Jasper Barry
@jasperbarry.bsky.social
Writer. Servant to 3 cats. European history and literature. Crime Fiction. Hates Trump and is worried sick about democracy and world peace. #TheArchers #FBPE #FBPEU
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There’s real irony in this: lawmakers can’t get back to DC to vote to reopen the government because flights are canceled, thanks to the same shutdown they caused.
November 12, 2025 at 8:00 AM
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The fact that the BBC has made serious culpable errors does not negate the point that there is a real and concerted right-wing media campaign to destroy it. Both points can be true at the same time and the campaign would not end even if the errors did.
November 12, 2025 at 8:10 AM
Do we think George is in any way good-looking? I mentally see Brad as having fine sensitive features. But George - the word Neanderthal comes to mind. #TheArchers
November 12, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Do we think George is in any way good-looking? I mentally see Brad as having fine sensitive features. But George - the word Neanderthal comes to mind. #TheArchers
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Jesus
7,261 elderly/vulnerable people in care homes given ‘notice to quit’.
Major reason: "revenge evictions’. people “threatened with eviction as a result of raising a complaint"
Care homes are mostly in the private sector, owned by corporations and private equity, profit margins of up to 40%.
Major reason: "revenge evictions’. people “threatened with eviction as a result of raising a complaint"
Care homes are mostly in the private sector, owned by corporations and private equity, profit margins of up to 40%.
Revealed: Thousands of elderly people evicted from care homes every year
Thousands of elderly and vulnerable people have received eviction notices from their care homes in the last year, the Big Issue has found.
www.bigissue.com
November 12, 2025 at 8:39 AM
Jesus
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Anyone who thinks accidental prison releases are Labour’s fault should think again.
Austerity ideology reduced the prisons budget by 22% & staffing levels by 30% 2011-2017.
A lot of expertise was lost.
More pressure increased sickness & attrition.
Less experienced officers are less efficient.
Austerity ideology reduced the prisons budget by 22% & staffing levels by 30% 2011-2017.
A lot of expertise was lost.
More pressure increased sickness & attrition.
Less experienced officers are less efficient.
November 11, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Anyone who thinks accidental prison releases are Labour’s fault should think again.
Austerity ideology reduced the prisons budget by 22% & staffing levels by 30% 2011-2017.
A lot of expertise was lost.
More pressure increased sickness & attrition.
Less experienced officers are less efficient.
Austerity ideology reduced the prisons budget by 22% & staffing levels by 30% 2011-2017.
A lot of expertise was lost.
More pressure increased sickness & attrition.
Less experienced officers are less efficient.
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Farage is a sucker, the biggest sucker of them all. I bet Trump can't even remember who he is.
November 12, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Farage is a sucker, the biggest sucker of them all. I bet Trump can't even remember who he is.
Yes, George was generous to Susan about not working in the shop. But the dynamic is still the same. Susan grovels and George hands out lordly understanding, from the lofty (and bogus) position of a much injured man. Wake up Susan, he may your grandson, but you're the saint, not him. #TheArchers
November 12, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Yes, George was generous to Susan about not working in the shop. But the dynamic is still the same. Susan grovels and George hands out lordly understanding, from the lofty (and bogus) position of a much injured man. Wake up Susan, he may your grandson, but you're the saint, not him. #TheArchers
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But in fact Russia sees itself in a position of (slight) battlefield advantage over the last few days and wants to shift Trump away from his latest sanctions position. It's negotiation, but not the kind being reported.
November 12, 2025 at 9:30 AM
But in fact Russia sees itself in a position of (slight) battlefield advantage over the last few days and wants to shift Trump away from his latest sanctions position. It's negotiation, but not the kind being reported.
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Exclusive: Reform’s flagship Kent administration is planning to shut down multiple council committees as it struggles to fill posts after losing nine of its own councillors
Reform Council in Chaos as It Prepares to Slash Scrutiny Committees Following Wave of Councillor Suspensions
EXCLUSIVE: Reform's flagship Kent administration is planning to shut down multiple council committees as it struggles to fill posts after suspending nine of its own councillors
bylinetimes.com
November 12, 2025 at 10:02 AM
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Many of the opposition cabinet seem to hope we’ve forgotten all of what they did and left behind. 🙄
November 12, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Many of the opposition cabinet seem to hope we’ve forgotten all of what they did and left behind. 🙄
Is Will going to be thrilled that much of the £500 he gave George to support him while he finds a job has gone on buying Amber a ring and taking her to a posh restaurant?
Didn't we all know this would happen? But Will - duh!
#TheArchers
Didn't we all know this would happen? But Will - duh!
#TheArchers
November 12, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Is Will going to be thrilled that much of the £500 he gave George to support him while he finds a job has gone on buying Amber a ring and taking her to a posh restaurant?
Didn't we all know this would happen? But Will - duh!
#TheArchers
Didn't we all know this would happen? But Will - duh!
#TheArchers
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November 12, 2025 at 10:39 AM
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Oh Robbie Gibb, you git
November 12, 2025 at 10:49 AM
Oh Robbie Gibb, you git
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Yes. They will have had a very good idea of how a civil court would assess their profound (& not exclusivity monetary) losses
I guess so many others had little fight left but also thought they’d be treated fairly 🫥🫥🫥
Meanwhile, Fujitsu under a different trading name is selling AI to law firms 🫥🫥🫥
I guess so many others had little fight left but also thought they’d be treated fairly 🫥🫥🫥
Meanwhile, Fujitsu under a different trading name is selling AI to law firms 🫥🫥🫥
November 12, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Yes. They will have had a very good idea of how a civil court would assess their profound (& not exclusivity monetary) losses
I guess so many others had little fight left but also thought they’d be treated fairly 🫥🫥🫥
Meanwhile, Fujitsu under a different trading name is selling AI to law firms 🫥🫥🫥
I guess so many others had little fight left but also thought they’d be treated fairly 🫥🫥🫥
Meanwhile, Fujitsu under a different trading name is selling AI to law firms 🫥🫥🫥
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Government doesn't need to be "clear in its anti-migrant rhetoric". It needs to reject anti-migrant rhetoric.
#PolticsLive
#PolticsLive
November 12, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Government doesn't need to be "clear in its anti-migrant rhetoric". It needs to reject anti-migrant rhetoric.
#PolticsLive
#PolticsLive
Amber's embarrassment about George kneeling in the restaurant, her lukewarm reception of the ring and her increasingly low-key reactions to life with George might be symptoms of her preoccupation with her parents.
Or they may just mean she's going off him. #TheArchers
Or they may just mean she's going off him. #TheArchers
November 12, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Amber's embarrassment about George kneeling in the restaurant, her lukewarm reception of the ring and her increasingly low-key reactions to life with George might be symptoms of her preoccupation with her parents.
Or they may just mean she's going off him. #TheArchers
Or they may just mean she's going off him. #TheArchers
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NEW
The letter the BBC could send back to Trump
A proposal for a reply to his $1bn claim
By me. Enjoy.
emptycity.substack.com/p/the-letter...
The letter the BBC could send back to Trump
A proposal for a reply to his $1bn claim
By me. Enjoy.
emptycity.substack.com/p/the-letter...
The letter the BBC could send back to Trump
A proposal for a reply to his $1bn claim
emptycity.substack.com
November 12, 2025 at 12:00 PM
NEW
The letter the BBC could send back to Trump
A proposal for a reply to his $1bn claim
By me. Enjoy.
emptycity.substack.com/p/the-letter...
The letter the BBC could send back to Trump
A proposal for a reply to his $1bn claim
By me. Enjoy.
emptycity.substack.com/p/the-letter...
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A billion dollars, to restore the good reputation he doesn't have?
I shall not be buying a TV licence until this is resolved, I would hate any of my money to go to him.
But surely extortion is not legal, even if the president does it as an 'official act'.
Don't cave #BBC
I shall not be buying a TV licence until this is resolved, I would hate any of my money to go to him.
But surely extortion is not legal, even if the president does it as an 'official act'.
Don't cave #BBC
November 11, 2025 at 8:07 AM
A billion dollars, to restore the good reputation he doesn't have?
I shall not be buying a TV licence until this is resolved, I would hate any of my money to go to him.
But surely extortion is not legal, even if the president does it as an 'official act'.
Don't cave #BBC
I shall not be buying a TV licence until this is resolved, I would hate any of my money to go to him.
But surely extortion is not legal, even if the president does it as an 'official act'.
Don't cave #BBC
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November 11, 2025 at 8:14 AM
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Trump doesn’t give a shit about the BBC’s licence fee payers.. the little people have been paying for his lifestyle all his life. #r4today
November 11, 2025 at 8:21 AM
Trump doesn’t give a shit about the BBC’s licence fee payers.. the little people have been paying for his lifestyle all his life. #r4today
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Why don’t they all fly to Inverness and drive from there?
Seems very silly to be driving all that way with an overloaded people carrier
#TheArchers
Seems very silly to be driving all that way with an overloaded people carrier
#TheArchers
November 11, 2025 at 8:32 AM
Why don’t they all fly to Inverness and drive from there?
Seems very silly to be driving all that way with an overloaded people carrier
#TheArchers
Seems very silly to be driving all that way with an overloaded people carrier
#TheArchers