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"Sources close to" Bob Borsley @bobborsley.bsky.social · 1h

Good piece by @nickcohen.bsky.social on far left antisemitism as seen in Polanskiʼs Green Party: open.substack.com/pub/nickcohe...

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"Sources close to" Bob Borsley @bobborsley.bsky.social · 1h

If you must talk bollocks, it's obviously best to do it quietly:

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Peter Whitewood @pwhitewood.bsky.social · 2h

Matthew Syed says we need more bankruptcies and unemployment; unclear if this extends to Sunday Times columnists.

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"Sources close to" Bob Borsley @bobborsley.bsky.social · 8h

I’m all for Trump being encouraged to go mountain climbing dressed in his normal clothes, especially when there’s snow about:

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"Sources close to" Bob Borsley @bobborsley.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Quite a few right wingers insist that many who think they are English are not in fact English. The question is: how do they think such people should be treated differently from those who correctly think they are English? They should tell us.

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"Sources close to" Bob Borsley @bobborsley.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Trump is a fatty, Vance is beardo, and Kennedy is a weirdo. If he takes dim view of that trio, I would have to agree:

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Dan Thomas @itsdanthomas.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

The most disappointing video you’ll see today.

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"Sources close to" Bob Borsley @bobborsley.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I assume this means Ireland is pretty much part of North America. I wonder if Trump will claim it should be another US state:

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"Sources close to" Bob Borsley @bobborsley.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Good piece (as usual) by @chrisgrey.bsky.social on what may well be an important step on the road to a recognition that Brexit was a historic mistake on a par with Munich and Suez: chrisgreybrexitblog.blogspot.com/2026/09/brex...

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Brexit revisited

<a rel="me" href="https://mastodon.online/@ChrisGrey">Mastodon</a>

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Phillips OBrien @phillipspobrien.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Trump goes for his perfect trifecta in this one; a barefaced lie, a large dollop of racism, and a big dose of insanity--all in one short quote.

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Howard Barrett @howardbarrett.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Not forgetting Hannan’s famous assertion that “of course we won’t be leaving the single market or customs union”. Somewhat cynical, as in brass neck, drawing a salary and now pension as a Euro MP for 21 years to then coengineer Brexit.

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"Sources close to" Bob Borsley @bobborsley.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Naturally, it wouldn’t occur to Trump to ask his “friend” to stop supporting Putin’s effort to destroy Ukraine:

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"Sources close to" Bob Borsley @bobborsley.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

An illuminating piece by Francis Fukuyama on Trump’s bizarre love affair with battleships: open.substack.com/pub/persuasi...

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"Sources close to" Bob Borsley @bobborsley.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Once upon a time apologists for Putin insisted that modern Russia is nothing like the Soviet Union. It’s now pretty clear to anyone paying attention that it’s basically a Soviet Union tribute act:

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"Sources close to" Bob Borsley @bobborsley.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

It would be good to to live in a world where historians like @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu could examine some of the dark events of the 20th century confident that the key ideas and movements were a thing of the past. But we don’t @nickcohen.bsky.social: open.substack.com/pub/nickcohe...

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Anne Applebaum: America’s corrupt empire

The U.S. we once knew is dead and gone

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"Sources close to" Bob Borsley @bobborsley.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I see Lavrov is complaining about fictitious threats to Russian in Ukraine. There was a language that long faced threats in Ukraine but it wasn’t Russian: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chronol...

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Chronology of Ukrainian language suppression actions - Wikipedia

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"Sources close to" Bob Borsley @bobborsley.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

“Promised Land” - a song about “small boats”: raycooper.bandcamp.com/track/the-pr...

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"Sources close to" Bob Borsley @bobborsley.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

“There were days, so beautiful the emptiness it might have filled, its absence was as its presence” (R.S. Thomas)

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"Sources close to" Bob Borsley @bobborsley.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

With RAF Fairford in the news it’s worth noting that Fairford has another claim to fame: "the most complete set of mediaeval stained glass in the country": en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fairfor...

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Fairford stained glass - Wikipedia

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"Sources close to" Bob Borsley @bobborsley.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Farage shouldn’t really be down on Iranians. They are friends of Putin, just like he is:

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"Sources close to" Bob Borsley @bobborsley.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Russian dictators like few things more than killing Ukrainians. Stalin killed millions. Putin would probably kill as many if he could:

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"Sources close to" Bob Borsley @bobborsley.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Good piece about the “firehose of hate spewed out by oligarch-owned social media platforms” and is impact on the good people of the RNLI: open.substack.com/pub/writesbr...

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The RNLI aren’t traitors; they’re heroes

📝 A guest essay...

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"Sources close to" Bob Borsley @bobborsley.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

I see Owen Jones thinks the West shares some of the blame for Putin. Maybe he's right. Arguably, the West went too easy on Russia. No Russians were held accountable for any of the crimes of the Soviet Union, and crimes that are unpunished tend to be repeated.

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"Sources close to" Bob Borsley @bobborsley.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

A good book for anyone who knows a bit about the work of Emyr Humphreys and would like to know more: www.amazon.co.uk/Welsh-Time-N...

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"Sources close to" Bob Borsley @bobborsley.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Daniel Thomas sounds like a Welsh poet. Danny Tommo on the other hand sounds like a name dreamed up by some novelist for a character who is a far right thug. Which is probably why he uses it: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Anti-migrant activist Daniel Thomas charged after dinghy slashed in Channel

Anti-migrant activist Daniel Thomas is charged in connection with an incident in the English Channel.

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"Sources close to" Bob Borsley @bobborsley.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Martin Luther King had a dream. Here’s somebody with a different dream: a kind of modern Hitler-Stalin pact:

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Catherine Duigan @cduigan.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

A special new purple plaque is set to be unveiled in Betws-yn-Rhos to celebrate a truly remarkable woman. Victorian expert Mary Lloyd Wynne made history as the very first female #fungi specialist in #Wales. #womeninscience #envhist #mycology #naturalhistory www.inyourarea.co.uk/news/why-a-t...

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Why a tiny village near Conwy is celebrating one of Wales' most forgotten heroines | InYourArea

Victorian fungi expert Mary Lloyd Wynne honoured with Purple Plaque

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"Sources close to" Bob Borsley @bobborsley.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Good piece by @nickcohen.bsky.social on those who are obsessed with who is and who is not ethnically English. Either they are engaged in a pointless bit of labelling, or they have a racist agenda. They should tell us which: open.substack.com/pub/nickcohe...

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If you’re not white, you can’t be English

Neo-fascism, modern style

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"Sources close to" Bob Borsley @bobborsley.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Naturally, the people who lied for nearly 50 years about Katyn are lying about Bucha. Lying is one thing they are good at:

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"Sources close to" Bob Borsley @bobborsley.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

He forgot to mention the Australian cricket team. Considering all the pain they have inflicted on English people over the last 150 years, they must be another of those things that the Jews are responsible for. Should be a no-brainer for any antisemite:

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"Sources close to" Bob Borsley @bobborsley.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

On a good morning there tends to be a queue to photograph this tree:

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"Sources close to" Bob Borsley @bobborsley.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

I see Putin has done well in his “election”. No doubt the people are grateful that he has only sent a million and a half to be killed or maimed in Ukraine and not two million. Of course Russia learned long ago how to do “elections”: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electio...

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Elections to the People's Assemblies of Western Ukraine and Western Belorussia - Wikipedia

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"Sources close to" Bob Borsley @bobborsley.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Fascinating piece about the past in one interesting corner of Ynys Môn where marram grass was a valuable resource: youtu.be/ry9RMR4GJxI?...

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Pobl Niwbwrch a'r Moresg The People of Newborough and Marram grass

YouTube video by Llyn Parc Mawr Community Woodland Group

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"Sources close to" Bob Borsley @bobborsley.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

It is not really a surprise that people who lied about the Katyn murders for nearly 50 years are still lying about Bucha after 4 years. But I doubt that they’ll manage nearly 50 again.

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"Sources close to" Bob Borsley @bobborsley.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

I feel there should be some ancient shepherd's saying about what it signifies when you see a burning Russian oil refinery in the morning:

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Peter Smith @redpeter99.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

I was wrong assuming Sunak would now be living in a California gated community trousering further £ms. Sunak is an important voice in tackling the absurd racist rhetoric from Restore and Reform.

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Duncan Weldon @duncanweldon.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

I miss the old days when a disgruntled noble in a dispute with the crown would just spent a few years sulking in the Low Countries before landing at a fishing village in the south west with some Flemish mercenaries and heading for the Welsh Marches to raise his banner. Much more dignified.

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Earl Spencer defends Diana book claims about King Charles

Princess Diana's brother tells the BBC's Laura Kuenssberg that "we'll forget her soon enough" were "exactly" the words used by the then-Prince of Wales.

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