Reposted by D B WebbWhisht @whisht.bsky.social · 8hThe narrative needs to move on. We'll never 'rejoin' the EU we left. We may join a future EU, whatever it may look like. So 'join' not 'rejoin'. 131
Reposted by D B WebbOtto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 11hIf people don't want to pay tax to make this country function and help out the rest of society and particularly those who need help most... then maybe they should move to Dubai and stop bleating about it. Really sick to death of it. 1032092379
Reposted by D B WebbJas Singh @jasindevon.bsky.social · 10hThey don’t worry about the country. They worry about keeping their job after the next election. Exactly the sort of MP this country no longer needs 021
Reposted by D B WebbIan Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 20hThese 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. 104888136
Reposted by D B WebbResolution Foundation @resolutionfoundation.org · 13h📢 The PM'S promise to end the triple lock next parliament is good news for the public finances, and for the vulnerable pensioners who lose far more from a broken care system than they gain from a random ratchet on their pension ⤵️ 1285
Reposted by D B WebbTwlldun @twlldun.bsky.social · 13hHonestly it’s like a parody by this point isn’t it 2224830
D B Webb @dbwebb.bsky.social · 14hBurnham's speech in six words: "Take back control. Yes we can." #Labour 000
Reposted by D B WebbDavid Henig @davidheniguk.bsky.social · 18hSeems to be a cross-Europe view that bringing back manufacturing jobs will defeat the populists. Pity there's no evidence that you can or that it would work. 1213437
Reposted by D B WebbSam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 19hEvery private conversation in Westminster: "Well the triple lock obviously has to go at some point". Every commentator on Burnham: "completely mad to propose getting rid of triple lock - political suicide". 38597117
D B Webb @dbwebb.bsky.social · 18hBBC News - Argentina threatens legal action against UK over Falkland Islands oil exploration - BBC News www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... Well, they tried gunboats I suppose, and that didn't turn out too well.bbc.co.ukArgentina threatens legal action against UK over Falkland Islands oil explorationPresident Javier Milei set a two-week deadline for the Sea Lion oilfield project to be scrapped. 000
Reposted by D B WebbJim Pickard @pickardje.bsky.social · 22has a satire on so-called late stage capitalism how could one beat investors pouring a trillion into a company offering to wipe out humankind 982058709
Reposted by D B WebbKatie Martin @katie0martin.ft.com · 22hEither this is true, in which case *what are we doing here*? Shut it down. Or it's bullshit, in which case these are truly silly people unworthy of our money 30497135
Reposted by D B Webbgamera obscura @ohrobin.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Google earth has updated its satellite images of Gaza. The destruction is almost incomprehensible. 4420941205
Reposted by D B WebbNews to Remember @moments2remember.link · 28/09/2026UPDATE: Current state of the $14+ million dollar reflection pool renovation, ABANDONED. It’s a reflection of a conman who abandons something when he can’t have his way so now it’s someone else’s problem: 64014
D B Webb @dbwebb.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Oh Clive! Do stop doing those irritating introductory monologues. #Mastermind 100
Reposted by D B WebbAlex von Tunzelmann @alexvont.bsky.social · 28/09/2026I think if I were that farmer who has been going on all day about how she phoned the police, I might ease off for a bit now, at least until there’s some sort of clarity 161096
Reposted by D B WebbBest for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 28/09/2026If Graham Stringer thinks it’s a bad idea, it’s probably a good one 👀 1616827
Reposted by D B WebbSimon Gosden @simongosden.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Well, well, well. Rules only apply to little people. 106837
Reposted by D B WebbBy Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 24/07/2026As *tech*, AI isn't exceptional. It's not exceptionally wicked. It's not exceptionally good. Take away the accompanying, galactic-scale stock-swindle, and we'd call AI's apps "plug-ins" and we'd use them and abuse them in the same way that we've used every other technology: www.normaltech.ai 1/ 211230490
Reposted by D B WebbJules McHamish @julesmchamish.bsky.social · 28/09/2026What if they were just 5 guys partaking in a bit of nighttime dogging. “But Trump said they had been under investigation….” #awkward 🤣😂🤣static.klipy.comWoman's Hilarious Spit Take Drink ReactionALT: Woman's Hilarious Spit Take Drink Reaction 291
D B Webb @dbwebb.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Good speech from Ed Miliband. Pity the #BBC elected to cut away from it just as he was winding up. 000
Reposted by D B WebbStephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Good piece this. I winced at the two people in the piece, both hoping for prices that are miles and miles above what their flat is worth:ft.comHow London became the property market’s black sheepCapital’s once-relentless property boom has gone into reverse 2419518
Reposted by D B WebbHelene von Bismarck @helenebismarck.bsky.social · 05/09/2026“The British, it seems, just do not do ideology. And if things do get a bit wobbly, there is always the comforting thought that they are worse elsewhere.” A quote from my book Fantastic Kingdom about the surprisingly widespread assumption in the UK that British politics are immune to extremism. 1417935
D B Webb @dbwebb.bsky.social · 27/09/2026BBC News - www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c6... Trump says men arrested over RAF Fairford incident had been 'under view for a long time' - follow live - BBC Newsstatic.klipy.comJimmy Hill's Chinny ReckonALT: Jimmy Hill's Chinny Reckon 110
Reposted by D B WebbMark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Today, in lying: Trump: “The arrest in the UK was fantastic. Working with Britain, it was an amazing job. “We had them under investigation. They were looking to do big damage to our fort, and working with the British worked out great. “We had them under view for a long time, and we got them.” 5442394
Reposted by D B WebbPEIPolitical 🇨🇦 @peipolitical.bsky.social · 17/06/2026A man dressed in all black scaled the Department of Justice building and tore down the Banner of Trump. 👍 #cdnpoli 38549481021
Reposted by D B WebbJess Piper Fan Page 💙 📚 @jesspiperfanpage.bsky.social · 26/09/2026🍁 @garys79.bsky.social @piperformissouri.bsky.social @iquitcigs.bsky.social @helenmaryme.bsky.social @roray1010.bsky.social @bluthrunthru.bsky.social @bluestormcomin1.bsky.social @harttandsoul.bsky.social @wolverinebear.bsky.social @mt-nestor.bsky.social @jaybird54.bsky.social @boldnewme.bsky.social 313465
Reposted by D B WebbJohn Rowan @jrowanbxl.bsky.social · 26/09/2026And the point is they've always been allowed to say it. What they really resent is not being immune to consequences. 1203
Reposted by D B WebbChris Grey @chrisgrey.bsky.social · 26/09/2026For years I've heard people like this complain "we aren't allowed to say what we really think". This is presumably the kind of thing they used to feel obliged to keep to themselves. 26711
Reposted by D B WebbLuke LeBrun @lukelebrun.ca · 26/09/2026Tech companies suddenly decide they can, in fact, moderate content on their platforms after all 7359541991
Reposted by D B WebbEmma Monk @monkemma.bsky.social · 25/09/2026🧵 As front-page headlines go, this has to be one of the most misleading I've seen in a long time It's an out-and-out lie But notice the trick they use to get away with it...👀 *They're* not lying - they're just quoting someone else who is👍🏻 In this case, the leader of the opposition🙄 1/33 32997529
Reposted by D B WebbHistory and Heritage Yorkshire @handhyorkshire.bsky.social · 25/09/2026🧵On 28 October 1880, a devastating storm swept across the Yorkshire coast, causing widespread damage. Withernsea Pier bore the full force of the storm when it was struck by two vessels in the space of just a few hours. The first was the fishing smack Jabez, 2489
Reposted by D B WebbDan Froomkin/Press Watch/Heads Up News @froomkin.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Here is the opening paragraph of the ruling by U.S. District Court Judge Sparkle Sooknanan that the six MAGA justices just overruled, to their everlasting shame: www.headsupnews.org/i/203459883/... 10199124
Reposted by D B WebbHetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · 25/09/2026‘At the limit, if anything is made infinitely abundant by AI, its measured economic value becomes infinitely small.’ Really good from Adair Turner on why GDP may not be a good metric in many different ways for the effects of AI ‘abundance’ www.ft.com/content/fc52...ft.comBeyond the AI abundance delusionConcerns about inequality are likely to increase rather than decline as the technology transforms our societies 0123
Reposted by D B WebbPaul Bernal @paulbernal.bsky.social · 24/09/2026No, BBC, he has not been arrested over the video of dinghy slashing. He’s been arrested over the dinghy slashing. Words matter. 1964265853
Reposted by D B WebbAshfromEnfield @ashfromenfield.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Yesss I’m a traitor and I’m Spartacus too ✊🏼✊🏽✊🏾👊🏽 0156
Reposted by D B WebbNiall Ó Conghaile @nialloconghaile.bsky.social · 24/09/2026"We cannot afford to be outflanked by Canada on Europe" - Alastair Campbell Canada does not need Britain to have a relationship on Europe. Canada and Europe set our own path. Perhaps try being positive about Europe? 1 97621
Reposted by D B WebbJames Ball @jamesrball.com · 24/09/2026"Shabana Mahmood is the cabinet minister responsible for the UK’s policing and its national security – as well, of course, as managing the country’s borders…I include this reminder because Mahmood increasingly seems to be operating under the assumption that her job only concerns the latter."thenewworld.co.ukIf Shabana Mahmood is tough, why is she so slow to crack down on Danny Tommo and the far right?Weeks of what looks like blatant lawbreaking have finally resulted in an arrest. But the home secretary seems happy to look elsewhere 312829
D B Webb @dbwebb.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Well, they're running out of homes, schools, hospitals, desalination plants, farms to bomb or steal. 000
D B Webb @dbwebb.bsky.social · 24/09/2026BBC News - Anti-migrant activist arrested over video of dinghy slashing www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... Fascist thug. Not 'anti-migrant activist. FFS BBC.bbc.co.ukDaniel Thomas arrested over video of dinghy slashingPolice 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. 000
Reposted by D B WebbAlice Lilly @aliceolilly.bsky.social · 23/09/2026This is absolutely spot-on. I’m increasingly convinced that our revealed sense of what we expect MPs to do (be good legislators, scrutineers, and deal with ever-increasing amounts of casework and correspondence) is, with current resources, unsustainable. 510724
Reposted by D B WebbNick Craw🇪🇺🇨🇦🇬🇱🇹🇭 @nickcraw.bsky.social · 24/09/2026This is the sort of comment that drives people crazy. I want rejoin, but Tony Blair is not helping anyone here - neither UK or rejoin. Nor the EU. 011
Reposted by D B WebbTony Yates @t0nyyates.bsky.social · 24/09/2026The BBC would then interview an expert asking 'does the attacker have a point? Should the state be whacking Tanita over the head instead?' 65817
Reposted by D B WebbSunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Braverman should be asked if she rejects Ed Miliband being English (Jewish European parents). It would be highly racialised to say "no, Jews can't be Englieh for 5-6 generations" which is her logic. But perhaos even more racist to say "Miliband yes, Sunak no" (on visible skin colour, not ancestry) 4628088
D B Webb @dbwebb.bsky.social · 23/09/2026BBC News - Chris Mason: From inside the room, how Burnham survived first Trump meeting www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... In which Trump and Burnham are bit players while Chris Mason makes it all about him.bbc.co.ukChris Mason: From inside the room, how Burnham survived first Trump meetingBurnham seemed nervous at first, knowing how explosive these encounters with Trump can be, writes BBC political editor Chris Mason. 000
D B Webb @dbwebb.bsky.social · 23/09/2026BBC News - Dozens of migrants taken to Dover after more than 30 hours at sea www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... Sixty refugees rescued after 30 hour ordeal as fascist mob makes trouble. Fixed it for you.bbc.co.ukDozens of migrants taken to Dover after more than 30 hours at seaProtesters had earlier gathered in Gosport after an initial report that the small boat would be brought further west. 032
