@monkbythesea1.bsky.social
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Not the sort of behaviour you'd expect from a FIFA Peace Prize winner
December 16, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Not the sort of behaviour you'd expect from a FIFA Peace Prize winner
An inquiry into foreign interference that excludes Brexit is like holding an inquiry into traffic jams and excluding cars. What a pathetic waste of time and money Starmer is. Total coward. #brexit #brexitisshite
December 17, 2025 at 11:04 AM
An inquiry into foreign interference that excludes Brexit is like holding an inquiry into traffic jams and excluding cars. What a pathetic waste of time and money Starmer is. Total coward. #brexit #brexitisshite
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Robbie Gibb was appointed to the BBC Board by Boris Johnson, was an editorial advisor for GB News, and worked as Theresa May's Director of Comms.
He is not impartial or neutral. The government should remove him from the Board immediately to protect the BBC's independence.
He is not impartial or neutral. The government should remove him from the Board immediately to protect the BBC's independence.
November 11, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Robbie Gibb was appointed to the BBC Board by Boris Johnson, was an editorial advisor for GB News, and worked as Theresa May's Director of Comms.
He is not impartial or neutral. The government should remove him from the Board immediately to protect the BBC's independence.
He is not impartial or neutral. The government should remove him from the Board immediately to protect the BBC's independence.
@simonmayo.bsky.social please tell me the answer to the 7lb baby drivetime drama. I tried the back episodes of drivetime but they are missing the relentless one. Help!!
October 23, 2025 at 3:36 PM
@simonmayo.bsky.social please tell me the answer to the 7lb baby drivetime drama. I tried the back episodes of drivetime but they are missing the relentless one. Help!!
Truer words were never spoken.
In theory yes but remember how badly they ballsed up the covid app that plenty of countries got working perfectly well for a few million. There are few organisations as capable of failng at simple projects than the British government
October 15, 2025 at 7:49 AM
Truer words were never spoken.
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Here’s the first page. I’m not sure but I think he’s wet himself while driving?
August 5, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Here’s the first page. I’m not sure but I think he’s wet himself while driving?
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This is so perfect. “ALL IN THAT ORDER.” And sorry, which other woman are we talking about again?
I got served this incredible advert over on twitter. It's a book summary written by AI but I bet the book is AI too. It's just so incredibly stupidly funny and every time I read it I start WHEEZING
August 5, 2025 at 10:49 AM
This is so perfect. “ALL IN THAT ORDER.” And sorry, which other woman are we talking about again?
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And actually, where Labour should have shown vision, and should be reapoing the benefits now, is on Europe.
Instead, the UK gets May-Johnson redlines, an surfeit of caution, and constant negative language about Europe and the Brussels system.
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www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Instead, the UK gets May-Johnson redlines, an surfeit of caution, and constant negative language about Europe and the Brussels system.
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www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
For all the errors and crises, the blight on Starmer’s first year is still the lack of vision | Martin Kettle
Prime ministers have recovered from bad starts. But unless Starmer can articulate an idea of the Britain he wants, the public – and his party – may desert him, says Guardian columnist Martin Kettle
www.theguardian.com
July 4, 2025 at 7:38 AM
And actually, where Labour should have shown vision, and should be reapoing the benefits now, is on Europe.
Instead, the UK gets May-Johnson redlines, an surfeit of caution, and constant negative language about Europe and the Brussels system.
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www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Instead, the UK gets May-Johnson redlines, an surfeit of caution, and constant negative language about Europe and the Brussels system.
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www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Reading @chrisgrey.bsky.social 's blog today, it is important to address the quality of the work overall.
When the history of Brexit is written in 50 years' time, I have no doubt that this will be one of the must widely used sources
Consider this. It has been weekly/fortnightly since '16
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When the history of Brexit is written in 50 years' time, I have no doubt that this will be one of the must widely used sources
Consider this. It has been weekly/fortnightly since '16
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May 16, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Reading @chrisgrey.bsky.social 's blog today, it is important to address the quality of the work overall.
When the history of Brexit is written in 50 years' time, I have no doubt that this will be one of the must widely used sources
Consider this. It has been weekly/fortnightly since '16
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When the history of Brexit is written in 50 years' time, I have no doubt that this will be one of the must widely used sources
Consider this. It has been weekly/fortnightly since '16
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10% baseline tariff with the US, even with a deal… which could be ripped up on some mad whim anyway.
Not exactly nailing it, are we?
Honest to god. Let’s just ask to join the EU Customs Union and Single Market and stop this desperate country-damaging nonsense.
Not exactly nailing it, are we?
Honest to god. Let’s just ask to join the EU Customs Union and Single Market and stop this desperate country-damaging nonsense.
April 11, 2025 at 6:39 AM
10% baseline tariff with the US, even with a deal… which could be ripped up on some mad whim anyway.
Not exactly nailing it, are we?
Honest to god. Let’s just ask to join the EU Customs Union and Single Market and stop this desperate country-damaging nonsense.
Not exactly nailing it, are we?
Honest to god. Let’s just ask to join the EU Customs Union and Single Market and stop this desperate country-damaging nonsense.
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Arrived into LGW last last night, sat beside a Londoner quizzing me all the way from CH on how to get an Irish passport so he can get out of britain!
He, like I, notices how everyone in britain is pointing the finger across he pond, aghast at what's going on.
As if this never happened 👇!
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He, like I, notices how everyone in britain is pointing the finger across he pond, aghast at what's going on.
As if this never happened 👇!
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March 5, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Arrived into LGW last last night, sat beside a Londoner quizzing me all the way from CH on how to get an Irish passport so he can get out of britain!
He, like I, notices how everyone in britain is pointing the finger across he pond, aghast at what's going on.
As if this never happened 👇!
1/5
He, like I, notices how everyone in britain is pointing the finger across he pond, aghast at what's going on.
As if this never happened 👇!
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🚨🚨 Insane: The US state department has reportedly ordered its outposts around the world to cancel all subscriptions to news & media outlets that are supposedly “non-mission critical” in another extraordinary #Trump admin crackdown on normal info channels. 🚨
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
State department orders cancellation of media subscriptions around world
Foreign posts told to end all ‘non-mission critical’ news subscriptions in Trump directive that will ‘endanger lives’
www.theguardian.com
February 20, 2025 at 5:39 PM
🚨🚨 Insane: The US state department has reportedly ordered its outposts around the world to cancel all subscriptions to news & media outlets that are supposedly “non-mission critical” in another extraordinary #Trump admin crackdown on normal info channels. 🚨
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Fox recruiting for henhouse guard duties.
Thanks, Labour. Thanks a bunch.
The line to collect your P45s in 2029 is the one on the right.
www.politico.eu/article/gise...
Thanks, Labour. Thanks a bunch.
The line to collect your P45s in 2029 is the one on the right.
www.politico.eu/article/gise...
January 9, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Fox recruiting for henhouse guard duties.
Thanks, Labour. Thanks a bunch.
The line to collect your P45s in 2029 is the one on the right.
www.politico.eu/article/gise...
Thanks, Labour. Thanks a bunch.
The line to collect your P45s in 2029 is the one on the right.
www.politico.eu/article/gise...
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Etsy to make it easier for GB sellers to reject NI orders because Brexit has made it so much more difficult for GB sellers to export. A short 🧵
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Etsy to make it easier to stop sales to Northern Ireland
Ebay and Folksy are among online marketplaces to allow sellers to effectively turn off orders to NI.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 17, 2024 at 12:56 PM
Etsy to make it easier for GB sellers to reject NI orders because Brexit has made it so much more difficult for GB sellers to export. A short 🧵
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Protests in Georgia have not diminished at all and continue to grow even. Pro-Russian forces have attacked them over and over again but they continue to comeback.
Protestors plan to celebrate Christmas on the street if needed.
#georgiaprotests
Protestors plan to celebrate Christmas on the street if needed.
#georgiaprotests
December 10, 2024 at 10:25 AM
Protests in Georgia have not diminished at all and continue to grow even. Pro-Russian forces have attacked them over and over again but they continue to comeback.
Protestors plan to celebrate Christmas on the street if needed.
#georgiaprotests
Protestors plan to celebrate Christmas on the street if needed.
#georgiaprotests
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They had their chance to change course by saying the Tories left things a mess, let's reevaluate from the start.
They didn't take it, preferring again to look for the lost treasure of #ExtrawurstGroßbritannien that no PM has found.
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They didn't take it, preferring again to look for the lost treasure of #ExtrawurstGroßbritannien that no PM has found.
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December 10, 2024 at 3:09 PM
They had their chance to change course by saying the Tories left things a mess, let's reevaluate from the start.
They didn't take it, preferring again to look for the lost treasure of #ExtrawurstGroßbritannien that no PM has found.
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They didn't take it, preferring again to look for the lost treasure of #ExtrawurstGroßbritannien that no PM has found.
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This is sort of fascinating because if you were to turn on pretty much any talk radio station or pick up any tabloid, you'd be forgiven for thinking it was the inverse.
December 11, 2024 at 8:26 AM
This is sort of fascinating because if you were to turn on pretty much any talk radio station or pick up any tabloid, you'd be forgiven for thinking it was the inverse.
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In a shocking revelation Reeves reveals that the EU cruelly forced the UK to depart from the EU and construct restrictive trade practises and artificial barriers to trade.
Eh, the barriers are necessary, Ms Reeves, because your country lowers standards, refuses legal oversight, refuses to contribute to the community, and refuses the conditions that are attached to the genuine free trade found within the European four freedoms.
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December 9, 2024 at 6:02 PM
In a shocking revelation Reeves reveals that the EU cruelly forced the UK to depart from the EU and construct restrictive trade practises and artificial barriers to trade.
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Eh, the barriers are necessary, Ms Reeves, because your country lowers standards, refuses legal oversight, refuses to contribute to the community, and refuses the conditions that are attached to the genuine free trade found within the European four freedoms.
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December 9, 2024 at 3:22 PM
Eh, the barriers are necessary, Ms Reeves, because your country lowers standards, refuses legal oversight, refuses to contribute to the community, and refuses the conditions that are attached to the genuine free trade found within the European four freedoms.
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It is completely exasperating to listen to Rachel Reeves talking about 'unnecessary barriers', repeating her 'red lines', and being taken seriously. 2/2
December 9, 2024 at 4:11 PM
It is completely exasperating to listen to Rachel Reeves talking about 'unnecessary barriers', repeating her 'red lines', and being taken seriously. 2/2
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Plenty of Brexiters believed, in good faith, that a buccaneering, free-trading Britain could thrive in a world of open borders.
But that world has gone now, replaced by one of war, barriers and Darwinian competition. @jonathanfreedland.bsky.social
But that world has gone now, replaced by one of war, barriers and Darwinian competition. @jonathanfreedland.bsky.social
Brexit makes no sense in a world dominated by Trump. Britain’s place is back in the EU | Jonathan Freedland
From defence to trade, the incoming US president is upending the old order – and standing apart from our neighbours leaves us dangerously exposed, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland
buff.ly
December 2, 2024 at 10:50 AM
Plenty of Brexiters believed, in good faith, that a buccaneering, free-trading Britain could thrive in a world of open borders.
But that world has gone now, replaced by one of war, barriers and Darwinian competition. @jonathanfreedland.bsky.social
But that world has gone now, replaced by one of war, barriers and Darwinian competition. @jonathanfreedland.bsky.social
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A true horror of a man.
variety.com/2024/film/re...
variety.com/2024/film/re...
November 25, 2024 at 7:05 PM
A true horror of a man.
variety.com/2024/film/re...
variety.com/2024/film/re...
Ed Sheeran photo bombing Sky sports. Hilarious. 😂😂
November 24, 2024 at 6:50 PM
Ed Sheeran photo bombing Sky sports. Hilarious. 😂😂
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If you can read things like this without a) laughing and b) thinking of North Korea, I salute you.
November 23, 2024 at 11:09 AM
If you can read things like this without a) laughing and b) thinking of North Korea, I salute you.
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Fill a glass with poison and 99 glasses with water. Tip those 100 glasses into a bucket. Hey presto the whole bucket becomes tainted.
That's the problem facing hauliers: lots of trucks carry consignments belonging to multiple firms.
ONE set of paperwork incorrect = EVERYTHING delayed.
Brexit, eh?
That's the problem facing hauliers: lots of trucks carry consignments belonging to multiple firms.
ONE set of paperwork incorrect = EVERYTHING delayed.
Brexit, eh?
November 23, 2024 at 1:11 AM
Fill a glass with poison and 99 glasses with water. Tip those 100 glasses into a bucket. Hey presto the whole bucket becomes tainted.
That's the problem facing hauliers: lots of trucks carry consignments belonging to multiple firms.
ONE set of paperwork incorrect = EVERYTHING delayed.
Brexit, eh?
That's the problem facing hauliers: lots of trucks carry consignments belonging to multiple firms.
ONE set of paperwork incorrect = EVERYTHING delayed.
Brexit, eh?