Bat Brewer
@batbrewer.bsky.social
Egham, Birmingham (UK), Warwick, Tokyo, signal processing, evidence, inference, beer. UK/US politics. Resist RW populist idiots trashing everything of value. Rejoin EU ASAP. PR4UK.
Tokyo, Japan, where shit mainly still works.
No unsolicited DMs, thanks.
Tokyo, Japan, where shit mainly still works.
No unsolicited DMs, thanks.
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This man ripped off teachers, nurses, small business owners - people from all walks of life and professions. Some lost their life savings. Not only did Trump let him out of prison, he also doesn’t have to pay back the victims.
December 3, 2025 at 5:47 PM
This man ripped off teachers, nurses, small business owners - people from all walks of life and professions. Some lost their life savings. Not only did Trump let him out of prison, he also doesn’t have to pay back the victims.
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An official government account using the word “remigration” is not normal. It’s an imported term from European far-right movements that refers to mass expulsion. Democracies do not use population-purification language. #holdfast #SteadyState
November 30, 2025 at 2:45 PM
An official government account using the word “remigration” is not normal. It’s an imported term from European far-right movements that refers to mass expulsion. Democracies do not use population-purification language. #holdfast #SteadyState
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Approaching 90,000 now, can we get this to 100,000 signatures - the threshold for a debate in Parliament - this week?
I've signed. Have you?
Petition: Call a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
Petition: Call a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
Petition: Call a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy
We are concerned about reported efforts from Russia to influence democracy in the US, UK, Europe and elsewhere. We believe we must establish the depth and breadth of possible Russian influence campaig...
petition.parliament.uk
November 28, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Approaching 90,000 now, can we get this to 100,000 signatures - the threshold for a debate in Parliament - this week?
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November 28 marks one year of Georgia's daily protest and continues resistance.
This is a photographic chronology of the past 12 months, captured by photographers working on the ground.
As of Friday, 28/11/2025, Georgians have been protesting continuously for 365 days.
🇬🇪 #WeAreEurope 🤍♥️🤍
This is a photographic chronology of the past 12 months, captured by photographers working on the ground.
As of Friday, 28/11/2025, Georgians have been protesting continuously for 365 days.
🇬🇪 #WeAreEurope 🤍♥️🤍
November 28, 2025 at 10:20 AM
November 28 marks one year of Georgia's daily protest and continues resistance.
This is a photographic chronology of the past 12 months, captured by photographers working on the ground.
As of Friday, 28/11/2025, Georgians have been protesting continuously for 365 days.
🇬🇪 #WeAreEurope 🤍♥️🤍
This is a photographic chronology of the past 12 months, captured by photographers working on the ground.
As of Friday, 28/11/2025, Georgians have been protesting continuously for 365 days.
🇬🇪 #WeAreEurope 🤍♥️🤍
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🇵🇱🇺🇸 Polish media illustration:
White House briefing: “Ushakov and Witkoff will take part in the U.S.–Russia negotiations.”
Question from the press: “And who will represent the American side?”
White House briefing: “Ushakov and Witkoff will take part in the U.S.–Russia negotiations.”
Question from the press: “And who will represent the American side?”
November 27, 2025 at 10:09 PM
🇵🇱🇺🇸 Polish media illustration:
White House briefing: “Ushakov and Witkoff will take part in the U.S.–Russia negotiations.”
Question from the press: “And who will represent the American side?”
White House briefing: “Ushakov and Witkoff will take part in the U.S.–Russia negotiations.”
Question from the press: “And who will represent the American side?”
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I know how they got to that point.
Because we’re a few steps behind, living through the “getting to that point” right now in the UK.
Because we’re a few steps behind, living through the “getting to that point” right now in the UK.
I don’t know how many times I’ve watched this video.
I don’t know how we’ve gotten to the point where men in full balaclavas can abduct daycare teachers while they’re watching children.
But I do know that this isn’t sustainable. Abolish ICE. There is no way to reform this.
I don’t know how we’ve gotten to the point where men in full balaclavas can abduct daycare teachers while they’re watching children.
But I do know that this isn’t sustainable. Abolish ICE. There is no way to reform this.
Federal agents pulling a woman out of Rayito Del Sol, a daycare by Lane Tech high school
November 6, 2025 at 8:03 AM
I know how they got to that point.
Because we’re a few steps behind, living through the “getting to that point” right now in the UK.
Because we’re a few steps behind, living through the “getting to that point” right now in the UK.
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Love and solidarity this morning to the right-wing rags clutching their pearls about the possibility of tax rises after championing Brexit, which has left the Exchequer £40 billion worse off than it would otherwise have been.
November 5, 2025 at 6:47 AM
Love and solidarity this morning to the right-wing rags clutching their pearls about the possibility of tax rises after championing Brexit, which has left the Exchequer £40 billion worse off than it would otherwise have been.
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Draft Tory legislation on removing indefinite leave to remain is insane.
Would chuck out those not earning over £38K - including many pensioners!
+ social protections seems to include child benefit, so load of people with (British!) kids!
They'd remove my sis & mum who've been here 50 years.
Would chuck out those not earning over £38K - including many pensioners!
+ social protections seems to include child benefit, so load of people with (British!) kids!
They'd remove my sis & mum who've been here 50 years.
October 22, 2025 at 10:11 AM
Draft Tory legislation on removing indefinite leave to remain is insane.
Would chuck out those not earning over £38K - including many pensioners!
+ social protections seems to include child benefit, so load of people with (British!) kids!
They'd remove my sis & mum who've been here 50 years.
Would chuck out those not earning over £38K - including many pensioners!
+ social protections seems to include child benefit, so load of people with (British!) kids!
They'd remove my sis & mum who've been here 50 years.
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Anti-vax onstage, Pfizer backstage.
October 11, 2025 at 5:12 AM
Anti-vax onstage, Pfizer backstage.
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"Foreign-born UK residents are much more likely to be of working age than the UK-born — and thus less of a fiscal burden. They tend to be healthier than the UK-born, and are much more likely to have a university degree. 75% have lived in the UK for more than 5 years and 90% speak good English."
The UK’s problems aren’t caused by immigration on.ft.com/46p3BPl
The UK’s problems aren’t caused by immigration
It’s not hard to see how so many came to worry about the issue. But the data isn’t there
on.ft.com
September 18, 2025 at 5:11 AM
"Foreign-born UK residents are much more likely to be of working age than the UK-born — and thus less of a fiscal burden. They tend to be healthier than the UK-born, and are much more likely to have a university degree. 75% have lived in the UK for more than 5 years and 90% speak good English."
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Privatisation of UK industries driving cost of living crisis & inequality.
People ripped off by water, energy, rail, mail companies.
Profiteering at care homes, dentists, GP surgeries, cataract clinics. Social housing destroyed.
Privatisation is a scam. Delivered low investment, poor service.
People ripped off by water, energy, rail, mail companies.
Profiteering at care homes, dentists, GP surgeries, cataract clinics. Social housing destroyed.
Privatisation is a scam. Delivered low investment, poor service.
Privatisation of UK industries is driving cost of living crisis, says Greens leader
Zack Polanski calls mass privatisation a ‘failed experiment’ as report finds it has cost UK households £250 a year more
www.theguardian.com
September 18, 2025 at 6:22 AM
Privatisation of UK industries driving cost of living crisis & inequality.
People ripped off by water, energy, rail, mail companies.
Profiteering at care homes, dentists, GP surgeries, cataract clinics. Social housing destroyed.
Privatisation is a scam. Delivered low investment, poor service.
People ripped off by water, energy, rail, mail companies.
Profiteering at care homes, dentists, GP surgeries, cataract clinics. Social housing destroyed.
Privatisation is a scam. Delivered low investment, poor service.
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Straight outta #Project2025!
They're looking to end tax exemptions on left leaning NPOs, arrest leaders, and basically shutdown half of the country's beliefs!
And it has NOTHING to do with ck!
It's been the plan all along!
Totalitarianism is here!
Be as courageous as you can and PUSH THE FUCK BACK
They're looking to end tax exemptions on left leaning NPOs, arrest leaders, and basically shutdown half of the country's beliefs!
And it has NOTHING to do with ck!
It's been the plan all along!
Totalitarianism is here!
Be as courageous as you can and PUSH THE FUCK BACK
September 16, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Straight outta #Project2025!
They're looking to end tax exemptions on left leaning NPOs, arrest leaders, and basically shutdown half of the country's beliefs!
And it has NOTHING to do with ck!
It's been the plan all along!
Totalitarianism is here!
Be as courageous as you can and PUSH THE FUCK BACK
They're looking to end tax exemptions on left leaning NPOs, arrest leaders, and basically shutdown half of the country's beliefs!
And it has NOTHING to do with ck!
It's been the plan all along!
Totalitarianism is here!
Be as courageous as you can and PUSH THE FUCK BACK
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Reminder: At the start of his legal career, RFK Jr. failed the bar, was forced out as a D.A., and got arrested for heroin. Without the Kennedy name, that story ends there.
September 6, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Reminder: At the start of his legal career, RFK Jr. failed the bar, was forced out as a D.A., and got arrested for heroin. Without the Kennedy name, that story ends there.
Great piece on the fash asylum hotel protests, which are tiny but being covered as incipient civil war, even in the fairly-sane press, like they're some massive wave in popular opinion.
Some thoughts on the racist 'protests' in the UK
We must challenge the mainstream narrative that 'the people' with 'legitimate concerns' are to be found amongst a handful of racists, while the many more fighting for a better future are ignored
aurelmondon.medium.com/the-people-l...
We must challenge the mainstream narrative that 'the people' with 'legitimate concerns' are to be found amongst a handful of racists, while the many more fighting for a better future are ignored
aurelmondon.medium.com/the-people-l...
‘The people’, ‘legitimate concerns’ and the far-right ‘protests’
Our understanding of the world, beyond the most direct elements in our personal life, is always mediated. In today’s information landscape…
aurelmondon.medium.com
August 29, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Great piece on the fash asylum hotel protests, which are tiny but being covered as incipient civil war, even in the fairly-sane press, like they're some massive wave in popular opinion.
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If 'common law rights' were equivalent to ECHR rights, then the UK would never have lost a case in Strasbourg. But it has. 1/
@sirjjkc.bsky.social highlights here what we can call the 'Policy Exchange fallacy':
if 'common law rights and fundamental freedoms' [sic] provide equivalent protection to the ECHR ones, then what does repealing the latter achieve?
if 'common law rights and fundamental freedoms' [sic] provide equivalent protection to the ECHR ones, then what does repealing the latter achieve?
A Reform government might repeal the HRA, pull out of the ECHR and potentially other international instruments. But would it legislate to disapply common law rights and protections (eg against torture) which opponents of the ECHR are fond of saying are of an equivalent standard?
August 29, 2025 at 12:47 PM
If 'common law rights' were equivalent to ECHR rights, then the UK would never have lost a case in Strasbourg. But it has. 1/
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‼️🇺🇦 We understand that today we cannot restore borders only with weapons, we lack the strength, but Russia will not be able to occupy us, — Zelensky
August 29, 2025 at 12:49 PM
‼️🇺🇦 We understand that today we cannot restore borders only with weapons, we lack the strength, but Russia will not be able to occupy us, — Zelensky
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You’re not dropping a single, asshole.
If you’re actually knew anything, it would be criminal not to reveal it now. But of course, this is a bullshit publicity stunt.
If you’re actually knew anything, it would be criminal not to reveal it now. But of course, this is a bullshit publicity stunt.
August 27, 2025 at 2:41 AM
You’re not dropping a single, asshole.
If you’re actually knew anything, it would be criminal not to reveal it now. But of course, this is a bullshit publicity stunt.
If you’re actually knew anything, it would be criminal not to reveal it now. But of course, this is a bullshit publicity stunt.
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'Immigration doesn't bother me but it seems to bother everyone else' – Everyone.
This is what happens when the media runs away with Hard Right narratives.
This is what happens when the media runs away with Hard Right narratives.
August 26, 2025 at 5:37 AM
'Immigration doesn't bother me but it seems to bother everyone else' – Everyone.
This is what happens when the media runs away with Hard Right narratives.
This is what happens when the media runs away with Hard Right narratives.
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Peter Thiel, Musk, Stephen Miller, and Russell Vought realize their King is sick and dying.
This is why they're ramping up towards a dictatorship.
To ensure their groomed boy toy, JD Vance, has all the power to do their bidding.
This is why they're ramping up towards a dictatorship.
To ensure their groomed boy toy, JD Vance, has all the power to do their bidding.
August 26, 2025 at 2:30 AM
Peter Thiel, Musk, Stephen Miller, and Russell Vought realize their King is sick and dying.
This is why they're ramping up towards a dictatorship.
To ensure their groomed boy toy, JD Vance, has all the power to do their bidding.
This is why they're ramping up towards a dictatorship.
To ensure their groomed boy toy, JD Vance, has all the power to do their bidding.
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Historian here…WW2 ended with that amazing negotiation called…”unconditional surrender.”
JD Vance: "This is how wars ultimately get settled. If you go back to World War 2, if you go back to every major conflict in human history, they all end with some kind of negotiation."
August 24, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Historian here…WW2 ended with that amazing negotiation called…”unconditional surrender.”
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I honestly don't know what I did to deserve this incredible tribute. I can only say I'm honored, flattered, and humbled—and, of course, deeply grateful to everyone who made this accolade possible. I pledge to do my utmost to live up to it. 🙏🏼🤗
August 23, 2025 at 11:59 PM
I honestly don't know what I did to deserve this incredible tribute. I can only say I'm honored, flattered, and humbled—and, of course, deeply grateful to everyone who made this accolade possible. I pledge to do my utmost to live up to it. 🙏🏼🤗
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Dear @washingtonpost.com: these two paragraphs are absolute malpractice. Utterly disgraceful.
You use total counts, not rates … for the THIRD BIGGEST CITY IN THE US. Of COURSE it has a high total.
And rates “have come down” … with a link, but no number.
Down FIFTY PERCENT IN FOUR YEARS.
You use total counts, not rates … for the THIRD BIGGEST CITY IN THE US. Of COURSE it has a high total.
And rates “have come down” … with a link, but no number.
Down FIFTY PERCENT IN FOUR YEARS.
August 24, 2025 at 1:20 AM
Dear @washingtonpost.com: these two paragraphs are absolute malpractice. Utterly disgraceful.
You use total counts, not rates … for the THIRD BIGGEST CITY IN THE US. Of COURSE it has a high total.
And rates “have come down” … with a link, but no number.
Down FIFTY PERCENT IN FOUR YEARS.
You use total counts, not rates … for the THIRD BIGGEST CITY IN THE US. Of COURSE it has a high total.
And rates “have come down” … with a link, but no number.
Down FIFTY PERCENT IN FOUR YEARS.
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Wrote this analysis on the asylum hotels court ruling yesterday morning for @thenewworldmag.bsky.social.
It’s mostly held up but for one thing: the pressure on the councils has come even more quickly than I thought, and among those inflaming it is Kemi Badenoch, who’s urged Tory councils to act.
It’s mostly held up but for one thing: the pressure on the councils has come even more quickly than I thought, and among those inflaming it is Kemi Badenoch, who’s urged Tory councils to act.
“This ruling essentially writes the far right’s playbook for it: launch a protest outside an asylum hotel … Once there is violence, get local residents to put pressure on the council to take the hotel to court, and try to secure an injunction. Rinse and repeat.” www.thenewworld.co.uk/james-ball-t...
The Bell Hotel ruling incentivises the far right
By factoring extremist unrest into his judgment, a British judge has signalled that disorder works
www.thenewworld.co.uk
August 21, 2025 at 7:07 AM
Wrote this analysis on the asylum hotels court ruling yesterday morning for @thenewworldmag.bsky.social.
It’s mostly held up but for one thing: the pressure on the councils has come even more quickly than I thought, and among those inflaming it is Kemi Badenoch, who’s urged Tory councils to act.
It’s mostly held up but for one thing: the pressure on the councils has come even more quickly than I thought, and among those inflaming it is Kemi Badenoch, who’s urged Tory councils to act.