Steve
@stega1958.bsky.social
Escaped teacher, retired children’s services manager.
Family.
Archery.
Karate.
Nose in a book.
Kindness first, love always.
Family.
Archery.
Karate.
Nose in a book.
Kindness first, love always.
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How have Labour watched the Tories spend 2-3 years parroting Farage then lose an election badly and conclude a similar strategy is the best course of action?
I. Really. Genuinely. Do Not. Get. It.
I. Really. Genuinely. Do Not. Get. It.
Just another of those days when I hate this government
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Asylum system in UK ‘out of control’ and dividing country, home secretary says
Shabana Mahmood to unveil new proposals modelled on Denmark’s controversial system
www.theguardian.com
November 16, 2025 at 8:50 PM
How have Labour watched the Tories spend 2-3 years parroting Farage then lose an election badly and conclude a similar strategy is the best course of action?
I. Really. Genuinely. Do Not. Get. It.
I. Really. Genuinely. Do Not. Get. It.
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Just wilful performative cruelty that is entirely out of step with the majority of British people.
How many Labour MPs got into politics in order to vote for stealing jewellery off of people seeking refuge from war and persecution?
How many Labour MPs got into politics in order to vote for stealing jewellery off of people seeking refuge from war and persecution?
November 17, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Just wilful performative cruelty that is entirely out of step with the majority of British people.
How many Labour MPs got into politics in order to vote for stealing jewellery off of people seeking refuge from war and persecution?
How many Labour MPs got into politics in order to vote for stealing jewellery off of people seeking refuge from war and persecution?
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Susan Hall is on the London Assembly, so she would be in a position to know that asylum seekers do not get a Freedom Pass for free transport in London. So why is she sharing this demonstrably false story?
November 17, 2025 at 9:27 AM
Susan Hall is on the London Assembly, so she would be in a position to know that asylum seekers do not get a Freedom Pass for free transport in London. So why is she sharing this demonstrably false story?
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At some point we have to stop pretending that Labour’s constant rightward drift is “grown-up politics” and call it out for what it is - governing by flinch.
And if pointing this out gets me into trouble - then trouble can pull up a chair.
And if pointing this out gets me into trouble - then trouble can pull up a chair.
An Island of Strangers, Led by a Party of Strangers
A Labour government with a historic majority has somehow decided the best way to beat the far right is to imitate its homework. Badly.
www.bearlypolitics.co.uk
November 17, 2025 at 9:45 AM
At some point we have to stop pretending that Labour’s constant rightward drift is “grown-up politics” and call it out for what it is - governing by flinch.
And if pointing this out gets me into trouble - then trouble can pull up a chair.
And if pointing this out gets me into trouble - then trouble can pull up a chair.
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holy shit: “Among the 2,000 UK adults surveyed, 85% were unaware that Britain forcibly transported more than 3 million Africans to the Caribbean, 89% did not know that Britain enslaved people in the Caribbean for more than 300 years” www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Caribbean reparations leaders in ‘historic’ first UK visit to press for justice
CRC mission will seek to deepen public understanding of Britain’s colonial legacy and its lasting impact
www.theguardian.com
November 16, 2025 at 7:54 PM
holy shit: “Among the 2,000 UK adults surveyed, 85% were unaware that Britain forcibly transported more than 3 million Africans to the Caribbean, 89% did not know that Britain enslaved people in the Caribbean for more than 300 years” www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
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🌍 42.5m refugees
Over 70% of them are hosted by low- and middle-income countries.
🇬🇧 548k refugees
= 0.78% of the UK population.
It is not refugees who tear our country apart, it is the mainstreaming of far right policies. And that’s a risk to all of us.
My letter to my MP.
#asylum #Mahmood
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Over 70% of them are hosted by low- and middle-income countries.
🇬🇧 548k refugees
= 0.78% of the UK population.
It is not refugees who tear our country apart, it is the mainstreaming of far right policies. And that’s a risk to all of us.
My letter to my MP.
#asylum #Mahmood
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![Dear [my MP’s name],
As the Home Secretary prepares to announce sweeping changes to the UK’s asylum system, I see it as both my duty as a citizen and responsibility as a migration expert to do all I can to urge policymakers to oppose the proposals—not only for what they will do to refugees, though that is the first concern, but also for what they will mean for all of us and the future society we live in.
That is why I am writing to you as my MP. This letter explains why I consider the need to oppose the Home Secretary’s proposals urgent and, at the most fundamental level, in the national and your constituents’ interest.
I was born in Germany, a country whose history taught me how quickly societies can go down dark paths; how quickly our leaders can fail in the choices they make. But the history of the displacement of people that the Nazi regime was responsible for also shaped my understanding of why refugee movements occur—and why our response to any of them can never compromise what are, and must always be, universal human rights.
Which is why what is happening in the UK now is so deeply alarming.
A manufactured crisis
As of June 2025, there were 42.5 million refugees globally. Over 70% of them are hosted by low- and middle-income countries; most of them immediate neighbours. Overall, five countries—Colombia, Germany, Türkiye, Iran and Uganda—host a third of the total number of refugees; Germany is the main host in the EU, hosting 2.7 million.
The UK hosts 548,000 refugees; that is 0.78% of the UK population. About 110,000 people are in receipt of asylum support; that is 0.15% of the UK population.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:bru4h6s37w4hfmwhetu7veye/bafkreidmewc5timbx7nh57qyq7lm7gmhvclzidmloqhwgckpnegnddoicq@jpeg)
November 16, 2025 at 9:25 PM
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There were 93 homicides in London last year: population 9 million
In New York - population 8.5 million - there were
391.
London's homicide figure is 6 times lower than LA, 9 times lower than Miami, 17 times lower than Chicago.
And it's falling year on year despite the population increasing
In New York - population 8.5 million - there were
391.
London's homicide figure is 6 times lower than LA, 9 times lower than Miami, 17 times lower than Chicago.
And it's falling year on year despite the population increasing
November 16, 2025 at 5:28 PM
There were 93 homicides in London last year: population 9 million
In New York - population 8.5 million - there were
391.
London's homicide figure is 6 times lower than LA, 9 times lower than Miami, 17 times lower than Chicago.
And it's falling year on year despite the population increasing
In New York - population 8.5 million - there were
391.
London's homicide figure is 6 times lower than LA, 9 times lower than Miami, 17 times lower than Chicago.
And it's falling year on year despite the population increasing
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Study involving 10,000 people finds that listening to music could reduce the risk of dementia by almost 40%. Get your records out! Make up your playlists! Get your headphones on! [But don't play your tunes too loud, you don't want hearing loss.]
www.sciencealert.com/listening-to...
www.sciencealert.com/listening-to...
Listening to Music Has a Surprising Impact on Dementia Risk, Study Shows
Listening to music into old age could reduce the risk of dementia by almost 40 percent, a new study has found.
www.sciencealert.com
November 15, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Study involving 10,000 people finds that listening to music could reduce the risk of dementia by almost 40%. Get your records out! Make up your playlists! Get your headphones on! [But don't play your tunes too loud, you don't want hearing loss.]
www.sciencealert.com/listening-to...
www.sciencealert.com/listening-to...
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The actual Department of US Homeland Security.
Incredible.
Incredible.
November 15, 2025 at 3:29 PM
The actual Department of US Homeland Security.
Incredible.
Incredible.
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Interesting to see so many great British patriots right now begging an American president to bankrupt one of Britain’s last remaining truly national institutions.
November 15, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Interesting to see so many great British patriots right now begging an American president to bankrupt one of Britain’s last remaining truly national institutions.
The ONLY acceptable BBC response is “no further comment, see you in court” 🤷♂️
Make the bully put up or shut up
Make the bully put up or shut up
"Overnight we've found out that the Orange Geriatric Felonious Game Show Host has, in an interview with GB News no less, confirmed that he would indeed be suing the BBC for between £1bn and £5bn..."
@bearlypolitics.co.uk
www.bearlypolitics.co.uk/p/trumplethi...
@bearlypolitics.co.uk
www.bearlypolitics.co.uk/p/trumplethi...
Trumplethinskin Goes After the BBC - Because Facts Keep Hurting His Feelings
The man who demanded people "fight like hell" now insists the real injury was a slightly compressed quote on Panorama.
www.bearlypolitics.co.uk
November 15, 2025 at 11:01 AM
The ONLY acceptable BBC response is “no further comment, see you in court” 🤷♂️
Make the bully put up or shut up
Make the bully put up or shut up
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THEN YOU PURCHASE THEM AND DO NOT USE THE PROPERTY OF OTHERS
Open AI loses copyright case in Germany.
Judge Elke Schwager summarized the case saying that if you want to build something and need components, "then you purchase them and do not use the property of others."
Judge Elke Schwager summarized the case saying that if you want to build something and need components, "then you purchase them and do not use the property of others."
Blow for OpenAI in Germany as court rules song lyrics used illegally
A German court ruled on Tuesday that OpenAI violated copyright on nine popular songs in a lawsuit that marked another attempt to prevent the free use of artists' content online. The Munich Regional Co...
www.yahoo.com
November 14, 2025 at 9:23 PM
THEN YOU PURCHASE THEM AND DO NOT USE THE PROPERTY OF OTHERS
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There's an army adage: if it's stupid but it works then it isn't stupid. Obsolescence is like that IMO. If it worked it wasn't obsolete.
November 14, 2025 at 11:58 PM
There's an army adage: if it's stupid but it works then it isn't stupid. Obsolescence is like that IMO. If it worked it wasn't obsolete.
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A more acceptable level of road deaths?
November 14, 2025 at 3:56 PM
A more acceptable level of road deaths?
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I did live through it. It was amazing to experience how life got better & better after we joined the ‘Common Market’ - more respect & better conditions for workers, clean waterways & beaches, freedom to travel all over Europe. All sorts of things that benefitted me & mine.
November 14, 2025 at 5:27 PM
I did live through it. It was amazing to experience how life got better & better after we joined the ‘Common Market’ - more respect & better conditions for workers, clean waterways & beaches, freedom to travel all over Europe. All sorts of things that benefitted me & mine.
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Ah the 1970s.
Stagflation, three day weeks, collapsing infrastructure. Civil War in Northern Ireland. In yer face racism and bigotry everywhere. Bin strikes. Strikes in general. Blackouts. Industrial decline. Wage inequality. Dog crap everywhere. And households spent 25% of their income on food.
Stagflation, three day weeks, collapsing infrastructure. Civil War in Northern Ireland. In yer face racism and bigotry everywhere. Bin strikes. Strikes in general. Blackouts. Industrial decline. Wage inequality. Dog crap everywhere. And households spent 25% of their income on food.
November 14, 2025 at 8:40 AM
Ah the 1970s.
Stagflation, three day weeks, collapsing infrastructure. Civil War in Northern Ireland. In yer face racism and bigotry everywhere. Bin strikes. Strikes in general. Blackouts. Industrial decline. Wage inequality. Dog crap everywhere. And households spent 25% of their income on food.
Stagflation, three day weeks, collapsing infrastructure. Civil War in Northern Ireland. In yer face racism and bigotry everywhere. Bin strikes. Strikes in general. Blackouts. Industrial decline. Wage inequality. Dog crap everywhere. And households spent 25% of their income on food.
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My dad was a crime reporter on the Luton News in 1975.
Just a couple of the highlights from just one page of a British Newspaper Archive search 😆
Just a couple of the highlights from just one page of a British Newspaper Archive search 😆
November 14, 2025 at 9:42 AM
My dad was a crime reporter on the Luton News in 1975.
Just a couple of the highlights from just one page of a British Newspaper Archive search 😆
Just a couple of the highlights from just one page of a British Newspaper Archive search 😆
I’m 66.
50 years ago I was 16, old enough to remember clearly what things were like.
This whole “things were better 50 years ago” schtick is just tosh and piffle 🤷🏼♂️
50 years ago I was 16, old enough to remember clearly what things were like.
This whole “things were better 50 years ago” schtick is just tosh and piffle 🤷🏼♂️
If only someone had written a book about this www.panmacmillan.com/authors/agne...
November 14, 2025 at 1:29 PM
I’m 66.
50 years ago I was 16, old enough to remember clearly what things were like.
This whole “things were better 50 years ago” schtick is just tosh and piffle 🤷🏼♂️
50 years ago I was 16, old enough to remember clearly what things were like.
This whole “things were better 50 years ago” schtick is just tosh and piffle 🤷🏼♂️
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At what point does the name change to the Trump files?
November 14, 2025 at 10:23 AM
At what point does the name change to the Trump files?
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Although I am EXTREMELY deep in thesis editing/writing/assemblage... I still have a Friday murder for you... because I was sensible, and wrote up a bunch in September.
ANYWAY, gather round for a tale of misery in Liverpool, 1883.
ANYWAY, gather round for a tale of misery in Liverpool, 1883.
November 14, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Although I am EXTREMELY deep in thesis editing/writing/assemblage... I still have a Friday murder for you... because I was sensible, and wrote up a bunch in September.
ANYWAY, gather round for a tale of misery in Liverpool, 1883.
ANYWAY, gather round for a tale of misery in Liverpool, 1883.
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Spot on. Speaking as a veteran, the political weaponising and virtue signalling, by some parties, sickens me to my core.
The point of remembrance is to focus politicians’ minds on the sacrifice made and at all reasonable costs to avoid further conflict, not use it to win votes.
The point of remembrance is to focus politicians’ minds on the sacrifice made and at all reasonable costs to avoid further conflict, not use it to win votes.
November 14, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Spot on. Speaking as a veteran, the political weaponising and virtue signalling, by some parties, sickens me to my core.
The point of remembrance is to focus politicians’ minds on the sacrifice made and at all reasonable costs to avoid further conflict, not use it to win votes.
The point of remembrance is to focus politicians’ minds on the sacrifice made and at all reasonable costs to avoid further conflict, not use it to win votes.
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Schrödinger's housing: simultaneously too expensive for American citizens, but cheap enough for illegal immigrants to afford.
(H/T @officer-blackavar.bsky.social)
(H/T @officer-blackavar.bsky.social)
JD Vance: "A lot of young people are saying housing is way too expensive. Why is that? Because we flooded the country with 30 million illegal immigrants who were taking houses that ought by right go to American citizens."
November 13, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Schrödinger's housing: simultaneously too expensive for American citizens, but cheap enough for illegal immigrants to afford.
(H/T @officer-blackavar.bsky.social)
(H/T @officer-blackavar.bsky.social)
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In the UK, Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor's friendship with Epstein has led to total disgrace.
He's been stripped of his titles, reduced to the status of a pariah.
Nobody is defending him.
He's a TOTAL disgrace.
In America, Jeffrey Epstein's close mate, Donald Trump, remains the president.
Insane.
He's been stripped of his titles, reduced to the status of a pariah.
Nobody is defending him.
He's a TOTAL disgrace.
In America, Jeffrey Epstein's close mate, Donald Trump, remains the president.
Insane.
November 13, 2025 at 9:58 PM
In the UK, Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor's friendship with Epstein has led to total disgrace.
He's been stripped of his titles, reduced to the status of a pariah.
Nobody is defending him.
He's a TOTAL disgrace.
In America, Jeffrey Epstein's close mate, Donald Trump, remains the president.
Insane.
He's been stripped of his titles, reduced to the status of a pariah.
Nobody is defending him.
He's a TOTAL disgrace.
In America, Jeffrey Epstein's close mate, Donald Trump, remains the president.
Insane.
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You've got a majority.
You've got three years to run.
Show us some fricking pizzazz
You've got three years to run.
Show us some fricking pizzazz
November 13, 2025 at 11:03 PM
You've got a majority.
You've got three years to run.
Show us some fricking pizzazz
You've got three years to run.
Show us some fricking pizzazz
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Hey Labour.
Show some fucking guts.
Show some fucking guts.
November 13, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Hey Labour.
Show some fucking guts.
Show some fucking guts.