Matthew
@calmeilles.bsky.social
🐧 IT. Old. Gay. Rejoiner. Essex to Newcastle to London. If I can't make Italy would try Scotland next. @calmeilles@mstdn.social
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Matthew
@calmeilles.bsky.social
· Jan 31
What do you do about fascism?
In my early teens I learned about Hitler and Chamberlain and Churchill in a formal education setting.
In my early teens I learned about Hitler and Chamberlain and Churchill in a formal education setting.
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Trump is behaving precisely as he would if he were a Russian asset
www.telegraph.co.uk/gift/4a54a02...
www.telegraph.co.uk/gift/4a54a02...
Trump is behaving precisely as he would if he were a Russian asset
This ‘peace plan’ is not only a tragedy for Ukraine, but an immediate crisis for Britain
www.telegraph.co.uk
November 23, 2025 at 10:06 AM
Trump is behaving precisely as he would if he were a Russian asset
www.telegraph.co.uk/gift/4a54a02...
www.telegraph.co.uk/gift/4a54a02...
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When Reeves announces her plans for 250 neighbourhood health Centre today, I wonder if she will tell us how many will be PFI funded? 🤔
(Clue: she won’t)
A reminder that the National Audit Office (2018) found these schemes cost NHS and taxpayers billions of pounds of extra cost. #r4today
(Clue: she won’t)
A reminder that the National Audit Office (2018) found these schemes cost NHS and taxpayers billions of pounds of extra cost. #r4today
November 26, 2025 at 7:35 AM
When Reeves announces her plans for 250 neighbourhood health Centre today, I wonder if she will tell us how many will be PFI funded? 🤔
(Clue: she won’t)
A reminder that the National Audit Office (2018) found these schemes cost NHS and taxpayers billions of pounds of extra cost. #r4today
(Clue: she won’t)
A reminder that the National Audit Office (2018) found these schemes cost NHS and taxpayers billions of pounds of extra cost. #r4today
For the older generation there may be a feeling of deja vu, the region having lost vast swathes of vines in the 70s dealing with the "wine lake" of excess production.
www.economist.com/europe/2025/...
#wine #economics #farming #climate
www.economist.com/europe/2025/...
#wine #economics #farming #climate
Vineyards are disappearing in France
As wine-drinking slows, farmers are uprooting vines
www.economist.com
November 26, 2025 at 8:24 AM
For the older generation there may be a feeling of deja vu, the region having lost vast swathes of vines in the 70s dealing with the "wine lake" of excess production.
www.economist.com/europe/2025/...
#wine #economics #farming #climate
www.economist.com/europe/2025/...
#wine #economics #farming #climate
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There is a reason why Witkoff did not want any officials with the State Dept or anyone else present during his many meetings w/Putin - he didn’t want witnesses to his treasonous behavior. Highly unusual, but makes perfect sense when you consider that he only cared about Russia.
November 26, 2025 at 2:46 AM
There is a reason why Witkoff did not want any officials with the State Dept or anyone else present during his many meetings w/Putin - he didn’t want witnesses to his treasonous behavior. Highly unusual, but makes perfect sense when you consider that he only cared about Russia.
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‘The chill wind from the White House is already rippling through New Broadcasting House.’
@lewisgoodall.com reacts after the BBC edited out an anti-Trump line from a historian’s lecture.
@lewisgoodall.com reacts after the BBC edited out an anti-Trump line from a historian’s lecture.
November 25, 2025 at 4:01 PM
‘The chill wind from the White House is already rippling through New Broadcasting House.’
@lewisgoodall.com reacts after the BBC edited out an anti-Trump line from a historian’s lecture.
@lewisgoodall.com reacts after the BBC edited out an anti-Trump line from a historian’s lecture.
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This is fucking horrific. Trial by jury is a fundamental part of our justice system.
Wonderful. Now Labour plan to "destroy justice as we know it".
Anything else they're going to wreck on their way out of office?
Remember: it is ALWAYS much easier to break things than to restore them. So their reckless legacy will linger long after they're gone.
www.theguardian.com/law/2025/nov...
Anything else they're going to wreck on their way out of office?
Remember: it is ALWAYS much easier to break things than to restore them. So their reckless legacy will linger long after they're gone.
www.theguardian.com/law/2025/nov...
November 25, 2025 at 6:58 PM
This is fucking horrific. Trial by jury is a fundamental part of our justice system.
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I reject referring to Orthodox extremists in NYC as "Jewish leaders." If you're trying to recruit braindead lunatics to go to Israel and participate in the mass killing of Palestinians in the West Bank, a course of terrorism that destabilizes a whole region of Earth, you're not a leader of anything.
November 25, 2025 at 3:14 PM
I reject referring to Orthodox extremists in NYC as "Jewish leaders." If you're trying to recruit braindead lunatics to go to Israel and participate in the mass killing of Palestinians in the West Bank, a course of terrorism that destabilizes a whole region of Earth, you're not a leader of anything.
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Paris has removed the paving from its city hall square and transformed it into an urban forest. Stunning! 🤩
August 19, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Paris has removed the paving from its city hall square and transformed it into an urban forest. Stunning! 🤩
November 25, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Oh please! That would so spectacularly backfire.
Hegseth is now threatening to recall Sen. Mark Kelly to active duty in order to court martial him.
November 24, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Oh please! That would so spectacularly backfire.
If you were to judge by TV dramas alone everywhere north of København is eternally under snow.
But still, 8/10⭐️
www.imdb.com/title/tt1699...
#Finnish #action #crime #drama #thriller #TV
But still, 8/10⭐️
www.imdb.com/title/tt1699...
#Finnish #action #crime #drama #thriller #TV
Hautalehto: Kylmä syli (TV Series 2021– ) ⭐ 7.2 | Action, Crime, Drama
42m
www.imdb.com
November 24, 2025 at 8:25 PM
What are Labour values these days? Does anybody know?
‘It will be a Labour Budget, with Labour values’
Keir Starmer tells ITV News ‘fairness’ will be at the ‘heart’ of Wednesday’s Budget
Keir Starmer tells ITV News ‘fairness’ will be at the ‘heart’ of Wednesday’s Budget
November 24, 2025 at 7:23 PM
What are Labour values these days? Does anybody know?
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NEW: Judge Currie finds that Lindsay Halligan was UNLAWFULLY APPOINTED and dismisses the James Comey and Letitia James indictments without prejudice. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
November 24, 2025 at 5:54 PM
NEW: Judge Currie finds that Lindsay Halligan was UNLAWFULLY APPOINTED and dismisses the James Comey and Letitia James indictments without prejudice. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
November 24, 2025 at 11:21 AM
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@quietretreat.bsky.social indeed!!! Thank you for sharing this!!!
November 23, 2025 at 5:45 AM
@quietretreat.bsky.social indeed!!! Thank you for sharing this!!!
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November 23, 2025 at 6:37 PM
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How to Learn Latin like a 10th Century English Monk
YouTube video by Graham Scheper
youtu.be
November 23, 2025 at 11:30 AM
The New York Post is not a newspaper, it does not do journalism.
The Washington Post editorial board decided the Epstein files have “no public interest” before even seeing them. That’s a stunning position for any newsroom to take. Praising Clay Higgins as the lone ‘no’ vote, too? No wonder no one trusts legacy media. Absolutely disgusting.
November 22, 2025 at 7:29 PM
The New York Post is not a newspaper, it does not do journalism.
Madder than usual is only begs the question how mad is he usually?
“Donald Trump seems to have lost control over the one thing every person, and especially those with immense power, should always maintain control over: himself,” @radiofreetom.bsky.social argues: theatln.tc/25m0NaDg
November 22, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Madder than usual is only begs the question how mad is he usually?
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One of the biggest blights on Labour, the ultra-Conservative Maurice Glasman, says Labour will be forced to leave the ECHR soon because judges are “a bunch of arrogant, unaccountable, useless people who protect Albanian drug dealers from getting deported.” (via New Statesman)
November 21, 2025 at 10:23 PM
One of the biggest blights on Labour, the ultra-Conservative Maurice Glasman, says Labour will be forced to leave the ECHR soon because judges are “a bunch of arrogant, unaccountable, useless people who protect Albanian drug dealers from getting deported.” (via New Statesman)
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‼️ Friends, this is very important. Please share to whoever this may concern, especially if you are in the United States.
Ukraine wants peace. Lasting, just, sustainable peace, and not a pause before the next bloodbath. I cannot stress this enough.
Ukraine wants peace. Lasting, just, sustainable peace, and not a pause before the next bloodbath. I cannot stress this enough.
November 22, 2025 at 1:57 PM
‼️ Friends, this is very important. Please share to whoever this may concern, especially if you are in the United States.
Ukraine wants peace. Lasting, just, sustainable peace, and not a pause before the next bloodbath. I cannot stress this enough.
Ukraine wants peace. Lasting, just, sustainable peace, and not a pause before the next bloodbath. I cannot stress this enough.
Already reversed as it immediately became obvious that it made it too easy to identify and expose the bot farms.
X has changed their policy and now you can see where the accounts are based.
Here’s an “influencer from Texas”
Here’s an “influencer from Texas”
November 22, 2025 at 8:31 AM
Already reversed as it immediately became obvious that it made it too easy to identify and expose the bot farms.
So it's actually a Russian "peace" plane. Who'd have guessed?
November 22, 2025 at 8:12 AM
So it's actually a Russian "peace" plane. Who'd have guessed?