Mel James
@melodij.bsky.social
Art, science, cricket; anti-tory, pro-Europe animal-adorer (except spiders). Stopped off in Cornwall for a while, and might end up staying here.
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@mrjamesob.bsky.social
you need to do more to share what Labour do.
The work they are doing is transformational & is setting up the foundations up for a much better future.
Yet you do tend to be negative & rarely focus on the positives.
Let's see more shows looking at policy not personality.
you need to do more to share what Labour do.
The work they are doing is transformational & is setting up the foundations up for a much better future.
Yet you do tend to be negative & rarely focus on the positives.
Let's see more shows looking at policy not personality.
November 12, 2025 at 10:31 AM
@mrjamesob.bsky.social
you need to do more to share what Labour do.
The work they are doing is transformational & is setting up the foundations up for a much better future.
Yet you do tend to be negative & rarely focus on the positives.
Let's see more shows looking at policy not personality.
you need to do more to share what Labour do.
The work they are doing is transformational & is setting up the foundations up for a much better future.
Yet you do tend to be negative & rarely focus on the positives.
Let's see more shows looking at policy not personality.
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Starmer has taken a commercial flight and not used a private jet at a cost of millions? How is that possible?
October 9, 2025 at 8:29 AM
Starmer has taken a commercial flight and not used a private jet at a cost of millions? How is that possible?
They actually explained on BBCPM how Brexit is largely to blame for the "small boats" issue!! Louder, please.
August 29, 2025 at 6:49 PM
They actually explained on BBCPM how Brexit is largely to blame for the "small boats" issue!! Louder, please.
Sports broadcasters: could we ditch the post-match interviews? (All sports). They're invariably cringe worthy & shite. Thanks.
June 20, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Sports broadcasters: could we ditch the post-match interviews? (All sports). They're invariably cringe worthy & shite. Thanks.
Bet you any money that the news channels will pay a great deal of attention to Farage's speech today - if not show it in full. I won't be watching, obvs.
May 27, 2025 at 8:16 AM
Bet you any money that the news channels will pay a great deal of attention to Farage's speech today - if not show it in full. I won't be watching, obvs.
For those too young to remember, nationalised industries weren't brilliant. What if public utilities were made not-for-profit cooperatives instead? All employees being owners/responsible? Would it work?
May 17, 2025 at 3:13 PM
For those too young to remember, nationalised industries weren't brilliant. What if public utilities were made not-for-profit cooperatives instead? All employees being owners/responsible? Would it work?
What a fantastic caller to LBC!
May 12, 2025 at 10:35 AM
What a fantastic caller to LBC!
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Government officials confirm that imports of hormone-treated beef and chlorinated chicken will remain illegal under the U.K.-US trade deal
May 8, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Government officials confirm that imports of hormone-treated beef and chlorinated chicken will remain illegal under the U.K.-US trade deal
If you go off at the deep end over a headline (especially considering the bias of most of the press), or otherwise plunge yourself into despair about some assumption without knowing any detail, then aren't you behaving exactly like some Leaver/Reform voter might?
May 8, 2025 at 2:36 PM
If you go off at the deep end over a headline (especially considering the bias of most of the press), or otherwise plunge yourself into despair about some assumption without knowing any detail, then aren't you behaving exactly like some Leaver/Reform voter might?
Here's a thing: would you trust a politician more if they occasionally said their opponent had done something well? Does it always have to be a fight?
April 27, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Here's a thing: would you trust a politician more if they occasionally said their opponent had done something well? Does it always have to be a fight?
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Labour racked up the wins this week.
Lots of new initiatives that just make sense (and make the country safer and greener in particular).
6 things you might have missed:
Lots of new initiatives that just make sense (and make the country safer and greener in particular).
6 things you might have missed:
April 25, 2025 at 11:09 AM
Labour racked up the wins this week.
Lots of new initiatives that just make sense (and make the country safer and greener in particular).
6 things you might have missed:
Lots of new initiatives that just make sense (and make the country safer and greener in particular).
6 things you might have missed:
I'm confused. If we are all to be identified by the biological sex we were at birth, and transwomen are not to be allowed in "female spaces", surely that means transmen will be, even if fully transitioned, muscled up and bearded. Is that what the GCs want?
April 21, 2025 at 1:46 PM
I'm confused. If we are all to be identified by the biological sex we were at birth, and transwomen are not to be allowed in "female spaces", surely that means transmen will be, even if fully transitioned, muscled up and bearded. Is that what the GCs want?
In the process of moving, the cost and inefficiency of conveyancing solicitors never ceases to amaze me. Grrr!
April 17, 2025 at 4:03 PM
In the process of moving, the cost and inefficiency of conveyancing solicitors never ceases to amaze me. Grrr!
Why do the markets fluctuate so much? I know people/companies buy and sell, but how come they're still so apparently influenced by what Trump says when it's clearly the ravings of a madman?
April 14, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Why do the markets fluctuate so much? I know people/companies buy and sell, but how come they're still so apparently influenced by what Trump says when it's clearly the ravings of a madman?
In the corner of the BBC News channel screen, Therese Coffey speaking in the House of Lords. Therese Coffey!!! Oh, the standards.
April 12, 2025 at 11:40 AM
In the corner of the BBC News channel screen, Therese Coffey speaking in the House of Lords. Therese Coffey!!! Oh, the standards.
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Another Labour manifesto promise is being fulfilled with the removal of 'non-dom' status; this may not be popular with Rishi Sunak and his wife.
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
Super-rich will pay fairer share of tax because of huge change this week
Rachel Reeves has scrapped the so-called 'non-dom' status - meaning UK residents have to pay tax in this country on their overseas earnings, even if they say their primary home is abroad
www.mirror.co.uk
April 6, 2025 at 9:07 AM
Another Labour manifesto promise is being fulfilled with the removal of 'non-dom' status; this may not be popular with Rishi Sunak and his wife.
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
There were a couple of loud bangs just now and then this. MOD depot, I think. Sirens now. Ohbdear!
April 11, 2025 at 8:55 AM
There were a couple of loud bangs just now and then this. MOD depot, I think. Sirens now. Ohbdear!
Anyone remember Boris Johnson's appearances before the Liaison Committee? Whether you like Starmer or not, at least he seems to know what he's talking about.
April 8, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Anyone remember Boris Johnson's appearances before the Liaison Committee? Whether you like Starmer or not, at least he seems to know what he's talking about.
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This article is a good one to read if you believe the UK rejoining THE Customs Union is some sort of magical solution.
It's not.
It's unfeasible and has been ruled out.
But that is not to say an improved bespoke customs arrangement between the UK & EU cannot be achieved through current talks.
It's not.
It's unfeasible and has been ruled out.
But that is not to say an improved bespoke customs arrangement between the UK & EU cannot be achieved through current talks.
Explainer: customs unions - UK in a changing Europe
The UK was a member of the EU Customs Union until it left at the end of 2020. But now customs union...
ukandeu.ac.uk
April 8, 2025 at 8:45 AM
This article is a good one to read if you believe the UK rejoining THE Customs Union is some sort of magical solution.
It's not.
It's unfeasible and has been ruled out.
But that is not to say an improved bespoke customs arrangement between the UK & EU cannot be achieved through current talks.
It's not.
It's unfeasible and has been ruled out.
But that is not to say an improved bespoke customs arrangement between the UK & EU cannot be achieved through current talks.
Poor Marine Le Pen. Another far-right victim of something or other.
April 6, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Poor Marine Le Pen. Another far-right victim of something or other.
BBC news: second home owner in Cornwall whining about having to pay double council tax. Her solution: The council should build more houses at affordable rent. With what pray? These people can't tell their arse from their elbow.
April 5, 2025 at 2:46 PM
BBC news: second home owner in Cornwall whining about having to pay double council tax. Her solution: The council should build more houses at affordable rent. With what pray? These people can't tell their arse from their elbow.
BBC speak:
"talented politician" = accomplished liar. (Eg Boris Johnson, Nigel Farage, Marine Le Pen).
"talented politician" = accomplished liar. (Eg Boris Johnson, Nigel Farage, Marine Le Pen).
March 31, 2025 at 5:32 PM
BBC speak:
"talented politician" = accomplished liar. (Eg Boris Johnson, Nigel Farage, Marine Le Pen).
"talented politician" = accomplished liar. (Eg Boris Johnson, Nigel Farage, Marine Le Pen).
Is it just me, or is the KFC ad a bit... disturbing?
March 27, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Is it just me, or is the KFC ad a bit... disturbing?
I bloody knew it!
www.independent.co.uk/space/black-...
www.independent.co.uk/space/black-...
New Nasa data hints we could be living inside a black hole
Black hole cosmology suggests our entire universe formed inside a black hole from another universe
www.independent.co.uk
March 17, 2025 at 7:27 PM
I bloody knew it!
www.independent.co.uk/space/black-...
www.independent.co.uk/space/black-...