Reposted by Brent CrudeGeorge Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 10h“Zionism is racism” is not a policy but a slogan. It compresses a complex history, going back millennia, and a very wide set of beliefs into one narrow meaning. The answer to genocide is not discrimination. We don't fight racism with racism. I’m gutted to see this motion adopted by the Green Party. 3111212189
Brent Crude @brentcrude.bsky.social · 12hFireworks, sparklers, drowning in rivers, freaky fish-eating 2d cats, stranger danger... BBC public information adverts were horrifying. Growing up with a TV in England in the 70s means we all have PTSD. And thats before we even mention Threads #childhoodscares youtu.be/fa1pC9aLNsQ?...youtu.beSparklers - Take Care With Fireworks - BBC Public Information FilmYouTube video by The Duke Mitchell Film Club 000
Brent Crude @brentcrude.bsky.social · 13hLol! David Cameron! What an idiot! Chaining himself to a Brexit referendum was the stupidest thing a British politician has ever d.... Oh www.theguardian.com/politics/202...theguardian.comGreen party votes to adopt policy that equates Zionism with racismMotion calling for single Palestinian state, which is opposed by most Green MPs and expected to be challenged, passes by 1,022 votes to 813 030
Reposted by Brent Crudeflyingrodent @flyingrodent.bsky.social · 04/10/2026What did Ta Nehisi Coates say? He said: people who do not draw a line at genocide, will not draw a line at democracy. And the British political/media class already demonstrated they will gladly fuck everyone and wreck everything if pushed, when they forcefully shoved Boris Johnson into Number Ten. 325266
Brent Crude @brentcrude.bsky.social · 03/10/2026A really interesting dynamic here that pollsters and basic bitch political strategists should study at length. You do not defeat populists by replaying a watered down version of their populist messages. You find an alternative, optimistic position and you OWN it. 000
Brent Crude @brentcrude.bsky.social · 02/10/2026If you know anything about Theranos and the toxic web of power, money and lies that Holmes operated in, it's impossible not to assume that AI isn't supported by the very same cast of end-stage capitalists chasing the next-big-thing... 1/ www.theguardian.com/film/2026/oc...theguardian.comYou Can See Everything review – Nathan Fielder’s Elizabeth Holmes doc is a modern masterpiece of deceitNo spoilers here – TV’s grand illusionist meets his match when he moves in with Theranos founder and her family 110
Reposted by Brent CrudeThomas has some opinions @thomasr2.bsky.social · 30/09/2026If 2026 was a sandwich... 0191
Brent Crude @brentcrude.bsky.social · 01/10/2026I've long thought this about Megacorp football clubs, TBH. May as well support Raytheon or Palantir 010
Brent Crude @brentcrude.bsky.social · 01/10/2026In a way, you've got to hand it to the Tories. After the vote, it took them less than 2 days to decide they were the party of Brexit. Its taken Labour 10 years to decide they're Anti. 000
Brent Crude @brentcrude.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Are there any marketing consultants out there that want to give McSweeney a crash course on messaging and positioning? www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/labour...huffingtonpost.co.ukLabour Soars To 6-Point Poll Lead Over Reform UK In Major Boost For BurnhamSupport for the party is now at its highest level in nearly two years. 110
Reposted by Brent CrudeDan Snow @thehistoryguy.bsky.social · 28/09/2026You should prosecute politicians when they break the small laws, because you won’t have the chance later, when they break the big ones. 9635116
Reposted by Brent CrudeGeorge Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Pope Innocent III,who died in 1216, spoke of a certain kind of older man, who is "easily provoked", "will believe anything and question nothing", is "stingy and greedy" and "praises the good old days and hates the present." Reform UK's voter base has been knocking around for a very long time. 752932754
Reposted by Brent CrudeOtto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Liar. Small boat crossings peaked under Johnson in 2022 reaching 46,000 in 2022. In current year they are 18,565 and falling. Also prior to Boris Johnson's Brexit there were none. 23132711210
Reposted by Brent CrudeThe Liberal BoJack @thelibbojack.bsky.social · 21/09/2026It’s still funny to me that the US had a presidential election that was basically like “Should the US kill itself” and “Yes” won (2024) 1343610684
Reposted by Brent CrudeProf. Anthea Butler @antheabutler.bsky.social · 20/09/2026You do understand that everything he's doing to Washington DC is about fortifying the city when he decides he's not leaving office 70388812580
Reposted by Brent CrudeAndy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Symbols matter. White House isn't a palace. Kennedy Center is for the general public to enjoy. We don't have a triumphal arch in DC because that's imperial. We don't put the president's face on money because it's monarchical. It's about tearing down everything that says we're a democratic republic. 292552659
Reposted by Brent Crude𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 @sundaedivine.lol · 17/09/2026I don’t want to go hard and I don’t want to go home. Is there even a place for me in today’s world? 12482061
Brent Crude @brentcrude.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Time to reinstate my original user name, now its suitably apocalyptic 010
Brent Crude @brentcrude.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Sometimes I get frustrated with character limits on bluesky posts. And then... oh, yeah, i see what you mean 100
Reposted by Brent CrudeIt's Abby. Yep @itsabbyyep.bsky.social · 15/09/2026I'm worried that Mitch McConnell may be too frail to keep destroying democracy 1573984624
Brent Crude @brentcrude.bsky.social · 15/09/2026It took a special kind of self-delusional stupidity to beat us voting for Brexit, but you did it guys 020
Reposted by Brent CrudePaul Bernal @paulbernal.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Crypto billionaires don’t become crypto billionaires by being generous or altruistic. They become crypto billionaires by being greedy, selfish, amoral, dishonest, untrustworthy shites. They don’t give away money for the common good. Is that who should control our politics? 20541163
Reposted by Brent CrudeTanita Tikaram @tanitatikaram.bsky.social · 12/09/2026What I love about Western democracy is you can bung a political party £ 36 million earned from criminal activity & most media will continue to point at asylum seekers & migrant care workers with families as the barbarians at the gate we need to defend ourselves from 🙄. 3830111003
Brent Crude @brentcrude.bsky.social · 11/09/2026My story from Tuesday, September 11th 2001 is that I was camping in the Dordogne and didn't hear about it until the Friday. What absolute bliss 010
Reposted by Brent Crudeflyingrodent @flyingrodent.bsky.social · 11/09/2026An entire politics and worldview animated by a lively terror that somewhere, somebody might be eating a free cheese sandwich 2993949701
Reposted by Brent CrudeGeorge Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 11/09/2026There were many ways in which the US and its allies could have responded to the horror of 9/11. But by building extreme security states, launching pointless forever wars and restricting domestic dissent, successive governments inflicted more harm on their nations than the terrorists could have done. 671570377
Reposted by Brent CrudeBrent Crude @brentcrude.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Trump will mail everyone a $5,000 cheque which will immediately bounce if any poor sucker tries to cash it, and they'll get charged a $50 penalty fee by their bank for the privilege 001
Reposted by Brent Crudealialiafro.bsky.social @alialiafro.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Hmmm. There is a distinct whiff of impending doom for America in the air with these US mid-terms approaching. It’s like when a toddler misses their nap and you just know they’re going to have a tantrum at dinner and then won’t go to bed. 211
Reposted by Brent CrudeDmitry Grozoubinski @explaintrade.com · 10/09/2026If you're in government watching criminal-led blackshirt thugs in balaclavas wage war on the RNLI and you're hedging your bets because you're not sure who the majority of the country will side with, why do you even want to be in government? Why would you WANT to lead people you think so little of? 271296341
Brent Crude @brentcrude.bsky.social · 07/09/2026I'm making blackberry vinegar, and right now the kitchen looks like a scene out of Carrie 110
Brent Crude @brentcrude.bsky.social · 06/09/2026Right Wingers in a nutshell: Just itching to stick the boot in, if they think they can get away with it and they won't get a kicking back. I'm normally wary of generalisations, but I'm convinced this is the driving philosophy of all of them, and I really do mean ALL 030
Brent Crude @brentcrude.bsky.social · 06/09/2026To be fair, "I wasn't even listening" is the perfect response to everything Farage says 100
Brent Crude @brentcrude.bsky.social · 06/09/2026Such a shame FDR didn't have a deadbeat son-in-law that could have offered Mr Hitler an in on some timeshares in a tacky golf resort in the Sudetenland. We could have avoided a whole lot of trouble 000
Reposted by Brent Crude💚🌏Myles🌏💚 @rainbowregionmyles.bsky.social · 05/09/2026We spent thousands of years trying to produce enough food, shelter and energy for everyone. We finally became capable of doing it. Then we invented shareholders. 13056781348
Reposted by Brent CrudeAndrew Palmer 🎃 @andrewp97.bsky.social · 03/09/2026top 5 horror movies: having a job. not having a job. applying for jobs. the job market. the concept of working my whole life. 721163
Reposted by Brent CrudeNick Craw🇪🇺🇨🇦🇬🇱🇹🇭 @nickcraw.bsky.social · 04/09/2026The greatest irony of the Reform party: A party almost entirely funded by foreign millionaires...yet voted for by nostalgic older Brits convinced it wants to bring back the good times for the native masses. 089
Brent Crude @brentcrude.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Well, its lunchtime and Radio 4 have been normwashing the Reform PLC conference. All. Fucking. Morning 010
Brent Crude @brentcrude.bsky.social · 03/09/2026May as well get it over and done with lads bsky.app/profile/noth... 131
Reposted by Brent CrudeFelicity Hannah @felicityhannah.bsky.social · 31/08/2026But September is when I said I would Sort My Life Out and make Big Career Decisions and I only said that because it was a really long way away 1940818
Reposted by Brent CrudeAthena Kugblenu @athenakugblenu.bsky.social · 31/08/2026we gave this city to a self serving Tory once and we were left with a rusty, red lop sided erection, a bubble car that takes you from a place you want to be to another place no one wants to go to, and shitty buses that replaced perfectly good buses. We're not going to make that mistake again! 2352
Reposted by Brent CrudeAthena Kugblenu @athenakugblenu.bsky.social · 31/08/2026politicians need to respect London a bit more. We're a multi-cultural success story and this bloody country is lucky so much has been devolved to the Mayor and GLA, so when central government was fucking the country up we could prevent the capital from circling the drain 19115
Reposted by Brent CrudeIan Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 31/08/2026It might actually be impossible for a Tory to win in London at the moment. Because to win in London you do actually have to show that you love London and the modern Tory party stands opposed to everything London represents. 731188251
Brent Crude @brentcrude.bsky.social · 31/08/2026Ahh, nothing like Carnival to enrage the racist miserybots. Hardly surprising the idea of a street party doesnt appeal to these misanthropes, whose idea of a good time is stewing online, whining about immigration with Russian sockpuppet accounts. 030
Brent Crude @brentcrude.bsky.social · 29/08/2026The City understander has logged on www.theguardian.com/politics/202...theguardian.comJames Cleverly resigns from shadow cabinet to run for mayor of LondonShadow minister for housing, communities and local government to resign with immediate effect 010
