Reposted by TomThem Fatale, @mxthemfatale.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Badenoch claims £2,700 a month from the taxpayer to rent a grade II-listed farmhouse with six bedrooms. The property sits within the highest council tax bracket, costing over £4,000 in council tax a year, which the Essex MP also claims on expenses. "Best welfare" is being an MP. 2408147
Reposted by TomOnce Upon A Time On The Internet @newgroundsdoc.newgrounds.com · 01/09/202623 YEARS AGO TODAY, @mrweebl.bsky.social posted BADGERS to @Newgrounds.com 8450242702
Reposted by TomOtto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 19/08/2026Nigel Farage who was literally given a £5 million gift by a crypto billionaire wants to end "something for nothing" Britain 581008355
Reposted by TomThe Museum of English Rural Life (MERL) @themerl.bsky.social · 19/08/2026Museums pro tip: Want to know if there's a bat flying around your galleries? Simply listen to all the visitors saying "there is a bat flying around the galleries." 51423184
Reposted by TomCount Binface @countbinface.bsky.social · 16/08/2026A brief note for Nadhim Zahawi. 33687322863
Reposted by TomPrivate Eye Magazine @privateeyenews.bsky.social · 13/08/2026It's Clacton by-election day. Or, if you prefer, Farage-Commons-standards-inquiry-reopening-eve. 12564781528
Reposted by TomParody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 05/08/2026The BBC hate us so much that they only had me on Question Time 38 times and have had Zia Yusuf on 8 times in less than two years, despite the fact that nobody even voted for him. Now that's what I call bias. 761233388
Reposted by TomClaire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 01/08/2026August babies who never got cupcakes in class in elementary school and have spent the rest of their lives bitter about it hive rise up!!!! (I’m not allowed to complain about this since my Dad’s birthday is literally Christmas and my sister’s is New Year’s) 11727
Reposted by TomMatt Harrison @mattpharrison.bsky.social · 21/07/2026Selfie with the recently-uncovered Network Northwest sign at Deansgate, in pristine condition! It won’t be here much longer, though… 4563
Reposted by TomParody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 21/07/2026Important announcement. 10550335
Tom @cranium84.bsky.social · 22/07/2026Traffic is down but good luck trying to get a seat at the food court in Westfield Stratford. 000
Reposted by TomDavid Benedict @eggsbened.bsky.social · 07/07/2026“I am the most verbally and physically attacked public figure or politician of modern times.” The disgraceful Nigel Farage. Remembering Labour MP Jo Cox, born 1974, murdered 2016. 20998345
Reposted by TomOtto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 07/07/2026Farage resigns his seat in Clacton forcing a by election which he ... er plans to stand in. Huge performative cost to the taxpayers to feather his ego. I hope it backfires spectacularly 3484032856
Tom @cranium84.bsky.social · 06/07/2026I’m sure I’ve posted here or at the other place about the bloke in Slough who rides a recumbent bike. Nearly took my ankles out again today. Comes through the narrowest gaps at speed, no warning given, no f***s given. 020
Reposted by Tomleftylady.bsky.social @leftylady.bsky.social · 01/07/2026Clarence Thomas says the 14th Amendment should be read narrowly because it was written for formerly enslaved people. By that logic, the 2nd Amendment was written for muskets, not AR-15s. Funny how that kind of originalism only shows up when it's convenient. 1047286888159
Tom @cranium84.bsky.social · 10/06/2026I didn’t get shat on by a bird today. I think that counts as an achievement. 020
Reposted by TomBest for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 05/06/2026⚠️ The money flooding into Reform UK is a danger to our society and our democracy. www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/j…theguardian.com‘It is unsustainable’: Reform’s billionaire donors inspire panic in WestminsterWhile huge donations are nothing new in UK politics, some fear electoral finance is distorting democracy itself 211738
Reposted by TomDavid Oliver @mancunianmedic.bsky.social · 04/06/2026www.theguardian.com/politics/202...theguardian.comStarmer accuses Musk of trying to ‘whip up division’ in UK over Henry Nowak murderPM says Britons are ‘reasonable, tolerant people’ and backs MP’s legal action against Grok firm over fake sexualised images 001
Reposted by TomAdam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 04/06/2026The way the entire British media is suddenly discussing 'two tier policing' as if it is a real thing worth seriously debating, rather than the obvious far-right white supremacist fantasy it has always been, is very alarming 1162290714
Reposted by TomPeter Walker @peterwalker99.bsky.social · 03/06/2026Keir Starmer's response to Nigel Farage at PMQs just now was probably the most powerful and eloquent I have seen him in the Commons. The full answer is worth reading. 501903607
Reposted by TomLewis Goodall @lewisgoodall.com · 02/06/2026Henry Nowak’s father’s words outside court, who is probably the person we most need to hear from today. 672348859
Reposted by TomJohn Bull @garius.bsky.social · 30/05/2026*sets the 'days since tech bros reinvented the bus' sign back to zero. 8528130
Tom @cranium84.bsky.social · 26/05/2026Not just here. I’m at a professional conference and the majority of the attendees are boomers. 000
Reposted by TomGeorge Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 26/05/2026There's an exceptionalist belief that the UK's immune to the worst political extremes. In reality, we were lucky not to get a fascist government in the 1930s. Now that the world's richest man supports our most extreme political party, we need more than luck. We need to get the money out of politics. 1011935649
Tom @cranium84.bsky.social · 20/04/2026Except at Düsseldorf Airport where you have to pay €3.70 for a new bottle. 000
Tom @cranium84.bsky.social · 20/04/2026Today’s ‘professional driving’. Crossed the stop line without space to clear both the pedestrian crossing and the junction behind. YX17 OHE 000
Reposted by TomOlga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 19/04/2026EU: The European Union will require sale of mobile phones with “user-replaceable and longer-lasting batteries” starting in 2027. The regulation demands “availability of spare parts and manuals for 10 years to curb planned obsolescence”. 282103562491
Tom @cranium84.bsky.social · 18/04/2026Also tonight I’ve had someone randomly asking me if I knew the German word for fridge. He seemed amazed that after about 15 seconds I replied with “Kühlschrank“. 000
Tom @cranium84.bsky.social · 18/04/2026The UK: Fill up your water bottles with our chilled filtered water from a dispenser. Germany: Here is a tap. 000
Tom @cranium84.bsky.social · 27/03/2026Err… @poggs.com - I don’t think we’ve commissioned this yet! (It’ll be PGR 003 when commissioned). 100
Reposted by TomGavin Esler @gavinesler.bsky.social · 24/03/2026Excellent piece from Fraser Nelson - definitely worth a read - frasernelson.substack.com/p/how-jews-a...frasernelson.substack.comHow Jews and Christians came to Muslims' defenceWhat an open iftar revealed about Britain’s changing language on faith - and the solidarity now emerging in response 31811
Reposted by TomChristianG @mryeswecan.eurosky.social · 23/03/2026So, about those Eid prayers in London... "What's the highest thing in Trafalgar Square?" "Nelson's column, innit?" "And the highest thing on the column?" "Nelson." "And on Nelson?" "His hat." "And the highest thing on his hat?" "That bit that sticks up." 1/8 471576771
Reposted by TomTed McCormick @tedmccormick.bsky.social · 22/03/2026Another university getting rid of things you could only ever do at a university and replacing them with stuff a 13-year-old can do on a phone 14451691633
Reposted by TomEd Davey @eddavey.libdems.org.uk · 12/03/2026Ed Miliband must step in and bar Tesla from holding an energy licence. Elon Musk is a threat to our national security and clearly not a fit person to operate in our energy industry. We can’t have the lights go out because he’s having a strop on X. 551185417
Reposted by TomMary Branscombe @marypcbuk.bsky.social · 10/03/2026this is why we have universal vaccination; to protect children before they can get their own shot 02714
Reposted by TomAdam 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
Tom @cranium84.bsky.social · 26/02/2026Ok people. What’s the deal with standing up ready to get off the Eurostar at St Pancras, when the train only left the Channel tunnel five minutes earlier? 130
Reposted by TomAdam Schwarz @adamjschwarz.bsky.social · 25/02/2026Tommy Robinson visited the US State Department today at the invite of the Trump administration. He's Britain's most prominent far-right street thug with criminal convictions for assault, violence, fraud, stalking & harassment. He was jailed in 2012 for trying to enter the US with a false passport. 20519931088
Reposted by TomJo Kibble (Political Animal) @politicanimal.bsky.social · 23/02/2026Yeah, the Greens are one of those parties where I sometimes go 'I'd take you more seriously if you told me something you'd do that I don't like, because politics in practice always involves some compromises,' and now I'm going Oh God Not Like That. 4372
Reposted by TomJessica Elgot @jessicaelgot.bsky.social · 23/02/2026Zia Yusuf used the tragic death of Amy Houston in his speech today. Her dad explicitly asked politicians not to do this in 2013. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...theguardian.comThe memory of my daughter Amy Houston has been dishonoured | Paul HoustonPaul Houston: My daughter's death was used to undermine the Human Rights Act. I now see how wrong that was 915771
Tom @cranium84.bsky.social · 16/02/2026Sounds very reminiscent of Ceaușescu’s Romania. Disturbing. 000
Reposted by TomCaroline Russell @carolinerussell.bsky.social · 15/02/2026Politics London discussing driverless taxis casually referring to “jaywalking pedestrians”. Jaywalking is not a thing in UK law. Transport for London and Government had better not be asleep at the wheel on this. 471362242
Reposted by TomBilly Bragg @billybragg.bsky.social · 12/02/2026Just going to leave this here 4729091183
Reposted by TomRuss Jones @russincheshire.bsky.social · 12/02/2026I was born and raised in Gorton and Denton, and I absolutely guarantee you Reform won't put it first. They won't even put Britain first. They'll put Russia first. We LITERALLY jailed one of them for doing that. 36860271
Reposted by TomJonn Elledge @jonnelledge.bsky.social · 02/02/2026Reminder that "jaywalking" was literally made up by american car manufacturers to shift the blame for accidents from drivers to pedestrians. "Jay" was a slang term meaning "idiot" or "rube". 351737617
Reposted by TomEd Davey @eddavey.libdems.org.uk · 22/01/2026457 British troops lost their lives in Afghanistan. Trump avoided military service 5 times. How dare he question their sacrifice. Farage and all the others still fawning over Trump should be ashamed. 991749659
Tom @cranium84.bsky.social · 20/01/2026Replace ABC Corp with Network Rail and this would describe several of my former colleagues. 000
Tom @cranium84.bsky.social · 16/01/2026In all the time I’ve spent here and in the other place, I don’t think I’ve ever wanted to refer someone to Arkell v. Pressdram. Something about the people using the Meta equivalent that makes me want to do it regularly. 000