@derekirvine.bsky.social
🏴🇪🇺🎸 wildlife, music, motorcycles and being outdoors.
Notoriously grumpy old man.
Servant/bed for two Siamese cats.
Notoriously grumpy old man.
Servant/bed for two Siamese cats.
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"The big question for Europe is: when are you gonna fight back, guys?" ask former Obama staffers Tommy Vietor and Ben Rhodes.
"He doesn't respect you, he's interfering in your political affairs, he's talking shit...at some point stop lathering him with praise"
open.spotify.com/episode/6USY...
"He doesn't respect you, he's interfering in your political affairs, he's talking shit...at some point stop lathering him with praise"
open.spotify.com/episode/6USY...
December 10, 2025 at 1:18 PM
"The big question for Europe is: when are you gonna fight back, guys?" ask former Obama staffers Tommy Vietor and Ben Rhodes.
"He doesn't respect you, he's interfering in your political affairs, he's talking shit...at some point stop lathering him with praise"
open.spotify.com/episode/6USY...
"He doesn't respect you, he's interfering in your political affairs, he's talking shit...at some point stop lathering him with praise"
open.spotify.com/episode/6USY...
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Donald Trump is a Kremlin stooge who wants to sell out Ukraine and the rest of Europe to Putin. We can't let that happen.
Starmer should seize frozen Russian assets in this country - today - and convince Merz and Macron to do the same.
Starmer should seize frozen Russian assets in this country - today - and convince Merz and Macron to do the same.
December 8, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Donald Trump is a Kremlin stooge who wants to sell out Ukraine and the rest of Europe to Putin. We can't let that happen.
Starmer should seize frozen Russian assets in this country - today - and convince Merz and Macron to do the same.
Starmer should seize frozen Russian assets in this country - today - and convince Merz and Macron to do the same.
America, you really need to send this fucker to prison.
December 5, 2025 at 4:03 PM
America, you really need to send this fucker to prison.
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The OG Simon's Cat film!
November 26, 2025 at 4:10 PM
The OG Simon's Cat film!
If he isn't impeached/jailed for this immediately, then you really "won't have a country ".
November 21, 2025 at 9:42 AM
If he isn't impeached/jailed for this immediately, then you really "won't have a country ".
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After a year of sucking up, the PM can’t even get Donald Trump on the phone as he tries to destroy one of our most important institutions, the BBC.
Was the state visit really worth this?
Was the state visit really worth this?
November 17, 2025 at 1:15 PM
After a year of sucking up, the PM can’t even get Donald Trump on the phone as he tries to destroy one of our most important institutions, the BBC.
Was the state visit really worth this?
Was the state visit really worth this?
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Well said @peteregan46.bsky.social on the video of the hideous Coniston Hunt dig-out:
We couldn’t agree more 👇🏽👇🏼
We couldn’t agree more 👇🏽👇🏼
November 14, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Well said @peteregan46.bsky.social on the video of the hideous Coniston Hunt dig-out:
We couldn’t agree more 👇🏽👇🏼
We couldn’t agree more 👇🏽👇🏼
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At what point does the name change to the Trump files?
November 14, 2025 at 10:23 AM
At what point does the name change to the Trump files?
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In an interview about Palantir's creeping involvement in the British state and the NHS, I told @prospectmagazine.co.uk: “Its business is death and destruction. This is not an organisation you want running the democratic jewel of the postwar period.”
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/dem...
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/dem...
How Palantir infiltrated the state
At a moment of national emergency, the government handed our data to Peter Thiel’s controversial company
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk
November 12, 2025 at 10:49 AM
In an interview about Palantir's creeping involvement in the British state and the NHS, I told @prospectmagazine.co.uk: “Its business is death and destruction. This is not an organisation you want running the democratic jewel of the postwar period.”
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/dem...
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/dem...
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The finale of the great TV comedy show Blackadder goes Forth.
Back then I didn't expect one of the funniest programmes ever to end with a scene that makes me cry every time I see it.
Every single time.
Back then I didn't expect one of the funniest programmes ever to end with a scene that makes me cry every time I see it.
Every single time.
November 11, 2025 at 12:33 PM
The finale of the great TV comedy show Blackadder goes Forth.
Back then I didn't expect one of the funniest programmes ever to end with a scene that makes me cry every time I see it.
Every single time.
Back then I didn't expect one of the funniest programmes ever to end with a scene that makes me cry every time I see it.
Every single time.
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Damn right! Good piece in the Rutland Times!
November 6, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Damn right! Good piece in the Rutland Times!
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Danny Kruger heading policy.
James Orr as key advisor.
Towler writing Farage has ‘found God’.
Reform UK is becoming an American style fundamentalist Christian party.
It’s a cynical use of faith.
James Orr as key advisor.
Towler writing Farage has ‘found God’.
Reform UK is becoming an American style fundamentalist Christian party.
It’s a cynical use of faith.
October 29, 2025 at 6:17 AM
Danny Kruger heading policy.
James Orr as key advisor.
Towler writing Farage has ‘found God’.
Reform UK is becoming an American style fundamentalist Christian party.
It’s a cynical use of faith.
James Orr as key advisor.
Towler writing Farage has ‘found God’.
Reform UK is becoming an American style fundamentalist Christian party.
It’s a cynical use of faith.
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If you’re in the media and don’t understand that ‘unite the kingdom’ is just the British equivalent of the ‘unite the right’ rally you’re not well-equipped to cover this.
September 13, 2025 at 3:30 PM
If you’re in the media and don’t understand that ‘unite the kingdom’ is just the British equivalent of the ‘unite the right’ rally you’re not well-equipped to cover this.
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Bravo Banksy. 👏
“A new mural by elusive street artist Banksy has appeared on the side of the Royal Courts of Justice building in central London.”
“A new mural by elusive street artist Banksy has appeared on the side of the Royal Courts of Justice building in central London.”
September 8, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Bravo Banksy. 👏
“A new mural by elusive street artist Banksy has appeared on the side of the Royal Courts of Justice building in central London.”
“A new mural by elusive street artist Banksy has appeared on the side of the Royal Courts of Justice building in central London.”
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Nigel Farage just admitted he hasn't a clue how to do anything in government, which is why he needs people like Nadine Dorries. So they will be guided by one of the stupidest morons ever to hold public office - quite the sales pitch.
September 7, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Nigel Farage just admitted he hasn't a clue how to do anything in government, which is why he needs people like Nadine Dorries. So they will be guided by one of the stupidest morons ever to hold public office - quite the sales pitch.
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Angela Rayner accidentally pays less tax than she should have, resigns, and the media gives her hell.
Nigel Farage deliberately pays less tax than he should have, and the media gives him a free pass.
That, right there, is the problem.
Nigel Farage deliberately pays less tax than he should have, and the media gives him a free pass.
That, right there, is the problem.
September 5, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Angela Rayner accidentally pays less tax than she should have, resigns, and the media gives her hell.
Nigel Farage deliberately pays less tax than he should have, and the media gives him a free pass.
That, right there, is the problem.
Nigel Farage deliberately pays less tax than he should have, and the media gives him a free pass.
That, right there, is the problem.
How dare this little shit talk about "entitlement "?
Nigel Farage says ‘there’s every chance of general election in 2027’
Nigel Farage says ‘there’s every chance of general election in 2027’
Reform UK leader tells party conference that Angela Rayner’s actions ‘scream of entitlement’
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Nigel Farage has said there is every chance of a general election in 2027 as the government is falling apart after Angela Rayner’s resignation.
Speaking at the Reform UK party conference in Birmingham, he said Rayner’s actions “scream of entitlement” and said the Labour government was even worse than the Tories that went before it. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
September 5, 2025 at 2:19 PM
How dare this little shit talk about "entitlement "?
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Rayner is absolute class. She's been a bit silly in organising her taxes, but that's not why they hate her. They hate her because she did not know her place.
September 5, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Rayner is absolute class. She's been a bit silly in organising her taxes, but that's not why they hate her. They hate her because she did not know her place.
No surprise.
In built love of cruelty.
In built love of cruelty.
1. Out of curiosity, I went through the feeds of some habitual tuna tormentors. I found they’re big on:
- fox hunting
- Reform UK
- antagonism to asylum seekers.
In other words, the same few antisocial (psychopathic?) men, turning up in all the bad places.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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- fox hunting
- Reform UK
- antagonism to asylum seekers.
In other words, the same few antisocial (psychopathic?) men, turning up in all the bad places.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Bluefin tuna are miraculously returning to UK shores – only to be tormented for ‘sport’ | George Monbiot
A tournament in Cornwall will pit anglers against these magnificent creatures, as part of a rising trend for so-called ‘sportfishing’, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
August 30, 2025 at 11:31 AM
No surprise.
In built love of cruelty.
In built love of cruelty.
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So acc to a very agitated Malcolm Rifkind on Today we are in a national crisis re Immigration and the only solution is to leave the EHCR. - This won’t solve anything. It’s just Brexit 2.0.
The absolute hysteria that has engulfed some politicians and the U.K. media is astonishing. To put it mildly.
The absolute hysteria that has engulfed some politicians and the U.K. media is astonishing. To put it mildly.
August 29, 2025 at 7:24 AM
So acc to a very agitated Malcolm Rifkind on Today we are in a national crisis re Immigration and the only solution is to leave the EHCR. - This won’t solve anything. It’s just Brexit 2.0.
The absolute hysteria that has engulfed some politicians and the U.K. media is astonishing. To put it mildly.
The absolute hysteria that has engulfed some politicians and the U.K. media is astonishing. To put it mildly.
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Something we need to grasp is that Establishment power meant imperialism. Imperialism is a system of thought that sees upper class white men as the pinnacle of humanity, with a sacred duty to control the lives of others. What we now call the far right is an extension and revival of imperialism.
Why, you might ask, do the BBC and Sky News, casting their editorial guidelines to the wind, keep giving massive airtime to the far right, while shutting out leftwing voices? Don't their bosses understand the likely consequences?
Only one explanation now remains.
They do.
And it is what they want.
Only one explanation now remains.
They do.
And it is what they want.
August 28, 2025 at 6:13 AM
Something we need to grasp is that Establishment power meant imperialism. Imperialism is a system of thought that sees upper class white men as the pinnacle of humanity, with a sacred duty to control the lives of others. What we now call the far right is an extension and revival of imperialism.