Reposted by Craig NelsonChristopher Hale @christopherjhale.bsky.social · 11/10/2026“Those who defend the right to life of the weakest among us must be equally visible in support of the quality of life of the weakest among us, including the elderly and children, the hungry, the homeless, and undocumented immigrants.” — the future Pope Leo XIV 04715
Reposted by Craig NelsonChristopher Hale @christopherjhale.bsky.social · 10/10/2026MAGA: The woke Pope Leo XIV is contradicting 2,000 years of Catholic teaching on the death penalty. Pope Nicholas I in 866 AD: 612431
Reposted by Craig NelsonMeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 09/10/2026This is as treasonous as it gets 1679178826429
Reposted by Craig NelsonChristopher Hale @christopherjhale.bsky.social · 11/10/2026MAGA has spent the past 48 hours lecturing Pope Leo XIV on Catholic teaching. People who do this are foolish bigots. We stand with Pope Leo. 215330
Reposted by Craig NelsonChristopher Hale @christopherjhale.bsky.social · 10/10/2026Americans stand with Pope Leo XIV. 412829
Reposted by Craig NelsonChristopher Hale @christopherjhale.bsky.social · 09/10/2026The U.S. bishops called the Trump administration’s plan to livestream an execution barbaric, and they were right. Pete Hegseth has quoted the Bible publicly more than 120 times since taking office, and not one of those quotes came from Jesus or the New Testament. Why? He doesn’t believe in it. 77829
Reposted by Craig NelsonRich Raho @richraho.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Pope: “The mind must not simply compile data — as an algorithm now does more quickly than we can — but recall lived experiences, which contain depths of meaning that only the human soul can recognize, and connect more deeply with the goodness of these experiences.” 310433
Reposted by Craig NelsonChristopher Hale @christopherjhale.bsky.social · 08/10/2026NEW: Dashing conservative hopes of a rollback, Pope Leo XIV on Wednesday defended Amoris Laetitia, the Pope Francis document that widened the path to Communion for divorced and remarried Catholics.thelettersfromleo.comDashing Conservative Hopes, Pope Leo XIV Defends Pope Francis’s Amoris LaetitiaOpening a weeklong Vatican summit on the exhortation’s 10th anniversary, the pope put mercy and the freedom of the Holy Spirit at the center. Critics hoping for a rollback heard none of it. 19217
Reposted by Craig NelsonChristopher Hale @christopherjhale.bsky.social · 08/10/2026“Intelligence must draw on memory. The mind must not simply compile data — as an algorithm now does more quickly than we can — but recall lived experiences, which contain depths of meaning that only the human soul can recognize.” — Pope Leo XIV 113841
Reposted by Craig NelsonRich Raho @richraho.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Pope Leo at Angelus: “I wish to recall a laborer who worked with great fruitfulness in the Lord’s vineyard: Saint Francis of Assisi, whom Jesus himself asked to repair his Church.” 28015
Reposted by Craig NelsonBladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Michael Caine "I voted for Brexit... I'd rather be a poor master than a rich servant... You get lost, and then you find your way, and it will be alright." This Brexiteer lives in LA, has never been a poor anything, and there are zero consequences for his actions on him. 70650154
Craig Nelson @craigne.bsky.social · 01/10/2026UK membership without opt-outs is a non-starter, specifically the euro and Schemgen. It's as simple as that. There's no point starting the negotiations if that's not an option. 000
Reposted by Craig NelsonBladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 30/09/2026ICE have confirmed that a 58th person has died in their custody in just 1 3/4 years. This does not include all the people they have murdered in the streets. It really is the Gestapo. 415564
Reposted by Craig NelsonDAPPER DON DHARSHI @dapperdondharshi.bsky.social · 25/09/2026A marine biologist films this octopus changing colors while dreaming and it’s spectacular 18255961205
Reposted by Craig NelsonChristopher Hale @christopherjhale.bsky.social · 25/09/2026“Instead of respecting the law, those in power invoke it when it serves their interests and disregard it when it restrains them, treating even justice itself as though it were a commodity to be bought and sold.” — Pope Leo XIV 14387164
Reposted by Craig NelsonTom Jamieson @tomjam.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Was ahead of the curve with this one 041
Reposted by Craig NelsonMayor of London, Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk · 12/09/2026More than a festival. More than a day out. Black On The Square puts Black culture and creativity centre stage in the heart of the capital. 030856
Reposted by Craig NelsonRicky Davila @therickydavila.bsky.social · 08/09/2026A Philadelphia nun named Sister Rose Kuhn drives to a Texas immigration court weekly to sit next to unaccompanied children as young as 4 who are facing deportation hearings alone without relatives or an attorney so that they won’t have to face the judge by themselves. Heartbreaking and horrific. 420109513629
Reposted by Craig NelsonChristopher Hale @christopherjhale.bsky.social · 06/09/2026Full story.thelettersfromleo.comA Philadelphia Nun Sits With Unaccompanied Children at Texas Deportation HearingsSister Rose Kuhn drives to the Harlingen immigration court every week to pray beside children who face a judge alone, some as young as four. 010733
Reposted by Craig NelsonChristopher Hale @christopherjhale.bsky.social · 06/09/2026NEW: Every week, a Philadelphia nun drives to the immigration court in Harlingen, Texas, to sit beside unaccompanied children, some as young as four, who face a deportation judge with no lawyer and no parent. An undocumented migrant who is facing deportation called Sister Rose Kuhn his “angel.” 10459156
Reposted by Craig NelsonSunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 06/09/20261936 public order act prohibits uniforms for political purposes bsky.app/profile/sund... 56120
Reposted by Craig NelsonRobert Hutton @roberthutton.co.uk · 05/09/2026How could an associate professor in divinity at Cambridge be expected to know that lying is bad? thecritic.co.uk/mone... 491160372
Reposted by Craig NelsonSunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 04/09/2026The Electoral Commission appears to be straightforwardly wrong about its role and responsibilities in law as the regulator when it says publicly "Information about any potential attempt to evade the controls on donations is for the police to consider". It is the core job of the Electoral Commission 39673246
Reposted by Craig NelsonDavid Osland @davidosland.bsky.social · 04/09/2026That Channel 4 video is very obviously fake news. For a start, it claims to show Nigel Farage actually in Clacton. 2059975
Reposted by Craig NelsonMark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Farage was - once again - lying when he said counter terrorism police had delayed his speech because of threats. West Midlands police confirm they gave no such advice. 1111708580
Reposted by Craig NelsonAdam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 03/09/2026I can't remember a clearer smoking gun than that Channel 4 News footage. Nigel Farage and his senior aides all filmed discussing apparent plans to break the law by funnelling foreign money into British politics, plans which at least partly went ahead. A criminal investigation surely must follow 1283186848
Reposted by Craig NelsonAdam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Nigel Farage filmed celebrating illegal foreign donations Undercover footage reveals plot to break the law by funnelling offshore funds through a UK donor. Donations funded a series of widely reported polls boosting Reform ahead of the local elections channel4news.substack.com/p/exclusive-... 1082087934
Craig Nelson @craigne.bsky.social · 04/09/2026It's clear something has gone very wrong in this trial. It is testing the system to its limits. 000
Reposted by Craig NelsonPeter Jukes @peterjukes.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Just a reminder, Professor James Orr, Reform UK head of policy, teaches 'ethics' to undergraduates at Cambridge University youtu.be/aXut3s90rUI 20836011429
Craig Nelson @craigne.bsky.social · 04/09/2026I am very much in favour of Britain defending the Falkland Islands against any threat, under international law and the UN Charter. It is very important that Britain develop good defence of the Islands. However, if a deal could be done to settle their future that would be better. 000
Reposted by Craig NelsonHenry Mance @henrymance.ft.com · 04/09/2026Nigel Farage is very lucky that he didn't know what was being discussed at the lunch where he was discussing it 491634374
Reposted by Craig NelsonToby Earle 🇺🇦 @tobyontv.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Reform hates foreigners unless they’re wealthy donors & then they’ll do whatever they want 23111
Reposted by Craig NelsonMatthew Stadlen @matthewstadlen.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Has Nigel Farage stepped down as an MP to trigger another by-election to clear his name yet? 35697139
Reposted by Craig NelsonCarl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 03/09/20262:05 pm 2:21 pm @atrupar.com 1064158224450
Reposted by Craig Nelsonmimij9.bsky.social @mimij9.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Nigel Farage filmed undercover celebrating secret new foreign donations Undercover footage reveals a secret plot by senior Reform UK figures to break the law on party donations. A leading legal expert is now calling for a criminal investigation. Lolz 712825
Reposted by Craig NelsonNBC News @nbcnews.com · 03/09/2026One mother believes that had she not received treatment within the U.K.’s trailblazing maternal mental healthcare system after being diagnosed with “tendencies of postpartum psychosis,” both she and her daughter might not be alive today.nbcnews.toLindsay Clancy trial: How the U.K. treats postpartum psychosis in Mother and Baby UnitsBritain’s trailblazing maternal mental healthcare program gains attention as the serious psychological condition comes under greater scrutiny. 0137
Craig Nelson @craigne.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Ultimately this will have saved thousands of lives and saved many young people (thousands) from respiratory illness. 000
Reposted by Craig NelsonJWexTheSpa @jwsidders.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Sadiq achieved this by leading not following. A follower would never have done what he did. It is a lesson that will go largely unlearned. But by being politically brave, Sadiq has literally saved countless London lives. 1187
Reposted by Craig NelsonAdam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Reform UK, which promises to "defend free speech" at all costs, has again banned Byline Times from its conference 771400525
Craig Nelson @craigne.bsky.social · 01/09/2026An interesting analysis. And by interesting I mean compelling. 020
Reposted by Craig Nelsonmimij9.bsky.social @mimij9.bsky.social · 01/09/2026Enjoyed Burnham’s speech about a ‘series of wrong turns’ in this country. Centralisation Privatisation De-industrialision Austerity Brexit All true 810416
Craig Nelson @craigne.bsky.social · 01/09/2026Not a true quote, I think, but something he should have said. 010
Craig Nelson @craigne.bsky.social · 01/09/2026I'm not so certain. If he obtained an international post he'd have to have a by-election and with no say over when that might be. This way the by-election is at a time relatively favourable to Labour. 020
Reposted by Craig NelsonMayor of London, Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk · 26/08/2026Dolly Parton's legacy extends beyond her extraordinary music. She touched countless lives through her generosity, including through her Imagination Library in London, bringing the joy of reading to children across the capital. My thoughts are with her loved ones and fans around the world. 161366162
Reposted by Craig NelsonHillary Rodham Clinton @hillaryclinton.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Dolly Parton did all the good she could, for all the people she could, for as long as ever she could. From her legendary songwriting to the Imagination Library—which sent 1 million books a month to children across the country—she was the best of America. Dolly, we'll miss your great heart. 421297355050
Reposted by Craig Nelsonmimij9.bsky.social @mimij9.bsky.social · 25/08/2026To unite left and right, men and women, old and young, black and white, gay and straight. Dolly Parton, a legend, an icon, a force for good. The good ones seem to be leaving us. 21148