same issue at @prospectmagazine.co.uk www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/law/th...
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Tories were terrified of the same blowhard with precisely zero seats 12 years ago, and now look at the mess we're in.
Clearly no lessons have been learned.
Clearly no lessons have been learned.
September 14, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Tories were terrified of the same blowhard with precisely zero seats 12 years ago, and now look at the mess we're in.
Clearly no lessons have been learned.
Clearly no lessons have been learned.
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This past week with the idiocy of Rayner throwing away her job by being stupid about tax, the complete stupidity of the Mandelson appointment, and now the silence in the face of fascist rallies and incitement from Musk and Robinson... I'm feeling despair at where we are & fear at where we are going
September 14, 2025 at 10:04 AM
This past week with the idiocy of Rayner throwing away her job by being stupid about tax, the complete stupidity of the Mandelson appointment, and now the silence in the face of fascist rallies and incitement from Musk and Robinson... I'm feeling despair at where we are & fear at where we are going
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They must be able to criticise Tommy Robinson fascism or we're completely lost. This isn't even Farage we're talking about here. Goddamn them for even needing to hear that.
THIS is the line? www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
Scale of ‘Unite the Kingdom’ march shows free speech ‘alive and well’ in UK, says minister – UK politics live
Peter Kyle said he was not ‘disturbed’ by huge Tommy Robinson-organised far-right protest but condemns violence against the police
www.theguardian.com
September 14, 2025 at 9:54 AM
They must be able to criticise Tommy Robinson fascism or we're completely lost. This isn't even Farage we're talking about here. Goddamn them for even needing to hear that.
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100k or more marching for a violent racist, the head of X live-streamed in to incite a violent overthrow of the government. And that same government can't find in itself the decency or even the instinct for self preservation to call this out. I despair.
September 14, 2025 at 8:31 AM
100k or more marching for a violent racist, the head of X live-streamed in to incite a violent overthrow of the government. And that same government can't find in itself the decency or even the instinct for self preservation to call this out. I despair.
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Musk is inciting violence on London's streets.Tommy Robinson is financed by US tech bros. These are all very direct attempts to destabilise the British state.
Starmer needs to stand up to this. A government that doesn't defend its country's values against these blatant attacks is not doing its job.
Starmer needs to stand up to this. A government that doesn't defend its country's values against these blatant attacks is not doing its job.
My colleague @thejohnsimpson.bsky.social has done a terrific deep dive into the financial links between US tech billionaires and Tommy Robinson
Well worth a read
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
Well worth a read
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
US cash turned Tommy Robinson into the poster boy of UK f...
Outside the Old Bailey in 2018, a reinvented Tommy Robinson flashed his perfect new teeth to 2,000 diehard supporters at a “free Tommy” rally on a stage ...
observer.co.uk
September 14, 2025 at 7:30 AM
Musk is inciting violence on London's streets.Tommy Robinson is financed by US tech bros. These are all very direct attempts to destabilise the British state.
Starmer needs to stand up to this. A government that doesn't defend its country's values against these blatant attacks is not doing its job.
Starmer needs to stand up to this. A government that doesn't defend its country's values against these blatant attacks is not doing its job.
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Federal Reserve Board Member Lisa Cook:
“I will not resign."
“I will not resign."
August 26, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Federal Reserve Board Member Lisa Cook:
“I will not resign."
“I will not resign."
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Had two weeks away with all social media deleted. Worst summer I can remember for cess pit stories.
This weekend read from Esther Addley sums up how far British politics has shifted www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
This weekend read from Esther Addley sums up how far British politics has shifted www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
‘A dangerous moment’: the emboldening of Britain’s far right
In a summer of anti-migrant rallies, flags and nationalistic rhetoric, observers warn there is a lack of government voices pushing back
www.theguardian.com
August 26, 2025 at 6:27 AM
Had two weeks away with all social media deleted. Worst summer I can remember for cess pit stories.
This weekend read from Esther Addley sums up how far British politics has shifted www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
This weekend read from Esther Addley sums up how far British politics has shifted www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
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Obviously it's my paper, but this is more like how Farage's delusional fantasy immigration plans should be reported, no? Not the abject copy-paste bollox of some who shall remain nameless but should know better
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Farage’s plan to deport thousands of asylum seekers draws scorn from legal experts
Reform UK leader told scheme is ‘simply not rooted in reality’ after he dodges questions on how it would work
www.theguardian.com
August 26, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Obviously it's my paper, but this is more like how Farage's delusional fantasy immigration plans should be reported, no? Not the abject copy-paste bollox of some who shall remain nameless but should know better
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Wiebe Hommes' new book - on the ECHR's reception in the Netherlands - is out
www.cambridge.org/core/books/c...
www.cambridge.org/core/books/c...
The Convention and the Kingdom
Cambridge Core - Socio-Legal Studies - The Convention and the Kingdom
www.cambridge.org
August 25, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Wiebe Hommes' new book - on the ECHR's reception in the Netherlands - is out
www.cambridge.org/core/books/c...
www.cambridge.org/core/books/c...
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What could be done in practice with a Reform majority in the House of Commons would have no constitutional limits, short of either refusal of Royal Assent to a Bill or the courts impugning the sovereignty of parliament.
It would be messy and chaotic and crazy expensive but ultimately Reform can override courts if they have a majority and I don't see why, say, the Taliban wouldn't sign a returns agreement to get back people they would like to torture and kill. So yes it could work.
One of two very good threads by Adam on this. A startling number of people - responding, in part, by the tone set by their government - just have this very complacent 'oh, no, this plan will never work'. I mean, 1) it could but also 2) they will definitely try.
August 26, 2025 at 4:33 PM
What could be done in practice with a Reform majority in the House of Commons would have no constitutional limits, short of either refusal of Royal Assent to a Bill or the courts impugning the sovereignty of parliament.
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"The world can tell the difference now between a war being waged for the survival of the Jewish state and a war being waged for the political survival of its prime minister."
My column: Israel’s Gaza Campaign Is Making It a Pariah State www.nytimes.com/2025/08/25/o...
Opinion | Israel’s Gaza Campaign Is Making It a Pariah State
www.nytimes.com
August 26, 2025 at 2:23 PM
"The world can tell the difference now between a war being waged for the survival of the Jewish state and a war being waged for the political survival of its prime minister."
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I have written to Nigel Farage in response to his visit to my constituency of Bicester and Woodstock today.
August 26, 2025 at 4:31 PM
I have written to Nigel Farage in response to his visit to my constituency of Bicester and Woodstock today.
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With penalties grabbing the headlines in the later stages of the women’s Euros I ask
“Can mathematics help players determine how they should take their penalties and what can they do to make it more likely that they hit the back of the net?”
#Lionesses
www.bbc.com/future/a...
“Can mathematics help players determine how they should take their penalties and what can they do to make it more likely that they hit the back of the net?”
#Lionesses
www.bbc.com/future/a...
The mathematics of the perfect penalty shootout
Professional footballers sometimes use a mathematical strategy to help them score a penalty, or save one – and it all comes down to randomness.
www.bbc.com
July 19, 2025 at 11:41 AM
With penalties grabbing the headlines in the later stages of the women’s Euros I ask
“Can mathematics help players determine how they should take their penalties and what can they do to make it more likely that they hit the back of the net?”
#Lionesses
www.bbc.com/future/a...
“Can mathematics help players determine how they should take their penalties and what can they do to make it more likely that they hit the back of the net?”
#Lionesses
www.bbc.com/future/a...
After intending to do so for so long I have, finally, made my way over here from Twitter, or X as it now is, and much the worse for it. Many people have made the move and recommended others to follow. Hopefully, I will find it more like the old Twitter, or better.
June 25, 2025 at 2:23 PM
After intending to do so for so long I have, finally, made my way over here from Twitter, or X as it now is, and much the worse for it. Many people have made the move and recommended others to follow. Hopefully, I will find it more like the old Twitter, or better.