dixonpete.bsky.social @dixonpete.bsky.social · 3hA Governor isn’t going to impeach Hegseth, block more terrible appointments or put pressure on the Epstein files release. Who are the people voting for a Democrat Governor but a Republican Senator? 010
dixonpete.bsky.social @dixonpete.bsky.social · 09/10/2026If you look at the actual net result in terms of momentum of public opinion of the actions of Ed Sheeran compared to those of the Green Party… Their selfish posturing has undone all his good work. 000
dixonpete.bsky.social @dixonpete.bsky.social · 09/10/2026I think Labour would have won anyway but the fact it wasn’t at all close is down to the difference in the respective Conferences. 000
dixonpete.bsky.social @dixonpete.bsky.social · 07/10/2026cybernews.com/news/thiel-m... No! The best thing about the Tory Government was their incompetence. The Maths is simple, if someone is trying to do harm, competence is bad. An incompetent person trying to do good is better than someone trying to do harm. Don’t celebrate wrongdoers being good at it.cybernews.comPeter Thiel says evil can be "quite good" for progressPeter Thiel AI ethics comments frame evil as useful when it drives results, in an Axel Springer interview. Read what his remarks reveal 000
dixonpete.bsky.social @dixonpete.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Louie French called for the government to "keep politics out of football and ensure the Premier League's independent commission can do its job free of outside influence". "The club face unprecedented allegations and fans are horrified by what they are reading in the papers," the Tory MP said. LOL 100
dixonpete.bsky.social @dixonpete.bsky.social · 01/10/2026electionresults.parliament.uk/general-elec... Reminder that the 2024 result was almost exactly what the country wanted ten years earlier. We knew the Tories had to go but let them in for another ten years of damage. And now wonder why it’s taking so long to fix! www.theguardian.com/politics/201...theguardian.comLabour stretches lead over Tories to eight points in latest pollSupport rises to 37% compared with 29% for the Tories, which would give Labour an overall majority at general election 010
dixonpete.bsky.social @dixonpete.bsky.social · 29/09/2026No, I said the slogan should be ‘Hope’, again. Not ‘Hope Again.’ 000
dixonpete.bsky.social @dixonpete.bsky.social · 29/09/2026What is all this talk about the triple lock for? In recent history and for the foreseeable future, the first lock has been triggered so the other two are currently irrelevant anyway. 000
dixonpete.bsky.social @dixonpete.bsky.social · 25/09/2026It’s difficult to imagine how Trump can make things even worse for American farmers over the next month but I expect him to try. 010
dixonpete.bsky.social @dixonpete.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Do fake polls really carry such power of suggestion factor? Apparently so, everybody is at it. There are polls saying Republicans could win Minnesota and Democrats could win Arkansas-at the same time. One of them has to be nonsense and probably both. So it must be thought to have a serious affect. 010
dixonpete.bsky.social @dixonpete.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Let Piddington leave, build a wall round it and make sure they pay every time they want to go through immigration into England. Their employers must get the right visas to continue their employment. Bicester and Woodstock is a large constituency so they could just be removed with no adjustment. 000
Reposted by @dixonpete.bsky.socialAnti-Reform @antireform.bsky.social · 16/09/2026"Do BBC news work for Reform?" via Harry Eccles 742029806
dixonpete.bsky.social @dixonpete.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Reform claims that they haven’t broken the donation rules is just gaslighting 000
dixonpete.bsky.social @dixonpete.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Trump’s idea of giving every adult a bucket of cash is not necessarily a bad one it just shouldn’t be as an election bribe. 000
dixonpete.bsky.social @dixonpete.bsky.social · 04/09/2026If “The Party believes it is important that the investigation is allowed to proceed independently and without prejudice” why have only two of the three people exposed in the footage stepped down? 000
Reposted by @dixonpete.bsky.socialDaniel Moser @dmoser.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Pollution levels in London after 10 years of advancing sustainable transport. 164115613174
dixonpete.bsky.social @dixonpete.bsky.social · 03/09/2026When someone commends someone for “telling it like it is” they mean they say what that person wants to hear. And it’s usually not how it is at all. 000
dixonpete.bsky.social @dixonpete.bsky.social · 31/08/2026Cleverley and Patel leaving the shadow cabinet isn’t all good news. Not overly concerned by Cleverly’s plan to become London mayor and it shows he never really thought much of Essex but this group that Pritti Patel is working for is probably very scary behind the scenes. 020
Reposted by @dixonpete.bsky.socialParody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 27/08/2026The number of asylum seekers being housed in hotels is down by 50%. And the backlog of people who have claimed asylum is down from 175,000 to 40,000, the lowest since 2019. But we mustn’t let facts get in the way of spreading fear and hatred and coming up with crackpot policies. 25830308
Reposted by @dixonpete.bsky.socialMayor of London, Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk · 19/08/2026For years, London's children’s lungs lagged behind. Now they’re catching up. A major new study shows the ULEZ cut exposure to toxic NO₂ and reduced impaired lung function from 14% to 9%.theguardian.comIntroducing Ulez was my hardest decision as mayor of London – but now we know its astonishing impact | Sadiq KhanCritics said I was attacking motorists. It’s more important for me that the city’s children are no longer breathing dangerous levels of pollution, says London mayor Sadiq Khan 29799177
dixonpete.bsky.social @dixonpete.bsky.social · 12/08/2026That eclipse was so boring that most people who went to the park to watch it were looking the other way. 010
dixonpete.bsky.social @dixonpete.bsky.social · 05/08/2026While professional cricket is on its summer break, they should do a sunday league. Maybe for minor counties on channel 4. 40 overs each, red ball, regional groups throughout July and August with a finals weekend in October in Almeria, Spain. 100
dixonpete.bsky.social @dixonpete.bsky.social · 03/08/2026I’d still like to see Nordqvist take a punt on Briem but I accept it hasn’t gone as well as I thought it would. 000
dixonpete.bsky.social @dixonpete.bsky.social · 30/07/2026The Saltburn Cricket Club scandal is giving dads great trouble trying to not call it clickbait. Impressive as the skill is, it is very serious cheating and needs to be dealt with severely. When searching Saltburn CC, don’t forget the CC. 000
dixonpete.bsky.social @dixonpete.bsky.social · 30/07/2026Making Plans for Nigel is curiously catchy. Did Farage actually say that if he did something inflammatory he would expect to be punished? Since when? ZP should have taken the opportunity to make clear that when Farage does finally pay for his crimes it should be through the proper non-violent means. 110
Reposted by @dixonpete.bsky.socialThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 29/07/2026Should be a bigger story— “Alexandra Bravo, prosecutor investigating 🇺🇸 strikes on 3 Ecuadorian boats and survivor accounts of torture/kidnapping, shot dead… hitman on a black motorcycle opened fire… Bravo’s sister jumped to protect her, also killed…” www.dropsitenews.com/p/prosecutor... 404100225952
dixonpete.bsky.social @dixonpete.bsky.social · 08/07/2026If people insist on wasting our money by voting for a Party that keeps calling by-elections at every level we need to look at the cost of elections. It could be cheaper by doing away with Polling Stations and sending everyone a postal vote. Turnout would increase as well. 000
dixonpete.bsky.social @dixonpete.bsky.social · 08/07/2026Is it just me that doesn’t think Binface is right for this job? 100
Reposted by @dixonpete.bsky.socialSarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 07/07/2026So, a joke MP with 5 houses bought for cash, links to criminality and a £5Mill ‘gift’ in his bank… is so enraged at being held to account… that he resigns from the MP role he never did anyway…and demands a “people v the establishment” by-election to vote him back in. What an insufferable wanker. 1573175767
dixonpete.bsky.social @dixonpete.bsky.social · 06/07/2026Reminder. The only reason that anyone ever does anything Trump asks is that he controls the release of the Epstein files. 021
dixonpete.bsky.social @dixonpete.bsky.social · 04/07/2026Just so no one can say it was unforeseen, my prediction is kick off at 1am, lightning for an hour and a half, extra time and pubs have to kick everyone out at 5am just as the penalties are about to start. 000
dixonpete.bsky.social @dixonpete.bsky.social · 03/07/2026Worrying polls suggest Democrats will nearly win a lot of states but the only one they’re likely to win is North Carolina and we always think that and they somehow miss out there. 000
dixonpete.bsky.social @dixonpete.bsky.social · 01/07/2026Do people that think the Chinese Communist Party is communist also believe that Democratic Republic of Congo is democratic? 000
dixonpete.bsky.social @dixonpete.bsky.social · 23/06/2026When people look back on the brevity of the only sensible post-Brexit government remember that although ultimately it was Labour losing their nerve, voters in local elections are partly responsible too. 000
Reposted by @dixonpete.bsky.socialAdam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 21/06/2026The attacks in Edinburgh, in which an armed bare-chested white man terrorised Muslims, leaving five people injured, don't feature on a single newspaper front page this morning. Two tier journalism 19855732439
dixonpete.bsky.social @dixonpete.bsky.social · 20/06/2026I don’t think the World Cup will ever recover from this. Not only is its present pointless, its history will be infected and it already feels like it has lost value. 210
Reposted by @dixonpete.bsky.socialAnti-Reform @antireform.bsky.social · 17/06/2026The Tories brought us 15 years of austerity 15 years of NHS underfunding ready for privatising 15 years of thousands of people dying in 'eat or heat' poverty Whatever they say the ex-Tories now deciding policy for Reform UK plan to give us more of the same meme via Godfrey Combrink 511357605
dixonpete.bsky.social @dixonpete.bsky.social · 17/06/2026Liz Kendall is completely out of touch and should resign or be sacked. 000
dixonpete.bsky.social @dixonpete.bsky.social · 16/06/2026Banning children from social media because social media can’t behave will be Reform’s excuse to ban women from going out at night because men can’t behave. 111
dixonpete.bsky.social @dixonpete.bsky.social · 15/06/2026Divisive, ageist and pandering to the whims of the wrong people at the expense of the young as usual. When can we ban old people from The Daily Mail? 000
Reposted by @dixonpete.bsky.socialRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 12/06/2026The concentration of wealth in the hands of a few isn't just bad for our economy. It's corrosive to our democracy. When the wealthy and well-connected control our political system, regular people don't have a voice. The result? Demagoguery and corruption. 662062549
dixonpete.bsky.social @dixonpete.bsky.social · 11/06/2026BBC radio reported the Belfast riots with an inaccurate cause. A newsreader needs to tell it how it is, the riots were caused by Nazis calling for riots. 010
Reposted by @dixonpete.bsky.socialAdil Ray @adilray.bsky.social · 11/06/2026If Muslims or members of the Asian and Black community had set fire to white people’s homes with children running for their lives, do you think we would be discussing legitimate concerns or focussing on who radicalised them and ideological and contributing cultural factors? 14375902370
dixonpete.bsky.social @dixonpete.bsky.social · 09/06/2026Liz Kendall won’t let expert advice get in the way of a daft populist policy. She really is in the wrong party. 000
dixonpete.bsky.social @dixonpete.bsky.social · 06/06/2026When Farage is on TV, his words should be spoken by an actor. 030
Reposted by @dixonpete.bsky.socialReform Party UK Exposed @reformexposed.bsky.social · 06/06/2026Why are there so many Ecuadorian Farage fans on X? A weird number of users with such names as Yvonne1388552 are based in Ecuador and relentlessly push Reform propaganda www.thenewworld.co.uk/rats-in-a-sa...thenewworld.co.ukWhy are there so many Ecuadorian Farage fans on X?A weird number of users with such names as Yvonne1388552 are based in Ecuador and relentlessly push Reform propaganda 817093
dixonpete.bsky.social @dixonpete.bsky.social · 05/06/2026The Maths Exam Board are supposed to be trying to find who is good at Maths not seeing how clever they can be at setting impossible papers. It’s about the students, not you! If they are planning a similar stunt with next week‘s paper they need to switch it out pretty damned quickly. 010
Reposted by @dixonpete.bsky.socialAnti-Reform @antireform.bsky.social · 04/06/2026meme via Mark Keeping 10615257
