Reposted by PhilBlueDotBubba@LesDepew.bsky.social @bluedotbubba.bsky.social · 15/08/2025We know, he knows we know, he has to stay in office to stay out of prison. 26638240 0
Reposted by PhilDr Eleanor Janega @goingmedieval.bsky.social · 16/08/2025London, in fact, is the best. I will go to the mat time and time again for my city, and anyone telling you it is scary or dangerous is just a weird racist. 1331534 0
Reposted by PhilCambridge for Europe @cambsforeurope.bsky.social · 16/08/2025So, after their meeting Putin declared he has “an understanding” with Trump and urged Europe to “not throw a wrench in the works” and “not use backroom dealings” to torpedo it. No! Ukraine and European allies must seize control and reject the dictators stich-up. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...theguardian.comNo deal, and no answers, after brief Trump-Putin talks on Ukraine in AlaskaUS president claims ‘great progress’ with Russian leader but ends press conference abruptly without taking questions 2208 0
Reposted by PhilEdwin Hayward @edwinhayward.com · 15/08/2025This is a frightening escalation from the Tories and Reform. You may personally disagree with the outcome of a jury trial. But it is absolutely correct from the point of view of how our legal system works, and has worked for centuries. Due process followed to the letter. No two-tier justice here! 27627 0
Reposted by PhilIan Bond @cerianbond.bsky.social · 16/08/2025The ‘Matilda’ theory of international relations: “I'm right & you're wrong, I'm big & you're small, & there's nothing you can do about it.” How did that work out in the book? Europe can & must now ensure that Trump & Putin can’t bully Ukraine into defeat. More aid, more sanctions & seize RU assets! 513837 0
Reposted by PhilEhijacked 📎 @ehijacked.bsky.social · 16/08/2025“For those who feared the summit on Ukraine might resemble Chamberlain’s appeasement of Hitler in 1938, the reality was worse” www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...theguardian.comLove in a cold climate: Putin romances Trump in Alaska with talk of rigged elections and a trip to MoscowFor those who feared the summit on Ukraine might resemble Chamberlain’s appeasement of Hitler in 1938, the reality was worse 142 0
Reposted by PhilBest for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 14/08/2025Farage spread misinformation during the Brexit referendum and continues to do so now. We need to keep calling him out. 📣 Share if you agree. 🔁 www.independent.co.uk/travel/news-a…independent.co.ukFarage's EU-entry myth busted after red-tape claimsExclusive: Nigel Farage warning that holidaymakers going to Europe must ‘prove medical insurance' is false 514991 0
Reposted by Phil𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 @sundaedivine.lol · 16/08/2025"Trump turns being artless into an art form; he is a Picasso of pettiness; a Shakespeare of shit. Even his flaws have flaws. God knows there have always been stupid people in the world, and plenty of nasty people too. But rarely has stupidity been so nasty, or nastiness so stupid." -Nate White 471435389 0
Reposted by PhilJack Hopkins-The Original @therealjackhopkins.bsky.social · 16/08/2025The REAL STORY is STILL THIS: AND WE MUST KEEP IT THAT WAY. 333116614799 0
Reposted by PhilPatti Olivier 💙VOTE BLUE @patti3333.bsky.social · 15/08/2025Don't know who did this but have to share Never forget the #EpsteinFiles 29849333 0
Reposted by PhilRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 15/08/2025Trump has entered into a new and wilder stage of authoritarian neofascism. No holds barred. Nothing out of bounds. But tyrants cannot succeed where people refuse to submit to them. And we must not submit. 10240001072 0
Reposted by PhilNick Reeves #FBPE #NAFO @nickreeves.bsky.social · 15/08/2025Farage is a 'Putin apologist', Defence Secretary tells LBC ahead of Ukraine peace summit in Alaska. Farage isn't just a 'Putin apologist'. He's a Putin tool promoted by Russia and doing Putin's work. www.lbc.co.uk/article/fara...lbc.co.ukFarage is a 'Putin apologist', Defence Secretary tells LBC ahead of Ukraine peace summit in Alaska | LBCThe Defence Secretary has branded Reform UK leader Nigel Farage a “Putin apologist” hours before the Russian leader meets with Donald Trump in Alaska. 24221 0
Reposted by PhilBremain in Spain @bremaininspain.com · 15/08/2025A Reform UK council leader moaned about Eurostar not stopping at two train stations - but didn’t mention that a major reason they don’t is down to Brexit. www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...mirror.co.ukReform UK leader moans about Eurostar skipping stations without mentioning whyThe cross-channel train service used to stop at both Ashford International and Ebbsfleet International stations in Kent - but company bosses have a good reason why they stopped 517766 0
Reposted by PhilAlex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 15/08/2025I genuinely do NOT understand the idiocy of having Putin proxies on TV News, like Sergei Markov just now screaming Russian propaganda on Sky News for ten minutes. We are at war with Russia. When before has UK media ever platformed enemy states who attack our allies and poison people in our streets? 811710418 0
Reposted by PhilJosiah Mortimer @josiahmortimer.bsky.social · 15/08/2025Politico: "Nigel Farage is demanding Keir Starmer allow him to nominate Reform peers to the House of Lords in a letter which makes the front of the Times." How on earth has this made the front page? It's the ultimate "he would say that, wouldn't he" story 3542377 0
Reposted by PhilCambridge for Europe @cambsforeurope.bsky.social · 15/08/2025Trump has shown his contempt for European democracies time and again. Europe must take control of its own security, and spend all that is necessary to secure the freedom of Ukraine and end dependence on the USA. Don't let Anchorage be a 2nd Munich. eastangliabylines.co.uk/news/world/m...eastangliabylines.co.ukMilitary support to Ukraine is more important than enlargementEU enlargement alone won’t bring peace or security to Ukraine. Without increased military support, Europe risks prolonging the war 012 0
Reposted by PhilDocHackenBOOOOOsh @dochackenbush.bsky.social · 08/08/2025*sigh* once again I am imploring people to STOP USING THE OCEAN BOILING PLAGIARISM MACHINE TO DUNK ON THE OCEAN BOILING PLAGIARISM MACHINE. “LOL I tried to get it to spell blueberry and it was wrong!” Congratulations! You are part of the fucking problem 7369125 0
Reposted by PhilLuke McGee @lukemcgee.bsky.social · 14/08/2025If Trump falls for Putin’s charm on Friday and sells out Ukraine, he will do more damage to Europe than any trade tariff or attack on regulation could ever dream. My latest for @thenewworldmag.bsky.social www.thenewworld.co.uk/luke-mcgee-t...thenewworld.co.ukThe warm embrace that could freeze EuropeDonald Trump has favoured Ukraine over Russia in recent weeks. But when he meets Putin in Alaska, all that could change 35621 0
Reposted by PhilSarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 13/08/2025Every day, politicians and the right wing media whip up hatred and fear of migrants. None of them say this is wrong. None of them make the positive case for immigration. None of them tell the truth. And then, today, someone did speak out, and the sodding BBC sodding apologised for them. I give up. 33751248 0
Reposted by PhilSue Wilson MBE @suewilson91.bsky.social · 14/08/2025True, but that 'convenient paper' gives you considerable rights as an EU citizenship. Rights that Brexit, & Trump, have taken/are taking from so many. 1123 0
Reposted by PhilGeorge Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 14/08/2025The moment he named his platform “Truth Social” we were headed this way. 462217907425 0
Reposted by PhilJames O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 13/08/2025'Honest Bob' Jenrick, a politician obviously & deliberately embracing xenophobia, does some weapons grade xenophobia & the BBC *apologises* for a Thought For The Day contributor calling it xenophobic. Licence fee payers need to know who makes these decisions & why. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukBBC apologises after Robert Jenrick accused of xenophobiaA contributor to Radio 4's Thought for the Day slot made the remark about the shadow justice secretary. 1812374714 0
Reposted by PhilNick Reeves #FBPE #NAFO @nickreeves.bsky.social · 14/08/2025It is a pity that we can't deport the far-right thugs. The country would be far better off without them, and they would find out what it's like being an asylum seeker. It might even teach them a basic bit of humanity. 64421 0
Reposted by PhilDr. Krista A. Milne @kmilne.bsky.social · 13/08/2025I don't understand how every picture of my cat makes her look like a motivational speaker 134543 0
Reposted by PhilCliff Chapman VO @cliffchapman.bsky.social · 14/08/2025Blimey, Sid, you seen that? 1161 0
Reposted by PhilPrem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 14/08/2025UK coup made us corporate slaves. Post Office scandal, no one charged for false convictions. Grenfell fire, 72 died, no one charged Water companies, 1,137 criminal convictions, still operating. Energy companies, £514bn operating profit. No curbs. Corporate lawlessness is the new normleftfootforward.orgHow we can fight back against the right-wing coupFor a better future the power of corporations and wealthy elites must be curbed and reversed 27715373 0
Reposted by PhilPrem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 13/08/2025Chinese firm a leading contender to buy Thames Water. 90% of water already owned from abroad. Shareholders out of touch with realities. Tax on dividends dodged. Any private ownership will mean continuation of profits, dividends, neglect, fleecing. Public ownership is the only way forward.theguardian.comChinese firm a leading contender to buy Thames Water, reports sayHong Kong’s CKI among those lining up to acquire struggling company if it collapses 21380196 0
Reposted by PhilM Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 13/08/2025Now Obama is The President "We The People" can be Proud Of....... 21454851482 0
Reposted by PhilNick Reeves #FBPE #NAFO @nickreeves.bsky.social · 13/08/2025Mainstream criticism of Farage treats him as a normal politician. That is folly. Farage is not a normal politician. His Goebbelsian lies, his threats of terrorist violence, his subservience to Putin and Trump, and his creepy admiration of Andrew Tate are what the mainstream should be attacking. 0147 0
Reposted by PhilParody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 12/08/2025Urged by who? Nigel Farage? The dickhead who created the problem in the first place with his Brexit shitshow, despite being told that this is exactly what would happen? Fuck right off. 321044230 0
Reposted by PhilLeft Of Center Orange Hater @leftocorangehater.bsky.social · 12/08/2025 23864081951 0
Reposted by PhilEsther @elhopkins.bsky.social · 12/08/2025Not one national paper talked about this. That’s how far things have gone. 4308144 0
Reposted by PhilJeff Sharlet @jeffsharlet.bsky.social · 11/08/2025The military takeover of Washington is not a “distraction” from Epstein. It’s a military takeover of Washington, which is an even bigger deal, and those of us who kill brain cells reporting on this stuff knows it’s been an explicit goal since before the election. 426129903888 0
Reposted by PhilBest for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 12/08/2025"Disastrously wrenching our country out of the European Union was a cranky obsession of relatively few plastic patriots who hoodwinked a minor majority subsequently regretting the giant con." Spot on by Kevin Maguire. ~AA www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...mirror.co.uk'Brexit was a giant con by plastic patriots – we need a plan to get back in EU'The Mirror's Kevin Maguire argues the only way for Britain to return to its former prosperity is with a plan to return to the EU after Brexit proved to be a giant con that only leaves us poorer and we... 281207351 0
Reposted by Phil🎃Autopsy of Ashley Lynch 🔪🎞️ @ashleylynch.bsky.social · 12/08/2025Man, I just read a quote from Carrie Fisher that's going to be burned into my brain forever. "Things are getting worse faster than we can lower our standards." 242120627 0
Reposted by PhilSarah J. Jackson @sjjphd.bsky.social · 11/08/2025Really should have stuck with calling them creepy, uncool, goofy weirdos. 221065139 0
Reposted by PhilKevin Maguire @kevmag.bsky.social · 11/08/2025Brexit was a giant con by plastic patriots – we need a plan to get back in EU. www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...mirror.co.uk'Brexit was a giant con by plastic patriots – we need a plan to get back in EU'The Mirror's Kevin Maguire argues the only way for Britain to return to its former prosperity is with a plan to return to the EU after Brexit proved to be a giant con that only leaves us poorer and we... 312229 0
Reposted by PhilAlex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 11/08/2025OMFG the BLEATING of the "victims" of VAT on private schools is one of the most insufferable lobbies in the entire social media sphere. You're paying VAT for your little darlings. Get over it and get a life. If you can't afford it, join us, The Plebs, in the state system. 1/3 561262203 0
Reposted by PhilAdam Bell @adambell.bsky.social · 11/08/2025I find it extremely hard to describe very low power prices and a market so competitive that returns are being squeezed in favour of consumer surplus as a 'meltdown'. Spain is growing at 2.5% a year, a figure the Chancellor would kill for. www.ft.com/content/0894...ft.comThe story behind Spain’s solar power meltdownPedro Sánchez calls his country a ‘global benchmark’ in the transition to greener energy, but prices — and profits — have plunged 68023 0
Reposted by PhilSarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 11/08/2025The people who brought you Brexit on a promise of ‘control’ now threaten civil unrest and frothing racism as govt policy… For love of god can we just stop listening to anything they have to say. They represent nothing but inadequacy and failure. Surely our country can do better than this. 912272640 0
Reposted by Philsherbety.bsky.social @sherbety.bsky.social · 10/08/2025He’s not going to, doesn’t want to, it entirely suits his agenda of destabilising British political discourse. The problem for him is it’s unlikely to work. The problem for us is he’s not going to stop. The fact that the racist minority are a small minority doesn’t stop them being a problem. 011 0
Reposted by PhilThe Empty City @davidallengreen.bsky.social · 10/08/2025Once upon a time there was a prohibition. Some claimed it was justified by things we could not be told, others insisted it was right in principle. But many said it was one of the most illiberal and misconceived prohibitions they had ever seen. And in practice the prohibition was very daft indeed. 038471 0