Steve
@steve152.bsky.social
Very pro-European and very anti-populist. (Populist is a euphemism for fascist or neonazi.) Former uni academic. Originally from Balham, gateway to the south, but now in the northwest of the south east.
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From Sunday, travelling into Europe gets tougher for Brits.
New EU border rules mean fingerprint scans, photo registration and longer queues.
This is the real-world cost of Brexit - more hassle, more red tape, more delays.
New EU border rules mean fingerprint scans, photo registration and longer queues.
This is the real-world cost of Brexit - more hassle, more red tape, more delays.
October 10, 2025 at 4:06 PM
From Sunday, travelling into Europe gets tougher for Brits.
New EU border rules mean fingerprint scans, photo registration and longer queues.
This is the real-world cost of Brexit - more hassle, more red tape, more delays.
New EU border rules mean fingerprint scans, photo registration and longer queues.
This is the real-world cost of Brexit - more hassle, more red tape, more delays.
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Simon Jenkins, who once thought Brexit would be good for Britain, thinks it was an error.
Like him, the public is clearly ready to see #Brexit reversed. There cannot be a single industry that would oppose it.
Of course it will not be easy. But it will be right.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Like him, the public is clearly ready to see #Brexit reversed. There cannot be a single industry that would oppose it.
Of course it will not be easy. But it will be right.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
We all know Brexit’s to blame for the crisis facing UK steel – it’s time for politicians to be honest and reverse it | Simon Jenkins
With British industry faltering, the excuse that the public wants this is risible. Parliament must force Starmer to act, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins
www.theguardian.com
October 10, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Simon Jenkins, who once thought Brexit would be good for Britain, thinks it was an error.
Like him, the public is clearly ready to see #Brexit reversed. There cannot be a single industry that would oppose it.
Of course it will not be easy. But it will be right.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Like him, the public is clearly ready to see #Brexit reversed. There cannot be a single industry that would oppose it.
Of course it will not be easy. But it will be right.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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And note the invitation to read the Times leader…
“Farage is guilty of absurd hyperbole but has a point, leading article, page 25”
Wow.
‘He may be a monumental bullshitter who hasn’t got the first clue how to govern and whose manifesto is a ruinous recipe for disaster, but we want him in No. 10’
“Farage is guilty of absurd hyperbole but has a point, leading article, page 25”
Wow.
‘He may be a monumental bullshitter who hasn’t got the first clue how to govern and whose manifesto is a ruinous recipe for disaster, but we want him in No. 10’
September 8, 2025 at 7:41 AM
And note the invitation to read the Times leader…
“Farage is guilty of absurd hyperbole but has a point, leading article, page 25”
Wow.
‘He may be a monumental bullshitter who hasn’t got the first clue how to govern and whose manifesto is a ruinous recipe for disaster, but we want him in No. 10’
“Farage is guilty of absurd hyperbole but has a point, leading article, page 25”
Wow.
‘He may be a monumental bullshitter who hasn’t got the first clue how to govern and whose manifesto is a ruinous recipe for disaster, but we want him in No. 10’
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You had your chance to remove and bar him from the presidency after Jan 6. And you chickened out.
September 5, 2025 at 6:37 PM
You had your chance to remove and bar him from the presidency after Jan 6. And you chickened out.
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What a traitorous piece of shit Farage is…
(Sunday Times)
(Sunday Times)
August 31, 2025 at 6:29 AM
What a traitorous piece of shit Farage is…
(Sunday Times)
(Sunday Times)
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Brexit - the gateway drug to a dangerous obsession with immigration - next come deportation schemes, #Farageriots, increasing authoritarianism, overt racism from politicians and media, cruelty as policy, leaving the ECHR…
On and on. Relentless, ruinous failure.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
On and on. Relentless, ruinous failure.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Voting for Brexit, stopping the small boats – none of it will ever appease those who wage war on immigration | Nesrine Malik
The facts and the numbers are irrelevant: Donald Trump and Nigel Farage just find new excuses and increase the toxicity, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik
www.theguardian.com
September 1, 2025 at 8:33 AM
Brexit - the gateway drug to a dangerous obsession with immigration - next come deportation schemes, #Farageriots, increasing authoritarianism, overt racism from politicians and media, cruelty as policy, leaving the ECHR…
On and on. Relentless, ruinous failure.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
On and on. Relentless, ruinous failure.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Republicans are trying to redraw congressional district lines to keep their grip on Congress in the midterms and beyond.
Voters should pick their politicians, not the other way around.
Get involved with the @democraticredistricting.com as they fight back: bit.ly/3HJ1ayW
Voters should pick their politicians, not the other way around.
Get involved with the @democraticredistricting.com as they fight back: bit.ly/3HJ1ayW
August 28, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Republicans are trying to redraw congressional district lines to keep their grip on Congress in the midterms and beyond.
Voters should pick their politicians, not the other way around.
Get involved with the @democraticredistricting.com as they fight back: bit.ly/3HJ1ayW
Voters should pick their politicians, not the other way around.
Get involved with the @democraticredistricting.com as they fight back: bit.ly/3HJ1ayW
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I wrote to my MP asking them to ditch First Past the Post for Mayors - you can too using this tool.
action.electoral-reform.org.uk/page/164752/...
action.electoral-reform.org.uk/page/164752/...
Ask your MP to repair the way we elect our Mayors
It only takes 30 seconds
action.electoral-reform.org.uk
August 28, 2025 at 4:44 PM
I wrote to my MP asking them to ditch First Past the Post for Mayors - you can too using this tool.
action.electoral-reform.org.uk/page/164752/...
action.electoral-reform.org.uk/page/164752/...
I presume those calling for ‘mass deportations’ and deals with the Taliban will be excusing themselves from poppy wearing and Remembrance Day events from now on…
August 27, 2025 at 5:08 PM
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If you're young
Or old
Or a woman
If you've got a disability
Or, you've a SEND
If you're LGBTQ+
Or you're from an ethnic minority
If you need care
Or you're in the forces
And if you're in Northern Ireland
Then Farage's plan to abolish human rights law is going to screw you
Or old
Or a woman
If you've got a disability
Or, you've a SEND
If you're LGBTQ+
Or you're from an ethnic minority
If you need care
Or you're in the forces
And if you're in Northern Ireland
Then Farage's plan to abolish human rights law is going to screw you
August 26, 2025 at 7:29 PM
If you're young
Or old
Or a woman
If you've got a disability
Or, you've a SEND
If you're LGBTQ+
Or you're from an ethnic minority
If you need care
Or you're in the forces
And if you're in Northern Ireland
Then Farage's plan to abolish human rights law is going to screw you
Or old
Or a woman
If you've got a disability
Or, you've a SEND
If you're LGBTQ+
Or you're from an ethnic minority
If you need care
Or you're in the forces
And if you're in Northern Ireland
Then Farage's plan to abolish human rights law is going to screw you
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Thank god for Keir Starmer. Would you rather have Cameron back, or May, or Johnson, or Truss, or Sunak ? Or any of the corrupt lying bunch of charlatans that got away with so much & almost bankrupted our country ? No, I didn't think so. Thank god for Keir Starmer, the real deal.
August 27, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Thank god for Keir Starmer. Would you rather have Cameron back, or May, or Johnson, or Truss, or Sunak ? Or any of the corrupt lying bunch of charlatans that got away with so much & almost bankrupted our country ? No, I didn't think so. Thank god for Keir Starmer, the real deal.
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Those Reform nutjobs reminded me:
"Being British is about driving in a German car to an Irish pub for a Belgian beer, grabbing an Indian curry or Turkish kebab takeaway, then going home to sit on Swedish furniture & watch American shows on a Japanese TV, while being suspicious of anything foreign."
"Being British is about driving in a German car to an Irish pub for a Belgian beer, grabbing an Indian curry or Turkish kebab takeaway, then going home to sit on Swedish furniture & watch American shows on a Japanese TV, while being suspicious of anything foreign."
August 27, 2025 at 9:12 AM
Those Reform nutjobs reminded me:
"Being British is about driving in a German car to an Irish pub for a Belgian beer, grabbing an Indian curry or Turkish kebab takeaway, then going home to sit on Swedish furniture & watch American shows on a Japanese TV, while being suspicious of anything foreign."
"Being British is about driving in a German car to an Irish pub for a Belgian beer, grabbing an Indian curry or Turkish kebab takeaway, then going home to sit on Swedish furniture & watch American shows on a Japanese TV, while being suspicious of anything foreign."
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This is so reminiscent of Brexit…
Farage loudly whipping up fear and hatred, in front of a huge ‘Breaking point’ poster with tiny little fact checks whispered far behind the bullshit headlines.
His immigration ‘plan’ would be a cruel and incompetent shitshow. We’ve done this all before.
(iPaper)
Farage loudly whipping up fear and hatred, in front of a huge ‘Breaking point’ poster with tiny little fact checks whispered far behind the bullshit headlines.
His immigration ‘plan’ would be a cruel and incompetent shitshow. We’ve done this all before.
(iPaper)
August 26, 2025 at 7:19 AM
This is so reminiscent of Brexit…
Farage loudly whipping up fear and hatred, in front of a huge ‘Breaking point’ poster with tiny little fact checks whispered far behind the bullshit headlines.
His immigration ‘plan’ would be a cruel and incompetent shitshow. We’ve done this all before.
(iPaper)
Farage loudly whipping up fear and hatred, in front of a huge ‘Breaking point’ poster with tiny little fact checks whispered far behind the bullshit headlines.
His immigration ‘plan’ would be a cruel and incompetent shitshow. We’ve done this all before.
(iPaper)
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Farage’s “probity and judgment were sold as the product called Brexit. It turned out to be a piece of shit.”
And, unbelievably, this Labour govt finds itself trapped because it has refused to call this out.
What a profound - and now dangerous - political failure.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
And, unbelievably, this Labour govt finds itself trapped because it has refused to call this out.
What a profound - and now dangerous - political failure.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
There’s an obvious way to challenge Nigel Farage. But Keir Starmer won’t do it | Rafael Behr
Labour’s reluctance to name Brexit as the cause of so many problems hasn’t stopped Reform’s rise. It’s time to try the truth, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr
www.theguardian.com
August 27, 2025 at 7:17 AM
Farage’s “probity and judgment were sold as the product called Brexit. It turned out to be a piece of shit.”
And, unbelievably, this Labour govt finds itself trapped because it has refused to call this out.
What a profound - and now dangerous - political failure.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
And, unbelievably, this Labour govt finds itself trapped because it has refused to call this out.
What a profound - and now dangerous - political failure.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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This latest spasm of racism, protests, flags, ‘legitimate concerns’, ‘political prisoner’ bullshit is the ugly hangover of a Brexit that failed to deliver the social change it promised because it was all a lie. Now, instead of facing up to that, we get more lies, more hatred. It can only ever fail.
August 24, 2025 at 7:00 AM
This latest spasm of racism, protests, flags, ‘legitimate concerns’, ‘political prisoner’ bullshit is the ugly hangover of a Brexit that failed to deliver the social change it promised because it was all a lie. Now, instead of facing up to that, we get more lies, more hatred. It can only ever fail.
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📉 Populists trash our economies.
🌱 Populists trash our environment.
💔 Populists trash our communities.
🔶 Liberal Democrats must be the first and last line of defence against this threat.
Graph: @financialtimes.com
🌱 Populists trash our environment.
💔 Populists trash our communities.
🔶 Liberal Democrats must be the first and last line of defence against this threat.
Graph: @financialtimes.com
August 24, 2025 at 2:02 PM
📉 Populists trash our economies.
🌱 Populists trash our environment.
💔 Populists trash our communities.
🔶 Liberal Democrats must be the first and last line of defence against this threat.
Graph: @financialtimes.com
🌱 Populists trash our environment.
💔 Populists trash our communities.
🔶 Liberal Democrats must be the first and last line of defence against this threat.
Graph: @financialtimes.com
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But still, they stay on X…
Brexit prejudice and lies, the ‘legitimate concerns’ bullshit and allowing social media sites to become cesspits of radicalisation and conspiracy theory… have all led to this dismal place.
A total failure of politics and journalism.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Brexit prejudice and lies, the ‘legitimate concerns’ bullshit and allowing social media sites to become cesspits of radicalisation and conspiracy theory… have all led to this dismal place.
A total failure of politics and journalism.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
UK MPs voice alarm at rise in online abuse over immigration debate
After further demonstrations at hotels housing asylum seekers, MPs say harassment is worse than during Brexit
www.theguardian.com
August 25, 2025 at 7:19 AM
But still, they stay on X…
Brexit prejudice and lies, the ‘legitimate concerns’ bullshit and allowing social media sites to become cesspits of radicalisation and conspiracy theory… have all led to this dismal place.
A total failure of politics and journalism.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Brexit prejudice and lies, the ‘legitimate concerns’ bullshit and allowing social media sites to become cesspits of radicalisation and conspiracy theory… have all led to this dismal place.
A total failure of politics and journalism.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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Farage’s immigration ‘plan’ amounts to nothing more than threats (or promises, if you’re racist) to be as inhumane, unlawful, moronic and prejudiced as possible about asylum seekers.
It’s the most unworkable, unthinkable, ruinous, Trump-branded horseshit. Brexit failure and toxic racism on steroids.
It’s the most unworkable, unthinkable, ruinous, Trump-branded horseshit. Brexit failure and toxic racism on steroids.
August 22, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Farage’s immigration ‘plan’ amounts to nothing more than threats (or promises, if you’re racist) to be as inhumane, unlawful, moronic and prejudiced as possible about asylum seekers.
It’s the most unworkable, unthinkable, ruinous, Trump-branded horseshit. Brexit failure and toxic racism on steroids.
It’s the most unworkable, unthinkable, ruinous, Trump-branded horseshit. Brexit failure and toxic racism on steroids.
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This is what Farage represents. This ignorance. This racism. This hatred. This social media radicalisation.
Shame on every single politician, newspaper, hack and pundit who has helped pave the way to this vicious, stupid, nationalistic version of England.
(Times - a complicit disgrace of a paper)
Shame on every single politician, newspaper, hack and pundit who has helped pave the way to this vicious, stupid, nationalistic version of England.
(Times - a complicit disgrace of a paper)
August 23, 2025 at 8:04 AM
This is what Farage represents. This ignorance. This racism. This hatred. This social media radicalisation.
Shame on every single politician, newspaper, hack and pundit who has helped pave the way to this vicious, stupid, nationalistic version of England.
(Times - a complicit disgrace of a paper)
Shame on every single politician, newspaper, hack and pundit who has helped pave the way to this vicious, stupid, nationalistic version of England.
(Times - a complicit disgrace of a paper)
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Two things:
I hope he doesn’t wear a fucking suit
And no ceding of land to that cvnt. Not one centimetre. He’ll only be back for more if he’s given it.
I hope he doesn’t wear a fucking suit
And no ceding of land to that cvnt. Not one centimetre. He’ll only be back for more if he’s given it.
August 18, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Two things:
I hope he doesn’t wear a fucking suit
And no ceding of land to that cvnt. Not one centimetre. He’ll only be back for more if he’s given it.
I hope he doesn’t wear a fucking suit
And no ceding of land to that cvnt. Not one centimetre. He’ll only be back for more if he’s given it.