Reposted by @fou-fou.bsky.socialOtto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Liar. Small boat crossings peaked under Johnson in 2022 reaching 46,000 in 2022. In current year they are 18,565 and falling. Also prior to Boris Johnson's Brexit there were none. 23032741209
Reposted by @fou-fou.bsky.socialMayor of London, Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk · 19/08/2026This stopped me in my tracks. An independent study by @qmul.bsky.social has found that after ULEZ was introduced, children’s lungs grew faster in Central London and have now caught up with children outside of the capital. Incredible. 1563368974
Reposted by @fou-fou.bsky.socialIan Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 06/08/2026There's been a real failure on the part of progressive leaders this summer to link the weather and Net Zero in the public mind. Most people get it, but the consensus is crumbling and it would be useful to reinforce it. 551177295
Reposted by @fou-fou.bsky.socialBrent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 26/07/2026To carry 50,000 people per hour in each direction, a city needs a 175m wide road for cars. Even if those cars are electric. And then there’s all the parking. OR a city can move A LOT MORE people in a lot less space, with A LOT LESS public money, emissions, pollution, noise etc. Choices. Simple. 23952101443
Reposted by @fou-fou.bsky.socialKashana @kashana.blacksky.app · 19/07/2026First time in recorded history that a man has been simultaneously arrested by the cops and the fashion police 1725125779
fou-fou.bsky.social @fou-fou.bsky.social · 17/07/2026Privatised water has failed us. I’m backing @labourlewis.bsky.social’s call to ensure Andy Burnham meets water campaigners who’ve fought for years to clean up our water -not just the water bosses who’ve profited from the system. Add your name: actionnetwork.org/petitions/de...actionnetwork.orgDear Andy Burnham, meet with water campaigners to discuss bringing water back into public ownershipPrivatised water is a complete failure. I’m backing Clive Lewis' call to ensure that Andy Burnham meets frontline water campaigners who’ve fought for years to clean up our water -not just the water ... 010
Reposted by @fou-fou.bsky.socialChristabel Cooper @christabelcoops.bsky.social · 26/06/2026Extraordinary credit to Sadiq Khan for pushing through this deeply controversial policy. This is what can happen when politicians are prepared to stick to their principles. 20983268
Reposted by @fou-fou.bsky.socialJames O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 12/06/2026The most disgusting behaviour I’ve ever witnessed in public spaces was directed at Sadiq Khan by ‘anti-Ulez’ protesters, who of course received way more coverage, much of it friendly, than the scheme’s incredible success ever will. 622249729
Reposted by @fou-fou.bsky.socialKath @kathyburke.bsky.social · 04/06/2026My memoir, A Mind Of My Own is now available in paperback which means it’s cheaper. Hurrah! If you’d like a dedicated copy repost this and I’ll do a random pick of five winners in the next couple of days. If you’ve already bought/read or listened to the audible version thank you! ♥️📚 33461362
Reposted by @fou-fou.bsky.socialColin Baldy 🇪🇺 🇮🇹 🇬🇧 🌈 🔶#FBPE @maestroc.bsky.social · 03/06/2026How many of us feel in a cold rage today? Mine is directed at Farage & this comment on yesterday's Guardian piece by John Crace is spot on. The writer uses a pseudonym or I would credit them but, to whomever he or she is, I say bravo. 42936428
Reposted by @fou-fou.bsky.socialAlex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 16/05/2026Sneaking a giant screen into the flagshagger march is one of the funniest things @ledbydonkeys.org have ever done. "STAY HYDRATED" 😂🤣😂 342135134164
Reposted by @fou-fou.bsky.socialOtto 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
Reposted by @fou-fou.bsky.socialKOJAMF🤘🖤🤘 @kojamf.bsky.social · 05/04/2026Claude Malhuret Member of the Senate of France 212361
Reposted by @fou-fou.bsky.socialAlex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 14/02/2026Two immigrants top relevant Sunday Times list for most UK tax paid, as "patriot" multi-billionaire Ratcliffe lives as an immigrant in Monaco, to protect wealth so vast it is unspendable, while whining about immigrant UK care workers and NHS cleaners not pulling their weight. FUCK RIGHT OFF, "SIR".espn.co.ukErling Haaland and Mohamed Salah among Britain's biggest taxpayers on Sunday Times listErling Haaland was Britain's highest taxed footballer last year, paying nearly £17 million to the Treasury. 14785237
Reposted by @fou-fou.bsky.socialPeter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social · 11/02/2026Rarely mentioned but about much of Ratcliffe’s business ‘success’ is based on draining public money (very common among these ‘self made tycoons’) Eg democracyforsale.substack.com/p/ineos-set-...democracyforsale.substack.comOil giants set to make millions from Grangemouth refinery closureExclusive: Jim Ratcliffe's Ineos group in line for multi-million pound ‘pollution permits’ windfall as government called on to act 38532264
Reposted by @fou-fou.bsky.socialEliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 08/01/2026For those keeping score, Bellingcat, The New York Times Visual Investigation Team, & Washington Post's Visual Forensic team have all published analysis showing the ICE shooter wasn't in the path of Renee Nicole Good’s vehicle when he shot her, contradicting statements by the President & his cronies 448246918997
Reposted by @fou-fou.bsky.socialSteve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 27/12/2025Reminder that Henry Hoovers are made in Britain by a unionised workforce 1061593496
Reposted by @fou-fou.bsky.socialOtto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 01/11/2025The Andrew, formerly known as Prince, will only have his dogs, horses, domestic staff, the local gulf club, and the vast Sandringham estate to keep him company. Pray for him. www.telegraph.co.uk/royal-family...telegraph.co.ukWhat life will be like for Andrew as a commonerFormer Duke of York will only have his dogs, household staff and the whistling of the wind to keep him company 2491517360
Reposted by @fou-fou.bsky.socialRuss Jones @russincheshire.bsky.social · 31/10/2025Bastard motherfucking fireworks WHY!?!? My dog: petrified My cats: petrified Every pet in 10 miles: petrified Every wild animal: petrified And tomorrow: same again And Sunday And next weekend And the weekend after When I'm king of fucking everything, they're banned. Death penalty. End of. 4842444
Reposted by @fou-fou.bsky.socialHenry Morris @mrhenrymorris.substack.com · 30/10/2025Andrew to lose 'prince' title 20504129
Reposted by @fou-fou.bsky.socialKOJAMF🤘🖤🤘 @kojamf.bsky.social · 05/10/2025Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death. 8223812516937
Reposted by @fou-fou.bsky.socialJosiah Mortimer @josiahmortimer.bsky.social · 30/09/2025Some good news. London is meeting legal limits for toxic NO2 pollution for the first time – almost 200 years earlier than predicted – following the Mayor’s "world leading air pollution policies," City Hall announces. The Ultra Low Emissions Zone - and similar policies - really do work. 2347951426
Reposted by @fou-fou.bsky.socialSam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 16/08/2025Trump isn't a Russian agent. He's an attention seeking fool. And the amount of resources being taken up worldwide managing him is obscene. 40885149
Reposted by @fou-fou.bsky.socialFarrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 26/07/2025In light of Israel starving the population of Gaza Dr Amir Khan explains what happens when a human being starves "Right now children in Gaza are feeling this right now. This is not a natural death, it's a man made one. And it's preventable. Let aid in" 6297183
Reposted by @fou-fou.bsky.socialOtto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 07/06/2025This is excellent news. 611112339
Reposted by @fou-fou.bsky.socialDan Wuori @danwuori.bsky.social · 22/05/2025Watch and learn. 👀 🧠 I’ve written often about how infants learn language not just with their ears, but with their eyes. But I’ve rarely run across a better video example than this lovely moment shared to IG by seanandcaitlin. (Thread 🧵) 1766020700
Reposted by @fou-fou.bsky.socialOtto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 12/05/2025I have Egyptian, Australian, Polish, South African, Canadian, Norwegian, Iranian, Irish and British born neighbours, and we can barely get down the road without having a good old natter. If that's a Land of Strangers then bring it on. 761962289
Reposted by @fou-fou.bsky.socialRazzball @razzball.bsky.social · 22/04/2025Possibly the best interview of all-time 38963751048
Reposted by @fou-fou.bsky.socialBrian Moore @brianmoore666.bsky.social · 08/04/2025One cheer - many more if Mone gets nicked. 1859183
Reposted by @fou-fou.bsky.socialpara-handy.bsky.social @para-handy.bsky.social · 28/03/2025This is one of the most extraordinary monologues on the absurdity and madness of war I have heard I found it very moving. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZQgR...youtube.comPeter Capaldi reads a letter from WW1 Captain Reginald John Armes to his wifeYouTube video by Letters Live 55631
Reposted by @fou-fou.bsky.socialAuschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 28/03/202528 March 1885 | A Pole, Antoni Jakubski, was born. Professor of zoology, Polish Army officer. In #Auschwitz from 30 August 1940. In 1944 transferred to KL Mauthausen & liberated there. After the war he settled in London. He worked at the British Museum. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antoni_... 1058494
Reposted by @fou-fou.bsky.socialHugo Rifkind @hugorifkind.bsky.social · 28/03/2025The two places Trump wants - Greenland and Canada - share a land border. They fought the so-called Whisky War over it for almost half a century, and it was basically adorable. 13455124
Reposted by @fou-fou.bsky.socialBrian Moore @brianmoore666.bsky.social · 07/02/2025The desperation is so palpable it hurts. 143939101
Reposted by @fou-fou.bsky.socialPeter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 07/02/2025“Be clear about what Trump and Musk’s aid axe will do: people will face terror and starve, many will die” Gordon Brown www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...theguardian.comBe clear about what Trump and Musk’s aid axe will do: people will face terror and starve, many will die | Gordon BrownThe decimation of USAid is already having a terrible effect in some of the poorest places on the planet. It damages America: it will harm us all, says Gordon Brown, the UN’s special envoy for global e... 37967392
Reposted by @fou-fou.bsky.socialPrince Charles Cinema @princecharlescinema.com · 28/01/2025#SaveThePCC Some of you may have read about the situation regarding our new landlord wishing to add a new redevelopment break clause, with only 6 months notice to our lease. For now, we're simply asking you all to share & sign the petition below; you.38degrees.org.uk/p/princechar...you.38degrees.org.ukSave The Prince Charles CinemaThe iconic Prince Charles Cinema in London’s West End future is under serious threat! We are beyond disappointed that our landlords Zedwell LSQ Ltd and their ultimate parent company Criterion Capital... 8121492078
Reposted by @fou-fou.bsky.socialPrem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 28/01/2025Thames Water prices will be hiked by £19 a month from April. Sewage will be dumped in rivers, leaks will go unplugged, dividends will be paid, cost of servicing,£17bn debt passed to customers, execs will be rewarded for fleecing people. Predatory capitalism. www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...dailymail.co.ukThames Water confirm it WILL hike customers' prices by £19 a monthThames Water has announced plans to increase its prices by £19 a month in a move which it says is to invest in infrastructure over the next five years amid a spike in sewage pollution incidents. 46561320
Reposted by @fou-fou.bsky.socialFionna O’Leary @fascinatorfun.bsky.social · 28/01/2025I wish I could say I was surprised that Rosy, a 53 year old, hitherto an assistant librarian at Portsmouth University can’t get funding for 24 hour care despite having advanced motor neurons disease meaning she struggles to hold a book. Too weak to breathe easily, reliant on a ventilator at night 817659
Reposted by @fou-fou.bsky.socialSusie Dent @susiedentwords.bsky.social · 22/01/2025Word of day is ‘unasinous’ (17th century): united in stupidity. A riff on ‘unanimous’: which comes from the Latin for ‘one mind’. ‘Unasinous’ means ‘one ass’. 18370911902
Reposted by @fou-fou.bsky.socialAlice Roberts @profaliceroberts.bsky.social · 14/01/2025In early 2020, a pandemic was spreading. The UK’s PM went on a 10 day half-term holiday during which he was uncontactable and the government went into panic mode, focusing, as Hancock related to the COVID enquiry, on buying enough body bags. 1/8 942102924
Reposted by @fou-fou.bsky.socialWill Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 08/01/2025Jimmy Carter, a visionary on ending fossil fuels, put solar panels on the White House. Big Oil-backed Ronald Reagan ousted Carter in 1980 and ripped them out Tonight, as Carter lies in in state in the Capitol, a climate-fueled wildfire is destroying Reagan's former hometown of Pacific Palisades 495166955319
Reposted by @fou-fou.bsky.socialNick Knudsen @nickknudsenus.bsky.social · 04/12/2024If you see this post, can you please help spread this information? #ASafeChoice is a referral network of physicians who provide medication abortion services ACROSS THE US. People everywhere need to know about this option. These doctors have capacity to help more women! Let’s spread word! ❤️✊social.demcast.comClick to Visit #ASafeChoice Network 6563047720625
Reposted by @fou-fou.bsky.socialBrent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 02/12/2024IMPORTANT: Paris has been implementing a 5-Year Pedestrian Plan: - 300 million € invested by 2026 - 100 new hectares of pedestrian space - 100 more “streets for kids” - Focus on 0 pedestrian deaths #VisionZero - Longer pedestrian cross times geared to seniors Leadership. Does your city have one? 26808157
Reposted by @fou-fou.bsky.socialPeter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 27/11/2024🚨URGENT - PLEASE SHARE Amilah is 9 & needs a stem cell transplant, but there are no matches worldwide. Her family are calling for as many people as possible aged 16-30 to sign up and become a potential donor. It’s simple to join the register using this link🙏 www.anthonynolan.org/help-save-a-... 6348488
Reposted by @fou-fou.bsky.socialGeorge Hahn @georgehahn.com · 17/11/202420 useful tips on surviving the #broligarchy…theguardian.comHow to survive the broligarchy: 20 lessons for the post-truth world | Carole CadwalladrIn the wake of Trump’s unnerving appointees, the investigative journalist and veteran of the libel court offers pointers on coping in an age of surveillance 17479158
![In 1984, Canadian soldiers visited the island and planted a Canadian flag, also leaving a bottle of Canadian whisky.[10] The Danish Minister of Greenland Affairs came to the island himself later the same year with the Danish flag, a bottle of snaps, and a letter stating "Welcome to the Danish Island" (Velkommen til den danske ø).[11][12][13] The two countries proceeded to take turns planting their flags on the island and exchanging alcoholic beverages.[14] In 2005 a Canadian man and an unknown source on the Danish side also posted advertisements on Google to "promote their claims".[14][15][16]
The minor border dispute was often considered humorous between the two nations, with diplomats displaying good humour. Despite the serious official nature of the matter, the manner in which the conflict was prosecuted was light-hearted, demonstrated by the length of time taken to settle the dispute, if nothing else. The two nations are on friendly terms, and are also founding members of NATO.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:abgvvtq35ocdxplvcpi7yjce/bafkreig7t5xgy5njclpmuf6pb5qf2mnnfyotwc2totd2mnxj2ulm3vqate)
