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Danny McBride

@dannymcbride.bsky.social
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Eyemouth, Scotland. Work in mental health. Interested in social change, economics, culture & music. Somewhere on the liberal & left axes. Very occasionally write for Taz.de

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Danny McBride @dannymcbride.bsky.social · 7h
I think there's a lot of disbelief in the UK and Europe that the US has switched sides, & that somehow it will all return to normal after the midterms, but what happens if and when that doesn't happen?
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Danny McBride @dannymcbride.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Unless the gulf stream shuts down, in which case it becomes the new Svalbard.
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Danny McBride @dannymcbride.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
I get the geopolitics reasons not to, but I kind of feel that governments across the western world should be shouting from the rooftops that "Donald Trump's War" is to blame for all ills, so that they don't get all the blowback for the inflation and stagnation at the ballot box.
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Duncan Robinson @duncanrobinson.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
“If the wife is fit, you must acquit”
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Bill @bill-of-lefts.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
The loss of living memory of the Second World War is absolutely catastrophic
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Danny McBride @dannymcbride.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
I wonder what odds you would get on Labour fighting the 2029 election as one of the last few remaining centre left governments in a major democracy, perhaps alongside only Canada and Australia? I really fear for Spain, France and perhaps even Poland in the coming year.
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Danny McBride @dannymcbride.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
I've often wondered if it's a deliberate demographic action by the Russians rather than just military incompetence. The elites sending their own young men from the 'lower classes' to their deaths, rather than having any form of social security net.
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Danny McBride @dannymcbride.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
What a wasted two years it was.
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James Austin @jamesdaustin.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Not just Jude Bellingham - but many of the most iconic English sporting figures of the past few decades; Moeen Ali Maro Itoje Maggie Alphonsi Lewis Hamilton Ian Wright Paul Ince Martin Offiah Ugo Monye Kelly Holmes Katarina Johnson-Thompson Harry Kane Lennox Lewis Mo Farah Good luck chaps.
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Danny McBride @dannymcbride.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I thought there was a female same sex couple on it relatively recently but I'm not sure it was explicit. I would have thought that same sex couples, especially DINOs would be more likely/able to self build, so I guess they do seem really under representated, but only a hunch.
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Danny McBride @dannymcbride.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
They must have got most of the ATMs in the borders by now, the lack of police here is obviously a huge part of that, especially if a (hypothetically) false report diverts what police there are elsewhere.
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Danny McBride @dannymcbride.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Let's hope Paris SG are next, they spent bigger on marquee signings in a poorer league and a smaller stadium.
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James Ball @jamesrball.com · 29/09/2026
"Burnham is taking a bet no other politician in recent British history has made: instead of platitudes or populism, he is trying to set out in plain terms a political offer, with trade-offs, and hope the public can be persuaded to back it. Even his critics must surely acknowledge it’s refreshing."
thenewworld.co.uk
Vigour, passion, purpose: Why Andy Burnham’s bold speech will be talked about for many years to come
On social care, PR, Brexit, water, housing and more, the PM signalled seismic change and a willingness to tackle the toughest issues
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Ellie Mae O'Hagan @elliemaeohagan.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I think it is very good that the PM is being so publicly vulnerable about grieving his father. That is also a form of leadership
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JWexTheSpa @jwsidders.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Yes, Burnham will disappoint in many ways but today he did something that no leader from any party has done for many years - he set out a positive, coherent vision for what he wants this country to be and he did not pretend it would be easy. He showed political bravery. That is a huge step forward.
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
These anonymous MPs saying it's 'electoral suicide' to tinker with the triple lock. Exactly the type who got us into this mess: unwilling to lead, unwilling to recognise reality for fear of offending voters, unwilling to solve long-term problems if it presents the slightest short-term risk.
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Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
It will never not be wild to me that the Russians attacked Keir Starmer's home, successfully spread falsehoods about Starmer's love life, and this didn't changed British politics and British political elite behaviour *at all*.
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
The British right has now descended to the point where 'the England team are not English' is becoming the consensus position
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Euan @euan.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
the government not being willing to stand behind the RNLI is incredibly bleak
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Danny McBride @dannymcbride.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
I looked it up and you can drive quicker from Eyemouth to Peterhead or Inverness than the Mull of Galloway. Putting the Borders and Dumfries and Galloway together in one long strip is absurd, especially as health is being amalgamated the other way round (splitting east west).
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Danny McBride @dannymcbride.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
The borders being merged into Lothian is bad enough, but being merged into Dumfries and Galloway is hilariously bad (well except for the few thousand people of Langholm perhaps). There are demographic similarities between the two, but hardly any transport or cultural links between the two regions.
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Danny McBride @dannymcbride.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Our government needs to stand up to this nazi menace right now. There can be no triangulation when it comes to attempting to murder RNLI heroes.
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Lewis Baston @lewisbaston.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Arrest this thug and proscribe his organisation. It’s a dangerous criminal conspiracy.
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Danny McBride @dannymcbride.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Reminds me of when I lived in Dublin, in the more innocent days of the common travel area, getting off the ferry you'd be confronted by Irish immigration officers asking where you were from, and a simple reply of "Britain" was enough to be allowed through unchecked.
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Danny McBride @dannymcbride.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Such a powerful read. These people give up their free time and put themselves in danger to save others, for no reward or remuneration. Those attacking them for saving human lives are fascists, pure and simple. Saving a life shouldn't be controversial.
nicolakelly.substack.com
The RNLI aren't traitors; they're heroes
I have spent weeks shadowing lifeboat crews. Here's what they do and what it's like.
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Danny McBride @dannymcbride.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Strange name for an album but you do you Matt Healy.
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Danny McBride @dannymcbride.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
And yet Mark Carney exists as the perfect counterfactual at how you can remain popular despite the economic effects of Trump, by being honest with people.
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James Ball @jamesrball.com · 16/09/2026
I'm sorry, but what on *Earth* is that quote from Lisa Nandy? Who does Labour think its voters are? Does anyone in the party have any kind of theory of how they win the next election that isn't just slammjng the "appease racists" button over and over again until it starts working?
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Tom Roberts @tpgroberts.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
There is literally no pressure group small or mad enough that the government won't indulge them if they oppose immigration.
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David Beech @davidbeech.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
My god this woman's simple truth telling and refusal to be silenced for it should shame the current leadership of Labour. Total respect for her.
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
“.. With Saudi oil now blockaded, Americans are about to discover why maintaining stability in the Middle East and not handing it to a consortium of Russia and Iran was always important.” @jayinkyiv.bsky.social
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Simon Marks @simonmarksfsn.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Utter disaster, as the UK emters the American age of political fund-raising. If the country fails to harness this situation and treat it like a genuine crisis, our democracy will be in deep, deep trouble.
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Will Jennings📉🗳️ @drjennings.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Politicians on the centre-left and centre-right simply don't seem to understand they are in an existential battle for the future of British democracy.
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JWexTheSpa @jwsidders.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
The UK is suffering from a terminal case of It Couldn’t Happen Here disease
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Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
*taps the sign*
My previous post:

Liberal democracy needs people who will burn their lives for a sunrise they know they will never see.

It's got Lisa Nandy instead
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Danny McBride @dannymcbride.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Absolutely fascinating that aside from the Western Isles and Aberdeenshire, Scotland grew at a vastly greater rate than nearly all of England. Cornwall another fascinating outlier.
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Nadine Batchelor-Hunt @nadinebh.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
This is also worth a read from Rabbi Jonathan Wittenberg, another great rabbi Glad to see so many Masorti rabbi’s countering the unrepresentative narrative we’ve seen from seen quarters - the community is not a monolith jonathanwittenberg.substack.com/p/be-on-the-...
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Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Labour: don’t worry. We have a plan to make sure the train these guys want to put you on is severely delayed.
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Danny McBride @dannymcbride.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
I had the pleasure of meeting Aidan Moffat and Malcolm Middleton to discuss their fantastic new album Half-Told Tales, and 30 years of Arab Strap. It was every bit as hilarious as I could have hoped. You can read all about it here: blogs.taz.de/popblog/2026... @aidanjohnmoffat.bsky.social
blogs.taz.de
Arab Strap: „The people who control things, I’ve got no sympathy or empathy for them.“
Auf dem neuen Album Half-Told Tales beschäftigt sich die schottische Band Arab Strap mit Männlichkeit, Politik & Vergänglichkeit
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Roland Smith @rolandmcs.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
The British Right.
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Danny McBride @dannymcbride.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Pure evil.
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Danny McBride @dannymcbride.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Enjoy your bank holiday my English friends. Spare a thought for us on this side of the border who will be working hard today, deprived of our late summer day off, in favour of an extra day tacked on after the new year.
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Danny McBride @dannymcbride.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
You both just sent me down a Wikipedia rabbit hole for Ezra Miller, and oh my the "legal issues" section is really something.
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Danny McBride @dannymcbride.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Definitely don't watch news on it, that would seem to be very dangerous, but if your bag is urban planning or transport as mine often is then it's absolute goldmine.
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Danny McBride @dannymcbride.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
The difference in comms is surely just the man at the helm who's doing the lion's share of the communicating? The only brief wobble was when he was away on holiday. Burnham seems to actually enjoy politics, and enjoy the job of PM. To no surprise at all that seems to make a huge difference.
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Danny McBride @dannymcbride.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
I had the privilege of interviewing one of my favourite bands today for an upcoming long read piece. It was great fun, but my word transcription software is so shit when it comes to Scottish accents. I've spent 4 hours tonight transcribing the interview correctly so I can begin writing my article.
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Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
"I dislike immigration from certain countries because they don’t agree with British liberalism, an ideology and mode of living that I am explicitly hostile towards”.
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Danny McBride @dannymcbride.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
The curse is lifted.
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Duncan Hothersall @dhothersall.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
This is scary stuff. People will be taken in by this. It's the sort of disinformation that foments riots. The perpetrators need to be found, and I'd lay odds they live somewhere near Moscow.
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Danny McBride @dannymcbride.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Here in Scotland I had always thought a tenement flat in a faded seaside town (Rothesay or Dunoon perhaps) was a much better investment than a caravan, and pretty achievable on a mid-level salary, but the government saw the threat off with treble council tax and punitive stamp duty, perhaps wisely.
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