Capt'n G.
@unwelcomeguest.bsky.social
Labour, European, architecture/design/engineering, sustainability, just stop burning things!
Richmond Yorkshire.
Known to be unpleasant.
Richmond Yorkshire.
Known to be unpleasant.
'Book Review of The Day'
75 Benefits of Brexit is an anonymous Brexiteer’s attempt to justify his support for the 2016 referendum, but he does not do so persuasively | Paul Swallow
Utopian dreams of a post-Brexit Britain
75 Benefits of Brexit is an anonymous Brexiteer’s attempt to justify his support for the 2016 referendum, but he does not do so persuasively
kentandsurreybylines.co.uk
February 8, 2026 at 10:28 AM
'Book Review of The Day'
Reform supporters with unrealistic expectations won't accept this, but it's very good news.
February 7, 2026 at 9:43 AM
Reform supporters with unrealistic expectations won't accept this, but it's very good news.
My 'Read of The Day' .
Mainstream liberal governments like our own must now attack Trump and his MAGA movement cancer that is spreading to Europe.
Mainstream liberal governments like our own must now attack Trump and his MAGA movement cancer that is spreading to Europe.
The biggest threat facing Europe is not a Trump invasion. It’s his global political revolution | Mark Leonard
The biggest threat facing Europe is not a Trump invasion. It’s his global political revolution | Mark Leonard
I am convinced that Europe’s ‘new right’ is a radically contemporary movement. Defeating it means understanding its critique of liberalism, says Mark Leonard of the European Council on Foreign Relations
www.theguardian.com
February 7, 2026 at 8:57 AM
My 'Read of The Day' .
Mainstream liberal governments like our own must now attack Trump and his MAGA movement cancer that is spreading to Europe.
Mainstream liberal governments like our own must now attack Trump and his MAGA movement cancer that is spreading to Europe.
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The Trump administration is creating a "slush fund" to turbocharge MAGA groups in the UK and EU, according to the FT.
This is code fucking red for democracy.
This is code fucking red for democracy.
Trump’s funding a MAGA invasion of UK and EU
🚨 Code f*cking red 🚨
writesbright.substack.com
February 6, 2026 at 1:04 PM
The Trump administration is creating a "slush fund" to turbocharge MAGA groups in the UK and EU, according to the FT.
This is code fucking red for democracy.
This is code fucking red for democracy.
Pretty good idea I reckon.
February 6, 2026 at 3:13 PM
Pretty good idea I reckon.
Clarity
I hope the abyss in @stephenkb.bsky.social's newsletter becomes a returning character
February 6, 2026 at 11:30 AM
Clarity
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There has been lots of reporting on this, it’s really worth checking out @peterjukes.bsky.social article in @bylinetimes.bsky.social.
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/19/d...
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/19/d...
Dinner with Mr Brexit: Bannon’s European Revolution – Planned with Farage, Backed by Epstein
Nigel Farage was the figurehead and his partner Laure Ferrari started it. Steve Bannon and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein were providing almost daily support
bylinetimes.com
February 6, 2026 at 10:13 AM
There has been lots of reporting on this, it’s really worth checking out @peterjukes.bsky.social article in @bylinetimes.bsky.social.
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/19/d...
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/19/d...
Donald Tusk's government showing how to go after populist crooks.
Keir Starmer should take note and go hard on Farrage and friends, we all know he's bent!
Keir Starmer should take note and go hard on Farrage and friends, we all know he's bent!
A Warsaw court ordered the arrest of former Polish Justice Minister Zbigniew Ziobro last night, a move that could exacerbate a diplomatic dispute between Poland and Hungary.
Polish court orders arrest of fugitive ex-Justice Minister Ziobro
Zbigniew Ziobro, who is under investigation over the alleged misuse of public funds and other charges, was granted political asylum in Hungary in January.
www.politico.eu
February 6, 2026 at 10:24 AM
Donald Tusk's government showing how to go after populist crooks.
Keir Starmer should take note and go hard on Farrage and friends, we all know he's bent!
Keir Starmer should take note and go hard on Farrage and friends, we all know he's bent!
Fucking hell 😡
A video shared on President Trump’s Truth Social account depicts the Obamas as apes.
February 6, 2026 at 10:18 AM
Fucking hell 😡
Humanity in politics 😳 ... just now imagine The Donald attempting to pull it off🤮
Child at the podium: “A woo woo woo.”
Mamdani: That’s how I felt when we came up with this plan. Together, we will expand the idea of what is possible in our city—and what sounds and noises we can make at a press conference.
Mamdani: That’s how I felt when we came up with this plan. Together, we will expand the idea of what is possible in our city—and what sounds and noises we can make at a press conference.
February 6, 2026 at 10:16 AM
Humanity in politics 😳 ... just now imagine The Donald attempting to pull it off🤮
Another good reason to be thankful that the idiotic Andy Burnham has been put back in his box, for now.
British PM Keir Starmer’s having a bad week. Markets think it’s about to get worse.
Markets think Keir Starmer’s time is up too
Bond traders are already pricing in the British prime minister and his chancellor’s exit.
www.politico.eu
February 6, 2026 at 10:03 AM
Another good reason to be thankful that the idiotic Andy Burnham has been put back in his box, for now.
American maga aligned propaganda machine attacks European values
I hate the feeling of having our way of life under attack and the helplessness we seem to have about responding.
Remember the controversy when Obama was accused of intervening in UK politics? This is the current US government openly seeking to undermine liberal democracy in Europe.
February 6, 2026 at 9:14 AM
American maga aligned propaganda machine attacks European values
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This raises the question whether Trump simply forgot that he already did this some time ago. Before Farage convinced him to take the opposite view only for Starmer to convince him to go back to the original view /1
🚨 BREAKING: Donald Trump has formally approved the Chagos Islands deal
February 5, 2026 at 6:29 PM
This raises the question whether Trump simply forgot that he already did this some time ago. Before Farage convinced him to take the opposite view only for Starmer to convince him to go back to the original view /1
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It is the equivalent of The Traitors in the turret realising that The Faithful are desperate for blood and turning on the member of the cabal that has the "most heat" on them. It doesn't make that person less of a Traitor. But its primary function IS TO BUY TIME AND SPACE for the other Traitors. 2/2
February 5, 2026 at 3:26 PM
It is the equivalent of The Traitors in the turret realising that The Faithful are desperate for blood and turning on the member of the cabal that has the "most heat" on them. It doesn't make that person less of a Traitor. But its primary function IS TO BUY TIME AND SPACE for the other Traitors. 2/2
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Mandelson’s always been shifty, though we didnt know the full extent.
Farage is fully shifty out in the open! Racist, lazy, selects traitors, sexist & racist candidates, umpteen lucrative 2nd jobs, dodges interviews but does cameo videos. Just grotesque, yet there isn’t 1% the furore Starmer faces!
Farage is fully shifty out in the open! Racist, lazy, selects traitors, sexist & racist candidates, umpteen lucrative 2nd jobs, dodges interviews but does cameo videos. Just grotesque, yet there isn’t 1% the furore Starmer faces!
February 5, 2026 at 9:46 AM
Mandelson’s always been shifty, though we didnt know the full extent.
Farage is fully shifty out in the open! Racist, lazy, selects traitors, sexist & racist candidates, umpteen lucrative 2nd jobs, dodges interviews but does cameo videos. Just grotesque, yet there isn’t 1% the furore Starmer faces!
Farage is fully shifty out in the open! Racist, lazy, selects traitors, sexist & racist candidates, umpteen lucrative 2nd jobs, dodges interviews but does cameo videos. Just grotesque, yet there isn’t 1% the furore Starmer faces!
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Trump to NBC on the Fed: “I mean in theory it’s an independent body. But I think, you know, I’m a smart guy.
“I know the economy better than almost everybody.”
Too stupid to know he’s stupid. A prime example of Dunning-Kruger, like many of his followers.
“I know the economy better than almost everybody.”
Too stupid to know he’s stupid. A prime example of Dunning-Kruger, like many of his followers.
February 5, 2026 at 8:35 AM
Trump to NBC on the Fed: “I mean in theory it’s an independent body. But I think, you know, I’m a smart guy.
“I know the economy better than almost everybody.”
Too stupid to know he’s stupid. A prime example of Dunning-Kruger, like many of his followers.
“I know the economy better than almost everybody.”
Too stupid to know he’s stupid. A prime example of Dunning-Kruger, like many of his followers.
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The UK Security Vetting has been broken for a decade.
The 2023 National Audit Office made that clear.
After 14 years of Tory austerity, the level of hollowing out of the UK state is much, much greater than people realise.
www.nao.org.uk/wp-content/u...
The 2023 National Audit Office made that clear.
After 14 years of Tory austerity, the level of hollowing out of the UK state is much, much greater than people realise.
www.nao.org.uk/wp-content/u...
February 5, 2026 at 8:40 AM
The UK Security Vetting has been broken for a decade.
The 2023 National Audit Office made that clear.
After 14 years of Tory austerity, the level of hollowing out of the UK state is much, much greater than people realise.
www.nao.org.uk/wp-content/u...
The 2023 National Audit Office made that clear.
After 14 years of Tory austerity, the level of hollowing out of the UK state is much, much greater than people realise.
www.nao.org.uk/wp-content/u...
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This quote from a Reform UK councillor sums it up beautifully. Cross-boundary moral outrages, exported online and sold (especially, but not exclusively) to generations that grew up before the internet, are such a central feature of radicalisation today. www.kentonline.co.uk/maidstone/ne...
February 5, 2026 at 8:42 AM
This quote from a Reform UK councillor sums it up beautifully. Cross-boundary moral outrages, exported online and sold (especially, but not exclusively) to generations that grew up before the internet, are such a central feature of radicalisation today. www.kentonline.co.uk/maidstone/ne...
I would say to the 'usual suspects' Labour back bench despicables.
It's all about the bigger picture of national renewal, it's a difficult and painful journey.
I'm in!
It's all about the bigger picture of national renewal, it's a difficult and painful journey.
I'm in!
The PM will give a speech today about community renewal, tolerance and social cohesion, linked to the new Pride in Place programme. Thread from our @sundersays.bsky.social here with more details: bsky.app/profile/sund...
Keir Starmer is going ahead tomorrow with his speech on community cohesion & national renewal: this includes announcing extending the Pride in Place programme to 40 more places. Sky News reports some of the themes of his speech, released to the media
news.sky.com/story/sir-ke...
news.sky.com/story/sir-ke...
February 5, 2026 at 8:52 AM
I would say to the 'usual suspects' Labour back bench despicables.
It's all about the bigger picture of national renewal, it's a difficult and painful journey.
I'm in!
It's all about the bigger picture of national renewal, it's a difficult and painful journey.
I'm in!
America has some superb press titles, I suspect it's soon going to be 'game over' for many of them unless Trump/Vance somehow, whilst holding hands, fall under a bus.
A staggering statement from former Washington Post editor Marty Baron: "This ranks among the darkest days in the history of one of the world's greatest news organizations."
February 4, 2026 at 3:34 PM
America has some superb press titles, I suspect it's soon going to be 'game over' for many of them unless Trump/Vance somehow, whilst holding hands, fall under a bus.
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This isn't on. Quoting academics without their permission sounds like an endorsement. And that's not a political point - it's just common decency.
And don't quote me on that.
And don't quote me on that.
Just a quick note to @greenparty.org.uk and @greenpartyhan.bsky.social - I was not consulted on being quoted on your leaflets and I have not endorsed your campaign (or any campaign in this seat). I think this note, like the bar chart next to it, is misleading and out of context.
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February 4, 2026 at 3:15 PM
This isn't on. Quoting academics without their permission sounds like an endorsement. And that's not a political point - it's just common decency.
And don't quote me on that.
And don't quote me on that.
The Greens and their leader are as despicable as Reform and their leader... that's a fact!
Just a quick note to @greenparty.org.uk and @greenpartyhan.bsky.social - I was not consulted on being quoted on your leaflets and I have not endorsed your campaign (or any campaign in this seat). I think this note, like the bar chart next to it, is misleading and out of context.
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February 4, 2026 at 12:30 PM
The Greens and their leader are as despicable as Reform and their leader... that's a fact!
Can't see how any of this is important enough to jeopardise all the good stuff the government is doing.
I have no opinion about Morgan McSweeney, but as a general point, I never understood why the publicly-sacrificing-my-top-aide-stunt should impress anybody, or clean this mess up, frankly.
UK politics is far too obsessed with the "evil advisor” anyway.
UK politics is far too obsessed with the "evil advisor” anyway.
Keir Starmer: "Morgan McSweeney is an essential part of my team. He helped me change the Labour Party and win the election. Of course I have confidence in him."
February 4, 2026 at 12:26 PM
Can't see how any of this is important enough to jeopardise all the good stuff the government is doing.
I can see a re-deployment
Let’s see how long this lasts…
Keir Starmer: "Morgan McSweeney is an essential part of my team. He helped me change the Labour Party and win the election. Of course I have confidence in him."
February 4, 2026 at 12:24 PM
I can see a re-deployment