Reposted by @declant.bsky.socialRobert Dallas Gray @robertdallasgray.com · 26/09/2026I am so deeply deeply bored with the middle classes and their stupid incurious conservative thinking 35611
Reposted by @declant.bsky.socialColin Murray @colinmurray.bsky.social · 12/09/2026A campaign for *MSF* to be banned as a terrorist group (on the paper thin basis of claims about 2 past employees) is the product of the UK Govt being willing to divorce any meaningful conception of societal threat from its use of proscription powers. Govt needs to wake up to the madness of this: 961916705
Reposted by @declant.bsky.socialJim Pickard @pickardje.bsky.social · 11/09/2026or to put it another way, good news for first time buyers 41960143
Reposted by @declant.bsky.socialPete Fraser @petefrasermusic.bsky.social · 11/09/2026The way you win over voters to the right is to say you understand their concerns and that they’re right about everything. The way to win over voters on the left is to tell them you hold them in total contempt. 12505101
Reposted by @declant.bsky.socialAnnalisa Nicholson @apuddleofmuddle.bsky.social · 11/09/2026It's just weird isn't it when the British Museum is running a sold-out exhibition, when The Odyssey reports $1billion at the box office, when the V&A has just opened the most innovative and accessible museum model in Europe....and this is what our minister for research comes out with. 361219455
Reposted by @declant.bsky.socialOtto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 11/09/2026As the government bans social media for kids further evidence emerges that it's a minority of retired adults we should really be concerned about. www.devonlive.com/news/devon-n...devonlive.comPensioners attack traffic lights over wild 'deadly weapon' claimsAn online movement say that the sensors on traffic lights can cause heart attacks, brain cancer, anxiety and even sudden death 1981767567
Reposted by @declant.bsky.socialLeftback @leftback.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Well at least we've heard the worst of this story oh wait the mob got into the hotel onto the floor the players were on and were knocking on bedroom doors. I think I'm moving to rage now. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukGroup entered hotel of Pakistan cricketers mistaken for migrantsProtesters congregated at a Portsmouth hotel after false rumours that a coach of migrants had arrived. 27541223
Reposted by @declant.bsky.socialAmy Borrett @amyborrett.ft.com · 08/09/2026Britain’s state-owned electricity system operator has awarded Palantir a £21mn contract without inviting rival bids, arguing critical processes are too reliant on its tech to run a competitive procurement process Latest for @financialtimes.com: as.ft.com/r/7fe6c0b7-2...as.ft.comBritain’s grid operator gave Palantir contract without inviting rival bidsNeso cited a legal exemption that removes the requirement to consider other suppliers if dependencies leave no alternative 29368217
Reposted by @declant.bsky.socialPeter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Nick Robinson on Today is literally talking about ‘legitimate concerns’ after second night of organised men dressed in black - sorry ‘protesters’ - mobilising en masse in another littoral town. This is how street fascism is normalised 19835351084
Reposted by @declant.bsky.socialToby Buckle @polphilpod.bsky.social · 24/08/2026musk endorsing this would have been the number 1 story in the world a few years ago, governments investing in him would've had to comment, investors would've got nervous now, nothing. we've just given up bsky.app/profile/polp... 5728131
Reposted by @declant.bsky.socialKate Barrett @thewaether.bsky.social · 24/08/2026after the press drove caroline flack to suicide they all turned around and said "ah! what a tragedy. who did this." this time they're just like "that guy deserved to die and we're going to keep going" 013628
Reposted by @declant.bsky.socialNaomi Saphra @nsaphra.bsky.social · 10/08/2026Tech Company: At long last, we have created the Vast and Trunkless Leg of Stone, Standing in the Desert from classic poem Ozymandias. 10155351133
Reposted by @declant.bsky.socialProspect Union @prospectunion.bsky.social · 27/07/2026The closure of the iconic Jodrell Bank Observatory would be a tragedy for UK science that undermines the mission to be a science superpower, says Prospect. Read more ⬇️ prospect.org.uk/news/closure...prospect.org.ukClosure of Jodrell Bank a ‘tragedy’ for UK science, says ProspectThe Jodrell Bank Observatory in Cheshire, home to one of the world’s largest steerable telescopes for more... 01715
Reposted by @declant.bsky.socialRachel Coldicutt @rachelcoldicutt.bsky.social · 20/07/2026Well so long DSIT. That is a hell of a swing - might seem like a junior dept of little consequence from within govt, but putting science and innovation in with business is a pretty solid Tory move. One can only hope all the non-innovative tech, that keeps everything ticking over, gets a home too. 25112
Reposted by @declant.bsky.socialChris Boyd @paperghost.bsky.social · 21/07/2026we can move further and faster than the US by, wait up a second let me check my notes here, adopting a lot of US AI tech and then putting it into all of the below 56222
Reposted by @declant.bsky.socialGravel Influencer @gravelinfluencer.bsky.social · 20/07/2026This video of a woman telling an anti-abortion asshole to, "Shut the fuck up" is exactly what I needed to see on a Monday morning 19195854342
Reposted by @declant.bsky.socialGuy Shrubsole @guyshrubsole.bsky.social · 14/07/2026Appalling: Church of England votes against plan to rewild 30% of its land by 2030 @wildcard.land have run a noble campaign trying to get the CofE to see sense But this demonstrates exactly why Ministers can't rely on landowners to voluntarily support 30by30: www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...theguardian.comChurch of England votes against plan to rewild 30% of its land by 2030Campaigners criticise C of E for failing to show moral leadership as one of country’s biggest landowners 43609256
Reposted by @declant.bsky.socialPhil McDuff @mcduff.bsky.social · 14/07/2026The centrist waltz in full swing again. Propose something abhorrent; face a backlash; retreat to 90% of something abhorrent; get lauded for your clever moderate compromise while the right wing continue to call you race traitor communists; gain nothing while hurting millions; repeat. 017466
Reposted by @declant.bsky.socialJeremy Glover @jgrantglover.bsky.social · 08/07/2026There’s a scene in the dystopian sci-fi movie Minority Report where Tom Cruise’s character is riding in an autonomous vehicle that gets remotely commandeered by the police to bring him into custody. The audience is supposed to see this as flagrant disregard for privacy and due process. 3533711022
Reposted by @declant.bsky.socialTom Phillips @tom-phillips.com · 06/07/2026Every lifelong football fan I've ever met is like "I think players are supposed to serve their suspension" and every adult convert is like "the Archon of Constantinople's epistle on the Pentacostine rites of the eucharist clearly states handballs are mandatory." 302430509
Reposted by @declant.bsky.socialAndrew Sissons @acjsissons.bsky.social · 20/05/2026Got to be honest, loosening sanctions on Russia before we’ve even tried any basic demand-side measures is not filling me with pride or joybbc.co.ukUK loosens Russian oil sanctions as fuel prices riseThe waiver reflects increasing supply concerns over certain fuels due to the effective blockade of the Strait of Hormuz. 401030247
Reposted by @declant.bsky.socialAlistair Davidson @moh-kohn.eurosky.social · 12/05/2026Reform pledged to build a concentration camp where I live to punish us for voting Green. Their leader in Glasgow made a special video about it. That's because they are fascists and they like building camps. If you want that politics to have a place at the table, you are pro-fascist. 06319
Reposted by @declant.bsky.socialAdam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 14/04/2026BBC News leading all its bulletins on demands by former Government advisor Lord Robertson for more defence spending, without at any point mentioning his current paid senior role for US defence lobbyists 13522871173
Reposted by @declant.bsky.socialjess m. ☕🍂 @jametc.bsky.social · 18/03/2026see? here's the thing. A lot of people are like, the earth is fucked, it's beyond salvation, it's hit the tipping point, but time and time again we see that if we just fucking fixed the problem, it rebounds so incredibly fast. Imagine what could be done if people actually cared 43200258797
Reposted by @declant.bsky.socialByline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 04/02/2026"If Mandelson's links to Jeffrey Epstein disqualifies him from holding power, why does the company controlled by Epstein's business partner and co-owner retain access to the UK's most sensitive national security infrastructure?" Peter Thiel. Jeffrey Epstein. Palantir. The UK Government.bylinetimes.comJeffrey Epstein Co-Owned Venture Fund with Palantir Founder as it Entered UK GovernmentThe Russian connected convicted sex trafficker co-owned a fund with Peter Thiel, now embedded in Britain’s most critical infrastructure with the help of Peter Mandelson 311387783
Reposted by @declant.bsky.socialLeonard Pierce @leonardpierce.bsky.social · 04/02/2026Sure, billionaires are monstrous amoral pedophiles who look at other human beings like disposable trash, but at least they contribute absolutely nothing of value to civilization and are actively contributing to the destruction of humanity 118964
Reposted by @declant.bsky.socialPaul F. Tompkins @pftompkins.bsky.social · 03/02/2026It’s so funny that this guy’s entire thing is “Oh are you triggered by what I have to say about marginalized people” but he loses it when someone more well-liked than he will ever be talks about an actual injustice 17584271275
Reposted by @declant.bsky.socialJeremy Driver @jdriver89.bsky.social · 03/02/2026Hell of a set of top BBC politics stories for the government 1013232
Reposted by @declant.bsky.socialDavid Cake @davecakes.bsky.social · 03/02/2026I did a post on X ages ago that being on there was like drinking in the best pub in town despite knowing the landlord is a pedo. That metaphor has gotten a little bit more on the nose now. 18611
Reposted by @declant.bsky.socialGillian Branstetter @gbbranstetter.bsky.social · 05/01/2026Love this from Guillermo del Toro 35191447534
Reposted by @declant.bsky.socialMujtaba Rahman @mijrahman.bsky.social · 03/01/2026European weakness on full display by these horribly contorted responses from Merz, Macron and Starmer - neither condoning nor condemning US actions in Venezuela Such weakness only risks making the Europeans more vulnerable (ie Greenland) 42678232
Reposted by @declant.bsky.socialonion person @junlper.beer · 03/01/2026this is why you must always oppose every act an imperialist country does, because then they’ll soon come for everyone 16483121551
Reposted by @declant.bsky.socialRob Delaney @robdelaney.bsky.social · 28/12/2025Another way AI leads to suicide is that hearing people talk about it makes you want to jump into a jet engine 142330292
Reposted by @declant.bsky.socialMartin McKee @martinmckee.bsky.social · 23/12/2025An English local council innovates, evaluates what it did, finds it works (replicating an earlier study in Scotland) … and all councils are told by the Labour government not to try it. What message does this convey? Another victory for ideology & cowardice www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukCouncils warned against adopting four-day weekLocal Government Secretary Steve Reed has told council leaders to not introduce four-day working weeks. 317480
Reposted by @declant.bsky.socialRobin Ince @robinince.bsky.social · 07/12/2025then, the transphobes , feeling victorious at how many people they have made unhappy and despairing in the previous week, move on to anything else that has a spectrum and the possibility of more colours than they can conceive - such hateful people - they cannot understand anything that is not THEM 1032774724
Reposted by @declant.bsky.socialMiami DSA @miamidsa.org · 26/11/2025Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷 8155571314734
Reposted by @declant.bsky.social𝔐𝔞𝔤𝔫𝔢𝔱𝔰 🧲 @magnets.eurosky.social · 25/11/2025the bbc coining the phrase "teenage trans woman" in their coverage of the linehan case is driving me insane. it's so subtly revealing 215534
Reposted by @declant.bsky.socialSpooky Moose Malloy @spooksmalloy.bsky.social · 20/11/2025"Do you think the plebs should get a jury trial" is such a thrilling line from Labour, truly great to see this 1113461
Reposted by @declant.bsky.socialflyingrodent @flyingrodent.bsky.social · 28/10/2025Sure, but this stuff really is just a rung or two up the ladder from e.g. “this drivel we made up shows domestic traitors and the ethnics are conspiring to undermine and destroy Britain”, and all the lads have been just fine with that one for decades and longer. 45513
Reposted by @declant.bsky.socialDan Douglas @dandouglas.bsky.social · 08/10/2025to be clear: you can drive a souped-up uninsured car with a fake numberplate at over 130mph while evading police, hit-and-run someone who later has his leg amputated, concoct an elaborate lie about it all, and be allowed to drive again in less than 6 years www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukMerthyr Tydfil hit-and-run driver caught by Ring doorbell - BBC NewsAnthony Tregonning reported his car stolen in an attempted cover-up before admitting he hit a worker. 65629
Reposted by @declant.bsky.socialAdam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 13/09/2025Can anyone explain why the Government is still doing most of its communications through a website whose owner is now openly rallying the far right to trigger a violent insurrection on our streets? 1312420895
Reposted by @declant.bsky.socialAndrew Quemere @andrewqmr.bsky.social · 03/09/2025wow is it possible for seven people to all be wrong about something? www.axios.com/2025/09/02/a... 1264275699