Steve Yates
@yatesyman.bsky.social
I'll do this bit properly one day
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The "Forbes 30 under 30 to prison pipeline" is a thing we can all take comfort in.
February 20, 2026 at 2:16 PM
The "Forbes 30 under 30 to prison pipeline" is a thing we can all take comfort in.
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Labour lost three by-elections yesterday - all to different parties mobilising disaffected voters on their liberal left flank: Greens (see below), Lib Dems and Plaid Cymru.
Starmer/McSweeney strategy of marginalizing the left flank to go after socially con Reform curious continues to backfire
Starmer/McSweeney strategy of marginalizing the left flank to go after socially con Reform curious continues to backfire
Stoneygate (Leicester) Council By-Election Result:
🌍 GRN: 30.4% (+22.9)
🌹 LAB: 27.7% (-12.8)
🏘️ OL: 16.2% (New)
🙋 Ind: 11.5% (New)
🌳 CON: 8.3% (-15.3)
➡️ RFM: 2.7% (New)
🔶 LDM: 1.6% (-5.9)
🙋 Ind: 1.6% (New)
No Ind (-21.0) as previous.
Green GAIN from Labour.
Changes w/ 2023.
🌍 GRN: 30.4% (+22.9)
🌹 LAB: 27.7% (-12.8)
🏘️ OL: 16.2% (New)
🙋 Ind: 11.5% (New)
🌳 CON: 8.3% (-15.3)
➡️ RFM: 2.7% (New)
🔶 LDM: 1.6% (-5.9)
🙋 Ind: 1.6% (New)
No Ind (-21.0) as previous.
Green GAIN from Labour.
Changes w/ 2023.
February 20, 2026 at 11:40 AM
Labour lost three by-elections yesterday - all to different parties mobilising disaffected voters on their liberal left flank: Greens (see below), Lib Dems and Plaid Cymru.
Starmer/McSweeney strategy of marginalizing the left flank to go after socially con Reform curious continues to backfire
Starmer/McSweeney strategy of marginalizing the left flank to go after socially con Reform curious continues to backfire
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Andrew is eighth in line to the throne, but that’s prison toilets for you!
February 19, 2026 at 6:29 PM
Andrew is eighth in line to the throne, but that’s prison toilets for you!
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Never in a million years did I ever fathom when I resurrected the Epstein story in 2018 that it would lead to first arrest of a British Royal in four centuries. Not since King Charles I was arrested in 1647.
open.substack.com/pub/jkbjourn...
open.substack.com/pub/jkbjourn...
Prince Andrew's Arrest
Across the pond in Britain, justice and accountability is a serious matter
open.substack.com
February 19, 2026 at 2:32 PM
Never in a million years did I ever fathom when I resurrected the Epstein story in 2018 that it would lead to first arrest of a British Royal in four centuries. Not since King Charles I was arrested in 1647.
open.substack.com/pub/jkbjourn...
open.substack.com/pub/jkbjourn...
Incredibly the writer's got all the way thru this without mentioning William Gallas
February 19, 2026 at 4:41 PM
Incredibly the writer's got all the way thru this without mentioning William Gallas
It's almost like these 'businesses' are based on little more than glad-handing, back-scratching and quiet words in 'influential' ears…
Mandelson co-founded lobbying firm Global Counsel faces collapse
Sources close to the company insist that its difficulties stem entirely from
www.bbc.co.uk
February 19, 2026 at 4:04 PM
It's almost like these 'businesses' are based on little more than glad-handing, back-scratching and quiet words in 'influential' ears…
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look at my country man, we’re getting out-No Kings’d by the fuckin’ british
King Charles has issued a statement following his brother Andrew’s arrest
February 19, 2026 at 2:22 PM
look at my country man, we’re getting out-No Kings’d by the fuckin’ british
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Yoon and Prince Andrew wishing they had a friend like John Roberts.
February 19, 2026 at 11:16 AM
Yoon and Prince Andrew wishing they had a friend like John Roberts.
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UK: Prince Andrew arrested.
South Korea: Former President Yoon sentenced for life.
Brazil: Former President Bolsonaro serving a 27-year sentence.
USA: President Trump demands $10 billion payout from taxpayers.
South Korea: Former President Yoon sentenced for life.
Brazil: Former President Bolsonaro serving a 27-year sentence.
USA: President Trump demands $10 billion payout from taxpayers.
February 19, 2026 at 1:08 PM
UK: Prince Andrew arrested.
South Korea: Former President Yoon sentenced for life.
Brazil: Former President Bolsonaro serving a 27-year sentence.
USA: President Trump demands $10 billion payout from taxpayers.
South Korea: Former President Yoon sentenced for life.
Brazil: Former President Bolsonaro serving a 27-year sentence.
USA: President Trump demands $10 billion payout from taxpayers.
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Getting shown up in the arena of elite impunity by *the British monarchy* is an incredible “America at 250!” achievement
February 19, 2026 at 12:20 PM
Getting shown up in the arena of elite impunity by *the British monarchy* is an incredible “America at 250!” achievement
Obviously I do not endorse The Other Place, but thanks to @thefence.bsky.social for this incredible clip of a Hollywood icon voicing his love of a before-my-time Scottish footballer
kramerica industries on X: "my favourite Robert Duvall moment is him talking about a Scottish footballer from the 60’s and Tom Cruise grinning inanely pretending to know what the fuck he’s on about. https://t.co/YRTgJgwZdS" / X
my favourite Robert Duvall moment is him talking about a Scottish footballer from the 60’s and Tom Cruise grinning inanely pretending to know what the fuck he’s on about. https://t.co/YRTgJgwZdS
x.com
February 19, 2026 at 12:17 PM
Obviously I do not endorse The Other Place, but thanks to @thefence.bsky.social for this incredible clip of a Hollywood icon voicing his love of a before-my-time Scottish footballer
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A good-sized portion of the British right has lobbied/ conspired with a foreign power to achieve this outcome.
BREAKING: Keir Starmer has delayed the legislation handing the Chagos Islands to Mauritius
February 19, 2026 at 11:13 AM
A good-sized portion of the British right has lobbied/ conspired with a foreign power to achieve this outcome.
They arrested him on his birthday? Absolute *style*!
February 19, 2026 at 10:19 AM
They arrested him on his birthday? Absolute *style*!
See what you could have done, America
The former leader was found guilty of leading an insurrection in late 2024 that attempted to subvert the constitution and plunged the country into its worst political crisis in decades. ft.trib.al/KKGYgyb
February 19, 2026 at 7:34 AM
See what you could have done, America
Absolute scenes at Bobo
February 18, 2026 at 11:08 PM
Absolute scenes at Bobo
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Why won't the left embrace things that suck and are evil
February 18, 2026 at 3:35 PM
Why won't the left embrace things that suck and are evil
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Reform’s new “head of policy” has said Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is a “regional Slavic conflict”.
He added: “It is a conflict happening in the world that I don’t care very much about.”
He added: “It is a conflict happening in the world that I don’t care very much about.”
February 17, 2026 at 8:30 PM
Reform’s new “head of policy” has said Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is a “regional Slavic conflict”.
He added: “It is a conflict happening in the world that I don’t care very much about.”
He added: “It is a conflict happening in the world that I don’t care very much about.”
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Insanity. They are laughing at us.
February 17, 2026 at 9:46 PM
Insanity. They are laughing at us.
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Fact Check:
Nigel Farage claims the FT ignored the Mandelson-Epstein scandal
it was on the front page for SIX days
(long before he appears to have even noticed it)
Nigel Farage claims the FT ignored the Mandelson-Epstein scandal
it was on the front page for SIX days
(long before he appears to have even noticed it)
February 17, 2026 at 7:33 PM
Fact Check:
Nigel Farage claims the FT ignored the Mandelson-Epstein scandal
it was on the front page for SIX days
(long before he appears to have even noticed it)
Nigel Farage claims the FT ignored the Mandelson-Epstein scandal
it was on the front page for SIX days
(long before he appears to have even noticed it)
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[incidentally, to preempt some comments, you can believe boht that Corbyn's Labour had a real antisemitism problem that Corbyn handled with complete lack of both competence and understanding *and* that the differential treatment of right and left antisemitism here is obvious, pathetic and dangerous]
February 17, 2026 at 3:59 PM
[incidentally, to preempt some comments, you can believe boht that Corbyn's Labour had a real antisemitism problem that Corbyn handled with complete lack of both competence and understanding *and* that the differential treatment of right and left antisemitism here is obvious, pathetic and dangerous]
February 17, 2026 at 5:01 PM
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This is a blunt falsehood from Farage. 3.5m Epstein files were released on 30 Jan and on Jan 31, the FT carried a front-page story on Mandelson (see image).
People like Farage seem to dislike reporters aslking questions. If you do like reporters asking questions, pay for some (any!) journalism.
People like Farage seem to dislike reporters aslking questions. If you do like reporters asking questions, pay for some (any!) journalism.
February 17, 2026 at 2:30 PM
This is a blunt falsehood from Farage. 3.5m Epstein files were released on 30 Jan and on Jan 31, the FT carried a front-page story on Mandelson (see image).
People like Farage seem to dislike reporters aslking questions. If you do like reporters asking questions, pay for some (any!) journalism.
People like Farage seem to dislike reporters aslking questions. If you do like reporters asking questions, pay for some (any!) journalism.
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The “you have to be Christian to be British” proposition is not worth debating. It’s abject nonsense. You know it and they know it. Just call it out for the racism it is.
February 16, 2026 at 10:59 PM
The “you have to be Christian to be British” proposition is not worth debating. It’s abject nonsense. You know it and they know it. Just call it out for the racism it is.
Monobob is a fine name for a sport
February 16, 2026 at 9:12 PM
Monobob is a fine name for a sport