stormbird11.bsky.social
@stormbird11.bsky.social
Passionate about social justice & fairness.
Politics: Centre-left. Anti-Brexit #FBPE
Hobbies: horse racing, swimming, walking & history.
Favourite passion: travel
Politics: Centre-left. Anti-Brexit #FBPE
Hobbies: horse racing, swimming, walking & history.
Favourite passion: travel
I really do wish Labour MP’s like @rachaelmaskell.bsky.social would just fuck off & leave Starmer to get in with his job. I’m a lifelong Labour supporter & idiotic MP’s like this will be the death of Labour.
If Reform win the next election, it will be all due to the recklessness of MP’s like her.
If Reform win the next election, it will be all due to the recklessness of MP’s like her.
February 5, 2026 at 4:48 PM
I really do wish Labour MP’s like @rachaelmaskell.bsky.social would just fuck off & leave Starmer to get in with his job. I’m a lifelong Labour supporter & idiotic MP’s like this will be the death of Labour.
If Reform win the next election, it will be all due to the recklessness of MP’s like her.
If Reform win the next election, it will be all due to the recklessness of MP’s like her.
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Because they're far more interested in whipping up faux outrage about Starmer.
February 4, 2026 at 11:28 PM
Because they're far more interested in whipping up faux outrage about Starmer.
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Former academic and newly-minted Reform candidate Matt Goodwin trying desperately to move the Overton Window all on his own.
Or “lying” as it’s known everywhere else.
Or “lying” as it’s known everywhere else.
February 3, 2026 at 10:43 PM
Former academic and newly-minted Reform candidate Matt Goodwin trying desperately to move the Overton Window all on his own.
Or “lying” as it’s known everywhere else.
Or “lying” as it’s known everywhere else.
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#ExtremeWeather is hitting harder and more often. Heavier rains, stronger #floods, bigger loss and damage.
In #Mozambique, the worst flooding in a generation has taken homes and livelihoods from hundreds of thousands of people.
The people hit hardest did little to cause the climate crisis.
In #Mozambique, the worst flooding in a generation has taken homes and livelihoods from hundreds of thousands of people.
The people hit hardest did little to cause the climate crisis.
January 29, 2026 at 1:03 PM
#ExtremeWeather is hitting harder and more often. Heavier rains, stronger #floods, bigger loss and damage.
In #Mozambique, the worst flooding in a generation has taken homes and livelihoods from hundreds of thousands of people.
The people hit hardest did little to cause the climate crisis.
In #Mozambique, the worst flooding in a generation has taken homes and livelihoods from hundreds of thousands of people.
The people hit hardest did little to cause the climate crisis.
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The killing of Alex Pretti is a heartbreaking tragedy. It should also be a wake-up call to every American, regardless of party, that many of our core values as a nation are increasingly under assault.
January 25, 2026 at 5:39 PM
The killing of Alex Pretti is a heartbreaking tragedy. It should also be a wake-up call to every American, regardless of party, that many of our core values as a nation are increasingly under assault.
This is one of the best series I’ve ever watched.
Britain needs a serious grown-up conversation about immigration before we get saddled with the idiots from Reform.
We basically need to copy what Denmark has done. The most sensible immigration policy I’ve seen anywhere in the world.
Britain needs a serious grown-up conversation about immigration before we get saddled with the idiots from Reform.
We basically need to copy what Denmark has done. The most sensible immigration policy I’ve seen anywhere in the world.
Scandinavia with Simon Reeve
Simon Reeve journeys across a land of Arctic tundra, vast forests and stunning fjords, investigating the surprising secrets of some of the happiest and most equal societies on earth.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 22, 2026 at 2:17 PM
This is one of the best series I’ve ever watched.
Britain needs a serious grown-up conversation about immigration before we get saddled with the idiots from Reform.
We basically need to copy what Denmark has done. The most sensible immigration policy I’ve seen anywhere in the world.
Britain needs a serious grown-up conversation about immigration before we get saddled with the idiots from Reform.
We basically need to copy what Denmark has done. The most sensible immigration policy I’ve seen anywhere in the world.
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So it was Badenoch *personally* who stabbed Britain in the back during the Greenland crisis! Simply unbelievable. Ought to be a resignation matter.
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
How Badenoch’s meeting with Mike Johnson led to Trump’s Chagos deal rant
A brief encounter set off a chain of events that culminated in a public rebuff to the US president from Keir Starmer
www.theguardian.com
January 22, 2026 at 9:58 AM
So it was Badenoch *personally* who stabbed Britain in the back during the Greenland crisis! Simply unbelievable. Ought to be a resignation matter.
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
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Faced with the deranged threats and wild madness of Trump’s presidency, our Brexit ‘sovereignty’ couldn’t be more costly… and yet worthless.
Farage and Badenoch would rather bend the knee to the US monster than admit that our future is with Europe.
The deceit is pathological. Sociopathic. Ruinous.
Farage and Badenoch would rather bend the knee to the US monster than admit that our future is with Europe.
The deceit is pathological. Sociopathic. Ruinous.
January 21, 2026 at 7:42 AM
Faced with the deranged threats and wild madness of Trump’s presidency, our Brexit ‘sovereignty’ couldn’t be more costly… and yet worthless.
Farage and Badenoch would rather bend the knee to the US monster than admit that our future is with Europe.
The deceit is pathological. Sociopathic. Ruinous.
Farage and Badenoch would rather bend the knee to the US monster than admit that our future is with Europe.
The deceit is pathological. Sociopathic. Ruinous.
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Lesson for Sir Keir Starmer:
"Standing up to Trump offers no guarantee of success. Submission, on the other hand, is certain to fail."
www.ft.com/content/dede...
"Standing up to Trump offers no guarantee of success. Submission, on the other hand, is certain to fail."
www.ft.com/content/dede...
America’s barbarians inside the gates
No ideological code can fully capture Trump’s actions
www.ft.com
January 20, 2026 at 10:30 PM
Lesson for Sir Keir Starmer:
"Standing up to Trump offers no guarantee of success. Submission, on the other hand, is certain to fail."
www.ft.com/content/dede...
"Standing up to Trump offers no guarantee of success. Submission, on the other hand, is certain to fail."
www.ft.com/content/dede...
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Mark Carney is a fantastic demonstration of why having a coherent political and economic worldview is so important for a politician.
When you encounter something out of the scope of what you’ve previously experienced, you can derive your approach from first principles.
Labour: take notes.
When you encounter something out of the scope of what you’ve previously experienced, you can derive your approach from first principles.
Labour: take notes.
January 20, 2026 at 10:16 PM
Mark Carney is a fantastic demonstration of why having a coherent political and economic worldview is so important for a politician.
When you encounter something out of the scope of what you’ve previously experienced, you can derive your approach from first principles.
Labour: take notes.
When you encounter something out of the scope of what you’ve previously experienced, you can derive your approach from first principles.
Labour: take notes.
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I flew down to south Texas today to do my job - investigate why people are dying in ICE detention centers.
I was just illegally denied entry to Dilley Detention Center. Because they have something to hide.
I was just illegally denied entry to Dilley Detention Center. Because they have something to hide.
January 20, 2026 at 10:21 PM
I flew down to south Texas today to do my job - investigate why people are dying in ICE detention centers.
I was just illegally denied entry to Dilley Detention Center. Because they have something to hide.
I was just illegally denied entry to Dilley Detention Center. Because they have something to hide.
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Canada PM gets standing ovation at Davos as he warns of world order ‘rupture’
Canada PM gets standing ovation at Davos as he warns of world order ‘rupture’
Canada PM gets standing ovation at Davos as he warns of world order ‘rupture’
www.independent.co.uk
January 20, 2026 at 7:06 PM
Canada PM gets standing ovation at Davos as he warns of world order ‘rupture’
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It's clear that the government's strategy of attempting to appease Donald Trump has roundly failed; when you cede ground to a bully, you only embolden them further.
It's time for the UK to show some genuine backbone in the face of the US President's aggression and unreliability.
It's time for the UK to show some genuine backbone in the face of the US President's aggression and unreliability.
January 20, 2026 at 7:00 PM
It's clear that the government's strategy of attempting to appease Donald Trump has roundly failed; when you cede ground to a bully, you only embolden them further.
It's time for the UK to show some genuine backbone in the face of the US President's aggression and unreliability.
It's time for the UK to show some genuine backbone in the face of the US President's aggression and unreliability.
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Q: Did you invite Putin to be on the Board of Peace?
TRUMP: Yeah. He's been invited
Q: Thoughts on Macron saying he won't join?
TRUMP: Did he say that? Nobody wants him bc he's going to be out of office very soon. If they feel hostile, I'll put a 200% tariff on his wines & champagnes & he'll join
TRUMP: Yeah. He's been invited
Q: Thoughts on Macron saying he won't join?
TRUMP: Did he say that? Nobody wants him bc he's going to be out of office very soon. If they feel hostile, I'll put a 200% tariff on his wines & champagnes & he'll join
January 20, 2026 at 5:21 AM
Q: Did you invite Putin to be on the Board of Peace?
TRUMP: Yeah. He's been invited
Q: Thoughts on Macron saying he won't join?
TRUMP: Did he say that? Nobody wants him bc he's going to be out of office very soon. If they feel hostile, I'll put a 200% tariff on his wines & champagnes & he'll join
TRUMP: Yeah. He's been invited
Q: Thoughts on Macron saying he won't join?
TRUMP: Did he say that? Nobody wants him bc he's going to be out of office very soon. If they feel hostile, I'll put a 200% tariff on his wines & champagnes & he'll join
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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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In the face of Trump’s threats, Britain’s best path is clearer than ever: hurry back to Europe | Stella Creasy
In the face of Trump’s threats, Britain’s best path is clearer than ever: hurry back to Europe | Stella Creasy
Labour must urgently seek new roles and alliances, while also enhancing the UK’s own military capabilities, says Stella Creasy, MP and chair of the Labour Movement for Europe
www.theguardian.com
January 20, 2026 at 4:38 PM
In the face of Trump’s threats, Britain’s best path is clearer than ever: hurry back to Europe | Stella Creasy
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Thames Water's creditors want permission to pollute for the next 15 years.
Instead of allowing them to put shareholders' interests before their customers and the environment, the company should be placed into special administration.
We need public ownership now.
Instead of allowing them to put shareholders' interests before their customers and the environment, the company should be placed into special administration.
We need public ownership now.
January 20, 2026 at 5:07 PM
Thames Water's creditors want permission to pollute for the next 15 years.
Instead of allowing them to put shareholders' interests before their customers and the environment, the company should be placed into special administration.
We need public ownership now.
Instead of allowing them to put shareholders' interests before their customers and the environment, the company should be placed into special administration.
We need public ownership now.
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Geopolitical shocks can - and must - be an opportunity for Europe.
The seismic shift underway makes it both possible & necessary to build a new European independence.
From security to the economy.
From defence to democracy.
Europe is gathering speed.
→ link.europa.eu/6qt6hC
The seismic shift underway makes it both possible & necessary to build a new European independence.
From security to the economy.
From defence to democracy.
Europe is gathering speed.
→ link.europa.eu/6qt6hC
January 20, 2026 at 11:36 AM
Geopolitical shocks can - and must - be an opportunity for Europe.
The seismic shift underway makes it both possible & necessary to build a new European independence.
From security to the economy.
From defence to democracy.
Europe is gathering speed.
→ link.europa.eu/6qt6hC
The seismic shift underway makes it both possible & necessary to build a new European independence.
From security to the economy.
From defence to democracy.
Europe is gathering speed.
→ link.europa.eu/6qt6hC
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A new customs union with the EU isn’t a “simple fix”.
It’s complex - but necessary.
Rebuilding ties with Europe matters, especially as the US becomes more unpredictable.
It’s complex - but necessary.
Rebuilding ties with Europe matters, especially as the US becomes more unpredictable.
The UK would be “foolish” to embrace the seemingly “simple solution” of a new customs union with the EU in an effort to boost economic growth, business secretary Peter Kyle has said despite growing fears of a trade war with Donald Trump.
(FT interview)
www.ft.com/content/73c8...
(FT interview)
www.ft.com/content/73c8...
UK would be ‘foolish’ to pursue customs union with EU, business secretary says
Peter Kyle warns against ‘simple solutions’ for boosting growth in FT interview
www.ft.com
January 20, 2026 at 8:44 AM
A new customs union with the EU isn’t a “simple fix”.
It’s complex - but necessary.
Rebuilding ties with Europe matters, especially as the US becomes more unpredictable.
It’s complex - but necessary.
Rebuilding ties with Europe matters, especially as the US becomes more unpredictable.
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If Labour won’t nationalise water, their “big overhaul” is a con.
Sewage in our rivers. Bills going up. Profits protected.
Public services should be in public hands.
Sewage in our rivers. Bills going up. Profits protected.
Public services should be in public hands.
January 20, 2026 at 9:09 AM
If Labour won’t nationalise water, their “big overhaul” is a con.
Sewage in our rivers. Bills going up. Profits protected.
Public services should be in public hands.
Sewage in our rivers. Bills going up. Profits protected.
Public services should be in public hands.
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Zack is right on this and the kind of people who normally vote Labour will hear that.
A new customs union with the EU isn’t a “simple fix”.
It’s complex - but necessary.
Rebuilding ties with Europe matters, especially as the US becomes more unpredictable.
It’s complex - but necessary.
Rebuilding ties with Europe matters, especially as the US becomes more unpredictable.
The UK would be “foolish” to embrace the seemingly “simple solution” of a new customs union with the EU in an effort to boost economic growth, business secretary Peter Kyle has said despite growing fears of a trade war with Donald Trump.
(FT interview)
www.ft.com/content/73c8...
(FT interview)
www.ft.com/content/73c8...
January 20, 2026 at 8:56 AM
Zack is right on this and the kind of people who normally vote Labour will hear that.
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🟨 Print Edition — The EU’s Farage Clause’ Shows Reform UK’s Power
The EU is reportedly seeking a so-called Farage Clause in its Brexit reset negotiations with the UK. Under the proposal, Britain would be forced to hand over compensation to the European Union if a future UK government reneges on a…
The EU is reportedly seeking a so-called Farage Clause in its Brexit reset negotiations with the UK. Under the proposal, Britain would be forced to hand over compensation to the European Union if a future UK government reneges on a…
The EU's Farage Clause' Shows Reform UK's Power – Byline Times Digital / Print Edition
The EU is reportedly seeking a so-called Farage Clause in its Brexit reset negotiations with the UK. Under the proposal, Britain would be forced to hand over compensation to the European Union if a future UK government reneges on any deal struck now by Keir Starmer.
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January 19, 2026 at 6:00 PM
🟨 Print Edition — The EU’s Farage Clause’ Shows Reform UK’s Power
The EU is reportedly seeking a so-called Farage Clause in its Brexit reset negotiations with the UK. Under the proposal, Britain would be forced to hand over compensation to the European Union if a future UK government reneges on a…
The EU is reportedly seeking a so-called Farage Clause in its Brexit reset negotiations with the UK. Under the proposal, Britain would be forced to hand over compensation to the European Union if a future UK government reneges on a…
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Greenlandic Politician Tillie Martinussen:
We do not want to be rich like Americans. Look how greedy they are, even trying to invade their friends.
Even if there are minerals and oil under our land-and they are worth far more-we still would not sell ourselves.
We do not want to be rich like Americans. Look how greedy they are, even trying to invade their friends.
Even if there are minerals and oil under our land-and they are worth far more-we still would not sell ourselves.
January 19, 2026 at 12:05 PM
Greenlandic Politician Tillie Martinussen:
We do not want to be rich like Americans. Look how greedy they are, even trying to invade their friends.
Even if there are minerals and oil under our land-and they are worth far more-we still would not sell ourselves.
We do not want to be rich like Americans. Look how greedy they are, even trying to invade their friends.
Even if there are minerals and oil under our land-and they are worth far more-we still would not sell ourselves.
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There’s no bigger ick than someone who supports Donald Trump. You are either a selfish and cruel person, or you are very uneducated and lack basic critical thinking skills. You are okay with harming others for your own gain. Full stop. It’s gross. It’s upsetting. Stay away from me.
January 18, 2026 at 9:46 PM
There’s no bigger ick than someone who supports Donald Trump. You are either a selfish and cruel person, or you are very uneducated and lack basic critical thinking skills. You are okay with harming others for your own gain. Full stop. It’s gross. It’s upsetting. Stay away from me.
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Donald Trump treats the international stage like a schoolyard playground, attempting to bully and brute force other countries into compliance with his imperialist agenda.
The UK cannot continue to appease an erratic, unreliable leader under the guise of a "special relationship."
The UK cannot continue to appease an erratic, unreliable leader under the guise of a "special relationship."
January 17, 2026 at 5:19 PM
Donald Trump treats the international stage like a schoolyard playground, attempting to bully and brute force other countries into compliance with his imperialist agenda.
The UK cannot continue to appease an erratic, unreliable leader under the guise of a "special relationship."
The UK cannot continue to appease an erratic, unreliable leader under the guise of a "special relationship."