afternetman.bsky.social @afternetman.bsky.social · 28/06/2026@thesquareball.net Dodged that Strand Larsen bullet… 000
afternetman.bsky.social @afternetman.bsky.social · 11/06/2026@iandunt.bsky.social @mrjamesob.bsky.social Day 1. Badenoch ‘we live in the least racist country in the world’ Day 2. Racist pogroms Her capacity for being wrong knows no bounds 000
afternetman.bsky.social @afternetman.bsky.social · 03/04/2026@mrjamesob.bsky.social @iandunt.bsky.social Len Deighton, 56 years ago: “Some day in the not too far distant future…when the pound is buying less and less, then a Furher will appear and tell the British they are a powerful nation. 100
afternetman.bsky.social @afternetman.bsky.social · 14/11/2025@danneidle.bsky.social @martinlewis.moneysavingexpert.com @stephenkb.bsky.social @mrjamesob.bsky.social a 1%one off levy on gross wealth (house,pension,stock holding) would raise over £150bn. Payable over 3 years, 5% interest per year. I pay 20k, 400k homeowner pays 4k, Duke of Westminster pays…? 000
afternetman.bsky.social @afternetman.bsky.social · 21/07/2025@iandunt.bsky.social @evanhd.bsky.social I used to listen to the beeb as the news channel of record. The Farage platform on TV yesterday was expected but today we have PM quoting Tice on Energy. He is a nobody from a fringe party. Defund the bbc, you are all a waste of space 000
afternetman.bsky.social @afternetman.bsky.social · 19/05/2025@mrjamesob.bsky.social re the nonsensical Tory 'selling out the UK fishing industry'. There isn't one. 90% of UK fishing boats are foreign owned. The remainder can't move their live shellfish to the EU because of paperwork. Dolts, all of them 000
afternetman.bsky.social @afternetman.bsky.social · 17/03/2025BBC 'News' website: 'Kate sips Guiness at St Patricks Day event." News? No. Of public interest? No. Drivel? 100
afternetman.bsky.social @afternetman.bsky.social · 07/12/2024Wow @mrjamesob.bsky.social @sturdyalex.bsky.social The Times has gone big on hyping Reform today. 2-page article, opinion piece, Leader…looks like Rupert has jumped on the handcart, the destination of which we know 010
afternetman.bsky.social @afternetman.bsky.social · 19/11/2024@mrjamesob.bsky.social @adambienkov.bsky.social so 80 retailers who make more than 30bn between them write a letter complaining that budget will cost them 7bn and mean loss of jobs. Perhaps they could just live with loss of profit? 022