Desk
@deskjetprinter.bsky.social
Former journalist turned master of the dark arts.
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WTF are we doing here, BBC?
December 15, 2025 at 12:35 PM
WTF are we doing here, BBC?
More breathlessly excited reporting about criminal migrants by the BBC, as if he’d effected his own escape and was on the run…
October 26, 2025 at 12:42 PM
More breathlessly excited reporting about criminal migrants by the BBC, as if he’d effected his own escape and was on the run…
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It keeps getting worse for the HMP Chelmsford authorities.
Kebatu went back there four or five times and attempted to hand himself in, knowing he would be deported. The authorities sent him away, telling him he had been released.
Kebatu went back there four or five times and attempted to hand himself in, knowing he would be deported. The authorities sent him away, telling him he had been released.
October 26, 2025 at 8:55 AM
It keeps getting worse for the HMP Chelmsford authorities.
Kebatu went back there four or five times and attempted to hand himself in, knowing he would be deported. The authorities sent him away, telling him he had been released.
Kebatu went back there four or five times and attempted to hand himself in, knowing he would be deported. The authorities sent him away, telling him he had been released.
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Shame on Downing Street for going along with this. So much for being committed to a free press
September 18, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Shame on Downing Street for going along with this. So much for being committed to a free press
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British politics really needs to wake up to what is happening in America given we have imported a huge amount of its culture war politics. Maybe there are some clues about what would be on the cards here under a Reform government?
September 17, 2025 at 10:56 PM
British politics really needs to wake up to what is happening in America given we have imported a huge amount of its culture war politics. Maybe there are some clues about what would be on the cards here under a Reform government?
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Brian Kilmeade endorses euthanizing homeless people: "Involuntary lethal injection, or something. Just kill them."
September 13, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Brian Kilmeade endorses euthanizing homeless people: "Involuntary lethal injection, or something. Just kill them."
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Horrors of Trump detention centre: Lisburn man tells his story after arrest for 'looking like a Mexican'
Lee Stinton was lifted by US immigration police on an American street — in an incident he compared to a kidnapping.
Here, he tells us his story.
Lee Stinton was lifted by US immigration police on an American street — in an incident he compared to a kidnapping.
Here, he tells us his story.
September 10, 2025 at 7:27 AM
Horrors of Trump detention centre: Lisburn man tells his story after arrest for 'looking like a Mexican'
Lee Stinton was lifted by US immigration police on an American street — in an incident he compared to a kidnapping.
Here, he tells us his story.
Lee Stinton was lifted by US immigration police on an American street — in an incident he compared to a kidnapping.
Here, he tells us his story.
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🔴BBC Accused of Pro-Reform Bias as Lib Dems Launch Campaign to End ‘Wall to Wall’ Farage Coverage
They accuse the BBC of “following Farage around like a lost puppy” and have complained to Ofcom to demand fair coverage
bylinetimes.com/2025/09/09/b...
They accuse the BBC of “following Farage around like a lost puppy” and have complained to Ofcom to demand fair coverage
bylinetimes.com/2025/09/09/b...
BBC Accused of Pro-Reform Bias as Lib Dems Launch Campaign to End 'Wall to Wall' Farage Coverage
They accuse the BBC of "following Farage around like a lost puppy” and have complained to Ofcom to demand fair coverage
bylinetimes.com
September 9, 2025 at 2:41 PM
🔴BBC Accused of Pro-Reform Bias as Lib Dems Launch Campaign to End ‘Wall to Wall’ Farage Coverage
They accuse the BBC of “following Farage around like a lost puppy” and have complained to Ofcom to demand fair coverage
bylinetimes.com/2025/09/09/b...
They accuse the BBC of “following Farage around like a lost puppy” and have complained to Ofcom to demand fair coverage
bylinetimes.com/2025/09/09/b...
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The latest Tory to defect to Reform is Chris Mason.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Chris Mason: Reform conference shows party's growing ambition like never before
The conference feels like that of a big party - but retains the insurgency vibe that the party is seeking to channel.
www.bbc.co.uk
September 7, 2025 at 7:30 AM
The latest Tory to defect to Reform is Chris Mason.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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The failure of the government to denounce these thugs is completely fucking sickening.
This is vile. Local guy speaks to Sky News about the impact of asylum seekers protests. Watch what happens and share widely
September 4, 2025 at 9:03 PM
The failure of the government to denounce these thugs is completely fucking sickening.
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This wouldn't be happening if Trump were president.
June 17, 2025 at 12:25 AM
This wouldn't be happening if Trump were president.
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"Thank you Mr President... Donald...." (Throws up in mouth, dies inside)
a man in a striped shirt is yawning in a bathroom .
ALT: a man in a striped shirt is yawning in a bathroom .
media.tenor.com
May 8, 2025 at 2:57 PM
"Thank you Mr President... Donald...." (Throws up in mouth, dies inside)
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Thanks to Labour’s cowardice, Britain is stumbling into one of the most cruelly anti-trans regimes in the western world. A bathroom ban is neither workable, ethical, popular nor debated by legislators but they’re just waving it through
April 27, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Thanks to Labour’s cowardice, Britain is stumbling into one of the most cruelly anti-trans regimes in the western world. A bathroom ban is neither workable, ethical, popular nor debated by legislators but they’re just waving it through
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The entire transcript of Time's interview with Trump is insane. Just to pick one moment: Trump says Biden would never do an interview with Time, then when told that he had asks how it went, then when told he can read it himself says that he had read it and it didn't go well
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April 25, 2025 at 2:20 PM
The entire transcript of Time's interview with Trump is insane. Just to pick one moment: Trump says Biden would never do an interview with Time, then when told that he had asks how it went, then when told he can read it himself says that he had read it and it didn't go well
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Trump exempting computers & phones from the tariffs today means that Chinese-made laptops now have lower tariffs than European Cars, Mexican Steel, & Canadian Lumber.
Also means Vietnamese-made laptops have a lower tariff than Ethiopian coffee, Indian tea, & Guatemalan bananas
Also means Vietnamese-made laptops have a lower tariff than Ethiopian coffee, Indian tea, & Guatemalan bananas
April 12, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Trump exempting computers & phones from the tariffs today means that Chinese-made laptops now have lower tariffs than European Cars, Mexican Steel, & Canadian Lumber.
Also means Vietnamese-made laptops have a lower tariff than Ethiopian coffee, Indian tea, & Guatemalan bananas
Also means Vietnamese-made laptops have a lower tariff than Ethiopian coffee, Indian tea, & Guatemalan bananas
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Trump paused *some* tariffs. EU still facing 25% on steel and aluminium, including derivative products, 25% on cars and some parts, 10% on pretty much everything else — and more, eg on pharma, likely to come.
April 10, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Trump paused *some* tariffs. EU still facing 25% on steel and aluminium, including derivative products, 25% on cars and some parts, 10% on pretty much everything else — and more, eg on pharma, likely to come.
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Even if Chinese imports halve, the effective rate is still huge.
That's the main point.
Trump might have blinked, but this is still a US-inspired unilateral trade war against the world
That's the main point.
Trump might have blinked, but this is still a US-inspired unilateral trade war against the world
April 10, 2025 at 9:24 AM
Even if Chinese imports halve, the effective rate is still huge.
That's the main point.
Trump might have blinked, but this is still a US-inspired unilateral trade war against the world
That's the main point.
Trump might have blinked, but this is still a US-inspired unilateral trade war against the world
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Citi says avg tariff rate is still 21 percentage points above where it began the year: “Pausing reciprocal tariffs excluding China does not mean the US economy has avoided a slowdown in growth and rise in inflation…”
April 10, 2025 at 2:31 AM
Citi says avg tariff rate is still 21 percentage points above where it began the year: “Pausing reciprocal tariffs excluding China does not mean the US economy has avoided a slowdown in growth and rise in inflation…”
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The reporting of a 'pause' seems to overlook that the 10% tariffs stay, and apply to all countries
April 9, 2025 at 8:29 PM
The reporting of a 'pause' seems to overlook that the 10% tariffs stay, and apply to all countries
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If you weight 2024 imports by the 10%/"reciprocal" tariff amount announced last Wednesday (with China at 54%, Mexico/Canada at 0%), the total tariff rate would have been 21%. Today, with China at 125% and Mexico/Canada at 10% along with ~everybody else, the rate is 26%.
April 9, 2025 at 6:40 PM
If you weight 2024 imports by the 10%/"reciprocal" tariff amount announced last Wednesday (with China at 54%, Mexico/Canada at 0%), the total tariff rate would have been 21%. Today, with China at 125% and Mexico/Canada at 10% along with ~everybody else, the rate is 26%.
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from @ernietedeschi.bsky.social on the bad site
April 9, 2025 at 6:53 PM
from @ernietedeschi.bsky.social on the bad site
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Trump's list said Saint Pierre and Miquelon, a French-owned island off the coast of Newfoundland, with a pop of 6,000 has a tariff of 99% It doesn't. It had a massive trade surplus in 2024, because someone declared $3.5m worth of goods sent back to the USA, where it originated.
April 4, 2025 at 10:16 AM
Trump's list said Saint Pierre and Miquelon, a French-owned island off the coast of Newfoundland, with a pop of 6,000 has a tariff of 99% It doesn't. It had a massive trade surplus in 2024, because someone declared $3.5m worth of goods sent back to the USA, where it originated.