Keith Metcalf
@keithtastic.bsky.social
Newcastle's most celebrated communications worker/bounty hunter.
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🚨 BREAKING: The former leader of Reform UK in Wales, Nathan Gill, has pleaded guilty to #bribery, admitting he received corrupt payments as a Brexit Party MEP in exchange for making statements in the European Parliament to promote Russia’s interests in #Ukraine.
Reform UK’s ex-leader in Wales Nathan Gill pleads guilty to bribery charges
Gill admits to eight charges while an elected member of the European parliament
www.theguardian.com
September 26, 2025 at 12:29 PM
I've been thinking of the next general election which could be less than 3 years away if Labour spots a scintilla of good news and goes for a summer election in 2028. How will Labour respond if there is a united Reform/Conservative ticket?
September 26, 2025 at 7:01 AM
I've been thinking of the next general election which could be less than 3 years away if Labour spots a scintilla of good news and goes for a summer election in 2028. How will Labour respond if there is a united Reform/Conservative ticket?
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The first time Charlie Chaplin used his voice in a film, he wielded it to forcefully condemn the rising forces of fascism around the globe.
Will we listen to his words today?
Will we listen to his words today?
July 10, 2025 at 5:02 PM
The first time Charlie Chaplin used his voice in a film, he wielded it to forcefully condemn the rising forces of fascism around the globe.
Will we listen to his words today?
Will we listen to his words today?
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Video snippet courtesy of Belfast legend David Holmes on Instagram...
February 22, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Video snippet courtesy of Belfast legend David Holmes on Instagram...
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February 23, 2025 at 8:52 AM
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They are deliberately crossing the red lines, in order to make the unacceptable commonplace and, eventually, acceptable again.
February 21, 2025 at 4:55 PM
They are deliberately crossing the red lines, in order to make the unacceptable commonplace and, eventually, acceptable again.
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History buffs will know that every authoritarian leader eventually converges on some version of: "I *am* the state. I can not break the law, I am the law, the law is instantiated in me."
Our march to authoritarianism so far has been excruciatingly by-the-book. Hitting every beat. No surprises.
Our march to authoritarianism so far has been excruciatingly by-the-book. Hitting every beat. No surprises.
February 15, 2025 at 7:03 PM
History buffs will know that every authoritarian leader eventually converges on some version of: "I *am* the state. I can not break the law, I am the law, the law is instantiated in me."
Our march to authoritarianism so far has been excruciatingly by-the-book. Hitting every beat. No surprises.
Our march to authoritarianism so far has been excruciatingly by-the-book. Hitting every beat. No surprises.
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🚨Breaking🚨
Sir Stephen Fry calls on Keir Starmer to bring ‘effectively bankrupt’ Thames Water into public ownership. 💧
So that ‘it works for all of us, people and planet.’ 🌎
Agree? Sign our petition. Link in comments 👇🏽
#SirStephenFry #ThamesWater #PublicOwnership
Sir Stephen Fry calls on Keir Starmer to bring ‘effectively bankrupt’ Thames Water into public ownership. 💧
So that ‘it works for all of us, people and planet.’ 🌎
Agree? Sign our petition. Link in comments 👇🏽
#SirStephenFry #ThamesWater #PublicOwnership
February 13, 2025 at 11:00 AM
🚨Breaking🚨
Sir Stephen Fry calls on Keir Starmer to bring ‘effectively bankrupt’ Thames Water into public ownership. 💧
So that ‘it works for all of us, people and planet.’ 🌎
Agree? Sign our petition. Link in comments 👇🏽
#SirStephenFry #ThamesWater #PublicOwnership
Sir Stephen Fry calls on Keir Starmer to bring ‘effectively bankrupt’ Thames Water into public ownership. 💧
So that ‘it works for all of us, people and planet.’ 🌎
Agree? Sign our petition. Link in comments 👇🏽
#SirStephenFry #ThamesWater #PublicOwnership
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🤦♂️ So Labour are making ads boasting about deportations, with Reform-style branding.
Why are Labour trying to be like Farage and his mates?
If only the Government put as much effort into creating a fast, fair and dignified asylum system.
Why are Labour trying to be like Farage and his mates?
If only the Government put as much effort into creating a fast, fair and dignified asylum system.
February 7, 2025 at 12:27 PM
🤦♂️ So Labour are making ads boasting about deportations, with Reform-style branding.
Why are Labour trying to be like Farage and his mates?
If only the Government put as much effort into creating a fast, fair and dignified asylum system.
Why are Labour trying to be like Farage and his mates?
If only the Government put as much effort into creating a fast, fair and dignified asylum system.
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Elon Musk just led a coup d'etat in the US.
But the Democrats are a hopeless mess, and the US media is increasingly cowed.
Not looking good for an already deeply compromised US democracy 👇
www.owenjones.news/p/elon-musk-...
But the Democrats are a hopeless mess, and the US media is increasingly cowed.
Not looking good for an already deeply compromised US democracy 👇
www.owenjones.news/p/elon-musk-...
February 4, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Elon Musk just led a coup d'etat in the US.
But the Democrats are a hopeless mess, and the US media is increasingly cowed.
Not looking good for an already deeply compromised US democracy 👇
www.owenjones.news/p/elon-musk-...
But the Democrats are a hopeless mess, and the US media is increasingly cowed.
Not looking good for an already deeply compromised US democracy 👇
www.owenjones.news/p/elon-musk-...
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The last Labour government creditably reduced child poverty.
Starmer & Reeves' Labour Government - by maintaining the two-child benefit limit and cutting local housing allowance - looks set to increase the number of children growing up in poverty ...
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Starmer & Reeves' Labour Government - by maintaining the two-child benefit limit and cutting local housing allowance - looks set to increase the number of children growing up in poverty ...
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Nearly 1m children in UK at risk of poverty due to housing costs – report
Thinktank suggests ministers’ failure to raise LHA will push 90,000 more families into hardship in the next year
www.theguardian.com
February 4, 2025 at 6:18 PM
The last Labour government creditably reduced child poverty.
Starmer & Reeves' Labour Government - by maintaining the two-child benefit limit and cutting local housing allowance - looks set to increase the number of children growing up in poverty ...
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Starmer & Reeves' Labour Government - by maintaining the two-child benefit limit and cutting local housing allowance - looks set to increase the number of children growing up in poverty ...
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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Elon Musk is terrified of everyone knowing the names of the people who work for him.
So do your work.
So do your work.
February 3, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Elon Musk is terrified of everyone knowing the names of the people who work for him.
So do your work.
So do your work.
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GB News, "Surely Brexit is a good thing?"
Andy Dixon, Fisherman, "It's been bad. It hasn't worked out as the government promised.. Locally, in North Shields, it's been a bit of a disaster"
GB News, "In what way?"
Andy Dixon, "Red tape, documentation, it's 100x what it used to be"
Andy Dixon, Fisherman, "It's been bad. It hasn't worked out as the government promised.. Locally, in North Shields, it's been a bit of a disaster"
GB News, "In what way?"
Andy Dixon, "Red tape, documentation, it's 100x what it used to be"
January 31, 2025 at 4:31 PM
GB News, "Surely Brexit is a good thing?"
Andy Dixon, Fisherman, "It's been bad. It hasn't worked out as the government promised.. Locally, in North Shields, it's been a bit of a disaster"
GB News, "In what way?"
Andy Dixon, "Red tape, documentation, it's 100x what it used to be"
Andy Dixon, Fisherman, "It's been bad. It hasn't worked out as the government promised.. Locally, in North Shields, it's been a bit of a disaster"
GB News, "In what way?"
Andy Dixon, "Red tape, documentation, it's 100x what it used to be"
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No.
And anyone who says it can is lying to you.
Climate Emergency. There's a clue in the last word.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
And anyone who says it can is lying to you.
Climate Emergency. There's a clue in the last word.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Electric planes, new fuel: Can Heathrow's third runway be green?
BBC Verify assesses whether Chancellor Rachel Reeves' three key climate claims about the runway add up.
www.bbc.com
January 28, 2025 at 8:18 PM
No.
And anyone who says it can is lying to you.
Climate Emergency. There's a clue in the last word.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
And anyone who says it can is lying to you.
Climate Emergency. There's a clue in the last word.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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I can be as critical as anyone of the government's occasionally muddled message on growth but Look! At! This! Chart!! Anything they've done pales next to this GIGANTIC UNFORCED ERROR COMMITTED IN 2016!
(fagpacket maths follows)
on.ft.com/4hzyvbJ
(fagpacket maths follows)
on.ft.com/4hzyvbJ
January 29, 2025 at 6:56 AM
I can be as critical as anyone of the government's occasionally muddled message on growth but Look! At! This! Chart!! Anything they've done pales next to this GIGANTIC UNFORCED ERROR COMMITTED IN 2016!
(fagpacket maths follows)
on.ft.com/4hzyvbJ
(fagpacket maths follows)
on.ft.com/4hzyvbJ
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The planet does not need more successful people. The planet desperately needs more peacemakers, healers, restorers, storytellers, and lovers of all kinds." — David W. Orr
January 28, 2025 at 3:06 PM
The planet does not need more successful people. The planet desperately needs more peacemakers, healers, restorers, storytellers, and lovers of all kinds." — David W. Orr
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DeepSeek’s success with less powerful chips shows how constraints fuel innovation. While the West poured billions into brute-force solutions, resource-limited teams in China built models that are leaner, cheaper, and just as powerful. Sometimes, too much money breeds inefficiency.
January 27, 2025 at 5:01 PM
DeepSeek’s success with less powerful chips shows how constraints fuel innovation. While the West poured billions into brute-force solutions, resource-limited teams in China built models that are leaner, cheaper, and just as powerful. Sometimes, too much money breeds inefficiency.
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I'm late for Burn's Night I know, but To a Mouse is such a beautiful & relevant poem
"I'm truly sorry man's dominion,
Has broken nature's social union,
An' justifies that ill opinion,
Which makes thee startle
At me, thy poor, earth-born companion,
An' fellow-mortal"
www.scotland.org/events/burns...
"I'm truly sorry man's dominion,
Has broken nature's social union,
An' justifies that ill opinion,
Which makes thee startle
At me, thy poor, earth-born companion,
An' fellow-mortal"
www.scotland.org/events/burns...
To A Mouse | Scotland.org
Learn the lyrics to the Robert Burns poem, 'To A Mouse'.
www.scotland.org
January 26, 2025 at 8:56 PM
I'm late for Burn's Night I know, but To a Mouse is such a beautiful & relevant poem
"I'm truly sorry man's dominion,
Has broken nature's social union,
An' justifies that ill opinion,
Which makes thee startle
At me, thy poor, earth-born companion,
An' fellow-mortal"
www.scotland.org/events/burns...
"I'm truly sorry man's dominion,
Has broken nature's social union,
An' justifies that ill opinion,
Which makes thee startle
At me, thy poor, earth-born companion,
An' fellow-mortal"
www.scotland.org/events/burns...
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Mike, please would you give this a push?
1 personal endorsement from someone, such as yourself, is worth thousands of posts from someone like me - especially now people are deleting Twitter and Facebook it's going to be difficult getting petitions signed 🙏
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
1 personal endorsement from someone, such as yourself, is worth thousands of posts from someone like me - especially now people are deleting Twitter and Facebook it's going to be difficult getting petitions signed 🙏
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
Petition: Apply for the UK to join the European Union as a full member as soon as possible
I believe joining the EU would boost the economy, increase global influence, improve collaboration and provide stability & freedom. I believe that Brexit hasn't brought any tangible benefit and there ...
petition.parliament.uk
January 26, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Mike, please would you give this a push?
1 personal endorsement from someone, such as yourself, is worth thousands of posts from someone like me - especially now people are deleting Twitter and Facebook it's going to be difficult getting petitions signed 🙏
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
1 personal endorsement from someone, such as yourself, is worth thousands of posts from someone like me - especially now people are deleting Twitter and Facebook it's going to be difficult getting petitions signed 🙏
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
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I personally think that this is a far more appropriate name.
January 21, 2025 at 3:15 PM
I personally think that this is a far more appropriate name.
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was mostly keeping it together until I read Kyle MacLachlan's tribute to David Lynch
January 16, 2025 at 9:23 PM
was mostly keeping it together until I read Kyle MacLachlan's tribute to David Lynch
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No, the mistake was designing the algorithms to increase or prioritise engagement as you are most engaged when you are angry . Just think if they prioritised happiness, what a different world we'd be in
January 16, 2025 at 3:31 AM
No, the mistake was designing the algorithms to increase or prioritise engagement as you are most engaged when you are angry . Just think if they prioritised happiness, what a different world we'd be in