Trevor Greetham
@trevor-greetham.bsky.social
Economics, policy, maths & markets. Centrist Dad (anti austerity, far better to #Rejoin the Single Market). Truth over authoritarianism. All views personal. @TrevorGreetham on the hellsite.
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Bailey is right to break the silence to call out Brexit damage. The Treasury impact assessments from 2019 weren’t wrong (and said a trade deal with Trump would be a rounding error). A ‘relationship reset’ with the EU isn’t enough if we want growth and security. #Rejoin
The Trump Doctrine:
1. America First - ex the 50%+ who vote DEM or Trump look different
2. Hard right friends and autocrats Second - Russia, Argentina, Hungary, China, North Korea, Israel current regime
3. Democracies and allies Third - NATO, Canada, EU, UK, Switzerland, Denmark, South Africa!
1. America First - ex the 50%+ who vote DEM or Trump look different
2. Hard right friends and autocrats Second - Russia, Argentina, Hungary, China, North Korea, Israel current regime
3. Democracies and allies Third - NATO, Canada, EU, UK, Switzerland, Denmark, South Africa!
November 9, 2025 at 8:48 AM
The Trump Doctrine:
1. America First - ex the 50%+ who vote DEM or Trump look different
2. Hard right friends and autocrats Second - Russia, Argentina, Hungary, China, North Korea, Israel current regime
3. Democracies and allies Third - NATO, Canada, EU, UK, Switzerland, Denmark, South Africa!
1. America First - ex the 50%+ who vote DEM or Trump look different
2. Hard right friends and autocrats Second - Russia, Argentina, Hungary, China, North Korea, Israel current regime
3. Democracies and allies Third - NATO, Canada, EU, UK, Switzerland, Denmark, South Africa!
The world’s worst ventriloquist act. Wiggy and Bob.
October 8, 2025 at 6:50 PM
The world’s worst ventriloquist act. Wiggy and Bob.
Putin will be laughing his head off. NATO includes non-aligned Turkey. Trump has no intention of sanctioning Russia and has found a formulation to point the finger elsewhere. Despicable.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Trump 'ready' to sanction Russia if Nato nations stop buying its oil
The US president has repeatedly threatened tougher measures against Moscow, but has so far failed to take action.
www.bbc.co.uk
September 13, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Putin will be laughing his head off. NATO includes non-aligned Turkey. Trump has no intention of sanctioning Russia and has found a formulation to point the finger elsewhere. Despicable.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Tube strike hell, Richmond Park. 😊
September 9, 2025 at 8:11 AM
Tube strike hell, Richmond Park. 😊
Well worth reading. Suggests Labour has nothing to lose by taking Brexit head on to shore up its core vote and improve the economy. Aping Farage only strengthens his minority support. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Sir John Curtice: How Reform's capture of the Brexit vote could be enough to win an election
The party has now been ahead in the polls for five months, but can it keep the momentum?
www.bbc.co.uk
September 5, 2025 at 5:34 AM
Well worth reading. Suggests Labour has nothing to lose by taking Brexit head on to shore up its core vote and improve the economy. Aping Farage only strengthens his minority support. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
A sustained period of net emigration.
September 4, 2025 at 7:52 AM
A sustained period of net emigration.
BBC News platforms a climate sceptic on Radio 4 World at One to back up Reform’s questionable view that fossil fuels are cheaper than renewables. The fact she also disputes global warming should be mentioned as essential context. www.desmog.com/2023/06/22/c...
Climate Sceptic Goes Unchallenged on BBC’s Today Programme
The BBC’s flagship current affairs show this week has hosted a climate sceptic with links to the gas sector without declaring the guest’s professional ties, DeSmog can reveal. Kathryn Porter was intro...
www.desmog.com
August 24, 2025 at 12:30 PM
BBC News platforms a climate sceptic on Radio 4 World at One to back up Reform’s questionable view that fossil fuels are cheaper than renewables. The fact she also disputes global warming should be mentioned as essential context. www.desmog.com/2023/06/22/c...
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'This isn't a football match. This is people's lives.'
Francesca Albanese pushes back against the tendency to brand people 'pro-Palestine' or 'pro-Israel', telling @mrjamesob.bsky.social that 'one injustice does not justify more injustice.'
Francesca Albanese pushes back against the tendency to brand people 'pro-Palestine' or 'pro-Israel', telling @mrjamesob.bsky.social that 'one injustice does not justify more injustice.'
July 11, 2025 at 11:20 AM
'This isn't a football match. This is people's lives.'
Francesca Albanese pushes back against the tendency to brand people 'pro-Palestine' or 'pro-Israel', telling @mrjamesob.bsky.social that 'one injustice does not justify more injustice.'
Francesca Albanese pushes back against the tendency to brand people 'pro-Palestine' or 'pro-Israel', telling @mrjamesob.bsky.social that 'one injustice does not justify more injustice.'
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BBC news seems to have adopted what I presume is the government’s distinction between those crossing in small boats and ‘genuine asylum seekers’. They should reconsider, not least given the proportion of the latter who have their asylum claims approved.
July 11, 2025 at 6:41 AM
BBC news seems to have adopted what I presume is the government’s distinction between those crossing in small boats and ‘genuine asylum seekers’. They should reconsider, not least given the proportion of the latter who have their asylum claims approved.
Irvine Welsh (Trainspotting) nails the new addiction.
July 11, 2025 at 10:08 AM
Irvine Welsh (Trainspotting) nails the new addiction.
Jeremy Corbyn has powerful backers.
BREAKING | Elon Musk claims he's made good on threat to Trump as he 'forms new political party'
Elon Musk claims he’s made good on threat to Trump as he ‘forms new political party’
Elon Musk says he is forming the ‘America Party’
www.independent.co.uk
July 5, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Jeremy Corbyn has powerful backers.
This is deeply worrying.
I don’t think anyone is prepared for what they just did w/ ICE.
This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined.
It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.
This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined.
It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.
July 4, 2025 at 8:03 AM
This is deeply worrying.
This is spot on. Farage goes from strength to strength because his opponents think their best line of attack is to wear his clothes. 🤦
It's striking that the one person who's taken no political damage from Brexit is the person who did most to bring it about.
That's partly because Lab remains afraid to talk honestly about the impact of Brexit.
So long as that continues,they'll take the heat for the consequences of Farage's project
That's partly because Lab remains afraid to talk honestly about the impact of Brexit.
So long as that continues,they'll take the heat for the consequences of Farage's project
Neither Labour nor the Conservatives have made Farage bear any of the political costs of Brexit that they themselves have endured in terms of intra-party divisions and wider public discontent.
July 4, 2025 at 8:02 AM
This is spot on. Farage goes from strength to strength because his opponents think their best line of attack is to wear his clothes. 🤦
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It will probably come as no surprise to anyone that Brexit has been slammed as a 'complete disaster' that 'ruined most of the country' in a poll marking nine years since the UK voted to leave the EU
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
Brexit a 'disaster' that 'ruined the country' - referendum 'should be repeated'
On the ninth anniversary of the day the UK voted to leave the EU, we asked readers to have their say on whether Brexit has been a success - and Mirror readers had a lot to say on the matter.
www.mirror.co.uk
July 4, 2025 at 6:02 AM
It will probably come as no surprise to anyone that Brexit has been slammed as a 'complete disaster' that 'ruined most of the country' in a poll marking nine years since the UK voted to leave the EU
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
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Republicans' Big Ugly Bill is about one thing: taking away programs that give American families a HAND UP in hard times, to pay for a HAND OUT for the richest people on the planet.
It's immoral and wrong.
House Members must vote NO.
It's immoral and wrong.
House Members must vote NO.
July 3, 2025 at 1:36 AM
Republicans' Big Ugly Bill is about one thing: taking away programs that give American families a HAND UP in hard times, to pay for a HAND OUT for the richest people on the planet.
It's immoral and wrong.
House Members must vote NO.
It's immoral and wrong.
House Members must vote NO.
We’re going to have to take on the vested interests, says Farage, a millisecond after pledging loyalty to the fossil fuel lobby.
June 28, 2025 at 5:14 PM
We’re going to have to take on the vested interests, says Farage, a millisecond after pledging loyalty to the fossil fuel lobby.
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"Billionaire Michael Bloomberg has told an audience in Dublin that Brexit was the single stupidest thing any country has ever done." ~AA
www.rte.ie/news/busines...
www.rte.ie/news/busines...
Brexit the 'stupidest thing any country has ever done'
Billionaire Michael Bloomberg has told an audience in Dublin that Brexit was the single stupidest thing any country has ever done, adding that "it's hard to believe how they did it."
www.rte.ie
June 23, 2025 at 2:58 PM
"Billionaire Michael Bloomberg has told an audience in Dublin that Brexit was the single stupidest thing any country has ever done." ~AA
www.rte.ie/news/busines...
www.rte.ie/news/busines...
The South London Riviera. ☀️ 🌊
June 15, 2025 at 6:14 PM
The South London Riviera. ☀️ 🌊
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My @prospectmagazine.co.uk column from earlier this year on Trump “joking” about being a king.
He means it, on a legal-constitutional analysis of his actions. He really believes all power flows from him.
#NoKings
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/law/th...
He means it, on a legal-constitutional analysis of his actions. He really believes all power flows from him.
#NoKings
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/law/th...
The president who jokes about being a king
How different is Trump’s view of political and legal power from absolute kingship?
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk
June 14, 2025 at 10:44 PM
My @prospectmagazine.co.uk column from earlier this year on Trump “joking” about being a king.
He means it, on a legal-constitutional analysis of his actions. He really believes all power flows from him.
#NoKings
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/law/th...
He means it, on a legal-constitutional analysis of his actions. He really believes all power flows from him.
#NoKings
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/law/th...
Is the AUKUS submarine review linked to the consequences America threatened when Britain, Australia and others announced sanctions on extremist Israeli cabinet members? Either way, Trump’s talk of a “kill switch” on planes provided to allies would make me think twice about ordering subs.
June 12, 2025 at 5:34 AM
Is the AUKUS submarine review linked to the consequences America threatened when Britain, Australia and others announced sanctions on extremist Israeli cabinet members? Either way, Trump’s talk of a “kill switch” on planes provided to allies would make me think twice about ordering subs.
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Sources said that even at the start of his second term, Trump was discussing with multiple advisers where & when it would make sense to send in federal troops, either for supposed crime control or in response to larger-scale public activism against his agenda.
🔗 www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
🔗 www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
June 10, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Sources said that even at the start of his second term, Trump was discussing with multiple advisers where & when it would make sense to send in federal troops, either for supposed crime control or in response to larger-scale public activism against his agenda.
🔗 www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
🔗 www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...