@craig-from-t-north.bsky.social
Lover of music, theatre film & politics (however depressing that is right now).
Woke leftie snowflake and proud of it ❄️
Severe Climate anxiety & hatred of systems that mean some people have private Space races whilst others can’t afford food!
Woke leftie snowflake and proud of it ❄️
Severe Climate anxiety & hatred of systems that mean some people have private Space races whilst others can’t afford food!
@mrjamesob.bsky.social
This would be an interesting excercise - can we put in examples in each of these areas of the '4 Ps' Venn Diagram?
This would be an interesting excercise - can we put in examples in each of these areas of the '4 Ps' Venn Diagram?
November 12, 2025 at 11:26 AM
@mrjamesob.bsky.social
This would be an interesting excercise - can we put in examples in each of these areas of the '4 Ps' Venn Diagram?
This would be an interesting excercise - can we put in examples in each of these areas of the '4 Ps' Venn Diagram?
He spends his nights rubbing his thighs, hoping for this to happen!
Nigel Farage, "I don't think anybody in London even understands just how close we are to civil disobedience on a vast scale in this country, and I regret saying that"
July 22, 2025 at 8:02 AM
He spends his nights rubbing his thighs, hoping for this to happen!
@mrjamesob.bsky.social here's one for you...
Siblings buy a property in London & The Times posts the article along the lines of 'If we can do it then so can you & if you can't it's because YOU failed'
...hidden in the article is that their parents gave them £80k!
www.thetimes.com/business-mon...
Siblings buy a property in London & The Times posts the article along the lines of 'If we can do it then so can you & if you can't it's because YOU failed'
...hidden in the article is that their parents gave them £80k!
www.thetimes.com/business-mon...
We’re siblings and bought a house together — here’s how we did it
Buying a home is an expensive business even if you do it with someone else, so working out the rules is important
www.thetimes.com
May 23, 2025 at 10:16 AM
@mrjamesob.bsky.social here's one for you...
Siblings buy a property in London & The Times posts the article along the lines of 'If we can do it then so can you & if you can't it's because YOU failed'
...hidden in the article is that their parents gave them £80k!
www.thetimes.com/business-mon...
Siblings buy a property in London & The Times posts the article along the lines of 'If we can do it then so can you & if you can't it's because YOU failed'
...hidden in the article is that their parents gave them £80k!
www.thetimes.com/business-mon...
@mrjamesob.bsky.social
Billionaires gained a combined $304,000,000,000 YESTERDAY! Not in the decade, year, month or even week - YESTERDAY!
That's the equivalent of giving every living soul in the UK a cheque for $4,400.
This was the greatest heist / extraction of wealth in human history!
Billionaires gained a combined $304,000,000,000 YESTERDAY! Not in the decade, year, month or even week - YESTERDAY!
That's the equivalent of giving every living soul in the UK a cheque for $4,400.
This was the greatest heist / extraction of wealth in human history!
Billionaires Score Best-Ever Day as Stocks Soar on Tariff Pause
The world’s wealthiest people added $304 billion to their combined net worth on Wednesday — the largest one-day gain in the history of the Bloomberg Billionaires Index — as stock markets soared after ...
www.bloomberg.com
April 10, 2025 at 9:07 AM
@mrjamesob.bsky.social
Billionaires gained a combined $304,000,000,000 YESTERDAY! Not in the decade, year, month or even week - YESTERDAY!
That's the equivalent of giving every living soul in the UK a cheque for $4,400.
This was the greatest heist / extraction of wealth in human history!
Billionaires gained a combined $304,000,000,000 YESTERDAY! Not in the decade, year, month or even week - YESTERDAY!
That's the equivalent of giving every living soul in the UK a cheque for $4,400.
This was the greatest heist / extraction of wealth in human history!
@mrjamesob.bsky.social listening to yesterday's Brexit conversation. Completely agree that EU won't consider until it's 'dead', but if we ignore it or avoid it, it won't die. We, Starmer & Labour need to kill it by pushing the message of it's failure, again & again until is stone cold dead.
Find out why we’re now ‘New & Noteworthy’ & an ‘Essential Listen’ on Apple Podcasts…
tinyurl.com/4rrn2mkx
tinyurl.com/4rrn2mkx
James O'Brien Daily
Daily News Podcast · Updated daily · Welcome to the best bits of James O'Brien's LBC phone-in show.
Listen back to all the highlights in a 60-minute bite sized chunk of his show with new episodes ever...
tinyurl.com
March 26, 2025 at 8:45 AM
@mrjamesob.bsky.social listening to yesterday's Brexit conversation. Completely agree that EU won't consider until it's 'dead', but if we ignore it or avoid it, it won't die. We, Starmer & Labour need to kill it by pushing the message of it's failure, again & again until is stone cold dead.
And here we have it, the CPAC now blatantly advertising / promoting an unconstitutional 3rd Presidential Term for Trump, along with the clear imagery of Trump as ruler (rather than elected leader).
February 21, 2025 at 12:41 PM
And here we have it, the CPAC now blatantly advertising / promoting an unconstitutional 3rd Presidential Term for Trump, along with the clear imagery of Trump as ruler (rather than elected leader).
@mrjamesob.bsky.social I think we've found out where the lady on the table next to you at Jury Service got her information from...
February 19, 2025 at 4:26 PM
@mrjamesob.bsky.social I think we've found out where the lady on the table next to you at Jury Service got her information from...
Who won’t be involved in any of this? That’s right, old Blighty!
We can thank Nigel “Putin’s my favourite politician” Farage & everyone who championed Brexit for this. Was there ever a greater act of self-harm on a national scale?
We are a tiny island, rendered insignificant on the world stage.
We can thank Nigel “Putin’s my favourite politician” Farage & everyone who championed Brexit for this. Was there ever a greater act of self-harm on a national scale?
We are a tiny island, rendered insignificant on the world stage.
February 15, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Who won’t be involved in any of this? That’s right, old Blighty!
We can thank Nigel “Putin’s my favourite politician” Farage & everyone who championed Brexit for this. Was there ever a greater act of self-harm on a national scale?
We are a tiny island, rendered insignificant on the world stage.
We can thank Nigel “Putin’s my favourite politician” Farage & everyone who championed Brexit for this. Was there ever a greater act of self-harm on a national scale?
We are a tiny island, rendered insignificant on the world stage.
Listening to @lewisgoodall.com on @lbc.co.uk this morning. Reading a text ‘laughing at the left’
I wonder how vacuous this guy’s life is that (a) he spends 3hrs a day listening to LBC at 10am to ‘laugh at lefties’ and (b) is happy with things costing more because of tariffs.
Odd mindset!
I wonder how vacuous this guy’s life is that (a) he spends 3hrs a day listening to LBC at 10am to ‘laugh at lefties’ and (b) is happy with things costing more because of tariffs.
Odd mindset!
February 3, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Listening to @lewisgoodall.com on @lbc.co.uk this morning. Reading a text ‘laughing at the left’
I wonder how vacuous this guy’s life is that (a) he spends 3hrs a day listening to LBC at 10am to ‘laugh at lefties’ and (b) is happy with things costing more because of tariffs.
Odd mindset!
I wonder how vacuous this guy’s life is that (a) he spends 3hrs a day listening to LBC at 10am to ‘laugh at lefties’ and (b) is happy with things costing more because of tariffs.
Odd mindset!
@mrjamesob.bsky.social I haven't heard mention yet about SureStart or Youth Clubs in this discussion. As others have said, children without opportunities turn to gangs who provide them, but SureStart helped families before this happened & Clubs gave kids a focus outside of school hours. 1/2
January 9, 2025 at 11:02 AM
@mrjamesob.bsky.social I haven't heard mention yet about SureStart or Youth Clubs in this discussion. As others have said, children without opportunities turn to gangs who provide them, but SureStart helped families before this happened & Clubs gave kids a focus outside of school hours. 1/2
@mrjamesob.bsky.social
Starmer has to (against his 'political nature') is to go on the attack. Highlight all of his claims & the truth behind them. Put in the required legislation regarding online platform regulations, political donations etc.
The ONLY thing he can do is attack with the truth.
Starmer has to (against his 'political nature') is to go on the attack. Highlight all of his claims & the truth behind them. Put in the required legislation regarding online platform regulations, political donations etc.
The ONLY thing he can do is attack with the truth.
January 6, 2025 at 10:33 AM
@mrjamesob.bsky.social
Starmer has to (against his 'political nature') is to go on the attack. Highlight all of his claims & the truth behind them. Put in the required legislation regarding online platform regulations, political donations etc.
The ONLY thing he can do is attack with the truth.
Starmer has to (against his 'political nature') is to go on the attack. Highlight all of his claims & the truth behind them. Put in the required legislation regarding online platform regulations, political donations etc.
The ONLY thing he can do is attack with the truth.
Reposted
“No, you won’t get any youth mobility.
Because even though I won easily… I still feel I have to do what the people who lost think.”
Because even though I won easily… I still feel I have to do what the people who lost think.”
November 29, 2024 at 6:57 PM
“No, you won’t get any youth mobility.
Because even though I won easily… I still feel I have to do what the people who lost think.”
Because even though I won easily… I still feel I have to do what the people who lost think.”
A potentially significant milestone has been passed very quietly.
With Haigh's departure from the cabinet, for the first time in our political history, the cabinet is 100% state educated. Quite the moment.
November 29, 2024 at 4:38 PM
A potentially significant milestone has been passed very quietly.
@lewisgoodall.com created a rather fitting comparison between the tone on BlueSky vs ‘the other place’.
Exact same post, ‘slightly’ different responses…
Exact same post, ‘slightly’ different responses…
November 29, 2024 at 4:31 PM
@lewisgoodall.com created a rather fitting comparison between the tone on BlueSky vs ‘the other place’.
Exact same post, ‘slightly’ different responses…
Exact same post, ‘slightly’ different responses…
We can 'add' her to the Reform Party UK PLC brain-trust.
NEW: Former Conservative MP Andrea Jenkyns has defected to Reform, saying she has "joined the party of the brave"
November 28, 2024 at 1:03 PM
We can 'add' her to the Reform Party UK PLC brain-trust.
Reposted
Left: Kemi Badenoch says British citizenship should be "a privilege to be earned" and not an "automatic right"
Right: A Nigerian TV channel points out that Kemi Badenoch's mum flew to London to give birth to Kemi, then flew back to Nigeria, where Kemi was raised till the age of 16
Right: A Nigerian TV channel points out that Kemi Badenoch's mum flew to London to give birth to Kemi, then flew back to Nigeria, where Kemi was raised till the age of 16
November 27, 2024 at 10:02 PM
Left: Kemi Badenoch says British citizenship should be "a privilege to be earned" and not an "automatic right"
Right: A Nigerian TV channel points out that Kemi Badenoch's mum flew to London to give birth to Kemi, then flew back to Nigeria, where Kemi was raised till the age of 16
Right: A Nigerian TV channel points out that Kemi Badenoch's mum flew to London to give birth to Kemi, then flew back to Nigeria, where Kemi was raised till the age of 16
@kemibadenochmp.bsky.social any comment?
Kemi Badenoch tells Keir Starmer that "we had a Budget in March this year and tractors were not blockading the streets of Whitehall afterwards."
Anyway, here's the 'go slow' protest by farmers that blockaded the streets around Parliament following the Conservative Government's last Budget in March
Anyway, here's the 'go slow' protest by farmers that blockaded the streets around Parliament following the Conservative Government's last Budget in March
November 27, 2024 at 2:47 PM
@kemibadenochmp.bsky.social any comment?
The notion of ‘having to earn a living’ is one of the most dangerous in human existence.
It implies that you don’t deserve to live, that you aren’t enough as you are.
It implies that you don’t deserve to live, that you aren’t enough as you are.
November 26, 2024 at 9:12 PM
The notion of ‘having to earn a living’ is one of the most dangerous in human existence.
It implies that you don’t deserve to live, that you aren’t enough as you are.
It implies that you don’t deserve to live, that you aren’t enough as you are.
We can also ask about their views on two-tiered justice.
Within a week he’s had the 34 felonies re: payoff indefinitely delayed & now both the attempted coup & classified documents cases are to be dropped.
Justice is far from blind & is now nothing more than a fallacy.
Within a week he’s had the 34 felonies re: payoff indefinitely delayed & now both the attempted coup & classified documents cases are to be dropped.
Justice is far from blind & is now nothing more than a fallacy.
If you're interviewing a Trump apologist in the UK media/politics sphere, don't ask about trade, tariffs or even NATO *until* you've asked about the coup attemt, the sex offending & the felonies. These people claim to care about all the things that Trump denigrates daily. Call them out on it.
November 25, 2024 at 9:15 PM
We can also ask about their views on two-tiered justice.
Within a week he’s had the 34 felonies re: payoff indefinitely delayed & now both the attempted coup & classified documents cases are to be dropped.
Justice is far from blind & is now nothing more than a fallacy.
Within a week he’s had the 34 felonies re: payoff indefinitely delayed & now both the attempted coup & classified documents cases are to be dropped.
Justice is far from blind & is now nothing more than a fallacy.
@lbc.co.uk @mrjamesob.bsky.social if employeers don't engaging with DWP / Jobcentre Plus how are potential employees supposed to benefit from them?
Surely an onus must be on bringing employers around who can accept temporary, 'incosistent' work due to the 'incosistent' nature of people's illnesses?
Surely an onus must be on bringing employers around who can accept temporary, 'incosistent' work due to the 'incosistent' nature of people's illnesses?
November 25, 2024 at 10:15 AM
@lbc.co.uk @mrjamesob.bsky.social if employeers don't engaging with DWP / Jobcentre Plus how are potential employees supposed to benefit from them?
Surely an onus must be on bringing employers around who can accept temporary, 'incosistent' work due to the 'incosistent' nature of people's illnesses?
Surely an onus must be on bringing employers around who can accept temporary, 'incosistent' work due to the 'incosistent' nature of people's illnesses?
You argue the merits of legislation & vote based on what it is calling for at that time.
Then if it’s revisited you do the same, if you then feel the changes are unacceptable, you vote against it.
You don’t vote against something because of what it might end up looking like at some future point.
Then if it’s revisited you do the same, if you then feel the changes are unacceptable, you vote against it.
You don’t vote against something because of what it might end up looking like at some future point.
Can never understand the logic of "slippery slope" arguments when we have a system where the House of Commons decides nearly everything. It's only a slippery slope if in the future the Commons changes its mind on something- which guess what, it can do at any time.
November 24, 2024 at 8:46 AM
You argue the merits of legislation & vote based on what it is calling for at that time.
Then if it’s revisited you do the same, if you then feel the changes are unacceptable, you vote against it.
You don’t vote against something because of what it might end up looking like at some future point.
Then if it’s revisited you do the same, if you then feel the changes are unacceptable, you vote against it.
You don’t vote against something because of what it might end up looking like at some future point.
Staggering levels of ignorance from someone who, somehow, has access to some of the most important offices in this country.
The ICC has issued an arrest warrant for Putin. Khomeini died in 1989. Robert Jenrick wanted to be Tory leader, but doesn't appear very well informed about current affairs.
November 22, 2024 at 2:07 PM
Staggering levels of ignorance from someone who, somehow, has access to some of the most important offices in this country.
Don’t know if #FollowBackFriday is a thing on here but I’m all for it.
If you despaired at the US election result, cheered at the UK election but wish Labour would be…more Labour, if you’re fearful of our inability to tackle the climate crisis, then give me a follow and I’ll send one back!
#FBF
If you despaired at the US election result, cheered at the UK election but wish Labour would be…more Labour, if you’re fearful of our inability to tackle the climate crisis, then give me a follow and I’ll send one back!
#FBF
November 22, 2024 at 10:12 AM
Don’t know if #FollowBackFriday is a thing on here but I’m all for it.
If you despaired at the US election result, cheered at the UK election but wish Labour would be…more Labour, if you’re fearful of our inability to tackle the climate crisis, then give me a follow and I’ll send one back!
#FBF
If you despaired at the US election result, cheered at the UK election but wish Labour would be…more Labour, if you’re fearful of our inability to tackle the climate crisis, then give me a follow and I’ll send one back!
#FBF
@mrjamesob.bsky.social is the story PMQ merry-go-round allowed under the condition that all takers do their best Badenoch impressions?
November 20, 2024 at 12:11 PM
@mrjamesob.bsky.social is the story PMQ merry-go-round allowed under the condition that all takers do their best Badenoch impressions?
We, a relative minnow (compared to our view of ourselves) left the world’s largest trading bloc…for reasons.
We rejected the economic protections that membership inherently gave us.
Now we’re essentially crossing our fingers that our biggest trading partner isn’t going to slap tariffs on us!
Yay!
We rejected the economic protections that membership inherently gave us.
Now we’re essentially crossing our fingers that our biggest trading partner isn’t going to slap tariffs on us!
Yay!
‘Donald Trump’s Election Means Reversing Brexit Is Now More Urgent Than Ever’
Me for Byline Times.
Me for Byline Times.
'Donald Trump's Election Means Reversing Brexit Is Now More Urgent Than Ever'
For the sake of Britain, Europe and humanity, it’s time for us to get back with the European team, argues Mike Galsworthy
bylinetimes.com
November 19, 2024 at 8:14 PM
We, a relative minnow (compared to our view of ourselves) left the world’s largest trading bloc…for reasons.
We rejected the economic protections that membership inherently gave us.
Now we’re essentially crossing our fingers that our biggest trading partner isn’t going to slap tariffs on us!
Yay!
We rejected the economic protections that membership inherently gave us.
Now we’re essentially crossing our fingers that our biggest trading partner isn’t going to slap tariffs on us!
Yay!