Donal Barrett
@donalthedub.bsky.social
Dubliner 37 years in West Sussex, Love Aston Villa, UCD AFC, Athletic Club, Hurling, Kilkee/Loop Head, NHS. Loathe Tories. Gloomy optimist!
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💥Hungary’s opposition sees this as the clearest sign Viktor Orbán is bracing for election defeat: his MPs are pushing a law to shield the Fidesz-loyal president (Tamás Sulyok) from removal by a future parliamentary majority.
Others think Orbán himself may want to become president instead of PM.
Others think Orbán himself may want to become president instead of PM.
December 5, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Hopefully
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The “garbage” destroying America isn’t in Minnesota’s Somalian community. It’s in the Oval Office. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
December 4, 2025 at 5:08 PM
The “garbage” destroying America isn’t in Minnesota’s Somalian community. It’s in the Oval Office. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
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Everyone should boycott Eurovision. Make it a one-person show. Israel in an empty room
December 4, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Everyone should boycott Eurovision. Make it a one-person show. Israel in an empty room
Let's hope others follow suit. Ireland?
Netherlands and Spain taking a stand after Israel allowed to compete in Eurovision.
Netherlands and Spain boycott Eurovision after Israel allowed to compete
There had been calls for Israel to be excluded over the conduct of the war in Gaza.
www.bbc.com
December 4, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Let's hope others follow suit. Ireland?
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The super-rich rightwing are pouring money into Reform. Do ordinary voters really think their aim is to even out social inequality and make their lives better? Do they think they’re doing it so Farage invests in infrastructure and public services? Ffs. Democracy being beaten to death in plain sight.
December 4, 2025 at 10:10 AM
The super-rich rightwing are pouring money into Reform. Do ordinary voters really think their aim is to even out social inequality and make their lives better? Do they think they’re doing it so Farage invests in infrastructure and public services? Ffs. Democracy being beaten to death in plain sight.
Looking forward to reading this!
December 3, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Looking forward to reading this!
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Letter: "New polling by Best for Britain shows three in five Brits now see Brexit as a failure with seven in 10 of these voters blaming Nigel Farage. His silence on the subject speaks volumes." ~AA
www.worcesternews.co.uk/news/2564170...
www.worcesternews.co.uk/news/2564170...
Brexit 'an act of pure economic sabotage and vandalism'
FIVE years since Brexit and a British Chancellor has finally called out Brexit for what it is.
www.worcesternews.co.uk
November 24, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Letter: "New polling by Best for Britain shows three in five Brits now see Brexit as a failure with seven in 10 of these voters blaming Nigel Farage. His silence on the subject speaks volumes." ~AA
www.worcesternews.co.uk/news/2564170...
www.worcesternews.co.uk/news/2564170...
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Nothing makes me more interested in something than being told it’s no longer relevant/I should move on.
See also: Brexit, Farage’s home ownership, Farage’s income streams, Reform’s funding and racism, their links to Russia, MAGA and the mountain of evidence that they’re traitorous lying bastards.
See also: Brexit, Farage’s home ownership, Farage’s income streams, Reform’s funding and racism, their links to Russia, MAGA and the mountain of evidence that they’re traitorous lying bastards.
November 24, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Nothing makes me more interested in something than being told it’s no longer relevant/I should move on.
See also: Brexit, Farage’s home ownership, Farage’s income streams, Reform’s funding and racism, their links to Russia, MAGA and the mountain of evidence that they’re traitorous lying bastards.
See also: Brexit, Farage’s home ownership, Farage’s income streams, Reform’s funding and racism, their links to Russia, MAGA and the mountain of evidence that they’re traitorous lying bastards.
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It’s time for a REAL Russia report
open.substack.com/pub/writesbr...
open.substack.com/pub/writesbr...
It’s time for a REAL Russia report
Putin’s fingerprints are all over our politics. It’s time to prove it.
open.substack.com
November 21, 2025 at 2:19 PM
It’s time for a REAL Russia report
open.substack.com/pub/writesbr...
open.substack.com/pub/writesbr...
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To suggest that having lived a life so grim that even an English tribunal will grant you asylum, and to have somehow managed to get here at great risk to life, is a "golden ticket" is absolutely fucking contemptible. Shame on this so-called Labour Party.
November 15, 2025 at 11:47 PM
To suggest that having lived a life so grim that even an English tribunal will grant you asylum, and to have somehow managed to get here at great risk to life, is a "golden ticket" is absolutely fucking contemptible. Shame on this so-called Labour Party.
If ever there was a panicked rant!!
Gosh, I wonder what Marjorie Taylor Greene did to piss off Trump? Could it possibly have something to do with her call to release the Epstein files?
November 15, 2025 at 1:33 PM
If ever there was a panicked rant!!
Brilliant!
Not sure if the Republican Party was wise to stake everything on a senile paedophile
November 12, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Brilliant!
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Thx to Julie Ivory on Facebook for a great meme
November 12, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Thx to Julie Ivory on Facebook for a great meme
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Wait till he hears about the Electoral College..
November 12, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Wait till he hears about the Electoral College..
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A month ago I looked at what I called Labour's midlife crisis- an obsession with chasing socially conservative Reform-curious voters and ignoring groups of disaffected voters with social attitudes much closer to Labour voters. But some people thought there was method in their madness. Was there? 1/n
November 12, 2025 at 3:03 PM
No
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November 12, 2025 at 11:50 AM
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Why Labour MPs believe that No 10 has only weakened Keir Starmer and strengthened Wes Streeting. www.newstatesman.com/politics/mor...
Who wins from No 10 vs Wes Streeting?
Labour MPs warn that Downing Street’s dramatic intervention has only weakened Keir Starmer
www.newstatesman.com
November 12, 2025 at 10:36 AM
Why Labour MPs believe that No 10 has only weakened Keir Starmer and strengthened Wes Streeting. www.newstatesman.com/politics/mor...
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This was a December ritual for us - get your kid involved in choosing what goes, and explain what you’re doing (in a believer-appropriate way obvs…)
Love being reminded to do this every year. It's a win/win all round
November 11, 2025 at 3:30 PM
This was a December ritual for us - get your kid involved in choosing what goes, and explain what you’re doing (in a believer-appropriate way obvs…)