Digby Strong
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1/2 OK, so those boys at Panorama were a bit stupid, ... -in October last year.
Funny, ain't it (?), that the toys have taken so long to be thrown out of the pram, while we hear "the BBC has caused President Trump to suffer overwhelming financial and reputational harm".
Funny, ain't it (?), that the toys have taken so long to be thrown out of the pram, while we hear "the BBC has caused President Trump to suffer overwhelming financial and reputational harm".
November 11, 2025 at 9:04 AM
1/2 OK, so those boys at Panorama were a bit stupid, ... -in October last year.
Funny, ain't it (?), that the toys have taken so long to be thrown out of the pram, while we hear "the BBC has caused President Trump to suffer overwhelming financial and reputational harm".
Funny, ain't it (?), that the toys have taken so long to be thrown out of the pram, while we hear "the BBC has caused President Trump to suffer overwhelming financial and reputational harm".
Real people power.
Watch Trump squirm as he tries to deny the popularity of this event
substack.com/@mikegalswor...
Watch Trump squirm as he tries to deny the popularity of this event
substack.com/@mikegalswor...
Mike Galsworthy (@mikegalsworthy)
🔥 That. Was. Impressive. We are watching America reassert itself and its values from the grassroots up. The world saw you and we have huge hope invested in you.
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October 26, 2025 at 5:58 AM
Real people power.
Watch Trump squirm as he tries to deny the popularity of this event
substack.com/@mikegalswor...
Watch Trump squirm as he tries to deny the popularity of this event
substack.com/@mikegalswor...
I guess many of us have become immune to this kind of news...
Professional criminals in government.
youtu.be/Q7L7QYsWHlk?...
Professional criminals in government.
youtu.be/Q7L7QYsWHlk?...
Trump's Secret Gaza Plans Accidentally Revealed by Witkoff
YouTube video by A Different Bias
youtu.be
October 24, 2025 at 1:46 AM
I guess many of us have become immune to this kind of news...
Professional criminals in government.
youtu.be/Q7L7QYsWHlk?...
Professional criminals in government.
youtu.be/Q7L7QYsWHlk?...
"...acknowledges impact...".
Starmer, pre-Election, on rejoining EU "...not in my lifetime..."
Reeves (similar timing) , on engineering EU Single Market membership "No".
Does "Acknowledgement" amount to admitting a failed policy?
Hmm... Didn't think so...,,,,, 😕
www.joe.co.uk/politics/gov...
Starmer, pre-Election, on rejoining EU "...not in my lifetime..."
Reeves (similar timing) , on engineering EU Single Market membership "No".
Does "Acknowledgement" amount to admitting a failed policy?
Hmm... Didn't think so...,,,,, 😕
www.joe.co.uk/politics/gov...
Government finally acknowledges 'severe' economic impact of Brexit
It looks like Keir Starmer's government is finally acknowledging one of the main reasons behind the UK's financial difficulty and sluggish growth: Brexit.
www.joe.co.uk
October 19, 2025 at 9:38 PM
"...acknowledges impact...".
Starmer, pre-Election, on rejoining EU "...not in my lifetime..."
Reeves (similar timing) , on engineering EU Single Market membership "No".
Does "Acknowledgement" amount to admitting a failed policy?
Hmm... Didn't think so...,,,,, 😕
www.joe.co.uk/politics/gov...
Starmer, pre-Election, on rejoining EU "...not in my lifetime..."
Reeves (similar timing) , on engineering EU Single Market membership "No".
Does "Acknowledgement" amount to admitting a failed policy?
Hmm... Didn't think so...,,,,, 😕
www.joe.co.uk/politics/gov...
1. Keir pitches his tent on Farage's lawn
2. Kemi tows in her ECHR Traveller's caravan.
2. Kemi tows in her ECHR Traveller's caravan.
October 4, 2025 at 2:59 AM
1. Keir pitches his tent on Farage's lawn
2. Kemi tows in her ECHR Traveller's caravan.
2. Kemi tows in her ECHR Traveller's caravan.
For those who love Freedom of Speech (as long as they, agree with what is spoken)...
www.facebook.com/share/p/1Civ...
www.facebook.com/share/p/1Civ...
Redirecting...
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September 18, 2025 at 8:06 AM
For those who love Freedom of Speech (as long as they, agree with what is spoken)...
www.facebook.com/share/p/1Civ...
www.facebook.com/share/p/1Civ...
Date for your diary...
Sep 17...
Irrelevant King meets Wannabe (Irreverent) King/Supreme Leader.
Windsor Castle and Chequers.. Nice plan to keep it well away from London, but still more of a joint forces military exercise, with massive security, esp from UK +US special forces.
SAS must be lovin it
Sep 17...
Irrelevant King meets Wannabe (Irreverent) King/Supreme Leader.
Windsor Castle and Chequers.. Nice plan to keep it well away from London, but still more of a joint forces military exercise, with massive security, esp from UK +US special forces.
SAS must be lovin it
September 13, 2025 at 8:24 AM
Date for your diary...
Sep 17...
Irrelevant King meets Wannabe (Irreverent) King/Supreme Leader.
Windsor Castle and Chequers.. Nice plan to keep it well away from London, but still more of a joint forces military exercise, with massive security, esp from UK +US special forces.
SAS must be lovin it
Sep 17...
Irrelevant King meets Wannabe (Irreverent) King/Supreme Leader.
Windsor Castle and Chequers.. Nice plan to keep it well away from London, but still more of a joint forces military exercise, with massive security, esp from UK +US special forces.
SAS must be lovin it
The new Banksy mural outside the High Court has now been covered up.
Maybe, to be fair, the mural should also show the judge with a gun held to his head by UKGov, and the police top brass on the bylines trying to hide their eyes in horrified disownership.
Maybe, to be fair, the mural should also show the judge with a gun held to his head by UKGov, and the police top brass on the bylines trying to hide their eyes in horrified disownership.
September 10, 2025 at 2:03 AM
The new Banksy mural outside the High Court has now been covered up.
Maybe, to be fair, the mural should also show the judge with a gun held to his head by UKGov, and the police top brass on the bylines trying to hide their eyes in horrified disownership.
Maybe, to be fair, the mural should also show the judge with a gun held to his head by UKGov, and the police top brass on the bylines trying to hide their eyes in horrified disownership.
How is the gag-order on UK politicians + media being enforced, and by whom?
These words from a US Republican.
So, why can't this viewpoint get the necessary soap-box in the UK?
These words from a US Republican.
So, why can't this viewpoint get the necessary soap-box in the UK?
Farage squirms as Rep. Jamie Raskin obliterates the "Putin-loving, free speech imposter, Trump sycophant".
Please share as widely as possible.
Why are our hapless British politicians incapable of making such a speech?
Please share as widely as possible.
Why are our hapless British politicians incapable of making such a speech?
September 4, 2025 at 5:50 AM
How is the gag-order on UK politicians + media being enforced, and by whom?
These words from a US Republican.
So, why can't this viewpoint get the necessary soap-box in the UK?
These words from a US Republican.
So, why can't this viewpoint get the necessary soap-box in the UK?
Self-made satire... 😅😉
Charlie Stayt, "A charity rowing crew was approached by the coastguard after Reform UK MP Rupert Lowe mistook them for a boat full of asylum seekers"
"After the coast guard confirmed it wasn't a boat full of asylum seekers, Mr Lowe said it was a false alarm"
"After the coast guard confirmed it wasn't a boat full of asylum seekers, Mr Lowe said it was a false alarm"
August 9, 2025 at 2:56 AM
Self-made satire... 😅😉
The UK tends to follow US social trends. Let's just hope that we don't get beyond the Dickensian
extremes of poverty just to line the pockets of the rich.
www.facebook.com/share/p/1EH8...
extremes of poverty just to line the pockets of the rich.
www.facebook.com/share/p/1EH8...
Redirecting...
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August 7, 2025 at 3:54 AM
The UK tends to follow US social trends. Let's just hope that we don't get beyond the Dickensian
extremes of poverty just to line the pockets of the rich.
www.facebook.com/share/p/1EH8...
extremes of poverty just to line the pockets of the rich.
www.facebook.com/share/p/1EH8...
1/2 Yes, this is really exciting
A new, progressive, leftish UK political party which has set one of its fundamental ideals as redistributing wealth.
But is anyone, like me, scared this will split Labour voters and thus make the next GenElec even easier for Reform?
(more... see 2/2)
A new, progressive, leftish UK political party which has set one of its fundamental ideals as redistributing wealth.
But is anyone, like me, scared this will split Labour voters and thus make the next GenElec even easier for Reform?
(more... see 2/2)
July 27, 2025 at 3:40 AM
1/2 Yes, this is really exciting
A new, progressive, leftish UK political party which has set one of its fundamental ideals as redistributing wealth.
But is anyone, like me, scared this will split Labour voters and thus make the next GenElec even easier for Reform?
(more... see 2/2)
A new, progressive, leftish UK political party which has set one of its fundamental ideals as redistributing wealth.
But is anyone, like me, scared this will split Labour voters and thus make the next GenElec even easier for Reform?
(more... see 2/2)
It was 1970, and we watched the UK TV show Top of the Pops.
The Single "Paranoid" was 2 minutes 50 seconds of pure energy.
Later, I didn't have any time for Ozzy's addictions, or reality shows...
But early 70s Sabbath was a revelation.
share.google/9mBB5hiKlGFA...
The Single "Paranoid" was 2 minutes 50 seconds of pure energy.
Later, I didn't have any time for Ozzy's addictions, or reality shows...
But early 70s Sabbath was a revelation.
share.google/9mBB5hiKlGFA...
Ozzy Osbourne, Black Sabbath frontman and icon of British heavy metal, dies aged 76
The singer, who later became famous on reality TV show The Osbournes, dies less than three weeks after retirement concert
share.google
July 23, 2025 at 3:42 AM
It was 1970, and we watched the UK TV show Top of the Pops.
The Single "Paranoid" was 2 minutes 50 seconds of pure energy.
Later, I didn't have any time for Ozzy's addictions, or reality shows...
But early 70s Sabbath was a revelation.
share.google/9mBB5hiKlGFA...
The Single "Paranoid" was 2 minutes 50 seconds of pure energy.
Later, I didn't have any time for Ozzy's addictions, or reality shows...
But early 70s Sabbath was a revelation.
share.google/9mBB5hiKlGFA...
Interesting to see the USA near or at the top of the charts.
July 22, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Interesting to see the USA near or at the top of the charts.
Reposted by Digby Strong
Just a rhetorical question...
If there was just about any other US President than the current one, would you, for a moment, be tempted to believe the words of the Supreme Leader of religious fanatics above those of the US Defense Secretary?
share.google/aT1mYrYLbDMQ...
If there was just about any other US President than the current one, would you, for a moment, be tempted to believe the words of the Supreme Leader of religious fanatics above those of the US Defense Secretary?
share.google/aT1mYrYLbDMQ...
Donald Trump's bungling Defence Secretary launches unhinged rant over Iran
Pete Hegseth launched an embarrassing attack on a respected journalist, accusing her of deliberately misrepresenting Donald Trump’s Iran airstrikes, as a Pentagon press conference descended into chaos
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June 27, 2025 at 7:03 AM
Just a rhetorical question...
If there was just about any other US President than the current one, would you, for a moment, be tempted to believe the words of the Supreme Leader of religious fanatics above those of the US Defense Secretary?
share.google/aT1mYrYLbDMQ...
If there was just about any other US President than the current one, would you, for a moment, be tempted to believe the words of the Supreme Leader of religious fanatics above those of the US Defense Secretary?
share.google/aT1mYrYLbDMQ...
Reposted by Digby Strong
Trump the Peacemaker.
Yeah.
Yeah.
June 22, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Trump the Peacemaker.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Reposted by Digby Strong
This war is an absolute disaster in the making. Would be madness for the UK to get involved www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Attorney general warns UK joining war on Iran may be illegal
Richard Hermer is understood to have said Britain must limit its involvement to defending allies
www.theguardian.com
June 19, 2025 at 8:51 AM
This war is an absolute disaster in the making. Would be madness for the UK to get involved www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Economic Growth: Too Much of a Fundamentalist Religion?
I often disagree with Richard Murphy's viewpoints, but here I found myself in vehement accord.
Economists need a better metric for a country's wellbeing.
youtu.be/t4PjCncZDrU?...
I often disagree with Richard Murphy's viewpoints, but here I found myself in vehement accord.
Economists need a better metric for a country's wellbeing.
youtu.be/t4PjCncZDrU?...
Politicians are obsessed with economic growth, but what if that's actually harming us?
YouTube video by Richard J Murphy
youtu.be
June 19, 2025 at 10:11 AM
Economic Growth: Too Much of a Fundamentalist Religion?
I often disagree with Richard Murphy's viewpoints, but here I found myself in vehement accord.
Economists need a better metric for a country's wellbeing.
youtu.be/t4PjCncZDrU?...
I often disagree with Richard Murphy's viewpoints, but here I found myself in vehement accord.
Economists need a better metric for a country's wellbeing.
youtu.be/t4PjCncZDrU?...
A couple of interesting thoughts arising from this Channel 4 News' interview re Iran
1. Can the Israeli (/US?) aim really be regime change, when there's no alternative gov sitting on the sidelines
2. Will Western powers be left to pick up an ungovernable mess?
www.channel4.com/news/vali-na...
1. Can the Israeli (/US?) aim really be regime change, when there's no alternative gov sitting on the sidelines
2. Will Western powers be left to pick up an ungovernable mess?
www.channel4.com/news/vali-na...
‘All Trump has achieved is to bring US and Iran to brink of war’: Vali Nasr, Johns Hopkins University
We speak to the former US foreign policy adviser Vali Nasr, dean of the school of advanced international studies at Johns Hopkins University in Washington DC, and Professor Sadegh Zibakalam, from the ...
www.channel4.com
June 19, 2025 at 2:46 AM
A couple of interesting thoughts arising from this Channel 4 News' interview re Iran
1. Can the Israeli (/US?) aim really be regime change, when there's no alternative gov sitting on the sidelines
2. Will Western powers be left to pick up an ungovernable mess?
www.channel4.com/news/vali-na...
1. Can the Israeli (/US?) aim really be regime change, when there's no alternative gov sitting on the sidelines
2. Will Western powers be left to pick up an ungovernable mess?
www.channel4.com/news/vali-na...
His colours nailed firmly to the flagpost.
George Galloway reminds us that he's Putin's bitch.
June 2, 2025 at 1:25 AM
His colours nailed firmly to the flagpost.
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There's always hope with kids like this.
This kid runs circles around the reporter
May 10, 2025 at 7:18 AM
There's always hope with kids like this.
For your early morning entertainment and delight...
The merry band of brothers...
Autocrat war criminals, murderers, and crooks.
The merry band of brothers...
Autocrat war criminals, murderers, and crooks.
May 14, 2025 at 6:01 AM
For your early morning entertainment and delight...
The merry band of brothers...
Autocrat war criminals, murderers, and crooks.
The merry band of brothers...
Autocrat war criminals, murderers, and crooks.
1/2 Sad to see Starmer setting up his tent on the side of Reform's lawn in the latest (legal) immigration proposals particularly with the "Island of Strangers" rhetoric.
More importantly, the whole Channel 4 News discussion about attracting more UK (rather than foreign) citizens into care home work
More importantly, the whole Channel 4 News discussion about attracting more UK (rather than foreign) citizens into care home work
May 13, 2025 at 2:10 AM
1/2 Sad to see Starmer setting up his tent on the side of Reform's lawn in the latest (legal) immigration proposals particularly with the "Island of Strangers" rhetoric.
More importantly, the whole Channel 4 News discussion about attracting more UK (rather than foreign) citizens into care home work
More importantly, the whole Channel 4 News discussion about attracting more UK (rather than foreign) citizens into care home work