Paul Ashbridge
@pashers58.bsky.social
Disillusioned with That Other Place and looking forward to a more welcoming and sane platform. Please no DMs (unless you know me)!
Desperately sad news
December 2, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Desperately sad news
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Bless @sophiegilbert.bsky.social @theatlantic.com: "The past decade has been a gloomy lesson in how limited a proportion of men actually see women as equal human beings...The fish rots from the head. The pig is in the Oval Office." www.theatlantic.com/culture/2025...
The Pig Is in the White House
This is what consequence-free misogyny looks like.
www.theatlantic.com
November 20, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Bless @sophiegilbert.bsky.social @theatlantic.com: "The past decade has been a gloomy lesson in how limited a proportion of men actually see women as equal human beings...The fish rots from the head. The pig is in the Oval Office." www.theatlantic.com/culture/2025...
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The Covid Inquiry finds that if Boris Johnson had called the first lockdown even one week earlier then it could have saved at least 20,000 lives.
Here's a quick reminder of what Johnson was actually doing during those weeks
Here's a quick reminder of what Johnson was actually doing during those weeks
November 20, 2025 at 4:55 PM
The Covid Inquiry finds that if Boris Johnson had called the first lockdown even one week earlier then it could have saved at least 20,000 lives.
Here's a quick reminder of what Johnson was actually doing during those weeks
Here's a quick reminder of what Johnson was actually doing during those weeks
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We are so far through the looking glass that the man who tried to overthrow an election becomes president, the people who attacked the Capitol are turned into martyrs, & it's the BBC that gets punished - cheered on by the worst news outlets in the UK & the two most dishonest politicians of our age.
It’s not at all clear to me how the BBC can do any kind of serious journalism if its top two bosses can be forced to quit over such an obviously confected scandal. There is no substantive error here. How can the BBC report on Trump, or Farage, or anyone else, in these circumstances?
November 9, 2025 at 9:08 PM
We are so far through the looking glass that the man who tried to overthrow an election becomes president, the people who attacked the Capitol are turned into martyrs, & it's the BBC that gets punished - cheered on by the worst news outlets in the UK & the two most dishonest politicians of our age.
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Just absolutely classic BBC. You've just broadcast the most successful programme of the year, uniting Gen Z kids online and Boomers on broadcast in a return to appointment television. And instead of celebrating, your DG reigns due to a made-up right-wing scandal.
November 9, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Just absolutely classic BBC. You've just broadcast the most successful programme of the year, uniting Gen Z kids online and Boomers on broadcast in a return to appointment television. And instead of celebrating, your DG reigns due to a made-up right-wing scandal.
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Man down. Novo Nordisk exec collapses. Trump looks away. RJKJr flees the room. Dems, if we don’t see this pic everywhere, you’re not doing your job.
November 6, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Man down. Novo Nordisk exec collapses. Trump looks away. RJKJr flees the room. Dems, if we don’t see this pic everywhere, you’re not doing your job.
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Trump foreign policy:
“Why give Ukraine tens of billions to resist a fascist dictator when we can just give it to Argentina to prop up a fascist dictator?”
“Why give Ukraine tens of billions to resist a fascist dictator when we can just give it to Argentina to prop up a fascist dictator?”
October 17, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Trump foreign policy:
“Why give Ukraine tens of billions to resist a fascist dictator when we can just give it to Argentina to prop up a fascist dictator?”
“Why give Ukraine tens of billions to resist a fascist dictator when we can just give it to Argentina to prop up a fascist dictator?”
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Can someone ask Farage or Zia Yusuf why, if they're so concerned about incitement to violence, they had Lucy Connolly as a guest star at their conference?
October 1, 2025 at 8:28 AM
Can someone ask Farage or Zia Yusuf why, if they're so concerned about incitement to violence, they had Lucy Connolly as a guest star at their conference?
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Give it a month and Keir Starmer will tell someone interviewing him that he hadn't read this morning's speech before delivering it.
Rachel Reeves, at IPPR, says the idea of the populist right that foreign workers depress domestic workers’ wages is simplistic and wrong…
September 26, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Give it a month and Keir Starmer will tell someone interviewing him that he hadn't read this morning's speech before delivering it.
Starmer sounding like a broken man at PMQ's, even Badenoch got the better of him for once
September 10, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Starmer sounding like a broken man at PMQ's, even Badenoch got the better of him for once
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Reform’s conference has actually been great for progressives because all you have to do to show these people up is give them a mic.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Doctor uses Reform conference speech to link king’s cancer to Covid vaccine
Aseem Malhotra claimed ‘eminent oncologist’ said jab was ‘significant factor in the cancer of members of royal family’
www.theguardian.com
September 6, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Reform’s conference has actually been great for progressives because all you have to do to show these people up is give them a mic.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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I've read Sir Laurie Magnus's conclusion and Rayner's resignation letter.
Rayner did breach the ministerial code, but in a very minor way. Under previous governments, we saw more serious breaches on a daily basis without consequence.
I hope her absence from government is short.
Rayner did breach the ministerial code, but in a very minor way. Under previous governments, we saw more serious breaches on a daily basis without consequence.
I hope her absence from government is short.
September 5, 2025 at 12:10 PM
I've read Sir Laurie Magnus's conclusion and Rayner's resignation letter.
Rayner did breach the ministerial code, but in a very minor way. Under previous governments, we saw more serious breaches on a daily basis without consequence.
I hope her absence from government is short.
Rayner did breach the ministerial code, but in a very minor way. Under previous governments, we saw more serious breaches on a daily basis without consequence.
I hope her absence from government is short.
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Seriously, BBC, youre spending 30 minutes on whether Angela Rayner accidentally underpaid up to £3.5k in tax. I hope this sudden concern for tax takes will also stretch to our billionaire overlords who pay hardly a sou to enjoy the advantages of screwing this country over.
September 3, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Seriously, BBC, youre spending 30 minutes on whether Angela Rayner accidentally underpaid up to £3.5k in tax. I hope this sudden concern for tax takes will also stretch to our billionaire overlords who pay hardly a sou to enjoy the advantages of screwing this country over.
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The magnitude of Grimsby Town's win over MUFC, in numbers.
(Figures from @priceoffootball.bsky.social)
(Figures from @priceoffootball.bsky.social)
August 28, 2025 at 7:28 AM
The magnitude of Grimsby Town's win over MUFC, in numbers.
(Figures from @priceoffootball.bsky.social)
(Figures from @priceoffootball.bsky.social)
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"Even in the annals of Mr. Trump’s erratic presidency, the Anchorage meeting with Mr. Putin now stands out as a reversal of historic proportions
The net effect was to give Mr. Putin a free pass to continue his war against his neighbor..."
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/16/u...
The net effect was to give Mr. Putin a free pass to continue his war against his neighbor..."
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/16/u...
August 16, 2025 at 7:57 PM
"Even in the annals of Mr. Trump’s erratic presidency, the Anchorage meeting with Mr. Putin now stands out as a reversal of historic proportions
The net effect was to give Mr. Putin a free pass to continue his war against his neighbor..."
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/16/u...
The net effect was to give Mr. Putin a free pass to continue his war against his neighbor..."
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/16/u...
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Amazing game, triumphant captain Gill consoles the brave Chris Woakes after India's six run victory
August 4, 2025 at 11:17 AM
Amazing game, triumphant captain Gill consoles the brave Chris Woakes after India's six run victory
Really enjoyed this film
Past Lives
Following two childhood friends over the course of 24 years while they contemplate the nature of their relationship as they grow apart, living different lives.
www.bbc.co.uk
July 21, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Really enjoyed this film
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Another one bites the dust
Reform MP James McMurdock loses whip over business allegations, party says
He has made the decision amid allegations of business propriety during the pandemic.
www.bbc.co.uk
July 5, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Another one bites the dust
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Awful news.
Liverpool football star Diogo Jota, 28, killed in car crash - report | UK News | Sky News share.google/NbkmGT7GW05y...
Liverpool football star Diogo Jota, 28, killed in car crash - report | UK News | Sky News share.google/NbkmGT7GW05y...
Liverpool football star Diogo Jota, 28, killed in car crash - report
Liverpool star Diogo Jota has died in a car crash, according to local reports in Spain.
share.google
July 3, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Awful news.
Liverpool football star Diogo Jota, 28, killed in car crash - report | UK News | Sky News share.google/NbkmGT7GW05y...
Liverpool football star Diogo Jota, 28, killed in car crash - report | UK News | Sky News share.google/NbkmGT7GW05y...
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This is hideous.
After a Treasury spokesperson says Rachel Reeves was upset at PMQs due to a personal matter, Kemi Badenoch's spokesman tells journalists that "something strange is going on" and insists the Chancellor immediately disclose what is happening in her personal life
July 2, 2025 at 12:36 PM
This is hideous.