Peter Sefton 🇪🇺🇺🇦
@peterjsefton.bsky.social
#Humanist, Liberal, reader of #SciFi, user of #Linux and #Amiga, EU citizen, resident of Ireland, retired firefighter. Just because I look old doesn't mean my thinking is old!
Banner photo is the lake at Mount Stewart, County Down.
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Banner photo is the lake at Mount Stewart, County Down.
No random DMs please.
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"Reeves can find a few billions in revenue and plug a few holes here and there but that’s still tinkering with the economy and does nothing to address the fundamental problem which has beached the UK where it is today. That is Brexit."
https://bit.ly/43Perhk
https://bit.ly/43Perhk
Brian Feeney: Forget the Budget, Britain’s problems are all about Brexit
Report after report from think tanks and academics have all laid bare the terrible damage Brexit did, and still does, to the British economy
www.irishnews.com
November 26, 2025 at 4:04 PM
"Reeves can find a few billions in revenue and plug a few holes here and there but that’s still tinkering with the economy and does nothing to address the fundamental problem which has beached the UK where it is today. That is Brexit."
https://bit.ly/43Perhk
https://bit.ly/43Perhk
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🚨 BREXIT BUDGET🚨
"And Finally, Madam Deputy speaker, we are ramping up sanctions on Russia and we are freezing known Russian assets."
"But let me be clear. I don't actually mean the Honourable Member for Clacton."
"And Finally, Madam Deputy speaker, we are ramping up sanctions on Russia and we are freezing known Russian assets."
"But let me be clear. I don't actually mean the Honourable Member for Clacton."
November 26, 2025 at 3:05 PM
🚨 BREXIT BUDGET🚨
"And Finally, Madam Deputy speaker, we are ramping up sanctions on Russia and we are freezing known Russian assets."
"But let me be clear. I don't actually mean the Honourable Member for Clacton."
"And Finally, Madam Deputy speaker, we are ramping up sanctions on Russia and we are freezing known Russian assets."
"But let me be clear. I don't actually mean the Honourable Member for Clacton."
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This is how our government has been corrupted:
1) Donors give huge sums to elect politicians to office
2) Elected officials rewrite rules in the donors' favor
3) Donors make huge profit
4) Repeat
We must get big money out of politics.
It is the root of our dysfunction.
1) Donors give huge sums to elect politicians to office
2) Elected officials rewrite rules in the donors' favor
3) Donors make huge profit
4) Repeat
We must get big money out of politics.
It is the root of our dysfunction.
November 25, 2025 at 10:15 PM
This is how our government has been corrupted:
1) Donors give huge sums to elect politicians to office
2) Elected officials rewrite rules in the donors' favor
3) Donors make huge profit
4) Repeat
We must get big money out of politics.
It is the root of our dysfunction.
1) Donors give huge sums to elect politicians to office
2) Elected officials rewrite rules in the donors' favor
3) Donors make huge profit
4) Repeat
We must get big money out of politics.
It is the root of our dysfunction.
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Hi All, Just sent out this free piece. The controversial Bloomberg piece is the perfect example of why we must stop making excuses for Trump. Trump has reconfirmed that Witkoff was doing what he wanted and that Witkoff is soon off to Moscow to represent the USA. open.substack.com/pub/phillips...
The Bloomberg Story Demonstrated Just How Much Some People Will Make Excuses For Trump
Hi All,
open.substack.com
November 26, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Hi All, Just sent out this free piece. The controversial Bloomberg piece is the perfect example of why we must stop making excuses for Trump. Trump has reconfirmed that Witkoff was doing what he wanted and that Witkoff is soon off to Moscow to represent the USA. open.substack.com/pub/phillips...
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this kind of thing also happens every day
Ukrainian drone operators wiped out a Russian assault group in Zaporizhzhia after spotting a tank-led column forming in fog
Russia attacked with tanks, MT-LBs, and six Ulan vehicles near Verbove but was caught completely off guard by Ukrainian FPVs euromaidanpress.com/2025/11/26/r...
Russia attacked with tanks, MT-LBs, and six Ulan vehicles near Verbove but was caught completely off guard by Ukrainian FPVs euromaidanpress.com/2025/11/26/r...
Russian media claimed Mala Tokmachka “secured forever.” Ukrainian FPV drones destroyed entire column hours later
A small drone unit stops Russian tanks, Ulans, MT-LBs.
euromaidanpress.com
November 26, 2025 at 12:39 PM
this kind of thing also happens every day
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❓ "It feels legitimate still to be asking the big question: were Britain’s interests served by leaving the EU?"
🇷🇺 "The foreign state that saw the greatest benefit to itself in fracturing Europe’s democratic alliances, is Vladimir Putin’s Russia."
https://bit.ly/3JX1kUB
🇷🇺 "The foreign state that saw the greatest benefit to itself in fracturing Europe’s democratic alliances, is Vladimir Putin’s Russia."
https://bit.ly/3JX1kUB
Rachel Reeves has many problems. She’s realising that her Brexit bind may be the biggest of all | Rafael Behr
Brutal economic realities are prompting a shift in Labour’s tone on Europe. But will it dare tell the whole truth about Britain’s predicament, asks Guardian columnist Rafael Behr
bit.ly
November 26, 2025 at 10:30 AM
❓ "It feels legitimate still to be asking the big question: were Britain’s interests served by leaving the EU?"
🇷🇺 "The foreign state that saw the greatest benefit to itself in fracturing Europe’s democratic alliances, is Vladimir Putin’s Russia."
https://bit.ly/3JX1kUB
🇷🇺 "The foreign state that saw the greatest benefit to itself in fracturing Europe’s democratic alliances, is Vladimir Putin’s Russia."
https://bit.ly/3JX1kUB
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NEW: Wales’s first minister @prifweinidog.gov.wales backs call for a full investigation into Russian interference.
Wales’s Senedd elections next spring ‘at risk’. @bbcwales.bsky.social report below.
Wales’s Senedd elections next spring ‘at risk’. @bbcwales.bsky.social report below.
November 26, 2025 at 9:25 AM
NEW: Wales’s first minister @prifweinidog.gov.wales backs call for a full investigation into Russian interference.
Wales’s Senedd elections next spring ‘at risk’. @bbcwales.bsky.social report below.
Wales’s Senedd elections next spring ‘at risk’. @bbcwales.bsky.social report below.
I've signed the petition calling for the Education Minister to reform Religious Education in NI today - will you sign too? via @actnowcampaigns.bsky.social my.actnowni.org/petitions/re...
Sign Now: We demand Inclusive Religious Education for all NI’s Children
I've signed the petition calling for the Education Minister to reform Religious Education in NI today - will you sign too?
my.actnowni.org
November 26, 2025 at 9:11 AM
I've signed the petition calling for the Education Minister to reform Religious Education in NI today - will you sign too? via @actnowcampaigns.bsky.social my.actnowni.org/petitions/re...
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On budget, Brexit and UK politics paddling in the shallow end of a problem that goes way deeper than just tax rises. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Rachel Reeves has many problems. She’s realising that her Brexit bind may be the biggest of all | Rafael Behr
Brutal economic realities are prompting a shift in Labour’s tone on Europe. But will it dare tell the whole truth about Britain’s predicament, asks Guardian columnist Rafael Behr
www.theguardian.com
November 26, 2025 at 8:15 AM
On budget, Brexit and UK politics paddling in the shallow end of a problem that goes way deeper than just tax rises. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Before Witkoff meets with Putin again, I wish he'd stop in Kyiv and meet some mothers who lost their sons & daughters fighting against Putin's invading army on the frontline, or talk with some kids who lost their grandmas in Putin's drone attacks, or meet some warriors without limbs...
November 26, 2025 at 3:25 AM
Before Witkoff meets with Putin again, I wish he'd stop in Kyiv and meet some mothers who lost their sons & daughters fighting against Putin's invading army on the frontline, or talk with some kids who lost their grandmas in Putin's drone attacks, or meet some warriors without limbs...
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🔥 Rachel Reeves says there’s a “hole” in the public finances.
A new decade-long Brexit study quantifies it:
A 6–8% hit to GDP
That's £180bn-£240bn a year
It means less tax revenue and so less money for everything.
Brexit made Britain MUCH poorer.
A new decade-long Brexit study quantifies it:
A 6–8% hit to GDP
That's £180bn-£240bn a year
It means less tax revenue and so less money for everything.
Brexit made Britain MUCH poorer.
New: Boris Johnson’s ‘Brexit Titanic success’ was half right
Nearly ten years on, the first full assessment of Brexit confirms what millions warned: Britain made itself poorer
eastangliabylines.co.uk
November 26, 2025 at 6:49 AM
🔥 Rachel Reeves says there’s a “hole” in the public finances.
A new decade-long Brexit study quantifies it:
A 6–8% hit to GDP
That's £180bn-£240bn a year
It means less tax revenue and so less money for everything.
Brexit made Britain MUCH poorer.
A new decade-long Brexit study quantifies it:
A 6–8% hit to GDP
That's £180bn-£240bn a year
It means less tax revenue and so less money for everything.
Brexit made Britain MUCH poorer.
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What a week and it’s only Tuesday. See me on Jimmy Kimmel tonight to talk all about it.
November 26, 2025 at 4:07 AM
What a week and it’s only Tuesday. See me on Jimmy Kimmel tonight to talk all about it.
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A great article in @foreignaffairs.com about the "toothless" Trump sanctions on Russian oil, that people have been getting wrong. China is still buying lots of oil, and without secondary sanctions, this will protect Moscow
www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state...
www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state...
America’s Toothless Sanctions on Russian Oil
Last month, the Trump administration imposed fresh sanctions on Russia’s two largest oil companies, Rosneft and Lukoil, signaling a renewed desire to drive Moscow to the negotiating table in its war a...
www.foreignaffairs.com
November 26, 2025 at 2:02 AM
A great article in @foreignaffairs.com about the "toothless" Trump sanctions on Russian oil, that people have been getting wrong. China is still buying lots of oil, and without secondary sanctions, this will protect Moscow
www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state...
www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state...
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Everything is going wrong for Donald. It’s WONDERFUL!
Bless The Folks Marching To Impeach Trump
It's long overdue.
www.thegodpodcast.com
November 25, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Everything is going wrong for Donald. It’s WONDERFUL!
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How Farage feels about Putin: in his own words | LBC
YouTube video by LBC
youtu.be
November 25, 2025 at 1:16 PM
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If multiple people can remember someone being horribly racist, even by the appalling low bar of the racist 1970s, that is entirely noteworthy.
As an adult Farage fanboyed Enoch Powell - the most infamous racist of the 1960s - and long cited him as his political hero.
And that's noteworthy too.
As an adult Farage fanboyed Enoch Powell - the most infamous racist of the 1960s - and long cited him as his political hero.
And that's noteworthy too.
November 25, 2025 at 2:23 PM
If multiple people can remember someone being horribly racist, even by the appalling low bar of the racist 1970s, that is entirely noteworthy.
As an adult Farage fanboyed Enoch Powell - the most infamous racist of the 1960s - and long cited him as his political hero.
And that's noteworthy too.
As an adult Farage fanboyed Enoch Powell - the most infamous racist of the 1960s - and long cited him as his political hero.
And that's noteworthy too.
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💪 A strong public service broadcaster is crucial for a functional democracy.
🗣️ Without a trusted source of information, voters are at danger of being misled and manipulated
🎥 The BBC is not perfect, but it is indispensable.
https://bit.ly/3XhSymX
🗣️ Without a trusted source of information, voters are at danger of being misled and manipulated
🎥 The BBC is not perfect, but it is indispensable.
https://bit.ly/3XhSymX
My guide to populist-proofing your democracy – before it’s too late | Timothy Garton Ash
From public service broadcasting to an independent judiciary, these are the things that we must fight to keep, says Guardian columnist Timothy Garton Ash
bit.ly
November 25, 2025 at 4:04 PM
💪 A strong public service broadcaster is crucial for a functional democracy.
🗣️ Without a trusted source of information, voters are at danger of being misled and manipulated
🎥 The BBC is not perfect, but it is indispensable.
https://bit.ly/3XhSymX
🗣️ Without a trusted source of information, voters are at danger of being misled and manipulated
🎥 The BBC is not perfect, but it is indispensable.
https://bit.ly/3XhSymX
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The sound you are hearing from the Trump administration is political panic. Because of all the corruption they cannot afford to lose the 2026 midterms, but they know in a free vote they are looking at defeat.
The implication of this is that they will try to thwart a free vote.
The implication of this is that they will try to thwart a free vote.
November 25, 2025 at 2:42 AM
The sound you are hearing from the Trump administration is political panic. Because of all the corruption they cannot afford to lose the 2026 midterms, but they know in a free vote they are looking at defeat.
The implication of this is that they will try to thwart a free vote.
The implication of this is that they will try to thwart a free vote.
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Timely episode of Behind The Lines on the real implications of Trump's botched "peace deal" and what next for Ukraine. @snellarthur.bsky.social chats to Ukrainian diplomat Iuliia Osmolowska and explains it to me.
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Ukraine Crisis: Will Trump Force Moscow's Deal on Zelenskyy?
Podcast Episode · Behind The Lines with Arthur Snell · 25/11/2025 · 55m
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November 25, 2025 at 6:50 AM
Timely episode of Behind The Lines on the real implications of Trump's botched "peace deal" and what next for Ukraine. @snellarthur.bsky.social chats to Ukrainian diplomat Iuliia Osmolowska and explains it to me.
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Woah.
I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
November 25, 2025 at 9:57 AM
Woah.
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New analysis by the House of Commons library estimates that Brexit is costing the Treasury up to £90bn a year in lost tax revenue.
To fix our nations finances we must get closer to Europe and fix the problems caused by Brexit...
https://bit.ly/4pobLzs
To fix our nations finances we must get closer to Europe and fix the problems caused by Brexit...
https://bit.ly/4pobLzs
Brexit costing UK up to £90bn in lost tax revenue , new analysis shows
Exclusive: Britons also up to £3,700 worse off, leading to calls for the Labour government to improve relations with the EU
www.independent.co.uk
November 25, 2025 at 10:30 AM
New analysis by the House of Commons library estimates that Brexit is costing the Treasury up to £90bn a year in lost tax revenue.
To fix our nations finances we must get closer to Europe and fix the problems caused by Brexit...
https://bit.ly/4pobLzs
To fix our nations finances we must get closer to Europe and fix the problems caused by Brexit...
https://bit.ly/4pobLzs
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Confirmed by Ukraine’s General Staff: the rare Russian A-60 airborne laser aircraft was likely destroyed in a strike on the Beriev plant in Taganrog. Also hit: drone factory “Molniya,” oil terminals in Novorossiysk, Tuapse refinery, and an S-400 launcher.
November 25, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Confirmed by Ukraine’s General Staff: the rare Russian A-60 airborne laser aircraft was likely destroyed in a strike on the Beriev plant in Taganrog. Also hit: drone factory “Molniya,” oil terminals in Novorossiysk, Tuapse refinery, and an S-400 launcher.
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And so it begins...
Maybe/hopefully.
Maybe/hopefully.
Malaysia plans to bar children under the age of 16 from social media starting next year, with a close eye to how Australia implements and enforces a similar ban that takes effect next month. Here's what to know.
Malaysia to Ban Children Under 16 From Social Media, Echoing Australia
The announcement on Sunday, which was light on details, came weeks before a similar action takes effect in Australia.
nyti.ms
November 24, 2025 at 1:30 PM
And so it begins...
Maybe/hopefully.
Maybe/hopefully.
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Really worth reading the replies. Split fairly equally between those with a dreadful clinic and those with a good one. It's just that it is actually pretty rare to hear from the latter group and there's clearly a lot of them about.
I am constantly so impressed with my local GP clinic. It is impossibly efficient. There is no relationship with an individual doctor - I don't want one - but the moment you have a concern about something they sort a call back that day or a walk-in appointment that week. They're just brilliant.
November 24, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Really worth reading the replies. Split fairly equally between those with a dreadful clinic and those with a good one. It's just that it is actually pretty rare to hear from the latter group and there's clearly a lot of them about.