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UK, politics anorak, author and teacher.
This is Trump's press secretary instructing us in the UK to watch GB News. WTAF??
November 10, 2025 at 3:33 AM
This is Trump's press secretary instructing us in the UK to watch GB News. WTAF??
I'm this old!😆
November 8, 2025 at 4:13 PM
I'm this old!😆
Well - not for the first time.
November 8, 2025 at 5:18 AM
Well - not for the first time.
The previous Conservative governments had 14 prison ministers in 14 years - while their austerity agenda cut the prison estate budget to the bone. And NOW the media have noticed! Funny, that.
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November 6, 2025 at 4:43 PM
The previous Conservative governments had 14 prison ministers in 14 years - while their austerity agenda cut the prison estate budget to the bone. And NOW the media have noticed! Funny, that.
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This is the BBC's headline story - like it's anything new. Did we hear a peep about the 115 prisoners wrongly released in the last year of the previous Conservative government?
November 5, 2025 at 6:03 PM
This is the BBC's headline story - like it's anything new. Did we hear a peep about the 115 prisoners wrongly released in the last year of the previous Conservative government?
Suella Braverman said as recently as 2024 that "£50 billion doesn't have any legal basis whatsoever", and it was all 'Project Fear'? Rachel Reeves current budgetary constraints are substantially due to the dreadful Brexit decision.😠😠😠
November 4, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Suella Braverman said as recently as 2024 that "£50 billion doesn't have any legal basis whatsoever", and it was all 'Project Fear'? Rachel Reeves current budgetary constraints are substantially due to the dreadful Brexit decision.😠😠😠
Zero small boat arrivals in the last seven days. I wonder why this this isn't headline news across all media and being celebrated by all parties? I thought it was their number one obsession.
November 1, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Zero small boat arrivals in the last seven days. I wonder why this this isn't headline news across all media and being celebrated by all parties? I thought it was their number one obsession.
'The economic disaster that is Brexit' - much worse than originally thought - and 'these losses are permanent'. From the Observer.
November 1, 2025 at 2:21 PM
'The economic disaster that is Brexit' - much worse than originally thought - and 'these losses are permanent'. From the Observer.
Ooh. From the Independent's newsletter.
October 31, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Ooh. From the Independent's newsletter.
Since Trump is seeking to foment violence, an alternative is mass, peaceful and eye-catching protest. 'Die-ins' are fun!
billypenn.com/2014/12/09/d...
billypenn.com/2014/12/09/d...
October 30, 2025 at 3:49 AM
Since Trump is seeking to foment violence, an alternative is mass, peaceful and eye-catching protest. 'Die-ins' are fun!
billypenn.com/2014/12/09/d...
billypenn.com/2014/12/09/d...
Also, to whom it may concern, this is what happened after that big No Kings protest in England - Charles I lost his head.
October 29, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Also, to whom it may concern, this is what happened after that big No Kings protest in England - Charles I lost his head.
From Bloomberg's newsletter. Trump and his tomfool tariffs.😡
October 28, 2025 at 10:19 PM
From Bloomberg's newsletter. Trump and his tomfool tariffs.😡
Ceasefire, what ceasefire? Netanyahu putting two fingers up yet again to Trump - who will huff and guff and send him yet more lethal weapons with which to kill children.😡😡😡
October 28, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Ceasefire, what ceasefire? Netanyahu putting two fingers up yet again to Trump - who will huff and guff and send him yet more lethal weapons with which to kill children.😡😡😡
Yes, Labour needs to rethink its principles and strategy before it follows the Conservatives down the slippery slope.
October 26, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Yes, Labour needs to rethink its principles and strategy before it follows the Conservatives down the slippery slope.
For example, this disgraceful piece from @reuters.com, who don't even say who won. Maybe they're such shoddy journalists that they can't even spell Plaid Cymru?!🤣
October 24, 2025 at 10:38 PM
For example, this disgraceful piece from @reuters.com, who don't even say who won. Maybe they're such shoddy journalists that they can't even spell Plaid Cymru?!🤣
Given the Triumphal Arch he also plans to build in Washington - 'Arc de Trump' - a Walmart is the least of my fears for where he's heading. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
October 24, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Given the Triumphal Arch he also plans to build in Washington - 'Arc de Trump' - a Walmart is the least of my fears for where he's heading. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Excellent point. And scary.
October 22, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Excellent point. And scary.
This - a UK cartoon by Morten Morland - is how much of the world sees the relationship between Putin and Trump.
October 22, 2025 at 1:33 AM
This - a UK cartoon by Morten Morland - is how much of the world sees the relationship between Putin and Trump.
Unduly ambitious @Conservatives frontbenchers are now trying to outfash Farage. It's truly sad to see a once-great party fallen so low.
October 21, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Unduly ambitious @Conservatives frontbenchers are now trying to outfash Farage. It's truly sad to see a once-great party fallen so low.