ericliddel.bsky.social @ericliddel.bsky.social · 14hIt's right out of the rightwing aggitator playbook. Willfully misrepresent the facts. You can pick any book or none. He implies that it should be the Bible and that someone swearing on the Quran is some deviant act of treason. 181
ericliddel.bsky.social @ericliddel.bsky.social · 14hGreat that you can swear a religious or non-religious oath. My beef as a Republican is that you still have to brown-nose Charlie by....."I do solemnly, sincerely, and truly declare and affirm, That I will be faithful and bear true allegiance to His Majesty King Charles...." Barfff 000
ericliddel.bsky.social @ericliddel.bsky.social · 14hI loathe Trump but.. 1) 'barely read' - she can clearly read 2) She doesn't look like Ivanka. These are lazy/inaccurate statements that will be rightly attacked as cheap and misogynistic. From the video, she doesn't have great command of the podium and comes across as an Apprentice contestant. 320
ericliddel.bsky.social @ericliddel.bsky.social · 20hSerious but dumb/ignorant question. What military capability will Ukraine never have and what will they likely develop in 1-3 years and thus not need US or allies i.e. their drone capability is presumably world-leading and bypasses need for other weaponry? 000
ericliddel.bsky.social @ericliddel.bsky.social · 22hI just like the fact that it's going back to representative democracy 101. None of this will of the people bollocks. New governments undo things all of the time. Why does Brexit get special status. It is a massive shiny turd at the centre of our politics that cannot be thrown in the trash. 030
ericliddel.bsky.social @ericliddel.bsky.social · 22hDid you provide a picture of your mum to every newsagent within 20 miles and instruct them not to sell it to her! 000
ericliddel.bsky.social @ericliddel.bsky.social · 22hOh god....thankfully my parents haven't discovered that. 000
ericliddel.bsky.social @ericliddel.bsky.social · 22hI do wonder if there are fascist brainstorming sessions where after years of failed strategies, someone thought of the evil genius idea of brainwashing people via the hook of having the best sports section, sudoko, cartoon page etc 100
ericliddel.bsky.social @ericliddel.bsky.social · 22hCan we please set up a support group! A friend's c8 year old son used to mock his grandparents for reading The Mail.....no granny....no the Daily Fail.....genius. Not sure if he was bribed to do this! 000
ericliddel.bsky.social @ericliddel.bsky.social · 12/10/2026Slight tangent. My parents buy the Sunday Mail because it has the best TV guide. I point out that it is a right-wing propaganda rag. They said they are very aware, but read the rest of it anyway and absorb the bilge by osmosis. 3161
ericliddel.bsky.social @ericliddel.bsky.social · 12/10/2026Bang on. It felt like good insights and analysis expressed in brilliantly funny and playful language. Then it move to mean first, funny second, analysis third. 020
ericliddel.bsky.social @ericliddel.bsky.social · 12/10/2026Most intriguing. I remember loving her column. Felt like language was an orchestra and she could play every instrument. Then it got a bit mean and prioritised the cheap gag. Was turned off by her argument against Fossil Free Books. Seemed very inconsistent with the writing in her column. 040
ericliddel.bsky.social @ericliddel.bsky.social · 12/10/2026I haven't kept tabs on him, but after appearing fairly sensibly as Chair of the Foreign Affairs Select Committee, he seemed to enter the realm of nominative determinism in relation to his nickname.....TugenTwat. 040
ericliddel.bsky.social @ericliddel.bsky.social · 12/10/2026I'm not clear why their choice of footwear is a factor here! I don't think they'd be more or less effective in a pair of Church's brogues. 000
ericliddel.bsky.social @ericliddel.bsky.social · 12/10/2026For reference. Pretty unremarkable anatomically. 130
ericliddel.bsky.social @ericliddel.bsky.social · 12/10/2026I do find it extraordinary. If someone sent that to a colleague on a work email, joining in with the pile on, they'd almost certainly be disciplined or sacked. But, no, absolutely fine to publish that in national newspapers. 240
ericliddel.bsky.social @ericliddel.bsky.social · 11/10/2026I'm sure that the Chief Rabbi and the Board of Deputies will be quick to condem this...insert sound of me not holding my breath 1280
ericliddel.bsky.social @ericliddel.bsky.social · 11/10/2026yet again...I think it's the headline for an article from The Onion...nope it's Reuters! 010
ericliddel.bsky.social @ericliddel.bsky.social · 11/10/2026Roland....have you recently attended the Ian Dunt Linguistic Finishing School....the C-bombs are becoming a feature, if not fixture! 020
ericliddel.bsky.social @ericliddel.bsky.social · 11/10/2026Let's hear more about the whiskey....well hopefully you meant whisky :) What is your current go to dram? 110
ericliddel.bsky.social @ericliddel.bsky.social · 10/10/2026Can Putin please tell Trump that he's won the Nobel Peace prize, but he has to visit a Russian pneumonia research lab to receive it. 030
ericliddel.bsky.social @ericliddel.bsky.social · 10/10/2026Does Trump have a Mugabe moment before the end of his term where the Generals have had enough? 020
ericliddel.bsky.social @ericliddel.bsky.social · 10/10/2026I feel a deep musical immaturity compared to others here. I got stuck in the 90s, apart from the siren sounds of Roberta.my9albums.comMy 9 albumsGrace, First Take, OK Computer and 6 more. Pick yours on my9albums. 000
ericliddel.bsky.social @ericliddel.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Perhaps it's the clear link. He goes to war. Screws the global oil price pooch. Had to go to suckle at Putin's diesel pumps for a pitiful amount of fuel. So self-defeating and all in plain sight. 000
ericliddel.bsky.social @ericliddel.bsky.social · 09/10/2026I'm in the UK and I know that every time Trump does some abhorrent thing, you hope this might be the beginning of the end and it never is. But, there is something about this that just feels significant. 250
ericliddel.bsky.social @ericliddel.bsky.social · 09/10/2026If he was the CEO of any organisation with a Board that could remove him, he would be gone by Monday. 040
ericliddel.bsky.social @ericliddel.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Art of the deal my f%cking arse. 1. c$70bn US military costs and $50-100bn to allies 2. Give Iran a legitimate reason to close the Strait of Hormuz 3. Cost the global economy c$1-3trillion 4. Force up domestic fuel prices and inflation 5. Beg Putin for diesel 3 weeks before the midterms 140
ericliddel.bsky.social @ericliddel.bsky.social · 09/10/2026He could have the decency to do what everyone else is and buy it from India, who are refining Russian crude into diesel! 020
ericliddel.bsky.social @ericliddel.bsky.social · 09/10/2026If something does happen where the spell is broken, it may likely be something minor...straw, back, camel etc. Boris Johnson's downfall, to me, was the former Head of the Foreign Office saying that he lied and a few days later Johnson saying he would be PM for a decade....dominos started to topple. 010
ericliddel.bsky.social @ericliddel.bsky.social · 09/10/2026This feels less Putin stooge and more utterly incompetent President thrashing around a geopolitical chess board, playing an aggressive game that he doesn't have the skill or temperament to play. All the jawboning has failed. Midterms upon him. Time to call Putin Fuels Inc for some diesel. 2151
ericliddel.bsky.social @ericliddel.bsky.social · 09/10/2026If he was younger, he'd be in the running for the next James Bond. 000
ericliddel.bsky.social @ericliddel.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Well, it's understandable. It's not like they have an order of magnitude more MPs than say Reform UK or the Greens.... ....checks notes.... 010
ericliddel.bsky.social @ericliddel.bsky.social · 09/10/2026No. He'd come back with a different deadly plague after eating a Mammoth sphincter he found in the permafrost. 000
ericliddel.bsky.social @ericliddel.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Agreed. The Times leader reads like the headline for an article from The Onion...Tories 'will make you better off'.....If you are old and have assets. 010
ericliddel.bsky.social @ericliddel.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Another weird metastasis of the Great Replacement conspiracy theory .....animals replacing people on bank notes....wait are the animals native....... 020
ericliddel.bsky.social @ericliddel.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Agreed. I find these arbitrary political pile-ons weird. 2nd worst performance for Labour in Holborn since Frank Dobson in 2005, 43.2%, but no mention of that. If the narrative was Burnham had a bad start, this is what would be blaring from the political fog horns. 000
ericliddel.bsky.social @ericliddel.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Agreed. Criticising someone for being social media savvy is frankly bizarre. Also, what did Burnham do straight out of the traps, a bunch of social media videos. 020
ericliddel.bsky.social @ericliddel.bsky.social · 09/10/2026With respect, just because I voted for someone previously, doesn't mean I'll vote for the person they recommend the next time! 120
ericliddel.bsky.social @ericliddel.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Agreed. The footballisation of political polls and byelection results seems to have infected political analysis of the trends and results. Everyone expected to be on the rise up the table at all times. Membership rocketed. MPs elected. Second party in Holborn. But no....Polanski has to go. 020
ericliddel.bsky.social @ericliddel.bsky.social · 09/10/2026I don't understand the analysis that it was a given that Feinstein's votes moved across. They would have not just split to the Greens. If they all did then that is an achievement in itself. Remove the Zionism vote and say Greens did same or 1-2000 more. It would be considered to be a good effort. 110
ericliddel.bsky.social @ericliddel.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Ed Zitron currently demanding the finest muffins and bagels in the land.youtube.comVictory Is MineYouTube video by Bill Pascoe 000
ericliddel.bsky.social @ericliddel.bsky.social · 08/10/2026It seems to have taken a while for the Kemi wordplay to kick in, but Kemistry gives me the Kemi-ick 000
ericliddel.bsky.social @ericliddel.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Brutal....Johnson got the title of Poundland Churchill and May was the Poundland Thatcher. Kemi is Poundland drain cleaner to wash away the remaining credibility of the Tories. 110
ericliddel.bsky.social @ericliddel.bsky.social · 08/10/2026The right-wing media weapon of choice...the Kemi-automatic... 110
ericliddel.bsky.social @ericliddel.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Not on yet, but negotiations have commenced with initial arguments and red lines. 000
ericliddel.bsky.social @ericliddel.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Surely there is benefit in a nation coming to the realisation of their own insignificance! 010
ericliddel.bsky.social @ericliddel.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Look forward to watching Chris Mason and Laura Kuenssberg anchoring Reform UK YouTube. 020
ericliddel.bsky.social @ericliddel.bsky.social · 06/10/2026It took them 4 leaders to find a (coalition) winner last time, so can they hurry up and bin her. 000
