Gerri Brightwell
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Gerri Brightwell
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Novelist and short-story writer; Alaskan Brit who still says "Blimey!" and drinks tea though left Blighty over 30 years ago. Currently having a very hard time with Trump 2.0--my 2023 novel Turnback Ridge was supposed to be speculative fiction!
Does he think we're all living in different countries?
November 23, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Is anyone surprised? Anyone? Many of the Supreme Court justices parted ways with the rule of law long ago.
November 22, 2025 at 1:59 AM
Blimey!
November 22, 2025 at 1:39 AM
What the hell? So now in the US there are schools of political thought that are disfavoured? And not, interestingly, those promoting authoritarianism? Or fascism?
November 21, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Right, it's always, "I didn't know," or "No one told me." If he's that ill-informed, why on earth does anyone think he should be running the country?
November 17, 2025 at 12:45 AM
If he was a regular employee, he'd be fired for not showing up for work, gross incompetence when he is at work, creating a hostile work environment, etc, etc. Where's HR when you need it . . .
November 14, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Unlike in the US, in Britain juries in criminal trials can submit a majority rather than a unanimous decision, and defendants found not guilty can be retried if significant new evidence comes to light. Could you talk about the advantages and disadvantages of the two systems?
November 14, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Wow, so New Yorkers who are paying taxes for services and so on won't get them because Trump doesn't like Mamdani? It's beyond nuts.
November 4, 2025 at 12:53 AM
This is a government of grifters.
November 2, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Wow--Obama didn't take 76 private trips in 42 weeks at a cost of $60.7 million to tax payers. Trump has. Obama wasn't forever off playing golf, he was doing the job of running the country for the people who live here, not for himself, his family and his rich cronies.
November 2, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Wow, from a man who cheated on his wives and is killing people on the flimsiest of pretexts. Their christianity doesn't have much to do with morality.
November 2, 2025 at 9:35 PM
The Republicans have done everything they can to frighten, frustrate and impoverish everyone in this country who isn't super rich . . . in order to help the super rich. If that isn't a losing strategy, I don't know what is.
November 2, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Reposted by Gerri Brightwell
And then touring...
Perth 7th
Newcastle 9th
Melbourne 10th
Brisbane 12th
Adelaide 13th
Hope to see you there
An Evening with William Dalrymple - Fane Australia share.google/iwe13rXYgGV3...
November 1, 2025 at 10:44 PM
When most people are suspected of committing a crime, they don't loose their free housing and fancy titles. They get arrested and put on trial.
October 31, 2025 at 6:33 PM
For a man supposed driven by "christian values," he is scarily lacking in even basic empathy.
October 31, 2025 at 6:20 PM