Nick Diable @defencebrief.bsky.social · 09/04/2026It's only a joke and is something I heard plenty of people saying when I was a kid growing up in the east end. Honestly, sometimes bluesky is so po faced I just want to stay away. 020
Nick Diable @defencebrief.bsky.social · 09/04/2026Sorry, I didn't realise there was a prohibition on using certain phrases. 100
Nick Diable @defencebrief.bsky.social · 09/04/2026Ahh fair enough. I did wonder but sadly the Waybackmachine hasn't visited their page before. Makes a lot more sense in that context. 010
Nick Diable @defencebrief.bsky.social · 09/04/2026I'm genuinely hearing that it's "all mouth and trousers" right now. And I'm as British as they come me old mucker. 100
Nick Diable @defencebrief.bsky.social · 09/04/2026Ahh yes Kemi "Turnabout" Badenoch who desperately wanted to join the war only to change her mind when she realised how unpopular it was with Brits. 020
Reposted by Nick Diable Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 09/04/2026I mean this is just the dumbest possible moment to come up with this line, when he has visibly stood up to US aggression and kept us out a war she would have weekly joined. 1211294219
Nick Diable @defencebrief.bsky.social · 09/04/2026I mean the picture clearly says Moon not NASA and the bio states they aren't NASA and are "just a couple of space nerds". 110
Nick Diable @defencebrief.bsky.social · 08/04/2026Apologies, it was a 30 month probation not prison. 010
Nick Diable @defencebrief.bsky.social · 08/04/2026Come on, let's be more honest with readers. "Convicted banking criminal who was pardoned by US President (& fellow felon) Donald Trump" would be a more honest opening line. 000
Nick Diable @defencebrief.bsky.social · 08/04/2026Nice, but a bit harsh and I'm not sure the Barbie angle isn't overdone these days. 010
Nick Diable @defencebrief.bsky.social · 08/04/2026Hmm did the autism also force him to commit a banking fraud that earned him a prison sentence that Trump pardoned (surely not after being bribed, right?). Why are so many criminals attracted to Farage and Reform? Why is Farage and Reform so keen on taking money from criminals? 1100
Reposted by Nick Diable Robert Hutton @roberthutton.co.uk · 08/04/2026COUNTERPOINT: You seem to be able to cope with some of them just fine. www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/202... 3125131
Nick Diable @defencebrief.bsky.social · 08/04/2026I want to like Leavitt but she's no Comical Ali. Maybe we need to get her a decent nickname. Lampooning Leavitt maybe? 110
Reposted by Nick Diable HELL Kennedy @helenkennedy.com · 08/04/2026I think she would look fetching in a beret 1817534
Nick Diable @defencebrief.bsky.social · 08/04/2026There was an episode about him on the Private Eye podcast recently. Sounds like attempts were made but he threatened them with legal action and they all backed down - rather a sorry state of affairs when the SRA can be intimidated with the threat of legal action! 150
Nick Diable @defencebrief.bsky.social · 08/04/2026Wait, your mum knew that a guy was releasing dangerous large cats into a place where you, her child, was playing and she decided not to tell anyone - not even you - about it as a warning? She was just chill about the possibility you or a friend might become a tasty snack? 310
Nick Diable @defencebrief.bsky.social · 08/04/2026My gf bought our son's one as he's leaving school this year. It really is shit though. Worst thing is that she bought one that's too small so you can't make out the kids well; however, you can still see it's a badly done composite & the kids at the front appear to float because of the bad editing. 010
Nick Diable @defencebrief.bsky.social · 08/04/2026I can't work out why they'd do it. When I was at school, it took about 10 minutes to get everyone in the room and to take the photo. They must have spent hours taking the individual photos and then creating the big image... and it looks awful. Just do it properly. 000
Nick Diable @defencebrief.bsky.social · 07/04/2026The school photographer at my son's school takes the year group photo by taking individual photos and editing them together. It looks really bad & must be 50x the work of just taking the photo properly. 230
Nick Diable @defencebrief.bsky.social · 07/04/2026Sadly, I've noticed that it's really common online for people to see very bad behaviour and instantly assume it's caused by some mental health issues when it's far more likely that the person is just an arsehole. 140
Nick Diable @defencebrief.bsky.social · 07/04/2026My psychology degree is 25 years old, so maybe I'm wrong but I'm pretty sure bipolar doesn't make you antisemitic or go to the lengths of writing songs & selling Nazi merch. I can't believe there was no pushback that West had to overcome on either of those things. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukWireless Festival cancelled after Kanye West blocked from coming to UKWest was due to headline the festival in July but drew criticism over past antisemitic comments. 272
Nick Diable @defencebrief.bsky.social · 05/04/2026It's being reported by both the BBC and the FT. 1120
Reposted by Nick Diable Mark @quigonsmith.bsky.social · 02/04/2026Starmer (rightly in some cases) gets a lot of shit but fuck, imagine Badenoch or Farage in charge at this particular moment. 14910
Nick Diable @defencebrief.bsky.social · 02/04/2026I really hope the SRA is finally going to put a stop to solicitors who behave as badly as this guy. 030
Nick Diable @defencebrief.bsky.social · 02/04/2026This makes me really angry. The @srasolicitors.bsky.social will come down like a ton of bricks on young solicitors who make mistakes yet they've spent years allowing people like Milne to continue practising and using their status as solicitors to intimidate people. 1243
Reposted by Nick Diable Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 02/04/2026Deliberately attacking civilian infrastructure without apparent military value is a war crime. Shouldn't be surprising since America elected a war crimes advocate, who in his first term pardoned convicted war criminals, and in his second made the public champion of those war criminals SecDef. 471480456
Reposted by Nick Diable Eliza Downes @eliza-upstairs.bsky.social · 02/04/2026I bring this one out every Thanksgiving. 7138289
Nick Diable @defencebrief.bsky.social · 02/04/2026And let us never forget that their original Apollo missions, of which experience and learning I'm sure Artemis owes much, was achieved mainly with help from a certain cohort of Germans who, frankly, should have been tried for their war crimes along with the other Nazis. 030
Reposted by Nick Diable Rev Peter W Nimmo @peternimmo.bsky.social · 02/04/2026The Artemis moonshot is a great American achievement. By the way, one crew member is Canadian. The service module, which keeps the astronauts alive, is built in Bremen. The communications depend on ground stations in the US, Spain and Australia. Dear America- don't give up your friends too easily 120347
Reposted by Nick Diable Roland Smith @rolandmcs.bsky.social · 02/04/2026Tommy Robinson accidentally posting on the wrong account. 38565165
Nick Diable @defencebrief.bsky.social · 02/04/2026Of course. Here I am thinking this is some clever academic or publishing term and it's just paragraph said funny! Knew I wouldn't be bright enough to work it out!! Thank god I'm a lawyer not a detective I guess. 140
Nick Diable @defencebrief.bsky.social · 02/04/2026Were they never suspicious that you didn't have a ticket? Did they never match 3 numbers? I'm not that lucky with the lottery but even I get two or three numbers matching every month or so. 080
Reposted by Nick Diable Luke Tryl @luketryl.bsky.social · 02/04/2026Another e.g. of a relatively small policy but one which helps address an every day irk, and a costly one too. Over past year Government has seemed to get much better at doing more of these tackling 'every day frustrations' policies and small cost of living fixes. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukNew laws to make it easier to cancel subscriptionsConsumers will be able to cancel unwanted subscriptions 'at the click of a button', the government said. 3366
Nick Diable @defencebrief.bsky.social · 02/04/2026I feel stupid asking this, but the blog post keeps referring to "grafs" as in "the fourth graf". What does graf mean? I googled it and the only definition it gave me was about historic German nobility. I could probably work it out if I were cleverer but I guess I just ain't. 130
Nick Diable @defencebrief.bsky.social · 02/04/2026Great. Let's just get on with it and rejoin the single market & security agreements. We'd have a worse deal than before we left; however, it would still be better than where we are now. 010
Nick Diable @defencebrief.bsky.social · 02/04/2026Not sure about the red velvet either. I love a red velvet cake but in a hot cross bun it sounds a bit vile. 110
Reposted by Nick Diable Katie Martin @katie0martin.ft.com · 01/04/2026it's ridiculous that this "London has fallen" bullshit has been allowed to fester for so long. The best time to deal with this was a few years ago, and the second best time is now 401091221
Nick Diable @defencebrief.bsky.social · 01/04/2026Oh the irony. BBC News - Estate agents accuse Rightmove of charging excessive fees www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukEstate agents accuse Rightmove of charging excessive feesThe online listing portal is now being pursued in a class action, launched on behalf of potentially hundreds of estate agents. 181
Reposted by Nick Diable Ghost of Lepa Radić @ghostofdonknotts.bsky.social · 01/04/2026Well, with my understanding of the metric system: he wasn't speeding, the fine was less than $1, and he isn't old enough to have a driver's license. 031
Nick Diable @defencebrief.bsky.social · 01/04/2026Typical unelected woke leftist communist anti-Trump hater judge getting in the way of the world's greatest and most tasteful architect-president just because he hates the USA. How dare he suggest that the president of the USA should follow the laws of the USA. Bonkers. 110
Nick Diable @defencebrief.bsky.social · 01/04/2026Someone in the FT comments last week tried to justify Trump's wild swings by likening them to individual poker hands. I'm not a poker player but if Trump is trying to play a game of poker then his approach feels like he's putting all his cards face up and shouting BINGO. www.ft.com/content/77e5...ft.comDonald Trump says US could withdraw from Iran ‘whether we have a deal or not’US president signals growing impatience with a war that has sent energy prices spiralling 040
Reposted by Nick Diable Sir Michael Take CBE @sirmichaeltake.bsky.social · 01/04/2026I’m totally with President Trump. We had an empire once. We won the World Cup. We won the Falklands War. We voted Brexit. Let’s get OUR OIL back! Time to stop being woke wimps & invade the Straits of Hormuz. Let’s make Britain great again & help this brave, likeable President.🇬🇧 3919928
Nick Diable @defencebrief.bsky.social · 31/03/2026Disappointed. You could have had "Savage negotiator though"... it was right there! 120
Reposted by Nick Diable Lomelindi12 @lomelindi12.bsky.social · 31/03/2026Put Dulcolax in Trump’s trough, Charlie! 184
Nick Diable @defencebrief.bsky.social · 31/03/2026BTW look closely at the pin on his jacket... it's a golden noose!! 110