Stephen Clayton
@stevepclayton.bsky.social
Retired (hurrah!) lecturer in sociology of public health, mostly now photography, silliness and political despair.
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It's Blue Labour and Reform that are tearing the country apart, by weaponizing the issue of asylum. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Illegal migration tearing UK apart, Mahmood says
The home secretary is set to announce major policy reforms, including a 20-year wait before people granted asylum can apply to settle permanently.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 16, 2025 at 3:23 PM
It's Blue Labour and Reform that are tearing the country apart, by weaponizing the issue of asylum. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Probably too much to ask but I'd love to see @davidallengreen.bsky.social's 'could' turn into the Beeb's 'will'!
The letter the BBC could send to Trump in reply to his $1bn claim
12th November 2025 Yesterday this blog offered a close reading of the letter Trump’s lawyers had sent to the British Broadcasting Corporation. As a follow-up, this is a letter that the BBC could se…
davidallengreen.com
November 12, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Probably too much to ask but I'd love to see @davidallengreen.bsky.social's 'could' turn into the Beeb's 'will'!
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Grief, I knew his logic was probably shall we say, unique, but don't go to Vegas to play poker professionally Mr McSweeney
There's just under 4 years until the GE. Pull your finger out and do something that is agreeable to those who dug you out last year (🤚🏼included)
Otherwise you can Foxtrot Oscar
There's just under 4 years until the GE. Pull your finger out and do something that is agreeable to those who dug you out last year (🤚🏼included)
Otherwise you can Foxtrot Oscar
Labour appear to be taking a "blindfolded juggling of chainsaws" approach to their 2029 GE prospects.
There is a world in which they don't lose a few limbs. But they probably have better odds of winning the Lottery.
There is a world in which they don't lose a few limbs. But they probably have better odds of winning the Lottery.
November 5, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Grief, I knew his logic was probably shall we say, unique, but don't go to Vegas to play poker professionally Mr McSweeney
There's just under 4 years until the GE. Pull your finger out and do something that is agreeable to those who dug you out last year (🤚🏼included)
Otherwise you can Foxtrot Oscar
There's just under 4 years until the GE. Pull your finger out and do something that is agreeable to those who dug you out last year (🤚🏼included)
Otherwise you can Foxtrot Oscar
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In honor of the dearly departed, a preview from Chapter Two ("The 9/11 Lobotomy") my forthcoming (hopefully in a year) book THE INFERNAL TRIANGLE: HOW AMERICA GOT THIS WAY.
November 4, 2025 at 3:49 PM
In honor of the dearly departed, a preview from Chapter Two ("The 9/11 Lobotomy") my forthcoming (hopefully in a year) book THE INFERNAL TRIANGLE: HOW AMERICA GOT THIS WAY.
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"You can’t reboot the planet if you crash it" | My commentary on Bill Gates' flawed new climate missive for @thebulletin.org: thebulletin.org/2025/10/you-...
You can’t reboot the planet if you crash it
What Gates is putting forward aren’t legitimate arguments that can be made in good faith. They are shopworn fossil fuel industry talking points.
thebulletin.org
October 31, 2025 at 6:35 PM
"You can’t reboot the planet if you crash it" | My commentary on Bill Gates' flawed new climate missive for @thebulletin.org: thebulletin.org/2025/10/you-...
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Oh, I see. So it's "How would it work?" rather than "What the fuck are you talking about, you racist ghoul?"
NEW: Labour chair Anna Turley writes to Katie Lam to ask how Tory policy of revoking indefinite leave to remain would work. She says it would “break up families & communities as well as undermining rule of law and trashing our country’s reputation for fairness”.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Labour demands clarity on Tory plan to strip thousands of right to stay in UK
Anna Turley says legally settled people threatened by Katie Lam’s proposals deserve urgent clarification
www.theguardian.com
October 25, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Oh, I see. So it's "How would it work?" rather than "What the fuck are you talking about, you racist ghoul?"
@rentouljohn.bsky.social yet another example of how the Labour govt, as supposed centrists, are miserably failing to challenging the Overton Window shifting to overtly racist policies being a reasonable position.
NEW: Labour chair Anna Turley writes to Katie Lam to ask how Tory policy of revoking indefinite leave to remain would work. She says it would “break up families & communities as well as undermining rule of law and trashing our country’s reputation for fairness”.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Labour demands clarity on Tory plan to strip thousands of right to stay in UK
Anna Turley says legally settled people threatened by Katie Lam’s proposals deserve urgent clarification
www.theguardian.com
October 25, 2025 at 5:50 PM
@rentouljohn.bsky.social yet another example of how the Labour govt, as supposed centrists, are miserably failing to challenging the Overton Window shifting to overtly racist policies being a reasonable position.
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I’ve got blog posts from about 2008 saying this man is a fascist lunatic with a mind full of big strapping lads in combat armour, barbed wire and crowds of weeping civilians being driven through streets, and I said he needed to be shunned like a leper. Well, we didn’t do that, and here we now are.
October 23, 2025 at 9:04 AM
I’ve got blog posts from about 2008 saying this man is a fascist lunatic with a mind full of big strapping lads in combat armour, barbed wire and crowds of weeping civilians being driven through streets, and I said he needed to be shunned like a leper. Well, we didn’t do that, and here we now are.
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Sometimes it is worth stepping back and reflecting on what is going on in the media at the moment - the political environment and the disruption.
Imagine telling anyone a decade ago this would come from the Pentagon in 2025.
Imagine telling anyone a decade ago this would come from the Pentagon in 2025.
October 22, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Sometimes it is worth stepping back and reflecting on what is going on in the media at the moment - the political environment and the disruption.
Imagine telling anyone a decade ago this would come from the Pentagon in 2025.
Imagine telling anyone a decade ago this would come from the Pentagon in 2025.
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The latest rumour is that Labour policy has eveolved to react to concerns on both sides of the debate; Starmer to announce that all immigrants will be told to go half way home.
Senior Labour figures have expressed dismay at the Party's "cowardly" and "incompetent" response to Tory shadow minister Katie Lam calling for legal migrants to "go home".
"What’s the point of us saying we’re anti-racist when we fail to call out racism," said one MP.
"What’s the point of us saying we’re anti-racist when we fail to call out racism," said one MP.
Exclusive: Labour Anger Erupts Over Party's Response To Katie Lam Immigration Row
"What’s the point of us saying we’re anti-racist when we fail to call out racism," said one MP.
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk
October 22, 2025 at 10:07 AM
The latest rumour is that Labour policy has eveolved to react to concerns on both sides of the debate; Starmer to announce that all immigrants will be told to go half way home.
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Great post. You should all read it. Especially if you thought the Patricia Routledge 'life thoughts' piece was cute. shkspr.mobi/blog/2025/10...
You did no fact checking, and I must scream
I'm neither a journalist nor a professional fact checker but, the thing is, it's has never been easier to check basic facts. Yeah, sure, there's a world of misinformation out there, but it doesn't tak...
shkspr.mobi
October 5, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Great post. You should all read it. Especially if you thought the Patricia Routledge 'life thoughts' piece was cute. shkspr.mobi/blog/2025/10...
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Yes, yes I know I keep banging on about my fucking book! However, if you want one repost this and I’ll do a random winner pick thing by the end of the week because I’m great like that. ♥️📚
#amindofmyown
#amindofmyown
October 7, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Yes, yes I know I keep banging on about my fucking book! However, if you want one repost this and I’ll do a random winner pick thing by the end of the week because I’m great like that. ♥️📚
#amindofmyown
#amindofmyown
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A thread of inspirational quotes from two of my idols: Kemi Badenoch and Ange Postecoglou
(uh-oh, I may have gotten some mixed up... or have I??)
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(uh-oh, I may have gotten some mixed up... or have I??)
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October 6, 2025 at 9:11 AM
A thread of inspirational quotes from two of my idols: Kemi Badenoch and Ange Postecoglou
(uh-oh, I may have gotten some mixed up... or have I??)
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(uh-oh, I may have gotten some mixed up... or have I??)
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@bylinetimes.bsky.social can now reveal that, during the crucial period when convicted Reform leader Nathan Gill was most active, working directly with Russian President Vladimir Putin’s most senior ally in Ukraine, he was also one of Nigel Farage’s closest confidantes 1/12
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@bylinetimes.bsky.social can now reveal that, during the crucial period when convicted Reform leader Nathan Gill was most active, working directly with Russian President Vladimir Putin’s most senior ally in Ukraine, he was also one of Nigel Farage’s closest confidantes 1/12
‘Thick as Thieves’: Nathan Gill and Nigel Farage’s Putin Problem
Far from being distant from the Reform UK Leader, insiders told Byline Times that the former MEP convicted of bribery was one of Farage’s closest aides, while we reveal how Gill worked on the Kremlin’...
bylinetimes.com
October 4, 2025 at 1:56 PM
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@bylinetimes.bsky.social can now reveal that, during the crucial period when convicted Reform leader Nathan Gill was most active, working directly with Russian President Vladimir Putin’s most senior ally in Ukraine, he was also one of Nigel Farage’s closest confidantes 1/12
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@bylinetimes.bsky.social can now reveal that, during the crucial period when convicted Reform leader Nathan Gill was most active, working directly with Russian President Vladimir Putin’s most senior ally in Ukraine, he was also one of Nigel Farage’s closest confidantes 1/12
RIP Patricia Rutledge comic genius.
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Patricia Routledge Kitty
YouTube video by ukcomedy
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October 3, 2025 at 12:45 PM
RIP Patricia Rutledge comic genius.
youtube.com/watch?v=T-iD...
youtube.com/watch?v=T-iD...
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This is a brilliant demolition of Kemi Badenoch's nonsense about the Climate Change Act by @fionaharvey.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
As Tories vow to scrap ‘failed targets’, how do their climate claims stack up?
We fact check Kemi Badenoch and her party after she promised to repeal Climate Change Act if they win power
www.theguardian.com
October 3, 2025 at 10:03 AM
This is a brilliant demolition of Kemi Badenoch's nonsense about the Climate Change Act by @fionaharvey.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Time for a cheery read!
#thecomingapocalypse
#thecomingapocalypse
October 3, 2025 at 9:49 AM
Time for a cheery read!
#thecomingapocalypse
#thecomingapocalypse
#Wigan elects first #Reform councillor into a previously very safe @teamlabouruk.bsky.social ward 1,391 votes to #Labour candidate's 970. If Starmer and @teamlabouruk.bsky.social continue to lean into Reform's view of the world, Lisa Nandy can say goodbye to Parliament at the next election.
October 3, 2025 at 7:07 AM
#Wigan elects first #Reform councillor into a previously very safe @teamlabouruk.bsky.social ward 1,391 votes to #Labour candidate's 970. If Starmer and @teamlabouruk.bsky.social continue to lean into Reform's view of the world, Lisa Nandy can say goodbye to Parliament at the next election.
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An Autocracy of Dunces
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An Autocracy of Dunces
How stone-faced generals, Wall Street pushback, and a government shutdown may save America’s quickly declining democracy
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October 3, 2025 at 5:18 AM
An Autocracy of Dunces
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October = active monarch month #DanausPlexippus #bugsky
October 2, 2025 at 5:10 PM
October = active monarch month #DanausPlexippus #bugsky
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On Yom Kippur many Jewish people in Britain have their phones off to mark the holy day.
As it ends at 723pm, some will hear the tragic Manchester news for the first time.
At that time, please join many of us to send a message of solidarity to British Jews.Thanks Together coalition for proposing.
As it ends at 723pm, some will hear the tragic Manchester news for the first time.
At that time, please join many of us to send a message of solidarity to British Jews.Thanks Together coalition for proposing.
October 2, 2025 at 4:06 PM
On Yom Kippur many Jewish people in Britain have their phones off to mark the holy day.
As it ends at 723pm, some will hear the tragic Manchester news for the first time.
At that time, please join many of us to send a message of solidarity to British Jews.Thanks Together coalition for proposing.
As it ends at 723pm, some will hear the tragic Manchester news for the first time.
At that time, please join many of us to send a message of solidarity to British Jews.Thanks Together coalition for proposing.
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Avanti train to London, no spare seats, loads of people standing in all carriages, shop not working and the bins are overflowing with rubbish. Quality service.
#nationalisethetrains
#nationalisethetrains
September 27, 2025 at 10:43 AM
Avanti train to London, no spare seats, loads of people standing in all carriages, shop not working and the bins are overflowing with rubbish. Quality service.
#nationalisethetrains
#nationalisethetrains
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Not sure Labour members will appreciate being told, “history will not forgive us if we do not use every ounce of our energy to fight Reform,” when they’ve been waiting despairingly all summer for No10 to do exactly that 🤷🏻♀️ www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Keir Starmer to warn Labour that battle with Reform is ‘fight for soul of the nation’
Exclusive: PM says history will not forgive his government if it fails to confront and defeat the populist right
www.theguardian.com
September 26, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Not sure Labour members will appreciate being told, “history will not forgive us if we do not use every ounce of our energy to fight Reform,” when they’ve been waiting despairingly all summer for No10 to do exactly that 🤷🏻♀️ www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Is it a surprise that voters question what Starmer really believes in when he says <picture 1> in the evening after having said <picture 2> in the morning?
September 26, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Is it a surprise that voters question what Starmer really believes in when he says <picture 1> in the evening after having said <picture 2> in the morning?