Francois_de_Bonsoir
@de-bonsoir.bsky.social
1️⃣ Active travel strategy guy, follow me on LinkedIn here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/simon-scarfe-2b473a209/ 🚲 🇬🇧
2️⃣ DJ ( #nujazz, #deep/funky/disco_house) follow me on #Mixcloud here: https://www.mixcloud.com/Francois_de_Bonsoir/ 🎧
2️⃣ DJ ( #nujazz, #deep/funky/disco_house) follow me on #Mixcloud here: https://www.mixcloud.com/Francois_de_Bonsoir/ 🎧
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Absolutely amazing chart from @peterkellner.bsky.social's piece in @thenewworldmag.bsky.social today:
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www.thenewworld.co.uk/peter-kellne...
December 9, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Absolutely amazing chart from @peterkellner.bsky.social's piece in @thenewworldmag.bsky.social today:
www.thenewworld.co.uk/peter-kellne...
www.thenewworld.co.uk/peter-kellne...
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A magnificent piece of work. Comprehesive, revelatory & shocking. Journalism this good is always rare & precious but never moreso than at times like this. Latter day Lord Haw Haws being plumped, preened & delivered to your doorstep in plain sight by a Nazi-saluting goon
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Elon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows how
Elon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows how
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November 6, 2025 at 9:16 AM
A magnificent piece of work. Comprehesive, revelatory & shocking. Journalism this good is always rare & precious but never moreso than at times like this. Latter day Lord Haw Haws being plumped, preened & delivered to your doorstep in plain sight by a Nazi-saluting goon
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
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I don't know who to credit this image to, but anyway, they got the price wrong.
That 2/9d should read £122 million
That 2/9d should read £122 million
October 28, 2025 at 11:28 AM
I don't know who to credit this image to, but anyway, they got the price wrong.
That 2/9d should read £122 million
That 2/9d should read £122 million
Piers Morgan is a CUNT.
September 18, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Piers Morgan is a CUNT.
@shelaghfogarty.bsky.social heard you say on your #LBC show that only people glorifying Charlie Kirk's death are getting sacked: that is patently untrue, please educate yourself. You can begin by listening to @simonmarksfsn.bsky.social's slot on @mrjamesob.bsky.social's #LBC show earlier.
Some personal news:
I've been fired from the Washington Post in the aftermath of the Charlie Kirk shooting.
Thread incoming.
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I've been fired from the Washington Post in the aftermath of the Charlie Kirk shooting.
Thread incoming.
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The Washington Post Fired Me — But My Voice Will Not Be Silenced.
I spoke out against hatred and violence in America — and it cost me my job.
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September 16, 2025 at 12:58 PM
@shelaghfogarty.bsky.social heard you say on your #LBC show that only people glorifying Charlie Kirk's death are getting sacked: that is patently untrue, please educate yourself. You can begin by listening to @simonmarksfsn.bsky.social's slot on @mrjamesob.bsky.social's #LBC show earlier.
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Do it.
UK could raise nearly £2bn by taxing SUVs in line with European countries, study shows
UK could raise nearly £2bn by taxing SUVs in line with European countries, study shows
Thinktank says an ‘SUV loophole’ means UK buyers pay up to 20 times less tax on biggest models than in neighbouring nations
Taxing Britain’s SUVs in line with other European countries could raise almost £2bn a year for the public finances, research has shown.
The Transport & Environment thinktank has urged the government to use the autumn budget to bring in a levy on the largest vehicles, which it said would reflect the damage they caused to the environment and infrastructure. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
September 16, 2025 at 5:00 AM
Do it.
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Brian Cox slams ‘bully’ Nigel Farage in scathing rant on ‘misinformed’ Reform UK leader
Brian Cox slams ‘bully’ Nigel Farage in rant on ‘misinformed’ Reform leader
Brian Cox has slammed Nigel Farage as a “bully” who is "misinformed” in a scathing assessment of the Reform UK leader. Appearing on BBC’s Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg, the Scottish actor said...
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September 8, 2025 at 9:28 AM
Brian Cox slams ‘bully’ Nigel Farage in scathing rant on ‘misinformed’ Reform UK leader
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Urge Nigel Farage to Release His Tax Returns - Sign the Petition! chng.it/dsds7CL5tw via @UKChange
Sign the Petition
Urge Nigel Farage to Release His Tax Returns
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September 8, 2025 at 6:14 AM
Urge Nigel Farage to Release His Tax Returns - Sign the Petition! chng.it/dsds7CL5tw via @UKChange
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Nearly 3,000 have taken action. Keep it going!
⚡️Do NOT let Musk get his hands on British utilities. He’s applied for a license to supply energy here.
✍️ Tell Ofgem what you think about that:
www.bestforbritain.org/petition-elo...
✍️ Tell Ofgem what you think about that:
www.bestforbritain.org/petition-elo...
Take Action: Stop Elon Musk's Energy Power Grab
Change Minds → Change Politics
www.bestforbritain.org
August 14, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Nearly 3,000 have taken action. Keep it going!
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Every day, politicians and the right wing media whip up hatred and fear of migrants. None of them say this is wrong. None of them make the positive case for immigration. None of them tell the truth.
And then, today, someone did speak out, and the sodding BBC sodding apologised for them.
I give up.
And then, today, someone did speak out, and the sodding BBC sodding apologised for them.
I give up.
FFS! In the midst of the dog-whistling howls, Thought For The Day today was a welcome relief. Calling out Jenrick for his brazen xenophobia and urging people to hold on to their empathy and not to let fear become cruelty.
It’s intolerable that the BBC apologised for that rare moment of decency.
It’s intolerable that the BBC apologised for that rare moment of decency.
August 13, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Every day, politicians and the right wing media whip up hatred and fear of migrants. None of them say this is wrong. None of them make the positive case for immigration. None of them tell the truth.
And then, today, someone did speak out, and the sodding BBC sodding apologised for them.
I give up.
And then, today, someone did speak out, and the sodding BBC sodding apologised for them.
I give up.
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Watch @EdDavey.LibDems.org.uk call out the BBC for their failure to hold Nigel Farage to account.
July 16, 2025 at 9:04 AM
Watch @EdDavey.LibDems.org.uk call out the BBC for their failure to hold Nigel Farage to account.
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12 regional Mayors sign new plan for active travel with Mayor Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk also in support (London has separate funding). www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Smart move from Active Travel England putting kids at centre to avoid culture war attacks & help all political stripes support...
Smart move from Active Travel England putting kids at centre to avoid culture war attacks & help all political stripes support...
Twelve of England’s regional mayors back plan to create ‘national active travel network’
Exclusive: Unprecedented move to focus initially on helping children to walk, cycle or scoot to school safely
www.theguardian.com
July 2, 2025 at 2:39 PM
12 regional Mayors sign new plan for active travel with Mayor Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk also in support (London has separate funding). www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Smart move from Active Travel England putting kids at centre to avoid culture war attacks & help all political stripes support...
Smart move from Active Travel England putting kids at centre to avoid culture war attacks & help all political stripes support...
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Meanwhile, in another book shop...
May 18, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Meanwhile, in another book shop...
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Trump got hustled by the Qataris on his free $400 million plane. 🤣
May 16, 2025 at 1:59 AM
Trump got hustled by the Qataris on his free $400 million plane. 🤣
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Linda McMahon, Secretary of Education, sent Harvard a letter.
They graded it.
Bwahahaha.
They graded it.
Bwahahaha.
May 7, 2025 at 2:41 AM
Linda McMahon, Secretary of Education, sent Harvard a letter.
They graded it.
Bwahahaha.
They graded it.
Bwahahaha.
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After the local elections this is the current state of play of Councillors in the UK. Don't be fooled by our Farage supporting right wing media. Reform are 1 in the pie chart.
May 4, 2025 at 7:23 AM
After the local elections this is the current state of play of Councillors in the UK. Don't be fooled by our Farage supporting right wing media. Reform are 1 in the pie chart.
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So true
April 9, 2025 at 2:45 PM
So true
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KRUGMAN: “The public story about tariffs doesn’t make any sense. And Trump’s rants about tariffs go beyond nonsense.” #TrumpTradeWar
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April 2, 2025 at 6:33 PM
KRUGMAN: “The public story about tariffs doesn’t make any sense. And Trump’s rants about tariffs go beyond nonsense.” #TrumpTradeWar
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I think liberals in the West need to understand that they have not stumbled across any kind of contradiction or hypocrisy in the Global far right. When they said “people have a right to free speech” they simply never saw racialised people as people to begin with 🧵
People in the USA & beyond are being punished, fired, defunded, deported, disciplined & silenced by Trump’s administration for their opinions & beliefs. In unprecedented numbers. I thought the ‘anti-woke’ warriors really hated this stuff? They all seem to have disappeared…
March 29, 2025 at 10:55 PM
I think liberals in the West need to understand that they have not stumbled across any kind of contradiction or hypocrisy in the Global far right. When they said “people have a right to free speech” they simply never saw racialised people as people to begin with 🧵
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Here is my best guidance for action, rendered beautifully by the great John Lithgow. I first published these lessons more than eight years ago, in late 2016. They open the twenty chapters of "On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century."
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Twenty Lessons, read by John Lithgow
Key selections from On Tyranny, for viewing and sharing
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March 30, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Here is my best guidance for action, rendered beautifully by the great John Lithgow. I first published these lessons more than eight years ago, in late 2016. They open the twenty chapters of "On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century."
snyder.substack.com/p/twenty-les...
snyder.substack.com/p/twenty-les...