Dan Perkins
@danielperkins.bsky.social
Straight outta Sussex. Francophile now in Denmark via Manchester, London and a long time spent in Paris. Swim, run and ride. Campagnolo and Commençal until I die 🚲
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it's crazy that 500 years ago, you would see the ruler of your country maybe once in your life and hear whispers that they're the Sun God, but now with social media, you get to see on a daily basis that they're the most unhinged, idiotic, and unhappy person you know
December 25, 2025 at 7:31 AM
it's crazy that 500 years ago, you would see the ruler of your country maybe once in your life and hear whispers that they're the Sun God, but now with social media, you get to see on a daily basis that they're the most unhinged, idiotic, and unhappy person you know
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Hard to believe that this character would have been 80 today. (Getting to 70 was a surprise, considering the lifestyle.)
December 24, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Hard to believe that this character would have been 80 today. (Getting to 70 was a surprise, considering the lifestyle.)
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Keir Starmer genuinely does not seem to be aware that he has a 400+ seat majority in parliament. You can pass anything you like with that many seats. Fucking do something.
December 24, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Keir Starmer genuinely does not seem to be aware that he has a 400+ seat majority in parliament. You can pass anything you like with that many seats. Fucking do something.
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What I can’t fathom with Starmer is why he will capitulate on things which might cost him a few votes, but won’t move his red lines on things that could potentially secure him the next election.
December 23, 2025 at 12:32 PM
What I can’t fathom with Starmer is why he will capitulate on things which might cost him a few votes, but won’t move his red lines on things that could potentially secure him the next election.
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Because our politics is in such a terrible place, I think we downplay quite how awful Kemi Badenoch has been.
In any other era the leader of the Conservatives saying 'only migrants commit sex crimes - mass deportations now' would have not just been career ending but would've sunk the whole party
In any other era the leader of the Conservatives saying 'only migrants commit sex crimes - mass deportations now' would have not just been career ending but would've sunk the whole party
December 18, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Because our politics is in such a terrible place, I think we downplay quite how awful Kemi Badenoch has been.
In any other era the leader of the Conservatives saying 'only migrants commit sex crimes - mass deportations now' would have not just been career ending but would've sunk the whole party
In any other era the leader of the Conservatives saying 'only migrants commit sex crimes - mass deportations now' would have not just been career ending but would've sunk the whole party
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Here's a quilt of Volume 4 of the Epstein document dump. Gives you a 10,000 foot view of the redactions. that's 2,704 docs.
December 19, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Here's a quilt of Volume 4 of the Epstein document dump. Gives you a 10,000 foot view of the redactions. that's 2,704 docs.
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How can you have a review of foreign interference in elections without, you know, reviewing past elections? Who wants a review of a film you haven’t seen yet??
LibDem Calum Miller, "Will the review look back.. Including the 2014 and 2016 Referendums?"
Steve Reed, "It will be forward looking, there will be no relitigating of previous elections or referendum"
"There have been no findings that any elections to date were affected by foreign interference"
Steve Reed, "It will be forward looking, there will be no relitigating of previous elections or referendum"
"There have been no findings that any elections to date were affected by foreign interference"
December 17, 2025 at 4:29 AM
How can you have a review of foreign interference in elections without, you know, reviewing past elections? Who wants a review of a film you haven’t seen yet??
Excellent news. Hopefully the beginning of the unravelling of the psychotic act of self-harm that is Brexit. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
UK to rejoin EU’s Erasmus student exchange programme
Exclusive: British students will be able to participate in EU-wide scheme from January 2027, sources say
www.theguardian.com
December 16, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Excellent news. Hopefully the beginning of the unravelling of the psychotic act of self-harm that is Brexit. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
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Literally poles apart
Many Poles arrive. Daily Mail: “THIS IS A CATASTROPHE OUR COUNTRY IS DYING”
Many Poles leave again. Daily Mail: “THIS IS A CATASTROPHE PUR COUNTRY IS DYING”
Do you want Poles or not?
Many Poles leave again. Daily Mail: “THIS IS A CATASTROPHE PUR COUNTRY IS DYING”
Do you want Poles or not?
December 13, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Literally poles apart
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One of the bleakest things about living in the UK right now is that the country is full of people who, if their community is given something nice, will just destroy it for no reason. I really don’t know how you fix that.
Christmas tree chopped down hours after lights switch on
Christmas tree chopped down hours after lights switch on
A Christmas tree that has brought festive cheer to a village for more than a decade has been cut down just hours after its lights were switched on.
news.sky.com
December 12, 2025 at 7:38 AM
One of the bleakest things about living in the UK right now is that the country is full of people who, if their community is given something nice, will just destroy it for no reason. I really don’t know how you fix that.
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There are urgent economic reasons for a pivot back towards the EU. There are urgent cultural and social reasons too and now, with that greedy narcissistic fascist in the White House, there are urgent geopolitical reasons too.
It's a dereliction of responsibility to insist on fatuous red lines now.
It's a dereliction of responsibility to insist on fatuous red lines now.
December 11, 2025 at 11:47 PM
There are urgent economic reasons for a pivot back towards the EU. There are urgent cultural and social reasons too and now, with that greedy narcissistic fascist in the White House, there are urgent geopolitical reasons too.
It's a dereliction of responsibility to insist on fatuous red lines now.
It's a dereliction of responsibility to insist on fatuous red lines now.
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Oh look. They’ve actually drawn a diagram for all the people stupid enough to need a bloody diagram.
Elon Musk and his Russian friends call for the abolishment of the EU
December 6, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Oh look. They’ve actually drawn a diagram for all the people stupid enough to need a bloody diagram.
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US national security strategy.
Something sure is unrecognisable here, but it’s not Europe.
www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/u...
Something sure is unrecognisable here, but it’s not Europe.
www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/u...
December 5, 2025 at 5:06 AM
US national security strategy.
Something sure is unrecognisable here, but it’s not Europe.
www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/u...
Something sure is unrecognisable here, but it’s not Europe.
www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/u...
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"America is being led by men whom senior brass do not respect. Trump's message is that the law is for wimps. Eisenhower said that plans are worthless but planning is everything. If Trump goes for regime change, it will be on the basis of Hegseth’s planning." My column. on.ft.com/4rrwMLj
Trump-style regime change in Venezuela
[FREE TO READ] Conducting foreign policy, let alone war, by meme is dangerous and foolish
on.ft.com
December 2, 2025 at 12:06 PM
"America is being led by men whom senior brass do not respect. Trump's message is that the law is for wimps. Eisenhower said that plans are worthless but planning is everything. If Trump goes for regime change, it will be on the basis of Hegseth’s planning." My column. on.ft.com/4rrwMLj
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Energy transitions can happen faster than we think:
In 2000 almost 90% of Denmark's electricity was from fossil fuels.
In 2024 less than 10% of Danish electricity was from fossil fuels.
In 2000 almost 90% of Denmark's electricity was from fossil fuels.
In 2024 less than 10% of Danish electricity was from fossil fuels.
December 1, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Energy transitions can happen faster than we think:
In 2000 almost 90% of Denmark's electricity was from fossil fuels.
In 2024 less than 10% of Danish electricity was from fossil fuels.
In 2000 almost 90% of Denmark's electricity was from fossil fuels.
In 2024 less than 10% of Danish electricity was from fossil fuels.
Thin Lizzy (1983)
Siouxsie and the Banshees (1984)
The Smiths (1984)
David Bowie (1987 & 2002)
Lou Reed (2007)
Siouxsie and the Banshees (1984)
The Smiths (1984)
David Bowie (1987 & 2002)
Lou Reed (2007)
Thé Stone Roses
Bad Brains
The The
The Arctic Monkeys
Underworld
Bad Brains
The The
The Arctic Monkeys
Underworld
The Fall
Pavement
Godspeed You! Black Emperor
Suede
Mudhoney
Pavement
Godspeed You! Black Emperor
Suede
Mudhoney
November 28, 2025 at 10:06 AM
Thin Lizzy (1983)
Siouxsie and the Banshees (1984)
The Smiths (1984)
David Bowie (1987 & 2002)
Lou Reed (2007)
Siouxsie and the Banshees (1984)
The Smiths (1984)
David Bowie (1987 & 2002)
Lou Reed (2007)
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Rachel Reeves on #C4News saying Labour are now lifting 450,000 children out of poverty by removing the two child benefit cap
So an admission that Labour kept 450,000 children in poverty for the past year because they didn't care enough about child poverty to lift them out of it last year
So an admission that Labour kept 450,000 children in poverty for the past year because they didn't care enough about child poverty to lift them out of it last year
November 27, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Rachel Reeves on #C4News saying Labour are now lifting 450,000 children out of poverty by removing the two child benefit cap
So an admission that Labour kept 450,000 children in poverty for the past year because they didn't care enough about child poverty to lift them out of it last year
So an admission that Labour kept 450,000 children in poverty for the past year because they didn't care enough about child poverty to lift them out of it last year
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Important to remember that the British public is actively being misinformed on this issue.
New net migration figures at 930am.
Net migration fell half a million to 344,000 in 2024 from 848k in 2023
56% of people think it went up last year
17% think stayed the same
14% think it went down
2025 figure to be lower again
16% expect that
38% think it will be up
31% about the same
Net migration fell half a million to 344,000 in 2024 from 848k in 2023
56% of people think it went up last year
17% think stayed the same
14% think it went down
2025 figure to be lower again
16% expect that
38% think it will be up
31% about the same
November 27, 2025 at 10:25 AM
Important to remember that the British public is actively being misinformed on this issue.
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I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
November 25, 2025 at 9:26 AM
I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
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1) Start the worst European war since 1945 and commit every imaginable war crime
2) Decide how you want to be rewarded for your aggression
3) Leak the list of your desiderata to the US press
4) Wait for the US president to enforce your wish list on your victim.
Russian policy 2025
2) Decide how you want to be rewarded for your aggression
3) Leak the list of your desiderata to the US press
4) Wait for the US president to enforce your wish list on your victim.
Russian policy 2025
November 23, 2025 at 3:30 PM
1) Start the worst European war since 1945 and commit every imaginable war crime
2) Decide how you want to be rewarded for your aggression
3) Leak the list of your desiderata to the US press
4) Wait for the US president to enforce your wish list on your victim.
Russian policy 2025
2) Decide how you want to be rewarded for your aggression
3) Leak the list of your desiderata to the US press
4) Wait for the US president to enforce your wish list on your victim.
Russian policy 2025
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Have to say I find the proposals to take away the route to permanent settlement of refugees both shocking and repulsive. It's code for 'whatever you do and contribute you can never become one of us so we won't allow you to try.' Racism, pure and simple.
November 15, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Have to say I find the proposals to take away the route to permanent settlement of refugees both shocking and repulsive. It's code for 'whatever you do and contribute you can never become one of us so we won't allow you to try.' Racism, pure and simple.
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Trump appears in the Epstein files more than anyone else.
More than ANYONE ELSE.
More than ANYONE ELSE.
This is cool. COURIER has created a searchable database with all 20,000 of the files just released from Epstein’s estate.
Trump's name appears in them more than anyone else, in 1,628 documents.
couriernewsroom.com/news/we-crea...
Trump's name appears in them more than anyone else, in 1,628 documents.
couriernewsroom.com/news/we-crea...
We created a searchable database with all 20,000 files from Epstein’s Estate
Easily find every mention of Trump, Clinton, blackmail, and potential sex crimes in the thousands of private messages between Epstein and his close associates.
couriernewsroom.com
November 14, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Trump appears in the Epstein files more than anyone else.
More than ANYONE ELSE.
More than ANYONE ELSE.
Missed this from a month ago. She really is so excruciating.
November 8, 2025 at 10:48 AM
Missed this from a month ago. She really is so excruciating.
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Even I thought this was one of mine!
November 6, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Even I thought this was one of mine!