Neil McCollum
@neilmccollum.bsky.social
Beach loving pro European, Farage hating, anti- Brexit liberal. Oh and a few other things too. Plus I love dogs.
Giannni Infantino is going to want his peace prize back. I guess there is always Putin as another candidate.
January 3, 2026 at 8:10 PM
Giannni Infantino is going to want his peace prize back. I guess there is always Putin as another candidate.
Council rescinds climate change emergency declaration. That’s reassuring, the climate change in Kent is over. Phew that was a close one. Kent County Council talking rubbish yet again. Different colour but still deliver nothing.
September 18, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Council rescinds climate change emergency declaration. That’s reassuring, the climate change in Kent is over. Phew that was a close one. Kent County Council talking rubbish yet again. Different colour but still deliver nothing.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cp.... Unlike the President of the USA who never misleads the public. Free speech comes to an end in the USA.
Jimmy Kimmel 'appeared to mislead the public', says regulator after host's suspension
Kimmel's show was pulled after the regulator threatened action over the host's comments about Charlie Kirk's alleged killer.
www.bbc.co.uk
September 18, 2025 at 5:24 PM
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cp.... Unlike the President of the USA who never misleads the public. Free speech comes to an end in the USA.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cn.... So now they murder more journalists and target a hospital again and we are expected to turn a blind eye. War crime after war crime and no accountability.
Five journalists among 20 killed in Israeli strike on hospital, Gaza officials say - latest
A Reuters cameraman and an Associated Press journalist were among those killed in the attack at Nasser Hospital.
www.bbc.co.uk
August 25, 2025 at 12:40 PM
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cn.... So now they murder more journalists and target a hospital again and we are expected to turn a blind eye. War crime after war crime and no accountability.
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1 in 3 doctors were born overseas.
1 in 2 builders were born overseas.
1 in 6 nurses were born overseas.
1 in 4 transport workers were born overseas.
1 in 7 UK business founders were born overseas.
1 in 5 university academics were born overseas.
The UK would be screwed without them.
1 in 2 builders were born overseas.
1 in 6 nurses were born overseas.
1 in 4 transport workers were born overseas.
1 in 7 UK business founders were born overseas.
1 in 5 university academics were born overseas.
The UK would be screwed without them.
August 1, 2025 at 8:40 AM
1 in 3 doctors were born overseas.
1 in 2 builders were born overseas.
1 in 6 nurses were born overseas.
1 in 4 transport workers were born overseas.
1 in 7 UK business founders were born overseas.
1 in 5 university academics were born overseas.
The UK would be screwed without them.
1 in 2 builders were born overseas.
1 in 6 nurses were born overseas.
1 in 4 transport workers were born overseas.
1 in 7 UK business founders were born overseas.
1 in 5 university academics were born overseas.
The UK would be screwed without them.
Almost a third of people in Gaza not eating for days, UN food programme warns.
How anyone can think this is acceptable is beyond me. Everyone is too scared to upset the Israeli government and meanwhile people are being starved by that same government.
How anyone can think this is acceptable is beyond me. Everyone is too scared to upset the Israeli government and meanwhile people are being starved by that same government.
July 26, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Almost a third of people in Gaza not eating for days, UN food programme warns.
How anyone can think this is acceptable is beyond me. Everyone is too scared to upset the Israeli government and meanwhile people are being starved by that same government.
How anyone can think this is acceptable is beyond me. Everyone is too scared to upset the Israeli government and meanwhile people are being starved by that same government.
Just sent a small package under £50 in value to Germany and it took 15mins just to do the paperwork at the Post Office. Is that one of those Brexit benefits I keep hearing about? Let’s stop this nonsense and just rejoin now. #brexit
June 7, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Just sent a small package under £50 in value to Germany and it took 15mins just to do the paperwork at the Post Office. Is that one of those Brexit benefits I keep hearing about? Let’s stop this nonsense and just rejoin now. #brexit
news.sky.com/story/more-t.... I don’t understand how the world can watch on and let this happen. What have we become?
More than 100 people killed in latest Israeli strikes on Gaza, say medics
The Hamas-run health ministry says airstrikes have forced the closure of the main hospital serving people in northern Gaza.
news.sky.com
May 18, 2025 at 1:49 PM
news.sky.com/story/more-t.... I don’t understand how the world can watch on and let this happen. What have we become?
Lunch with a view in Glenelg.
May 13, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Lunch with a view in Glenelg.
The view from Plockton looking out to Loch Carron. Scotland really is beautiful.
May 12, 2025 at 9:17 AM
The view from Plockton looking out to Loch Carron. Scotland really is beautiful.
news.sky.com/story/donald.... Can see it now. The next Lord of the Rings series set in downtown Manhattan. How can one man generate so much rubbish in one day.
Donald Trump announces 100% tariff on non-US movies as film industry 'dying'
The president's latest tariff announcement comes after he announced increased levies on goods arriving in the US from other countries last month.
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May 5, 2025 at 10:38 AM
news.sky.com/story/donald.... Can see it now. The next Lord of the Rings series set in downtown Manhattan. How can one man generate so much rubbish in one day.
news.sky.com/story/trump-.... He has really lost the plot. Has he seen it recently?
Trump calls for reopening of Alcatraz to house 'most ruthless and violent offenders'
The US president said a "substantially enlarged and rebuilt" Alcatraz would "serve as a symbol of law, order, and justice".
news.sky.com
May 5, 2025 at 10:34 AM
news.sky.com/story/trump-.... He has really lost the plot. Has he seen it recently?
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Good will prevail.
But only if we all stand up to be counted.
Fuck evil.
But only if we all stand up to be counted.
Fuck evil.
February 28, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Good will prevail.
But only if we all stand up to be counted.
Fuck evil.
But only if we all stand up to be counted.
Fuck evil.
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Be not afraid
The UK’s GDP is 50% bigger than Russia’s and GDP per capita three times as great (as with most EU countries).
The economic power of the EU alone (without the UK) is EIGHT times larger than Russia.
The EU is a superpower. Russia is not. And should not be treated like one
The UK’s GDP is 50% bigger than Russia’s and GDP per capita three times as great (as with most EU countries).
The economic power of the EU alone (without the UK) is EIGHT times larger than Russia.
The EU is a superpower. Russia is not. And should not be treated like one
February 19, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Be not afraid
The UK’s GDP is 50% bigger than Russia’s and GDP per capita three times as great (as with most EU countries).
The economic power of the EU alone (without the UK) is EIGHT times larger than Russia.
The EU is a superpower. Russia is not. And should not be treated like one
The UK’s GDP is 50% bigger than Russia’s and GDP per capita three times as great (as with most EU countries).
The economic power of the EU alone (without the UK) is EIGHT times larger than Russia.
The EU is a superpower. Russia is not. And should not be treated like one
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The Dumbest of Trade Wars enacted by the Dumbest Administration for these Dumbest of Times.
I’ve got to agree with the Wall Street Journal editorial board this time.
February 2, 2025 at 10:15 PM
The Dumbest of Trade Wars enacted by the Dumbest Administration for these Dumbest of Times.
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Michael Heseltine says Brexiteers sold Britain a “pack of lies” and called for the UK to rejoin the EU.
He said the UK should be “at the heart of Europe” and that returning to the bloc would be “in the best interests of a generation of young British people”.
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
He said the UK should be “at the heart of Europe” and that returning to the bloc would be “in the best interests of a generation of young British people”.
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
Lord Heseltine brands Brexit a ‘pack of lies’ and calls for Britain to rejoin EU
The former deputy prime minister’s intervention came as it emerged Sir Keir Starmer will snub the fifth anniversary of Brexit on Friday – choosing instead to focus on his ongoing reset of relations wi...
www.independent.co.uk
January 27, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Michael Heseltine says Brexiteers sold Britain a “pack of lies” and called for the UK to rejoin the EU.
He said the UK should be “at the heart of Europe” and that returning to the bloc would be “in the best interests of a generation of young British people”.
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
He said the UK should be “at the heart of Europe” and that returning to the bloc would be “in the best interests of a generation of young British people”.
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
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Auschwitz was at the end of a long process. It did not start from gas chambers.
This hatred was gradually developed by humans. From ideas, words, stereotypes & prejudice through legal exclusion, dehumanization & escalating violence... to systematic and industrial murder.
Auschwitz took time.
This hatred was gradually developed by humans. From ideas, words, stereotypes & prejudice through legal exclusion, dehumanization & escalating violence... to systematic and industrial murder.
Auschwitz took time.
January 27, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Auschwitz was at the end of a long process. It did not start from gas chambers.
This hatred was gradually developed by humans. From ideas, words, stereotypes & prejudice through legal exclusion, dehumanization & escalating violence... to systematic and industrial murder.
Auschwitz took time.
This hatred was gradually developed by humans. From ideas, words, stereotypes & prejudice through legal exclusion, dehumanization & escalating violence... to systematic and industrial murder.
Auschwitz took time.
I’ve been a bad dog
January 25, 2025 at 11:42 AM
I’ve been a bad dog
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I used to scratch my head as to how they all allowed the world to go to hell in a handbasket in the 1930s and why not enough was done to prevent it. We all know now.
January 20, 2025 at 3:11 PM
I used to scratch my head as to how they all allowed the world to go to hell in a handbasket in the 1930s and why not enough was done to prevent it. We all know now.
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I have cooked for and fed homeless people for yrs in our community kitchen in my town
Never once did I ask them their political views before I dished their food
That’s what charity is and should be
I am sorry for you if you see it differently
Never once did I ask them their political views before I dished their food
That’s what charity is and should be
I am sorry for you if you see it differently
January 13, 2025 at 6:31 PM
I have cooked for and fed homeless people for yrs in our community kitchen in my town
Never once did I ask them their political views before I dished their food
That’s what charity is and should be
I am sorry for you if you see it differently
Never once did I ask them their political views before I dished their food
That’s what charity is and should be
I am sorry for you if you see it differently
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Hard to reconcile the nation that put a man on the moon is the same nation that put a moron in the White House.
January 12, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Hard to reconcile the nation that put a man on the moon is the same nation that put a moron in the White House.