Philip Hogarth
@jampacker.bsky.social
Ex-Twitter. Once FCDO, now happily retired. Dual Brit/French, & I'm quite happy to be both or just one of them according to circumstances! Geordie born & bred, so there is only NUFC. Otherwise, foreign & current affairs as well as general political stuff
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It takes a special kind of right-wing British political party to literally sell black shirts.
Are you going to tell them?
Or shall I?
Are you going to tell them?
Or shall I?
November 28, 2025 at 1:55 PM
It takes a special kind of right-wing British political party to literally sell black shirts.
Are you going to tell them?
Or shall I?
Are you going to tell them?
Or shall I?
Who's showing what, when and for how much? I'm losing track now, never mind what's going to happen in the future. Why not just make the incremental cost completely unfathomable.
Paramount to show Champions League games in UK from 2027 - www.bbc.com/sport/footba...
Paramount to show Champions League games in UK from 2027 - www.bbc.com/sport/footba...
Champions League: Paramount wins rights to show games in UK from 2027
Champions League matches in the UK will be shown by Paramount from 2027 after the US company wins the broadcast rights for the tournament.
www.bbc.com
November 20, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Who's showing what, when and for how much? I'm losing track now, never mind what's going to happen in the future. Why not just make the incremental cost completely unfathomable.
Paramount to show Champions League games in UK from 2027 - www.bbc.com/sport/footba...
Paramount to show Champions League games in UK from 2027 - www.bbc.com/sport/footba...
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Having Johnson & Cummings in Downing Street when Covid struck was, just like Brexit, an entirely avoidable disaster caused largely by utterly appalling journalism. And now exactly the same clowns, arses & bigots with bylines are rolling out the red carpet for Farage.
www.thetimes.com/article/1b15...
www.thetimes.com/article/1b15...
Covid inquiry live: ‘Inexcusable’ delays under Johnson led to 23,000 deaths
Lockdowns may have been avoided if Boris Johnson’s government had acted faster, damning report finds
www.thetimes.com
November 20, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Having Johnson & Cummings in Downing Street when Covid struck was, just like Brexit, an entirely avoidable disaster caused largely by utterly appalling journalism. And now exactly the same clowns, arses & bigots with bylines are rolling out the red carpet for Farage.
www.thetimes.com/article/1b15...
www.thetimes.com/article/1b15...
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On est pas bien là ? :)
November 19, 2025 at 10:56 AM
On est pas bien là ? :)
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That renowned and respected lover of truth and journalistic integrity.... THE KREMLIN.... has stepped up to defend Trump in his battle against the BBC.
SO that's Farage, Netanyahu, Putin, and Boris Johnson...
SO that's Farage, Netanyahu, Putin, and Boris Johnson...
November 11, 2025 at 7:33 PM
That renowned and respected lover of truth and journalistic integrity.... THE KREMLIN.... has stepped up to defend Trump in his battle against the BBC.
SO that's Farage, Netanyahu, Putin, and Boris Johnson...
SO that's Farage, Netanyahu, Putin, and Boris Johnson...
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'They were those like Sir Oswald Mosley who were fascinated by the spectacle of brutal power. They would like to use it themselves. They grovelled to Nazi dictatorship in order that they could make people in their turn grovel to them'
Winston Churchill, 1936
Winston Churchill, 1936
Conservative Shadow Culture Secretary Nigel Huddleston tells GB News that the BBC should "grovel" to Trump.
Amazing how many British 'patriots' are spending their time telling our national broadcaster to prostrate itself before a hostile foreign leader
Amazing how many British 'patriots' are spending their time telling our national broadcaster to prostrate itself before a hostile foreign leader
November 11, 2025 at 12:23 PM
'They were those like Sir Oswald Mosley who were fascinated by the spectacle of brutal power. They would like to use it themselves. They grovelled to Nazi dictatorship in order that they could make people in their turn grovel to them'
Winston Churchill, 1936
Winston Churchill, 1936
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November 10, 2025 at 3:25 PM
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Just as I was thinking #NUFC Barnes, Murphy and BFG were not getting any of the ball and the team play was slow,, Barnes scores a lovely goal.
November 9, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Just as I was thinking #NUFC Barnes, Murphy and BFG were not getting any of the ball and the team play was slow,, Barnes scores a lovely goal.
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only in the small print of this article do they make clear that the pensioners paying an extra £2,500 of tax would have to have
“earnings over £125,140”
I know many pensioners are asset rich but how many have income at that level?
“earnings over £125,140”
I know many pensioners are asset rich but how many have income at that level?
November 7, 2025 at 5:28 PM
only in the small print of this article do they make clear that the pensioners paying an extra £2,500 of tax would have to have
“earnings over £125,140”
I know many pensioners are asset rich but how many have income at that level?
“earnings over £125,140”
I know many pensioners are asset rich but how many have income at that level?
Who in their right mind ...? Oh, never mind. There are some mad decker out there.
With Maurice Glasman and Dominic Lawson calling for the return of the stocks, we find most Britons opposed - although Reform voters are divided
All Britons: 21% support / 72% oppose
Lib Dem: 12% / 85%
Labour: 12% / 83%
Green: 13% / 82%
Con: 28% / 64%
Reform: 43% / 48%
yougov.co.uk/society/arti...
All Britons: 21% support / 72% oppose
Lib Dem: 12% / 85%
Labour: 12% / 83%
Green: 13% / 82%
Con: 28% / 64%
Reform: 43% / 48%
yougov.co.uk/society/arti...
November 7, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Who in their right mind ...? Oh, never mind. There are some mad decker out there.
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With Maurice Glasman and Dominic Lawson calling for the return of the stocks, we find most Britons opposed - although Reform voters are divided
All Britons: 21% support / 72% oppose
Lib Dem: 12% / 85%
Labour: 12% / 83%
Green: 13% / 82%
Con: 28% / 64%
Reform: 43% / 48%
yougov.co.uk/society/arti...
All Britons: 21% support / 72% oppose
Lib Dem: 12% / 85%
Labour: 12% / 83%
Green: 13% / 82%
Con: 28% / 64%
Reform: 43% / 48%
yougov.co.uk/society/arti...
November 7, 2025 at 11:55 AM
With Maurice Glasman and Dominic Lawson calling for the return of the stocks, we find most Britons opposed - although Reform voters are divided
All Britons: 21% support / 72% oppose
Lib Dem: 12% / 85%
Labour: 12% / 83%
Green: 13% / 82%
Con: 28% / 64%
Reform: 43% / 48%
yougov.co.uk/society/arti...
All Britons: 21% support / 72% oppose
Lib Dem: 12% / 85%
Labour: 12% / 83%
Green: 13% / 82%
Con: 28% / 64%
Reform: 43% / 48%
yougov.co.uk/society/arti...
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Word of the Day is ‘catchfart’ (17th century): an obsequious individual who sucks up to the boss and always follows the political wind.
November 7, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Word of the Day is ‘catchfart’ (17th century): an obsequious individual who sucks up to the boss and always follows the political wind.
He hasn't thought that one through, has he? Although he quite likey believes he has. On the other hand, if they're going to do it, Gorky Park might be a good place to build.
🤡Russian State Duma deputy Mikhail Sheremet suggests: build mock-ups of the Pentagon, Big Ben, and the Eiffel Tower, and conduct nuclear strikes on them to "cool the ardor" of the West. In his view, Russia has been playing the peacemaker for too long.
November 6, 2025 at 9:01 PM
He hasn't thought that one through, has he? Although he quite likey believes he has. On the other hand, if they're going to do it, Gorky Park might be a good place to build.
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Get your colleagues and friends off it, folks.
must-read analysis of how Musk's twitter is drenching new users with right-wing propaganda
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
Elon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows how
Elon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows how
news.sky.com
November 6, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Get your colleagues and friends off it, folks.
You can look at the headline and look at the origin. And then, without reading the article and its byline, you can easily guess it's Chris Mason. And, lo and behold ...
Chris Mason: The justice system is failing and the buck stops with Lammy
Chris Mason: The justice system is failing and the buck stops with Lammy
Problems in the prisons and the courts are not new but they are growing and the government doesn't have a grip on them.
www.bbc.com
November 6, 2025 at 12:14 AM
You can look at the headline and look at the origin. And then, without reading the article and its byline, you can easily guess it's Chris Mason. And, lo and behold ...
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In related news, the Nobel Committee is awarding a 2026 Ballon d'Or
November 5, 2025 at 11:08 PM
In related news, the Nobel Committee is awarding a 2026 Ballon d'Or
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262 people were accidentally released from prison yet once again the BBC are using the release of a foreigner as a cause celebre.
Can you not see this for the racist, scapegoating, big lying attack on immigrants that it is?
What are you and your minister doing to address this problem?
sent to MP
Can you not see this for the racist, scapegoating, big lying attack on immigrants that it is?
What are you and your minister doing to address this problem?
sent to MP
@jackabbott.bsky.social @labourlist.bsky.social @lisanandymp.bsky.social
When are you going to do somethign about the far right propaganda coming out of the BBC?
Are you blind to it or complicit?
johnhuwevans.wordpress.com/2025/10/22/a...
When are you going to do somethign about the far right propaganda coming out of the BBC?
Are you blind to it or complicit?
johnhuwevans.wordpress.com/2025/10/22/a...
November 5, 2025 at 1:09 PM
262 people were accidentally released from prison yet once again the BBC are using the release of a foreigner as a cause celebre.
Can you not see this for the racist, scapegoating, big lying attack on immigrants that it is?
What are you and your minister doing to address this problem?
sent to MP
Can you not see this for the racist, scapegoating, big lying attack on immigrants that it is?
What are you and your minister doing to address this problem?
sent to MP
There's another place where I think this would be an excellent idea @houseofcommons.parliament.uk @houseoflords.parliament.uk
Last orders? Report recommends ending alcohol sales in French Parliament
Last orders? Report recommends ending alcohol sales in French Parliament
While some lawmakers have called for setting the example, as alcohol is banned in most French workplaces, others defend the bar as a 'showcase for wines from our regions.'
www.lemonde.fr
November 5, 2025 at 1:10 PM
There's another place where I think this would be an excellent idea @houseofcommons.parliament.uk @houseoflords.parliament.uk
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BREAKING: Colorado voters approved a ballot measure that would raise state income taxes on higher-earning households to fund free meals for all public school students.
Follow AP for live updates.
Follow AP for live updates.
Live updates: US voters head to the polls in first general election since Trump's return to power
One year after Donald Trump retook the presidency, 2025 Election Day includes closely watched races for New York City mayor, New Jersey governor and California's Proposition 50.
bit.ly
November 5, 2025 at 3:33 AM
BREAKING: Colorado voters approved a ballot measure that would raise state income taxes on higher-earning households to fund free meals for all public school students.
Follow AP for live updates.
Follow AP for live updates.
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“We asked a hundred people to name a government economic priority. You said: cutting spending on disabled kids travelling to school.”
November 4, 2025 at 8:57 PM
“We asked a hundred people to name a government economic priority. You said: cutting spending on disabled kids travelling to school.”
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I'm just asking questions.
November 4, 2025 at 1:46 PM
I'm just asking questions.
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Grainger Street, Newcastle in the rain 27/9/2022 06:25 (I liked the reflections on the wet pavement) #photography 📷
November 4, 2025 at 11:25 AM
Grainger Street, Newcastle in the rain 27/9/2022 06:25 (I liked the reflections on the wet pavement) #photography 📷