Reposted by SaffronThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 12/02/2025Pop quiz: People are saying the kid says “you’re not the president you need to go away” — do y’all hear it too? 3441274128087 0
Reposted by SaffronJosiah Mortimer @josiahmortimer.bsky.social · 22/01/2025Quite telling that Byline Times (well, me) was the only outlet to ask about the phone hacking settlement at lobby with No 10 just now... 🤐 131017202 0
Reposted by SaffronCarole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 19/01/2025NEW: Tomorrow the tech gods will ascend to the presidential dais. The image of the bros + Trump is going to be seared into our brains. It's up to us now. My eve-of-inauguration post open.substack.com/pub/broligar...open.substack.comThe tech gods arriveAs our new broverlords ascend to the presidential dais, it's up to us now 971662577 0
Reposted by SaffronBrooklynDad_Defiant! @mmpadellan.bsky.social · 20/01/2025"[Elon] knows those computers better than anybody. Those vote counting computers. And we ended up winning Pennsylvania like in a landslide. IS THAT A FUCKING CONFESSION??? h/t: @acyn.bsky.social 1685155234368 0
Reposted by SaffronMike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 10/01/2025🔥 RESULT! On Jan 15th we have a debate in parliament on a Youth Mobility scheme. Please use this form below to contact your MP and ask them to attend. 👇👇europeanmovement.co.ukAsk your MP to support youth mobility and opportunities in EuropeContact your MP today and ask them to attend the debate on 15th January in Parliament 26540210 0
Reposted by SaffronPeter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 01/01/2025“All donations that originate from abroad, no matter who is the final donor, should be banned. Only UK citizens should be allowed to donate to British political organisations. This would, by necessity mean no donations from private companies; PLCs, LTDs..” eastangliabylines.co.uk/politics/fig...eastangliabylines.co.ukFight back against fascism: how big money is threatening democracyFascism thrives when democracy falters. From funding Reform to vigilance, here’s how we protect our future 20159921676 0
Saffron @guindora.bsky.social · 18/12/2024Farage and the Tories use “small boats” to justify ECHR exit, but in reality, it is a ploy & part of the bigger agenda to deregulate, remove workers’ rights & consumer & environmental protections. 032 0
Reposted by SaffronJosiah Mortimer @josiahmortimer.bsky.social · 17/12/2024Senior Conservative MPs are seeking to scrap Brits’ legal rights to maximum working hours, guaranteed annual leave, and holiday pay, as Labour’s landmark workers’ rights bill makes its way through Parliament Latest for @bylinetimes.bsky.social bylinetimes.com/2024/12/17/c...bylinetimes.comConservative MPs Want to Scrap Workers' Rights to Paid Holiday and Annual LeaveThey are also seeking to overturn workplace protections from sexual harassment, calling them an attack on "free speech" 3314195 0
Reposted by SaffronByline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 17/12/2024🔴The Deepfake Election: How Disinformation Could Swing the 2029 General Election The next UK General Election could see the perfect storm for political lying bylinetimes.com/2024/12/16/t...bylinetimes.comThe Deepfake Election: How Disinformation Could Swing the 2029 General ElectionThe next UK General Election could see the perfect storm for political lying, the head of factchecking organisation Full Fact tells Byline Times 612643 0
Reposted by SaffronAdam Schwarz @adamjschwarz.bsky.social · 17/12/2024'Man who constantly claims foreigners undermine British sovereignty welcomes cash from foreigner to help undermine British sovereignty'. 23572215 0
Reposted by SaffronAdam Schwarz @adamjschwarz.bsky.social · 12/09/2024Elon Musk and other social media owners who deliberately and repeatedly fail to stop dangerous content that threatens civil stability should face criminal charges. Great to discuss the UK far-right riots and how to regulate social media on The Global Gambit. Full video ➡️ youtu.be/KFXzCbim9ww?... 18505127 0
Reposted by SaffronBrooklynDad_Defiant! @mmpadellan.bsky.social · 14/12/2024Just out of curiosity: How many of you were vaccinated as kids in school, and do not regret it one bit? ✋ 4462271622062 0
Reposted by SaffronChristopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 14/12/2024Whew! @wajali.bsky.social leaves Pete Hegseth for roadkill, then backs up to run over his dead ass again. 26897252937 0
Reposted by SaffronRoshan Rinaldi @roshan-rinaldi.bsky.social · 12/11/2024Apparently Elmo is very, very upset with SNL because of this portrayal of him on the show this week. So don't repost this. You don't want to hurt his feelings or anything, right? 16373214 0
Reposted by SaffronSarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 13/12/2024Will never forget Kuenssberg’s response to Stephen Flynn when he commented on the NI Brexit mess. He said, “We’re in this situation because Boris Johnson lied” to which she retorted, “That’s quite the charge.” No Laura. It’s the truth. And we might not be in this mess if you hadn’t helped bury it. 851091276 0
Reposted by SaffronStephen King @stephenking.bsky.social · 13/12/2024Enjoy adult governance. The lunatics will soon be in charge of the asylum. 707187212606 0
Reposted by SaffronJemma Forte @jemmaforte.bsky.social · 13/12/2024NEW @thetrawl.bsky.social Lee’s monthly Somme, Twitter Beef and Syria It’s a cracker Link below 👇 1843864 0
Reposted by SaffronPeter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 13/12/2024“Everyone in positions of influence should ask themselves the question: are you treating those fighting to save the planet more harshly than those fighting for inherited wealth? If so, why?” @josiah.writes.news bylinetimes.com/2024/12/12/t...bylinetimes.comTwo-Tier Reporting: When Climate Protesters Slow Ambulances They’re Vilified, So Why Are Wealthy Farmers Given a Free Pass?Media outlets rush to condemn climate change campaigners as "middle class" protesters causing "chaos" while ignoring greater disruption by millionaire landowners 13547531749 0
Reposted by SaffronMike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 13/12/2024"I can't see a model for the future of humanity that I like coming out of China, India or The States. But I can see it in Europe."thelondoneconomic.comMike Galsworthy ends the Brexit argument in four minutes"I can't see a model for the future of humanity that I like coming out of China, India or The States. But I can see it in Europe." 401125318 0
Reposted by SaffronByline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 13/12/2024We’re advertising on buses at Heathrow Airport for all of 2025 and spreading the message about Byline Times. 211090210 0
Reposted by SaffronAlex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 12/12/2024“They get incredible bang for their buck these [Tufton St] think tanks. According to the IEA’s accounts last year, they got over 4,500 media hits the previous year. Which means they were on radio, TV, or print something like twelve times a day.” @petergeoghegan.bsky.social @pimlicat.bsky.social 1617199 0
Reposted by SaffronBladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 12/12/2024Just Stop Oil have confirmed that they will be using tractors in their next protest. Because people rich enough to own them can do no wrong in the eyes of the Media or the Police. 171144292 0
Reposted by SaffronFarrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 13/12/2024Wes Streeting shuts down Conservative MP Nigel Huddelston, "Your strikes cost billions and saw 1.5 million operations appoints and procedures delayed.. That is a heavy price of failure, we're cleaning up your mess" #BBCQT 721642 0
Reposted by SaffronJames O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 12/12/2024I wonder what class you become when you have people bringing you steak for your not-lunch… 2503061272 0
Reposted by SaffronDr Rachel Clarke @drrachelclarke.com · 12/12/2024The whole point of the GMC is to keep patients safe from harm. But what if, like OFWAT & OFCOM, it’s turning into another politically-neutered, failing regulator? I cannot stand silently by as the GMC fails patients in the PA debacle. Here’s why 👇 app.prospectmagazine.co.uk/story/68829/...app.prospectmagazine.co.ukWhy Britain’s doctors are in revoltTo save the NHS money, the General Medical Council has been pushing the use of physician associates in place of qualified doctors—and putting patients at risk 16686309 0
Reposted by SaffronBest for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 12/12/2024Tory MP Nigel Huddleston says Labour's plans to build homes "is another attack on Tory-run countryside". This instinct, to divide everything along polpulist culture wars lines, is just utterly toxic. And politically naïve, too, since they will never out-Farage Reform. ~AA #BBCQT 3143080 0
Reposted by SaffronGod @thegodshow.com · 12/12/2024Universal healthcare isn’t just a pipe dream folks. Early human societies thrived by sharing resources and caring for the sick to ensure collective survival. It’s already in your code! 22081211294 0
Reposted by SaffronChristopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 13/12/2024For the next four years… 644319604874 0
Reposted by SaffronYorkshire Bylines @yorkshirebylines.co.uk · 12/12/2024📣 The media’s dangerous embrace of Farage: a critical look at BBC’s Question Time The BBC’s platforming of Nigel Farage on Question Time promotes divisive and misleading rhetoric, distorting the debate on immigration By Dr Russell Jackson @docrussjackson.bsky.social @bylinetimes.bsky.socialyorkshirebylines.co.ukThe media’s dangerous embrace of Farage: a critical look at BBC’s Question TimeThe BBC’s platforming of Nigel Farage on Question Time promotes divisive and misleading rhetoric, distorting the debate on immigration 13453222 0
Reposted by SaffronByline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 12/12/2024🔴 After Trump’s Return, Britain Is Next in the Firing Line of Putin’s War On Democracy Elon Musk’s criticisms of Keir Starmer have generated newspaper front pages. But why is the Trump funder suddenly interested in British politics? Report by @nafeez.bsky.social bylinetimes.com/2024/12/12/a...bylinetimes.comAfter Trump’s Return, Britain Is Next in the Firing Line of Putin’s War On DemocracyElon Musk’s criticisms of Keir Starmer have generated newspaper front pages. But why is the Trump funder suddenly interested in British politics? 1219186 0
Reposted by SaffronCarole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 12/12/2024Strike Day 3: going on strike isn’t meant to be fun. Yet here we are. Great colleagues, great craic & great @billybragg.bsky.social. What’s going on inside that building is the opposite of all these things. ‘Solidarity forever for the union makes us strong’ ✊✊✊✊✊✊✊✊✊ 26895189 0
Reposted by SaffronSupertanskiii @supertanskiiii.bsky.social · 12/12/2024“How will an ambulance get through?” A question only asked of those trying to save our planet, not millionaire landowners trying to hoard wealth. Farmers received record support in the budget. Pay what is still less than your fair share, take your tractors and piss off. 1872741751 0
Reposted by SaffronBest for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 12/12/2024Here's Emma Dabiri making exactly this point. The Tory pattern is "cuts creating problems" then "division to mask problems". It is relevant, because it is STILL their strategy. But god forbid a guest links two subjects with a theme. The interruptions from FB took longer than the point. ~AA #BBCQT 1126781 0
Reposted by SaffronAdam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 12/12/2024Remember all the outraged coverage about a handful of climate protesters slowing ambulances a few years back? Well it turns out that wealthy farmers doing exactly the same thing on a much bigger scale is absolutely fine bylinetimes.com/2024/12/12/t...bylinetimes.comTwo-Tier Reporting: When Climate Protesters Slow Ambulances They’re Vilified, So Why Are Wealthy Farmers Given a Free Pass?Media outlets rush to condemn climate change campaigners as "middle class" protesters causing "chaos" while ignoring greater disruption by millionaire landowners 12433361351 0
Reposted by SaffronMike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 12/12/2024“My 2023 open letter to the BBC about Question Time, read by more than 300,000 people in 144 countries, was widely reported in the media. It even informed questions posed to the BBC’s director general Tim Davie at a parliamentary select committee.”yorkshirebylines.co.ukThe media’s dangerous embrace of Farage: a critical look at BBC’s Question TimeThe BBC’s platforming of Nigel Farage on Question Time promotes divisive and misleading rhetoric, distorting the debate on immigration 401301490 0
Reposted by SaffronBylines Network @bylinesnetwork.co.uk · 12/12/2024We forgot to tag @nwbylines.bsky.social 🤦 28732 0
Reposted by Saffrondave43law.bsky.social @dave43law.bsky.social · 12/12/2024This is sick This case was nothing to do with race and ethnicity It was total failure of child protection services To play the race card for some cheap political gain or incitement value is pathetic and ignorant of causation 3122237 0
Reposted by Saffron💙❤️💙Mia💙❤️💙 @mommamia.bsky.social · 12/12/2024Congratulations everyone willing to sacrifice American excellence, pride and freedom (just to start) for better egg prices that you were never going to get in the first place. I’ll remember your ignorance and apathy with every family ripped apart. 1732279476427 0
Reposted by SaffronBrooklynDad_Defiant! @mmpadellan.bsky.social · 12/12/2024So TIME Magazine is putting convicted felons and adjudicated rapists on their cover now? How disgraceful. 2919310147203 0
Reposted by SaffronParody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 10/12/2024Lee Anderson on his way to work this morning. 602257340 0
Reposted by SaffronMike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 10/12/2024This country needs to pull its finger out on many fronts. 983134999 0
Reposted by SaffronCarole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 10/12/2024Another brilliant letter from Guardian & Observer staff, past & present. This time from some of the most prominent names in foreign reporting who are "alarmed & dismayed" by the plans for the Observer www.theguardian.com/media/2024/d...theguardian.comWhy foreign correspondents are alarmed and dismayed at plans to sell the Observer | LetterLetter: Current and former contributors to the international pages of the Guardian and Observer respond to an article by Ole Jacob Sunde, chair of the Scott Trust 13514168 0
Reposted by SaffronBest for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 10/12/2024KB: I don't think the answer is to vilify the French. RT: We've been vilifying the French for 300 years. JC: Can we legally [push back] boats to France? RT: Yes. JC: No, I'm sorry. RT: We do it, then the French can sue us. That's how it works, actually. Another complete Tice car crash.~AA 6626854 0
Reposted by SaffronBylines Network @bylinesnetwork.co.uk · 10/12/2024Our Friends in the North are just about to tick over 8K followers if you wish to tune in then please give @nebylines.bsky.social a follow... 221558 0