Sir Basil
@sirbasil.bsky.social
Very concerned that right-wing pluto-populists are degrading our lives and our planet (🌱)
Very much so....but not for the reason the Daily Mail implies
November 9, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Very much so....but not for the reason the Daily Mail implies
The Mail's headline on the week it announced its owner had shipped its assets offshore to avoid tax
November 7, 2025 at 8:13 AM
The Mail's headline on the week it announced its owner had shipped its assets offshore to avoid tax
How patriotic!
But make sure you wear your poppies, serfs!
But make sure you wear your poppies, serfs!
November 7, 2025 at 6:09 AM
How patriotic!
But make sure you wear your poppies, serfs!
But make sure you wear your poppies, serfs!
The Daily Mail has almost run out of groups of people its readers are instructed to hate.....but not quite!
November 6, 2025 at 1:25 PM
The Daily Mail has almost run out of groups of people its readers are instructed to hate.....but not quite!
Could a clever tax dude ( eg @danneidle.bsky.social ) explain why this isn't a no-brainer?
November 5, 2025 at 6:20 AM
Could a clever tax dude ( eg @danneidle.bsky.social ) explain why this isn't a no-brainer?
Matt Goodwin....a friend?
Do me a favour
Do me a favour
November 2, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Matt Goodwin....a friend?
Do me a favour
Do me a favour
Why would we need briefing papers?
November 1, 2025 at 8:19 AM
Why would we need briefing papers?
I thought so too but look at this:
October 31, 2025 at 7:39 AM
I thought so too but look at this:
"Two-thirds of those who voted for either the Conservatives or Reform UK at the 2024 election said they were “uncomfortable hearing foreign languages in public"
Is the UK simply too racist to be a world class country?
Is the UK simply too racist to be a world class country?
October 31, 2025 at 3:50 AM
"Two-thirds of those who voted for either the Conservatives or Reform UK at the 2024 election said they were “uncomfortable hearing foreign languages in public"
Is the UK simply too racist to be a world class country?
Is the UK simply too racist to be a world class country?
Totally predictable and, in fact, totally predicted..
October 29, 2025 at 7:06 AM
Totally predictable and, in fact, totally predicted..
A letter by investor, Hillel Zidel, in today's FT:
October 27, 2025 at 7:20 AM
A letter by investor, Hillel Zidel, in today's FT:
The latest PLMR polling shows that UK voters' biggest issue is the cost of living and the economy
And yet a huge number say they'll vote for Reform's Farage....the very person who collapsed productivity and drove up inflation through his BREXIT!
Perhaps we deserve these useless tossers
And yet a huge number say they'll vote for Reform's Farage....the very person who collapsed productivity and drove up inflation through his BREXIT!
Perhaps we deserve these useless tossers
October 15, 2025 at 6:21 AM
The latest PLMR polling shows that UK voters' biggest issue is the cost of living and the economy
And yet a huge number say they'll vote for Reform's Farage....the very person who collapsed productivity and drove up inflation through his BREXIT!
Perhaps we deserve these useless tossers
And yet a huge number say they'll vote for Reform's Farage....the very person who collapsed productivity and drove up inflation through his BREXIT!
Perhaps we deserve these useless tossers
She is correct....Andy Haldane in today's FT:
October 11, 2025 at 8:05 AM
She is correct....Andy Haldane in today's FT:
It's almost as though 'basic economics' exists
October 6, 2025 at 5:49 AM
It's almost as though 'basic economics' exists
You know, I'm beginning to think these REFORM guys might not be all they're cracked up to be
October 6, 2025 at 5:43 AM
You know, I'm beginning to think these REFORM guys might not be all they're cracked up to be
This is all part of the dehumanising 'othering' of immigrants.
Words have consequences
Words have consequences
September 25, 2025 at 9:05 PM
This is all part of the dehumanising 'othering' of immigrants.
Words have consequences
Words have consequences
Top Tips
Get into power simply by announcing ugly policies that couldn't possibly work in practice but which garner huge tv exposure and animate gammony pub bores
N. Farage, Washington
Get into power simply by announcing ugly policies that couldn't possibly work in practice but which garner huge tv exposure and animate gammony pub bores
N. Farage, Washington
September 23, 2025 at 8:27 AM
Top Tips
Get into power simply by announcing ugly policies that couldn't possibly work in practice but which garner huge tv exposure and animate gammony pub bores
N. Farage, Washington
Get into power simply by announcing ugly policies that couldn't possibly work in practice but which garner huge tv exposure and animate gammony pub bores
N. Farage, Washington
"We have spent the last days having thoughtful conversations with Jimmy, and after those conversations, we reached the decision to return the show on Tuesday," Disney adds
ie. "We massively overplayed our hand and shat our pants"
ie. "We massively overplayed our hand and shat our pants"
September 22, 2025 at 8:14 PM
"We have spent the last days having thoughtful conversations with Jimmy, and after those conversations, we reached the decision to return the show on Tuesday," Disney adds
ie. "We massively overplayed our hand and shat our pants"
ie. "We massively overplayed our hand and shat our pants"
The %tage of Brits who hold "MAGA views" on a range of issues like immigration, overseas aid, climate change etc has rebounded
😕
😕
September 21, 2025 at 8:14 AM
The %tage of Brits who hold "MAGA views" on a range of issues like immigration, overseas aid, climate change etc has rebounded
😕
😕
Fig 1, Racists Pointing at Maps
September 21, 2025 at 7:24 AM
Fig 1, Racists Pointing at Maps
Alexa, what does the word 'unctuous' mean?
September 18, 2025 at 10:56 AM
Alexa, what does the word 'unctuous' mean?
Reminds me of this gag-
September 16, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Reminds me of this gag-
