Tom Bond
@tombond.bsky.social
I write about films for The Guardian, Little White Lies, Total Film, Sight & Sound, Birth.Movies.Death, One Room With A View and make TV.
Here for culture, politics, tech, sport and climate stuff.
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All the supposedly progressive people saying 'Nigel Farage's racism doesn't matter. His fans love it'.
It matters whether the leader of the party leading all the opinion polls is an outright racist. It matters if he called black people 'wogs' and said 'gas them' to Jews. Not everything is a game
It matters whether the leader of the party leading all the opinion polls is an outright racist. It matters if he called black people 'wogs' and said 'gas them' to Jews. Not everything is a game
November 25, 2025 at 8:30 AM
All the supposedly progressive people saying 'Nigel Farage's racism doesn't matter. His fans love it'.
It matters whether the leader of the party leading all the opinion polls is an outright racist. It matters if he called black people 'wogs' and said 'gas them' to Jews. Not everything is a game
It matters whether the leader of the party leading all the opinion polls is an outright racist. It matters if he called black people 'wogs' and said 'gas them' to Jews. Not everything is a game
This is clear proof of how nuclear is not the answer! Slow to build, expensive...not the answer.
Sizewell C is responsible for a quarter of the rise in the unit price of electricity from 1 January.
Meanwhile the unit price of gas has *fallen*.
The opposite of what we want!
From 1 Jan ⚡ goes up just over 1p; 0.35p of that is the new nuclear levy. ⚡ will be 27.7p per kWh, up from 26.4p.
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Meanwhile the unit price of gas has *fallen*.
The opposite of what we want!
From 1 Jan ⚡ goes up just over 1p; 0.35p of that is the new nuclear levy. ⚡ will be 27.7p per kWh, up from 26.4p.
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November 21, 2025 at 1:17 PM
This is clear proof of how nuclear is not the answer! Slow to build, expensive...not the answer.
A little taster of what the country's finances will look like under Reform. If the racism doesn't bother you, maybe this will.
🚨 BREAKING: Kent County Council is hurtling towards financial oblivion under Reform.
A shocking new council report reveals a projected budget black hole of £46.5 million for this year. The Reform Administration has completely lost control of our finances. 🔶
A shocking new council report reveals a projected budget black hole of £46.5 million for this year. The Reform Administration has completely lost control of our finances. 🔶
November 19, 2025 at 12:27 PM
A little taster of what the country's finances will look like under Reform. If the racism doesn't bother you, maybe this will.
Finally! Good riddance.
November 19, 2025 at 9:46 AM
Finally! Good riddance.
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💥 NEW: ‘Deeply shocking’: Nigel Farage faces fresh claims of racism and antisemitism at school
“He would sidle up to me and growl: ‘Hitler was right,’ or ‘Gas them,’ sometimes adding a long hiss to simulate the sound of the gas showers".
Read on for more...
www.theguardian.com/politics/ng-...
“He would sidle up to me and growl: ‘Hitler was right,’ or ‘Gas them,’ sometimes adding a long hiss to simulate the sound of the gas showers".
Read on for more...
www.theguardian.com/politics/ng-...
‘Deeply shocking’: Nigel Farage faces fresh claims of racism and antisemitism at school
Bafta-winning director among contemporaries urging contrition and apology from Reform UK leader, who denies the allegations
www.theguardian.com
November 18, 2025 at 3:08 PM
💥 NEW: ‘Deeply shocking’: Nigel Farage faces fresh claims of racism and antisemitism at school
“He would sidle up to me and growl: ‘Hitler was right,’ or ‘Gas them,’ sometimes adding a long hiss to simulate the sound of the gas showers".
Read on for more...
www.theguardian.com/politics/ng-...
“He would sidle up to me and growl: ‘Hitler was right,’ or ‘Gas them,’ sometimes adding a long hiss to simulate the sound of the gas showers".
Read on for more...
www.theguardian.com/politics/ng-...
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People really ought to be more embarrassed about putting shit like this up in public.
This mural has gone up in Kingston, ostensibly for Christmas but AI has ensured it's actually to celebrate the return of our dark lord Cthulhu
November 18, 2025 at 10:29 AM
People really ought to be more embarrassed about putting shit like this up in public.
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If your city isn't taking substantive steps to bring this about where you live, it's because planners and politicians believe it's acceptable for pedestrians and cyclists to die so that car owners can enjoy convenience.
“Helsinki hasn’t registered a single traffic-related fatality in the past year…Citing data that shows the risk of pedestrian fatality is cut in half by reducing a car’s speed from 40 to 30km/hr, city officials imposed the lower limit in most of Helsinki’s residential areas & city center in 2021.”
Helsinki just went a full year without a single traffic death
The capital city is Finnish’ed with car-related fatalities.
www.politico.eu
November 17, 2025 at 7:41 AM
If your city isn't taking substantive steps to bring this about where you live, it's because planners and politicians believe it's acceptable for pedestrians and cyclists to die so that car owners can enjoy convenience.
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This is the chart that Labour wants to define the Spending Review (and that Reeves’ team have been sending to the PLP).
June 11, 2025 at 10:06 AM
This is the chart that Labour wants to define the Spending Review (and that Reeves’ team have been sending to the PLP).
Always important to remember that the "we" here is the Tory government of the time.
Every so often I remember that interest rates were below 1% for 12 years.
I realise this is not "news". Nor is it news that, during that decade-plus, we failed to use the potential of dirt-cheap borrowing to invest in infrastructure projects that we belatedly realised we desperately needed.
Hmph.
I realise this is not "news". Nor is it news that, during that decade-plus, we failed to use the potential of dirt-cheap borrowing to invest in infrastructure projects that we belatedly realised we desperately needed.
Hmph.
June 10, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Always important to remember that the "we" here is the Tory government of the time.
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Reckon I could confuse Sam Coates by saying I've got his nose. youtu.be/7fej5XgfBYQ
Did ChatGPT lie to Sky News presenter about transcript for podcast?
YouTube video by Sky News
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June 7, 2025 at 8:41 AM
Reckon I could confuse Sam Coates by saying I've got his nose. youtu.be/7fej5XgfBYQ
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It goes without saying that many Labour MPs will deep down find Starmer's immigration rhetoric nauseating. It is up to them to stand up and be counted, rather than face having their careers peter out into cowardly ignominy.
May 12, 2025 at 12:46 PM
It goes without saying that many Labour MPs will deep down find Starmer's immigration rhetoric nauseating. It is up to them to stand up and be counted, rather than face having their careers peter out into cowardly ignominy.
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Genuinely think Keir Starmer’s “we risk becoming an island of strangers” comment is some of the most disgusting, degrading, dehumanising language we’ve heard in the ongoing debate surrounding immigration so far. Utterly fucking sickening. This is not the rhetoric the Labour Party should represent.
May 12, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Genuinely think Keir Starmer’s “we risk becoming an island of strangers” comment is some of the most disgusting, degrading, dehumanising language we’ve heard in the ongoing debate surrounding immigration so far. Utterly fucking sickening. This is not the rhetoric the Labour Party should represent.
I desperately wish I could vote Green as more than a protest, but while they reject great policies bc of knee-jerk protectionism it's really hard to.
The 'green belt' in London is mostly built on urban space. It's not green fields and meadows.
The 'green belt' in London is mostly built on urban space. It's not green fields and meadows.
The Mayor’s green belt proposal won’t solve London’s housing crisis. It’s just more luxury homes dressed up as a good deal for Londoners.
What we need is need rent controls, a freeze on Right to Buy and to take back control of the thousands of empty homes across the city.
@cprelondon.bsky.social
What we need is need rent controls, a freeze on Right to Buy and to take back control of the thousands of empty homes across the city.
@cprelondon.bsky.social
May 10, 2025 at 12:36 PM
I desperately wish I could vote Green as more than a protest, but while they reject great policies bc of knee-jerk protectionism it's really hard to.
The 'green belt' in London is mostly built on urban space. It's not green fields and meadows.
The 'green belt' in London is mostly built on urban space. It's not green fields and meadows.
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Trade social media says the UK won over the US. That should be getting more attention than what may or may not happen next, which is largely the speculation we had before the deal which turned out to be wrong bsky.app/profile/samu...
From UK perspective it looks like this deal takes the edge of some existing tariffs (cars, steel) & provides a framework to get a better ride on future (pharma), and it doesn’t appear to have given up very much in return.
Also doesn’t appear to cut across EU negotiations (as expected).
Also doesn’t appear to cut across EU negotiations (as expected).
May 9, 2025 at 6:52 AM
Trade social media says the UK won over the US. That should be getting more attention than what may or may not happen next, which is largely the speculation we had before the deal which turned out to be wrong bsky.app/profile/samu...
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Labour MPs saying “the clue is in the name” to justify benefit cuts is wildly disingenuous. It co-opts Labour’s history to imply all those that cannot physically labour are somehow excluded from the cause. Being pro-worker does not require being anti-unemployed or anti-disabled. It never did.
March 10, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Labour MPs saying “the clue is in the name” to justify benefit cuts is wildly disingenuous. It co-opts Labour’s history to imply all those that cannot physically labour are somehow excluded from the cause. Being pro-worker does not require being anti-unemployed or anti-disabled. It never did.
Bit emotional at the success of ULEZ. Such a simple, common sense policy that has radically transformed the health of Londoners. Khan's greatest achievement as mayor - www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Dramatic fall in London’s levels of deadly pollutants after Ulez expansion
People in capital breathing much cleaner air, with significant improvements in capital’s most deprived areas
www.theguardian.com
March 8, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Bit emotional at the success of ULEZ. Such a simple, common sense policy that has radically transformed the health of Londoners. Khan's greatest achievement as mayor - www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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If I was the person who was demanding to gaze at a little kid's junk "for evidence" I don't think people would consider me the good guy tbh. I don't think that's a coach looking out for women and girls and fairness in sport, it feels really really noncey.
This whole story is horrific, and exactly what the demonisation of trans people and trans kids leads too. The targeting of women & girls who do not conform to gender stereotypes. www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
Girls horrorified after coach asks to see 'evidence' of their gender
The talented youngsters came up against the cheating allegations while playing in their weekend league, with parents complaining from the touchlines.
www.dailymail.co.uk
February 5, 2025 at 11:07 AM
If I was the person who was demanding to gaze at a little kid's junk "for evidence" I don't think people would consider me the good guy tbh. I don't think that's a coach looking out for women and girls and fairness in sport, it feels really really noncey.
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JP Morgan left the net zero banking alliance earlier this week
Update: JPM analysts have doubled their insured loss estimate to $20bn+, with total losses as high as $50bn, as blazes continue to rage
www.ft.com/content/db2c...
www.ft.com/content/db2c...
January 9, 2025 at 4:22 PM
JP Morgan left the net zero banking alliance earlier this week
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So, the piece of shit who attacked the Christmas market has a history of tweeting Islamophobia, supports the Nazi AfD party, and seems to have been threatening to do this kind of thing for a while. He is also a Saudi national who moved to Germany in 2006. Guess which part is considered salient.
December 21, 2024 at 12:00 PM
So, the piece of shit who attacked the Christmas market has a history of tweeting Islamophobia, supports the Nazi AfD party, and seems to have been threatening to do this kind of thing for a while. He is also a Saudi national who moved to Germany in 2006. Guess which part is considered salient.
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For the first time, the UK government is seriously examining the harm that new North Sea oil and gas will do to our climate.
This is a crucial moment to call time on new drilling.
Have your say 👇
actionnetwork.org/petitions/ha...
This is a crucial moment to call time on new drilling.
Have your say 👇
actionnetwork.org/petitions/ha...
Have your say in the UK’s oil & gas decision: No New Drilling
This is it: we are on the brink of stopping new oil and gas drilling for good. The government has paused approving new fields while it asks us, the public, what we think should happen.Help make sure t...
actionnetwork.org
December 20, 2024 at 10:45 AM
For the first time, the UK government is seriously examining the harm that new North Sea oil and gas will do to our climate.
This is a crucial moment to call time on new drilling.
Have your say 👇
actionnetwork.org/petitions/ha...
This is a crucial moment to call time on new drilling.
Have your say 👇
actionnetwork.org/petitions/ha...
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Here’s what justice looks like, in France at least; Gisele Pelicot’s ex-husband has been found guilty of mass rape.
Gisele Pelicot is a hero. May her victory make it safer for other survivors to find justice in court.
apple.news/AbkJBP5lzQ16...
Gisele Pelicot is a hero. May her victory make it safer for other survivors to find justice in court.
apple.news/AbkJBP5lzQ16...
Gisèle Pelicot's ex-husband found guilty in mass rape trial in France — CBS News
A French judge has found Gisèle Pelicot's ex-husband guilty of drugging and raping her for years and inviting dozens of other men to do the same.
apple.news
December 19, 2024 at 9:30 AM
Here’s what justice looks like, in France at least; Gisele Pelicot’s ex-husband has been found guilty of mass rape.
Gisele Pelicot is a hero. May her victory make it safer for other survivors to find justice in court.
apple.news/AbkJBP5lzQ16...
Gisele Pelicot is a hero. May her victory make it safer for other survivors to find justice in court.
apple.news/AbkJBP5lzQ16...
Very very weak story, which only serves to undermine genuine opposition to Musk when he actually starts bankrolling Reform.
They're earning through the X Creator program, something which is open to anyone who pays for a blue tick.
They're earning through the X Creator program, something which is open to anyone who pays for a blue tick.
Reform MPs are already drawing significant funds from Elon Musk, through his website as part of its “creators” program.
bylinetimes.com/2024/12/18/t...
bylinetimes.com/2024/12/18/t...
The Reform UK MPs Already Being Bankrolled by Elon Musk
Nigel Farage is already benefiting financially thanks to the billionaire owner of X
bylinetimes.com
December 18, 2024 at 2:05 PM
Very very weak story, which only serves to undermine genuine opposition to Musk when he actually starts bankrolling Reform.
They're earning through the X Creator program, something which is open to anyone who pays for a blue tick.
They're earning through the X Creator program, something which is open to anyone who pays for a blue tick.
Excellent news. I simply can't understand how some people are saying Labour have done nothing since taking power. I don't agree with everything they've done, but they've done plenty!
A major boost in council funding for England has just been announced
December 18, 2024 at 1:55 PM
Excellent news. I simply can't understand how some people are saying Labour have done nothing since taking power. I don't agree with everything they've done, but they've done plenty!