Simon Boitoult
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The shitshow, that is Brexit Island, continues apace.
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Bravo, Maestro.
Breaking news: Composer Philip Glass withdrew his highly anticipated Symphony No. 15 from its scheduled Kennedy Center performance, saying “the values of the Kennedy Center today are in direct conflict with the message of the Symphony.”
Philip Glass pulls world premiere from Kennedy Center
The pioneering composer announced that “the values of the Kennedy Center today are in direct conflict with the message” of his Symphony No. 15: “Lincoln.”
wapo.st
January 27, 2026 at 4:21 PM
Bravo, Maestro.
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Same in the UK, probably getting worse with the disappearance of ‘intellectual’ Tories & Reform’s glorification of pig ignorance. I never know how to articulate this without making the problem worse! (As demonstrated above.)
January 27, 2026 at 8:02 AM
Same in the UK, probably getting worse with the disappearance of ‘intellectual’ Tories & Reform’s glorification of pig ignorance. I never know how to articulate this without making the problem worse! (As demonstrated above.)
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We were warned and warned and WARNED.
An extra 60,000 HGV drivers needed by UK...
Some of us warning here years ago of this too..Brexit (reducing EU cabotage & driver accompanied haulage) fucks UK even more while alleviating issue across EU. Will mean lower UK standards to meet demand of driver unaccompanied haulage to/from EU
Some of us warning here years ago of this too..Brexit (reducing EU cabotage & driver accompanied haulage) fucks UK even more while alleviating issue across EU. Will mean lower UK standards to meet demand of driver unaccompanied haulage to/from EU
January 20, 2026 at 10:10 AM
We were warned and warned and WARNED.
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The world’s wrongest man, Daniel Hannan, contending that Trump’s utter unfitness for office only emerged *yesterday*…
Because it’s the only way the irredeemable idiot can cling on to the delusion that he’s not an irredeemable idiot.
Because it’s the only way the irredeemable idiot can cling on to the delusion that he’s not an irredeemable idiot.
January 19, 2026 at 8:35 PM
The world’s wrongest man, Daniel Hannan, contending that Trump’s utter unfitness for office only emerged *yesterday*…
Because it’s the only way the irredeemable idiot can cling on to the delusion that he’s not an irredeemable idiot.
Because it’s the only way the irredeemable idiot can cling on to the delusion that he’s not an irredeemable idiot.
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Spot on ...
at some point we're gonna have to have a real conversation about why we're still paying federal taxes to a regime that isn't using them to help anyone, but instead is using them to brutalize us
January 10, 2026 at 5:18 PM
Spot on ...
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Enemies within and without. New post on my Brexit & Brexitism Blog includes a look at Erasmus, the Mail's anti-emigrant campaign, the great hate at home and the threat from Trump abroad, and the government's response: chrisgreybrexitblog.blogspot.com/2026/01/enem...
January 9, 2026 at 8:07 AM
Enemies within and without. New post on my Brexit & Brexitism Blog includes a look at Erasmus, the Mail's anti-emigrant campaign, the great hate at home and the threat from Trump abroad, and the government's response: chrisgreybrexitblog.blogspot.com/2026/01/enem...
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It's actually fascinating to watch these English fascists and fcukwits suddenly finding the MAGA Jesus in order to spread their far-right grift to the USA. Liz Truss will be next, because she's more desperate than any of them!
December 28, 2025 at 2:26 PM
It's actually fascinating to watch these English fascists and fcukwits suddenly finding the MAGA Jesus in order to spread their far-right grift to the USA. Liz Truss will be next, because she's more desperate than any of them!
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I just saw Stephen Miller referred to as PeeWeeHimmler and now I can’t unsee it. 😂😂
December 28, 2025 at 2:25 AM
I just saw Stephen Miller referred to as PeeWeeHimmler and now I can’t unsee it. 😂😂
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There we all were thinking that being on our own was what Brexit-loving papers such as The Mail craved.
December 28, 2025 at 11:23 AM
There we all were thinking that being on our own was what Brexit-loving papers such as The Mail craved.
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Being told to stop campaigning to rejoin, being told that it’s not yet time.. oh don’t even *think* of a customs union.
Progressives bringing a carrot to an armed conflict - the insanity of cautious incrementalism.
Beyond tired of being told to shhhh while autocrats set fire to our democracy.
Progressives bringing a carrot to an armed conflict - the insanity of cautious incrementalism.
Beyond tired of being told to shhhh while autocrats set fire to our democracy.
December 9, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Being told to stop campaigning to rejoin, being told that it’s not yet time.. oh don’t even *think* of a customs union.
Progressives bringing a carrot to an armed conflict - the insanity of cautious incrementalism.
Beyond tired of being told to shhhh while autocrats set fire to our democracy.
Progressives bringing a carrot to an armed conflict - the insanity of cautious incrementalism.
Beyond tired of being told to shhhh while autocrats set fire to our democracy.
Beagling around ... happy days.
December 9, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Beagling around ... happy days.
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Starmer’s speech came closer to the truth about Brexit than ever before. But the gap between truth and action is still the whole story.
eastangliabylines.co.uk/news/brexit/...
eastangliabylines.co.uk/news/brexit/...
Now is the winter of our Brexit sent
While we have used this title before, perhaps this is the time to look at our options afresh, now that we have seen the disaster that is Brexit
eastangliabylines.co.uk
December 6, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Starmer’s speech came closer to the truth about Brexit than ever before. But the gap between truth and action is still the whole story.
eastangliabylines.co.uk/news/brexit/...
eastangliabylines.co.uk/news/brexit/...
Thank god for that !! At last. Now you have identified the problem ... with a huge majority .... lets do something about it and fast. Customs Union would be my first objective.
👏🏽"We must all now confront the reality that the Brexit deal significantly hurt our economy. We have to keep reducing frictions. We have to keep moving towards a closer relationship with the EU. And we have to be grown up about it. To accept that it will require trade-offs."👏🏽
Music to my ears. ~AA
Music to my ears. ~AA
December 1, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Thank god for that !! At last. Now you have identified the problem ... with a huge majority .... lets do something about it and fast. Customs Union would be my first objective.
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What happened is precisely what the world's leading macroeconomists predicted would happen.
November 29, 2025 at 8:05 PM
What happened is precisely what the world's leading macroeconomists predicted would happen.
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Boris Johnson promised to govern as an amiable and cynical clown. He positioned himself as a clown, the country elected a clown and then we were governed by a clown, as demanded.
Starmer presented himself as a serious man for serious times. What did we get? More clown.
Starmer presented himself as a serious man for serious times. What did we get? More clown.
This is a clown-car government elected on a seriousness ticket iandunt.substack.com/p/a-clown-go...
November 21, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Boris Johnson promised to govern as an amiable and cynical clown. He positioned himself as a clown, the country elected a clown and then we were governed by a clown, as demanded.
Starmer presented himself as a serious man for serious times. What did we get? More clown.
Starmer presented himself as a serious man for serious times. What did we get? More clown.
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Coming on a dismal, dark wet day this is a really depressing read but, unfortunately, it's all true.
A week of chaos, cowardice and negligence: Labour has managed to pack so many failures into a single five day period that it's becoming difficult to remember all the details iandunt.substack.com/p/a-week-of-...
A week of chaos, cowardice and negligence
Labour has managed to pack so much failure into a single week that it becomes hard to remember all the details.
iandunt.substack.com
November 14, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Coming on a dismal, dark wet day this is a really depressing read but, unfortunately, it's all true.
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Brexit detonated our economy and our politics. Since then, our country seems to have lost its mind, veering off to the right, reawakening the racism genie, ruining itself to try to hide the dishonesty and snowballing damage of it all.
And now Farage could be PM ffs.
Mindblowing self-inflicted idiocy
And now Farage could be PM ffs.
Mindblowing self-inflicted idiocy
November 14, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Brexit detonated our economy and our politics. Since then, our country seems to have lost its mind, veering off to the right, reawakening the racism genie, ruining itself to try to hide the dishonesty and snowballing damage of it all.
And now Farage could be PM ffs.
Mindblowing self-inflicted idiocy
And now Farage could be PM ffs.
Mindblowing self-inflicted idiocy
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Finland's approach to housing the homeless is a comprehensive, well-funded national strategy aimed at ending it by treating a home as a universal human right. They also provide free health support and assistance with addiction etc. There’s virtually no homeless in Finland.
November 12, 2025 at 8:23 AM
Finland's approach to housing the homeless is a comprehensive, well-funded national strategy aimed at ending it by treating a home as a universal human right. They also provide free health support and assistance with addiction etc. There’s virtually no homeless in Finland.
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I hear the Epstein Ballroom will be illuminated solely by gaslighting.
October 24, 2025 at 4:07 PM
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Spoiler alert ... no he can't. What it tells me is that he is the figurehead, but it's his lieutenants that are truly concerning. They are the ideologs ... Project 2025 ... it's all there.
omny.fm/shows/countd...
omny.fm/shows/countd...
RERUN: COULD TRUMP PASS A SANITY TEST? - 10.3.25 - Countdown with Keith Olbermann
SEASON 4 EPISODE 21: COUNTDOWN WITH KEITH OLBERMANN
A-Block (2:30) COULD TRUMP PASS A SANITY TEST? Warning: this is a PARTIAL RE-RUN. If you heard Thursday's episode, don't bother. But I got such a g...
omny.fm
October 4, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Spoiler alert ... no he can't. What it tells me is that he is the figurehead, but it's his lieutenants that are truly concerning. They are the ideologs ... Project 2025 ... it's all there.
omny.fm/shows/countd...
omny.fm/shows/countd...
What a surprise ... MAGA said anything yet ?... thought not.
The founder of an American megachurch who advised President Trump in his first term has admitted to sexually assaulting a young girl in the 1980s
Megachurch pastor who advised Trump admits to child abuse
www.thetimes.com
October 4, 2025 at 12:42 PM
What a surprise ... MAGA said anything yet ?... thought not.
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Simply put: The far-right wants to undermine or leave every international agreement and convention that's been successfully protecting us from the far-right. This isn't about "freedom" or "sovereignty". It's about the barbarians tearing down the defences that have been keeping the barbarians at bay.
September 26, 2025 at 10:52 AM
Simply put: The far-right wants to undermine or leave every international agreement and convention that's been successfully protecting us from the far-right. This isn't about "freedom" or "sovereignty". It's about the barbarians tearing down the defences that have been keeping the barbarians at bay.
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Leaving the ECHR won’t “Take Back Control” – it will hand your rights to politicians
The myths are seductive, the reality is very different – without the ECHR your freedoms rest on whichever Home Secretary wakes up grumpy
eastangliabylines.co.uk/politics/jus...
The myths are seductive, the reality is very different – without the ECHR your freedoms rest on whichever Home Secretary wakes up grumpy
eastangliabylines.co.uk/politics/jus...
Leaving the ECHR won’t “Take Back Control” – it will hand your rights to politicians
The myths are seductive, the reality is very different – without the ECHR your freedoms rest on whichever Home Secretary wakes up grumpy
eastangliabylines.co.uk
September 26, 2025 at 7:48 AM
Leaving the ECHR won’t “Take Back Control” – it will hand your rights to politicians
The myths are seductive, the reality is very different – without the ECHR your freedoms rest on whichever Home Secretary wakes up grumpy
eastangliabylines.co.uk/politics/jus...
The myths are seductive, the reality is very different – without the ECHR your freedoms rest on whichever Home Secretary wakes up grumpy
eastangliabylines.co.uk/politics/jus...