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Imran Bristol @imranicus.bsky.social · 15h

What a coincidence 🤔 .... .... just hours after South African jurist and former ICC judge Navi Pillay was awarded the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize for her work promoting peace and international law - the US government imposed sweeping sanctions on the International Criminal Court.

EXCLUSIVE
US imposes sanctions on ICC hours after former judge wins Nobel Peace Prize
By Humeyra Pamuk, Steve Holland and Anthony Deutsch
October 9, 2026 2:02 PM UTC.
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Imran Bristol @imranicus.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

This was not a defence of Badenoch but rather how Braverman's comments were a bit too extreme for her. This one-time ideological conjoined pair have since parted ways.

Braverman and Badenoch in blue smiling with arms round each other.

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Imran Bristol @imranicus.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Well the pundits kind of seemed certain Bolsonaro II wouldn't have much of chance but I thought hardcore supporters of his father aided by social media might swing things. And this is probably what has happened now - social media reels and edited videos are powerful electoral tools nowadays.

Flávio Bolsonaro poised to win Brazilian presidency after shock first-round victory
Progressive voters and supporters of incumbent president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva left reeling after far-right surge

Flávio Bolsonaro received 47% of the vote – 56.1m votes – compared with Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s 45% (53.8m). Photograph: Diego Herculano/Reuters

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Imran Bristol @imranicus.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Clive Lewis revealed details of the letter he had received from Tom Watson - the Uk chief of Palantir.

“There’s a level of detail there that I didn’t even know. That, to me, was an implicit threat. They’re saying: ‘We are watching you. We are monitoring you. And that’s what we do. Your card is marked.’”

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Imran Bristol @imranicus.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Comedian Michael Shafar points out that Reform supporters seem to hate migrants who have a core British value....

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Imran Bristol @imranicus.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

A tenant is being evicted and stands unhappily in his garden before this takes place, however according to the AI generated text in the new story - he's gardening. There seems to be an increasing reliance on AI to do stuff like this and it often misinterprets the image and misses the point.

A picture of Ritchie Wood, a tenant, standing in his garden looking glum with arms crossed prior to his eviction.

The AI generated text says:

"An individual, dressed in casual attire and donning sunglasses, is engaged in the act of trimming a dense, verdant shrubbery, positioned in front of a building with a brick facade and a window adorned with white frames.
© Reach Publishing Services Limited"

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Imran Bristol @imranicus.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Curious that she always gave Boris Johnson such an easy ride when he was PM.

Laura K laughing when Boris Johnson says something

Laura Kuenssberg's casual interview with Boris Johnson on a park bench

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Imran Bristol @imranicus.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Turns out they do know his full name - which makes the Enoch Powell meme even weirder.

Text from screenshot of Reform UK Rotherham supporters

MUHAMMAD YUSUF, A PROPER BRITISH PATRIOT, UNLIKE ANDY BURNHAM AND CO🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

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Imran Bristol @imranicus.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

It's interesting how the (accurate) billionaire cartoon bears somewhat of a resemblance to the feudal structure of Mediæval England. Billionaires being the modern equivalent of Nobles and clergy with only the nominated ruler above them.

Diagram of the feudal system, arranged as a four‑tier pyramid showing how mediaeval society was structured from top to bottom.

At the top, the smallest purple section contains a crown icon and is labelled King.

Below that, a pink tier labelled Nobles and clergy includes an image of gold coins, signalling wealth, land ownership, and the Church’s influence.

The next, larger yellow tier shows a mounted knight and is labelled Knights, vassals and landlords — the warrior class and land‑holding intermediaries who served nobles and protected territory.

At the base, the largest blue section shows a simply dressed figure and is labelled Serfs, peasants and tenants, representing the majority of the population who worked the land and supported the entire hierarchy.
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The good old days of medieval su

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Imran Bristol @imranicus.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

The strange thing about Trump is how much of his words and actions fit in with the sort of thing George Orwell wrote about. But it reveals not only does he thinks his supporters are stupid but how dictatorial he is in nature - luckily though his powers are constrained by a democratic framework.

’You are free to be a drunkard, an idler, a coward, a backbiter, a fornicator; but you are not free to think for yourself.’

George Orwell's 1934 novel Burmese Days.
Chapter 5

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Imran Bristol @imranicus.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

"Angela Rayner attacks Mahmood’s migrant crackdown" - says the Daily Telegraph headline with the most unflattering angry looking picture of her they could find. Yet her suggestion are sensible, changes to migration law should not be applied *retrospectively* - it's mean spirited and very wrong.

Angela Rayner attacks Mahmood’s migrant crackdown
The Daily Telegraph with an angry looking picture of Rayner

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Imran Bristol @imranicus.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Nepal's PM is quite correct but also, over a year ago - a glacier collapse in Switzerland should have been a wakeup call. I fear that people still aren't learning the lessons here, this shouldn't be treated as a freak incident in Nepal but a taste of what likely to be much worse.

Imran Bristol @imranicus.bsky.social · 30 May 2025

Swiss glacier collapse renews focus on risks of climate change as glaciers retreat around the world

The landslide that buried a Swiss village and riverbed this week is refocusing attention on the role of global warming in glacier collapses around the world

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/peru-swiss-lakes-water-antarctica-b2760416.html

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Imran Bristol @imranicus.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

The psychiatrist is only saying what many have already said - during Trump's visit to the UK in 2018, a giant Trump toddler balloon was flow in London's Parliament Square.

The Donald Trump baby balloon was flown above Parliament Square during the US President's visit to the UK in 2018

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Imran Bristol @imranicus.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

I would say definitely yes, Laila Cunningham marched in London in May with Reform supporters - many of whom would likely be deported under Reform policy. I think it transpired the adults were mostly immigrants on this march - and Laila was almost like a Pied Piper getting their support.

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Imran Bristol @imranicus.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

In most photos of him, Kash Patel looks like he's just been arrested for one of these offences

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Imran Bristol @imranicus.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

The creators of Superman didn't initially conceive of him as a good guy superhero but as a crazed villain hell-bent on amassing money and on world domination. Which is what Bezos seemed to aiming for but has now suffered a setback after Trump lambasted the Trump-friendly Washington Post.

The Reign of the Superman comic strip
and a picture of Bezos.

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Imran Bristol @imranicus.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

It's quite clear that IF he was able to - he'd ban these news agencies outright. Then strut around in a military suit and have a fawning media publish hero stories about him. Unfortunately for him - he doesn't have the unparalleled power of a dictator.

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Imran Bristol @imranicus.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

There are apparently four candidates in the Russian elections namely: 1) Vladimir Putin 2) V.V. Putin 3) Vladimirovich P 4) Putin Vladimir

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Imran Bristol @imranicus.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

What's got lost in all the media coverage is what Polanski had actually been talking about. He'd been talking about datacentres, clean energy, heatwaves and excess deaths over the summer. Instead Sadiq Khan used the opportunity to flip the debate from AI datacentres to Polanski's Urdu proficiency.

Clean energy and water is essential for Londoners. We know that the climate crisis is getting worse, we've seen the heatwaves and the deaths we've had this summer, nearly 3,000 people estimated by the Health Security Agency.

You mentioned datacentres there, and that's what I want to talk about today. We know that the Government considers datacentres as essential infrastructure, critical infrastructure. But for most people, critical infrastructure would be water, electricity, and hospitals.
We also know that the water industry bodies have said they're concerned about the use of water, and also when we look at one data centre of one gigawatts, it could use as much electricity as two million homes.

So my question is, would you be prepared to say no to a datacentre if it didn't secure clean water and energy supply?

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Imran Bristol @imranicus.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

I knew it was mistake for Zack Polanski to do the whole election advert in Urdu. If he wanted to engage with Urdu speakers the best thing would have just been a single spoken line by him at the beginning (that he practised a lot). Now he's being mocked by Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, in Urdu.

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Imran Bristol @imranicus.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

As the Governor of the Bank of England, Mark Carney had to navigate the turbulent aftermath of Brexit - which was a thankless task. Now as Prime Minister of Canada he's playing a key role in trying to bring his nation and the EU closer together because it make economic sense.

Canada becoming EU 'associate member' would be positive move, Carney says

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cx3051ye5j0nt

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Imran Bristol @imranicus.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Alex Karp probably sounds like a complete lunatic - because he is a completed lunatic. His product "Palantir" is named after the evil sphere from Lord of the Rings, which allows the operator to be able to see and control everything.

Palantir is named after the ball of evil from Lord of the Rings, the all seeing eye that allows the Dark Lord to monitor everyone

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Imran Bristol @imranicus.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Having seen this cartoon by Morten Morland - I do hope the government takes immediate steps to grant independence to Piddington and secure the border 😉

Piddington votes for independence cartoon

1) The e townfolk holding banners saying "No to Asylum seekers"

2) Having voted for independence they build a wall

3) They start to suffer

4) They claims asylum in Britain

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Imran Bristol @imranicus.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Who could have predicated 11 years ago that Britain would vote to leave the EU, tank the pound, impose economic sanctions on itself, shrink its tax revenue etc And Canada would go on to seek to become an associate member of the EU while Britain would still remain outside the European Union.

Free at last carton,
Man with bowler hat and umbrella stands on the island of Britain that he has caged himself into with barbed wire

"FREE AT LAST" he exclaims

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Imran Bristol @imranicus.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

The insanity of @Ofcom is that they argue that because GBNews isn't actually a news channel, they are free to do whatever they like without censure while masquerading as a news channel. Its Chief Executive Melanie Dawes was appointed after David Cameron changed the selection process.

"Ofcom shouldn't be making policy" said David Cameron in 2009 - the year before he was elected and compromised it with Tories.

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Imran Bristol @imranicus.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Zack Polanski released a campaign video for the Holborn and St Pancras by-election in Urdu. Hoping to repeat the Manchester magic by Hannah Spencer - although to be fair I think it should have just been a once sentence introduction by him - with the rest of the video spoken by somebody else.

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Imran Bristol @imranicus.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

One of the protestors n Doonbeg was Rev Steven Foster, a Methodist minister from Galway. "I'm here because Trump is the exact opposite of everything I stand for as a follower of Jesus," he told BBC News NI. His words the inverse of what many of Trump's supporters say.

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Imran Bristol @imranicus.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

The Iraqi government is under pressure from the United States and Saudis to rein in Iran-backed militias but the longer the economic crisis goes on - the harder this will be to do. Time seems to be on Iran's side the longer the Strait of Hormuz crisis drags on and the conflict could widen.

Baghdad confirms attack on Saudi pipeline came from Iraq
Karl Sexton | Saim Dušan Inayatullah with AFP, AP and Reuters
12/09/2026

Saudi Arabia has said it will not retaliate and wants Iraq to "take the necessary measures." Baghdad is under pressure from the United States to rein in Iran-backed militias.

https://www.dw.com/en/baghdad-confirms-attack-on-saudi-pipeline-came-from-iraq/a-79247086

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Imran Bristol @imranicus.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

And now a party political broadcast for Reform UK:

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Imran Bristol @imranicus.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Good to see there was also a counter-demonstration - it doesn't seem like there's much media focus on the counter demonstrators though whereas the far-right seem more likely to be interviewed and their viewpoints amplified.

Stop the far right right placards and protests along with two women with placards in the foreground saying
"I don't need racists to protect me!" and "Women against hate"

Protesters gather for a counter-demonstration in Portsmouth on Saturday. Photograph: James Veysey/Shutterstock

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Imran Bristol @imranicus.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

And now Trump, in one of his more lucid moments, weighs in and believes a united Ireland is inevitable. One of Trump's broken clock comments - the best part of this is - that it's going to hugely annoy the Unionist community in Northern Ireland - especially those who were huge fans of MAGA.

Donald Trump says he would ‘love’ to see united Ireland
US president says on visit to republic that unification will happen eventually so ‘may as well happen now’

Protesters against Trump’s visit to Ireland react to ‘united Ireland’ comments – video

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/sep/12/donald-trump-says-he-would-love-to-see-united-ireland

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Imran Bristol @imranicus.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Yasmin Alibhai-Brown is a left-wing British columnist, however on a few Facebook post there's screenshots from Musk's X platform quoting her to say she doesn't "like white men" - predictably causing howls of outrage. But of course she never said this and is in fact married to a white guy

Screenshot from Facebook of an X post saying:

Presenter @gavinesler asked Yasmin alibhai-brown @y_alibhai "What's wrong with white guys, by the way?"
She replied: "I don't like them. I want them to be the lost species in a hundred years."

This is then followed by what appears to be a doctored image of her to look grumpy with the words

"I DON'T LIKE WHITE MEN, I WANT THEM TO BE A LOST SPECIES."
And the attribution
Yasmin Alibhi Brown

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Imran Bristol @imranicus.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

During his first term, Donald seemed the more animated of the pair, Melania (when not frowning or scowling) appeared to be very robotic, wooden almost in movement and expression. But now as his second term goes on - Melania Trump suddenly looks a lot more human when next to her husband.

Donald Trump relaxing in a chair or another dummy

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Imran Bristol @imranicus.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Trump didn't manage to get round to paying anybody those "DOGE dividends" he promised, almost like he's lying once again to voters. Even the BBC's reporter warned viewers about this.

BBC’s Samira Hussain explains what needs to happen for Trump's $5,000 gift to become reality

"Those cheques never materialised" - she said referring to DOGE dividends

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Imran Bristol @imranicus.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

I do get the impression that if there had been another London by-election before Starmer stood down that Polanski would have stood a very good chance of being elected. But with Andy Burnham as leader, the party is polling better and not forgetting Zia Yusuf's racist attack on the Labour candidate.

Imran Bristol
@imranicus.bsky.social

A week ago I would have presumed Polanski may have had a good chance of taking the seat but now with Zia Yusuf's racist attack against Labour front-runner Sagal Abdi-Wali - I think Labour have an advantage.

Revulsion against Yusuf's abhorrent comments may make potential Green voters vote Labour.
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Alexander Clarkson @aphclarkson.bsky.social. 8d
It's a gamble that might pay off, but my hunch is that Zack Polanski going for the Holborn seat just when Andy Burnham still has a strong communicational advantage in UK politics is a mistake for his own ambitions as well as for the Green Party
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Imran Bristol @imranicus.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Typical well-informed Reform voter:

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Imran Bristol @imranicus.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Trump smells so bad at times that people can "smell him around the corner" - there was one King of England like this Henry VIII. In his final years, overweight and in bad health - his ministers and attendants struggled to act normally in his presence lest they face his ire.

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Imran Bristol @imranicus.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

A bit unfair just to blame women when there's people like Zia Yusuf around - in thrall to far-right figures.

Zia Yusuf gazing at Farage while Farage laughs

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Imran Bristol @imranicus.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

This is Elon Musk's legacy - literally millions of deaths, not to mention that his cuts were actually a false economy. These deaths seem to fit in with his supremacist ideology.

Article excerpt
"Elon Musk Threatens Lawsuit Against Rep. Ro Khanna Over USAID Cuts"

The dispute stems from DOGE's overhaul of USAID, which placed nearly all 10,000 staff on leave, canceled over 90% of contracts, and shifted operations to the State Department. **Khanna cited a July 2025 Lancet study projecting 14 million deaths by 2030, including 4.5 million children under five, if defunding continues**; Musk countered that no children have died and highlighted a

WOW. A LANCET STUDY SAYS ELON MUSK WILL HAVE KILLED 14 MILLION PEOPLE BY 2030.

LANCET IS THE WORLD'S TOP MEDICAL JOURNAL!

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Imran Bristol @imranicus.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

AfD supporters celebrating the succes of their party in Sunday's elections. If they saw a couple that looked like Alice Weidel and her partner - they'd be shouting abuse at them and if there were no witnesses around, possibly assaulting them.

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Imran Bristol @imranicus.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Alice Weidel is a typical far-right hypocrite. She leads the AfD, an anti-immigrant, anti-LGBT German party, but is a lesbian living in Switzerland, raising children with a partner born in Sri Lanka. A partner, her typical supporter would be inclined to attack if they saw her on the street.

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Imran Bristol @imranicus.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Zia Yusuf attacked a Labour council leader simply because she had been a child refugee from Somalia - yet his own parents had been refuges* who fled Sri Lanka for the United Kingdom after anti-Tamil violence sparked a civil war. He was born just a few years after they arrived in the UK.

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Imran Bristol @imranicus.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

During the last Ice Age, sea levels were dramatically lower because so much water was locked in glaciers. There was a land bridge between Pembrokeshire in Wales and Rosslare in Ireland. Makes me wonder if there are archaeological artefacts buried along what could have been a busy route.

Map of Wales and eastern Ireland
Rosslare in the south-east is across the St George's Channel from south-western Wales.

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Imran Bristol @imranicus.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Milei's response to his falling ratings is to start talking about taking the islands. Interestingly quite a few right-wingers in the UK had hailed his election - including Libertarian loony Liz Truss (Britain's 49 day Prime Minister). Now though he's gone and upset them with his territorial claims.

Liz Truss Brutally Snubbed By Argentina's President With Just 1 Word

Javier Milei appeared not to know who Liz Truss is – even though she is clearly a big fan of his

Two Getty images, one of Milei and one of Truss

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Imran Bristol @imranicus.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

"Michael Sheen, who will play Glyndŵr, said one of the main rationales for staging the show was simply that the rebel leader’s story had never before been told on such a large scale." Glyndŵr’s rebelled against King Henry IV - yet his story is largely unknown.

An illustration of Owain Glyndŵr, not a contemporary image, based upon the design that was used in his great seal.

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Imran Bristol @imranicus.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

While the ruins doesn't look particularly impressive, the interior of the cave was very colourful and had unique geology - while locally famous it had become more well known across the world due to the BBC drama Poldark attracting thousands of tourists. Now the unique site is gone forever.

The cave had many colourful rocks inside
Photo by CHRIS BARNARD

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Imran Bristol @imranicus.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Recently the Brexit brigade have been seeing the vote in Iceland as validation of Brexit - yet Icelandic groups do not face the same problems when touring the EU. Iceland is part of Schengen + EEA, - full EU/EEA free movement for work, no visas / work permits, no cabotage restrictions and so on.

Map
EU and Schengen member
Schengen member only
EU Member only

Iceland is in Schengen, the UK along with Belarus and Ukraine and some others it a member of neither.

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