Reposted by David ThompsonDr. Gary H. Kramer @ancalagontheblack.bsky.social · 15hLess than 300 politicians are required to rid the world of trump Less than 300! Why haven’t they done it? For impeachment the House would require 218 votes In the Senate 67 votes are needed for conviction. 032
Reposted by David ThompsonElkeblom @ellyblom.bsky.social · 23hAnd on the same "how to be a fake patriot" theme... I only recently found out they even sold off the majority of our ports! More than 70% are now owned by foreign players. But yes, keep waving that little Union Jack! And remember, it's the poor brown people who are the baddies. 0103
Reposted by David ThompsonElkeblom @ellyblom.bsky.social · 06/10/2026And harking back to tatcherism?? Please.. They've monetised everything that is dear to us & sold Britain off to the highest bidder. Patriots indeed! Think of that when you read an article about children's homes run for profit at a cost of £300k+ pcpy or when you take your kid for a paddle in sewage. 2246
Reposted by David ThompsonSarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Voters loathed the Tory party when they booted them out in 2024.They really needed to shake off their disgrace with humility and better ideas. They haven’t. They’ve doubled down. More Brexit, more austerity, more anti-immigration ugliness, more tedious arrogance… and no good reason to vote for them. 831328414
Reposted by David ThompsonOor Tracey @trangpang.bsky.social · 19hWell, this is sad. Who didn't have at least one auntie/uncle/neighbour belting oot 'One Day at a Time' at house parties back in the day? 💚 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukChart-topping singer and television host Lena Martell dies aged 86The Glasgow-born singer was the first solo Scottish female singer to top the UK singles chart with One Day at a Time. 4185
Reposted by David ThompsonPrivate Eye Magazine @privateeyenews.bsky.social · 16hArcher’s resignation from the London mayoral race after it was revealed he lied in court was the thing that got Paul Foot up from his sickbed and contributing again, having first started chronicling Archer’s lies and misdemeanours in 1969. From the Private Eye archive. Issue 992, December 1999. 251189374
Reposted by David ThompsonAndrew Sharpe 🏴|🇪🇺 @andrew.sharpe.scot · 06/10/2026🏴 Shetland has vast renewable energy resources and 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 have extremely cheap electricity - but, despite having its own grid, the British government still sets prices based on England's use of gas. It has no gas. www.theguardian.com/business/202...theguardian.com‘It really hammers people’: Scottish islanders hit by highest diesel prices in UKInhabitants of the Hebrides and Shetland tell of how fuel costs are putting the squeeze on commuting, services, food and more 11219125
Reposted by David ThompsonDan Kaszeta FRHistS @dankaszeta.bsky.social · 23hThank you, New York Times, for this bucket of shite 127410
Reposted by David ThompsonHugh Mann Wright @hughmannwright.bsky.social · 05/10/2026A considerably higher proportion of the electorate than that would have little if any idea about the substantive content of the convention – or indeed, about many other rather salient aspects of that and why it is in the interests of 70 million UK residents to remain bound by the convention. 191
Reposted by David ThompsonRalph Darvill @tringdriventhing.bsky.social · 05/10/2026So, 22.4% of people don't know if they want to lose their human rights? 4141
Reposted by David ThompsonAndrew Cutting @andrewcutting.coe.int · 05/10/2026📢A new megapoll has found that 53.4% of people in the UK want to stay in the ECHR versus 24.2% of people against👇 🔗 www.theguardian.com/world/2026/o... via @theguardian.com The ECHR is on the side of the people, and vice versa.theguardian.comHalf of UK wants to rejoin EU and backing it could drive up Labour vote, megapoll findsExclusive: Findings will bolster those in No 10 who want to negotiate on re-entry but some senior figures remain wary 26432138
Reposted by David ThompsonRav BOO!dram 🎃👻 @rvbdrm.com · 05/10/2026If you’re arresting a Jewish 94-year-old human rights lawyer for peacefully protesting, you’re on the wrong side of history. www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/10...aljazeera.com‘I’m rather proud’: Barrister, 94, arrested for supporting Palestine ActionMargaret Owen OBE, a celebrated human rights lawyer and friend of Ed Miliband’s late mother, talks to Al Jazeera. 8054561537
Reposted by David ThompsonKat Benjamin @katskib.bsky.social · 05/10/2026This is beyond embarrassing. 62676492207
Reposted by David ThompsonPrivate Eye Magazine @privateeyenews.bsky.social · 30/09/20261971 vs 2026 From the latest Private Eye, out now. 614622
Reposted by David ThompsonGraham Davis @agendaforreform.bsky.social · 04/10/2026“Those who don’t learn from history…” 012
Reposted by David ThompsonHugh Sykes @hughsykes.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Drumcree Garvaghy Road Portadown Do they really want all this again? My photos from 29 years ago, with a headline summing it up: [Burning cars: Garvaghy Road. Houses burning: Newry Recreational violence children: Newry Burning (milk) tanker: Newry bypass Banner: Portadown] 1186
Reposted by David ThompsonHugh Sykes @hughsykes.bsky.social · 05/10/2026At Drumcree hill one year I suggested to a Loyalist that I was wasting my time trying to apply logic to this volatile situation. I asked him: "Isn't it just that you, quite simply, hate Catholics?" "Yes," he replied, "I do. I do hate them. For I think they're scum." news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/program...news.bbc.co.uk BBC NEWS | Programmes | BH | There they stand. Orangemen and Loyalists. 163
Reposted by David ThompsonBest for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 05/10/2026Ofcom rules say broadcasters cannot use politicians as newsreaders, interviewers or reporters in any news programmes. So why is Nigel Farage allowed to host his own primetime show on GB News? Demand that Ofcom takes immediate action ⬇️bestforbritain.orgFarage on GB News: Demand that Ofcom takes immediate action - Best for Britain 351096502
Reposted by David ThompsonPrem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Energy suppliers urge UK govt to help households struggling with energy bills. Silence on cutting profit margins, windfall taxes on excessive profits. Household energy debt heading to £7bn. 120,000 a year die in fuel poverty. We can't afford privatisation and resulting profiteering.bbc.co.ukSuppliers pile pressure on government over energy billsImmediate action is needed to help households struggling with bills this winter, says trade body Energy UK. 41582260
Reposted by David ThompsonSpringer Nature @springernature.com · 02/10/2026Endometriosis, a condition in which uterine cells form lesions outside of the uterus, has been termed the ‘missed disease’ owing to its unknown cause, delays in diagnosis and disparities in treatment. Now a new treatment might be on the horizon: spklr.io/63321Epj7R? 🧪 🩺 #medsky spklr.ioThe ‘missed disease’ that affects 190 million: endometriosis drug shows early promiseModified medication targets the cells implicated in the condition’s tell-tale lesions. 097
Reposted by David ThompsonPrem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 02/10/2026US private equity owner of Boots to sell it to a Canadian private equity firm for $9bn (£7bn). NHS prescriptions are a major money makers. Otherwise its prices are high. No UK tax levied on dividends paid by Boots to its foreign owners.theguardian.comBoots owner ‘closing in on sale to Canada’s Weston family for $9bn’Deal would mark return of Canadian family to UK after it sold Selfridges department store for £4bn in 2022 18272168
Reposted by David ThompsonBladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Since the 'ceasefire' in Gaza, 1400+ Palestinians have been killed. 0 Israelis have been killed. The 'ceasefire' is not a Ceasefire but simply a protection for Israel, while Israel are allowed to go on killing. 27685347
Reposted by David ThompsonJim Pickard @pickardje.bsky.social · 01/10/2026if true this is bonkers for a party supposedly committed to defending free speech 22386101
Reposted by David ThompsonPeter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social · 30/09/2026🔴 We asked Tony Blair's think tank about charging businesses £500k for political access at party conferences and why one of its sponsor's logos disappeared after our reporting last week on TBI's alleged cash for access scheme This is what they said 72932347
Reposted by David ThompsonPeter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Here's the full story that the Tony Blair Institute doesn't want to answer questions about, on Democracy for Saledemocracyforsale.substack.comTony’s minor tantrum: how Blair’s institute responded to fresh “cash for access” questionsWe asked TBI about allegations of £500,000 corporate memberships and a logo that vanished at Labour conference. They said they’re not talking to us anymore 7339144
Reposted by David ThompsonNew Scientist @newscientist.com · 01/10/2026An unprecedented meningitis outbreak that occurred in Kent, UK, in March seems to have been driven by a bacterial strain taking genes from harmless microbesnewscientist.comSevere meningitis outbreak caused by bacteria that took genes from microbiome | New Scientist 051
Reposted by David ThompsonEdinburghMinute.com @edinburghminute.com · 01/10/2026🌤️ Good morning Edinburgh. Thursday’s headlines: New events series for Ross Bandstand, Leith shop ceiling collapse drama, Portobello bar The Espy is not closing + Tom Kelly's monthly Water of Leith wildlife update ⏰ Edinburgh’s ad-free local newsletter: www.edinburghminute.com/the-edinburg... 0133
Reposted by David ThompsonMiranda @appleandroidapp.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Hoping the Standards Committee report is published before he rinses and repeats his Brexit con on the electorate. 3163
Reposted by David ThompsonIan Fraser @ianfraser.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Labour MP @labourlewis.bsky.social reveals Tom Watson warned him over criticising Palantir. 21911
Reposted by David ThompsonFarrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 30/09/2026President Macron, "Brexit has cost the UK 8% of GDP.. Brexit is the biggest lie of the last 30 years" My view: Brexit was sold as a route to greater prosperity: less bureaucracy, more money, new trade opportunities Instead, Britain put new barriers between itself and its largest trading market. 24832250
Reposted by David ThompsonAdrian Littlejohn @yorksfella59.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Evening, #Ofcom. A British politician is advertising, in advance, that his "full verdict" on the Prime Minister's speech today will be given in his own programme, which carries his name, on GB News tonight. Aren't News channels supposed to show due impartiality? 🤮 x.com/Nigel_Farage...x.comNigel Farage (@Nigel_Farage) on XI will give my full verdict on Andy Burnham’s speech LIVE on GB News at 7PM tonight. 25391155
Reposted by David ThompsonJonathan Slater @jonathanslater.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Let’s start today with some pure love 23420106
Reposted by David ThompsonPrem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Richest 1% of Britons owns more wealth than the bottom 70% of the population combined. 50 richest families hold more wealth than the poorest half of the population combined. The concentration of wealth in fewer hands has not provided the necessary economic stimulus. Need redistribution.leftfootforward.orgThis is how the Chancellor can increase the personal allowance and lift millions out of hardshipSustained economic growth can’t be achieved without a major boost to the purchasing power of the bottom 50% of the population 971890707
Reposted by David ThompsonEsheru @esherukweku.bsky.social · 29/09/2026This is dangerous talk, he should be reprimanded for it. 199713159
Reposted by David ThompsonFarrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 26/09/2026One of the best accounts to follow on Bluesky: @premnsikka.bsky.social On point analysis and commentary on British politics 👍 2631257
Reposted by David ThompsonOor Tracey @trangpang.bsky.social · 26/09/2026The Glasgow School of Art’s Mackintosh building is a masterpiece. We need a full, faithful restoration with zero erosion of Charles Rennie Mackintosh’s original design intent. If you agree, please add your name to the petition to help save 'The Mack': you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/fu...you.38degrees.org.ukFully and Faithfully Restore ‘The Mack’The Glasgow School of Art’s Mackintosh building is a masterpiece. We need a full, faithful restoration with zero erosion of Charles Rennie Mackintosh’s original design intent. If you agree, please add... 1118
Reposted by David ThompsonBest for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 26/09/2026🚨Broadcasters are required to present news impartially, without political bias. Add your name to demand that Ofcom takes immediate action. ⬇️ bestforbritain.org/petition/farage-… 38705385
Reposted by David ThompsonCheryl in Nova Scotia 🇨🇦🍁🍁 @minibubbly.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Prime Minister Rob Jetten - Netherlands UN speech 14374138
Reposted by David ThompsonDaniel Rigal 🇪🇺 🦋 @danielrigal.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Stop calling these thugs "activists"! If you lack the guts to call them terrorists then say paramilitaries or saboteurs. Activists are people with placards and petitions, not thugs with knives. BBC News - Anti-migrant activist arrested after dinghy slashed in Channel www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukDaniel Thomas arrested after dinghy slashed in ChannelPolice had been looking into footage appearing to show the man, also known as Danny Tommo, slashing at a boat in the English Channel with a knife. 034
Reposted by David ThompsonDaily Herald #FBPE #NAFO 🇬🇧🇺🇦🇬🇱 @dailyherald.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Nigel Farage Has Attacked The Government's Plans For A New Russia Misinformation Unit www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/nigel-...huffingtonpost.co.ukNigel Farage Has Attacked The Government's Plans For A New Russia Misinformation UnitThe Reform UK leader claimed it is “targeted directly” at his party. 243
Reposted by David ThompsonPrem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 21/09/2026The powers-to-be are tinkering with minor reform of the UK House of Lords. That won't do. I urged the Govt to replace the House with an elected second chamber, subject to constitutional safeguards. Watch the video. 24469169
Reposted by David ThompsonPrem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Large part of the UK press has been on the wrong side of history, fuelling hatred, social divisions, supporting authoritarianism. Their support for the current Blackshirts has a history (see below) as they continue to support the far-right stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8672... 30515255
Reposted by David ThompsonPrem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 23/09/2026There is a lot of misinformation about the UK social security spending. The chart below shows Total UK social security spending as a percentage of GDP, 2013/14 to 2030/31 (spending & forecast) 55% goes to pensioners, the remainder covers everything else. lordslibrary.parliament.uk/welfare-refo... 21316189
David Thompson @davesthompson.bsky.social · 22/09/2026#Ineos "Sir"Jim Ratcliffe - "He was a supporter of Brexit but has been a tax resident in Monaco since 2020." (#BBCnews) So patriotic, eh? BBC News - Sir Jim Ratcliffe suspends production at key UK plants blaming high gas prices - BBC News www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukSir Jim Ratcliffe suspends production at key UK plants blaming high gas pricesIneos said natural gas in the UK is twelve times more expensive than in the US. 021
Reposted by David ThompsonFionna O’Leary @fascinatorfun.bsky.social · 20/09/2026No civilian threat unit reviewed the target for strike risk. This goes beyond craven negligence. 127 school kids killed in Trump and Hegseth’s Gung-Ho ridiculous war on Iran 12610
Reposted by David ThompsonFionna O’Leary @fascinatorfun.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Planning that normally took hours was condensed into minutes, with over reliance on Palantir’s Maven system where existing intelligence dating back to 2017/2018 that the targeted site had undergone a change of use with painted walls and soccer lines visible was not updated into the system 1125
Reposted by David ThompsonFionna O’Leary @fascinatorfun.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Having cut the civilian Pentagon staff that assess civilian threat by 90%,” in the final days of February, the Trump administration demanded an overwhelming aerial assault. More than 1,000 Iranian targets were hit within the first 24 hours alone. “ 12416
Reposted by David ThompsonYung En Chee @yungenchee.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Ah yes, NVIDIA "Make Every Day About Earth Day" talks about "AI helping understand wildlife threats, climate concerns, disaster risks & courses of action" whilst taking the opportunity to flog "bespoke AI software" to Big Oil & Gas for "optimizing production" #AIForGood🤮🤬 0134