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“… fiscally incoherent, internationally reckless and economically self-defeating proposals that would ultimately cause even more damage than Reeves could conjure up..”
@bearlypolitics.co.uk with the facts on Reform’s fantasy economics.
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@bearlypolitics.co.uk with the facts on Reform’s fantasy economics.
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Reform UK Unveils Budget Written Entirely in Crayon
£25bn of imagined savings, real-world cruelty and mathematics that should come with a trigger warning.
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November 19, 2025 at 10:47 AM
“… fiscally incoherent, internationally reckless and economically self-defeating proposals that would ultimately cause even more damage than Reeves could conjure up..”
@bearlypolitics.co.uk with the facts on Reform’s fantasy economics.
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@bearlypolitics.co.uk with the facts on Reform’s fantasy economics.
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Please vote if you can.
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I need your help
For 30 Seconds
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November 19, 2025 at 10:25 AM
Please vote if you can.
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Another satirical masterpiece from 👇
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The PNG Courier's overseas correspondent on the crisis at the Beeb
Auntie's anti-Trump bias
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November 12, 2025 at 11:09 AM
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Schrodinger's Pleb:
A great piece of commentary/satire
by Darren McGarvey
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A great piece of commentary/satire
by Darren McGarvey
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Schrodinger's Pleb
Inside the Mind of an Angry British Patriot
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November 7, 2025 at 8:05 AM
Schrodinger's Pleb:
A great piece of commentary/satire
by Darren McGarvey
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A great piece of commentary/satire
by Darren McGarvey
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“Because populism is, at its very core, an opposition sport - it only ever functions on the luxury of being able to promise everything while at the same time being responsible for nothing.”
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Another great piece by👇
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Nigel Farage vs The Bond Market: Round One (He Lost)
Farage has discovered what every populist eventually does - you can’t outshout mathematics.
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November 4, 2025 at 6:47 PM
“Because populism is, at its very core, an opposition sport - it only ever functions on the luxury of being able to promise everything while at the same time being responsible for nothing.”
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Another great piece by👇
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‘When racists start citing research, you know the point’s been lost. The “evidence” used to defend Pochin proves the exact opposite of what they think.’
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‘When racists start citing research, you know the point’s been lost. The “evidence” used to defend Pochin proves the exact opposite of what they think.’
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October 27, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Stay informed. Follow @bearlypolitics.co.uk
‘When racists start citing research, you know the point’s been lost. The “evidence” used to defend Pochin proves the exact opposite of what they think.’
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‘When racists start citing research, you know the point’s been lost. The “evidence” used to defend Pochin proves the exact opposite of what they think.’
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Once again, the Telegraph seems shocked that the EU is acting like… the EU.
This is exactly what sovereignty looks like when you’re on the outside.
This is exactly what sovereignty looks like when you’re on the outside.
October 8, 2025 at 6:34 AM
Once again, the Telegraph seems shocked that the EU is acting like… the EU.
This is exactly what sovereignty looks like when you’re on the outside.
This is exactly what sovereignty looks like when you’re on the outside.
“Successive UK governments have played an undeniable role in creating today’s problems-through a mix of geopolitical grandiosity, servility to capital and the press, and plain old public-school ineptitude.”
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The St Georges Cross We Bear
Flags, immigration, and the myths holding England back
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September 11, 2025 at 4:59 PM
“Successive UK governments have played an undeniable role in creating today’s problems-through a mix of geopolitical grandiosity, servility to capital and the press, and plain old public-school ineptitude.”
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Kinpurney Tower, Newtyle, Angus.
September 10, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Kinpurney Tower, Newtyle, Angus.
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Bearly Politics | The Bear | Substack
Welcome to Bearly Politics! I'm The Bear, your slightly exasperated guide to the strange world of modern politics. Here, I attempt to tackle the absurdities of power, with claws sharpened by satire an...
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September 2, 2025 at 7:11 PM
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“To Labour inheritors of the poisoned Tory chalice, leadership isn’t about articulating a vision and leading people toward it. It’s about aping the policies of right-wing nihilists and then threatening the electorate with right-wing nihilists if it doesn’t vote for them.”
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The PNG Courier overseas edition on mini-roundabouts
(And Yvette Cooper's bunting)
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(And Yvette Cooper's bunting)
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The PNG Courier overseas edition on mini-roundabouts
And Yvette Cooper's bunting
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September 4, 2025 at 4:27 PM
“To Labour inheritors of the poisoned Tory chalice, leadership isn’t about articulating a vision and leading people toward it. It’s about aping the policies of right-wing nihilists and then threatening the electorate with right-wing nihilists if it doesn’t vote for them.”
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I see all the media organisations endlessly parroting the "free speech under threat" rhetoric of the right are now staying completely silent as Reform and the Conservatives openly ban news outlets that criticise them from covering their events
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Kemi Badenoch's 'Free Speech' Conservatives Ban Byline Times From Party Conference
The ban on covering the party's annual gathering came despite Badenoch's repeated commitment to "fight" for free speech and a free press
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September 4, 2025 at 11:40 AM
I see all the media organisations endlessly parroting the "free speech under threat" rhetoric of the right are now staying completely silent as Reform and the Conservatives openly ban news outlets that criticise them from covering their events
bylinetimes.com/2025/09/04/k...
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Watching @raskin.house.gov eviscerate Nigel Farage in Congress was a rare joy.
Finally someone called out the charlatanry:
Free speech for me, not for thee - while wearing a GB News pin in Washington.
Finally someone called out the charlatanry:
Free speech for me, not for thee - while wearing a GB News pin in Washington.
“Putin-Loving Imposter”: Raskin Finally Calls Farage What He Is
What Was Meant to be Another Farage Victory Lap Turned Into a Demolition of His Record, His Hypocrisy, and His Loyalties.
www.bearlypolitics.co.uk
September 4, 2025 at 4:10 PM
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No, the ECHR isn't the EU.
No, it's not a "criminal's charter."
No, it's not optional.
Yes, I skipped out on Below Deck Down Under to write an explainer.
(Also, it’s probably too long)
No, it's not a "criminal's charter."
No, it's not optional.
Yes, I skipped out on Below Deck Down Under to write an explainer.
(Also, it’s probably too long)
Leaving the ECHR Won't "Take Back Control" - It Will Hand Your Rights to Politicians
They Myths are Seductive, The Reality is Very Different - Without the ECHR Your Freedoms Rest On Whichever Home Secretary Wakes Up Grumpy
www.bearlypolitics.co.uk
August 29, 2025 at 9:45 AM
No, the ECHR isn't the EU.
No, it's not a "criminal's charter."
No, it's not optional.
Yes, I skipped out on Below Deck Down Under to write an explainer.
(Also, it’s probably too long)
No, it's not a "criminal's charter."
No, it's not optional.
Yes, I skipped out on Below Deck Down Under to write an explainer.
(Also, it’s probably too long)
Nailed it…again!
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August 28, 2025 at 9:16 AM
Nailed it…again!
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Let's be honest: Labour have chosen to strap rocket boosters to Reform from their very first day in office.
They had the numbers to set the agenda, and the public conversation.
Instead they've banged on about immigration almost more than Farage has, with scarcely a word about "good" immigration.
They had the numbers to set the agenda, and the public conversation.
Instead they've banged on about immigration almost more than Farage has, with scarcely a word about "good" immigration.
August 26, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Let's be honest: Labour have chosen to strap rocket boosters to Reform from their very first day in office.
They had the numbers to set the agenda, and the public conversation.
Instead they've banged on about immigration almost more than Farage has, with scarcely a word about "good" immigration.
They had the numbers to set the agenda, and the public conversation.
Instead they've banged on about immigration almost more than Farage has, with scarcely a word about "good" immigration.
“The injustice in every case isn’t that they were called racist. The injustice is that they felt safe enough to be racist in the first place - and that the conversation is so quickly hijacked into a referendum on politeness rather than prejudice.”
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Step 1: Say something racist.
Step 2: Get called racist.
Step 3: Cry victim, shout “cancel culture,” and watch the media apologise to you.
That’s the strategy - and it's nonsense.
Step 2: Get called racist.
Step 3: Cry victim, shout “cancel culture,” and watch the media apologise to you.
That’s the strategy - and it's nonsense.
How “Racist” Became the Dirtiest Word in Britain
When Xenophobia and Bigotry are Shrugged off but the Label Itself Sparks Outrage, the Conversation is Already Rigged.
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August 26, 2025 at 11:08 AM
“The injustice in every case isn’t that they were called racist. The injustice is that they felt safe enough to be racist in the first place - and that the conversation is so quickly hijacked into a referendum on politeness rather than prejudice.”
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A meeting of two great minds that relegates Frost/Nixon to amateur night at the village debating club.
Some politicians blur the line between satire and reality.
@sirmichaeltake.bsky.social grabs that line, feeds it gin, and sends it on a team-building exercise with Nadine Dorries.
I had the pleasure of interviewing Britain’s most fictional MP:
@sirmichaeltake.bsky.social grabs that line, feeds it gin, and sends it on a team-building exercise with Nadine Dorries.
I had the pleasure of interviewing Britain’s most fictional MP:
Sir Michael Take, MP for Common Sense and Conkers
He’s not real. But he’s realer than most of them. A joyful, absurd, and occasionally terrifying conversation with Britain’s most believable fake politician.
www.bearlypolitics.co.uk
August 8, 2025 at 4:31 PM
A meeting of two great minds that relegates Frost/Nixon to amateur night at the village debating club.
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The PNG Courier on the crime against humanity currently being permitted to take place in Gaza.
Substack - mrhenrymorris.substack.com/p/the-png-co...
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July 25, 2025 at 10:03 AM
The PNG Courier on the crime against humanity currently being permitted to take place in Gaza.
Substack - mrhenrymorris.substack.com/p/the-png-co...
Substack - mrhenrymorris.substack.com/p/the-png-co...
“Labour cannot have it both ways […] ….they as the new UK government are failing the economy in the UK, but they want to take credit for Scotland’s better economic position while simultanously Labour also declare that the SNP are failing Scotland’s economy”
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Scotland’s economy has recently been outperforming the rest of the UK
By Liz S Labour are failing in what they promoted as being their main mission as the new UK government. Number one focus for them being “Growth” in the UK economy. On July 11th it was rep…
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July 16, 2025 at 8:31 AM
“Labour cannot have it both ways […] ….they as the new UK government are failing the economy in the UK, but they want to take credit for Scotland’s better economic position while simultanously Labour also declare that the SNP are failing Scotland’s economy”
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“Praise for Scottish Government/COSLA 10 year health and care plan - but little or no mainstream media coverage.
Consequence: Scotland’s electorate left ill-formed on this positive whilst continually subjected to negatively framed news in Scotland.”
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Consequence: Scotland’s electorate left ill-formed on this positive whilst continually subjected to negatively framed news in Scotland.”
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July 16, 2025 at 8:24 AM
“Praise for Scottish Government/COSLA 10 year health and care plan - but little or no mainstream media coverage.
Consequence: Scotland’s electorate left ill-formed on this positive whilst continually subjected to negatively framed news in Scotland.”
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Consequence: Scotland’s electorate left ill-formed on this positive whilst continually subjected to negatively framed news in Scotland.”
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“But the truth is that most jobs in the UK are created by small and medium enterprises that thrive on local demand created by people with ordinary incomes, or via public spending. As for taxes, our existing system is so riddled with advantages for the wealthy…”
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The FT has published an editorial attacking taxes on the wealthy, and saying we must keep those threatening to leave, come what may. They're horribly wrong. If pandering to tax abuse is the price of keeping the wealthy, we should show them the door. www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/07...
The FT needs to get its head around wealth, and the need to tax it
The Financial Times published an editorial yesterday which revealed more about the priorities of the economic establishment than it probably intended.
The FT editorial team was worrying, at considerab...
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July 13, 2025 at 10:26 AM
“But the truth is that most jobs in the UK are created by small and medium enterprises that thrive on local demand created by people with ordinary incomes, or via public spending. As for taxes, our existing system is so riddled with advantages for the wealthy…”
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“Because this is how change happens. Not through viral takedowns or rousing speeches, but in the slow, stubborn accumulation of conversations [..]A quiet pushback at a family dinner. A moment where someone says, “Hang on. That doesn’t sound right.” And maybe they stay long enough to hear the answer”
On Bluesky: thoughtful people, difficult conversations.
On the bird app: white-hot rage, wilful ignorance, and several people shouting “what about free speech?” while burning cardboard refugees.
So I made a resource. One FAQ. Nine excuses. Nine replies.
Read and share if it helps.
On the bird app: white-hot rage, wilful ignorance, and several people shouting “what about free speech?” while burning cardboard refugees.
So I made a resource. One FAQ. Nine excuses. Nine replies.
Read and share if it helps.
Hate, But Make It Heritage
The Moygashel bonfire wasn’t about frustration - it was about dehumanisation. And the justifications are getting bolder.
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July 11, 2025 at 1:01 PM
“Because this is how change happens. Not through viral takedowns or rousing speeches, but in the slow, stubborn accumulation of conversations [..]A quiet pushback at a family dinner. A moment where someone says, “Hang on. That doesn’t sound right.” And maybe they stay long enough to hear the answer”