Ant ‘meeware’ Miller
@meeware.bsky.social
Centrist Dad, pro-rejoin, rational skeptic, into FOSS, archives, thorium fission power, naval defence tech, pacifist as far as possible, then clatter the buggers. Compassion as a superpower.
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Not too indulge in too much whataboutism but…
For those of you thinking Angela Rayner got what she deserved, consider the following:
Nadhim Zahawi: £4.8-5 million tax settlement, penalty for “careless” error with offshore YouGov shares.
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For those of you thinking Angela Rayner got what she deserved, consider the following:
Nadhim Zahawi: £4.8-5 million tax settlement, penalty for “careless” error with offshore YouGov shares.
1/some
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"This is a government that, thanks to its own mis-steps, has burned right through the political capital its landslide election victory earned it just 16 months ago". www.ft.com/content/3128...
Labour has shredded its claim to competence
A chaotic week has raised the risks around this month’s crucial Budget
www.ft.com
November 15, 2025 at 2:26 PM
"This is a government that, thanks to its own mis-steps, has burned right through the political capital its landslide election victory earned it just 16 months ago". www.ft.com/content/3128...
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It’s wild that you can just openly bribe the President of the United States with chunks of gold to get
whatever you want, it’s fine, you don’t have to hide it, just say “I am bribing the President with gold,” zero consequences.
whatever you want, it’s fine, you don’t have to hide it, just say “I am bribing the President with gold,” zero consequences.
"It was tough to beat Apple, but the Swiss did it." said one administration official.
How the Swiss convinced Trump to drop tariffs with gifts of a Rolex desk clock and a 1 kg gold bar.
www.axios.com/2025/11/14/t...
How the Swiss convinced Trump to drop tariffs with gifts of a Rolex desk clock and a 1 kg gold bar.
www.axios.com/2025/11/14/t...
How to lobby Trump with Swiss precision: gifts, gold and gab
How the Swiss broke a diplomatic logjam on tariffs by arriving with tributes fit for a king.
www.axios.com
November 15, 2025 at 2:17 PM
It’s wild that you can just openly bribe the President of the United States with chunks of gold to get
whatever you want, it’s fine, you don’t have to hide it, just say “I am bribing the President with gold,” zero consequences.
whatever you want, it’s fine, you don’t have to hide it, just say “I am bribing the President with gold,” zero consequences.
Denmark is a lovely place. Its immigration policies are very poor. It is not a model to follow.
November 15, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Denmark is a lovely place. Its immigration policies are very poor. It is not a model to follow.
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It's interesting how this government cannot even bring itself to make the case for a tax rise for "law and order" (the whole system is, as we know, collapsing from years of austerity). Obviously <people like me> would be suspicious - but it should appeal to the voters they claim to be targeting.
If you want to see a government ACTUALLY “losing control” of something, helpless in the face of organised crime, look at this:
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Kidlington fly-tipping: Criminals dump mountain of waste in field
The enormous pile of rubbish is called an
www.bbc.co.uk
November 15, 2025 at 8:24 AM
It's interesting how this government cannot even bring itself to make the case for a tax rise for "law and order" (the whole system is, as we know, collapsing from years of austerity). Obviously <people like me> would be suspicious - but it should appeal to the voters they claim to be targeting.
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"Many people arrested after January 6 said the only reason they rioted was because of what Trump said," says Lewis Goodall.
“Yet, if you listen to all of this, the conclusion is that the sin of that day is a 10 second edit on a BBC programme"
www.thenewsagents.co.uk/article/insi...
“Yet, if you listen to all of this, the conclusion is that the sin of that day is a 10 second edit on a BBC programme"
www.thenewsagents.co.uk/article/insi...
Inside the BBC bias allegations | The News Agents
The News Agents, all of whom spent years working for the BBC, discuss the “existential moment” facing their former employer, with top-level resignations after allegations of systemic bias in its…
www.thenewsagents.co.uk
November 15, 2025 at 8:30 AM
"Many people arrested after January 6 said the only reason they rioted was because of what Trump said," says Lewis Goodall.
“Yet, if you listen to all of this, the conclusion is that the sin of that day is a 10 second edit on a BBC programme"
www.thenewsagents.co.uk/article/insi...
“Yet, if you listen to all of this, the conclusion is that the sin of that day is a 10 second edit on a BBC programme"
www.thenewsagents.co.uk/article/insi...
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Here's Keir Starmer before the general election promising Ukrainian refugees that he will stand with them "as long as it takes".
Now his Government's own policy is that "the era of permanent protection [for refugees] is over"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Ra9...
Now his Government's own policy is that "the era of permanent protection [for refugees] is over"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Ra9...
Keir Starmer meets Ukrainian families on the two year anniversary of the war in Ukraine
YouTube video by Keir Starmer
www.youtube.com
November 15, 2025 at 8:44 AM
Here's Keir Starmer before the general election promising Ukrainian refugees that he will stand with them "as long as it takes".
Now his Government's own policy is that "the era of permanent protection [for refugees] is over"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Ra9...
Now his Government's own policy is that "the era of permanent protection [for refugees] is over"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Ra9...
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The “reading out very obvious bullshit WhatsApp messages from brazen liars on the Ten O’Clock News” situation has developed not necessarily to Britain’s advantage
November 12, 2025 at 10:14 AM
The “reading out very obvious bullshit WhatsApp messages from brazen liars on the Ten O’Clock News” situation has developed not necessarily to Britain’s advantage
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And in Lancashire
Lancashire’s Reform-run council plans to close care homes and day centres
Questions about potential conflict of interest as council’s cabinet member for social care owns private care company
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Lancashire’s Reform-run council plans to close care homes and day centres
Questions about potential conflict of interest as council’s cabinet member for social care owns private care company
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Lancashire’s Reform-run council plans to close care homes and day centres
Questions about potential conflict of interest as council’s cabinet member for social care owns private care company
www.theguardian.com
November 12, 2025 at 10:15 AM
And in Lancashire
Lancashire’s Reform-run council plans to close care homes and day centres
Questions about potential conflict of interest as council’s cabinet member for social care owns private care company
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Lancashire’s Reform-run council plans to close care homes and day centres
Questions about potential conflict of interest as council’s cabinet member for social care owns private care company
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Nigel Farage said their flagship council in Kent would be a "shop window" for how they would run the country.
Just months after taking over they're now set to slash multiple council committees as they struggle to fill posts after sacking nine of their own councillors
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/12/r...
Just months after taking over they're now set to slash multiple council committees as they struggle to fill posts after sacking nine of their own councillors
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/12/r...
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 9:36 AM
Nigel Farage said their flagship council in Kent would be a "shop window" for how they would run the country.
Just months after taking over they're now set to slash multiple council committees as they struggle to fill posts after sacking nine of their own councillors
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/12/r...
Just months after taking over they're now set to slash multiple council committees as they struggle to fill posts after sacking nine of their own councillors
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/12/r...
Why does today keep opening doors to darker places than I hoped I’d ever imagine?
Predator but for real. In Sarajevo in the 1990s.
“There were no political or religious motivations. They were rich people who went there for fun and personal satisfaction. We are talking about people who love guns who perhaps go to shooting ranges or on safari in Africa.” www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
November 12, 2025 at 10:17 AM
Why does today keep opening doors to darker places than I hoped I’d ever imagine?
Perhaps McSweeney is one of those political animals who is great in opposition and campaigns, and useless in government. I mean.. they are very different situations aren’t they?
@alastaircampbell2.bsky.social ?
@alastaircampbell2.bsky.social ?
November 12, 2025 at 10:16 AM
Perhaps McSweeney is one of those political animals who is great in opposition and campaigns, and useless in government. I mean.. they are very different situations aren’t they?
@alastaircampbell2.bsky.social ?
@alastaircampbell2.bsky.social ?
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At Byline Times we’ve published dozens of articles on Sir Robbie Gibb’s role at GB News, the Jewish Chronicle, and of course BBC News for nearly five years
Tomorrow’s headlines today
bylinetimes.com?s=Sir+Robbie...
Tomorrow’s headlines today
bylinetimes.com?s=Sir+Robbie...
You searched for Sir Robbie Gibb – Byline Times
bylinetimes.com
November 12, 2025 at 9:02 AM
At Byline Times we’ve published dozens of articles on Sir Robbie Gibb’s role at GB News, the Jewish Chronicle, and of course BBC News for nearly five years
Tomorrow’s headlines today
bylinetimes.com?s=Sir+Robbie...
Tomorrow’s headlines today
bylinetimes.com?s=Sir+Robbie...
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BBC Under Attack: Pot and Kettle Special
The new Private Eye is out now.
The new Private Eye is out now.
November 12, 2025 at 8:06 AM
BBC Under Attack: Pot and Kettle Special
The new Private Eye is out now.
The new Private Eye is out now.
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COP events drive the annual climate reporting season. The State of the Cryosphere 2025 report however, stands out. The report shows that critical thresholds have already been exceeded - its a must read.
My summary and thoughts: drtomharris.substack.com/p/we-cannot-...
#climatechange #cryosphere
My summary and thoughts: drtomharris.substack.com/p/we-cannot-...
#climatechange #cryosphere
We cannot negotiate with the melting point of ice.
The 2025 State of the Cryosphere Report reveals accelerating losses of ice sheets, mountain glaciers, sea ice and permafrost. This impacts everyone, but growing damage could still be reduced - barely.
drtomharris.substack.com
November 12, 2025 at 9:24 AM
COP events drive the annual climate reporting season. The State of the Cryosphere 2025 report however, stands out. The report shows that critical thresholds have already been exceeded - its a must read.
My summary and thoughts: drtomharris.substack.com/p/we-cannot-...
#climatechange #cryosphere
My summary and thoughts: drtomharris.substack.com/p/we-cannot-...
#climatechange #cryosphere
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This is utterly disgraceful.
1/ The US Government has quietly removed a memorial to Black soldiers who died in World War II from the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg. The move follows a complaint from the right-wing Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission. ⬇️
November 9, 2025 at 12:56 PM
This is utterly disgraceful.
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'They were those like Sir Oswald Mosley who were fascinated by the spectacle of brutal power. They would like to use it themselves. They grovelled to Nazi dictatorship in order that they could make people in their turn grovel to them'
Winston Churchill, 1936
Winston Churchill, 1936
Conservative Shadow Culture Secretary Nigel Huddleston tells GB News that the BBC should "grovel" to Trump.
Amazing how many British 'patriots' are spending their time telling our national broadcaster to prostrate itself before a hostile foreign leader
Amazing how many British 'patriots' are spending their time telling our national broadcaster to prostrate itself before a hostile foreign leader
November 11, 2025 at 12:23 PM
'They were those like Sir Oswald Mosley who were fascinated by the spectacle of brutal power. They would like to use it themselves. They grovelled to Nazi dictatorship in order that they could make people in their turn grovel to them'
Winston Churchill, 1936
Winston Churchill, 1936
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Conservative Shadow Culture Secretary Nigel Huddleston tells GB News that the BBC should "grovel" to Trump.
Amazing how many British 'patriots' are spending their time telling our national broadcaster to prostrate itself before a hostile foreign leader
Amazing how many British 'patriots' are spending their time telling our national broadcaster to prostrate itself before a hostile foreign leader
November 11, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Conservative Shadow Culture Secretary Nigel Huddleston tells GB News that the BBC should "grovel" to Trump.
Amazing how many British 'patriots' are spending their time telling our national broadcaster to prostrate itself before a hostile foreign leader
Amazing how many British 'patriots' are spending their time telling our national broadcaster to prostrate itself before a hostile foreign leader
A thoroughly lovely thread to remind us all of the genuine generosity of spirit that the ivory towers can foster.
Right, enough of James Watson - who's a senior academic you've met who's been an utter delight?
I'll go first: Jocelyn Bell Burnell
I'll go first: Jocelyn Bell Burnell
November 11, 2025 at 4:03 PM
A thoroughly lovely thread to remind us all of the genuine generosity of spirit that the ivory towers can foster.
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I don’t even think Otto is OTT in saying this. Farage consistently works against British interests, whether Brexit, Russia and praising Putin (including his mate being bribed by them) or now conspiring with a proto-fascist foreign moron to destroy a flawed yet still vital national institution
November 11, 2025 at 8:39 AM
I don’t even think Otto is OTT in saying this. Farage consistently works against British interests, whether Brexit, Russia and praising Putin (including his mate being bribed by them) or now conspiring with a proto-fascist foreign moron to destroy a flawed yet still vital national institution
When ever there is any major story in the news with any political impact ask a single two parted question:
Who is telling me this, and why does it matter to them?
The BBC story is from a particular group and serves them well.
Who is telling me this, and why does it matter to them?
The BBC story is from a particular group and serves them well.
November 11, 2025 at 8:54 AM
When ever there is any major story in the news with any political impact ask a single two parted question:
Who is telling me this, and why does it matter to them?
The BBC story is from a particular group and serves them well.
Who is telling me this, and why does it matter to them?
The BBC story is from a particular group and serves them well.
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This is a genuinely intolerable reality…
November 10, 2025 at 11:01 PM
This is a genuinely intolerable reality…
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You can be assured that tendentious memo by Michael Prescott, and the co-ordinated combination of the Telegraph, Mail, Boris Johnson, Nigel Farage and the White House means that the BBC hit job has been long in the planning, and has some insider help
November 10, 2025 at 11:10 AM
You can be assured that tendentious memo by Michael Prescott, and the co-ordinated combination of the Telegraph, Mail, Boris Johnson, Nigel Farage and the White House means that the BBC hit job has been long in the planning, and has some insider help
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Evan Davis described Chris Patten as a voice from the left on BBC PM tonight.
November 10, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Evan Davis described Chris Patten as a voice from the left on BBC PM tonight.
Just in passing, this would be the same ‘Panorama’ that had its budget cut savagely by the two people just resigned? Huh. Mkay.
November 10, 2025 at 8:35 AM
Just in passing, this would be the same ‘Panorama’ that had its budget cut savagely by the two people just resigned? Huh. Mkay.
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The people trying to create a Britain of race hate are as follows:
Elon Musk - X
Tabor-King - Global & #Lbc
Murdoch - Talk Radio
Rothermere's - Daily Mail
Zuckerberg - Facebook
Paul Marshall - GB News
Chris Harborne - Farage & Johnson, donor
Chris Chandler - Legatum
Elon Musk - X
Tabor-King - Global & #Lbc
Murdoch - Talk Radio
Rothermere's - Daily Mail
Zuckerberg - Facebook
Paul Marshall - GB News
Chris Harborne - Farage & Johnson, donor
Chris Chandler - Legatum
October 29, 2025 at 11:15 AM
The people trying to create a Britain of race hate are as follows:
Elon Musk - X
Tabor-King - Global & #Lbc
Murdoch - Talk Radio
Rothermere's - Daily Mail
Zuckerberg - Facebook
Paul Marshall - GB News
Chris Harborne - Farage & Johnson, donor
Chris Chandler - Legatum
Elon Musk - X
Tabor-King - Global & #Lbc
Murdoch - Talk Radio
Rothermere's - Daily Mail
Zuckerberg - Facebook
Paul Marshall - GB News
Chris Harborne - Farage & Johnson, donor
Chris Chandler - Legatum