Dave Wilson @davew1956.bsky.social · 10hAs well as being morally repugnant, live streaming an execution of someone who will be seen as a martyr to those who would attack the USA, will likely result in many more volunteering for martyrdom resulting in many more deaths of US citizens. 100
Reposted by Dave WilsonJWexTheSpa @jwsidders.bsky.social · 10/10/2026Wrong about Trump Wrong about Truss Wrong about Brexit Wrong about austerity Wrong about Net Zero On every major call of the last two decades, the UK right has failed - totally. They should never be allowed near power again. 2318
Dave Wilson @davew1956.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Thank goodness Europe has moved on from its Medieval past. Looking forward to USA getting through theirs. 021
Reposted by Dave WilsonAlex Hall Hall @alexhh.bsky.social · 09/10/2026There’s no truly “humane” way to execute another human being. The death penalty is the ultimate definition of inhumane behavior. 817930
Dave Wilson @davew1956.bsky.social · 09/10/2026What a country to have a “special relationship” with. 110
Reposted by Dave WilsonSusanita @spanglish51.bsky.social · 08/10/2026I’ve been asking it since her hagiography of the Johnson years . Her cosy flirting was nauseating . Then we got the little scrote of her apprentice , Mason . Who is keeping them in post ? Get rid of, do the country a favour & save some money . 194
Reposted by Dave WilsonChris Hewson @chrishewson.bsky.social · 03/10/2026At some point you just have to ask 'why does my license fee pay for this sort of chaff?' 1221398269
Dave Wilson @davew1956.bsky.social · 08/10/2026The Tories under Badenoch will stand for, reduction of taxes for the better off, reduction of welfare help for the worse off, extending our reliance on fossil fuels, isolation from EU market, and accelerate our aging demographic profile, at the next GE. They are as detached from reality as Reform. 010
Dave Wilson @davew1956.bsky.social · 07/10/2026I’m becoming concerned my family aren’t mentioned in the Anglo Saxon Chronicles. 000
Dave Wilson @davew1956.bsky.social · 07/10/2026On the death of the last living person of a couple who have owned a house jointly, the total allowance before IHT is payable is approximately £1million. Most hated tax? 010
Dave Wilson @davew1956.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Tax cuts for a nation with an aging demographic and a crumbling infrastructure, alongside reducing the immigration of working age population. Yeah, that’ll work. Also, there is no such thing as the soul of the nation, just another catchphrase for the gullible. 0111
Reposted by Dave WilsonMr RobertBob @mrrobertbob.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Pre Brexit UK was better in every way. Since 2016 EVERYTHING has got worse. Any government NOT actively seeking to reverse Brexit is doing us harm. #RejoinEUstatic.klipy.comWaving European Union FlagALT: Waving European Union Flag 423266
Dave Wilson @davew1956.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Reform - light on terrorism, on the day Jenryk chases after shop lifters. 000
Reposted by Dave Wilsonmimij9.bsky.social @mimij9.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Robert Jenrick chasing a guy in his ridiculous videos, who stole a bottle of Coke. This is the same Robert Jenrick who helped his mate avoid paying £40 million in tax when he was Housing Secretary. 726165
Reposted by Dave WilsonToby Earle 🇺🇦 @tobyontv.bsky.social · 03/10/2026the story about the ULEZ bomber, a white bloke in his 60s, still isn’t on the front page of the BBC News when it feels like quite a big story about online radicalisation & violence 27775208
Dave Wilson @davew1956.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Putting to one side the opinions on policies across the political divide, there are two types of politicians, those who try to build bridges between people and those who wish to build walls. The wall builders like Braverman promote a miserable future. 1121
Dave Wilson @davew1956.bsky.social · 02/10/2026I like the description of Mason, “the puddle who thinks he’s an ocean.” 0320
Dave Wilson @davew1956.bsky.social · 01/10/2026It’s just a smokescreen to cover their realisation that Brexit is bad for Britain. 000
Reposted by Dave WilsonMichael Warburton @michaelwarburton.bsky.social · 01/10/2026James Burke with one of the greatest pieces if timing in Television history as he turns, points, and Voyager 2 takes off from Cape Canaveral in August 1977. 942656483
Dave Wilson @davew1956.bsky.social · 01/10/2026I wish we had more programmes like this on BBC. I’m not interested in people baking, sowing or making sandcastles. 051
Dave Wilson @davew1956.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Oh, I look back with fondness to my mortgage interest rate soaring to 15%. 090
Reposted by Dave WilsonRuss Jones @russincheshire.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Avg GDP growth 1945-79: 2.8% Since then: 1.6% And this apparently "broken, economically stagnant" basket case kept its AAA status right through the Winter of Discontent We lost it under Cameron, and it fell again under May, then Johnson, and then Truss: i.e. the whole time Clarke was in govt 52637211
Reposted by Dave WilsonIan Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Reading the details of the US execution story from last night and it is absolute barbarism. Like reading a history of the medieval period. 70960162
Dave Wilson @davew1956.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Rest days are as important as activity days. I would have a day off and have a better run tomorrow. 110
Dave Wilson @davew1956.bsky.social · 30/09/2026I remember skilled tradespeople saying this as a reason to vote for Brexit. Only half the story. There has/is a skilled shortage due to lack of investment in providing skills training such as apprenticeships, hopefully now being corrected. Pleased to say my grandson has secured an electrical app. 101
Dave Wilson @davew1956.bsky.social · 29/09/2026U.K. politics is hostage to MSM headlines which has lead to a largely uninformed electorate. Hugely important decisions such as U.K./EU relationship is reduced to a need to prove a win for the U.K. on every issue. 000
Reposted by Dave WilsonPeter Smith @redpeter99.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Nigel Farage's natural environment is the bar in a Home Counties golf club where he can speculate, smear, spew racism and offer half arsed evidence free opinions on the issues of the day. 34530106
Dave Wilson @davew1956.bsky.social · 27/09/2026True, given his abysmal handling of COVID, leading to so many unnecessary deaths. I was in SE Asia when Covid broke. I couldn’t believe the complacency in the U.K. when I returned compared to SE Asia. It felt very surreal. 020
Dave Wilson @davew1956.bsky.social · 27/09/2026I remember the press conference when the deal was agreed and Peston asked about non tariff barriers to trade with the EU. His reply clearly indicated he didn’t have any idea regarding important fundamental detail of the deal, which has had such a negative impact to U.K. trade. A lazy chancer. 120
Reposted by Dave WilsonRuss Jones @russincheshire.bsky.social · 26/09/2026I keep trying to point this out russincheshire.substack.com/p/legitimate... 124317
Dave Wilson @davew1956.bsky.social · 27/09/2026His Brexit deal (which he clearly didn’t understand) also removed U.K. access to EU database of criminals. 120
Reposted by Dave WilsonRuss Jones @russincheshire.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Good. Now arrest those who were with him for conspiracy, and then arrest those who tried to set fire to a hotel for arson. And then proscribe the group as a terrorist organisation. Which is what you are if you use violence for political ends. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...theguardian.comPolice arrest far-right activist Daniel Thomas after dinghy slashed in ChannelThirty-seven-year-old in custody on suspicion of crimes including criminal damage with intent to endanger life 1123014851
Dave Wilson @davew1956.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Switched off 2 weeks ago and not missing it. Has Ms Barnett managed to crowbar in a personal experience of baking? 000
Dave Wilson @davew1956.bsky.social · 23/09/2026I’m off to rob a bank later today. Don’t call me a bank robber, I’m a wealth redistribution activist. 0161
Reposted by Dave WilsonSarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Rebuilding our relationship with the EU “is the cheapest way to boost the economy, the fastest way to unite Europe in the face of security threats and the best way to get leverage on a global system that no longer has an American anchor.” So obvious it hurts. www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...independent.co.ukBrexit has left Britain ‘impotent – a bobbing cork in the sea,’ says David MilibandExclusive: Former foreign secretary adds to mounting pressure for a new UK deal with EU to repair Brexit damage 501512543
Dave Wilson @davew1956.bsky.social · 22/09/2026In fairness, we really should take into account what Trump has to say about this…..oh he’s managed to have all the microphones turned off. USA wake up you have a clown turning your great country into a circus. 040
Reposted by Dave WilsonBilodea @wjdee.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Indeed. I’m old enough to remember the UK (Tory) government being a major proponent of the EU’s “Smart borders” package, which include the EES, when it was first proposed in 2013. Of course, back then, no one in government thought the UK would be stupid enough to leave the EU. 1141
Dave Wilson @davew1956.bsky.social · 22/09/2026I’m old enough to remember The Telegraph complaining about the lack of control of the porous EU border. 4233
Reposted by Dave WilsonPatrick - Here for the craic❗️🤷🏼♂️😉 @paddyopatrick.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Laura Kuenssberg is paid £405,000.00 a year by licence payers and this is the best she can manage as a so called journalist “I asked Earl Spencer who we should believe - him or the King?” It’s like asking ‘is your new book worth buying or is it packed with BS and lies?’ 🙄🙄 Time she was firedbbc.co.ukLaura Kuenssberg: I asked Earl Spencer who we should believe, him or the King?Princess Diana's brother has caused a storm with his new memoir - the BBC's Laura Kuenssberg describes how she put his claims to the test. 2311332
Dave Wilson @davew1956.bsky.social · 21/09/2026The MSM fawning over a man whose companies claim approx £600,000 from the exchequer, but refuses to pay his due in personal taxation, will happily vilify someone in receipt of income support who dares to have a week’s holiday in Spain. 131
Reposted by Dave WilsonTorsten Bell @torstenbell.bsky.social · 19/09/2026So much of the right these days have a massive patriotism problem. This guy: - is a tax exile (left long before this govt) - hates his own country while complaining he doesn’t get big enough subsidies from it - laments the manufacturing hit from a Brexit he supported www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukBillionaire Manchester United owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe says he has lost confidence in UKIneos founder Sir Jim Ratcliffe tells the BBC he thinks the country is "on the slide" and calls for more investment in the North Sea. 1031371463