Reposted by Paul StevensAnne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 21hIf Putin stops fighting, the war ends. If Zelensky stops fighting then his country will be occupied, leaders murdered, language banned, businesses stolen, children kidnapped. That's what happens in Russian-occupied Ukraine. 11164192378
Reposted by Paul StevensStephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 14/10/2026Leaving X has, I'm pretty sure, hit my bookings and career. But it comes at the massive bonus of a) my own mental wellbeing and b) not providing free content for the owner of Starlink:ft.comUkraine blindsided by Starlink restrictions and intelligence gapsMoscow ignores Donald Trump’s ‘energy ceasefire’ while Kyiv’s forces experience connectivity problems on Elon Musk’s satellite network 652548387
Reposted by Paul StevensArthur Snell @snellarthur.bsky.social · 12/10/2026British Conservatives: "Russia has disgracefully interfered in politics in France, Germany, Sweden, Hungary, Moldova, Romania and invaded Ukraine. They even meddled in the US elections." Also British Conservatives: "What? Russia! Interfere in Brexit? Ridiculous! Just a tired old conspiracy theory." 91289374
Reposted by Paul StevensAnne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 12/10/2026"The amount of fuel Russia could export is too small, the impact on pricing too slight, the narrative too late to shape electoral outcomes: This looks, instead, like something very different: an abrupt, Hail Mary attempt to force Ukraine to surrender" www.theatlantic.com/idea/2026/10...theatlantic.comTrump’s Message to Ukraine Is Now Crystal ClearThe president’s actions over the past 72 hours look like an effort to force Kyiv to surrender. 1332220997
Reposted by Paul Stevens"Seamus O'Reilly" 🇺🇦🇬🇧🇮🇪🇦🇺🇬🇱 @jimbobuk.bsky.social · 11/10/2026In the observer; Andy Burnham has said "UK authorities are “clear” that there was Russian interference in the Brexit vote: this is the first time a prime minister has confirmed Kremlin involvement in the 2016 referendum." Finally.... What we all knew... 30647197
Reposted by Paul StevensStephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 28/09/2026It will never not be wild to me that the Russians attacked Keir Starmer's home, successfully spread falsehoods about Starmer's love life, and this didn't changed British politics and British political elite behaviour *at all*. 471185353
Reposted by Paul StevensOtto 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 Paul StevensLuke LeBrun @lukelebrun.ca · 26/09/2026Tech companies suddenly decide they can, in fact, moderate content on their platforms after all 7259802001
Reposted by Paul StevensJim Pickard @pickardje.bsky.social · 18/09/2026my brilliant colleague @robertshrimsley.bsky.social on the threat from Elon Musk’s X platform www.ft.com/content/f270... 6528171174
Reposted by Paul StevensJamo @drjimmyp.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Genuinely insane PL clubs spend millions if not billions on players, invest in some of best sports people/technologies, spend every day doing whatever it takes to be competitive and what we end up talking about more often than not is bunch of incompetent fools who refuse to look at own shortcomings. 031
Reposted by Paul StevensTony Yates @t0nyyates.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Ukraine not wanting to concede even more territory than it already has, withdrawing to a line less defendable, to give Russia time to regroup and invade, is what's holding back peace. 1298
Reposted by Paul StevensParody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 13/09/2026I may have received £72 million, but at least I wasn't given a pair of glasses and some football tickets. 271734342
Reposted by Paul StevensYankeeGunner @arsenalvisionpodcast.com · 13/09/2026You’ve got refs going on podcasts saying “I decided to play a game with myself rather than reffing the match” & going on tv shows saying “I didn’t overturn a wrong call because I felt bad for my mate” but somehow there’s still debate about whether pro ref is fit for purpose 1232437
Reposted by Paul StevensThe Empty City @davidallengreen.bsky.social · 11/09/2026NEW Why holding a placard is a terrorist act, while causing disruption in a balaclava is not The mess caused by ministers and the police not taking terrorism law seriously By me at @prospectmagazine.co.uk www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/law/th... 321420632
Reposted by Paul StevensWarTranslated (Dmitri) @wartranslated.bsky.social · 06/09/2026Zelensky thanked Trump’s envoys for coming to Ukraine. "You worked even better than Patriot systems," he said. "Come more often, and our people will get a chance to live a little." 2137374
Reposted by Paul StevensStephen Kinsella @stephenstroud.bsky.social · 06/09/2026Highway Code update. 4304144
Reposted by Paul StevensStephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 06/09/20262) and 3) are intimately linked, in that the BBC (the organisation that really matters in the modern environment) treats 'claims by rival parties' as the operating frame for how it covers everything. The failure from Labour and the Conservatives to say 'this stuff is bad' is really, really bad. 341090340
Reposted by Paul Stevensonlycans @onlycans.bsky.social · 05/09/2026just stop oil protesters got five years in jail for *planning* to do this to the M25. 3729791281
Reposted by Paul StevensThe Empty City @davidallengreen.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Seems the difference between ‘protestors’ and ‘terrorists’ is that protestors wear balaclavas while terrorists hold placards. 3034391278
Reposted by Paul StevensSteve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Kent police said 'no arrests were made' of the people who blocked a port and roads. There's your two-tier policing, folks www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cm...bbc.co.ukPort of Dover delays: Disruption as masked 'stop the boats' protesters block roadsHundreds of demonstrators, wearing black with their faces covered, caused delays to traffic reaching the port. 1061845817
Reposted by Paul StevensRobert Hutton @roberthutton.co.uk · 04/09/2026With all respect to the BBC, the reason this story "matters" is not about whether it distracts from Reform's conference. It "matters" because it is important our leaders are not conspiring to break the law. 12750371200
Reposted by Paul StevensLaura Phillips @lauraphillips.bsky.social · 03/09/2026He is thought to have received up to £40k to help pro-Russian politicians in Ukraine, while he was a Member of the European Parliament. At the Old Bailey he was given 6 months to sell a rental property to pay the money to the UK government, or face a further 9 months in prison.bbc.co.ukDisgraced ex-Reform Wales leader who took pro-Russian bribes must pay £22kNathan Gill was previously sentenced to 10-and-a-half years in prison last year for taking the bribes. 1126
Reposted by Paul StevensSarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 30/08/2026Iceland is not in the EU, but it is a member of the Schengen area. It’s also a member of the European Free Trade Association (EFTA) and is part of the Single Market, meaning it enjoys freedom of movement with the EU. Good to know that doesn’t impact their independence. Maybe we should try it, Nige. 772449723
Reposted by Paul StevensToby Nangle @tobyn.bsky.social · 29/08/2026Brexit pretty bad for Sterling as a reserve currency: UK exports to non-EU and non-US customers now more often invoiced in USD than GBP. via Catherine Mann @ Jackson Hole: www.kansascityfed.org/documents/18... 87232
Reposted by Paul StevensElizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 24/08/2026If Jensen Huang has time to attend a $1 million-a-head dinner at Mar-a-Lago and fly across the world to meet with President Xi Jinping, he can find time to testify in front of Congress about reports that NVIDIA technology is powering Russia’s war machine. 307128174380
Reposted by Paul StevensOrbinho @orbinho.bsky.social · 24/08/2026This addition was nice to see finally at Emirates Stadium. 118011
Reposted by Paul StevensEdith A. Bagodix @magg530.bsky.social · 23/08/2026Trump: “We were a dumb, stupid country led by a very, very stupid person a year ago.” Fun fact: Trump was president a year ago. 44858176
Reposted by Paul StevensAndrew Weinstein @andrewjweinstein.com · 22/08/2026I’m still trying to process how the president of the United States somehow talks tougher about Canada than North Korea. 740145903403
Reposted by Paul Stevens𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 @sundaedivine.lol · 21/08/2026Obama’s real sin was interrupting America’s cherished tradition of turning every foreign-policy problem into a 20-year war. 529175935279
Reposted by Paul StevensCorey Frayer @csfrayer.bsky.social · 18/08/2026I'm old enough to remember the cryptobros screaming I was anti-Ukraine because crypto has been *so* helpful to them. militarnyi.com/en/news/bina...militarnyi.comBinance Shared Client Data With Russia Over Donations to Ukrainian MilitaryThe cryptocurrency exchange Binance provided Russian law enforcement authorities with the data of a client who transferred funds to Ukrainian military 13012
Reposted by Paul Stevensarseblog @arseblog.com · 14/08/2026I have never rejected an advertising campaign more quickly. 3599176
Reposted by Paul StevensJanine Gibson @janinegibson.ft.com · 14/08/2026On the radio, Lee Anderson is rowing back a "credible threat" to "threats of planned disruption". No wonder their security bill is so high, it seems to be triggered by embarrassment 1956095
Reposted by Paul StevensAlex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 10/08/2026With a by-election imminent, don't news channels who chose to stream that Farage press event have to give equal time to @countbinface.bsky.social now? 41839211
Reposted by Paul StevensMark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 10/08/2026US defence companies Lockheed and Raytheon are against licencing Patriot missile production to Ukraine because they’re afraid Ukrainian manufacturers will be able to “improve the Patriot and then produce them at scale faster and for much less money”, The Atlantic reports. 42522160
Reposted by Paul StevensRobin Wigglesworth @robinwigglesworth.ft.com · 09/08/2026The UK’s willingness to blow up its two genuine world-leading industries (finance and higher education) is quite something. 12394117
Reposted by Paul StevensParody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 02/08/2026You'd be amazed how many people it takes to fight a bin. 1181052182
Reposted by Paul StevensArthur Snell @snellarthur.bsky.social · 01/08/2026I can’t believe that Reform UK turned out to be financed by a bunch of money laundering fronts for Russia. It’s just so unexpected. 391980433
Reposted by Paul StevensAlex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 02/08/2026Important, because Farage's defence for not declaring Harborne's £5m 'gift' has always been very specific: he did not decide to stand until 3rd of June. Turns out this deal was struck mid-May (confirmed by RefUK) and facilitated by Farage's other big donor, convicted felon 'Posh' George Cotrell. 🧐 52678280
Reposted by Paul StevensPhilippe Auclair @philippeauclair.bsky.social · 01/08/2026Just putting it there: the last week has shown how Bluesky has grown into the most reliable, noise-, bot- and BS-free resource for anyone interested in football governance and politics. The coverage of Fifa's and Infantino's debacle has been fantastic. Size isn't everything. 442353251
Reposted by Paul StevensStephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 01/08/2026I wish the Conservatives were as alarmed as I am about them finishing *behind Restore* in the Greater Manchester byelection. 58774119
Reposted by Paul Stevensarseblog @arseblog.com · 31/07/2026Carlos Cordeiro, Senior Advisor to Gianni Infantino quits, and urges other 'principled' people in FIFA to speak out against the sell-off plan. He also lays bare how unnecessary it is. 'The organisation sits on billions of dollars of reserves ...' 💵💵💵 2839179
Reposted by Paul StevensArthur Snell @snellarthur.bsky.social · 29/07/2026Of course he bloody did. Fiona Cottrell isn't rich. Yes, she's posh, but she's not hundred-millions rich. And nor, for that matter is George. Whose money is it? 18311123
Reposted by Paul StevensMusa Okwonga @okwonga.bsky.social · 26/07/2026Their rhetoric cost lives, they shouldn't be given cookies for coming round now that opportunities for the grift have shifted. These people laughed as bombs fell on Ukrainian civilians. This reflexive desire to redeem people for their wilful cruelty is part of the problem. What's the atonement? 923559
Reposted by Paul StevensKate Bevan @katebevan.com · 21/07/2026So many of the comments are "so what if he's talking nonsense/telling lies" and that's depressing, to say the least. It matters if people tell lies. And if it matters when Farage tells lies, it should also matter when Stevenson - or Polanski or anyone else on the left - tells lies. 711717
Reposted by Paul Stevens1.76 Acres @onepointsevensixacr.es · 19/07/2026Merino undercut there. That’s so dangerous. Ref hand waves it away. 3373
Reposted by Paul StevensMarina Purkiss @marina-purkiss.bsky.social · 11/07/2026Hey Meta… No amount of supermodels or prime time World Cup ad slots will make us view them as anything but predator glasses. 34760116
Reposted by Paul StevensSteve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 11/07/2026Binface video youtu.be/iNp16EPj1Us?...youtu.beCount Binface vs The Establishment | Official Satirical Music VideoYouTube video by James Cunliffe 59550
Reposted by Paul StevensKatie Martin @katie0martin.ft.com · 08/07/2026we all had a good laugh at the Mar-a-Lago Accord idea but this is basically that. 2362
Reposted by Paul StevensRory Cellan-Jones @rorycj.bsky.social · 05/07/2026Your regular reminder that cryptocurrency does in fact have a use case and that use case is crime 433336785
