Jim Tomlinson
@jimtomjazz.bsky.social
Loves music (making it and listening to it), birds, yard work (or in English, gardening), cooking, movies, politics, and above all, Stacey Kent.
Politics On The Couch is out with a new episode. Search, subscribe and scour the archive.
@rafaelbehr.bsky.social
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November 9, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Politics On The Couch is out with a new episode. Search, subscribe and scour the archive.
@rafaelbehr.bsky.social
@rafaelbehr.bsky.social
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Which one is more English?
November 6, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Which one is more English?
Fact check TRUE
"...it seems unsustainable for those who care about British democracy to remain on a platform whose owner is fixated on its very destruction."
I've written a couple of things over the last days about how the government and much of Westminster remaining on X as the platform becomes increasingly toxic is having consequences for our politics...
October 31, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Fact check TRUE
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Urgent appeal to identify suspect of racially aggravated rape in Wallsall
Urgent appeal to identify suspect of racially aggravated rape in Wallsall
Police release CCTV footage after man described as white and in his 30s attacked woman in her 20s in Park Hall area
An urgent police appeal has been launched to identify a man believed to have raped a woman in a racially aggravated attack.
West Midlands police were called to the Park Hall area of Walsall just after 7.15pm on Saturday after a woman was reported to be distressed in the street. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
October 26, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Urgent appeal to identify suspect of racially aggravated rape in Wallsall
Another long slog
October 26, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Another long slog
More of a marathon than a sprint
October 26, 2025 at 10:43 AM
More of a marathon than a sprint
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Yay. Priceless. The right column at the right time. And a gleefully English two fingers to the haters.
October 25, 2025 at 7:38 AM
Yay. Priceless. The right column at the right time. And a gleefully English two fingers to the haters.
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tune in for my annual state of the world speech live from tokyo:
Ian Bremmer 2025 State of the World
Live from Tokyo, Ian Bremmer will deliver his ‘State of the World’, an analytical look at the most important geopolitical moments in the year that have moved markets, altered policy priorities, and re...
www.gzeromedia.com
October 21, 2025 at 12:33 AM
tune in for my annual state of the world speech live from tokyo:
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Astonishing piece of journalistic research here. Not astonishing that @sturdyalex.bsky.social can do this fact checking (mad skillz and he keeps his receipts) but that broadcast media didn’t bother.
12 minutes of your life, well spent. Have a listen. Tell your friends
12 minutes of your life, well spent. Have a listen. Tell your friends
I see Nigel Farage is back to claiming he "predicted" the war between Russia and Ukraine in the EU Parliament, when in fact he spoke AFTER the annexation of Crimea, to defend Russia and claim it was all the EU's fault.
I did a full fact-check, with clips, here:
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/f...
I did a full fact-check, with clips, here:
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/f...
Fact Check: Nigel Farage on Ukraine and Putin
Podcast Episode · Quiet Riot · S1, E9 Bonus · 12m
podcasts.apple.com
October 18, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Astonishing piece of journalistic research here. Not astonishing that @sturdyalex.bsky.social can do this fact checking (mad skillz and he keeps his receipts) but that broadcast media didn’t bother.
12 minutes of your life, well spent. Have a listen. Tell your friends
12 minutes of your life, well spent. Have a listen. Tell your friends
Is it just me or does anyone else experience videos critical of Trump hanging after a few seconds. I’m in Starlink and it makes me wonder if Musk is using the network to choke content. @support.bsky.team @bsky.app
October 9, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Is it just me or does anyone else experience videos critical of Trump hanging after a few seconds. I’m in Starlink and it makes me wonder if Musk is using the network to choke content. @support.bsky.team @bsky.app
@lewisgoodall.com
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pca.st/episode/d44e...
Listen to this episode for the most lucid deconstrction of Robert Jenrick’s position on multiculturalism and integration.
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pca.st/episode/d44e...
Listen to this episode for the most lucid deconstrction of Robert Jenrick’s position on multiculturalism and integration.
Why Robert Jenrick wants to see more 'white faces'
pca.st
October 8, 2025 at 12:07 PM
@lewisgoodall.com
@newsagents.bsky.social
pca.st/episode/d44e...
Listen to this episode for the most lucid deconstrction of Robert Jenrick’s position on multiculturalism and integration.
@newsagents.bsky.social
pca.st/episode/d44e...
Listen to this episode for the most lucid deconstrction of Robert Jenrick’s position on multiculturalism and integration.
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October 1, 2025 at 8:48 PM
A pair of Urubus at Guarulhos
September 26, 2025 at 4:56 PM
A pair of Urubus at Guarulhos
I’m still waiting for the Rupture.
September 23, 2025 at 1:11 AM
I’m still waiting for the Rupture.
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Ed Davey, "I'm afraid Nigel Farage should be apologising for helping cause this problem in the first place"
"Before Brexit we didn't have a small boats problem because we had 27 return agreements with EU countries and we could return people"
-Maybe we should call them Farage's Brexit Boats
"Before Brexit we didn't have a small boats problem because we had 27 return agreements with EU countries and we could return people"
-Maybe we should call them Farage's Brexit Boats
September 22, 2025 at 10:08 AM
Ed Davey, "I'm afraid Nigel Farage should be apologising for helping cause this problem in the first place"
"Before Brexit we didn't have a small boats problem because we had 27 return agreements with EU countries and we could return people"
-Maybe we should call them Farage's Brexit Boats
"Before Brexit we didn't have a small boats problem because we had 27 return agreements with EU countries and we could return people"
-Maybe we should call them Farage's Brexit Boats
@teddyshaps.bsky.social Congratulations on the Emmy!! 100% deserved!
September 18, 2025 at 12:10 PM
@teddyshaps.bsky.social Congratulations on the Emmy!! 100% deserved!
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❗️🇵🇱Polish Minister of Foreign Affairs Sikorski: Our assessment is that Russian drones "deliberately targeted" Poland last night.
September 10, 2025 at 5:14 PM
❗️🇵🇱Polish Minister of Foreign Affairs Sikorski: Our assessment is that Russian drones "deliberately targeted" Poland last night.
I was late for the blood moon, but the moonlit mist over the lake was a pretty swanky consolation prize.
September 8, 2025 at 2:06 AM
I was late for the blood moon, but the moonlit mist over the lake was a pretty swanky consolation prize.
@quietriotpod.bsky.social Great Sunday School. If I were Starner’s SPAD for karaoke, I’d suggest he mug up on some Bob Dylan.
September 7, 2025 at 11:53 AM
@quietriotpod.bsky.social Great Sunday School. If I were Starner’s SPAD for karaoke, I’d suggest he mug up on some Bob Dylan.
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Authoritarians thrive on your silence — be loud — for America.
September 7, 2025 at 12:38 AM
Authoritarians thrive on your silence — be loud — for America.
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This photo was taken of miners at the end of their shift during the Gilded Age before they were unionized.
This Labor Day remember the blood, sweat, and tears that those before us paid to give the working class the basic rights we enjoy today.
#UnionStrong #HappyLaborDay #NoGodsNoMasters
This Labor Day remember the blood, sweat, and tears that those before us paid to give the working class the basic rights we enjoy today.
#UnionStrong #HappyLaborDay #NoGodsNoMasters
September 1, 2025 at 4:00 PM
This photo was taken of miners at the end of their shift during the Gilded Age before they were unionized.
This Labor Day remember the blood, sweat, and tears that those before us paid to give the working class the basic rights we enjoy today.
#UnionStrong #HappyLaborDay #NoGodsNoMasters
This Labor Day remember the blood, sweat, and tears that those before us paid to give the working class the basic rights we enjoy today.
#UnionStrong #HappyLaborDay #NoGodsNoMasters
I’m confused by an article that describes a devoutly Christian people who endorse the murder of those who do not share their political views.
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
Book burning, Latin prayers – and a lot of kids: inside the American ‘trad family’ movement
The movement towards simple, Christian living can be a yearning for order in a chaotic age. It’s also alarmingly retrograde
www.theguardian.com
August 30, 2025 at 1:01 PM
I’m confused by an article that describes a devoutly Christian people who endorse the murder of those who do not share their political views.
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
