Reposted by Hugh BankierSteve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 4hThe people who say that their main concern is integration of refugees and migrants should be particularly happy today at her success in integrating. But I suspect they are very angry instead. It's almost as if the integration arguments are often made in bad faith. 620544
Hugh Bankier @hughbankier.bsky.social · 21hIt's that time of the year again: Lidl festbier box! If you're in England or Wales. Can't comment on Scotland or anywhere else - but please confirm if Lidl is doing this in your country. Prost! #BskyBeer 120
Reposted by Hugh BankierLeonardo Carella @leonardocarella.bsky.social · 08/10/2026In other words, a 10 percent contraction in one of Britain’s most successful exports. If it were steel or fish or other infinitely less profitable sectors, people would be having a meltdown. 9391175
Reposted by Hugh BankierChris Grey @chrisgrey.bsky.social · 23hLatest forensic debunk from the indefatigable @monkemma.bsky.social 17226
Reposted by Hugh BankierOtto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Sarah Pochin raised "concerns" in parliament about the impact of second homes on rural communities. Two days later she purchased an £800,000 second home on Anglesey. Remarkable stuff. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...theguardian.comReform MP raises concerns about second homes – then buys one for £800,000Sarah Pochin bought Anglesey property two days after writing to minister about impact of second homes on rural communities 1541778748
Reposted by Hugh BankierDavenant 📸 @marcdavenant.bsky.social · 06/10/2026‘Fish and Ships in North East England’, a fascinating documentary of a lost world in North Shields and Cullercoats just before Thatcher took a sledgehammer to it all. youtu.be/2si49AFf_AU...youtu.be1979: Fish and Ships in North East England | A Diary of Britain | Classic Documentary | BBC Archive 03011
Hugh Bankier @hughbankier.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Off to the Last day of the Hastings Tap Takeover, hoping they've not sold out. www.hastingstaptakeover.com/lineup #BskyBeer 321
Reposted by Hugh BankierBrilliant Maps @brilliantmaps.bsky.social · 04/10/2026London’s Violent Crime Rate Compared To The UK National Average brilliantmaps.com/londons-v... 0122
Reposted by Hugh BankierCatherine Cowie 🏳️⚧️ @64ordle.au · 03/10/2026Cis people, read this post. The UK is NOT a safe place for trans people anymore, and it will only change for the better when cis people stand up for us. I’ve written polemics, I’ve written fiction to highlight how bad things are over there, but it won’t make any difference if cis people don’t help. 2197
Reposted by Hugh BankierAndy Mackenzie @andymack.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Good morning. 'Batman's aff his Nut' by Robert Florence. 15559195
Reposted by Hugh BankierViz Comic @vizcomic.bsky.social · 28/09/2026subscriptions >>> shop.viz.co.uk/viz358bs 49814
Reposted by Hugh BankierBaroness Floella Benjamin @floellabenjamin.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Today it’s 50 years since I first presented Playschool wearing my blue beads and silver heart. I adore bringing joy into the lives of my Playschool Babies during the 12 years I was on the programme. ❤️ 611342166
Reposted by Hugh BankierLupus Londonwolf @lupuslondonwolf.bsky.social · 28/09/2026I was making potato and leek soup and the recipe asked for five potatoes cubed. Even for potato soup, 125 potatoes seems a little excessive. 2164728496
Reposted by Hugh BankierSunderland Lollipops @sunderlandlolly.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Did you know that a Farage Reform govt intends to scrap the NHS? The private health care system he wants to introduce would cost you £10,000s, like the US, where getting ill can bankrupt you. #ReformUK #Labour #GreenParty #Newcastle #SAFC� #NUFC 27936361968
Reposted by Hugh BankierBeau @drbeaubeaumont.bsky.social · 28/09/2026To be fair, you honestly can’t say that Enid Blyton isn’t prepared to move with the times. 24669119
Reposted by Hugh BankierOld School Gentleman @oldschoolgentl1.bsky.social · 28/09/2026I decided to be healthy today so I came to the gym. I'm celebrating now with a barley and hops smoothie 5622
Reposted by Hugh BankierRoland Smith @rolandmcs.bsky.social · 28/09/2026'Which taxes do you want to raise instead?' should be the default question to anyone who calls for reductions in immigration. 14433153
Reposted by Hugh BankierMatthew Stewart @roguestrands.bsky.social · 27/09/2026No way I can compete with the major poetry publishers who get collections stocked by bricks-and-mortar bookshops But I do have word of mouth and all you wonderful people here on Bluesky, pushing the numbers of readers of Whatever You Do, Just Don't far beyond the sales of the big boys. Thank you! 615167
Reposted by Hugh BankierDefend Our Juries @defendourjuries.bsky.social · 27/09/2026BREAKING: 94 year old Jewish human rights barrister, Margaret Owen arrested under the Terrorism Act outside Andy Burnham’s Labour Party conference. UK taxpayers are funding these arrests while masked men terrorise the streets in coastal towns. Lift The Ban on Palestine Action. 18772113003
Reposted by Hugh BankierParody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Rupert must have had a change of heart. I'm sure he used to be all in favour of local people expressing their understandable anger at strange fighting age men suddenly appearing in their community. 39751187
Reposted by Hugh BankierRichard Corbett CBE @richardcorbett.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Pressure building up at and beyond Labour Party Conference because: - Brexit even more costly than predicted, hurting economy & damaging public finances - Geopolitical situation: aggressive Russia in east & unreliable USA in west - British public now has a steadily growing majority for rejoining EU 30426147
Reposted by Hugh BankierSarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 25/09/2026“Between 2019 and 2025, export volumes slumped 31 per cent as Brexit added border checks and trade complexity, pushing up costs for businesses” … and threatening our food security. Why TF would *anyone* want this for our businesses and our country? giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...giftarticle.ft.comBrexit and Donald Trump’s tariffs push UK’s food and drink trade deficit to £21bnIn the first half of 2026, the sector’s export volumes fell 11.7% to hit their third-lowest level on record 29476201
Reposted by Hugh BankierJessica Elgot @jessicaelgot.bsky.social · 24/09/2026EXC - We *also* have an MRP out today - which has some very striking findings. Progressives who vote tactically to stop Nigel Farage’s Reform UK could push his party into FOURTH place. The poll also shows Burnham’s Labour is winning back left-leaning voters. www.theguardian.com/politics/202... 3331193
Reposted by Hugh BankierPrem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 24/09/2026This chart published by the Economics Laboratory, shows that the UK social spending is 23% of GDP, covers NHS, social security and support services. It is a useful rebutal to neoliberals calling for cuts to the NHS, state pension and other benefits. www.linkedin.com/posts/charto... 14389246
Reposted by Hugh BankierGeorge Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Here's today's column on the astonishing, ongoing mistreatment of people with #ME/CFS. Please spread it far and wide: the only thing which can break the media's wall of indifference is seeing an article about the issue go viral. Thank you. 1/2 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...theguardian.comAbandoned, dismissed and gaslighted: there is no excuse for the way ME sufferers have been betrayed | George MonbiotChanges in guidance and science seem to have little impact on millions of devastated lives. It’s a social crisis playing out behind closed doors, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot 17925351729
Reposted by Hugh BankierNick Davies @njdavies.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Great to hear the PM say “We are going to be much prouder in standing up for our values and the rule of law” re foreign information warfare. I wonder if he or the Home Secretary might consider doing the same when it comes to masked vigilantes shutting down infrastructure and harassing the RNLI 301472413
Reposted by Hugh BankierJessica Elgot @jessicaelgot.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Started watching Sky’s War Game last night where Michael Gove is the PM during the Russian attack and I’m afraid it is just very difficult to watch it without thinking of this, one of the great cartoons ever published 541631391
Reposted by Hugh BankierSteven (with a PH) @sjksalisbury.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Christening a baby is nothing like christening a ship. I know that now. Once again I can only apologise. 161191503869
Reposted by Hugh BankierMartin Calladine @uglygame.bsky.social · 20/09/2026How can it be that I know Andy Burnham disapproves of serving Yorkshire puddings with Christmas dinner but not whether he disapproves of masked fascists threatening members of the RNLI? 47830
Reposted by Hugh BankierHelene von Bismarck @helenebismarck.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Instead of debating “should we do what Canada is doing” (which is, so far, unclear), the debate could be: “how has the world changed that the EU and Canada are considering this, and how do we want to deal with this situation?“ Just a suggestion. 1128549
Hugh Bankier @hughbankier.bsky.social · 18/09/2026There are some brilliant stories in the replies. 000
Reposted by Hugh Bankierpaulpro @mariopro.bsky.social · 18/09/2026@mackaycartoons.bsky.social 23903319
Reposted by Hugh BankierNicola Kelly @nicolakellywrites.bsky.social · 17/09/2026I have spent weeks shadowing the RNLI and I can tell you, they do it out of nothing more than compassion. Wrote about the heroes I've met over the years in this free-to-read post. nicolakelly.substack.com/p/the-rnli-a...nicolakelly.substack.comThe RNLI aren't traitors; they're heroesI have spent weeks shadowing lifeboat crews. Here's what they do and what it's like. 341522492
Reposted by Hugh BankierMark Thompson @markreckons.bsky.social · 17/09/2026This thread is wonderful. Fionna is wonderful. Read it to see what happens when a bigot gets their arse handed to them by someone who knows what they're talking about. 👇👇👇 15013
Hugh Bankier @hughbankier.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Tim's right. This is absolutely essential and brilliantly constructed. 000
Reposted by Hugh BankierOtto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 16/09/2026I'm not surprised but I'm truly disgusted that this narrative of "dangerous fighting age men posing a threat to women and children" is genuinely doing the rounds on the media with almost no push back at all. This is 1930s level stuff. 1191745355
Hugh Bankier @hughbankier.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Daughter was tidying up the cellar of the pub she works in and dug out a few old pump clips, including this beauty. What a beer this was! The Fullers facsimile is OK, but the original was a trial-blazing wonder. Such a shame Asahi didn't/don't understand. #BskyBeer @rogerprotz.bsky.social 4334
Reposted by Hugh BankierBryan @elwick70.bsky.social · 15/09/2026I find it odd that Reform complains about the 10s of 1000s of individual British workers contributing to the Labour Party via their union subs and how this can influence politics, but their £77m received from two offshore donors has no political influence at all. Very odd… 1597
Reposted by Hugh BankierHassinator @hassinator.bsky.social · 13/09/2026a great letter in the times today. perhaps worth sharing in these troubled times. #RNLI #heroes 4059812392
Reposted by Hugh BankierNadine Batchelor-Hunt @nadinebh.bsky.social · 10/09/2026I wrote something very personal and vulnerable about World Suicide Prevention Day on my Substack, and my experience with suicidal thoughts I decided that, however scary it feels writing it, if it helps one person it's worth it a million times over nadinebh.substack.com/p/its-world-...nadinebh.substack.comIt’s World Suicide Prevention Day, and we need to destigmatise talking about suicidal thoughtsUp to one in four of us will experience suicidal thoughts in our live times. We need to destigmatise talking about the issue - I should know, I live with suicidal thoughts myself. 39405113
Reposted by Hugh BankierMikel Reparaz @wikiparaz.bsky.social · 11/09/2026PAUL: What’s in the box? REVEREND MOTHER: Pain. [PAUL hesitantly puts his hand in the BOX, then FROWNS IN CONFUSION. He pulls out A BAGUETTE.] REVEREND MOHER: Hōn hōn, 6276932022
Reposted by Hugh BankierKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Your dad would be proud as hell of you, my man. 744475734
Reposted by Hugh BankierNORTHERN RESIDENT ARTIST @northresidentart.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Ye Cracke Another pub completed on the road to painting all 285 Liverpool pubs Please repost so others see my attempt to document all Liverpool pubs #Liverpoolpubs #GaryNorth #lancashireartistoftheyear 0136
Reposted by Hugh BankierCount Binface @countbinface.bsky.social · 09/09/2026You might have to turn up for the results of this one, Nige. 13353351298
Reposted by Hugh BankierSteve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 09/09/2026'Increasingly, we’re seeing conservatives use constitutional arguments the way the Scottish writer Andrew Lang famously described drunks using lampposts: “for support, not illumination.” ' 0349
Reposted by Hugh Bankierderek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 09/09/2026imagine being a menswear writer and having to go back to writing about this fall’s best socks after reading anthropic employees say AI might destroy humanity in a few years 2014965439
Reposted by Hugh BankierOtto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 09/09/2026The balaclava blackshirted thugs are a result of a decade of politicians, tabloids and the broadcast media telling racists they have "legitimate concerns." The normalisation of actual fascism rhetoric and action has led to this and is a far greater "legitimate concern" than any migrant on a boat. 781709559
Reposted by Hugh BankierPaul Byrne @theplanetaryguy.com · 09/09/2026Astrophotographer Adam (AJ) Smadi caught this image a few hours ago from Washington state. A thin crescent Moon, sunlight illuminating the rugged lunar surface. And 2,400 times farther away—and on the other side of the Sun—mighty Jupiter, and its moons Io (left) and Ganymede (right). 187165475090