Rouleur
@rouler.bsky.social
Bikes, Moto & Velo. Retired, Rejoiner. Learning Guitar. Rugby, Beer. Anti-Nazi
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Thridrangar Lighthouse, Iceland — Árni Sæberg, 2009
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December 31, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Thridrangar Lighthouse, Iceland — Árni Sæberg, 2009
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thridra...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thridra...
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Some people do my head in.
This arse is one of them.
Why TF would we care about his business…? Did he care about all the SMEs bankrupted by Brexit? Does he feel any anxiety or shame about just how much that stupid idea has cost our country and many of us personally.
No.
He can absolutely do one.
This arse is one of them.
Why TF would we care about his business…? Did he care about all the SMEs bankrupted by Brexit? Does he feel any anxiety or shame about just how much that stupid idea has cost our country and many of us personally.
No.
He can absolutely do one.
December 27, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Some people do my head in.
This arse is one of them.
Why TF would we care about his business…? Did he care about all the SMEs bankrupted by Brexit? Does he feel any anxiety or shame about just how much that stupid idea has cost our country and many of us personally.
No.
He can absolutely do one.
This arse is one of them.
Why TF would we care about his business…? Did he care about all the SMEs bankrupted by Brexit? Does he feel any anxiety or shame about just how much that stupid idea has cost our country and many of us personally.
No.
He can absolutely do one.
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Brexit superfan, convicted fraudster, now advocating mass deprivation of citizenship for people he disagrees with. Charming.
Appropriately David Shipley managed to combine a job evangelizing for Brexit with a financial fraud.
His credibility is in the bin.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-engl...
His credibility is in the bin.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-engl...
'Brexit film' producer jailed for £500k loan application fraud - BBC News
David Shipley, who produced Brexit: The Movie, doctored his payslips in a bid to secure funds.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 31, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Brexit superfan, convicted fraudster, now advocating mass deprivation of citizenship for people he disagrees with. Charming.
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This is where "failure to recognise the context" kicks in. At the same time as the authoritarian right are working themselves into a frenzy about Starmer, almost all of his public statements have been designed to appease them and alienate his natural constituency of people who find that repellent
December 31, 2025 at 1:38 PM
This is where "failure to recognise the context" kicks in. At the same time as the authoritarian right are working themselves into a frenzy about Starmer, almost all of his public statements have been designed to appease them and alienate his natural constituency of people who find that repellent
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It should be illegal to play Christmas music in public spaces after Christmas.
Enough. You've been playing it since November, and it was always terrible.
Enough. You've been playing it since November, and it was always terrible.
December 30, 2025 at 12:12 PM
It should be illegal to play Christmas music in public spaces after Christmas.
Enough. You've been playing it since November, and it was always terrible.
Enough. You've been playing it since November, and it was always terrible.
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BREAKING NEWS: Actual facts appear for the first time on "Truth" Social.
December 30, 2025 at 7:47 PM
BREAKING NEWS: Actual facts appear for the first time on "Truth" Social.
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Miniature musical instrument makers admit defeat as violin size requirement for story is declared "too small to build."
December 27, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Miniature musical instrument makers admit defeat as violin size requirement for story is declared "too small to build."
Many of us don't see the enormous damage inflicted on the NHS, as few of us have day to day contact with it, same for Higher Eduction, Social Services etc.
Pretty much all of us experience the state of the roads daily.
A metaphor for everything the Tories fcked up over 15 years.
Never forget.
Pretty much all of us experience the state of the roads daily.
A metaphor for everything the Tories fcked up over 15 years.
Never forget.
Tory Curse.
Pothole compensation claims made to councils in Britain rose by 90% between 2021 and 2024.
Only 26% of claims led to a payout.
A friend, night-worker had to replace 4 tyres this year, pay for steering damage.
Boosts GDP but destructive.
Pothole compensation claims made to councils in Britain rose by 90% between 2021 and 2024.
Only 26% of claims led to a payout.
A friend, night-worker had to replace 4 tyres this year, pay for steering damage.
Boosts GDP but destructive.
Pothole claims up 90% in three years, says RAC
Research from the motoring group also finds that only one in four claims results in a payout.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 31, 2025 at 8:46 AM
Many of us don't see the enormous damage inflicted on the NHS, as few of us have day to day contact with it, same for Higher Eduction, Social Services etc.
Pretty much all of us experience the state of the roads daily.
A metaphor for everything the Tories fcked up over 15 years.
Never forget.
Pretty much all of us experience the state of the roads daily.
A metaphor for everything the Tories fcked up over 15 years.
Never forget.
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Potholes can kill cyclists and motor cyclists. Moreover, potholes can cause vertebral fractures to people with osteoporosis of the spine (mainly women).
December 30, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Potholes can kill cyclists and motor cyclists. Moreover, potholes can cause vertebral fractures to people with osteoporosis of the spine (mainly women).
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A friend of mine's son has brain damage from hitting a deep pothole while riding his bike. It's disgraceful that minimum standards aren't strictly enforced.
December 30, 2025 at 12:43 PM
A friend of mine's son has brain damage from hitting a deep pothole while riding his bike. It's disgraceful that minimum standards aren't strictly enforced.
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@joedromey.bsky.social should read the replies
give him a bit of an insight as to how screwed labour is
here's the thing: if labour hadn't abandoned every single value the party is meant to represent then they would view the greens as allies
fact that they see greens as an enemy is very telling
give him a bit of an insight as to how screwed labour is
here's the thing: if labour hadn't abandoned every single value the party is meant to represent then they would view the greens as allies
fact that they see greens as an enemy is very telling
Zack Polanski offering voters fantasy solutions, says head of Fabian Society
Zack Polanski offering voters fantasy solutions, says head of Fabian Society
Joe Dromey, head of the Labour thinktank, urges his party to take on the ‘twin populisms’ of Reform UK and the Greens
The Green party leader, Zack Polanski, is offering voters “unicorns” and Labour must confront his “fantasy” solutions such as the idea that a wealth tax would fix the public finances, according to the Fabian Society’s general secretary, Joe Dromey.
Much of the government’s fire is trained on Nigel Farage. But in an end-of-year interview, the head of Labour’s internal thinktank urges his party to take on the “twin populisms” of Reform and Polanski. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
December 31, 2025 at 7:11 AM
@joedromey.bsky.social should read the replies
give him a bit of an insight as to how screwed labour is
here's the thing: if labour hadn't abandoned every single value the party is meant to represent then they would view the greens as allies
fact that they see greens as an enemy is very telling
give him a bit of an insight as to how screwed labour is
here's the thing: if labour hadn't abandoned every single value the party is meant to represent then they would view the greens as allies
fact that they see greens as an enemy is very telling
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Brilliant article that not only paints a more honest picture of this human rights defender but puts our right wing press to shame. The arc of this story proves their willingness to foreground racist far right activists’ propaganda.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Alaa Abd el-Fattah’s tweets were wrong, but he is no ‘anti-white Islamist’. Why does the British right want you to believe he is? | Naomi Klein
I have no interest in defending his social media posts, but calls to strip the newly freed activist of British citizenship pile torment on top of torture, says Naomi Klein, Guardian US columnist and c...
www.theguardian.com
December 31, 2025 at 8:05 AM
Brilliant article that not only paints a more honest picture of this human rights defender but puts our right wing press to shame. The arc of this story proves their willingness to foreground racist far right activists’ propaganda.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Our betters at play.
December 31, 2025 at 8:25 AM
Our betters at play.
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God honestly. Doesn’t this just sum up Reform. And their plastic patriotism.
Can’t even give a straight answer or follow the rules on their unbelievably naff merch.
So on brand.
Oh well. You sell or wear one of these, you’ve told us all we need to know about you.
(iPaper)
Can’t even give a straight answer or follow the rules on their unbelievably naff merch.
So on brand.
Oh well. You sell or wear one of these, you’ve told us all we need to know about you.
(iPaper)
December 30, 2025 at 8:06 AM
God honestly. Doesn’t this just sum up Reform. And their plastic patriotism.
Can’t even give a straight answer or follow the rules on their unbelievably naff merch.
So on brand.
Oh well. You sell or wear one of these, you’ve told us all we need to know about you.
(iPaper)
Can’t even give a straight answer or follow the rules on their unbelievably naff merch.
So on brand.
Oh well. You sell or wear one of these, you’ve told us all we need to know about you.
(iPaper)
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The moment you accept that depriving a specific citizen of their citizenship and attendant rights is an acceptable punishment, doled out by politicians, not courts, you accept that as an acceptable punishment for *any* citizen. The precedent is set.
December 30, 2025 at 2:21 PM
The moment you accept that depriving a specific citizen of their citizenship and attendant rights is an acceptable punishment, doled out by politicians, not courts, you accept that as an acceptable punishment for *any* citizen. The precedent is set.
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There isn't even a slippery slope from depriving a dual citizen of citizenship because they (arguably) committed a crime, and doing so to someone born in the UK who is only a UK citizen for the same thing. It's a short walk.
Ask this question and its follow-up. Like Begum before him, Alaa el-Fattah is being used as a crowbar to shift reasonable people - even some progressives - into a space of thinking that full citizenship, if granted recently or dual, is retroactively conditional or attracts a lower class of rights.
December 30, 2025 at 2:20 PM
There isn't even a slippery slope from depriving a dual citizen of citizenship because they (arguably) committed a crime, and doing so to someone born in the UK who is only a UK citizen for the same thing. It's a short walk.
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Russia invaded Ukraine, has slaughtered thousands of Ukrainians.
Putin has indicated Finland and Poland are next on his hit list.
It is to America's shame that Trump and his team are enabling this murderer.
Ukraine must win
#SlavaUkraine
Putin has indicated Finland and Poland are next on his hit list.
It is to America's shame that Trump and his team are enabling this murderer.
Ukraine must win
#SlavaUkraine
I’ve taken this piece out from the paywall for everyone to read. What happened this year could have been prevented, but the US made Putin’s terror campaign much easier.
open.substack.com/pub/phillips...
open.substack.com/pub/phillips...
Trump Is Helping Putin Kill Ukrainians
The USA Is Running Down Ukrainian Air Defense in Coordination With Russia
open.substack.com
December 30, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Russia invaded Ukraine, has slaughtered thousands of Ukrainians.
Putin has indicated Finland and Poland are next on his hit list.
It is to America's shame that Trump and his team are enabling this murderer.
Ukraine must win
#SlavaUkraine
Putin has indicated Finland and Poland are next on his hit list.
It is to America's shame that Trump and his team are enabling this murderer.
Ukraine must win
#SlavaUkraine
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One week they're crying about people getting visits from the police because of tweets, the next week they're calling for inquiries into tweets.
December 30, 2025 at 8:44 AM
One week they're crying about people getting visits from the police because of tweets, the next week they're calling for inquiries into tweets.
Woke up to find the Police at the door.
Car has been stolen.
They knew, as picked up on security cameras and thry were informe.
No units in the area, so the scum have got away with it.
Bastards.
Car has been stolen.
They knew, as picked up on security cameras and thry were informe.
No units in the area, so the scum have got away with it.
Bastards.
December 30, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Woke up to find the Police at the door.
Car has been stolen.
They knew, as picked up on security cameras and thry were informe.
No units in the area, so the scum have got away with it.
Bastards.
Car has been stolen.
They knew, as picked up on security cameras and thry were informe.
No units in the area, so the scum have got away with it.
Bastards.
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The revocation of citizenship is a fundamental and brutal discretionary power of the state.
One of the more depressing themes in recent judgments is how the courts nod-along and shrug when faced with this brute exercise of fundamental power, rather than subjecting this power to anxious scrutiny.
One of the more depressing themes in recent judgments is how the courts nod-along and shrug when faced with this brute exercise of fundamental power, rather than subjecting this power to anxious scrutiny.
December 29, 2025 at 11:38 AM
The revocation of citizenship is a fundamental and brutal discretionary power of the state.
One of the more depressing themes in recent judgments is how the courts nod-along and shrug when faced with this brute exercise of fundamental power, rather than subjecting this power to anxious scrutiny.
One of the more depressing themes in recent judgments is how the courts nod-along and shrug when faced with this brute exercise of fundamental power, rather than subjecting this power to anxious scrutiny.
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The reality in the UK now is that not enough people are being offered the choice of a free NHS vaccine against Covid. Hardly "forcing blind obedience". #r4today
December 29, 2025 at 6:37 AM
The reality in the UK now is that not enough people are being offered the choice of a free NHS vaccine against Covid. Hardly "forcing blind obedience". #r4today
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After a period - over Christmas of all times - which has seen a giant increase in Russian attacks, explicitly aimed at civilian targets and energy infrastructure, and rolling power cuts, intended to freeze people to death, this is basically Putin gaslighting the world, through his orange spokesman.
December 29, 2025 at 12:40 AM
After a period - over Christmas of all times - which has seen a giant increase in Russian attacks, explicitly aimed at civilian targets and energy infrastructure, and rolling power cuts, intended to freeze people to death, this is basically Putin gaslighting the world, through his orange spokesman.
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The Ukrainian delegation on the left
Putin’s delegation on the right-by all rights, the US flag s/b removed….
Putin’s delegation on the right-by all rights, the US flag s/b removed….
December 29, 2025 at 1:26 AM
The Ukrainian delegation on the left
Putin’s delegation on the right-by all rights, the US flag s/b removed….
Putin’s delegation on the right-by all rights, the US flag s/b removed….