David Warnes
@davidjwarnes.bsky.social
Retired priest (Scottish Episcopal Church) & former History teacher. Author (Russia:a modern history, UTP 1984 & Chronicle of the Russian Tsars, Thames & Hudson 1999). Carer.
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This ongoing toxic discourse has multiple real-life, everyday consequences
It leads to the man sitting next to me on a bus not accepting I'm from Manchester as I have 'dark skin'
Declaring, while gesturing around the bus- 'you can fool all of them, but you can't fool me'
It permits open racism
It leads to the man sitting next to me on a bus not accepting I'm from Manchester as I have 'dark skin'
Declaring, while gesturing around the bus- 'you can fool all of them, but you can't fool me'
It permits open racism
GB News now broadcasting calls to remove the ethnic minority MPs from parliament
December 4, 2025 at 7:51 AM
This ongoing toxic discourse has multiple real-life, everyday consequences
It leads to the man sitting next to me on a bus not accepting I'm from Manchester as I have 'dark skin'
Declaring, while gesturing around the bus- 'you can fool all of them, but you can't fool me'
It permits open racism
It leads to the man sitting next to me on a bus not accepting I'm from Manchester as I have 'dark skin'
Declaring, while gesturing around the bus- 'you can fool all of them, but you can't fool me'
It permits open racism
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I knew that the Scholls were influenced by their reading of Newman, but I did not know that Sophie gave her boyfriend Fritz Hartnagel a two volume edition of Newman's sermons when he was posted to the Eastern Front.
December 2, 2025 at 5:49 PM
I knew that the Scholls were influenced by their reading of Newman, but I did not know that Sophie gave her boyfriend Fritz Hartnagel a two volume edition of Newman's sermons when he was posted to the Eastern Front.
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December 1, 2025 at 8:29 AM
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I finished reading this tonight. A fascinating and persuasive account of Vermeer's life and work. Graham-Dixon argues that the great majority of his paintings have a religious significance and were originally intended as aids to devotion.
November 30, 2025 at 8:52 PM
I finished reading this tonight. A fascinating and persuasive account of Vermeer's life and work. Graham-Dixon argues that the great majority of his paintings have a religious significance and were originally intended as aids to devotion.
BBC Radio 3 doing a brilliant job celebrating the First Sunday in Advent.
November 30, 2025 at 7:44 AM
BBC Radio 3 doing a brilliant job celebrating the First Sunday in Advent.
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He’s taking a battering.
France’s far-right leader hit by egg, days after flour attack
French far-right leader hit on the head with an egg
Jordan Bardella, leader of France’s far-right National Rally party, was hit on the head with an egg Saturday, just days after another incident in which a protester threw flour at him.
www.ctvnews.ca
November 30, 2025 at 7:15 AM
He’s taking a battering.
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I said, 'AND the Son.'
November 29, 2025 at 3:04 PM
I said, 'AND the Son.'
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Fairly certain Kemi Badenoch is hoping that nobody has noticed this.
Pretty brazen...
Pretty brazen...
November 29, 2025 at 9:47 AM
Fairly certain Kemi Badenoch is hoping that nobody has noticed this.
Pretty brazen...
Pretty brazen...
Breaking news. Rachel Reeves has a sense of humour: “And finally, Madam Deputy Speaker, we are ramping up sanctions on Russia and we are freezing known Russian assets. But let me be clear, I don't actually mean the honourable Member for Clacton."
November 27, 2025 at 8:41 AM
Breaking news. Rachel Reeves has a sense of humour: “And finally, Madam Deputy Speaker, we are ramping up sanctions on Russia and we are freezing known Russian assets. But let me be clear, I don't actually mean the honourable Member for Clacton."
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November 27, 2025 at 8:29 AM
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“The Motability scheme was set up to protect the most vulnerable. Not to subsidise the lease on a Mercedes Benz,” Reeves says.
Misleading and nasty in equal measure.
Misleading and nasty in equal measure.
November 26, 2025 at 1:15 PM
“The Motability scheme was set up to protect the most vulnerable. Not to subsidise the lease on a Mercedes Benz,” Reeves says.
Misleading and nasty in equal measure.
Misleading and nasty in equal measure.
There’s much misunderstanding on social media about Motability. It doesn’t only provide adapted cars. It also leases power wheelchairs. Those who lease them pay from their Adult Disability Payment (PIP south of the Border). Please ignore those who claim it’s all about disabled people getting BMWs.
November 26, 2025 at 9:23 AM
There’s much misunderstanding on social media about Motability. It doesn’t only provide adapted cars. It also leases power wheelchairs. Those who lease them pay from their Adult Disability Payment (PIP south of the Border). Please ignore those who claim it’s all about disabled people getting BMWs.
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This is not a peace plan. It is a proposal that weakens Ukraine and divides America from Europe, preparing the way for a larger war in the future. In the meantime, it benefits unnamed Russian and American investors, at the expense of everyone else.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
Trump Has a Recipe for War and Corruption, Not Peace
Who would benefit from the White House’s 28-point proposal for Ukraine?
www.theatlantic.com
November 22, 2025 at 11:11 AM
This is not a peace plan. It is a proposal that weakens Ukraine and divides America from Europe, preparing the way for a larger war in the future. In the meantime, it benefits unnamed Russian and American investors, at the expense of everyone else.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
Someone needs to explain to Trump that there’s no such thing as a Nobel Prize for Appeasement.
November 22, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Someone needs to explain to Trump that there’s no such thing as a Nobel Prize for Appeasement.
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At a time when the BBC is under fire I would gently point out that the work of exceptional journalists on Inside Out in the NEast ( along with colleagues on the Guardian) that led to hundreds coming forwards and finding the courage to speak.
#bbcnews #insideoutcj
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
#bbcnews #insideoutcj
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Medomsley Detention Centre officer was 'prolific sex offender'
An inquiry catalogues missed opportunities to stop abuse at Medomsley Detention Centre.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 12, 2025 at 4:51 PM
At a time when the BBC is under fire I would gently point out that the work of exceptional journalists on Inside Out in the NEast ( along with colleagues on the Guardian) that led to hundreds coming forwards and finding the courage to speak.
#bbcnews #insideoutcj
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
#bbcnews #insideoutcj
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Maybe Keir should demand the heads of major US news networks any time they imply Britain is on the brink of civil war or that we live under sharia law. Or does it not work both ways?
November 10, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Maybe Keir should demand the heads of major US news networks any time they imply Britain is on the brink of civil war or that we live under sharia law. Or does it not work both ways?
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November 8, 2025 at 8:54 AM
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Why can Jesuits always get a table at any restaurant?
Because they always have a secret mental reservation
Because they always have a secret mental reservation
October 26, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Why can Jesuits always get a table at any restaurant?
Because they always have a secret mental reservation
Because they always have a secret mental reservation
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You can rely on the Church Times to phrase this accurately!
The King has become the first Supreme Governor of the Church of England to pray in public with a pope 🙏
#popeleo #theking #thepope #sistenechapel
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King Charles III and Pope Leo XIV pray together publicly in the Sistine Chapel
King and Queen attend midday ecumenical service of prayer with the Pope, cardinals, and other church leaders
www.churchtimes.co.uk
October 23, 2025 at 2:48 PM
You can rely on the Church Times to phrase this accurately!
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"Crikey, that's tacky" - Liberace.
October 23, 2025 at 5:41 AM
"Crikey, that's tacky" - Liberace.
@bbcnewsnight.bsky.social The King is NOT the “Head of the Church of England”. That position is held by Jesus Christ. The King is the Supreme Governor, a significant but far less exalted position.
October 23, 2025 at 12:09 PM
@bbcnewsnight.bsky.social The King is NOT the “Head of the Church of England”. That position is held by Jesus Christ. The King is the Supreme Governor, a significant but far less exalted position.
Murrayfield Stadium seems to be turning into a pop music venue that occasionally hosts Rugby matches.
October 22, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Murrayfield Stadium seems to be turning into a pop music venue that occasionally hosts Rugby matches.
This satirical verse about Caroline of Brunswick might be applied to a contemporary royal: "Most Gracious Queen, we thee implore
To go away and sin no more
Or if that effort be too great
To go away at any rate".
To go away and sin no more
Or if that effort be too great
To go away at any rate".
October 22, 2025 at 7:48 AM
This satirical verse about Caroline of Brunswick might be applied to a contemporary royal: "Most Gracious Queen, we thee implore
To go away and sin no more
Or if that effort be too great
To go away at any rate".
To go away and sin no more
Or if that effort be too great
To go away at any rate".
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Louvre robbery. French police release image of suspect.
October 19, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Louvre robbery. French police release image of suspect.