Nick Hollinghurst
@nickhollinghurst.bsky.social
From: Birkenhead
Former: Scientist, export salesman, politician
Current: Politician, humanist, elderly retired man
Interests: people, travel, good food, reading
Languages: English, Deutsch, Cymraeg, French, bits of others
Member: National Liberal Club
Former: Scientist, export salesman, politician
Current: Politician, humanist, elderly retired man
Interests: people, travel, good food, reading
Languages: English, Deutsch, Cymraeg, French, bits of others
Member: National Liberal Club
After recent electoral successes, are the Democrats going to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory by capitulating?
Are they going to agree to Trump's cuts to Medicaid, to SNAP, to nursing home standards - just to avoid air travel disruption at Thanksgiving?
Have they been bought out by tax cuts?
Are they going to agree to Trump's cuts to Medicaid, to SNAP, to nursing home standards - just to avoid air travel disruption at Thanksgiving?
Have they been bought out by tax cuts?
November 11, 2025 at 12:57 AM
After recent electoral successes, are the Democrats going to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory by capitulating?
Are they going to agree to Trump's cuts to Medicaid, to SNAP, to nursing home standards - just to avoid air travel disruption at Thanksgiving?
Have they been bought out by tax cuts?
Are they going to agree to Trump's cuts to Medicaid, to SNAP, to nursing home standards - just to avoid air travel disruption at Thanksgiving?
Have they been bought out by tax cuts?
My message to the BBC is, "You have to show strength, and you have to be strong".
November 10, 2025 at 7:36 PM
My message to the BBC is, "You have to show strength, and you have to be strong".
Oh dear... looks like the Democrats might have cracked?
November 10, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Oh dear... looks like the Democrats might have cracked?
The bear and the bot farm: Countering Russian hybrid warfare in Africa: ecfr.eu/publication/...
The bear and the bot farm: Countering Russian hybrid warfare in Africa
Russia has many quiet enemies in Africa. Working together, like-minded Africans and Europeans can roll back its troublesome influence.
ecfr.eu
November 9, 2025 at 7:13 PM
The bear and the bot farm: Countering Russian hybrid warfare in Africa: ecfr.eu/publication/...
Elon Musk's financial package is $1,000,000,000,000 over 10 years, i.e. $100,000,000,000 a year.
Tesla car sales are about 1,800,000 a year.
So Musk's salary per car sold = about $55,500.
Therefore if Tesla didn't pay Musk his $trillion, it could give the cars away & still make a tiny profit!
Right?
Tesla car sales are about 1,800,000 a year.
So Musk's salary per car sold = about $55,500.
Therefore if Tesla didn't pay Musk his $trillion, it could give the cars away & still make a tiny profit!
Right?
November 9, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Elon Musk's financial package is $1,000,000,000,000 over 10 years, i.e. $100,000,000,000 a year.
Tesla car sales are about 1,800,000 a year.
So Musk's salary per car sold = about $55,500.
Therefore if Tesla didn't pay Musk his $trillion, it could give the cars away & still make a tiny profit!
Right?
Tesla car sales are about 1,800,000 a year.
So Musk's salary per car sold = about $55,500.
Therefore if Tesla didn't pay Musk his $trillion, it could give the cars away & still make a tiny profit!
Right?
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Remembrance is an opportunity not just to honour the lives lost to war, whether brave combatants or civilian victims. It is also a chance to recommit to the cause of peace and freedom in the hope that one day war will be no more.
November 9, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Remembrance is an opportunity not just to honour the lives lost to war, whether brave combatants or civilian victims. It is also a chance to recommit to the cause of peace and freedom in the hope that one day war will be no more.
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The irony meter just broke.
The BBC isn't perfect, but it's one of the few things standing between our British values and a Trump-style takeover of our politics.
The BBC isn't perfect, but it's one of the few things standing between our British values and a Trump-style takeover of our politics.
November 9, 2025 at 5:00 PM
The irony meter just broke.
The BBC isn't perfect, but it's one of the few things standing between our British values and a Trump-style takeover of our politics.
The BBC isn't perfect, but it's one of the few things standing between our British values and a Trump-style takeover of our politics.
It seems Viktor Orban has been singing for his supper!
November 8, 2025 at 1:18 AM
It seems Viktor Orban has been singing for his supper!
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Remember: If we allow ourselves to fall into fatalism, or wallow in disappointment, or become resigned to what is rather than what should be, we will lose the long game.
The greatest enemy of positive social change is cynicism about what can be changed.
The greatest enemy of positive social change is cynicism about what can be changed.
November 8, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Remember: If we allow ourselves to fall into fatalism, or wallow in disappointment, or become resigned to what is rather than what should be, we will lose the long game.
The greatest enemy of positive social change is cynicism about what can be changed.
The greatest enemy of positive social change is cynicism about what can be changed.
1 $Trillion for Elon? Over next 10 yrs?
It's a stunt!
He gets stock options (not cash) IF share price increases 6-fold by 2035 & IF Tesla delivers 20 million vehicles, 10 million robotaxis, 1 million humanoid robots + hitting high operating profits.
Are Tesla investors safe? The optics look v bad.
It's a stunt!
He gets stock options (not cash) IF share price increases 6-fold by 2035 & IF Tesla delivers 20 million vehicles, 10 million robotaxis, 1 million humanoid robots + hitting high operating profits.
Are Tesla investors safe? The optics look v bad.
November 8, 2025 at 12:23 AM
1 $Trillion for Elon? Over next 10 yrs?
It's a stunt!
He gets stock options (not cash) IF share price increases 6-fold by 2035 & IF Tesla delivers 20 million vehicles, 10 million robotaxis, 1 million humanoid robots + hitting high operating profits.
Are Tesla investors safe? The optics look v bad.
It's a stunt!
He gets stock options (not cash) IF share price increases 6-fold by 2035 & IF Tesla delivers 20 million vehicles, 10 million robotaxis, 1 million humanoid robots + hitting high operating profits.
Are Tesla investors safe? The optics look v bad.
Trump has made 2 serious mistakes with his murderous attacks on boats in the Gulf of Mexico and now by threatening to launch a Bay of Pigs style attack on Venezuelan territory.
The Russians can now pose as defenders of the S Americans and are setting up arms manufacture and missile supplies to V.
The Russians can now pose as defenders of the S Americans and are setting up arms manufacture and missile supplies to V.
November 7, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Trump has made 2 serious mistakes with his murderous attacks on boats in the Gulf of Mexico and now by threatening to launch a Bay of Pigs style attack on Venezuelan territory.
The Russians can now pose as defenders of the S Americans and are setting up arms manufacture and missile supplies to V.
The Russians can now pose as defenders of the S Americans and are setting up arms manufacture and missile supplies to V.
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The US is the world's largest oil and gas producer. Yet, "China is now making more money from exporting green technology than America makes from exporting fossil fuels."
China’s clean-energy revolution will reshape markets and politics
The world’s biggest manufacturer now has an interest in the world decarbonising
www.economist.com
November 7, 2025 at 11:05 AM
The US is the world's largest oil and gas producer. Yet, "China is now making more money from exporting green technology than America makes from exporting fossil fuels."
The main reason why millions of working people have to claim benefits from the government is because their wages & salaries are TOO LOW.
The second reason is that shareholders, owners & directors of the companies that employ them are being paid TOO MUCH
The third reason is that rents are TOO HIGH
The second reason is that shareholders, owners & directors of the companies that employ them are being paid TOO MUCH
The third reason is that rents are TOO HIGH
November 6, 2025 at 9:27 PM
The main reason why millions of working people have to claim benefits from the government is because their wages & salaries are TOO LOW.
The second reason is that shareholders, owners & directors of the companies that employ them are being paid TOO MUCH
The third reason is that rents are TOO HIGH
The second reason is that shareholders, owners & directors of the companies that employ them are being paid TOO MUCH
The third reason is that rents are TOO HIGH
The main reason why millions of working people have to claim benefits from the state is because the wages and salaries in that state are TOO LOW.
The second reason is that shareholders and owners of the companies that employ them are being paid TOO MUCH
The thirds reason is that rents are TOO HIGH
The second reason is that shareholders and owners of the companies that employ them are being paid TOO MUCH
The thirds reason is that rents are TOO HIGH
November 6, 2025 at 6:59 PM
The main reason why millions of working people have to claim benefits from the state is because the wages and salaries in that state are TOO LOW.
The second reason is that shareholders and owners of the companies that employ them are being paid TOO MUCH
The thirds reason is that rents are TOO HIGH
The second reason is that shareholders and owners of the companies that employ them are being paid TOO MUCH
The thirds reason is that rents are TOO HIGH
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American here. Very cheering night but long road ahead. Lots of gerrymandering and hugely financed disinformation campaigns to get through first.
November 5, 2025 at 12:09 PM
American here. Very cheering night but long road ahead. Lots of gerrymandering and hugely financed disinformation campaigns to get through first.
Yankee doodle dandy!
Looks like America is starting to recover!
Looks like America is starting to recover!
November 5, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Yankee doodle dandy!
Looks like America is starting to recover!
Looks like America is starting to recover!
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Andrew Cuomo was not removed from office but resigned as Governor of New York in August 2021 after a report by the state attorney general concluded he had sexually harassed 11 women and created a hostile work environment. The fallout from the report, which was followed by an impeachment
November 3, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Andrew Cuomo was not removed from office but resigned as Governor of New York in August 2021 after a report by the state attorney general concluded he had sexually harassed 11 women and created a hostile work environment. The fallout from the report, which was followed by an impeachment
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Say what you want about Dick Cheney but he raised a daughter who stood up when it mattered.
November 4, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Say what you want about Dick Cheney but he raised a daughter who stood up when it mattered.
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Worth remembering…
November 4, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Worth remembering…
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Notable in today's YouGov that the centre/left bloc - Lab/Green/LD/SNP are on 54%. With Reform/Tories on 43%. That's the biggest differential in a long time.
I think useful to track blocs given instability between parties at the moment.
I think useful to track blocs given instability between parties at the moment.
November 4, 2025 at 10:23 AM
Notable in today's YouGov that the centre/left bloc - Lab/Green/LD/SNP are on 54%. With Reform/Tories on 43%. That's the biggest differential in a long time.
I think useful to track blocs given instability between parties at the moment.
I think useful to track blocs given instability between parties at the moment.
Sooner or later, and probably sooner than anyone suspects, MAGA will drink the Kool Aid.
November 4, 2025 at 1:32 AM
Sooner or later, and probably sooner than anyone suspects, MAGA will drink the Kool Aid.
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November 3, 2025 at 12:32 PM
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Whenever doubters tell you the super-rich can't be taxed, show them this ... 👇
November 3, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Whenever doubters tell you the super-rich can't be taxed, show them this ... 👇
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I don't resent poor people who use food stamps to buy another soft drink.
I resent rich people who take away the funds for food stamps to buy another yacht.
I resent rich people who take away the funds for food stamps to buy another yacht.
November 2, 2025 at 5:17 PM
I don't resent poor people who use food stamps to buy another soft drink.
I resent rich people who take away the funds for food stamps to buy another yacht.
I resent rich people who take away the funds for food stamps to buy another yacht.