Russ Holmes
@rholmes.bsky.social
Domestic extremist - DIY, gardening, cooking
He is wedded to McSweeney, Glasman and Blue Labour. The fact that he is so dependent upon them suggests that he can't live without them.
November 12, 2025 at 1:40 PM
He is wedded to McSweeney, Glasman and Blue Labour. The fact that he is so dependent upon them suggests that he can't live without them.
There are parallels though - both Starmer & Johnson's political witlessness is disguised by shtick (Mr Sensible, The Clown), and both were used as vehicles by others to gain power and enact an ideology to achieve nirvana: in Blue Labour's case a socially conservative, parochial backwater.
November 12, 2025 at 12:41 PM
There are parallels though - both Starmer & Johnson's political witlessness is disguised by shtick (Mr Sensible, The Clown), and both were used as vehicles by others to gain power and enact an ideology to achieve nirvana: in Blue Labour's case a socially conservative, parochial backwater.
There is such a thing as bad publicity.
November 12, 2025 at 10:45 AM
There is such a thing as bad publicity.
Starmer without McSweeney would be like Johnson without Cummings. Straight down the plughole.
November 12, 2025 at 10:32 AM
Starmer without McSweeney would be like Johnson without Cummings. Straight down the plughole.
Very racist compared with the UK, too.
November 11, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Very racist compared with the UK, too.
Early 2000s. Scandinavia is not as advanced as you think. In the 90s, I took a trip through the Norwegian mountains and came upon a mountain lodge with long drop toilets onto the wild stream we had been walking up. We spent the next few days throwing up. Would've been completely illegal in the UK.
November 11, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Early 2000s. Scandinavia is not as advanced as you think. In the 90s, I took a trip through the Norwegian mountains and came upon a mountain lodge with long drop toilets onto the wild stream we had been walking up. We spent the next few days throwing up. Would've been completely illegal in the UK.
A challenger needs the support of 20% of MPs to call an election. Next May.
November 11, 2025 at 10:12 PM
A challenger needs the support of 20% of MPs to call an election. Next May.
I got pulled up for a reel of lead-free plumbing solder and a brick bolster, which in those days were impossible to get in Sweden. Missed my drugs completely.
November 11, 2025 at 9:01 PM
I got pulled up for a reel of lead-free plumbing solder and a brick bolster, which in those days were impossible to get in Sweden. Missed my drugs completely.
NOAA have a G4 severe storm warning for tomorrow evening. Sadly, forecast to be raining where I live.
www.swpc.noaa.gov/news/g4-seve...
www.swpc.noaa.gov/news/g4-seve...
G4 (Severe) Watch in Effect for 12 November | NOAA / NWS Space Weather Prediction Center
www.swpc.noaa.gov
November 11, 2025 at 7:18 PM
NOAA have a G4 severe storm warning for tomorrow evening. Sadly, forecast to be raining where I live.
www.swpc.noaa.gov/news/g4-seve...
www.swpc.noaa.gov/news/g4-seve...
I have never owned a television and have no idea what this is about.
November 11, 2025 at 4:19 PM
I have never owned a television and have no idea what this is about.
It was this gentlemen who changed the party leader election process to by the membership alone, and allowed non-party members to vote by paying £3. Culminating in Corbyn. He also incubated Blue Labour and elevated Maurice Glasman to the House of Lords.
November 11, 2025 at 2:42 PM
It was this gentlemen who changed the party leader election process to by the membership alone, and allowed non-party members to vote by paying £3. Culminating in Corbyn. He also incubated Blue Labour and elevated Maurice Glasman to the House of Lords.
"island of strangers", "legitimate concerns"
a man wearing a sweater that says " me " on it
ALT: a man wearing a sweater that says " me " on it
media.tenor.com
November 11, 2025 at 1:05 PM
"island of strangers", "legitimate concerns"
He looks familiar.
November 11, 2025 at 12:24 PM
He looks familiar.
An earnings ratio of 300 and dismal sales outlook. What he is being paid to do is maintain the illusion.
November 11, 2025 at 11:02 AM
An earnings ratio of 300 and dismal sales outlook. What he is being paid to do is maintain the illusion.
By emphasising net zero as a righteous thing to do, it allows the right wing to portray it as a costly policy (even though it is not). What they should be doing is repeatedly hammering the fact that energy is so expensive in the UK because we rely on gas - renewables will make energy much cheaper.
November 11, 2025 at 10:59 AM
By emphasising net zero as a righteous thing to do, it allows the right wing to portray it as a costly policy (even though it is not). What they should be doing is repeatedly hammering the fact that energy is so expensive in the UK because we rely on gas - renewables will make energy much cheaper.
The party was in chaos under Ed Miliband and then Corbyn following Blair's departure, allowing Blue Labour to gain a stranglehold on the party. There has been no nurturing of talent and the big beasts have moved on. The only person capable of leading the party back isn't even in Westminster.
November 11, 2025 at 10:54 AM
The party was in chaos under Ed Miliband and then Corbyn following Blair's departure, allowing Blue Labour to gain a stranglehold on the party. There has been no nurturing of talent and the big beasts have moved on. The only person capable of leading the party back isn't even in Westminster.
The BBC's historical domination of centrist news left little room for other outlets and is one of the reasons behind the lack of British liberal and centre left newspapers. The downfall of BBC news from 1999 onwards has left the media landscape with no counter to the right wing rags.
November 11, 2025 at 10:43 AM
The BBC's historical domination of centrist news left little room for other outlets and is one of the reasons behind the lack of British liberal and centre left newspapers. The downfall of BBC news from 1999 onwards has left the media landscape with no counter to the right wing rags.
Labour was my preferred party. Red lines, winter fuel payments, "nation of strangers", " no rejoining EU in my lifetime", trans bashing, u-turns, poor communications, lack of a strategy and no positive vision. They are a disaster, likely leading to a Reform government and the end of the UK.
November 11, 2025 at 10:05 AM
Labour was my preferred party. Red lines, winter fuel payments, "nation of strangers", " no rejoining EU in my lifetime", trans bashing, u-turns, poor communications, lack of a strategy and no positive vision. They are a disaster, likely leading to a Reform government and the end of the UK.