Richard Banner
@richardjbanner.bsky.social
#FBPE On here to follow politics, but mainly to complain about Brexit (in the forlorn hope if enough people do it will eventually help) Yachtsman, motorhomer Also have shantyrichardb.bsky.social to follow people interested in Sea Shanties and Folk Music
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Farage says leaving the ECHR is the “unfinished business" of Brexit and that the UK is "not sovereign” while we are in it.
But Farage lies. And Brexit is a shitshow. So, “finishing” it should fill us all with dread.
Sovereignty without rights is dictatorship.
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
But Farage lies. And Brexit is a shitshow. So, “finishing” it should fill us all with dread.
Sovereignty without rights is dictatorship.
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
Leaving the ECHR won’t stop the boats, 300 organisations warn in rallying cry
Prime minister Keir Starmer urged to make positive case for ECHR after Kemi Badenoch pledged a Tory government would leave the treaty
www.independent.co.uk
November 3, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Farage says leaving the ECHR is the “unfinished business" of Brexit and that the UK is "not sovereign” while we are in it.
But Farage lies. And Brexit is a shitshow. So, “finishing” it should fill us all with dread.
Sovereignty without rights is dictatorship.
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
But Farage lies. And Brexit is a shitshow. So, “finishing” it should fill us all with dread.
Sovereignty without rights is dictatorship.
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
I can't help wondering why Mr Trump, who previously claimed he could "shoot someone in 5th Avenue" or "grab a woman by the..." well wherever and not lose voters is suddenly so concerned about what voters might think should they learn what the Epstein files have to say about him?
November 2, 2025 at 10:35 PM
I can't help wondering why Mr Trump, who previously claimed he could "shoot someone in 5th Avenue" or "grab a woman by the..." well wherever and not lose voters is suddenly so concerned about what voters might think should they learn what the Epstein files have to say about him?
It's so sad, I was talking to someone today who's very angry about a local issue, they're blaming the Government, suggesting if Reform was in charge it would be fixed, completely oblivious to the fact that they only have this issue in the first place as a direct consequence of Brexit!
November 2, 2025 at 10:28 PM
It's so sad, I was talking to someone today who's very angry about a local issue, they're blaming the Government, suggesting if Reform was in charge it would be fixed, completely oblivious to the fact that they only have this issue in the first place as a direct consequence of Brexit!
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Gotta love Private Eye.
Always cuts through the crap.
Always cuts through the crap.
October 31, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Gotta love Private Eye.
Always cuts through the crap.
Always cuts through the crap.
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Reform UK supporting Matt Goodwin says because we are broke taxes have to go up
Brexit costs us £40 billion a year in lost tax income from trade with the EU, this is why we are broke
If you vote for Reform you're voting for the same people who made us broke, to fix us being broke 🤷♂️ #BBCQT
Brexit costs us £40 billion a year in lost tax income from trade with the EU, this is why we are broke
If you vote for Reform you're voting for the same people who made us broke, to fix us being broke 🤷♂️ #BBCQT
October 31, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Reform UK supporting Matt Goodwin says because we are broke taxes have to go up
Brexit costs us £40 billion a year in lost tax income from trade with the EU, this is why we are broke
If you vote for Reform you're voting for the same people who made us broke, to fix us being broke 🤷♂️ #BBCQT
Brexit costs us £40 billion a year in lost tax income from trade with the EU, this is why we are broke
If you vote for Reform you're voting for the same people who made us broke, to fix us being broke 🤷♂️ #BBCQT
The thing about the current Royal scandals is when you think it would have only taken a helicopter crash or a slip from the deck of a warship back in the 1970s for it to now be "King Andrew" who was having to deal with them!
October 31, 2025 at 10:22 AM
The thing about the current Royal scandals is when you think it would have only taken a helicopter crash or a slip from the deck of a warship back in the 1970s for it to now be "King Andrew" who was having to deal with them!
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Farage: epic grifter
October 27, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Farage: epic grifter
Don't mean to single out Nick Ferrari specifically but this sums up the problem with our mainstream media at the moment. Rather than simply reporting the facts about what's happened the most important thing to them is that whatever they say presents their own political viewpoint in the best light.
Spectacular show opening monologue from Nick Ferrari on LBC which manages to avoid mentioning Plaid Cymru altogether.
Let alone congratulating Lindsay Whittle on an historic win.
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Let alone congratulating Lindsay Whittle on an historic win.
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October 25, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Don't mean to single out Nick Ferrari specifically but this sums up the problem with our mainstream media at the moment. Rather than simply reporting the facts about what's happened the most important thing to them is that whatever they say presents their own political viewpoint in the best light.
Also on @mrjamesob.bsky.social podcast "Everybody knows we have too much debt." Nobody challenged this. All money was originally created by the Gov. "Gov. debt" is another name for the money put into the economy which now exists as private wealth. If there was no Debt there would be no money supply.
October 25, 2025 at 8:10 AM
Also on @mrjamesob.bsky.social podcast "Everybody knows we have too much debt." Nobody challenged this. All money was originally created by the Gov. "Gov. debt" is another name for the money put into the economy which now exists as private wealth. If there was no Debt there would be no money supply.
I listened to @mrjamesob.bsky.social daily podcast from @lbc.co.uk . The top 1% pay 33% of the tax, that sounds unfair but I'm amazed no one asked "Do the top 1% have 33% of the income" If so 33% of the tax seems quite fair, if they don't not so much, but if they've more than 33% of the income...
October 25, 2025 at 8:05 AM
I listened to @mrjamesob.bsky.social daily podcast from @lbc.co.uk . The top 1% pay 33% of the tax, that sounds unfair but I'm amazed no one asked "Do the top 1% have 33% of the income" If so 33% of the tax seems quite fair, if they don't not so much, but if they've more than 33% of the income...
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Such a relief that Russia lost in Caerphilly.
October 24, 2025 at 7:34 AM
Such a relief that Russia lost in Caerphilly.
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Sorry @theipaper.com but WHY is this guy talking to us about what will make the UK poorer? He was happy to grenade our economy twice…
Brexit and then his batshit budget with Truss.
He should be in political oblivion for the mess he made and the price we all have to pay for his party’s failures.
Brexit and then his batshit budget with Truss.
He should be in political oblivion for the mess he made and the price we all have to pay for his party’s failures.
October 24, 2025 at 6:45 AM
Sorry @theipaper.com but WHY is this guy talking to us about what will make the UK poorer? He was happy to grenade our economy twice…
Brexit and then his batshit budget with Truss.
He should be in political oblivion for the mess he made and the price we all have to pay for his party’s failures.
Brexit and then his batshit budget with Truss.
He should be in political oblivion for the mess he made and the price we all have to pay for his party’s failures.
Not surprising at all. 16M people voted against leaving the EU, OK slightly more voted for, but I doubt many of the 'remain voters' have since been persuaded they were wrong and for nearly ten years all the main parties have completely ignored them.
Mehdi Hasan, "Is rejoining the EU a Green Party aim"
Zack Polanski, "Yes it is"
And just like that, the Green Party have leapfrogged the LibDems
Zack Polanski, "Yes it is"
And just like that, the Green Party have leapfrogged the LibDems
October 23, 2025 at 6:06 AM
Not surprising at all. 16M people voted against leaving the EU, OK slightly more voted for, but I doubt many of the 'remain voters' have since been persuaded they were wrong and for nearly ten years all the main parties have completely ignored them.
We all condemn Hamas' attacks on Israel but todays headline seems to sum up the war in Gaza....
"terrorists fired on Israeli troops in Rafah, killing two soldiers.
Israel responded hitting Hamas targets across Gaza, with hospital sources saying 44 people were killed."
"terrorists fired on Israeli troops in Rafah, killing two soldiers.
Israel responded hitting Hamas targets across Gaza, with hospital sources saying 44 people were killed."
October 20, 2025 at 4:58 AM
We all condemn Hamas' attacks on Israel but todays headline seems to sum up the war in Gaza....
"terrorists fired on Israeli troops in Rafah, killing two soldiers.
Israel responded hitting Hamas targets across Gaza, with hospital sources saying 44 people were killed."
"terrorists fired on Israeli troops in Rafah, killing two soldiers.
Israel responded hitting Hamas targets across Gaza, with hospital sources saying 44 people were killed."
I consider myself politically in the centre. I don't ideologically support any party. I don't like far right or far left views. I'll vote for the least worst option. Parties should be trying to attract my vote. Note to Party leaders, leaving the EHCR is going to make sure you get DON'T get my vote.
October 6, 2025 at 6:58 AM
I consider myself politically in the centre. I don't ideologically support any party. I don't like far right or far left views. I'll vote for the least worst option. Parties should be trying to attract my vote. Note to Party leaders, leaving the EHCR is going to make sure you get DON'T get my vote.
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Many pundits today are pushing the line that everyone who protests the genocide in Gaza is basically either antisemitic or tolerant of antisemitism. But isn't that precisely the conflation of the actions of the Israeli gov't with all Jewish people, which is at the heart of this wave of antisemitism?
October 5, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Many pundits today are pushing the line that everyone who protests the genocide in Gaza is basically either antisemitic or tolerant of antisemitism. But isn't that precisely the conflation of the actions of the Israeli gov't with all Jewish people, which is at the heart of this wave of antisemitism?
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We flounced out of the EU on the say-so of politicians who lied to us. And what a total shitshow that’s turned out to be. The polar opposite of what they promised. Now the call to flounce out of the ECHR. By the same people. Telling the same lies. Has the country been kicked in the head by a horse?
October 5, 2025 at 7:04 AM
We flounced out of the EU on the say-so of politicians who lied to us. And what a total shitshow that’s turned out to be. The polar opposite of what they promised. Now the call to flounce out of the ECHR. By the same people. Telling the same lies. Has the country been kicked in the head by a horse?
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Nigel Farage Broke Britain.
October 4, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Nigel Farage Broke Britain.
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The Tories became irrelevant after Johnson banished the remaining sane party members. Since then, they have continued their journey into the political wilderness. Anyone temped by their latest wheeze to ditch human rights protection for UK citizens must be beyond help.
Kemi Badenoch has chosen the side of Vladimir Putin and Nigel Farage with her plan to leave the European Convention on Human Rights.
The ECHR is a proud British creation, championed by Churchill, that protects everyone's rights and freedoms.
The ECHR is a proud British creation, championed by Churchill, that protects everyone's rights and freedoms.
October 4, 2025 at 5:40 PM
The Tories became irrelevant after Johnson banished the remaining sane party members. Since then, they have continued their journey into the political wilderness. Anyone temped by their latest wheeze to ditch human rights protection for UK citizens must be beyond help.
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Every election is a sort of collective entrance exam into the future. It occasionally happens that populations fail the exam.
But for the US to fail essentially a resit of its 2016 exam, featuring the same questions, having studied the answers for eight years, is much rarer and pretty unforgivable.
But for the US to fail essentially a resit of its 2016 exam, featuring the same questions, having studied the answers for eight years, is much rarer and pretty unforgivable.
September 23, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Every election is a sort of collective entrance exam into the future. It occasionally happens that populations fail the exam.
But for the US to fail essentially a resit of its 2016 exam, featuring the same questions, having studied the answers for eight years, is much rarer and pretty unforgivable.
But for the US to fail essentially a resit of its 2016 exam, featuring the same questions, having studied the answers for eight years, is much rarer and pretty unforgivable.
Anyone else get really irritated with letters from TV Licensing? I've not had a TV for 12+ years. They expect me to keep telling them I don't need a licence. So many other things I don't have and don't need which I don't have to justify. But it's their language "You 'claim' you don't need a licence"
September 18, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Anyone else get really irritated with letters from TV Licensing? I've not had a TV for 12+ years. They expect me to keep telling them I don't need a licence. So many other things I don't have and don't need which I don't have to justify. But it's their language "You 'claim' you don't need a licence"
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21st century Britain
where it's illegal to project an image on a wall
but not illegal to supply weapons to mass murdering genocidal psychopaths
where it's illegal to project an image on a wall
but not illegal to supply weapons to mass murdering genocidal psychopaths
September 17, 2025 at 7:58 AM
21st century Britain
where it's illegal to project an image on a wall
but not illegal to supply weapons to mass murdering genocidal psychopaths
where it's illegal to project an image on a wall
but not illegal to supply weapons to mass murdering genocidal psychopaths
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Dear Reform voters,
These guys are laughing at you.
They promise to make your lives better… but they couldn’t give less of a shit. You’re their playthings. Their route to power. When they’ve got it, they’ll be done with you. And they’ll trash the place.
Get some self-respect.
The rest of the UK.
These guys are laughing at you.
They promise to make your lives better… but they couldn’t give less of a shit. You’re their playthings. Their route to power. When they’ve got it, they’ll be done with you. And they’ll trash the place.
Get some self-respect.
The rest of the UK.
Nigel Farage (Dulwich), Danny Kruger (Eton), Richard Tice (Uppingham) and Isabel Oakeshott (Gordonstoun) aren't 'standing up to the elite'. They are the elite.
September 16, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Dear Reform voters,
These guys are laughing at you.
They promise to make your lives better… but they couldn’t give less of a shit. You’re their playthings. Their route to power. When they’ve got it, they’ll be done with you. And they’ll trash the place.
Get some self-respect.
The rest of the UK.
These guys are laughing at you.
They promise to make your lives better… but they couldn’t give less of a shit. You’re their playthings. Their route to power. When they’ve got it, they’ll be done with you. And they’ll trash the place.
Get some self-respect.
The rest of the UK.
The problem with our politics: I have friends who plan to vote Reform, I ask why, what do they want? They want funded NHS, potholes fixed, cost of living addressed etc., none of which Reform will deliver but the issue is I can't suggest another party to vote for who I think will.
September 14, 2025 at 10:22 AM
The problem with our politics: I have friends who plan to vote Reform, I ask why, what do they want? They want funded NHS, potholes fixed, cost of living addressed etc., none of which Reform will deliver but the issue is I can't suggest another party to vote for who I think will.
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Dear USA
Deploying troops against civilians will not go well.
Yours
Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Deploying troops against civilians will not go well.
Yours
Great Britain and Northern Ireland
June 9, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Dear USA
Deploying troops against civilians will not go well.
Yours
Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Deploying troops against civilians will not go well.
Yours
Great Britain and Northern Ireland