howardbryant.bsky.social @howardbryant.bsky.social · 14/05/2026I had to acknowledge to you the power of the story and your skill in telling it. I cried more than once. And some small part of my ignorance has been addressed. Yes your mum and dad won ! I also wanted to say to you how proud your forbears would be of your service to them and to us. Thank you 000
howardbryant.bsky.social @howardbryant.bsky.social · 14/05/2026@dannythefink.bsky.social Dear Mr Finkelstein. You won’t recall me - we once had a mild Twitterspat on the subject of newspaper’s subscription business model and the resulting encouragement of echo chamber creation. Interesting, but … I have just put down your book Hitler, Stalin, Mum and Dad and 100
howardbryant.bsky.social @howardbryant.bsky.social · 02/05/2025#alexanderplatz is there anyone out there prepared to share a spliff ?? 000
howardbryant.bsky.social @howardbryant.bsky.social · 02/05/2025It’s about number 123 on the Ryanair pages of optional extras 050
howardbryant.bsky.social @howardbryant.bsky.social · 26/04/2025@podsaveamerica.crooked.com hi guys. Writing from the UK. Anyway, your “official acts” question : surely since POTUS oath is to protect the constitution which includes rule of law, isn’t any systematic undermining of law outside of official acts by definition ? QED 000
howardbryant.bsky.social @howardbryant.bsky.social · 16/04/2025I’m not following the flow of your argument 100
howardbryant.bsky.social @howardbryant.bsky.social · 16/04/2025Such logic would support Johnson’s “last word” on the proroguing of Parliament. No. It is not the court’s job to second guess what parliament might say today. It is its job to reflect on what parliament has already said without fear or favour 200
howardbryant.bsky.social @howardbryant.bsky.social · 16/04/2025Disagree. Parliament did decide. The court reflected its view of the relevant Parliamentary legislation. That is its role. If Parliament wishes to change its mind it is free to do so. At that point the court will amend its judgements accordingly (assuming the law is not ambiguously drafted) 030
howardbryant.bsky.social @howardbryant.bsky.social · 16/04/2025@restispoliticsus.bsky.social re Trump immunity. Surely a prime responsibility of the President (and administration) is to uphold the constitution and therefore by extension the rule of law. Thus QED any act that challenges the principle of the rule of law cannot by definition be an “official act”? 000
howardbryant.bsky.social @howardbryant.bsky.social · 22/12/2024Almost my posted message - dead right. Use the power given by the election 000
Reposted by @howardbryant.bsky.socialLouis 〓〓 @louishenwood.bsky.social · 22/12/2024Labour, for fucks sake, stop running scarred from Reform like a bunch of pussies Take them head on! www.theguardian.com/politics/202...theguardian.comMinisters resist calls to block Musk donations to Farage’s Reform UKGovernment fears moves to curb any potential cash from the tech titan could backfire and play into Reform UK’s hands 34715
howardbryant.bsky.social @howardbryant.bsky.social · 21/12/2024@teamlabouruk.bsky.social don’t fuck about. A foreigner is threatening to rig our system through overwhelming wealth. I hear that you fear a backlash if you act. Sod it - you were given power so for fuck’s sake use it ! Change the law and block Musk and any similar of any political colour 000
howardbryant.bsky.social @howardbryant.bsky.social · 23/11/2024Both sides of the political spectrum can bully as much as the other 000
howardbryant.bsky.social @howardbryant.bsky.social · 23/11/2024BS doesn’t belong to The Left. Who wants to live in an echo chamber? 000
howardbryant.bsky.social @howardbryant.bsky.social · 23/11/2024And not everyone here is of the left, neither should they be. BS needs a plurality of views where participants learn to disagree agreeably. Else things get worse for the world if we can’t get social media to lose its divisive toxicity. More facts, objectivity, humility. Less ‘whataboutery’ and bile. 050
howardbryant.bsky.social @howardbryant.bsky.social · 22/11/2024Please don’t repost pictures of DM front page. Their circulation is low compared to history. What you are doing is publishing and disseminating their poison headlines on their behalf 020
howardbryant.bsky.social @howardbryant.bsky.social · 21/11/2024Wow. Big of you. Accepted and appreciated. But we surely have to learn as a community to disagree agreeably or we are part of the problem. None of us are immune - including me 110
howardbryant.bsky.social @howardbryant.bsky.social · 21/11/2024Wrong. The guy/girl asked if it was a joke. They did not specify title/tag or article. I read the piece and my comment clearly referenced the article. Try to keep up with the detail with less focus on revelling in being an aggressive self righteous utopian 100
howardbryant.bsky.social @howardbryant.bsky.social · 21/11/2024Hmm. My “behaviour”, “misrepresenting”. The article was about world leaders’ view of Starmer being the one stable politician of the centre left. I said nothing about my beliefs, nor did I behave badly. The article expounds a view from 3rd parties - prob accurately. Glad you are nowhere near power. 100
howardbryant.bsky.social @howardbryant.bsky.social · 21/11/2024@lewisgoodall.com why do I always hear, including you, that somehow, a democratic govt is expected to be immune from war crimes ? These things are not related. Think of a quadrant matrix with axis : authoritarian > democracy, international law respect > non respect 100
howardbryant.bsky.social @howardbryant.bsky.social · 21/11/2024Where is the money to come from ? Take it from the NHS ? If you believe the story that the last govt’s management of fiscal policy (+Ukraine/Covid to be fair), you recognise that money is tight. This feels like pragmatic progress. A compromise yes - that’s politics for you. It’s not utopia 000
howardbryant.bsky.social @howardbryant.bsky.social · 21/11/2024You’ll like this @bbruise.bsky.social 110
howardbryant.bsky.social @howardbryant.bsky.social · 21/11/2024It seems to me the biggest mistake has been Biden (and some EU) tying themselves in knots over a clear definition/narrative of self defence (ie kicking out an invader). Because of this, these actions look and feel like escalation when in fact that could have been avoided early on 000
howardbryant.bsky.social @howardbryant.bsky.social · 20/11/2024Your post would read better if you could include the prefix “I believe that”. Let’s not poison the BS well just yet. Twitter does the toxic thing 010
howardbryant.bsky.social @howardbryant.bsky.social · 20/11/2024Which of course it has been. But do continue to point me to evidence of these various Starmer utterances. But please don’t continue the discussion with any conjecture 010
howardbryant.bsky.social @howardbryant.bsky.social · 20/11/2024Not sure Twitter isn’t a better home for your bile 100
howardbryant.bsky.social @howardbryant.bsky.social · 20/11/2024You know nothing about me and demonstrate that very well. In fact the only thing demonstrated. 100
howardbryant.bsky.social @howardbryant.bsky.social · 20/11/2024Bit of a change of tack there. Maybe better on a separate subject post. Can we get back to those awful Starmer positioning statements you were going to furnish me with ? 110
howardbryant.bsky.social @howardbryant.bsky.social · 20/11/2024Of limited contribution to debate but thanks 100
howardbryant.bsky.social @howardbryant.bsky.social · 19/11/2024Lewis - people are talking past each other. I’m in favour of IHT (my kids less so..). But on this matter ? Problem is Govt mixing business and personal. A biz should be able to swap CEO without a tax chg. IHT on farms should be rolled over pending 3rd party disposal, cessation or excessive leackage 000
howardbryant.bsky.social @howardbryant.bsky.social · 19/11/2024So you will be able to furnish me with : - Starmer enthusiastic comments on neoliberalism - ditto on further deregulation of finance - racist comments/policies - enthusiasm for settlers Meantime, rail is gradually coming under govt control. 100
howardbryant.bsky.social @howardbryant.bsky.social · 18/11/2024We will have to agree to differ. The idea that Starmer is any kind of shadow right wing populist is, I would suggest, ridiculous 110
howardbryant.bsky.social @howardbryant.bsky.social · 18/11/2024All of which is not really the point of the article. Your comments look like they were put up against the wrong post. It’s all very well hating the guy but we should try to stay on point 110
howardbryant.bsky.social @howardbryant.bsky.social · 18/11/2024Position on child poverty slow progress and country wealth is v fair. I think having a go at the article heading is a bit thin. Whilst the general point is good it is generally accepted that the previous Labour admin made better progress than others 010
howardbryant.bsky.social @howardbryant.bsky.social · 18/11/2024Don’t dial back. You should have high expectations. Just put them on a realistic timeline 000
howardbryant.bsky.social @howardbryant.bsky.social · 18/11/2024Everything you mention arises from the previous decade, not the previous 3 months. Post again on this in two years 080
howardbryant.bsky.social @howardbryant.bsky.social · 18/11/2024Absolutely not. The piece speaks for itself 240
howardbryant.bsky.social @howardbryant.bsky.social · 18/11/2024I wonder what Kuenssberg had to offer up in return for her last pay deal ? It’s utterly ridiculous to expect that kind of linkage. In my whole career it has never happened to me in the private sector and I’ve never asked such of any employees for whom I was responsible 010
howardbryant.bsky.social @howardbryant.bsky.social · 18/11/2024Utterly appalling. One thing I think I can state with very high confidence ; if we men could be pregnant, you can be damn sure there’d be abirtuon choice. In Florida too 46212
Reposted by @howardbryant.bsky.socialLewis Goodall @lewisgoodall.com · 17/11/2024There’s been a fair amount of hyperbole published, tweeted and written about what Essex Police have done re the Pearson story in the last few days. I had the Tory Police Commissioner on my LBC show to explain what’s actually happened, watch here. youtu.be/DBvS04PvQok?...youtu.bePolice Commissioner defends his investigation into Telegraph journalistYouTube video by LBC 1727738
howardbryant.bsky.social @howardbryant.bsky.social · 17/11/2024I think he gets to inauguration day but less than one month after 000
howardbryant.bsky.social @howardbryant.bsky.social · 17/11/2024KEIR !!! This is a call for KEIR … 000
howardbryant.bsky.social @howardbryant.bsky.social · 17/11/2024I was thinking surely he’s had a throat op at some point. I could have checked - but didn’t.. 010