Des
@motosunburn.bsky.social
Europhile, Aerospace Engineer, cat person, motorcycle world traveller, blood biker, ex racer. Too old to rock n roll, too young to die.
I don't block people I disagree with, I do block dickheads.
My travel blog: facebook.com/motosunburn
I don't block people I disagree with, I do block dickheads.
My travel blog: facebook.com/motosunburn
Got bored talking politics on here with tin eared people so took the motorbike over to 15th century caravanserai Tash Rabat in Kyrgyzstan. Seems reasonable to me.
#Motosky
#Adventure
#KTM
#Motosky
#Adventure
#KTM
June 10, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Got bored talking politics on here with tin eared people so took the motorbike over to 15th century caravanserai Tash Rabat in Kyrgyzstan. Seems reasonable to me.
#Motosky
#Adventure
#KTM
#Motosky
#Adventure
#KTM
Stock up on chain lube ready for next week and a quick visit to Panfilov Park with its imposing Monument of Glory and the exquisite Ascension Cathedral. #Motosky #KTM #Kazakhstan #Almaty
May 30, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Stock up on chain lube ready for next week and a quick visit to Panfilov Park with its imposing Monument of Glory and the exquisite Ascension Cathedral. #Motosky #KTM #Kazakhstan #Almaty
I'll see your cake and raise your a Kazakh beer
May 27, 2025 at 5:23 PM
I'll see your cake and raise your a Kazakh beer
I look at it and see this.
May 21, 2025 at 9:47 AM
I look at it and see this.
The adventure is getting closer, and I'm shitting bricks. The bike should be in Almaty next weekend, and I'll follow. Then all we have to do is ride home to blighty 😀
#motosky #motofreight #ktm #adventure
#motosky #motofreight #ktm #adventure
May 16, 2025 at 7:15 PM
The adventure is getting closer, and I'm shitting bricks. The bike should be in Almaty next weekend, and I'll follow. Then all we have to do is ride home to blighty 😀
#motosky #motofreight #ktm #adventure
#motosky #motofreight #ktm #adventure
I thought it was a reasonable system too, for the most part. But rather a lot of people from the EU did arrive, and many of them didn't move on, which turned out of be a bit unpopular in many quarters.
May 14, 2025 at 12:19 PM
I thought it was a reasonable system too, for the most part. But rather a lot of people from the EU did arrive, and many of them didn't move on, which turned out of be a bit unpopular in many quarters.
When "immigration" is consistently in the top 3 concerns of British voters its more than far right Refuk types who are worried about it, and most of those for different reasons to all the others.
In other news, preaching to the choir doesn't win reactions.
In other news, preaching to the choir doesn't win reactions.
May 13, 2025 at 11:49 PM
When "immigration" is consistently in the top 3 concerns of British voters its more than far right Refuk types who are worried about it, and most of those for different reasons to all the others.
In other news, preaching to the choir doesn't win reactions.
In other news, preaching to the choir doesn't win reactions.
But that's the point. FPTP turned a single issue that resonated across the whole country into a countrywide win. The election was run as a proxy brexit referendum and brexit was correspondingly won on immigration more than anything else. It's consistently in the top 3 concerns of British voters.
May 12, 2025 at 6:55 PM
But that's the point. FPTP turned a single issue that resonated across the whole country into a countrywide win. The election was run as a proxy brexit referendum and brexit was correspondingly won on immigration more than anything else. It's consistently in the top 3 concerns of British voters.
It's not about what Tories and Reform say (except the MSM will spend endless energy amplifying it). It's about whether the public thinks immigration is being controlled. It's consistently in the nation's top 3 concerns, the govt can't just ignore it.
May 11, 2025 at 9:24 PM
It's not about what Tories and Reform say (except the MSM will spend endless energy amplifying it). It's about whether the public thinks immigration is being controlled. It's consistently in the nation's top 3 concerns, the govt can't just ignore it.
Not "exponential" but yes, net non-EU migration has risen. Unsurprising when we need migrants for certain categories of work, add Ukrainians and we should be welcoming students. Forecast to level and reduce. Control is needed, panic is not.
migrationobservatory.ox.ac.uk/resources/br...
migrationobservatory.ox.ac.uk/resources/br...
May 11, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Not "exponential" but yes, net non-EU migration has risen. Unsurprising when we need migrants for certain categories of work, add Ukrainians and we should be welcoming students. Forecast to level and reduce. Control is needed, panic is not.
migrationobservatory.ox.ac.uk/resources/br...
migrationobservatory.ox.ac.uk/resources/br...
Sadly I'll just have to pass on that privilege. Too busy today.
May 10, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Sadly I'll just have to pass on that privilege. Too busy today.
Not many people remember his great sporting achievements.
May 8, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Not many people remember his great sporting achievements.
We've always embraced fascism, we fought foreigners.
May 8, 2025 at 8:47 AM
We've always embraced fascism, we fought foreigners.
Tapes never really replaced LPs though, they were used to copy them. CDs replaced LPs from about the mid 80s.
May 7, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Tapes never really replaced LPs though, they were used to copy them. CDs replaced LPs from about the mid 80s.
Labour is not aping Reform. I'm getting very tired of this lazy trope. They simply cannot ignore that "immigration" is consistently in the top 3 voters' concerns. If they ignored it they'd simply hand a major sovial/electoral issue to the right.
May 7, 2025 at 7:17 AM
Labour is not aping Reform. I'm getting very tired of this lazy trope. They simply cannot ignore that "immigration" is consistently in the top 3 voters' concerns. If they ignored it they'd simply hand a major sovial/electoral issue to the right.
The govt can't just ignore it. 1. It would hand one of the top 3 concerns of voters exclusively to the right. 2. No country has an open door policy, that means immigration must be controlled. 3. Countries in the EU who have taken more than us are struggling. Should we wait until we are too?
May 5, 2025 at 11:22 AM
The govt can't just ignore it. 1. It would hand one of the top 3 concerns of voters exclusively to the right. 2. No country has an open door policy, that means immigration must be controlled. 3. Countries in the EU who have taken more than us are struggling. Should we wait until we are too?
Unfortunately while the British public consistently put "immigration" in their top 3 concerns you can't ignore it either, or you hand the right a large chunk of the agenda.
I'd like to see them tackling it differently but I understand they have to be seen to be "doing something."
I'd like to see them tackling it differently but I understand they have to be seen to be "doing something."
May 3, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Unfortunately while the British public consistently put "immigration" in their top 3 concerns you can't ignore it either, or you hand the right a large chunk of the agenda.
I'd like to see them tackling it differently but I understand they have to be seen to be "doing something."
I'd like to see them tackling it differently but I understand they have to be seen to be "doing something."
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May 2, 2025 at 8:25 PM
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I'd like to congratulate all those folk who "couldn't vote Labour any more" for getting the MP they deserve.
May 2, 2025 at 8:01 PM
I'd like to congratulate all those folk who "couldn't vote Labour any more" for getting the MP they deserve.
The trouble is, they do. And unless you want to hand other agenda on one of the electorate's top 3 concerns to the right, you can't just ignore that.
May 2, 2025 at 7:59 PM
The trouble is, they do. And unless you want to hand other agenda on one of the electorate's top 3 concerns to the right, you can't just ignore that.