Gavin Esler
@gavinesler.bsky.social
Writer, broadcaster, new book “Britain Is Better Than This” gavinesler.substack.com
Contact: lfennimore@noelgay.com
Contact: lfennimore@noelgay.com
Miserable Musk
It's so cool that when the right person lands a direct hit on ol' Elon he can't stop from lighting up and spinning his bowtie like a carnival game clown
lol she got his ass and he knows it
November 9, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Miserable Musk
Well that’s an interesting possible campaign slogan ….
November 7, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Well that’s an interesting possible campaign slogan ….
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🚨Start Your Week🚨
The horrific train attack at the weekend has shaken the nation. But are the media and politicians talking about it responsibly? @gavinesler.bsky.social and @jacobjarvis.bsky.social discuss this and more in Start Your Week ➡️ linktr.ee/bunker_pod
The horrific train attack at the weekend has shaken the nation. But are the media and politicians talking about it responsibly? @gavinesler.bsky.social and @jacobjarvis.bsky.social discuss this and more in Start Your Week ➡️ linktr.ee/bunker_pod
November 3, 2025 at 11:21 AM
🚨Start Your Week🚨
The horrific train attack at the weekend has shaken the nation. But are the media and politicians talking about it responsibly? @gavinesler.bsky.social and @jacobjarvis.bsky.social discuss this and more in Start Your Week ➡️ linktr.ee/bunker_pod
The horrific train attack at the weekend has shaken the nation. But are the media and politicians talking about it responsibly? @gavinesler.bsky.social and @jacobjarvis.bsky.social discuss this and more in Start Your Week ➡️ linktr.ee/bunker_pod
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Nice thread with recipes etc bsky.app/profile/gavi...
Every year around this time I get some wonderful quinces from my friend Lizzie. And every year I think that peeling them is like peeling rocks … but I’ve just cooked a bundle and the taste is so lovely and so unusual - as always … thank you Lizzie. What a treat.
October 31, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Nice thread with recipes etc bsky.app/profile/gavi...
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🚨ICYMI🚨 @schneier.com joins @gavinesler.bsky.social to discuss dictators, big tech and the future of authoritarianism. Listen now 👉 linktr.ee/DrillPod
#AI #artificialintelligence #Putin #Trump
#AI #artificialintelligence #Putin #Trump
October 31, 2025 at 7:00 AM
🚨ICYMI🚨 @schneier.com joins @gavinesler.bsky.social to discuss dictators, big tech and the future of authoritarianism. Listen now 👉 linktr.ee/DrillPod
#AI #artificialintelligence #Putin #Trump
#AI #artificialintelligence #Putin #Trump
Remember Big Brother? Well, maybe he’s already in your phone or laptop … definitely worth a listen on how big tech and authoritarian leaders may have something in common… your information… listen: @thisisnotadrillpod.bsky.social with @schneier.com
🚨ICYMI🚨 @schneier.com joins @gavinesler.bsky.social to discuss dictators, big tech and the future of authoritarianism. Listen now 👉 linktr.ee/DrillPod
#AI #artificialintelligence #Putin #Trump
#AI #artificialintelligence #Putin #Trump
October 31, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Remember Big Brother? Well, maybe he’s already in your phone or laptop … definitely worth a listen on how big tech and authoritarian leaders may have something in common… your information… listen: @thisisnotadrillpod.bsky.social with @schneier.com
Big tech and big threats to our privacy and our democracy? We get an expert view from @schneier.com This Is Not A Drill @thisisnotadrillpod.bsky.social
🚨NEW EPISODE🚨 What will happen when dictators realise just how useful big tech and the data it gathers could be for them? @schneier.com joins @gavinesler.bsky.social to discuss 👉 linktr.ee/DrillPod
#AI #artificialintelligence #Putin #Trump
#AI #artificialintelligence #Putin #Trump
October 30, 2025 at 8:11 AM
Big tech and big threats to our privacy and our democracy? We get an expert view from @schneier.com This Is Not A Drill @thisisnotadrillpod.bsky.social
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A majority of voters, and a plurality of white voters, think that Reform is a racist party with racist policies.
October 28, 2025 at 2:03 PM
A majority of voters, and a plurality of white voters, think that Reform is a racist party with racist policies.
Worth a listen - @thisisnotadrillpod.bsky.social
🚨ICYMI🚨
@gavinesler.bsky.social joins Dr Catherine Fieschi, senior fellow at the Robert Schuman Centre of the European University in Florence to discuss the populist playbook and how the right wing connects globally. Listen here 👉 linktr.ee/DrillPod
#politics #podcast
@gavinesler.bsky.social joins Dr Catherine Fieschi, senior fellow at the Robert Schuman Centre of the European University in Florence to discuss the populist playbook and how the right wing connects globally. Listen here 👉 linktr.ee/DrillPod
#politics #podcast
October 27, 2025 at 6:57 AM
Worth a listen - @thisisnotadrillpod.bsky.social
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Nigel Farage "Why do I never get called for questions?"
"Have you tried submitting them?"
"Have you tried submitting them?"
October 23, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Nigel Farage "Why do I never get called for questions?"
"Have you tried submitting them?"
"Have you tried submitting them?"
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🚨NEW EPISODE🚨
The populist playbook - how the right wing connects globally. In today’s episode, @gavinesler.bsky.social is joined by Dr Catherine Fieschi, senior fellow at the Robert Schuman Centre of the European University in Florence. Listen now 👉 linktr.ee/DrillPod
#politics #podcast
The populist playbook - how the right wing connects globally. In today’s episode, @gavinesler.bsky.social is joined by Dr Catherine Fieschi, senior fellow at the Robert Schuman Centre of the European University in Florence. Listen now 👉 linktr.ee/DrillPod
#politics #podcast
October 23, 2025 at 6:00 AM
🚨NEW EPISODE🚨
The populist playbook - how the right wing connects globally. In today’s episode, @gavinesler.bsky.social is joined by Dr Catherine Fieschi, senior fellow at the Robert Schuman Centre of the European University in Florence. Listen now 👉 linktr.ee/DrillPod
#politics #podcast
The populist playbook - how the right wing connects globally. In today’s episode, @gavinesler.bsky.social is joined by Dr Catherine Fieschi, senior fellow at the Robert Schuman Centre of the European University in Florence. Listen now 👉 linktr.ee/DrillPod
#politics #podcast
Worth a listen -
What is the reality of the cyber threat to the UK? We hear from @mrjamessullivan.bsky.social Director of Cyber and Tech at the Royal United Services Institute- definitely worth a listen @thisisnotadrillpod.bsky.social
NEW EPISODE
@gavinesler.bsky.social talks to @mrjamessullivan.bsky.social, Director of Cyber and Tech at RUSI, the Royal United Services Institute to discuss scale and nature of cyber attacks, and assess how governments can respond 👉 linktr.ee/DrillPod
#cyber #tech #podcast
@gavinesler.bsky.social talks to @mrjamessullivan.bsky.social, Director of Cyber and Tech at RUSI, the Royal United Services Institute to discuss scale and nature of cyber attacks, and assess how governments can respond 👉 linktr.ee/DrillPod
#cyber #tech #podcast
October 20, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Worth a listen -
Thanks Tom - a real eye opener this one
Really good episode, this - well worth your time.
What is the reality of the cyber threat to the UK? We hear from @mrjamessullivan.bsky.social Director of Cyber and Tech at the Royal United Services Institute- definitely worth a listen @thisisnotadrillpod.bsky.social
October 20, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Thanks Tom - a real eye opener this one
Me too. They are part of the Best of Britain and we sometimes take these brave volunteers for granted -
I would give a shout out for all the search and rescue teams around the country, including the RNLI, Mountain Rescue and Lowland Search and Rescue.
October 19, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Me too. They are part of the Best of Britain and we sometimes take these brave volunteers for granted -
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One of the many things that mean you love your country - and you don’t need to wave a flag to prove it
5 of us from our local residents group picked up litter in our village yesterday.
3 hours - 20 bags.
Not bad.
Celebrated at the pub afterwards.
3 hours - 20 bags.
Not bad.
Celebrated at the pub afterwards.
October 19, 2025 at 9:15 AM
One of the many things that mean you love your country - and you don’t need to wave a flag to prove it
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ICYMI
@gavinesler.bsky.social is joined by Dr. Aaron Edwards to explore how Britain’s far right past is shaping its turbulent present, and why this time things could end very differently. Listen now 👉 linktr.ee/bunker_pod
#ukpolitics #podcast
@gavinesler.bsky.social is joined by Dr. Aaron Edwards to explore how Britain’s far right past is shaping its turbulent present, and why this time things could end very differently. Listen now 👉 linktr.ee/bunker_pod
#ukpolitics #podcast
October 18, 2025 at 6:00 AM
ICYMI
@gavinesler.bsky.social is joined by Dr. Aaron Edwards to explore how Britain’s far right past is shaping its turbulent present, and why this time things could end very differently. Listen now 👉 linktr.ee/bunker_pod
#ukpolitics #podcast
@gavinesler.bsky.social is joined by Dr. Aaron Edwards to explore how Britain’s far right past is shaping its turbulent present, and why this time things could end very differently. Listen now 👉 linktr.ee/bunker_pod
#ukpolitics #podcast
The far right in the UK has long roots in our history- have a listen @bunkerpod.bsky.social
NEW EPISODE
@gavinesler.bsky.social is joined by Dr. Aaron Edwards, Honorary Research Fellow at the University of Leicester, to explore how Britain’s far right past is shaping its turbulent present, and why this time things could end very differently. Listen now 👉 linktr.ee/bunker_pod
#ukpolitics
@gavinesler.bsky.social is joined by Dr. Aaron Edwards, Honorary Research Fellow at the University of Leicester, to explore how Britain’s far right past is shaping its turbulent present, and why this time things could end very differently. Listen now 👉 linktr.ee/bunker_pod
#ukpolitics
October 17, 2025 at 6:07 AM
The far right in the UK has long roots in our history- have a listen @bunkerpod.bsky.social
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All very amusing, but especially this:
"The most popular was an “Australian-style points-based immigration system,” with a net 46 percent support. The least popular was “Britain’s current immigration policy,” with -39 percent support."
www.politico.eu/article/labo...
"The most popular was an “Australian-style points-based immigration system,” with a net 46 percent support. The least popular was “Britain’s current immigration policy,” with -39 percent support."
www.politico.eu/article/labo...
Brits are pining for the pre-Brexit migration system
The idea was that leaving the bloc would give the U.K. back “control” of its borders and create a fairer system. But the widespread perception is it didn’t turn out that way.
www.politico.eu
October 16, 2025 at 11:20 AM
All very amusing, but especially this:
"The most popular was an “Australian-style points-based immigration system,” with a net 46 percent support. The least popular was “Britain’s current immigration policy,” with -39 percent support."
www.politico.eu/article/labo...
"The most popular was an “Australian-style points-based immigration system,” with a net 46 percent support. The least popular was “Britain’s current immigration policy,” with -39 percent support."
www.politico.eu/article/labo...
Yes let’s trust idiots instead. That should work.
RFK Jr: We need to stop trusting the experts... Trusting the experts is not a feature of science or democracy, it's a feature of religion and totalitarianism.
October 16, 2025 at 6:08 AM
Yes let’s trust idiots instead. That should work.
What is the reality of the cyber threat to the UK? We hear from @mrjamessullivan.bsky.social Director of Cyber and Tech at the Royal United Services Institute- definitely worth a listen @thisisnotadrillpod.bsky.social
NEW EPISODE
@gavinesler.bsky.social talks to @mrjamessullivan.bsky.social, Director of Cyber and Tech at RUSI, the Royal United Services Institute to discuss scale and nature of cyber attacks, and assess how governments can respond 👉 linktr.ee/DrillPod
#cyber #tech #podcast
@gavinesler.bsky.social talks to @mrjamessullivan.bsky.social, Director of Cyber and Tech at RUSI, the Royal United Services Institute to discuss scale and nature of cyber attacks, and assess how governments can respond 👉 linktr.ee/DrillPod
#cyber #tech #podcast
October 16, 2025 at 6:04 AM
What is the reality of the cyber threat to the UK? We hear from @mrjamessullivan.bsky.social Director of Cyber and Tech at the Royal United Services Institute- definitely worth a listen @thisisnotadrillpod.bsky.social
Thank you .. true story .. couldn’t make it up…
Hear, hear, thanks for making us laugh, @rostaylor.bsky.social and @gavinesler.bsky.social, amidst all the serious #news to start our week! "Do get up, you stupid boy!" 😂 #thebunker #podcast
OUT NOW!
Gaza, China spies and Portland’s Plague Of Frogs. @rostaylor.bsky.social and @gavinesler.bsky.social walk you through the events of the week to come 👉 linktr.ee/bunker_pod
Gaza, China spies and Portland’s Plague Of Frogs. @rostaylor.bsky.social and @gavinesler.bsky.social walk you through the events of the week to come 👉 linktr.ee/bunker_pod
October 14, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Thank you .. true story .. couldn’t make it up…
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NEW EPISODE
China on the move – Is Beijing pouncing as Washington withdraws? @gavinesler.bsky.social is joined by Jeffrey Prescott, former U.S. Ambassador to the UN agencies in Rome and, to find out what a century of Chinese influence could look like across the globe 👉 linktr.ee/bunker_pod
China on the move – Is Beijing pouncing as Washington withdraws? @gavinesler.bsky.social is joined by Jeffrey Prescott, former U.S. Ambassador to the UN agencies in Rome and, to find out what a century of Chinese influence could look like across the globe 👉 linktr.ee/bunker_pod
October 14, 2025 at 6:00 AM
NEW EPISODE
China on the move – Is Beijing pouncing as Washington withdraws? @gavinesler.bsky.social is joined by Jeffrey Prescott, former U.S. Ambassador to the UN agencies in Rome and, to find out what a century of Chinese influence could look like across the globe 👉 linktr.ee/bunker_pod
China on the move – Is Beijing pouncing as Washington withdraws? @gavinesler.bsky.social is joined by Jeffrey Prescott, former U.S. Ambassador to the UN agencies in Rome and, to find out what a century of Chinese influence could look like across the globe 👉 linktr.ee/bunker_pod
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He is far from alone.
Do you know how many people I know, journalists, thinktankers, civil servants, politicians, who always excel at explaining to you why what is currently happening was always bound to happen, from which they conclude that it should happen?
Do you know how many people I know, journalists, thinktankers, civil servants, politicians, who always excel at explaining to you why what is currently happening was always bound to happen, from which they conclude that it should happen?
October 13, 2025 at 6:49 PM
He is far from alone.
Do you know how many people I know, journalists, thinktankers, civil servants, politicians, who always excel at explaining to you why what is currently happening was always bound to happen, from which they conclude that it should happen?
Do you know how many people I know, journalists, thinktankers, civil servants, politicians, who always excel at explaining to you why what is currently happening was always bound to happen, from which they conclude that it should happen?
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If anyone needs me I will be in the museum, lying down next to the bog bodies.
October 13, 2025 at 5:58 PM
If anyone needs me I will be in the museum, lying down next to the bog bodies.