Alicia
@agbutteriss.bsky.social
British liberal. Apparently technically a "Bluesky Elder", according to that one labeller.
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Alicia
@agbutteriss.bsky.social
· Nov 6
Right, I guess some Lib Dem has to do the "if you think Ed Davey had a point here, join us!" thing.
www.libdems.org.uk/join
I won't deny that the party has its problems, but if you're here on this site you are also probably on the right side of helping with them, so...
www.libdems.org.uk/join
I won't deny that the party has its problems, but if you're here on this site you are also probably on the right side of helping with them, so...
Further update: I think this was indeed someone just making stuff up: her appearance is very brief, but she is in a [ngl, kinda terrible?] training video the Welsh FA posted from the camp in Spain (that is: Not Leicester). (on [sigh] X, embedded here: faw.cymru/match/korea-...)
Correction: Cain possibly was injured - there's a few people saying that people are saying she's been seen around Leicester (that is: Not Spain, given where Wales's camp is for this International Break) in a neck brace? (though, to be clear: I've only seen reports of reports of reports)
November 26, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Further update: I think this was indeed someone just making stuff up: her appearance is very brief, but she is in a [ngl, kinda terrible?] training video the Welsh FA posted from the camp in Spain (that is: Not Leicester). (on [sigh] X, embedded here: faw.cymru/match/korea-...)
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Sorry, no, Motability was not about 'helping the most vulnerable' - it was about providing people who need modified vehicles modified vehicles!
November 26, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Sorry, no, Motability was not about 'helping the most vulnerable' - it was about providing people who need modified vehicles modified vehicles!
Well, I can't say that this is a big surprise...
(actually, I guess it is a little bit of a surprise that it's being posted about now, but I guess it is a high profile case)
(actually, I guess it is a little bit of a surprise that it's being posted about now, but I guess it is a high profile case)
November 25, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Well, I can't say that this is a big surprise...
(actually, I guess it is a little bit of a surprise that it's being posted about now, but I guess it is a high profile case)
(actually, I guess it is a little bit of a surprise that it's being posted about now, but I guess it is a high profile case)
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Carefully qualifying my "I've never racially abused people" claim, in a totally normal and non-suspicious manner.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
November 25, 2025 at 8:16 AM
Carefully qualifying my "I've never racially abused people" claim, in a totally normal and non-suspicious manner.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Has... has anything like this happened in professional football before?
I mean, fights, obviously, but a straight-up "oh man you have watched too much WWE" move?
(also, important context: Cain played the rest of the game, so presumably wasn't [seriously, or even moderately] injured)
I mean, fights, obviously, but a straight-up "oh man you have watched too much WWE" move?
(also, important context: Cain played the rest of the game, so presumably wasn't [seriously, or even moderately] injured)
In case you missed it!
Ruesha Littlejohn received a red card after things got a bit heated. Judo tossing Hannah Cain to the ground. Already winning by 3 adding a bit of injury to the insult innit?
Ruesha Littlejohn received a red card after things got a bit heated. Judo tossing Hannah Cain to the ground. Already winning by 3 adding a bit of injury to the insult innit?
November 24, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Has... has anything like this happened in professional football before?
I mean, fights, obviously, but a straight-up "oh man you have watched too much WWE" move?
(also, important context: Cain played the rest of the game, so presumably wasn't [seriously, or even moderately] injured)
I mean, fights, obviously, but a straight-up "oh man you have watched too much WWE" move?
(also, important context: Cain played the rest of the game, so presumably wasn't [seriously, or even moderately] injured)
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If you have been sharing that Malwarebytes article on the Gmail thing, you should note the giant correction up top.
www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/20...
www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/20...
November 22, 2025 at 9:44 PM
If you have been sharing that Malwarebytes article on the Gmail thing, you should note the giant correction up top.
www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/20...
www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/20...
If I were a bowler, I would simply not be offering shoulder-height balls to the guy who keeps hitting them back for boundaries. (... admittedly, if I could keep the ball within the crease at all, it'd be reliably low, slow, balls but hey) #TheAshes
November 22, 2025 at 8:58 AM
If I were a bowler, I would simply not be offering shoulder-height balls to the guy who keeps hitting them back for boundaries. (... admittedly, if I could keep the ball within the crease at all, it'd be reliably low, slow, balls but hey) #TheAshes
Man, RIP to the people over here who got up at silly o'clock to watch the whole of this day. (I'm assuming watching England's less than stellar 2nd inning score was also Like This)
#TheAshes
#TheAshes
November 22, 2025 at 8:02 AM
Man, RIP to the people over here who got up at silly o'clock to watch the whole of this day. (I'm assuming watching England's less than stellar 2nd inning score was also Like This)
#TheAshes
#TheAshes
I will not engage on BMA strikes I will not engage on the BMA strikes I will not engage on the BMA strikes I do very much value my clean record of not being put in the suspension corner for 72h I will not engage on the BMA strikes.
November 20, 2025 at 9:06 PM
I will not engage on BMA strikes I will not engage on the BMA strikes I will not engage on the BMA strikes I do very much value my clean record of not being put in the suspension corner for 72h I will not engage on the BMA strikes.
I mean, I don't know why, but on some level I did assume this government was above actively namedropping the far-right term for the HSC visa in the HoC?
November 20, 2025 at 6:02 PM
I mean, I don't know why, but on some level I did assume this government was above actively namedropping the far-right term for the HSC visa in the HoC?
Looking into what this government is doing every day like:
November 20, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Looking into what this government is doing every day like:
... ... ngl, I'm not reassured by the insistence that "the government will not be seizing jewellery at the border", given it's not actually in response to people saying anything about it being "at the border" (and I think it's a quick shift from stronger denials).
November 17, 2025 at 8:16 PM
... ... ngl, I'm not reassured by the insistence that "the government will not be seizing jewellery at the border", given it's not actually in response to people saying anything about it being "at the border" (and I think it's a quick shift from stronger denials).
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The tone of an organisation is set from the leader on down, and the tone of Keir Starmer's leadership has always been 'say it if it is convenient'.
The Home Secretary says "we have become the destination of choice in Europe, clearly visible to every people smuggler and would-be illegal migrant across the world"
That is a factually untrue claim: the Home Office shows that the UK is fifth, getting 1/10 claims, while Germany gets 1/5 claims
That is a factually untrue claim: the Home Office shows that the UK is fifth, getting 1/10 claims, while Germany gets 1/5 claims
November 17, 2025 at 5:48 PM
The tone of an organisation is set from the leader on down, and the tone of Keir Starmer's leadership has always been 'say it if it is convenient'.
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'Is that true?' is an important question for governments to answer for many reasons, but from a 'actually getting re-elected' perspective, 'will this fix the problem we need it to?' is, you know, mission critical.
November 17, 2025 at 5:52 PM
'Is that true?' is an important question for governments to answer for many reasons, but from a 'actually getting re-elected' perspective, 'will this fix the problem we need it to?' is, you know, mission critical.
Anyway, the good news for Keir Starmer is that he will succeed in ensuring that his approval ratings with Reform voters won't drop.
Admittedly, he could also have done that by announcing that we're joining the Euro and abolishing the Pound, given that said approval is _literally_ 0.
Admittedly, he could also have done that by announcing that we're joining the Euro and abolishing the Pound, given that said approval is _literally_ 0.
November 17, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Anyway, the good news for Keir Starmer is that he will succeed in ensuring that his approval ratings with Reform voters won't drop.
Admittedly, he could also have done that by announcing that we're joining the Euro and abolishing the Pound, given that said approval is _literally_ 0.
Admittedly, he could also have done that by announcing that we're joining the Euro and abolishing the Pound, given that said approval is _literally_ 0.
<sigh> Looks like it's "no, the Labour party is not 'liberal', and especially not the faction in charge" time _again_.
I cannot stress enough: the entire Blue Labour political project is "being opposed to liberalism, and its victories over the last few decades"!
I cannot stress enough: the entire Blue Labour political project is "being opposed to liberalism, and its victories over the last few decades"!
November 17, 2025 at 5:14 PM
<sigh> Looks like it's "no, the Labour party is not 'liberal', and especially not the faction in charge" time _again_.
I cannot stress enough: the entire Blue Labour political project is "being opposed to liberalism, and its victories over the last few decades"!
I cannot stress enough: the entire Blue Labour political project is "being opposed to liberalism, and its victories over the last few decades"!
I think the clearest[1] example of how morally wrongheaded the new asylum policy paper has to be either the claim that children are being sent cross channel small boats for "personal benefit" [implied: to their parents], or the one that anyone ever chooses destitution.
[1] Not biggest, necessarily.
[1] Not biggest, necessarily.
November 17, 2025 at 4:37 PM
I think the clearest[1] example of how morally wrongheaded the new asylum policy paper has to be either the claim that children are being sent cross channel small boats for "personal benefit" [implied: to their parents], or the one that anyone ever chooses destitution.
[1] Not biggest, necessarily.
[1] Not biggest, necessarily.
This is really terrible timing engagement-wise (which is probably for the best), but UWCL hot-take: I just feel in my bones that Arsenal are going to get knocked out at the league stage by dropping points to OH Leuven.
(I am from an Arsenal family, and it brings me no pleasure to report this)
(I am from an Arsenal family, and it brings me no pleasure to report this)
November 17, 2025 at 7:18 AM
This is really terrible timing engagement-wise (which is probably for the best), but UWCL hot-take: I just feel in my bones that Arsenal are going to get knocked out at the league stage by dropping points to OH Leuven.
(I am from an Arsenal family, and it brings me no pleasure to report this)
(I am from an Arsenal family, and it brings me no pleasure to report this)
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Brush your teeth after eating these or else you'll get calculus.
November 16, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Brush your teeth after eating these or else you'll get calculus.
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Starmers entire project is one of profound pessimism and borderline irrational hatred of idealism as a corbynite value. He (or mcsweeney or whatever) basically has the entire country trapped in a doom spiral because he thinks thats a mature decision
November 16, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Starmers entire project is one of profound pessimism and borderline irrational hatred of idealism as a corbynite value. He (or mcsweeney or whatever) basically has the entire country trapped in a doom spiral because he thinks thats a mature decision
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If Mahmood and Starmer think putting Labour in a position where migration policy hinges on conflict management and post-conflict stabilisation in the Sahel or Syria will save the UK government money then they are trapped in a borderline delusional echo chamber.
November 15, 2025 at 12:08 PM
If Mahmood and Starmer think putting Labour in a position where migration policy hinges on conflict management and post-conflict stabilisation in the Sahel or Syria will save the UK government money then they are trapped in a borderline delusional echo chamber.
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This is as bad as anything proposed by Reform.
Leaving refugees in permanent limbo and unable to build a new life in the UK would be a complete abdication of our humanitarian responsibilities
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Leaving refugees in permanent limbo and unable to build a new life in the UK would be a complete abdication of our humanitarian responsibilities
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
UK set to limit refugees to temporary stays
Shabana Mahmood is expected to say the era of permanent protection for refugees is over, in major changes to the UK's asylum and immigration system.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 15, 2025 at 6:43 AM
This is as bad as anything proposed by Reform.
Leaving refugees in permanent limbo and unable to build a new life in the UK would be a complete abdication of our humanitarian responsibilities
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Leaving refugees in permanent limbo and unable to build a new life in the UK would be a complete abdication of our humanitarian responsibilities
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Ngl, I can absolutely believe that the NYT's "at times absurd credulity"-based interpretation of journalistic freedom includes "we will never look into our reporters' email inboxes; they are sacrosanct".
(Also, _Epstein_ retaining the emails doesn't mean that they were still on the NYT's servers)
(Also, _Epstein_ retaining the emails doesn't mean that they were still on the NYT's servers)
November 14, 2025 at 7:31 AM
Ngl, I can absolutely believe that the NYT's "at times absurd credulity"-based interpretation of journalistic freedom includes "we will never look into our reporters' email inboxes; they are sacrosanct".
(Also, _Epstein_ retaining the emails doesn't mean that they were still on the NYT's servers)
(Also, _Epstein_ retaining the emails doesn't mean that they were still on the NYT's servers)