Boris
@borispomroy.bsky.social
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Debbie Abrahams on Radio 4 just now. I don't understand why, as an MP (and a senior one at that), you would go on Today if you're not prepared to talk about what's in the news.
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May 22, 2025 at 6:32 AM
Debbie Abrahams on Radio 4 just now. I don't understand why, as an MP (and a senior one at that), you would go on Today if you're not prepared to talk about what's in the news.
May 21, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Weote this in response to Adolescence. www.linkedin.com/posts/borisp...
What does it mean to be a boy today? And what do we do, as men, in… | Boris Pomroy
I've read a lot about Adolescence in the last week.
Here's my perspective.
I grew up in a world where positive male role models made all the difference…
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March 24, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Weote this in response to Adolescence. www.linkedin.com/posts/borisp...
At some point European leaders are going to learn what the average 12-yr old knows instinctively. If you hand over your dinner money to bullied, they don’t go away. They come back stronger, more vicious and with bigger demands.
March 6, 2025 at 9:33 AM
At some point European leaders are going to learn what the average 12-yr old knows instinctively. If you hand over your dinner money to bullied, they don’t go away. They come back stronger, more vicious and with bigger demands.
OMG Vance and Trump shouting at Zelenskyy is quite fucking something.
February 28, 2025 at 5:45 PM
OMG Vance and Trump shouting at Zelenskyy is quite fucking something.
Huge respect for Anneliese Dodd.
‘Ultimately, these cuts will remove food & healthcare ..the reality is that this decision is already being portrayed as following in President Trump's slipstream of cuts to USAID’
International Development Minister Anneliese Dodds’ resignation letter over PM’s decision to cut overseas aid budget
International Development Minister Anneliese Dodds’ resignation letter over PM’s decision to cut overseas aid budget
February 28, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Huge respect for Anneliese Dodd.
The Labour I voted for promised to restore UK Aid to 0.7% as soon as economy allowed —now they’re slashing it to 0.3%.
This isn’t just a broken promise, it’s a reckless move that makes Britain less safe.
This is short-sighted, self-defeating, and shameful.
I am disgusted.
#UKAid #ForeignPolicy
This isn’t just a broken promise, it’s a reckless move that makes Britain less safe.
This is short-sighted, self-defeating, and shameful.
I am disgusted.
#UKAid #ForeignPolicy
Starmer planning big cuts to UK aid budget to boost defence spending, say sources
Starmer planning big cuts to UK aid budget to boost defence spending, say sources
Exclusive: PM expected to confirm boost in military spending to at least 2.5% of GDP by 2030
* UK politics live – latest updates
Keir Starmer is planning drastic cuts to Britain’s international aid budget to help pay for a boost to defence spending,…
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February 25, 2025 at 2:26 PM
The Labour I voted for promised to restore UK Aid to 0.7% as soon as economy allowed —now they’re slashing it to 0.3%.
This isn’t just a broken promise, it’s a reckless move that makes Britain less safe.
This is short-sighted, self-defeating, and shameful.
I am disgusted.
#UKAid #ForeignPolicy
This isn’t just a broken promise, it’s a reckless move that makes Britain less safe.
This is short-sighted, self-defeating, and shameful.
I am disgusted.
#UKAid #ForeignPolicy
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Let’s remember what this war is about: Ukrainian self-determination, an ability to choose its own future. Neither Trump nor Putin give that any regard.
February 13, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Let’s remember what this war is about: Ukrainian self-determination, an ability to choose its own future. Neither Trump nor Putin give that any regard.
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Zelensky is being forced to plead with Trump that his own country, which has spent so much blood and endured so much horror, is allowed to be at the negotiating table about its own future. That's where we're at- a return of great power politics.
Putin's best week in years.
Putin's best week in years.
February 13, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Zelensky is being forced to plead with Trump that his own country, which has spent so much blood and endured so much horror, is allowed to be at the negotiating table about its own future. That's where we're at- a return of great power politics.
Putin's best week in years.
Putin's best week in years.
Time for us to get close to Europe again and keep our promises to the Ukrainian people. Me on Substack. open.substack.com/pub/borispom...
Starmer Must Stand Firm with Ukraine and Forge Stronger Security Ties with the EU in the Process
The UK's support for Ukraine, along with other European countries, has been a beacon of hope in dark times.
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February 13, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Time for us to get close to Europe again and keep our promises to the Ukrainian people. Me on Substack. open.substack.com/pub/borispom...
I've been thinking a lot about the rise of populism and how ill-equipped progressive politics is to fight back. So I wrote my very first substack. substack.com/@borispomroy...
Our Shrinking World: How Populism, Fear, and Division Are Redefining Politics
Can progressive movements adapt and rise to meet the challenge before it's too late?
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February 6, 2025 at 12:16 PM
I've been thinking a lot about the rise of populism and how ill-equipped progressive politics is to fight back. So I wrote my very first substack. substack.com/@borispomroy...
Wow. So much to unpack.
This Kemi Badenoch quote is such a rich text. Steak at your desk? Sandwiches for breakfast? No moist bread?
December 12, 2024 at 10:41 AM
Wow. So much to unpack.
So much talk about Fees, but this is the real issue. Students from poorer backgrounds can't afford a roof over their head (let alone food and, dare I say it, beer). Maintenance grants/loans need a HUGE uplift.
Teens from low income households more and more priced out of university as living costs soar way above maintenance loans bit.ly/3BbQ8Pl partly because student accommodation is overpriced by investors and must be rented all year
Students face soaring rents due to lack of supply
Maintenance loans can’t keep up with accommodation increases, meaning halls are at a premium with only overseas families able to afford the best
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December 2, 2024 at 11:11 AM
So much talk about Fees, but this is the real issue. Students from poorer backgrounds can't afford a roof over their head (let alone food and, dare I say it, beer). Maintenance grants/loans need a HUGE uplift.
Rugby coaching. Listening to my kids perform steel pans at Chiswick House. Spiced Cider. Making a Shepherds Pie whilst singing to Bublé. Today is a good day.
December 1, 2024 at 4:07 PM
Rugby coaching. Listening to my kids perform steel pans at Chiswick House. Spiced Cider. Making a Shepherds Pie whilst singing to Bublé. Today is a good day.
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But hang on, I hear (some of) you say... what about small boats? They're the main thing most politicians talk about after all...
So how DO small boat arrivals compare with legal migration?
Here's your answer in a chart 👇
So how DO small boat arrivals compare with legal migration?
Here's your answer in a chart 👇
November 28, 2024 at 4:54 PM
But hang on, I hear (some of) you say... what about small boats? They're the main thing most politicians talk about after all...
So how DO small boat arrivals compare with legal migration?
Here's your answer in a chart 👇
So how DO small boat arrivals compare with legal migration?
Here's your answer in a chart 👇
RIP John Prescott. One of the good ones. x
November 21, 2024 at 7:39 AM
RIP John Prescott. One of the good ones. x
I've always been sceptical of #InternationalMensDay but 1 in 5 men have no close friends. Suicide is the leading cause of death amongst men under 50. Paternity leave is so poor that many men aren't able to take time off. The status quo damages men as well as women. We need to change the narrative.
November 19, 2024 at 3:52 PM
I've always been sceptical of #InternationalMensDay but 1 in 5 men have no close friends. Suicide is the leading cause of death amongst men under 50. Paternity leave is so poor that many men aren't able to take time off. The status quo damages men as well as women. We need to change the narrative.
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The ongoing crisis in hospice funding should demand immediate action.
I know there’s no magic money tree but the reliance on donations to make dignified palliative and end of life care happen is baffling at best.
I know there’s no magic money tree but the reliance on donations to make dignified palliative and end of life care happen is baffling at best.
Proud to have taken part in ITV's timely investigation into the crisis in hospice funding.
The film airs the night before MPs will vote on the AD bill.
I hope every one of them will watch it to see how appallingly the NHS currently fails dying patients through dire funding of palliative care 😔
The film airs the night before MPs will vote on the AD bill.
I hope every one of them will watch it to see how appallingly the NHS currently fails dying patients through dire funding of palliative care 😔
Really pleased to say I am
presenting an ITV programme on hospice and end of life care.
Since my mum received hospice care a decade ago I’ve been investigating the state of the sector and its lack of funding.
Keeping Care Alive: Hospices in Crisis? will air on ITV, 8:30pm, Thursday 28th November
presenting an ITV programme on hospice and end of life care.
Since my mum received hospice care a decade ago I’ve been investigating the state of the sector and its lack of funding.
Keeping Care Alive: Hospices in Crisis? will air on ITV, 8:30pm, Thursday 28th November
November 19, 2024 at 2:00 PM
The ongoing crisis in hospice funding should demand immediate action.
I know there’s no magic money tree but the reliance on donations to make dignified palliative and end of life care happen is baffling at best.
I know there’s no magic money tree but the reliance on donations to make dignified palliative and end of life care happen is baffling at best.
Feel incredibly lucky that Chiswick School offers an amazing music education to all those who want it, from bands playing in local pubs, through to a full choir partnering with a local Sinfonia and belting out Beethoven's 9th - and everything in between. Has transformed my children's cultural lives.
Without effective music education in state schools and high quality instrumental/vocal tuition being provided for free to low income families, the numbers of state educated people attending conservatoires and becoming pro classical musicians simply won’t increase.
Education and class background have a significant impact on people’s ability to reach the top of their creative profession, new research into class inequalities in the creative industries has found. https://www.artsprofessional.co.uk/news/sutton-trust-report-shines-uncomfortable-spotlight-on-class-…
November 19, 2024 at 9:06 AM
Feel incredibly lucky that Chiswick School offers an amazing music education to all those who want it, from bands playing in local pubs, through to a full choir partnering with a local Sinfonia and belting out Beethoven's 9th - and everything in between. Has transformed my children's cultural lives.
Reflecting on the farmers’ protest: Almost everything in the public sphere feels broken—health, justice, education, and public finances. Labour faces an angry, impatient electorate demanding change but with no consensus on funding it. The challenge ahead is enormous. I don't know how they succeed.
November 19, 2024 at 8:36 AM
Reflecting on the farmers’ protest: Almost everything in the public sphere feels broken—health, justice, education, and public finances. Labour faces an angry, impatient electorate demanding change but with no consensus on funding it. The challenge ahead is enormous. I don't know how they succeed.
Whilst the diagnosis is on the money. And solution that starts with ‘returning to old school values’ is a massive red flag. The future of what it is to be a great man will not be found in nostalgia.
From the weekend: Labour MP Will Stone told me society no longer encourages men to be “gentlemen”
“You should be the sheepdog. You should never be the wolf. So you should be protecting the sheep, that is a manly thing to do.”
www.politicshome.com/news/article...
“You should be the sheepdog. You should never be the wolf. So you should be protecting the sheep, that is a manly thing to do.”
www.politicshome.com/news/article...
Labour MP Says Men Should Remember How To Be 'Gentlemen'
A new Labour MP has said society no longer encourages men to be “gentlemen” and he believed “old-school traditional values” should be re-establishe...
www.politicshome.com
November 18, 2024 at 5:57 PM
Whilst the diagnosis is on the money. And solution that starts with ‘returning to old school values’ is a massive red flag. The future of what it is to be a great man will not be found in nostalgia.
What better way to start my Bluesky life than by saying a massive thank you to @pauldegregorio.bsky.social - both for these awesome kick arse postcards and (arguably more importantly) helping to make the world a better place.
November 15, 2024 at 7:24 AM
What better way to start my Bluesky life than by saying a massive thank you to @pauldegregorio.bsky.social - both for these awesome kick arse postcards and (arguably more importantly) helping to make the world a better place.