Reposted by Gavin EslerJo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Visit the Sick Visit the Imprisoned Feed the Hungry Give Drink to the Thirsty Shelter the Homeless Bury the Dead Clothe the Naked. Saw this today as a checklist for Christians, and, as always, wondered how the Christian Right in the USA is matching up. 77020
Gavin Esler @gavinesler.bsky.social · 22hA real eye-opener from @elisabethkendall.bsky.social on yet another result of Trump’s war with Iran - Houthi forces in Yemen seizing land on the Red Sea coast and potentially affecting shipping heading to the Suez Canal Zone. Worth a listen (link below) @thisisnotadrillpod.bsky.social 067
Gavin Esler @gavinesler.bsky.social · 01/10/2026I do wonder what some politicians are scared of …. 922080
Reposted by Gavin EslerJack Lynch @jacklynch000.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Teaching Swift today, and will always share this on “Modest Proposal” day. 571789374
Reposted by Gavin EslerBest for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 28/09/2026More than 7,500 people have signed our petition calling on Ofcom to take immediate action. Add your name: bestforbritain.org/petition/farage-… 12354169
Reposted by Gavin EslerStephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 29/09/2026“Do I know that person or have I just accidentally made eye contact with them enough times that I think I do?” - the party conference story. 141472
Gavin Esler @gavinesler.bsky.social · 28/09/2026You hanging around churchyards after dark again Ian … ? (Great pic btw) 0431
Gavin Esler @gavinesler.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Wonder what kind of day Kash Patel is having at FBI headquarters. Anyone know? 3305
Reposted by Gavin EslerJosiah Mortimer @josiahmortimer.bsky.social · 22/09/2026🔴 Royal British Legion Says It Wants ‘No Association’ With Anti-Migrant Group Behind Poppy Fundraisers Exclusive: The charity says it never authorised a Hampshire group’s ‘Raise the Poppies’ appeal, as crowdfunding sites take pages down bylinetimes.com/2026/09/22/r...bylinetimes.comRoyal British Legion Says It Wants 'No Association' With Anti-Migrant Group Behind Poppy FundraisersThe charity says it never authorised a Hampshire group's 'Raise the Poppies' appeal, as crowdfunding sites take pages down 18666283
Reposted by Gavin EslerJames Cameron @jjjcameron.bsky.social · 22/09/2026As you would expect, Danish media are going over the new Greenland agreement with a fine-tooth comb and they cannot find a lot to write about, honestly.dr.dkOVERBLIK Hvad står der i den nye aftale? 1345
Gavin Esler @gavinesler.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Um … well, he got headlines. And distractions from the real world. Which is what it’s about. 3487
Gavin Esler @gavinesler.bsky.social · 22/09/2026And how important Germany is to the UK and all of Europe @annettedittert.bsky.social 09110
Gavin Esler @gavinesler.bsky.social · 22/09/2026I’m not sure I’d be saying that to British passport holders in Belfast or Glasgow or Cardiff but if Mr Rees-Mogg plans to do so I’d be happy to film it for posterity. 9799
Gavin Esler @gavinesler.bsky.social · 20/09/2026American academic abroad finds that foreign countries have their own currencies. And then explains it to the rest of us. 1613127
Gavin Esler @gavinesler.bsky.social · 19/09/2026The cartoonist gets it: (thanks @gylesnamopaleen.bsky.social ) 2395
Gavin Esler @gavinesler.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Isn’t Sir Jim Ratcliffe an immigrant to Monaco? Happy to be corrected on this of course …. And do British people abroad only consider themselves “expats?” And never “immigrants?” 5544993
Reposted by Gavin EslerKate Starbird @katestarbird.bsky.social · 18/09/2026My mom had polio when she was five. She was living on a US military base in Japan (1947). Four kids on the base died. She was the only survivor. 1002990849
Reposted by Gavin EslerEddie Burfi @eddieburfi.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Just look at the glee on Nigel Farage’s face as he watches a Piddington resident cry about the overt racism she, her Caribbean heritage husband, and their two children have felt in the village during the referendum. Time and again he’s showing us exactly who he is. 2101924738
Reposted by Gavin EslerDaniel Sugarman @danielsugarman.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Today's Spectator e-mail has absolutely knocked it out the park in terms of offering me an article I would rather go swimming in shark infested waters than read, truly the Trump Vs Musk of comment pieces. 711615
Reposted by Gavin EslerBrandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Things really shaping up for Republicans in the mid-terms 14813182
Gavin Esler @gavinesler.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Yes. Closed curtains and sunglasses (!) horrible. 2182
Gavin Esler @gavinesler.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Those of us who had measles as a child - invluding me aged five - remember it as one of the most horrible experiences of our childhood. It’s child cruelty to push this unscientific nonsense. 1213135
Reposted by Gavin EslerKyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Federal employees were paid $9.5 billion not to work in 2025 under DOGE. As part of the Trump-Musk DOGE program to shrink the federal work force, paid administrative leave costs rose by 435%.nytimes.comFederal Employees Were Paid $9.5 Billion Not to Work in 2025 Under DOGE EffortAs part of the Department of Government Efficiency’s program to shrink the federal work force, paid administrative leave costs rose by 435 percent. 8019701014
Reposted by Gavin EslerAnnette Dittert @annettedittert.bsky.social · 15/09/2026..and for my followers in London: There are a few tickets left for this 👇 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/dear-brita...eventbrite.co.ukDear Britain: An Evening with Annette DittertWhat does Britain look like through German eyes? 17117
Gavin Esler @gavinesler.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Very interesting from @theguardian.com and for those good journalists at The Telegraph a moment to decide what the job of reporting is supposed to be. Or not. 05412
Gavin Esler @gavinesler.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Perhaps someone needs to explain “inheritance tax” and its connection to … er … death rather than work. 1314132
Reposted by Gavin EslerJo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social · 14/09/2026The fallacy that University leaders pushing AI are falling into is thinking that the point of undergraduate research is to find things out. It isn't. What students find out is typically already generally known. The point of undergraduate research is to learn how to find things out. 351442412
Gavin Esler @gavinesler.bsky.social · 14/09/2026This mail arrived today - it’s what I used to get through a whole week … and now it seems only to be delivered once a week. I don’t blame post office or “Royal” Mail workers , but is it time to stop pretending there’s anything “Royal” about the mail in Britain? Any suggestions for a better name? 38517
Gavin Esler @gavinesler.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Follow the money? Worth a listen: @bunkerpod.bsky.social 03011
Gavin Esler @gavinesler.bsky.social · 12/09/2026Thank you Count Binface - absolutely the right question- anyone know the answer ….? 323742
Reposted by Gavin EslerAdam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 11/09/2026And what you really think is the most hackneyed bunch of Westminster talking points imaginable 10533852
Reposted by Gavin EslerRobert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social · 12/09/2026Reform is the richest party in Britain. Its leaders are almost all millionaires. It is funded almost exclusively by billionaires. It has a supportive TV station and widespread media backing. So naturally, this donation comes with the usual attack on "elites". www.theguardian.com/politics/202...theguardian.comReform UK given record £36m donation by British crypto billionaireBen Delo was convicted in US for failing to implement adequate anti-money laundering controls but pardoned by Trump 371010469