Reposted by Francis HarrisKatie Martin @katie0martin.ft.com · 10/10/2026I dare you to try this in London. Those clankers will be locked in the loo in 'spoons with traffic cones on their heads before you can say bleep 2010317
Francis Harris @francish.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Which also suggests an authoritarian stark, a la Boris Johnson and Europe Not sure I want MPs treated like that 010
Reposted by Francis HarrisIan Bond @cerianbond.bsky.social · 05/10/2026I like the term used by the Sahaidachnyi Security Center in Kyiv (not on Bluesky, I think): 'The Everywhere War': sahasec.org/tracker/. Russian officials keep telling us that Russia is at war with the West; Western officials seem very slow to believe them, in spite of the evidence.sahasec.orgThe Everywhere War – Sub-Threshold Warfare Tracker 2228
Francis Harris @francish.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Agree, though the hardline on Europe, a near-phobia, continues to hurt them This situation should be fairly easy for the Tories - just sound like the grown-ups Not quite hearing that yet 110
Reposted by Francis HarrisMark @quigonsmith.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Fewer Greens than a Scotsman’s diet. 141
Francis Harris @francish.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Your bread always looks good. Not sure the consumer is bothered as long as it's excellent (because that's very rare) 001
Francis Harris @francish.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Facing a competitive election? Then you’d better ditch extreme trans policies, because ordinary voters dislike political fanatics 081
Reposted by Francis HarrisDarth Putin @darthputinkgb.bsky.social · 19/09/2026When you vote for the wrong candidate. 681440430
Francis Harris @francish.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Mrs Harris also went, albeit with a Czech delegation Said it was the most sinister place she’d ever been 110
Francis Harris @francish.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Rather up herself as I recall though that just put her on a par with many male correspondents 110
Francis Harris @francish.bsky.social · 19/09/2026He had a group of youngish female zealots following him at one point Rather weird 110
Francis Harris @francish.bsky.social · 19/09/2026I’d never think your were stupid enough to get within his range Great story though You ended up sleeping in the stairwell? 120
Francis Harris @francish.bsky.social · 17/09/2026I saw what communism did when I reported there in the 80s and 90s. The idea that westerners now think it’s an admirable political theory is simply mind-numbing 150
Reposted by Francis HarrisMax Boot @maxboot.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Gary Rosen: Bolsheviks are unsentimental killers; their program is to seize and hold state power through force and terror. The program of today’s DSA revolutionaries is expressive, romantic and, I would argue, only secondarily political. www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...washingtonpost.comOpinion | Bolsheviks? The DSA is only cosplaying revolution.The organization’s platform is sometimes horrifying — but also starry-eyed and naive. 7213
Reposted by Francis HarrisStephen Graham @stephengraham.bsky.social · 16/09/2026The best TV show ever? Yes. 2141
Reposted by Francis Harriscallthistea.bsky.social @callthistea.bsky.social · 15/09/2026TUC Motion 17 Erases Women From Their Own Rights “TUC Motion 17 commits 5.3m trade unionists to campaign for gender self-declaration. It never once uses the word “woman”. This is how a movement legislates over women’s rights while pretending not to see them.” 👍 heartlandstribune.com/tuc-motion-1...heartlandstribune.comTUC Motion 17 Erases Women From Their Own Rights - The Heartlands TribuneTUC Motion 17 would change the law on who counts as a woman. It never names women. From single-sex spaces to Darlington nurses: what the TUC voted for. 54320
Reposted by Francis HarrisMark @quigonsmith.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Changing rules retrospectively is not the fair or British way, says the party wanting to strip millions of people of their Indefinite Leave to Remain. 082
Francis Harris @francish.bsky.social · 10/09/2026It’s a private member’s bill and within the HoL’s rights to reject I don’t see how it can involve the Parliament Act 010
Francis Harris @francish.bsky.social · 10/09/2026It wasn't a criticism, simply an observation You're right of course about the by-election but politicians do keep in their heads the idea that a policy will please certain groups of voters 000
Francis Harris @francish.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Hard to see how it changes Israeli policy when even the government is briefing that US that it's posturing And unlikely to hurt settlements, which will presumably pass their avocados or whatever to non-sanctioned farms It might help in Holborn though 100
Francis Harris @francish.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Old New Yorker friend always approaches the baker and demands: "You boiled them, right?" 010
Francis Harris @francish.bsky.social · 06/09/2026He'd blocked me though we'd had no exchanges here. Determined man (or bonkers, one or the other) 010
Francis Harris @francish.bsky.social · 06/09/2026We've all had encounters with mad Duncan Thing is, he's absolutely rational on almost everything else, but recites the catechisms of the Church of Trans for this issue Very strange man 491
Reposted by Francis HarrisIngenious name @ingeniousname.bsky.social · 05/09/2026But if she feels unsafe in the changing room/ public loo/prison/crisis shelter/hospital ward…..she’s just a bigot and should be kinder. 0243
Francis Harris @francish.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Using the racist David Miller as a "journalist" A new low (though we already knew you lot were racist) 0130
Reposted by Francis HarrisMeanwhile in Ukraine @meanwhileua.bsky.social · 23/08/2026This little girl is not a military target. She smiles and walks on a prosthetic leg while Russia keeps turning Ukrainian homes, hospitals and neighborhoods into targets. Before speaking of “compromises,” leaders should look at her. Those who want to shape the world do not get to look away. 320058
Francis Harris @francish.bsky.social · 21/08/2026I think you're right The far-left omnicause includes the demand that we accept outright lies about deviant men while also insisting that 18th century "colonialism" now privileges some people at the expense of others. So yes, the link is authoritarianism 000
Francis Harris @francish.bsky.social · 16/08/2026He’s also climbed into bed with outright antisemites and Islamists I hear exactly this language from Jewish people 210
Reposted by Francis HarrisNick Wallis @nickwallis.bsky.social · 15/08/2026Regulator for NHS psychotherapists wants members to “actively promote inclusion”, “educate” clients with bad views, thinks “eco-distress” is “beautiful” and wants to ban challenging self-declared identities. genderblog.net/call-for-nhs...genderblog.netCall for NHS therapists to “educate” clientsThe BABCP home page The British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies (BABCP) has proposed requiring its therapists to “actively promote inclusion” during therapy se… 4148
Francis Harris @francish.bsky.social · 15/08/2026Not sure what the alleged crime is here A book reviewer asking for a copy of the book and a journalist saying she's looking forward to it You could just say, I don't like these people which would at least be honest 7140
Francis Harris @francish.bsky.social · 08/08/2026Is the message that men can become women by a simple statement? Because that’s deeply reactionary and harmful to all women (and most men) 030
Francis Harris @francish.bsky.social · 08/08/2026And you, in your infinite wisdom, think women are only challenging people since the Supreme Court ruling? You can't think that It's too stupid, even for you 030
Francis Harris @francish.bsky.social · 08/08/2026The West has no good answer to this We should have done it in 2023 2391
Francis Harris @francish.bsky.social · 08/08/2026This is *not* an opinion piece from one of the outlet's whacky columnists It's an editorial. This is the Guardian's official voice. This is what Kath Viner and her senior people think 010
Francis Harris @francish.bsky.social · 08/08/2026In 2016, Guardian revenue from the US was close to zero. Now it's about 25%, and rising fast A growing tail is wagging an ever-thinner dog 150
Francis Harris @francish.bsky.social · 08/08/2026The liberal Guardian that I grew up reading (among other papers) would have rejected this language and the ideas behind it Equity means equality of outcomes not opportunity. It's poison to a democratic state 110
Francis Harris @francish.bsky.social · 08/08/2026The growing foreign-influenced extremism of the Guardian is clear from its use of radical language re Arday. It talks of the need to reach "progressive goals", of "equity" and blames the (white) "elite" This is the noxious terminology of the US far left www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...theguardian.comThe Guardian view on Jason Arday: diversity advocates must stand firm | EditorialEditorial: Serious failings by one academic, and his bosses at the University of Cambridge, should not be allowed to undermine wider progressive goals 3120
Francis Harris @francish.bsky.social · 05/08/2026That's precisely what the trans extremist movement has been seeking to avoid for the past decade The reason? Once voters understand the terms for the surrender of women's rights/sports/prisons/rape centres and so on, they will revolt So go ahead mate Good luck 020
Francis Harris @francish.bsky.social · 05/08/2026They don’t care, the trans yobs Quite a number seem to enjoy or approve of violence against women. 110
Francis Harris @francish.bsky.social · 05/08/2026Trans extremists would like you to do as you’re told It’s an illiberal and authoritarian quasi-religion which diminishes and relegates women 040
Reposted by Francis HarrisBat Terror @mattthr.bsky.social · 04/08/2026BWM cars now showing owners and unskippable ad for the new Spider Man Film whenever they start the vehicle. This shit needs to become illegal, yesterday, else how long before you have to watch it *before* you can start the vehicle. 135820188
Francis Harris @francish.bsky.social · 04/08/2026Argh, we had that with a kid at son’s primary We were terrified he’d end up in the same secondary (But he didn’t) 010
Francis Harris @francish.bsky.social · 04/08/2026Explode like meltdown? It’s much harder when you know your kid so well you can understand every twitch And painful Poor lad, poor Bert Just hope the mood will change 010
