Duncan Buchanan
@duncanbuch.bsky.social
Freight professional, worked on road, rail, air & sea for freight companies. Government department & trade body too.
For those who do not know this is defined by Wikipedia - "A plenary power or plenary authority is a complete and absolute power to take action on a particular issue, with no limitations."
Sound like a definition of dictatorship to me. A bit of a Charles I mindset.
Sound like a definition of dictatorship to me. A bit of a Charles I mindset.
October 10, 2025 at 3:14 PM
For those who do not know this is defined by Wikipedia - "A plenary power or plenary authority is a complete and absolute power to take action on a particular issue, with no limitations."
Sound like a definition of dictatorship to me. A bit of a Charles I mindset.
Sound like a definition of dictatorship to me. A bit of a Charles I mindset.
No idea what that feeling is called.
All household tasks should go through a thorough assessment process to determine how long the task can be put off. That assessment should last at least 10 days in normal circumstances. Only after assessment & dog walking should the procrastination period start...
All household tasks should go through a thorough assessment process to determine how long the task can be put off. That assessment should last at least 10 days in normal circumstances. Only after assessment & dog walking should the procrastination period start...
October 10, 2025 at 3:00 PM
No idea what that feeling is called.
All household tasks should go through a thorough assessment process to determine how long the task can be put off. That assessment should last at least 10 days in normal circumstances. Only after assessment & dog walking should the procrastination period start...
All household tasks should go through a thorough assessment process to determine how long the task can be put off. That assessment should last at least 10 days in normal circumstances. Only after assessment & dog walking should the procrastination period start...
Max making an attempt to become a bit of a black dog.
October 2, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Max making an attempt to become a bit of a black dog.
Max says mind your language or you will end up like his rabbit.
September 25, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Max says mind your language or you will end up like his rabbit.
Trumps Trade Extortion is the correct terminology for what has been happening.
Sadly many are allowing the extortion to be successful thinking it won't last. I think they are wrong, this will take a decade to unravel the US will resist lowering tariffs for many years. EU is foolish on car standards.
Sadly many are allowing the extortion to be successful thinking it won't last. I think they are wrong, this will take a decade to unravel the US will resist lowering tariffs for many years. EU is foolish on car standards.
August 29, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Trumps Trade Extortion is the correct terminology for what has been happening.
Sadly many are allowing the extortion to be successful thinking it won't last. I think they are wrong, this will take a decade to unravel the US will resist lowering tariffs for many years. EU is foolish on car standards.
Sadly many are allowing the extortion to be successful thinking it won't last. I think they are wrong, this will take a decade to unravel the US will resist lowering tariffs for many years. EU is foolish on car standards.
They can.
All furniture will be made of Gold in future. If you cannot afford it too bad, sit on the floor.
All furniture will be made of Gold in future. If you cannot afford it too bad, sit on the floor.
August 23, 2025 at 9:33 AM
They can.
All furniture will be made of Gold in future. If you cannot afford it too bad, sit on the floor.
All furniture will be made of Gold in future. If you cannot afford it too bad, sit on the floor.
In other news today...
It is too much, we know that already.
What actions can be taken (I suggest)
1. Ban flights to/fr Israel
2. Sanction Israel, all manufactured exports & all imports
3. Investigate the actions of any UK citizens who have joined IDF on return to UK for war crimes.
4. Europe wide.
It is too much, we know that already.
What actions can be taken (I suggest)
1. Ban flights to/fr Israel
2. Sanction Israel, all manufactured exports & all imports
3. Investigate the actions of any UK citizens who have joined IDF on return to UK for war crimes.
4. Europe wide.
August 22, 2025 at 9:36 AM
In other news today...
It is too much, we know that already.
What actions can be taken (I suggest)
1. Ban flights to/fr Israel
2. Sanction Israel, all manufactured exports & all imports
3. Investigate the actions of any UK citizens who have joined IDF on return to UK for war crimes.
4. Europe wide.
It is too much, we know that already.
What actions can be taken (I suggest)
1. Ban flights to/fr Israel
2. Sanction Israel, all manufactured exports & all imports
3. Investigate the actions of any UK citizens who have joined IDF on return to UK for war crimes.
4. Europe wide.
I think this headline is truly disgusting.
The slaughter continues, it is not a war, it is a genocide, we need to start calling it what it is.
@owenjones.bsky.social @lisaocarroll.bsky.social @barackobama.bsky.social @georgetakei.bsky.social @teamlabouruk.bsky.social @msf.ca @theguardian.com
The slaughter continues, it is not a war, it is a genocide, we need to start calling it what it is.
@owenjones.bsky.social @lisaocarroll.bsky.social @barackobama.bsky.social @georgetakei.bsky.social @teamlabouruk.bsky.social @msf.ca @theguardian.com
August 22, 2025 at 9:28 AM
I think this headline is truly disgusting.
The slaughter continues, it is not a war, it is a genocide, we need to start calling it what it is.
@owenjones.bsky.social @lisaocarroll.bsky.social @barackobama.bsky.social @georgetakei.bsky.social @teamlabouruk.bsky.social @msf.ca @theguardian.com
The slaughter continues, it is not a war, it is a genocide, we need to start calling it what it is.
@owenjones.bsky.social @lisaocarroll.bsky.social @barackobama.bsky.social @georgetakei.bsky.social @teamlabouruk.bsky.social @msf.ca @theguardian.com
Mine knows what W-A-L-K means.
August 7, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Mine knows what W-A-L-K means.
Interesting.
One of these pictures, taken off Google Maps at the same scale, is where I lived as a kid in Liverpool, the other is on the Mediterranean coast. Can you guess which is Liverpool and where on the med the other is?
@iandunt.bsky.social @aiannucci.bsky.social @owenjones.bsky.social
One of these pictures, taken off Google Maps at the same scale, is where I lived as a kid in Liverpool, the other is on the Mediterranean coast. Can you guess which is Liverpool and where on the med the other is?
@iandunt.bsky.social @aiannucci.bsky.social @owenjones.bsky.social
August 3, 2025 at 8:15 AM
Interesting.
One of these pictures, taken off Google Maps at the same scale, is where I lived as a kid in Liverpool, the other is on the Mediterranean coast. Can you guess which is Liverpool and where on the med the other is?
@iandunt.bsky.social @aiannucci.bsky.social @owenjones.bsky.social
One of these pictures, taken off Google Maps at the same scale, is where I lived as a kid in Liverpool, the other is on the Mediterranean coast. Can you guess which is Liverpool and where on the med the other is?
@iandunt.bsky.social @aiannucci.bsky.social @owenjones.bsky.social
I don't understand why journalists don't ask the key questions like this.
July 28, 2025 at 7:10 PM
I don't understand why journalists don't ask the key questions like this.
Mine too (& I don't even have a budgie).
June 21, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Mine too (& I don't even have a budgie).
Max is interested, how does he apply?
As you can see he can arrest wrong doers already.
As you can see he can arrest wrong doers already.
June 19, 2025 at 8:04 AM
Max is interested, how does he apply?
As you can see he can arrest wrong doers already.
As you can see he can arrest wrong doers already.
They do not know what to do because they have no core beliefs.
Brexit & Johnson killed core values of the party. Until they manage to find values that align with voter values (such as punishing liars, telling the truth & working for a level of common good) they are doomed @conservatives.bsky.social
Brexit & Johnson killed core values of the party. Until they manage to find values that align with voter values (such as punishing liars, telling the truth & working for a level of common good) they are doomed @conservatives.bsky.social
June 8, 2025 at 4:10 PM
They do not know what to do because they have no core beliefs.
Brexit & Johnson killed core values of the party. Until they manage to find values that align with voter values (such as punishing liars, telling the truth & working for a level of common good) they are doomed @conservatives.bsky.social
Brexit & Johnson killed core values of the party. Until they manage to find values that align with voter values (such as punishing liars, telling the truth & working for a level of common good) they are doomed @conservatives.bsky.social
Who really thinks coming out of ECHR is important?
FFS Kemi, think of something, anything, better than that if you want to make progress.
Commit to building 100,000 council houses a year or an English Parliament, or 20,000 more in the army, or just about anything "tangible" people might care about.
FFS Kemi, think of something, anything, better than that if you want to make progress.
Commit to building 100,000 council houses a year or an English Parliament, or 20,000 more in the army, or just about anything "tangible" people might care about.
June 6, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Who really thinks coming out of ECHR is important?
FFS Kemi, think of something, anything, better than that if you want to make progress.
Commit to building 100,000 council houses a year or an English Parliament, or 20,000 more in the army, or just about anything "tangible" people might care about.
FFS Kemi, think of something, anything, better than that if you want to make progress.
Commit to building 100,000 council houses a year or an English Parliament, or 20,000 more in the army, or just about anything "tangible" people might care about.
Will Celtic be banned in future, their fans often fly Palestinian flags? Of course not.
Ban watermelons next...
Ban watermelons next...
May 27, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Will Celtic be banned in future, their fans often fly Palestinian flags? Of course not.
Ban watermelons next...
Ban watermelons next...
Far too simple and straight forward.
Without vision there is a million tactical things that get in the way.
The advisors, spads, gophers, politicians all look for wrinkles to gain fractional advantage. Just continues the farce of Brexit negotiations.
There are win/wins all over the place, but...
Without vision there is a million tactical things that get in the way.
The advisors, spads, gophers, politicians all look for wrinkles to gain fractional advantage. Just continues the farce of Brexit negotiations.
There are win/wins all over the place, but...
May 15, 2025 at 10:48 AM
Far too simple and straight forward.
Without vision there is a million tactical things that get in the way.
The advisors, spads, gophers, politicians all look for wrinkles to gain fractional advantage. Just continues the farce of Brexit negotiations.
There are win/wins all over the place, but...
Without vision there is a million tactical things that get in the way.
The advisors, spads, gophers, politicians all look for wrinkles to gain fractional advantage. Just continues the farce of Brexit negotiations.
There are win/wins all over the place, but...
It was the goal.
It was not helpful (discussed on many posts)
It happened because the political mindset is about taking the ground of others to neutralise it.
There are no values behind it, it's a game disconnected from the public. A game where screwing over rivals other cliques is seen as winning.
It was not helpful (discussed on many posts)
It happened because the political mindset is about taking the ground of others to neutralise it.
There are no values behind it, it's a game disconnected from the public. A game where screwing over rivals other cliques is seen as winning.
May 14, 2025 at 11:13 AM
It was the goal.
It was not helpful (discussed on many posts)
It happened because the political mindset is about taking the ground of others to neutralise it.
There are no values behind it, it's a game disconnected from the public. A game where screwing over rivals other cliques is seen as winning.
It was not helpful (discussed on many posts)
It happened because the political mindset is about taking the ground of others to neutralise it.
There are no values behind it, it's a game disconnected from the public. A game where screwing over rivals other cliques is seen as winning.
Barbie Tax, Playstation Tax, Tool Tax, what next?
I think it's the 100% "Porn Tax" on films and TV (including porn) made outside the US is coming soon. It will be big, the biggiest big ever. Will be hard for many to swallow that!
(What about youYube vids, will YouTube have to tax non-US content?)
I think it's the 100% "Porn Tax" on films and TV (including porn) made outside the US is coming soon. It will be big, the biggiest big ever. Will be hard for many to swallow that!
(What about youYube vids, will YouTube have to tax non-US content?)
May 9, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Barbie Tax, Playstation Tax, Tool Tax, what next?
I think it's the 100% "Porn Tax" on films and TV (including porn) made outside the US is coming soon. It will be big, the biggiest big ever. Will be hard for many to swallow that!
(What about youYube vids, will YouTube have to tax non-US content?)
I think it's the 100% "Porn Tax" on films and TV (including porn) made outside the US is coming soon. It will be big, the biggiest big ever. Will be hard for many to swallow that!
(What about youYube vids, will YouTube have to tax non-US content?)
Trump knows the Tesla house of cards is about to fall. Musks play for salvation by Trump has failed - Trump will not help, he knows Musks businesses are unsustainable without insane levels of US govt support.
Musk needs to DOG-E himself.
Musk needs to DOG-E himself.
May 1, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Trump knows the Tesla house of cards is about to fall. Musks play for salvation by Trump has failed - Trump will not help, he knows Musks businesses are unsustainable without insane levels of US govt support.
Musk needs to DOG-E himself.
Musk needs to DOG-E himself.
Sometimes you can wait 5 mins for a train on the Victoria line, and when the tube turns up it's really crowded. It's very, very annoying. 😉
(sorry, just had too make you more jealous).
(sorry, just had too make you more jealous).
April 25, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Sometimes you can wait 5 mins for a train on the Victoria line, and when the tube turns up it's really crowded. It's very, very annoying. 😉
(sorry, just had too make you more jealous).
(sorry, just had too make you more jealous).
Stand off with US is good. Delay, deflect, wait, misunderstand, ask for the impossible, find rabbit holes, burn time, do all you can to keep the plate spinning and do no deal. He will never honour any agreement anyway, don't do a deal with the #FatLeader47
Found a hedgehog in the garden last night.
Found a hedgehog in the garden last night.
April 17, 2025 at 8:36 AM
Stand off with US is good. Delay, deflect, wait, misunderstand, ask for the impossible, find rabbit holes, burn time, do all you can to keep the plate spinning and do no deal. He will never honour any agreement anyway, don't do a deal with the #FatLeader47
Found a hedgehog in the garden last night.
Found a hedgehog in the garden last night.
Delay, stall, think, wait, wait some more, raise questions, claim it's difficult, stall, go on holiday, wait more, another holiday, repeat endlessly.
Say piss off without saying piss off. #FatLeader47 @uktpo.org @teamlabouruk.bsky.social @lewisgoodall.com
Say piss off without saying piss off. #FatLeader47 @uktpo.org @teamlabouruk.bsky.social @lewisgoodall.com
April 16, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Delay, stall, think, wait, wait some more, raise questions, claim it's difficult, stall, go on holiday, wait more, another holiday, repeat endlessly.
Say piss off without saying piss off. #FatLeader47 @uktpo.org @teamlabouruk.bsky.social @lewisgoodall.com
Say piss off without saying piss off. #FatLeader47 @uktpo.org @teamlabouruk.bsky.social @lewisgoodall.com