Lj @ellislj.bsky.social · 26/09/2026"hard choices & compromises, will have to be Trojan-horsed", "This may seem undesirable, but it’s a choice we have forced on these people, & a method that might actually allow him to at least get something done before he is inevitably chewed up by the rage & stupidity of the digital hive mind". 000 0
Reposted by LjLiberal Democrats @libdems.org.uk · 20/09/2026Liberal Democrat members passed a new policy on Making Music Matter. It will safeguard creators from AI exploitation, support grassroots venues, tear down barriers to touring, and rebuild music education for every child. 13711 0
Reposted by LjCristian Farias @cristianfarias.com · 27/08/2026I was today days old when I learned Dolly Parton covered Collective Soul’s “Shine” alongside Nickel Creek and the dobro player from Alison Krauss & Union Station. She won a Grammy for it. Blew me away. youtu.be/plUD6vN80dg?...youtu.beDolly Parton - Shine (Official)YouTube video by DollyPartonVEVO 23648721185 0
Lj @ellislj.bsky.social · 29/07/2026"(Burnham) talks about healing wounds, while Trump keeps them salted with partisan spite. It should be obvious to anyone who cares about democracy and the rule of law which model is preferable." www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...theguardian.comSuddenly the British right feels a political chill. It’s getting cold in Andy Burnham’s shadow | Rafael BehrThe Tories and Reform had it easy when Keir Starmer was self-destructing – but a new PM with ideas exposes how vacant the opposition has become, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr 000 0
Lj @ellislj.bsky.social · 19/07/2026Mallorca is celebrating, loudly. Well done, Spain. Argentina are nasty and they didn't deserve to win. I may not get to sleep tonight but who can blame them for partying? 🏐🍻🇪🇦 #holiday #Worldcup #Spain 001 0
Reposted by LjJohn Maguire @johnmaguire.bsky.social · 19/07/2026Galway United used to raffle a hamper of meat at half time and it was more entertaining than this. 317346 0
Reposted by LjSean Jones KC @seanjones.org · 19/07/2026This isn’t halftime entertainment. Halftime entertainment is two blokes dragged from the stands and wearing replica shirts two sizes too small for them trying and failing to score penalties past the club mascot in the hope of winning a free oil change from the garage that is matchball sponsor. 1761772 0
Reposted by LjAnna Zeiter @anna.wsocial.eu · 12/07/2026European digital alternatives are here - let’s embrace them together. We can do it! 👏🏻💪🏻 79770264 0
Reposted by LjShiv Ramdas Mens Rice Activist @nameshiv.bsky.social · 07/07/2026Infantino looking up bylaws that allow FIFA to reverse R16 resultsstatic.klipy.comBig Book Huge BookALT: Big Book Huge Book 1344147669 0
Reposted by LjHenrietta W M @henriettam.bsky.social · 05/07/2026static.klipy.comHaaland Meditating in the SnowALT: Haaland Meditating in the Snow 021 0
Reposted by LjJune Lewins @joonloons.bsky.social · 29/06/2026Andy Burnham announces a new minister for The North. 33513 0
Reposted by Ljalexvonwitzleben.bsky.social @alexvonwitzleben.bsky.social · 16/05/2026The UK has avoided the need for gas imports worth £1.7bn since the start of the Iran war, as a result of record electricity generation from wind and solar. 🔎 This is according to a new analysis by Carbon Brief. www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-win... #DonaldTrump #ActOnClimate #ClimateActionNow 321153382 0
Lj @ellislj.bsky.social · 17/05/2026I don't live in London anymore, but I remember how we felt after the bombings in 2005. Shocked, apprehensive but determind and united. This poem made me feel a bit emotional. I miss my former home, another visit is long overdue. #London #Diversity #UK #YouAreWantedHere 020 0
Lj @ellislj.bsky.social · 10/05/2026You could do the same for 'Rules for UK political parties' and 'Rules for Reform'. £5m bungs are allowed, apparently. 000 0
Reposted by LjOtto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 08/05/2026Reform is a protest party. A protest against decency, integrity, kindness, expertise, and progress. It's a party of pettiness and hate, and it is made up of petty and hateful people from the grassroots to the very top. What it doesn't have is competence. So good luck with the bins and potholes. 1692539747 0
Lj @ellislj.bsky.social · 07/05/2026Bluesky is changing. There's loads of angry NATs here now. Disagreeing over here was more pleasant than the other place but getting toxic. If you don't support SNP or independence they assume you're a swivel-eyed right winger who wants to starve kids & kill the NHS. It's exhausting. 010 0
Reposted by LjJo Caulfield @jocaulfield.bsky.social · 04/05/2026Hello all - I'd be tremendously grateful if you could help spread the word about a small Scottish tour I’m doing. I’m taking my ‘Bad Mood Rising’ show to small-ish Scottish towns that often get bypassed on tour schedules. Any shares would be hugely appreciated. Thank you so much! 53738 0
Lj @ellislj.bsky.social · 17/04/2026www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/ce... Well done LibDems. Particularly pleased to see an attempt to address the huge increase in ASN in schools and more PSAs would help greatly. SNP have failed children and educators.bbc.co.ukScottish Parliament election 2026: Liberal Democrats say fairness 'at the heart' of manifestoLeader Alex Cole-Hamilton unveils the party's election pledges ahead of the vote on 7 May. 000 0
Reposted by Ljfesshole 🧻 @fesshole.bsky.social · 17/04/2026Whenever my husband pisses me off, I give him the 'Shit fork ' to eat with. He mentions how much he hates it every time he gets it. We don't know where it came from but it just sits there in the cutlery drawer being shit. 4265318 0
Reposted by LjChris Addison @mrchrisaddison.bsky.social · 12/04/2026The last war the US successfully won on their own was the Civil one. 016934 0
Reposted by LjOur Common Defense @ourcommondefense.bsky.social · 20/03/2026NATO’s founding treaty commits members to collective defense, not collective offense. The treaty obligation is triggered only when a member is attacked, not when they attack someone else. 614557 0
Reposted by LjBrian Wernham C.Eng. @brianwernham.bsky.social · 08/03/20261940: UK wins the Battle of Britain against the Nazis in the skies over London 1941: USA decides to join in against Germany Just sayin'… www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukTrump accuses Starmer of seeking to 'join wars after we've already won'The remarks come after a public back-and-forth between Trump and Sir Keir Starmer over UK involvement in the US's joint offensive with Israel against Iran. 2197 0
Lj @ellislj.bsky.social · 07/03/2026youtube.com/watch?v=t9Us... Do yourself a favour in these awful times of division and destruction, and watch this wonderful work of art and food for the soul. Thank you, Sting. #StingMusic #Sting #Rijksmuseumyoutube.comSting - Sounds Like Art - Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam - ARTE ConcertYouTube video by ARTE Concert 000 0
Reposted by LjAlistair Barrie @alistairbarrie.com · 07/03/2026I think we should allow Trump to choose Iran’s next leader as long as the rest of us can choose America’s. Because it’s clearly far too important a job to be left in the hands of Americans. 992522329 0
Reposted by LjNicki💗 @awkwardandodd.bsky.social · 06/03/2026Scottish Opera offers hugely discounted tickets to people under the age of 26. In fact most of the theatres here do, usually for around £10. Which means you could see a whole live show for less than the cost of a ticket to one of Timothee Chalamet’s films. Just saying. 493772514 0
Reposted by LjBryan @elwick70.bsky.social · 02/03/2026“Trump is disappointed with Keir Starmer” Trump has just spent the last 12 months taking the piss out of our war dead, threatening to collapse NATO, aiding and abetting Russian aggression, and angling to invade a European country’s sovereign territory. And he wants us to help? He’s off his tits. 851351192 0
Reposted by LjAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 22/02/2026a guy who claimed to be named John Barron and sounded a lot like Trump called into C-SPAN to complain about the Supreme Court's tariff decision and call Hakeem Jeffries "a dope" (John Barron is a pseudonym Trump has used for himself when talking to journalists) 124689322853 0
Reposted by LjEd Davey @eddavey.libdems.org.uk · 17/02/2026Not surprising Farage hasn't bothered to announce a health spokesperson - his entire team is populated by politicians who broke the NHS. They've also forgotten about a foreign affairs spokesperson, but I guess they will take their orders straight from Trump's White House anyway. 44700235 0
Reposted by LjLiberal Democrats @libdems.org.uk · 26/01/2026Reform: The Conservatives broke the country Also Reform: Welcome to another failed Conservative minister who broke the country 15229103 0
Lj @ellislj.bsky.social · 23/01/2026What does it say about me that this is my new screen saver? 000 0
Reposted by LjPippa Crerar @pippacrerar.bsky.social · 21/01/2026NEW: NEW: Standards commissioner finds Nigel Farage committed seventeen breaches of MPs code of conduct. He failed to declare £333,000 in outside interests (more than 3x MPs annual salary)… 39543782069 0
Reposted by LjRichard Herring @herring1967.bsky.social · 20/01/2026Let's make America British again. #MABA 1513622 0
Reposted by LjBluesky Fanatic @blueskyfanatic.bsky.social · 18/01/2026BREAKING! ======== Today he won a Grammy! ----------- 86616 0
Reposted by LjMohave County Indivisible @mohaveindv.bsky.social · 16/01/2026Iran is threatening to assassinate Trump, Putin is threatening to destroy the world, and all of our allies are getting ready to go to war with us. America couldn’t just vote for the woman ? 🙄 811061215 0
Lj @ellislj.bsky.social · 10/01/2026Remembering David Bowie, here's a song which sounds like a critique of America failing to fulfil it's promise/ideals of democracy, freedom and prosperity. (Prescient). In this clip, I marvel at the power of Bowie's voice and his forthright delivery. Beautiful. #Bowie youtu.be/neLXqbR_r0E?...youtu.beDavid Bowie This Is Not America Live 2000 HD 720pYouTube video by them0rus 010 0
Reposted by LjEsheru @esherukweku.bsky.social · 12/12/2025If handing someone their arse, was a video clip 33054061704 0
Reposted by LjDinsdale Piranha @heptaglemious.bsky.social · 04/01/2026Nobody could have predicted this. 12637191403 0
Lj @ellislj.bsky.social · 31/12/2025I just don't get why Starmer is so unpopular....I didn't vote Labour, but... better them than Reform. 240 0
Reposted by LjDarth Putin @darthputinkgb.bsky.social · 30/12/2025US Security guarantees to Ukraine are meaningless if I can lie this blatantly to Donald and he just believes me. 161203231 0
Reposted by LjSam Bright @writesbright.bsky.social · 28/12/2025Chatted to my great uncle yesterday – a northern, working-class guy, not that political. I told him my job involved exposing Farage. His first question was: “who funds him?” Investigations into Farage’s donors can have a major impact on Reform’s support – as this research has already shown 👇writesbright.substack.comNew research reveals the best attack lines to use against ReformHow to stop Farage... 742159819 0
Lj @ellislj.bsky.social · 26/12/2025youtube.com/shorts/WixMz...youtube.comThe story of Farage and Putin, told by British-Ukrainian soldier Shaun Pinner.YouTube video by Led By Donkeys 000 0
Lj @ellislj.bsky.social · 24/12/2025Listening to Rutter, so soothing. Merry Christmas all. Listen to the release The John Rutter Christmas Album by John Rutter on Qobuz open.qobuz.com/album/pqn32d...open.qobuz.comOpen Qobuz 000 0
