Mike Wrigley
mikewrigley.bsky.social
Mike Wrigley
@mikewrigley.bsky.social
Salus populi suprema lex
Medical Anthropologist.
MH Practitioner/critic of conv. psych.
#FBPE #RejoinEU
Trump hoist on his own petard, as Truth Social’s AI Tool shows Trump lied over tariffs, January 6, and affordability
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Truth Social’s New AI Tool Hammers Trump Over Tariffs, January 6, and Affordability
Truth Social's new AI tool doesn't hesitate to bash the social media site's founder. President Donald Trump, when asked basic questions about Trump's record.
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November 12, 2025 at 4:27 PM
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"This entire saga has a smell hanging over it. The people of Teesside, Hartlepool and Darlington are no fools. That smell will not go away until there is a full, transparent and independent inquiry."
Teesworks scandal: a dark tale of public wealth lost and private gain
Teesworks - a story that reads like a screenplay for a dark political drama
northeastbylines.co.uk
November 12, 2025 at 10:28 AM
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Brexit Damage
⬇️ GDP down 6-8%
⬇️ Investment down 12-18%
⬇️ Employment down 3-4%
⬇️ Productivity down 3-4%
Why isn't this spoken about in the lead up to the budget"
November 12, 2025 at 11:28 AM
Sign the petition to defend the BBC.

www.libdems.org.uk/bbc
Trump-proof the BBC
The BBC is our national broadcaster, we must defend it against those who want to destroy it.
www.libdems.org.uk
November 10, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Here's why Britain is in the mess it's in today. And Farage is the lynch pin.

And what is the Government doing about it? Nothing.
"These estimates suggest that by 2025 Brexit had reduced UK GDP by 6% to 8%, with the impact accumulating gradually over time."

New NBER report is quietly devastating about the impact of Brexit on the UK economy.

We need to cut away the drag anchor of Brexit.

We need to rejoin the EU!
November 10, 2025 at 1:21 PM
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How hypocritical!
British journalist Isabel Oakeshott is infamous for speaking out against migrants, refugees &asylum seekers online. When it comes to the Great British Debate, this is something she can only do online at the moment, because she’s a migrant herself (specifically to Dubai)
UK journalist, Isabel Oakeshott, bashes migrants from her home in Dubai
Isabel Oakeshott’s anti-migrant tirades ring hollow when she’s posting them from Dubai — where she’s a migrant herself
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November 9, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Lest We Forget❤️
The utter futility of war.

The Green Fields of France by Eric Bogle
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Eric Bogle - No man's land - (Green fields of france)
YouTube video by Guenter51
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November 9, 2025 at 11:06 AM
"Keep pedalling faster or they'll leave!"
November 9, 2025 at 9:31 AM
Wile. E. Coyote fails again.
Pop was giddy sending me this.

I don't get it nor the meep meep reference. 🤷🏻‍♀️
November 9, 2025 at 9:06 AM
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Tees Valley mayor Lord (Ben) Houchen promised renewal. Instead, Britain’s biggest regeneration project has turned into a taxpayer-funded scandal - enriching a few local businessmen while leaving public bodies on the brink.

Watch the latest episode of Page 94, The Private Eye Podcast, on YouTube.
November 8, 2025 at 10:42 AM
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Word of the Day is ‘catchfart’ (17th century): an obsequious individual who sucks up to the boss and always follows the political wind.
November 7, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Sit back and enjoy.
Here's "Wandsworth Prison Blues" - a bit of #JohnnyCash, a shot at #DavidLammy, & a dash of a Disney song that #RolfHarris once sang 🐊🎶😬

https//youtu.be/9P...

P.S. If you like our stuff, only hours left on our Kickstarter to help us launch a debut album in 2026: www.kickstarter.com/projects/mar...
"Wandsworth Prison Blues" - Marsh Family parody of "Folsom Prison Blues" by Johnny Cash, on UK jails
YouTube video by Marsh Family
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November 7, 2025 at 8:58 AM
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You don't get coverage like this on Russian TV without Kremlin approval. The Kremlin knew Farage would be a useful tool, and such he has been and continues to be.
November 6, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Important investigation of significant RW political bias in X's algorithm.
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Elon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows how
Elon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows how
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November 6, 2025 at 8:29 AM
They looked from Reform to Tory, and from Tory to Reform; but already it was impossible to say which was which.
Conservative Councillor says "young black males" are "flooding" the UK

Contacted by Byline, she defended her comments, saying “we cannot sustain the volume of.. black males” that “jeopardises [our] security"

Asked why their skin colour matters, she replied “because they are [black], aren’t they?"
Conservative Councillor Accused of 'Old-Fashioned Racism' After Saying 'Young Black Males' Are 'Flooding' the UK
EXCLUSIVE: Pauline Giles defended her comments to Byline Times, saying that "we cannot sustain the volume of young black males" that "jeopardises the security of our country"
bylinetimes.com
November 5, 2025 at 7:43 PM
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First the likes of Farage said we needed to leave the EU. Now they’re coming for the ECHR.

Paul Kohler MP: "It feels like Brexit déjà vu with the same hollow promises of taking back control, the same disregard for facts, the same blindness to consequence."

November 5, 2025 at 6:22 PM
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Nigel Farage's favoured Mayoral candidate for Doncaster said black people cannot be English.

Reform councillor Alexander Jones claimed being English requires Anglo-Saxon ‘lineage’.

The messages were deleted after questions were raised by Byline Times

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Nigel Farage's Chosen Reform Mayoral Candidate Suggested Black Britons Can’t Be English
The party's candidate for Mayor of Doncaster claimed being English requires Anglo-Saxon 'lineage' and attacked 'third world cultures' in now-deleted posts
bylinetimes.com
November 5, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Samir Zitouni was the LNER hero who confronted the knife attacker. Whatever his ethnicity, a true Brit for me - selfless, brave and courageous.

Here's hoping for his full recovery.

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Train company LNER 'extremely proud' of rail worker in critical condition after mass stabbing as family call him 'hero'
Samir Zitouni, 48, was injured while trying to protect passengers during the mass stabbing on Saturday.
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November 4, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Today's the day!
November 4, 2025 at 10:57 AM
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👏 Today marks 75 years since the creation of the ECHR.

We should celebrate the vision that Winston Churchill showed in recognising everyone’s human rights.

But there are now calls for the UK to leave ECHR.

As with Brexit, leaving would strip all of us of fundamental rights.

The Bear explains
Leaving the ECHR won’t “Take Back Control” – it will hand your rights to politicians
The myths are seductive, the reality is very different – without the ECHR your freedoms rest on whichever Home Secretary wakes up grumpy
eastangliabylines.co.uk
November 4, 2025 at 10:52 AM
"(This)...must become a universal warning that shows where hatred, antisemitism, and contempt for a fellow human being can lead people."
1 November at the Auschwitz Memorial.

Candles by the Wall of Death in the yard of Block 11 of the former German Nazi Auschwitz I camp. SS men carried out thousands of shooting executions there.

Watch a short video about Block 11 and the execution yard: https://t.co/VBgDxkWLMa
November 1, 2025 at 7:10 PM
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November 1, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Welcome to Farage's health insurance model he advocates for UK.
I put off doing the inevitable…I called my insurance provider.

My current premium is $480. It will be almost $900 next year.

Thanks, Trump voters.
October 30, 2025 at 8:23 PM
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Minority representation on TV causes outrage

From the new Private Eye, in shops now.
October 29, 2025 at 12:01 PM
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The Wonderful Lord Heseltine
"He walked slowly to the lectern, one hand on the rail, the other behind his back. A 92-year-old Lord Heseltine at London’s Ministry of Sound isn’t an image you expect to see. But there he was at the Next Gen 2025 conference"
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Politics has left gen Z screaming into the void. At least...
As Labour loses support among young people, others are standing by to hoover it up
observer.co.uk
October 28, 2025 at 9:08 PM