David Clayton
@davidjclayton.bsky.social
Happily ageing earthling :-)
On Threads as @davidjclayton@threads.net
On Threads as @davidjclayton@threads.net
Trump Threatens To Sue BBC Over Misleading Edit Of ‘The Vicar Of Dibley’ https://theonion.com/trump-threatens-to-sue-bbc-over-misleading-edit-of-the-vicar-of-dibley/
November 10, 2025 at 9:14 PM
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I love that little rhyme about today’s date.
“Remember, remember it’s only the 5th of November, so stop banging on about fucking Christmas.”
Pretty sure that’s how it goes anyway.
“Remember, remember it’s only the 5th of November, so stop banging on about fucking Christmas.”
Pretty sure that’s how it goes anyway.
November 5, 2025 at 9:35 AM
I love that little rhyme about today’s date.
“Remember, remember it’s only the 5th of November, so stop banging on about fucking Christmas.”
Pretty sure that’s how it goes anyway.
“Remember, remember it’s only the 5th of November, so stop banging on about fucking Christmas.”
Pretty sure that’s how it goes anyway.
Citizens Utd sounds like such an obscure piece of legal history but it is the turn the USA took that caused the chaos it is in - Discuss
We’ve lived 15 years under Citizens United, watching billionaires and corporations shape democracy with their wallets. Reform once seemed impossible. But now, a group in Montana is asking a radical question: What if states simply stopped granting corporations the power to spend in politics?
Could We End Corporate Money In Politics?
Backers of a referendum before Montana voters next year believe they’ve found a vulnerability on Citizen United
thinkbigpicture.substack.com
October 15, 2025 at 6:20 AM
Citizens Utd sounds like such an obscure piece of legal history but it is the turn the USA took that caused the chaos it is in - Discuss
They really would
September 17, 2025 at 7:47 AM
They really would
What happens next?
Wall Street indexes post record-high closes; Tesla and Micron rally reut.rs/46x5WZL
Wall Street indexes post record-high closes; Tesla and Micron rally
Wall Street's main indexes notched record-high closes on Thursday following gains in Tesla and Micron Technology, while U.S. inflation and jobless data fueled expectations that the Federal Reserve will cut interest rates this month.
reut.rs
September 11, 2025 at 8:16 PM
What happens next?
And the company debts keep rising
Revealed: Yorkshire Water boss was paid extra £1.3m via offshore parent firm
Revealed: Yorkshire Water boss was paid extra £1.3m via offshore parent firm
Company says extra payments relating to work for Kelda Holdings were covered by shareholders not billpayers
The boss of Yorkshire Water, one of Britain’s biggest water suppliers, has received £1.3m in previously undisclosed extra pay since 2023 via an offshore parent company, the Guardian can reveal.
Nicola Shaw received £660,000 from Yorkshire Water’s Jersey-registered parent company, Kelda Holdings, in the 2023-24 and the 2024-25 financial years. The size of the fees was not disclosed in the annual report of the regulated subsidiary, Yorkshire Water Services. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
August 3, 2025 at 5:06 AM
And the company debts keep rising
Suddenly i have gained a load of followers..... I haven't posted in days and get little engagment anyway. Must be my happy go lucky profile pic that attracts them...
August 1, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Suddenly i have gained a load of followers..... I haven't posted in days and get little engagment anyway. Must be my happy go lucky profile pic that attracts them...
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Is Jonathan Reynolds really this naïve?
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Epping asylum hotel protesters ‘upset for legitimate reasons’, minister says
Jonathan Reynolds says ‘I understand the frustrations people have’, as police brace for further unrest
www.theguardian.com
July 24, 2025 at 10:19 AM
Is Jonathan Reynolds really this naïve?
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
For all those who keep saying Labour doesn’t keep promises.
Ok there could be more but they are doing what they said they would.
Unlike posh boy Farage who said who would leave the country if Brexit was a fuck up.
fullfact.org/government-t...
Ok there could be more but they are doing what they said they would.
Unlike posh boy Farage who said who would leave the country if Brexit was a fuck up.
fullfact.org/government-t...
Government Tracker – Full Fact
Full Fact is monitoring the government’s delivery on its promises
fullfact.org
June 5, 2025 at 12:26 PM
For all those who keep saying Labour doesn’t keep promises.
Ok there could be more but they are doing what they said they would.
Unlike posh boy Farage who said who would leave the country if Brexit was a fuck up.
fullfact.org/government-t...
Ok there could be more but they are doing what they said they would.
Unlike posh boy Farage who said who would leave the country if Brexit was a fuck up.
fullfact.org/government-t...
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UK folks:
Trump is the spiritual leader of the far right in the UK & across Europe too
We must come together to defeat TRUMPISM & to do that we have to unite our movements on migrant justice, climate change, Palestine, Ukraine, trade justice, oligarchy & inequality www.tickettailor.com/events/stopt...
We must come together to defeat TRUMPISM & to do that we have to unite our movements on migrant justice, climate change, Palestine, Ukraine, trade justice, oligarchy & inequality www.tickettailor.com/events/stopt...
June 3, 2025 at 11:27 AM
UK folks:
I wonder what Trump using for Brain Training to ward off the effects of ageing….
A mirror?
A mirror?
June 3, 2025 at 12:32 PM
I wonder what Trump using for Brain Training to ward off the effects of ageing….
A mirror?
A mirror?
A lot of this is true and an uncomfortable thought. Being right isn’t always as effective at driving policy as being realistic.
On the other hand if we don’t do something radical on environment we are fucked.
On the other hand if we don’t do something radical on environment we are fucked.
I think this is almost certainly true. We now hail Atlee’s government as a beacon of Labour principles but they only served one term?
June 1, 2025 at 12:10 PM
A lot of this is true and an uncomfortable thought. Being right isn’t always as effective at driving policy as being realistic.
On the other hand if we don’t do something radical on environment we are fucked.
On the other hand if we don’t do something radical on environment we are fucked.
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'How long is this going to last?' says a fisherman. The climate emergency is going to go on for centuries and so this is as nothing to what is coming down the line. Perhaps Justin Webb wouldn't find it so amusing if he had the slightest understanding of what we face in the future. #r4today
May 28, 2025 at 7:57 AM
'How long is this going to last?' says a fisherman. The climate emergency is going to go on for centuries and so this is as nothing to what is coming down the line. Perhaps Justin Webb wouldn't find it so amusing if he had the slightest understanding of what we face in the future. #r4today
Our billionaire press and social media algorithms keep pushing Farage and insist that Labour and Starmer are shit but - for some strange reason - people prefer Starmer to a shyster like Farage.
Going to keep saying it - the Farage effect is largely an illusion. Many, many more people loathe him than like him.
May 27, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Our billionaire press and social media algorithms keep pushing Farage and insist that Labour and Starmer are shit but - for some strange reason - people prefer Starmer to a shyster like Farage.
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Hilarious how the far right complain about “identity politics” when they make their skin colour and birthplace their entire identity, in lieu of any imagination or personality.
Their identity is mostly comprised of being white, badly dressed flagshaggers with high cholesterol.
Their identity is mostly comprised of being white, badly dressed flagshaggers with high cholesterol.
May 8, 2025 at 11:14 AM
Hilarious how the far right complain about “identity politics” when they make their skin colour and birthplace their entire identity, in lieu of any imagination or personality.
Their identity is mostly comprised of being white, badly dressed flagshaggers with high cholesterol.
Their identity is mostly comprised of being white, badly dressed flagshaggers with high cholesterol.
Brilliant
TANK vs TESLA
"We've crushed fascism before and we'll crush it again"
- WW2 veteran Ken, 98, in the tank
"We've crushed fascism before and we'll crush it again"
- WW2 veteran Ken, 98, in the tank
May 7, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Brilliant
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Another classic from the Queen of gaffes…
May 7, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Another classic from the Queen of gaffes…
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A very old Soviet joke, from an especially dark time:
Foxes are fleeing the USSR in droves.
Q: Why are you running away?
Fox: The Soviets passed a new law that they’re going to arrest all camels.
Q: But you’re foxes!
Fox: Yeah, why don’t *you* try proving to the NKVD that you’re not a camel.
Foxes are fleeing the USSR in droves.
Q: Why are you running away?
Fox: The Soviets passed a new law that they’re going to arrest all camels.
Q: But you’re foxes!
Fox: Yeah, why don’t *you* try proving to the NKVD that you’re not a camel.
If you accept that non-citizens have no right to due process, you are accepting that citizens have no right to due process. All the government has to do is claim that you are not a citizen; without due process you have no chance to prove the contrary.
March 27, 2025 at 10:21 PM
A very old Soviet joke, from an especially dark time:
Foxes are fleeing the USSR in droves.
Q: Why are you running away?
Fox: The Soviets passed a new law that they’re going to arrest all camels.
Q: But you’re foxes!
Fox: Yeah, why don’t *you* try proving to the NKVD that you’re not a camel.
Foxes are fleeing the USSR in droves.
Q: Why are you running away?
Fox: The Soviets passed a new law that they’re going to arrest all camels.
Q: But you’re foxes!
Fox: Yeah, why don’t *you* try proving to the NKVD that you’re not a camel.
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WOW! The Economist’s cover:
“Donald Trump’s economic delusions are already hurting America."
“Donald Trump’s economic delusions are already hurting America."
March 8, 2025 at 11:57 AM
WOW! The Economist’s cover:
“Donald Trump’s economic delusions are already hurting America."
“Donald Trump’s economic delusions are already hurting America."
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Did someone say…
Happy Threads Day! 😱
Happy Threads Day! 😱
March 5, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Did someone say…
Happy Threads Day! 😱
Happy Threads Day! 😱
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Condolences to Dolly Parton on the loss of her husband, Carl Dean.
A simple test of a person's character is to ask them their opinion of Dolly Parton.
If the answer isn't to the effect that she's one of the greatest people on the planet, avoid them.
A simple test of a person's character is to ask them their opinion of Dolly Parton.
If the answer isn't to the effect that she's one of the greatest people on the planet, avoid them.
March 4, 2025 at 7:37 AM
Condolences to Dolly Parton on the loss of her husband, Carl Dean.
A simple test of a person's character is to ask them their opinion of Dolly Parton.
If the answer isn't to the effect that she's one of the greatest people on the planet, avoid them.
A simple test of a person's character is to ask them their opinion of Dolly Parton.
If the answer isn't to the effect that she's one of the greatest people on the planet, avoid them.
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Statement from No10 just in:
“The Prime Minister has tonight spoken to both President Trump and President Zelenskyy.
“He retains his unwavering support for Ukraine and is playing his part to find a path forward to a lasting peace, based on sovereignty and security for Ukraine...."
“The Prime Minister has tonight spoken to both President Trump and President Zelenskyy.
“He retains his unwavering support for Ukraine and is playing his part to find a path forward to a lasting peace, based on sovereignty and security for Ukraine...."
February 28, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Statement from No10 just in:
“The Prime Minister has tonight spoken to both President Trump and President Zelenskyy.
“He retains his unwavering support for Ukraine and is playing his part to find a path forward to a lasting peace, based on sovereignty and security for Ukraine...."
“The Prime Minister has tonight spoken to both President Trump and President Zelenskyy.
“He retains his unwavering support for Ukraine and is playing his part to find a path forward to a lasting peace, based on sovereignty and security for Ukraine...."
Seems liikely
If David Bowie was still alive today, he would be releasing an album called Dumb Americans
February 28, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Seems liikely
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Merz just said on German TV that the primary priority of his government will be to ensure that Europe can achieve full strategic independence from the United States in the defence against Russia.
Merz was once a die hard Atlanicist. Now, after Trump he is a Gaullist.
Extraordinary.
Merz was once a die hard Atlanicist. Now, after Trump he is a Gaullist.
Extraordinary.
February 23, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Merz just said on German TV that the primary priority of his government will be to ensure that Europe can achieve full strategic independence from the United States in the defence against Russia.
Merz was once a die hard Atlanicist. Now, after Trump he is a Gaullist.
Extraordinary.
Merz was once a die hard Atlanicist. Now, after Trump he is a Gaullist.
Extraordinary.