Ben @benhcraig.bsky.social · 11/10/2026No ads enrage me more than the ones ordering us how to pronounce their stupid brand names. Get stuffed Sssssskoda and Hi-un-di 010
Reposted by BenGerman Embassy London @uk.diplo.de · 09/10/2026Dear people of the UK, this Prize is for you! In 1946, the British founded the state of North Rhine-Westphalia. 80 years on, NRW says "Thank you", presenting its highest award, the State Prize, to the people of the UK, recognising the deep friendship between the state and the UK. 1224249
Reposted by BenHelen Barnard @helenbarnard.bsky.social · 29/09/2026We shouldn't have a Quiet Carriage on the train. We should have a NoisyCcarriage. If you want to watch or listen to the phone without headphones, or have loud and never-ending conversations, you go and sit in the Noisy Carriage. The rest of the train is de facto Quiet. Who's with me? 2027029
Reposted by BenPete Fraser @petefrasermusic.bsky.social · 16/09/2026In the movie version of this, after Piddington runs out of food water and money as a result of leaving the UK, the residents apply for asylum and end up housed in a military base, with HILARIOUS consequences. www.bbc.com/news/article...bbc.comPiddington in Oxfordshire votes to leave UK over asylum plansPiddington residents voted over proposals to house up to 1,256 male asylum seekers nearby 1663524838
Ben @benhcraig.bsky.social · 14/09/2026I’ll say this to dog owners as gently as I can… FOR THE LOVE OF GOD STOP LEAVING YOUR NASTY BAGS OF SH*T EVERYWHERE! 000
Ben @benhcraig.bsky.social · 19/07/2026Hydration break #spaargstatic.klipy.comInna Drinking Wine from Giant GlassALT: Inna Drinking Wine from Giant Glass 010
Ben @benhcraig.bsky.social · 19/07/2026Hydration break #SPAARGstatic.klipy.comChurros Dipping in ChocolateALT: Churros Dipping in Chocolate 001
Reposted by BenPaul @bitoclass.uk · 18/07/2026Have we considered that only the goal at that end of the pitch is working? 3617119
Ben @benhcraig.bsky.social · 18/07/2026Hydration breakstatic.klipy.comExcited Woman Popping ChampagneALT: Excited Woman Popping Champagne 000
Reposted by BenAlex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 09/07/2026The danger of using voxpops in place of real analysis. Cameras are a magnet for motivated activists. These two made it into four different reels + a dozen print pieces. The illusion is that we're getting an insight into "Clacton voters". In truth, we just know what Farage Megastans Jim & June think. 1031090417
Ben @benhcraig.bsky.social · 01/07/2026can we win this but then not play any more games please thank you sorry thats enough 010
Reposted by BenJon Will Chambers @jonchambers.co.uk · 19/06/2026Where’s Andy Burnham going? 511338515
Reposted by BenThe Lincoln Project @lincolnproject.us · 16/06/2026A picture is worth a thousand words. 68661721639
Reposted by BenSam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 10/06/2026Everyone on X and elsewhere who called for a violent response should be charged with incitement. Everyone involved in the pogrom should be locked up with exemplary sentences. Govt should make it clear that will be the response in future anywhere else. Enough. 10556041589
Ben @benhcraig.bsky.social · 24/05/2026I think we’d need to actually research it to prove that. But I take your point - tho I disagree. Anyway, I’m off on a Sunday walk by the coast - nice chatting! 120
Ben @benhcraig.bsky.social · 24/05/2026Apart from exactly what difference different attribution conventions make, that’s just not true: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukNigel Farage regrets running 'bankrupt' Worcestershire CouncilThe Reform UK leader says he wishes the party "hadn't bothered" to take control in Worcestershire. 100
Ben @benhcraig.bsky.social · 24/05/2026My apologies - you are of course absolutely correct (that’ll teach me to try to make sandwiches, listen to the radio and do social media at the same time). Sorry. But it remains that both BBC headlines attribute a claim/statement - just in different ways 100
Ben @benhcraig.bsky.social · 24/05/2026That’s a link. I’m talking about your original post that was a screenshot of another website. Not really making any progress here, enjoy your Sunday 300
Ben @benhcraig.bsky.social · 24/05/2026This is not a screenshot of the BBC website. Maybe the Independent? bsky.app/profile/ajfa... 200
Ben @benhcraig.bsky.social · 24/05/2026The screengrab you originally gave is not the BBC. But again, the BBC link couches it as ‘Farage says’, so we know it’s his view - it doesn’t need a quote 100
Ben @benhcraig.bsky.social · 22/05/2026It’s certainly the BBC’s style and pretty common elsewhere (including the paper I edited). Easy to get wrong end of the stick tho - style isn’t always obvious to viewers/readers. Media literacy is tough! 231
Reposted by BenRobert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social · 07/05/2026Every day the news bulletin begins "President Trump has said..." Yet we know he'll say something different tomorrow, which is different to what he said yesterday, & that none of these statements is likely to be true. I get the problem for broadcasters, but this model is actively occluding the news 718055
Ben @benhcraig.bsky.social · 25/04/2026And lo, under questioning by his tormentor the prophet did consulteth the holy book and verily after some time didst speak, saying unto the teeming multitude: “Er. This is good enough” 010
Reposted by BenMarie Le Conte @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com · 13/04/2026it feels quite bad that it's basically impossible to argue that much of the modern right in the west has become both entirely intellectually shallow and deeply, fundamentally morally corrupt without sounding like a tedious teenage tankie, because it is.....the factual truth 663689595
Reposted by BenOlga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 13/04/2026Hungarians are singing ‘We Are The Champions’ in celebration of the landslide victory of Peter Magyar 471374355
Reposted by BenDr Seán Ketchem @cskwriter.bsky.social · 10/04/2026Well Gen X takes the heat for just about everything, but just for the record: The average age of the Artemis astronauts is 48-50. That is smack dab in the middle of Gen X, folks, the generational cohort from 1965 to 1980. We must have done something right... 1819934
Reposted by BenAdam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 07/04/2026I think people are allowed to draw conclusions about the American people based on their decision to put this man in office bsky.app/profile/pear... 24089141728
Reposted by BenCinephilia & Beyond @cinephiliabeyond.org · 13/03/2026“But, as you see, it's a beautiful day, the Strait of Hormuz is open and people are having a wonderful time.” 205158963608
Ben @benhcraig.bsky.social · 05/03/2026On sunny days like this Southampton really does become a Richard Scarry busytown 100
Reposted by BenAdam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 01/03/2026Just naked racism from Farage and the Mail. Only British and commonwealth citizens are allowed to vote. It's not 'stealing' to legally take part in your own country's elections 2403402896
Reposted by BenAdrian Tchaikovsky @aptshadow.bsky.social · 24/07/2024But they were all of them deceived, for Sauron, in his cunning, fashioned a crap-ton of rings in various sizes. 22816153
Reposted by BenJim Russell 🏴. @jazzyrussell.bsky.social · 03/02/2026One by one, Europeans mentioned in the Epstein files who still hold political office are beginning to resign or are being forced out of office. Meanwhile, ruled by an administration almost entirely made up of Epstein associates, the US carries on as if nothing really happened. 16084762929
Reposted by BenGeneral Boles @generalboles.bsky.social · 20/01/2026"Look, I get it, he's mental but what the fuck do you want me to do?" - Labour +45% 5668139
Reposted by BenDan Snow @thehistoryguy.bsky.social · 17/01/2026Britain is one of the best places in recorded history to be born, live, work and grow old. Lots of room for improvement obviously but combat the pessimism, it’s the forerunner of fascism. 12704135
Reposted by BenBen @benhcraig.bsky.social · 03/11/2025This is the root problem. Trump was fairly elected by the people of America (twice!), and there’s no guarantee they won’t choose similarly again. It’s the American *people* who now can’t be trusted to keep the lunatics out 041
Reposted by BenMehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 03/01/2026If Xi Jinping invaded Taiwan right now, and toppled the president there, on what grounds would the United States object? Or have any credibility to say anything? 716118822785
Reposted by BenJames Vincent @jjvincent.bsky.social · 27/12/2025another robot highlight for 2025: man wearing humanoid mocap suit kicks himself in the balls 9424683414402
Ben @benhcraig.bsky.social · 10/11/2025Yelled “Get off the pavement” at one cyclist who nearly ran me down, and later refused to move out of the way of another, telling him “Cycle on the road like a grown-up” Aged 50 years over the weekend 🤦♂️media.tenor.comhomer simpson from the simpsons is holding a cup in front of a pictureALT: homer simpson from the simpsons is holding a cup in front of a picture 040
