Ian Quayle
@ianhquayle.bsky.social
Retired professional electronics engineer. Humanist. Loves: Science, baking, dogs, Asian food, village life, country walks, Herefordshire, playing 5 string banjo. Dislikes: Brexit, Reform UK, Farage, Trump, Musk, X, Rap "music". I block personal abusers.
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Poverty is a policy choice. Concentrated wealth is a policy choice. Inequality is a policy choice. None of it is natural or inevitable. Remember: We have the power to build a system that serves the many, not the powerful few.
November 19, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Poverty is a policy choice. Concentrated wealth is a policy choice. Inequality is a policy choice. None of it is natural or inevitable. Remember: We have the power to build a system that serves the many, not the powerful few.
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In this Trumpian era, America’s moral compass — its capacity to separate right from wrong, and to pride itself doing (or at least trying to do) what is honorable — seems to have vanished, along with the norms on which that authority has been based. robertreich.substack.com/p/honor-and-...
Honor and Shame in the Era of Trump and Epstein
Honor comes with wealth. The only exception is pedophilia.
robertreich.substack.com
November 19, 2025 at 4:25 PM
In this Trumpian era, America’s moral compass — its capacity to separate right from wrong, and to pride itself doing (or at least trying to do) what is honorable — seems to have vanished, along with the norms on which that authority has been based. robertreich.substack.com/p/honor-and-...
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Just popping in to say this is a stunning piece of thought provoking film documentary and thoroughly worth your time:
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
BBC Two - Once Upon a Time in Space
The human story of space exploration.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 19, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Just popping in to say this is a stunning piece of thought provoking film documentary and thoroughly worth your time:
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
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We can all see the racism behind Brexit.
It’s not about sovereignty - that’s 🐮 💩
It’s racism & not wanting to have other cultures around you.
Fuck off Nigel 12 jobs
It’s not about sovereignty - that’s 🐮 💩
It’s racism & not wanting to have other cultures around you.
Fuck off Nigel 12 jobs
November 19, 2025 at 5:32 PM
We can all see the racism behind Brexit.
It’s not about sovereignty - that’s 🐮 💩
It’s racism & not wanting to have other cultures around you.
Fuck off Nigel 12 jobs
It’s not about sovereignty - that’s 🐮 💩
It’s racism & not wanting to have other cultures around you.
Fuck off Nigel 12 jobs
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It's hard to find words to capture quite how revolting, steeped in bigotry, irresponsible, morally unmoored, Labour has become. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Anglican bishop shaken ‘to the core’ by home secretary’s asylum seeker comments
Bishop of Edmonton says people coming to UK are being ‘scapegoated’ for years of policy failures
www.theguardian.com
November 17, 2025 at 4:38 PM
It's hard to find words to capture quite how revolting, steeped in bigotry, irresponsible, morally unmoored, Labour has become. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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Alastair Campbell, "Of the mistakes I have made, the biggest is Brexit..It has made us al weaker and poorer..A campaign won by liars and conmen"
From a hypothetical scenario of what AC would do if he was PM
From a hypothetical scenario of what AC would do if he was PM
November 17, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Alastair Campbell, "Of the mistakes I have made, the biggest is Brexit..It has made us al weaker and poorer..A campaign won by liars and conmen"
From a hypothetical scenario of what AC would do if he was PM
From a hypothetical scenario of what AC would do if he was PM
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Starmer’s anti-asylum policies show how utterly clueless he is about the right-wing media’s role in politics.
He’s trying to fix a “problem” contrived by Farage, GB News and The Telegraph. He’ll never win, because ultimately he’s fighting a ghost – he’s fighting something that doesn’t really exist
He’s trying to fix a “problem” contrived by Farage, GB News and The Telegraph. He’ll never win, because ultimately he’s fighting a ghost – he’s fighting something that doesn’t really exist
November 17, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Starmer’s anti-asylum policies show how utterly clueless he is about the right-wing media’s role in politics.
He’s trying to fix a “problem” contrived by Farage, GB News and The Telegraph. He’ll never win, because ultimately he’s fighting a ghost – he’s fighting something that doesn’t really exist
He’s trying to fix a “problem” contrived by Farage, GB News and The Telegraph. He’ll never win, because ultimately he’s fighting a ghost – he’s fighting something that doesn’t really exist
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www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
Good! Because it’s appalling!
She should do the honest thing and join the party that represents her politics: Reform - or Conservative
Good! Because it’s appalling!
She should do the honest thing and join the party that represents her politics: Reform - or Conservative
Starmer facing growing backlash from Labour MPs as Mahmood sets out asylum plans – UK politics live
Home secretary to announce a drastic tightening of rules, including requiring asylum seekers to wait 20 years before getting the right to permanently settle in UK
www.theguardian.com
November 17, 2025 at 1:52 PM
www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
Good! Because it’s appalling!
She should do the honest thing and join the party that represents her politics: Reform - or Conservative
Good! Because it’s appalling!
She should do the honest thing and join the party that represents her politics: Reform - or Conservative
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Measures that create bureaucracy and insecurity do not offer clarity or strengthen control - they cost money, waste time and weaken the system. We should push back on the racist agenda of Reform rather than echo it. (3/6)
November 17, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Measures that create bureaucracy and insecurity do not offer clarity or strengthen control - they cost money, waste time and weaken the system. We should push back on the racist agenda of Reform rather than echo it. (3/6)
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"The policy and rhetoric is as cruel as anything announced by Nigel Farage. Yet the Home Secretary is planning to sell it to Labour MPs by suggesting that it is the only way to prevent a Reform Government.There is only one way to describe this. It is the politics of the protection racket."
Shabana Mahmood and the Politics of Extortion
Labour's strategy of telling its supporters to back Reform-style policies, or get a Reform Government, is the politics of the protection racket and it is not going to work
www.adambienkov.co.uk
November 16, 2025 at 10:27 PM
"The policy and rhetoric is as cruel as anything announced by Nigel Farage. Yet the Home Secretary is planning to sell it to Labour MPs by suggesting that it is the only way to prevent a Reform Government.There is only one way to describe this. It is the politics of the protection racket."
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the window is closing for its efficiency for sure and I agree it isn't a magic bullet and certainly shouldn't be the end sum of any plan. But it would do things that would address the reasoning for Brexit happening in ways that are harder to do not in the single market.
November 17, 2025 at 10:53 AM
the window is closing for its efficiency for sure and I agree it isn't a magic bullet and certainly shouldn't be the end sum of any plan. But it would do things that would address the reasoning for Brexit happening in ways that are harder to do not in the single market.
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Sheer cruelty on display in the Home Secretary's proposed new asylum laws, which could see refugee families with children suddenly uprooted and deported after spending years rebuilding their lives in Britain. Shameful capitulation to Reform's agenda at the expense of the most vulnerable.
November 17, 2025 at 9:41 AM
Sheer cruelty on display in the Home Secretary's proposed new asylum laws, which could see refugee families with children suddenly uprooted and deported after spending years rebuilding their lives in Britain. Shameful capitulation to Reform's agenda at the expense of the most vulnerable.
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Love is wise. Hatred is foolish.
November 17, 2025 at 10:52 AM
Love is wise. Hatred is foolish.
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Inequity breeds iniquity. Filthy rich guys like Trump and Musk believe that rest of US and even the Earth isn’t good enough for them.
November 17, 2025 at 1:33 AM
Inequity breeds iniquity. Filthy rich guys like Trump and Musk believe that rest of US and even the Earth isn’t good enough for them.
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Remember: The concentration of wealth in the hands of a few isn't just bad for our economy. It's corrosive to our democracy.
When the wealthy and well-connected control our political system, regular people don't have a voice.
The result? The demagoguery and corruption we're seeing now.
When the wealthy and well-connected control our political system, regular people don't have a voice.
The result? The demagoguery and corruption we're seeing now.
November 17, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Remember: The concentration of wealth in the hands of a few isn't just bad for our economy. It's corrosive to our democracy.
When the wealthy and well-connected control our political system, regular people don't have a voice.
The result? The demagoguery and corruption we're seeing now.
When the wealthy and well-connected control our political system, regular people don't have a voice.
The result? The demagoguery and corruption we're seeing now.
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There is no difference in practice between removing rights of individuals and leaving the ECHR. The end outcome is still the same, people lose rights. If human rights are an obstacle to your policy it is not the rights which are the issue, it is your policy. Labour going full Reform at this stage.
November 16, 2025 at 10:00 AM
There is no difference in practice between removing rights of individuals and leaving the ECHR. The end outcome is still the same, people lose rights. If human rights are an obstacle to your policy it is not the rights which are the issue, it is your policy. Labour going full Reform at this stage.
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Today's reminder: Nigel Farage is a traitor to our nation. He has accepted money from foreign governments and organisations that are enemies of our government and must face justice.
#FarageOut
#FarageOut
November 15, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Today's reminder: Nigel Farage is a traitor to our nation. He has accepted money from foreign governments and organisations that are enemies of our government and must face justice.
#FarageOut
#FarageOut
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This is Keir Starmer’s moment to stand up for Britain and call on Trump to drop his ludicrous lawsuit against the BBC.
The Prime Minister has spent months cosying up to Trump. If he can’t stop him from attacking one of our most precious institutions, what was it all for?
The Prime Minister has spent months cosying up to Trump. If he can’t stop him from attacking one of our most precious institutions, what was it all for?
November 15, 2025 at 9:58 AM
This is Keir Starmer’s moment to stand up for Britain and call on Trump to drop his ludicrous lawsuit against the BBC.
The Prime Minister has spent months cosying up to Trump. If he can’t stop him from attacking one of our most precious institutions, what was it all for?
The Prime Minister has spent months cosying up to Trump. If he can’t stop him from attacking one of our most precious institutions, what was it all for?
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And people are squealing at Starmer saying we MUST re-join EU...EU will be rightly hesitant given the decades of deeply anti-EU rhetoric and UK's constant platforming of one of the main architects/supporters of Brexit....why is anyone surprised?
November 15, 2025 at 2:06 PM
And people are squealing at Starmer saying we MUST re-join EU...EU will be rightly hesitant given the decades of deeply anti-EU rhetoric and UK's constant platforming of one of the main architects/supporters of Brexit....why is anyone surprised?
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BBC
Bias is often in the eye of the beholder
So let’s stick to measurable facts
During 10 yrs of debate about Brexit, BBC QuestionTime had Britain’s Members of the European Parliament on the show 50 times
Every single one was from the pro Brexit minority
47 were from UKIP/BP
23 times Farage
Bias is often in the eye of the beholder
So let’s stick to measurable facts
During 10 yrs of debate about Brexit, BBC QuestionTime had Britain’s Members of the European Parliament on the show 50 times
Every single one was from the pro Brexit minority
47 were from UKIP/BP
23 times Farage
November 14, 2025 at 7:43 PM
BBC
Bias is often in the eye of the beholder
So let’s stick to measurable facts
During 10 yrs of debate about Brexit, BBC QuestionTime had Britain’s Members of the European Parliament on the show 50 times
Every single one was from the pro Brexit minority
47 were from UKIP/BP
23 times Farage
Bias is often in the eye of the beholder
So let’s stick to measurable facts
During 10 yrs of debate about Brexit, BBC QuestionTime had Britain’s Members of the European Parliament on the show 50 times
Every single one was from the pro Brexit minority
47 were from UKIP/BP
23 times Farage
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Im not a Tory or much of a Tory fan but ........ Clarke and Heseltine speak more sense than just about all of ours current politicians no matter where they come from.
November 14, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Im not a Tory or much of a Tory fan but ........ Clarke and Heseltine speak more sense than just about all of ours current politicians no matter where they come from.
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Hey America, you elected a felon and a child rapist.
You need to do far more than post memes to remove him.
You need to do far more than post memes to remove him.
November 13, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Hey America, you elected a felon and a child rapist.
You need to do far more than post memes to remove him.
You need to do far more than post memes to remove him.
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That we are now having to worry seriously that that monster could become PM is totally insane. He should be vilified and run out of every corner of the country. I honestly thought a few short years ago that by now, that would be happening 😕
November 14, 2025 at 8:10 AM
That we are now having to worry seriously that that monster could become PM is totally insane. He should be vilified and run out of every corner of the country. I honestly thought a few short years ago that by now, that would be happening 😕
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Farage earns more than any other MP for NOT being an MP. He says it’s “obviously sad” that part of his constituency is the most deprived area in England.
But everything he’s ever done, said and wanted has made sure of it.
This is the whole country if he gets into power.
(Private Eye)
But everything he’s ever done, said and wanted has made sure of it.
This is the whole country if he gets into power.
(Private Eye)
November 14, 2025 at 7:48 AM
Farage earns more than any other MP for NOT being an MP. He says it’s “obviously sad” that part of his constituency is the most deprived area in England.
But everything he’s ever done, said and wanted has made sure of it.
This is the whole country if he gets into power.
(Private Eye)
But everything he’s ever done, said and wanted has made sure of it.
This is the whole country if he gets into power.
(Private Eye)
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