Ben Johnson
@sillythirdman.bsky.social
Professional Yorkshireman, Beatles nerd, anti-fascist, Roger Moore apologist .
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These "I'm not a racist but..." types need half an hour listening to this lass, who should be made President of South Yorkshire.
August 3, 2025 at 11:58 AM
These "I'm not a racist but..." types need half an hour listening to this lass, who should be made President of South Yorkshire.
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I am begging, begging Labour to look at the last five decades and realise that catering to the far right has never, ever won their votes or succeeded at making Labour “look tough” on immigration.
Even at Blair’s peak, he was attacked for being weak on it.
Please. Just. Stop.
Even at Blair’s peak, he was attacked for being weak on it.
Please. Just. Stop.
Asked about the far right protests outside hotels housing asylum seekers, Labour minister James Murray tells Sky News that it's "absolutely right for people to protest about this"
July 27, 2025 at 4:30 PM
I am begging, begging Labour to look at the last five decades and realise that catering to the far right has never, ever won their votes or succeeded at making Labour “look tough” on immigration.
Even at Blair’s peak, he was attacked for being weak on it.
Please. Just. Stop.
Even at Blair’s peak, he was attacked for being weak on it.
Please. Just. Stop.
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You wouldn’t vacation in Dachau in 1935. Don’t vacation in Florida in 2025.
We’re calling for a Florida boycott over the inhumane “Alligator Alcatraz” detention site. Cancel your family vacation and choose a different destination this summer.
July 5, 2025 at 2:39 PM
You wouldn’t vacation in Dachau in 1935. Don’t vacation in Florida in 2025.
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💊The NHS is battling "medieval" levels of untreated illness in some of Britain's poorest communities – at a cost to the health service of about £50bn a year, or the same as the defence budget.
My big read from Barrow, Blackpool, Burnley and Blackburn:
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
My big read from Barrow, Blackpool, Burnley and Blackburn:
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
June 30, 2025 at 7:27 AM
💊The NHS is battling "medieval" levels of untreated illness in some of Britain's poorest communities – at a cost to the health service of about £50bn a year, or the same as the defence budget.
My big read from Barrow, Blackpool, Burnley and Blackburn:
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
My big read from Barrow, Blackpool, Burnley and Blackburn:
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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Time and again, those with the broadest shoulders contribute the least, while the most vulnerable are asked to tighten already-unbearable belts. Sunak pays a lower effective tax rate than a nurse. That should prompt reform at the top, not punishment at the bottom.
June 26, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Time and again, those with the broadest shoulders contribute the least, while the most vulnerable are asked to tighten already-unbearable belts. Sunak pays a lower effective tax rate than a nurse. That should prompt reform at the top, not punishment at the bottom.
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The BBC has confirmed it won’t air its documentary on Gaza’s medics. I know some of the journalists involved and they’re absolutely excellent. This statement is mealy-mouthed; you can’t “both sides” the facts on the ground of a genocide, and there’s a clear public interest in documenting those facts
June 20, 2025 at 5:22 PM
The BBC has confirmed it won’t air its documentary on Gaza’s medics. I know some of the journalists involved and they’re absolutely excellent. This statement is mealy-mouthed; you can’t “both sides” the facts on the ground of a genocide, and there’s a clear public interest in documenting those facts
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Join a union, now
The UK's largest trade union saw its membership jump by 200% in the 10 local authorities won by Reform at last month's local elections
news.sky.com/story/union-...
news.sky.com/story/union-...
Union memberships surge in Reform-controlled councils
The development comes after Nigel Farage warned council staff working on diversity or climate change initiatives to "seek alternative careers" - comments some critics have dismissed as political postu...
news.sky.com
June 19, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Join a union, now
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Since becoming an MP, Nigel Farage has managed to fit in nine trips to the US, has held down twelve jobs, which earned him nearly £1million, but has been too busy to hold any surgeries for people in Clacton who actually voted for him.
June 3, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Since becoming an MP, Nigel Farage has managed to fit in nine trips to the US, has held down twelve jobs, which earned him nearly £1million, but has been too busy to hold any surgeries for people in Clacton who actually voted for him.
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Brexit was a referendum on whether the UK should leave the European Union.
The UK has left the European Union. Referendum fulfilled.
If the people bleating about "Brexit Betrayal" wanted the Referendum to enshrine their pet policy preferences, they should have included them in the question.
The UK has left the European Union. Referendum fulfilled.
If the people bleating about "Brexit Betrayal" wanted the Referendum to enshrine their pet policy preferences, they should have included them in the question.
May 18, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Brexit was a referendum on whether the UK should leave the European Union.
The UK has left the European Union. Referendum fulfilled.
If the people bleating about "Brexit Betrayal" wanted the Referendum to enshrine their pet policy preferences, they should have included them in the question.
The UK has left the European Union. Referendum fulfilled.
If the people bleating about "Brexit Betrayal" wanted the Referendum to enshrine their pet policy preferences, they should have included them in the question.
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I'm happy to be European. Today and every day.
Happy #EuropeDay!
Happy #EuropeDay!
May 9, 2025 at 7:12 AM
I'm happy to be European. Today and every day.
Happy #EuropeDay!
Happy #EuropeDay!
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Tell Reform voters about this as often as you can. Farage's agenda is exactly the same as Trump's - he'll just be better at dressing it up.
‘Resolute 1850’: Reform UK Ltd’s MAGA plan to turn Britain into Little America
yorkshirebylines.co.uk/politics/res...
yorkshirebylines.co.uk/politics/res...
‘Resolute 1850’: Reform UK Ltd’s MAGA plan to turn Britain into Little America
Right-wing US interests are pushing a plan to bend the UK to their will, ‘DOGE’-style – in Farage’s Reform UK they have an eager little helper
yorkshirebylines.co.uk
May 9, 2025 at 7:00 AM
Tell Reform voters about this as often as you can. Farage's agenda is exactly the same as Trump's - he'll just be better at dressing it up.
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Farage and Reform whip up people’s prejudices, then offer to get rid of what they hate.Their power feeds off ignorance and hatred. They make people angrier about the stuff they fear, then promise to fix it. Of course they won’t. But they know who to tell you to blame when they fail.
(Letters, Times)
(Letters, Times)
May 3, 2025 at 8:14 AM
Farage and Reform whip up people’s prejudices, then offer to get rid of what they hate.Their power feeds off ignorance and hatred. They make people angrier about the stuff they fear, then promise to fix it. Of course they won’t. But they know who to tell you to blame when they fail.
(Letters, Times)
(Letters, Times)
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Labour needs several million buckets of ice-cold water poured over their head and the nation's church bells ringing in unison as a very loud wake-up call. Hopefully, this is it.
People voted for hope and change and vision not Reform lite and the same old Tory shite.
People voted for hope and change and vision not Reform lite and the same old Tory shite.
May 2, 2025 at 6:59 AM
Labour needs several million buckets of ice-cold water poured over their head and the nation's church bells ringing in unison as a very loud wake-up call. Hopefully, this is it.
People voted for hope and change and vision not Reform lite and the same old Tory shite.
People voted for hope and change and vision not Reform lite and the same old Tory shite.
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Nothing speaks to the current state of Christianity more than the fact that atheists can give Pope Francis credit for trying to follow the teachings of Jesus while “Christians” like Marjorie Taylor Greene celebrate his death because he challenged her to do the same.
April 26, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Nothing speaks to the current state of Christianity more than the fact that atheists can give Pope Francis credit for trying to follow the teachings of Jesus while “Christians” like Marjorie Taylor Greene celebrate his death because he challenged her to do the same.
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"They want obedient workers. People who are just smart enough to run the machines and do the paperwork and just dumb enough to passively accept all these increasingly shittier jobs with the lower pay the longer hours the reduced benefits the end of overtime and the vanishing pension" ~George Carlin
April 25, 2025 at 10:49 PM
"They want obedient workers. People who are just smart enough to run the machines and do the paperwork and just dumb enough to passively accept all these increasingly shittier jobs with the lower pay the longer hours the reduced benefits the end of overtime and the vanishing pension" ~George Carlin
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Labour is making the same mistake.
Gary Lineker: "This is the mistake the BBC makes. The BBC tries to appease the people that hate the BBC, rather than worrying about the people that love the BBC."
April 22, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Labour is making the same mistake.
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London bus stop near Amazon HQ 🔥
April 18, 2025 at 6:22 PM
London bus stop near Amazon HQ 🔥
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I defy anyone to look at this and still say integration isn't working in the UK.
April 6, 2025 at 10:05 AM
I defy anyone to look at this and still say integration isn't working in the UK.
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Do it motherfucker. Do it now
“Starmer is preparing to rethink key elements of the government’s economic policy in an emergency response to Trump’s tariffs” - including, perhaps, raising taxes & ditching fiscal rules. DO IT
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Keir Starmer orders UK economic reset amid Donald Trump’s tariff mayhem
PM ready to ditch ‘old assumptions’ and is debating possible changes to fiscal rules to boost growth
www.theguardian.com
April 5, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Do it motherfucker. Do it now
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TIL the UK head of Peter Thiel's Palantir is the grandson of the founder of the British Union of Fascists
Thiel is the fascist sponsor of JD Vance
Do you really want these people in charge of the NHS?
Thiel is the fascist sponsor of JD Vance
Do you really want these people in charge of the NHS?
“You could see in his [Starmer's] eyes that he gets it"
Louis Mosley, UK chief of tech firm Palantir, talks to @sophiealichurch.bsky.social about how his company is using AI to help make the NHS, MoD & HS2 more efficient
"We are just at the beginning," says Louis, grandson of Oswald, nephew of Max
Louis Mosley, UK chief of tech firm Palantir, talks to @sophiealichurch.bsky.social about how his company is using AI to help make the NHS, MoD & HS2 more efficient
"We are just at the beginning," says Louis, grandson of Oswald, nephew of Max
Palantir Boss Louis Mosley: Keir Starmer 'Gets' AI, 'You Could See In His Eyes'
In a bid to boost growth, Labour has thrown open government’s doors to controversial US tech firm Palantir. In his first ever sit-down interview, P...
www.politicshome.com
April 5, 2025 at 9:25 AM
TIL the UK head of Peter Thiel's Palantir is the grandson of the founder of the British Union of Fascists
Thiel is the fascist sponsor of JD Vance
Do you really want these people in charge of the NHS?
Thiel is the fascist sponsor of JD Vance
Do you really want these people in charge of the NHS?
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Brexit can never be delivered.
That's the point.
That's the point.
It’s just before 8am on Friday and on Radio 4 Nigel Farage is telling Nick Robinson that the Conservative Party didn’t deliver Brexit
March 28, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Brexit can never be delivered.
That's the point.
That's the point.
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Teen Warned Not To Accept Group Chat Invites From National Security Advisors She Doesn’t Know
March 26, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Teen Warned Not To Accept Group Chat Invites From National Security Advisors She Doesn’t Know
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Who said the Germans have no sense of humour?
March 15, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Who said the Germans have no sense of humour?