JB
@jbpol.bsky.social
Lefty, pro LGBT, atheist in Birmingham, UK
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Boris Johnson’s silence is deafening, and his contempt for the bereaved is clear.
His actions during the pandemic amount to one of the gravest betrayals of the British public in history.
His decisions cost tens of thousands of lives that could and should have been saved.
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His actions during the pandemic amount to one of the gravest betrayals of the British public in history.
His decisions cost tens of thousands of lives that could and should have been saved.
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November 21, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Boris Johnson’s silence is deafening, and his contempt for the bereaved is clear.
His actions during the pandemic amount to one of the gravest betrayals of the British public in history.
His decisions cost tens of thousands of lives that could and should have been saved.
1/4
His actions during the pandemic amount to one of the gravest betrayals of the British public in history.
His decisions cost tens of thousands of lives that could and should have been saved.
1/4
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Spot on from Adil Ray 👏
“The connection that she made about being called the P word, and relating that to why she has to tackle migration”
“The feeling is, what she has effectively done, at least it looks like she’s saying the only way we stop racists is by doing the thing they want us to do”
“The connection that she made about being called the P word, and relating that to why she has to tackle migration”
“The feeling is, what she has effectively done, at least it looks like she’s saying the only way we stop racists is by doing the thing they want us to do”
November 21, 2025 at 10:56 AM
Spot on from Adil Ray 👏
“The connection that she made about being called the P word, and relating that to why she has to tackle migration”
“The feeling is, what she has effectively done, at least it looks like she’s saying the only way we stop racists is by doing the thing they want us to do”
“The connection that she made about being called the P word, and relating that to why she has to tackle migration”
“The feeling is, what she has effectively done, at least it looks like she’s saying the only way we stop racists is by doing the thing they want us to do”
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Checking in on MechaHitler
November 20, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Checking in on MechaHitler
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It is indisputable that Brexit has been an economic disaster, and notable that none of its political architects have paid any price.
Brexit has caused almost twice as much damage to the UK economy than estimated by official forecasts, according to new paper from a group of experts including a senior Bank of England economist
Brexit Hit to UK Economy Double Official Estimate, Study Finds
Brexit has caused almost twice as much damage to the UK economy than estimated by official forecasts, according to new paper from a group of experts including a senior Bank of England economist.
bloom.bg
November 21, 2025 at 10:15 AM
It is indisputable that Brexit has been an economic disaster, and notable that none of its political architects have paid any price.
Ask who is better at pulling girls, him or Jeffrey?
I asked grok who was the better role model for humanity, Jesus Christ or Elon Musk. GUESS WHAT.
November 20, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Ask who is better at pulling girls, him or Jeffrey?
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The fear of not having enough money is familiar. But there’s a quieter struggle at the top: feeling uncomfortable with having too much, says money psychotherapist Vicky Reynal ⬇️
Why my ultra-rich clients are ashamed of their wealth
www.thetimes.com
November 20, 2025 at 10:55 AM
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… but Jeremy Corbyn.
November 20, 2025 at 7:12 PM
… but Jeremy Corbyn.
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"caused largely by utterly appalling journalism"
Like the journalism that would have had us believe the least racist party, Labour, was riddled with antisemitism.
Not going to forget that shite journalism in a hurry, especially when it gifted us Boris, ... and a genocide under Kier.
Like the journalism that would have had us believe the least racist party, Labour, was riddled with antisemitism.
Not going to forget that shite journalism in a hurry, especially when it gifted us Boris, ... and a genocide under Kier.
November 20, 2025 at 5:56 PM
"caused largely by utterly appalling journalism"
Like the journalism that would have had us believe the least racist party, Labour, was riddled with antisemitism.
Not going to forget that shite journalism in a hurry, especially when it gifted us Boris, ... and a genocide under Kier.
Like the journalism that would have had us believe the least racist party, Labour, was riddled with antisemitism.
Not going to forget that shite journalism in a hurry, especially when it gifted us Boris, ... and a genocide under Kier.
If they could ensure their leader didn't sit behind a desk, they could probably save about £1m on tissues...
The black hole in Durham County Council’s budget has grown by £11.1mn in the past two months under the control of Reform UK.
Its cabinet has been forced to approve a £10mn list of cuts.
But the measures will still leave the county council with a deficit of £72mn over the coming four years
Its cabinet has been forced to approve a £10mn list of cuts.
But the measures will still leave the county council with a deficit of £72mn over the coming four years
Reform cabinet backs £10mn cuts to start filling Durham’s growing black hole
Reform is now learning that running a big council is not as easy as it probably thought
northeastbylines.co.uk
November 20, 2025 at 8:08 PM
If they could ensure their leader didn't sit behind a desk, they could probably save about £1m on tissues...
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This exchange between Hancock and Johnson on 7th March 2020 speaks volumes about that government’s pandemic leadership.
Hancock: This is a clarion call for you to lead.
Johnson: Ok, I’m off to the rugby.
Hancock: This is a clarion call for you to lead.
Johnson: Ok, I’m off to the rugby.
November 20, 2025 at 7:24 AM
This exchange between Hancock and Johnson on 7th March 2020 speaks volumes about that government’s pandemic leadership.
Hancock: This is a clarion call for you to lead.
Johnson: Ok, I’m off to the rugby.
Hancock: This is a clarion call for you to lead.
Johnson: Ok, I’m off to the rugby.
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when I was young, i used to wonder how people like this would fare in life, as they didn't seem suited for gainful employment. it turns out, the internet allowed them to accumulate a massive audience of similar idiots, enriching them and turning them into a presidential advisor
November 20, 2025 at 12:58 AM
when I was young, i used to wonder how people like this would fare in life, as they didn't seem suited for gainful employment. it turns out, the internet allowed them to accumulate a massive audience of similar idiots, enriching them and turning them into a presidential advisor
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Brexit costs the tax payer £40 billion a year. How the fuck is this not the main story around the budget?!
John Major, "Our links to Europe and America may be loser now than once they were and that is a loss"
"The loss of trade with Europe alone costs us £100 billion of lost trade every year"
"That's a tax yield of £40 billion"
"How useful would that have been in recent months to the Chancellor?"
"The loss of trade with Europe alone costs us £100 billion of lost trade every year"
"That's a tax yield of £40 billion"
"How useful would that have been in recent months to the Chancellor?"
November 19, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Brexit costs the tax payer £40 billion a year. How the fuck is this not the main story around the budget?!
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Does he even own a suit?
November 19, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Does he even own a suit?
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How did she not burst into flames?
Q: Does the new investigation by the SDNY prevent the DOJ from releasing all of the remaining Epstein files?
Bondi: We'll continue to follow the law
Translation: I’ll keep doing everything I can to block any document that could incriminate Trump
Bondi: We'll continue to follow the law
Translation: I’ll keep doing everything I can to block any document that could incriminate Trump
November 19, 2025 at 8:14 PM
How did she not burst into flames?
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We must copy Denmark Social Democrats' hardline anti-asylum measures in order to win back voters' trust, says Shabana Mahmood.
Meanwhile in Denmark:
Meanwhile in Denmark:
November 19, 2025 at 11:27 AM
We must copy Denmark Social Democrats' hardline anti-asylum measures in order to win back voters' trust, says Shabana Mahmood.
Meanwhile in Denmark:
Meanwhile in Denmark:
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The UK isn’t a “soft touch” on asylum.
UK asylum seeker benefits are similar to European neighbours
No right to work before 12 months (it’s 6 months in France, Spain, Belgium, Netherlands)
UK settlement after 5 years (it’s 3 or 4 in Germany)
Let’s cut out the alarmist rhetoric.
UK asylum seeker benefits are similar to European neighbours
No right to work before 12 months (it’s 6 months in France, Spain, Belgium, Netherlands)
UK settlement after 5 years (it’s 3 or 4 in Germany)
Let’s cut out the alarmist rhetoric.
November 19, 2025 at 11:52 AM
The UK isn’t a “soft touch” on asylum.
UK asylum seeker benefits are similar to European neighbours
No right to work before 12 months (it’s 6 months in France, Spain, Belgium, Netherlands)
UK settlement after 5 years (it’s 3 or 4 in Germany)
Let’s cut out the alarmist rhetoric.
UK asylum seeker benefits are similar to European neighbours
No right to work before 12 months (it’s 6 months in France, Spain, Belgium, Netherlands)
UK settlement after 5 years (it’s 3 or 4 in Germany)
Let’s cut out the alarmist rhetoric.
I think most people would consider a net worth of ~£1.5m to be, at worst, well off.
It is practically difficult - how much spent on valuation, appeals, condition etc.
Most importantly, a person earning a fair salary who has paid off their mortgage on a home they bought for £175,000 in 1990 now valued at £1.5m isn’t rich. Property prices and housing is a separate issue. /3
Most importantly, a person earning a fair salary who has paid off their mortgage on a home they bought for £175,000 in 1990 now valued at £1.5m isn’t rich. Property prices and housing is a separate issue. /3
November 19, 2025 at 8:06 AM
I think most people would consider a net worth of ~£1.5m to be, at worst, well off.
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An absolute disgrace that @ox.ac.uk hosted this celebration of murdering a journalist.
See also Curtis Yarvin's remarks in a recent Oxford lecture:
"Say what you want about MBS, he's quite an effective king I think in a lot of different ways. Um love the Ritz thing, the whole Saudi embassy thing, I don't know, but I mean he was a journalist". [Giggles]
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zXYl...
"Say what you want about MBS, he's quite an effective king I think in a lot of different ways. Um love the Ritz thing, the whole Saudi embassy thing, I don't know, but I mean he was a journalist". [Giggles]
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zXYl...
November 18, 2025 at 10:34 PM
An absolute disgrace that @ox.ac.uk hosted this celebration of murdering a journalist.
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GB News broadcasted a package last week on analysis of people with "foreign sounding" names.
Peddling unverified and racist statistics on national TV is dangerous and we must call it out.
The Liberal Democrats are calling on Ofcom to investigate and take swift action.
Anna Sabine MP
Peddling unverified and racist statistics on national TV is dangerous and we must call it out.
The Liberal Democrats are calling on Ofcom to investigate and take swift action.
Anna Sabine MP
November 18, 2025 at 6:30 PM
GB News broadcasted a package last week on analysis of people with "foreign sounding" names.
Peddling unverified and racist statistics on national TV is dangerous and we must call it out.
The Liberal Democrats are calling on Ofcom to investigate and take swift action.
Anna Sabine MP
Peddling unverified and racist statistics on national TV is dangerous and we must call it out.
The Liberal Democrats are calling on Ofcom to investigate and take swift action.
Anna Sabine MP
Patriotism would have been coming forward before Brexit. Too little, too late.
Some of the people in this article have shared their recollections with me before - but on condition of anonymity. Coming forward now is an act of patriotism. Farage’s claim that it never happened is the opposite.
(Note also the line about pronouncing his name.)
www.theguardian.com/politics/ng-...
(Note also the line about pronouncing his name.)
www.theguardian.com/politics/ng-...
‘Deeply shocking’: Nigel Farage faces fresh claims of racism and antisemitism at school
Bafta-winning director among contemporaries urging contrition and apology from Reform UK leader, who denies the allegations
www.theguardian.com
November 18, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Patriotism would have been coming forward before Brexit. Too little, too late.
Nothing if not consistent. Unfortunately.
Clay Higgins was the only member of the House to vote against releasing the Epstein files.
His record also includes allegedly putting a gun to the head of one of his ex-wives, voting for a neo-Nazi, and assaulting an unarmed Black man while working as a cop.
@nlanard.bsky.social's post from Sept:
His record also includes allegedly putting a gun to the head of one of his ex-wives, voting for a neo-Nazi, and assaulting an unarmed Black man while working as a cop.
@nlanard.bsky.social's post from Sept:
Rep. Clay Higgins’ racist tweet is only the tip of the iceberg
His record includes allegedly putting a gun to the head of one his three ex-wives, voting for a neo-Nazi, and assaulting an unarmed Black man.
www.motherjones.com
November 18, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Nothing if not consistent. Unfortunately.
This assumes that blue Labour isn't deliberately trying to get the NF party elected. The actions of this government are indistinguishable from a clique doing exactly that.
Labour’s core voter is a Londoner. While they fret about imagined Reform defecting voters in the “red wall” they’re at risk of losing their 21st century heartland entirely.
www.thenewworld.co.uk/james-ball-l...
www.thenewworld.co.uk/james-ball-l...
November 18, 2025 at 8:11 PM
This assumes that blue Labour isn't deliberately trying to get the NF party elected. The actions of this government are indistinguishable from a clique doing exactly that.
He's right, our monarchy would expect coverups to go on for decades. And it still is with Jeffrey's special friend...
Raskin: "This is the USA. Even the British monarchy wouldn't put up with this! How about the American democracy? How about we say, no way, we're not gonna allow this coverup to go on for one day more."
November 18, 2025 at 7:57 PM
He's right, our monarchy would expect coverups to go on for decades. And it still is with Jeffrey's special friend...
Of course he did, the whole of blue Labour is a front for the NF party.
🔴 NEW - Influential Labour Peer Maurice Glasman Addressed Pro-Reform Conspiracy Group’s Conference
Glasman was a keynote speaker at an event hosted by Together, whose leader has accused Keir Starmer of “destroying Britain”.
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Glasman was a keynote speaker at an event hosted by Together, whose leader has accused Keir Starmer of “destroying Britain”.
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Influential Labour Peer Maurice Glasman Addressed Pro-Reform Conspiracy Group’s Conference
High-profile Labour peer Lord Maurice Glasman was one of the keynote speakers at the annual conference of the Together Declaration, a conspiracy theory group with ties to Reform UK. Together held its ...
www.desmog.com
November 18, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Of course he did, the whole of blue Labour is a front for the NF party.