Gallovidian
@gallovidian.bsky.social
Lover of hiking in the Swiss Alps, reluctant follower of politics, one of the millions of UK citizens whose FOM rights were stolen from them by Brexit.
a room containing a massage table, and cameras in the ceiling. When Lutnik asked Epstein how he made his money, Epstein basically told him - blackmail.
If Epstein was doing this in New York, he was likely doing it elsewhere too. Which could mean tapes, which former clients do not want getting out.
If Epstein was doing this in New York, he was likely doing it elsewhere too. Which could mean tapes, which former clients do not want getting out.
October 19, 2025 at 10:47 AM
a room containing a massage table, and cameras in the ceiling. When Lutnik asked Epstein how he made his money, Epstein basically told him - blackmail.
If Epstein was doing this in New York, he was likely doing it elsewhere too. Which could mean tapes, which former clients do not want getting out.
If Epstein was doing this in New York, he was likely doing it elsewhere too. Which could mean tapes, which former clients do not want getting out.
A recent TV interview given by Howard Lutnik, Jeffrey Epstein’s former New York next door neighbour, and now a key member of Donald Trump’s administration, hinted that it could get worse still.
Lutnik and his wife were invited, by Epstein, to have a tour of his home. Inside, Epstein showed them
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Lutnik and his wife were invited, by Epstein, to have a tour of his home. Inside, Epstein showed them
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October 19, 2025 at 10:44 AM
A recent TV interview given by Howard Lutnik, Jeffrey Epstein’s former New York next door neighbour, and now a key member of Donald Trump’s administration, hinted that it could get worse still.
Lutnik and his wife were invited, by Epstein, to have a tour of his home. Inside, Epstein showed them
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Lutnik and his wife were invited, by Epstein, to have a tour of his home. Inside, Epstein showed them
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people becoming defensive, and potentially too afraid of the identity crisis which could easily follow if they are forced to swallow the UK’s weakness in the 21st century.
Nudging them towards the truth is safer than trying to drag them there kicking and screaming….
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Nudging them towards the truth is safer than trying to drag them there kicking and screaming….
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October 14, 2025 at 3:11 PM
people becoming defensive, and potentially too afraid of the identity crisis which could easily follow if they are forced to swallow the UK’s weakness in the 21st century.
Nudging them towards the truth is safer than trying to drag them there kicking and screaming….
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Nudging them towards the truth is safer than trying to drag them there kicking and screaming….
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seen their country in that way before (especially many older voters, whose perception of the UK is heavily coloured by their parents’ generation’s victory in WW2).
The reality of the UK’s weakness outside Europe is a penny which must be allowed to drop. Forcing that realisation risks too many
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The reality of the UK’s weakness outside Europe is a penny which must be allowed to drop. Forcing that realisation risks too many
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October 14, 2025 at 3:07 PM
seen their country in that way before (especially many older voters, whose perception of the UK is heavily coloured by their parents’ generation’s victory in WW2).
The reality of the UK’s weakness outside Europe is a penny which must be allowed to drop. Forcing that realisation risks too many
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The reality of the UK’s weakness outside Europe is a penny which must be allowed to drop. Forcing that realisation risks too many
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Brexit was really a debate about what the UK (especially England) is in the 21st century. It has lost its empire, but is still struggling to process how that has reduced its global status. Being told that it is now weak and poor on its own will seriously offend many people, who have simply never
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October 14, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Brexit was really a debate about what the UK (especially England) is in the 21st century. It has lost its empire, but is still struggling to process how that has reduced its global status. Being told that it is now weak and poor on its own will seriously offend many people, who have simply never
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near-destruction of the Labour Party in Scotland. The SNP just swept them aside, and went from irrelevance to dominance in Scottish politics….
Fear of Brexit causing a similar identity-driven split in their English core vote is why Labour are being so cautious about reopening the Brexit debate.
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Fear of Brexit causing a similar identity-driven split in their English core vote is why Labour are being so cautious about reopening the Brexit debate.
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October 14, 2025 at 2:59 PM
near-destruction of the Labour Party in Scotland. The SNP just swept them aside, and went from irrelevance to dominance in Scottish politics….
Fear of Brexit causing a similar identity-driven split in their English core vote is why Labour are being so cautious about reopening the Brexit debate.
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Fear of Brexit causing a similar identity-driven split in their English core vote is why Labour are being so cautious about reopening the Brexit debate.
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Tens of thousands of previous Labour voters decided that they were Scottish - not British - and voted Yes to Scottish independence. With their sense of national identity profoundly changed, they then dumped Labour for the SNP in subsequent elections.
Under FPTP, this resulted in the
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Under FPTP, this resulted in the
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October 14, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Tens of thousands of previous Labour voters decided that they were Scottish - not British - and voted Yes to Scottish independence. With their sense of national identity profoundly changed, they then dumped Labour for the SNP in subsequent elections.
Under FPTP, this resulted in the
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Under FPTP, this resulted in the
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@helenebismarck.bsky.social Have you heard of a country called Scotland?
2 years before the Brexit vote, Labour‘s previous Scottish core vote was deeply fractured by the 2014 Scottish independence referendum. Why? Because it forced people to deeply examine their sense of identity.
The result?
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2 years before the Brexit vote, Labour‘s previous Scottish core vote was deeply fractured by the 2014 Scottish independence referendum. Why? Because it forced people to deeply examine their sense of identity.
The result?
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October 14, 2025 at 2:48 PM
@helenebismarck.bsky.social Have you heard of a country called Scotland?
2 years before the Brexit vote, Labour‘s previous Scottish core vote was deeply fractured by the 2014 Scottish independence referendum. Why? Because it forced people to deeply examine their sense of identity.
The result?
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2 years before the Brexit vote, Labour‘s previous Scottish core vote was deeply fractured by the 2014 Scottish independence referendum. Why? Because it forced people to deeply examine their sense of identity.
The result?
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Correct.
Propose rejoining the SM without a referendum, and both the Tories and Farage, plus their media allies, will very quickly mobilise against Labour.
Don’t risk it at present.
Propose rejoining the SM without a referendum, and both the Tories and Farage, plus their media allies, will very quickly mobilise against Labour.
Don’t risk it at present.
October 11, 2025 at 10:35 AM
Correct.
Propose rejoining the SM without a referendum, and both the Tories and Farage, plus their media allies, will very quickly mobilise against Labour.
Don’t risk it at present.
Propose rejoining the SM without a referendum, and both the Tories and Farage, plus their media allies, will very quickly mobilise against Labour.
Don’t risk it at present.
Tories will take years, and that’s without the fall-out from the useless Donald Trump’s behaviour upon global economics and security.
Lastly, Julian Hoez has shown his anti-UK views more than once, so “wisdom” is not how I would regard his views. Ignorance and arrogance would be more accurate.
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Lastly, Julian Hoez has shown his anti-UK views more than once, so “wisdom” is not how I would regard his views. Ignorance and arrogance would be more accurate.
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October 10, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Tories will take years, and that’s without the fall-out from the useless Donald Trump’s behaviour upon global economics and security.
Lastly, Julian Hoez has shown his anti-UK views more than once, so “wisdom” is not how I would regard his views. Ignorance and arrogance would be more accurate.
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Lastly, Julian Hoez has shown his anti-UK views more than once, so “wisdom” is not how I would regard his views. Ignorance and arrogance would be more accurate.
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The anti-Labour media is one big reason for Starmer’s poor approval ratings at present, as is many people’s unfair comparisons to Labour’s 1990’s victory (when, unlike now, the Tories had not made a huge mess beforehand). Labour have no magic wand to wave, so cleaning up the mess left by the
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October 10, 2025 at 11:18 AM
The anti-Labour media is one big reason for Starmer’s poor approval ratings at present, as is many people’s unfair comparisons to Labour’s 1990’s victory (when, unlike now, the Tories had not made a huge mess beforehand). Labour have no magic wand to wave, so cleaning up the mess left by the
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USA, without putting the UK’s security at risk, is his only option at present. If Trump cut-off all cooperation, and something bad happened as a result, much of the UK media, who dislike Labour being in power, will blame Starmer, not Trump.
If you did your research, you would know all of this.
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If you did your research, you would know all of this.
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October 10, 2025 at 11:14 AM
USA, without putting the UK’s security at risk, is his only option at present. If Trump cut-off all cooperation, and something bad happened as a result, much of the UK media, who dislike Labour being in power, will blame Starmer, not Trump.
If you did your research, you would know all of this.
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If you did your research, you would know all of this.
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Trump is too ignorant, and totally uninterested anyway, in the consequences for the UK of him just deciding to just cut off all intelligence and military cooperation. Which he might do, if the UK does something which triggers him. Starmer knows this.
Buying the time needed to decouple from the
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Buying the time needed to decouple from the
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October 10, 2025 at 11:09 AM
Trump is too ignorant, and totally uninterested anyway, in the consequences for the UK of him just deciding to just cut off all intelligence and military cooperation. Which he might do, if the UK does something which triggers him. Starmer knows this.
Buying the time needed to decouple from the
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Buying the time needed to decouple from the
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Intelligence and Military capabilities have been entwined with the USA’s for decades. With hindsight this was unwise, but hindsight is 20/20. Uncoupling from the USA in this area cannot be done overnight, and the Toddler-in-Chief in the White House at present does not help in the slightest.
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October 10, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Intelligence and Military capabilities have been entwined with the USA’s for decades. With hindsight this was unwise, but hindsight is 20/20. Uncoupling from the USA in this area cannot be done overnight, and the Toddler-in-Chief in the White House at present does not help in the slightest.
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Describing Keir Starmer as weak in this situation makes you look ignorant.
Starmer inherited a huge mess from a Tory party which spent 8 years self-destructing while trying, desperately, to cling to power at the same time. It will take a long time to sort it out.
More seriously, the UK’s
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Starmer inherited a huge mess from a Tory party which spent 8 years self-destructing while trying, desperately, to cling to power at the same time. It will take a long time to sort it out.
More seriously, the UK’s
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October 10, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Describing Keir Starmer as weak in this situation makes you look ignorant.
Starmer inherited a huge mess from a Tory party which spent 8 years self-destructing while trying, desperately, to cling to power at the same time. It will take a long time to sort it out.
More seriously, the UK’s
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Starmer inherited a huge mess from a Tory party which spent 8 years self-destructing while trying, desperately, to cling to power at the same time. It will take a long time to sort it out.
More seriously, the UK’s
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We await reports of yet another Trump meltdown on Truth Social. He will surely lose it over this.
October 10, 2025 at 10:53 AM
We await reports of yet another Trump meltdown on Truth Social. He will surely lose it over this.
One big positive out of the Tories’ collapse might be the permanent disruption of the Eton - Tory MP - Tory Cabinet Minister/PM - Country Damaged for Years conveyor belt which we have endured for decades.
An Eton ‘education’ will be worth less if it doesn’t keep putting such useless men in power.
An Eton ‘education’ will be worth less if it doesn’t keep putting such useless men in power.
October 7, 2025 at 1:05 PM
One big positive out of the Tories’ collapse might be the permanent disruption of the Eton - Tory MP - Tory Cabinet Minister/PM - Country Damaged for Years conveyor belt which we have endured for decades.
An Eton ‘education’ will be worth less if it doesn’t keep putting such useless men in power.
An Eton ‘education’ will be worth less if it doesn’t keep putting such useless men in power.
Robert Jenrick joins Kwasi Kwarteng, Boris Johnson, David Cameron etc on the list of people who keep proving that Eton College turns out some really stupid men, who seem to keep failing upwards no matter how useless they are.
October 7, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Robert Jenrick joins Kwasi Kwarteng, Boris Johnson, David Cameron etc on the list of people who keep proving that Eton College turns out some really stupid men, who seem to keep failing upwards no matter how useless they are.
Or he’s developing dementia, like his father did when he was 81. Trump’s grip on reality will just fall apart, as that is what happens as dementia worsens.
October 6, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Or he’s developing dementia, like his father did when he was 81. Trump’s grip on reality will just fall apart, as that is what happens as dementia worsens.
And others, like scrambled memories, false memories, confusion, incoherent rambling, inability to pronounce words, slurring of speech, being up at all hours of the night ranting on social media, using profanities in public when he didn’t before, etc….
He’s cognitively declining - and fast.
He’s cognitively declining - and fast.
October 6, 2025 at 11:56 AM
And others, like scrambled memories, false memories, confusion, incoherent rambling, inability to pronounce words, slurring of speech, being up at all hours of the night ranting on social media, using profanities in public when he didn’t before, etc….
He’s cognitively declining - and fast.
He’s cognitively declining - and fast.
The Trump family has a history of dementia and Alzheimer’s disease - Donald’s father, real-estate tycoon Fred Trump, died of this when he was 93, after developing dementia when he was 81. Donald is now 79, and already showing more and more symptoms of dementia, like this.
October 6, 2025 at 11:50 AM
The Trump family has a history of dementia and Alzheimer’s disease - Donald’s father, real-estate tycoon Fred Trump, died of this when he was 93, after developing dementia when he was 81. Donald is now 79, and already showing more and more symptoms of dementia, like this.
As many Republicans are now finding out with the increasingly unhinged Donald Trump.
The long-term impact of his increasingly disastrous second presidency upon the Republican Party is going to be interesting to watch.
The long-term impact of his increasingly disastrous second presidency upon the Republican Party is going to be interesting to watch.
October 6, 2025 at 11:40 AM
As many Republicans are now finding out with the increasingly unhinged Donald Trump.
The long-term impact of his increasingly disastrous second presidency upon the Republican Party is going to be interesting to watch.
The long-term impact of his increasingly disastrous second presidency upon the Republican Party is going to be interesting to watch.
Donald Trump’s near-nightly Truth Social meltdowns are another example of this, combined with the fact that Trump is a 79 year-old toddler showing more and more signs of dementia.
Whenever Trump is mocked, loses a fight, or is strongly criticised, he can’t handle it and throws a childish tantrum.
Whenever Trump is mocked, loses a fight, or is strongly criticised, he can’t handle it and throws a childish tantrum.
October 2, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Donald Trump’s near-nightly Truth Social meltdowns are another example of this, combined with the fact that Trump is a 79 year-old toddler showing more and more signs of dementia.
Whenever Trump is mocked, loses a fight, or is strongly criticised, he can’t handle it and throws a childish tantrum.
Whenever Trump is mocked, loses a fight, or is strongly criticised, he can’t handle it and throws a childish tantrum.
Zoe Gardner seems to be one of those far-left ideologues who make a career out of whining about their wishes never coming to fruition.
The problem would seem to be her, not the people she keeps moaning about.
The problem would seem to be her, not the people she keeps moaning about.
October 2, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Zoe Gardner seems to be one of those far-left ideologues who make a career out of whining about their wishes never coming to fruition.
The problem would seem to be her, not the people she keeps moaning about.
The problem would seem to be her, not the people she keeps moaning about.