Niall Huggan @hugan.bsky.social · 19m'So how do we resist the enshittification of our culture? Holding our failing institutions to account (looking at you Edinburgh Uni), and by seeking out knowledge about our culture, participating & sharing in its joys; not as an act of consumption, but of heartfelt participation & connection." 000
Niall Huggan @hugan.bsky.social · 9hThis policy/linking is disingenous, neoliberal nonsense. There is no NEED to do this to the pensioners, whilst leaving the very wealthy untouched to continue accumulating more wealth & assets. c. 2million rely on state pension alone & will be collateral damage for this anti-progressive policy. 1105
Reposted by Niall HugganPrem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 9hBurnham could change tax relief on pension contributions for his projects. Gross tax relief in 2024-2025 was £83.9bn. 71% went to 7.7m additional & higher rate taxpayers. 29% to 30.4m basic rate taxpayers. Giving relief to all at 20% leaves £14.5bn spare for social care. But equality/equity? 418274
Reposted by Niall HugganMonika FBPE @monika-uk.bsky.social · 9hIf Andy Burnham and the PLP had the slightest intention to do any of this, all they need to do is to whip the Labour MPs to vote for it and make it into law. Because Labour majority in the House allows him to do it. Right now, not in 2029. Does anyone believes in this BS anymore? 142
Reposted by Niall Hugganflyingrodent @flyingrodent.bsky.social · 9hEveryone is terribly excited about this bold new turn in British politics, and the lads explain that the PM has laid out a radical plan that we will all be invited to vote for in 2029*. 67616
Reposted by Niall HugganLiberal Currents @liberalcurrents.com · 29/09/2026"A common argument I hear in favor of wealth taxes is about the ability of wealthy people to leverage their assets as a form of untaxed income. … If it is true that the asset-rich are skirting taxes with loans, the obvious solution is to close the loophole." www.liberalcurrents.com/tax-the-weal...liberalcurrents.comTax the Wealthy, Not WealthDon’t miss the forest for the tallest trees. 281056373
Reposted by Niall HugganEwan Gibbs @ewangibbs.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Tonight I’ll be recording the first interview about my new book, An Injury to All: The Unmaking of the British Working Class. Wish me luck! 0416
Reposted by Niall HugganScotland's No1 Comrade @scotlandscomrade.bsky.social · 29/09/2026The Orange Order is often rightly rereferred to as the Brit version of the Ku Klux Klan. One hates Catholics the other black/brown skinned people. I wonder how many people in the UK know that there is an Orange Order Lodge in the British Houses of Parliament? Absolutely shocking! 145541
Reposted by Niall HugganAled Thompson @aledthompson.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Daily birds 74 - Corn crake 135564
Niall Huggan @hugan.bsky.social · 22h#DavidsMonthOfMusic #music #musicsky 29 - #1 on your playlist for the Zombie Apocalypse 'A Strange Day' - The Cure Live from the Tempodrom Berlin November 2002.youtube.comThe Cure A Strange Day liveYouTube video by sozzol 0101
Reposted by Niall HugganM a r c u s 🏳️🌈🇧🇧 @marcusjdl.bsky.social · 28/09/2026One of the worst state pensions in western Europe, 2 million pensioners in poverty and increasing numbers of pensioners still paying rising rents… triple lock being removed is not a left wing position just because you don’t like rich boomers 1023570
Reposted by Niall HugganGordo! @posting.fan · 29/09/2026living in Britain is listening to very Sensible People happily talking about how we need to reduce the benefits 'burden' in the cruelest way possible while being cheered to do it, but any suggestion that we abolish the monarchy or reduce our military budget is treated as the ideas of a rambling fool 1431876
Reposted by Niall HugganJon @jon-snowboarder.bsky.social · 29/09/2026If the world's fifth-largest (or whatever) economy can't increase pensions by less than £10 a week without it being considered perverse then we are truly cooked. 241
Niall Huggan @hugan.bsky.social · 29/09/2026static.klipy.comDwight Schrute's SmirkALT: Dwight Schrute's Smirk 010
Niall Huggan @hugan.bsky.social · 29/09/2026The usual suspects too. Fooled so many times already, but they keep on fooling themselves. Yes, this is also a sub-skeet 😏static.klipy.comHappy Seals LaughingALT: Happy Seals Laughing 162
Niall Huggan @hugan.bsky.social · 29/09/2026static.klipy.comSí Exacto Gumball WattersonALT: Sí Exacto Gumball Watterson 000
Niall Huggan @hugan.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Has Andy Burnham pledged to tax wealth to fund social care?static.klipy.comLeonard's Sarcasm Sign (Big Bang Theory)ALT: Leonard's Sarcasm Sign (Big Bang Theory) 031
Reposted by Niall HugganMic Wright @brokenbottleboy.bsky.social · 29/09/2026This is a *very* important point. 511738
Niall Huggan @hugan.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Wait. "Kick off"? So will this be another Jam Tomorrow promise for after the next GE?static.klipy.comNick Tilsley's Skeptical Look on Coronation StreetALT: Nick Tilsley's Skeptical Look on Coronation Street 000
Reposted by Niall HugganNeil Mackay @neilmackay.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Drumcree Orangemen desecrate the memory of the dead Seven people - three men, one woman & three children - were killed by loyalist terrorists because of Drumcree in the 1990s. I covered the terrible events. Is this forgotten? What’s happening now mocks their loss. In @heraldscotland.bsky.socialheraldscotland.comShame on them: Drumcree Orangemen desecrate the memory of the deadOur Writer at Large covered the Northern Ireland Troubles extensively. Here, he remembers the lives lost over Drumcree and says Loyalist protestors… 414073
Niall Huggan @hugan.bsky.social · 29/09/2026🔥 HUGE SCAM - Labour promise JAM TOMORROW when they have a HUGE MAJORITY right now and just want YOU OFF THEIR BACKS until the next lot get into Westminster.static.klipy.comThe Who Pete TownshendALT: The Who Pete Townshend 010
Niall Huggan @hugan.bsky.social · 28/09/2026#DavidsMonthOfMusic #music #musicsky 28 - Song with boy, girl, man or woman in the title 'Venus As A Boy' - Björk This song was inspired by a boy who saw everything from a "beauty point of view".youtube.comBjörk - Venus as a Boy (Original 4K Music Video)YouTube video by Björk: Music Video 4K 0130
Reposted by Niall HugganPaul Murray @realpaulmurray.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Ah support @care4calais.org 021
Reposted by Niall HugganLibro.fm @libro.fm · 28/09/2026Say you read one book a month. If you buy the book at your indie, it might cost a few more dollars than from a megaretailer. Now imagine if 9 more people in your community made that switch. What may feel like a small thing is often actually big, especially when we work together 💓 931068
Reposted by Niall HugganNorthern Monkey @northernmonkey.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Stop listening to what they say. Look at what they DO. 041
Reposted by Niall HugganSaul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Wes Streeting: "We know that Iran.. wish to do us harm" We are allowing US planes to take off from RAF Fairford in Gloucestershire to bomb Iran as part of an illegal war. I'd say that was more than just wishing them harm, wouldn't you? 1618274
Reposted by Niall HugganLee Hurley @hleehurley.com · 28/09/2026People have been asking why it has all kicked off again at Drumcree after 28 years. The reason is simple. The police said it would all be fine. 618844
Niall Huggan @hugan.bsky.social · 28/09/2026And now Burnham is allegedly about to ditch the pension triple lock...static.klipy.comTwo Faced Linkin ParkALT: Two Faced Linkin Park 020
Niall Huggan @hugan.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Nope. Burnham is just a temporary caretaker who will TikTok his way to the next election, whilst the UK sinks into the mire.static.klipy.comHong Kong Phooey & Penry: Janitor Head ShakeALT: Hong Kong Phooey & Penry: Janitor Head Shake 062
Reposted by Niall HugganMatt Farrow @mattfatmarrow.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Maybe we should start exporting disappointment, as it seems to be our new political currency. 041
Reposted by Niall HugganMetal Gear Solidarity @mgearsolidarity.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Fiscal rules are 16 years old. They were invented by George Osborne. That they are constantly referred to as some sort of immutable part of political reality drives me around the bend. 514538
Niall Huggan @hugan.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Sheer delerium from Bravermanstatic.klipy.comZach Galifianakis: From The Heart (Middle Finger)ALT: Zach Galifianakis: From The Heart (Middle Finger) 140
Reposted by Niall Hugganflyingrodent @flyingrodent.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Sing along at the chorus, kids: they are building a permission structure, and this is no more a moral crusade than the Big Society was. 610737
Reposted by Niall HugganRhinestone Browboy @rhinestonebrowboy.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Born '76. For most of my life, tech was fun. My dad renting a VHS player (yes, the player, plus tapes). ZX Spectrum. First email at university. A phone which was mobile. Dial-up internet. I used to photoblog from a SE W810i. All "cool, future is here" memories. This shite can fuck off though.theguardian.com‘Charming and disarming’ … how Meta’s technology-packed Muse harnesses the power of cutenessThe tech giant has launched a cute ‘little guy’ that can answer emails, book travel or do your weekly food shop 101938191
Reposted by Niall HugganPhil McDuff @mcduff.bsky.social · 27/09/2026This is a big problem because America is now fully constructed on a foundation of being the global hegemon and consumer of last resort. If everyone else even goes back to multipolarity, if dollar hegemony goes, an awful lot of America stops working. 1225
Niall Huggan @hugan.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Just as well they're the High Court, as they means they'll be above the floodplain. 😏 Seriously though, WTAF?! 110
Reposted by Niall HugganThe Bear @bearlypolitics.co.uk · 28/09/2026Well, well, well - if it isn’t the consequences of our own actions. It would appear that migrants are not, in fact, the fiscal drain we’ve been told they are by years if we go by the £4bn to £6.5bn shortfall that’s been caused by the precipitous drop in numbers under this government. Funny that. 391002413
Reposted by Niall HugganLee Hurley @hleehurley.com · 28/09/2026Completely and utterly out of his depth, which is pretty standard tbf so good job Chris 👍 1313722
Reposted by Niall HugganPeter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social · 28/09/2026This is very cool! If you're on Instagram do follow Democracy for Sale there 🎉 Our very first reel is a clip from my interview with the peerless Patrick Radden Keefe! 1357
Reposted by Niall HugganSaul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 28/09/2026"We will continue to isolate Iran so that they re-open the Strait of Hormuz, which is so essential to tackling the cost of living crisis here at home" Do we have any idea what happened to make them close it? 61514126
Reposted by Niall HugganGeorge Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Here is how politics, in most cases, works: Rich and powerful interests, whether in fossil fuels, finance, big tech, media, meat, pharma or foreign governments, make a demand, and use their sophisticated tools to persuade a government to adopt it. The government adopts it. Please read whole🧵 31906392