A.V. Deggar @avdeggar.bsky.social · 1hHe took it really seriously, like the consummate professional he was. 000
A.V. Deggar @avdeggar.bsky.social · 2hI guess we are going to find out 𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯 that attacking leftists in any way is inviolable free speech that must be protected, but criticising rightism is hate speech that must be crushed. 0191
A.V. Deggar @avdeggar.bsky.social · 11hThe cynical cowardice was obvious to anyone paying attention, yet it seems to have entirely escaped the Worshipful Company of Scriveners at its Wapping HQ—where the Rt Hon Johnson’s membership was in temporary stasis while he played prime minister. Only Jane Merrick connected the dots in print.inews.co.ukHow Boris Johnson's calls with Zelensky have been announced just after the PM's biggest crisesWhile No10 deny these timings are deliberate, Mr Johnson’s close relationship with the war hero president emphasises his role as an international statesman - shifting focus from the flak he is facing ... 1121
A.V. Deggar @avdeggar.bsky.social · 11hAs this fermenting Sugar Puff of a human being insists on remaining in the public sphere, let's not forget that Boris Johnson's love for the Ukrainian cause consisted entirely in hiding his domestic political woes behind "phone calls with Zelenskyy." 2212
Reposted by A.V. DeggarJake Grumbach @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social · 09/10/2026New working paper: the Norwegian wealth tax was a huge success. The "exodus" of wealthy people never happened (less than 100 individuals left). Tax revenue increased by 71.5%. No changes in business activity or investment. www.nber.org/papers/w35854 142143606185
A.V. Deggar @avdeggar.bsky.social · 10/10/2026Just an updated colour version of something you'd have found in Der Stürmer throughout the 1920s and 30s. 1316925
A.V. Deggar @avdeggar.bsky.social · 09/10/2026What can I say? The system is rotten. But I'm pointing out that even if Polanski won, it was already a preordained lose-lose situation for the guy 110
A.V. Deggar @avdeggar.bsky.social · 09/10/2026The most boring and pointless internecine conflict imaginable. Like if .rtf and .docx declared war on each other for the control of word processing.ft.comLib Dem MP launches attempt to topple leader Ed DaveyResignation of Treasury spokesperson Charlie Maynard comes amid frustration about centre-left party’s sagging poll ratings 6273
A.V. Deggar @avdeggar.bsky.social · 09/10/2026With friends like this, eh?huffingtonpost.co.uk'Zack Polanski Is My Friend – But He's Also A Coward And Must Resign'Writing for HuffPost UK, Joshua Alston accused the Green leader of “lacking courage.” 2192
A.V. Deggar @avdeggar.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Grotesque weaponisation, eh? Every accusation a confession. 7406
A.V. Deggar @avdeggar.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Remember, during the 2017–19 AS War, these people were cock-a-hoop and champing at the bit to turn the guns 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝗼𝘄𝗻 𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲. Just imagine how turned on they are now they can actually fire the heavy artillery at people who aren't ostensibly their colleagues. 0160
A.V. Deggar @avdeggar.bsky.social · 08/10/2026They were so excited to start writing the guy's obituary that they could barely wait until the polls closed. A wake of vultures with microphones and keyboards. 5745
A.V. Deggar @avdeggar.bsky.social · 08/10/2026If Polanski becomes the MP, he’s headed into a ceaseless, Greek-mythology-style world of rolling, cyclical hurt—one few people in public life could have imagined, even in their worst, most bollock-naked nightmares. A brave man. Solidarity with him, whatever the outcome. 0523
A.V. Deggar @avdeggar.bsky.social · 08/10/2026The likely reaction of the UK press to the Holborn & St Pancras by-election: A Green win = A terrifying victory for the woke Islamoleftist, antisemitic insurgency. Polanski is Turbo Corbyn. A Labour win = A return to flaccid centrism & the Monoparty consensus. Polanski is finished.theguardian.comUK politics: Polls open in Holborn and St Pancras byelection – as it happenedVoters choosing replacement for Keir Starmer, who announced he was standing down last month 56014
A.V. Deggar @avdeggar.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Ah the beloved I sAy wHAt I tHiNk crew. I wish they did more thinking and less fucking saying tbh. 000
A.V. Deggar @avdeggar.bsky.social · 08/10/2026LOL the fifth largest economy on Earth. Just don another animal pelt, serf! Be thankful you have any turnips at all, and that the rent on your hoe is so generous!bbc.comEnergy costs: 'Wear more clothes if it's cold', pupils and staff toldThe EA suggests cost-saving measures as it warns school gas and electricity bills are set to rise. 2336
A.V. Deggar @avdeggar.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Hey, how are you feeling about chances tomorrow from the feel on the ground? 100
A.V. Deggar @avdeggar.bsky.social · 07/10/2026It just says "Post blocked" and I can't see who sent it. But bastard anyway! 100
A.V. Deggar @avdeggar.bsky.social · 07/10/2026I fear I am going to be tapping this sign until my finger is a mere nub of its former digit. 061
A.V. Deggar @avdeggar.bsky.social · 07/10/2026I've said it once and I will say it again: failing to arrest cratering living standards is how you lose the country to unabashed fascists posing as "the change candidates."theguardian.comLabour could oversee worst parliament on record for living standards, study warnsEnergy and housing costs threaten biggest decline in modern times unless bold action taken, says thinktank 23710
A.V. Deggar @avdeggar.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Wtf, I see post blocked is all. He called me a fucking Nazi?? 100
A.V. Deggar @avdeggar.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Segment on Newsnight, the BBC's flagship politics program, in which the Isræli ambassador to the UK says: “Just yesterday, we exposed—and I think it was actually published in the BBC—that 40 bodies of babies, that their heads were cut off.”bbc.co.ukBBC Two - Newsnight, The Israel Gaza War Steps UpAs power fails in Gaza City and airstrikes continue, Mark Urban is live in Jerusalem. 060
A.V. Deggar @avdeggar.bsky.social · 07/10/2026The Daily Maildailymail.comHamas terrorists 'beheaded babies during kibbutz slaughter'Hamas terrorists beheaded babies and gunned down entire families in their homes in the Kfar Aza kibbutz in Israel, Israeli soldiers have revealed. 1101
A.V. Deggar @avdeggar.bsky.social · 07/10/2026A reminder that this false narrative was repeated and amplified across the UK media as if it were fact, to fit a rightist narrative that would act as apologism for extermination. Here's the UK's newspaper of record:thetimes.com‘Babies had their throats cut’: how Kfar Aza kibbutz massacre unfoldedAll day, military chaplains and search teams tenderly wrapped tiny bodies, carrying them to waiting stretchers that bore them away from the nightmare of Kfar Aza.The horrors that Israelis endured at t... 1142
A.V. Deggar @avdeggar.bsky.social · 07/10/2026One of the clearest examples of malificence in the aftermath of this day, 3 years ago, was the horrified claim by multiple heads of state and politicians about videos of beheaded babies and slain pregnant women—videos that did not exist—in order to justify the genocide to come. 55517
A.V. Deggar @avdeggar.bsky.social · 07/10/2026IDF investigation concludes that YES, it is the most moral army in the history of humanity.bbc.comReform internal inquiry says party did not break law over donations stingOfficials were recorded by undercover journalists discussing a potential way to secure foreign donations to the party. 0150
A.V. Deggar @avdeggar.bsky.social · 07/10/2026I'd add to the "not hysterical" pile: the crackdown on free speech and freedom of assembly with the arrest of 4,000 people—many pensioners holding cardboard signs—since the proscription of Palestine Action. 24812
A.V. Deggar @avdeggar.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Looks like the British Right now want to skip the whole US part and head straight for becoming Isræl 🫠. 1140
Reposted by A.V. DeggarKate Watson @loreandordure.com · 06/10/2026THAT IS NOT THE ONLY THING EDUCATION IS FOR! IT ISN’T EVEN THE MAIN THING! 27459151
A.V. Deggar @avdeggar.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Yep, thing this Trump admin doesn't realise about vassals is they are useful, that's why you vassalised them in the first place. 000
A.V. Deggar @avdeggar.bsky.social · 06/10/2026The Gorton & Denton by-election was the sea change moment—proof that upstart leftists could defeat the flaccid centre & far right. This could never be allowed to happen. Fortunately, there's a tried-and-tested formula for putting the genie back in the bottle, & the veterans have been mobilised. 0292
A.V. Deggar @avdeggar.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Five petrol pirates in transit vans did this to the mightiest military in the history of war? Lol, RIGHTO!bbc.comDonald Trump says a 'threat' led US to move bombers from RAF FairfordThe Pentagon confirmed on Sunday it had removed the B1 bombers from the base in England back to their home stations in America. 2344
A.V. Deggar @avdeggar.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Let's be honest, that hasn't fazed as many people as it should have. It's been X for three years now.... 040
A.V. Deggar @avdeggar.bsky.social · 05/10/2026It was all night forever. That 2017–19 full spectrum onslaught was a real wake-up call to the shape of things to come. 040
A.V. Deggar @avdeggar.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Palestinian Christian academic and activist, Hanan Ashrawi, being asked by Victoria Derbyshire if she condoned terroryoutu.beBBC PRESENTER SLAMMED BY PALESTINIAN POLITICIAN ON MEDIA BIASYouTube video by Islam Channel 0315
A.V. Deggar @avdeggar.bsky.social · 05/10/2026A compilation of the odious Morgan equating any solidarity with Palestinians as support for terror.youtu.be"Do You CONDEMN Hamas?" Every Time Piers Morgan Challenged A GuestYouTube video by TalkTV 2477
A.V. Deggar @avdeggar.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Here's Richard Madeley on British daytime TV asking Layla Moran—partly of Gazan Christian heritage—whether she knew about Hamas's plans before 7/10/23huffingtonpost.co.ukRichard Madeley Sparked 2,400 Complaints After Questioning British-Palestinian MP About HamasThe GMB host asked Layla Moran is she knew the Hamas massacre was coming. 4719
A.V. Deggar @avdeggar.bsky.social · 05/10/2026💯 man, I was literally queuing this up as one of the classics of the genre. As well as the Madeley-Moran clip 0100
![You know what I did this morning? I played the voice of a toy. Some terrible robot toys from Japan that change from one thing to another. The Japanese have funded a full-length animated cartoon about the doings of these toys, which is all bad outer-space stuff. I play a planet. I menace somebody called Something-or-other. Then I'm destroyed. My plan to destroy Whoever-it-is is thwarted and I tear myself apart on the screen.
-Orson Welles, on his final film performance[1]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:g3jnrobuc6ihp2go7pbb2ric/bafkreibdzjyv5ebymwpcxrbr3nk44qtkef2gzozubnulpujcuymzjhvxni)
