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James Bottomley

@jamesbottomley.bsky.social
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UK-based older project consultant guy with history in both public and private sectors. Enjoys chatting about politics, society, culture, etc. Spent time in many countries, including working in the US, so moderately familiar with other lands.

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James Bottomley @jamesbottomley.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Currently generating this result on Electoral Calculus. Not all that convincing but it would eliminate any chance of a Reform/Tory coalition government at least.
Electoralcalculus.co.uk - prediction table based on current polling. 10/10/26
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James Bottomley @jamesbottomley.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Here's the current Electoral Calculus prediction based on current poll of poll tracking numbers. Labour dominate with 313 seats against 95 for Reform.
Electoral Calculus tracking poll results for 2/10/26
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James Bottomley @jamesbottomley.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
George Nietzsche considering his next Grauniad piece
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James Bottomley @jamesbottomley.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I'm sure their art collection is all totally worthless.
Broughton Hall owners plead poverty as they tremble before the budget.
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James Bottomley @jamesbottomley.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Billionaire childhood. Vaughan Thomlinson cartoon from the Guardian today.
Vaughan Tomlinson cartoon from the Guardian website 26/9/26
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James Bottomley @jamesbottomley.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
It's very unlikely that even the perennially deranged Mail readership would now split 74:17 on defending Brexit. This is the Mail fabricating their poll results.
Fabricated poll results on today's Mail
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James Bottomley @jamesbottomley.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
This is the relevant section from the Instagram statement.
Ed Sheeran's statement from Instagram regarding contact with promoters including Kraft.
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James Bottomley @jamesbottomley.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
It oscillates regularly - not long ago polls were showing a clear lead for No - now they are showing 52:48 for Yes, but that's hardly sweeping and in no way justifies the constant demands for a neverendum.
From What Scotland Thinks
https://www.whatscotlandthinks.org/questions/how-would-you-vote-in-the-in-a-scottish-independence-referendum-if-held-now-ask/?removed
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James Bottomley @jamesbottomley.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Maybe someone should buy John a motorhome, he sounds increasingly desperate these days. SNP are trending down in the polls and Labour up.
Recent polling in Scotland
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James Bottomley @jamesbottomley.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Interesting. Crime has fallen in both Scotland and England, according to the Scottish government, but a little faster in England. Racism surrounding the asylum issue and Brexit, I'll grant you.
Source: https://www.gov.scot/publications/scottish-crime-and-justice-survey-2024-25-main-findings/pages/comparisons-with-other-statistical-sources-of-crime-and-victimisation/
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James Bottomley @jamesbottomley.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
The Reform policy making process will reach its zenith.
Muppet old guys writing rubbish
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James Bottomley @jamesbottomley.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Time for Cambridge University to take this to their highest academic authority for urgent review.
Muppet in a mortarboard
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James Bottomley @jamesbottomley.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
He'll be inviting his best mate over to review the troops when it's finished.
The Dear Fat Leader of North Korea reviewing his slaves
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James Bottomley @jamesbottomley.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
The far right may pose as on the side of the working class, but they are always, in every country and in every era, dedicated to furthering the interests of the aristocracy, billionaires and financiers.
Bardella gets it on with a Bourbon princess
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James Bottomley @jamesbottomley.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
A 2-state solution for Israel is laughably implausible given that the Israeli government have sabotaged it on every level. This is just a fantasy of Labour ministers. As for goods boycotts, anyone buying anything made anywhere in Israel wants their heads examining, apart from Palestinian products.
Emily Thornberry wants to ban West Bank made goods, in pursuit of her fantasy goal of a 2-state solution.
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James Bottomley @jamesbottomley.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Russia 'doesn't really do diplomacy any more' - they just make vile threats, this time against the UK. Given this thuggish conduct, the real mystery is why we still have a large Russian embassy sitting in London, busy coordinating actions against us.
Guardian video - 18 Aug 26 - discussion on recent Russian threats against the UK
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James Bottomley @jamesbottomley.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Wasps in the office. All you need for a calm office environment. (Guardian today)
Wasps nest in office.
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James Bottomley @jamesbottomley.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Relax. It's all 100% under control.
Deranged video game player takes over at LAX.
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James Bottomley @jamesbottomley.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Would lead to a hung parliament with Labour needing to ally with the LibDems.
ElectoralCalculus seat predictions general election
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James Bottomley @jamesbottomley.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
The fabulous Meta Glasses. This pair is known as the "Full Pervert". Other products may be available.
AI Meta Glasses, ideal for today's sneaky pervert on the move
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James Bottomley @jamesbottomley.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Well to be fair the lads will need refreshments. Politics is hard work, especially when it's not actually politics at all, but hustling.
Coke for the lads.
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James Bottomley @jamesbottomley.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Tehran -> Dubai, business as usual. Makes one wonder how serious it really is when Iran drops missiles on the Gulf States. Anyone for another performance?
Tehran to Dubai, flight radar, morning departure today 31/7/26 - business as usual.
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James Bottomley @jamesbottomley.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
China AI on offer to the UK. I'm sure China can put the icing on the cake by offering its vast quantity of replacement organs to our establishment class at attractive discounts. Just don't ask where they come from.
Chinese ambassador to the UK offers slimy AI promises
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James Bottomley @jamesbottomley.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
This can't be happening because according to the Mail, Telegraph, Sun, Express, GBN and Sky News, LBC and all right wing tweeters and bloggers, London is the crime capital of the world. "Two men stabbed in broad daylight on New York City streets" - CNN news story, 24 July 2026
"Two men stabbed in broad daylight on New York City streets" - CNN news story, 24 July 2026
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James Bottomley @jamesbottomley.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Things that will never happen meme - Buzz Lightyear
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James Bottomley @jamesbottomley.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Meta has the expert teams and battalions of analysts and advisers to not 'miss the mark' on something as key as this. It's hard to avoid the conclusion that their senior management simply doesn't give a shit what the little people 'out there' think. Either that or they are stunningly dim. Or both.
Meta pretends to respond to audience demands
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James Bottomley @jamesbottomley.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Reform's basic position is that their MPs deserve and should receive more protection from the authorities than other MPs. Of course, they don't wish to help pay for this from the huge foreign funding at their disposal, some of it from criminal sources. Yusuf is a fairy tale monger and a charlatan.
Guardian Live 13/7/26 - Reform demanding more protection from the House
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James Bottomley @jamesbottomley.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
Looks like they approach customer service in the usual friendly and laid back spirit of Scientology!
Trip Advisor - Castle Camelot Hotel, Cornwall
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James Bottomley @jamesbottomley.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
I was recently able to attend a meeting of the Reform national committee.
Reform people grabbing the cash
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James Bottomley @jamesbottomley.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Some places for Farage to hang out in central Clackie.
Mad Hatters Cafe in downtown Clacton on Sea
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James Bottomley @jamesbottomley.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Managed to find a picture.
Nazi helmet
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James Bottomley @jamesbottomley.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Shame. Perhaps it's time for F'tang F'tang Ole Biscuit Barrel to step into the contest?
Monty Python - candidate for the Very Silly Party
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James Bottomley @jamesbottomley.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Never mind. He's happy.
Putin smirking
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James Bottomley @jamesbottomley.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
Severn Trent email. No word about their communications with datacentres or other massive commercial consumers. I've written twice now to their CEO asking what they are doing about this. No response.
Severn Trent bearing down on customers to save water whilst they do nothing to restrict giant digital corps from consuming vast amounts.
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James Bottomley @jamesbottomley.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
His Boys from Brazil project no doubt. The Fuhrer must be replicated! The fourth Reich demands nothing less.
Gregory Peck as a former SS officer
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James Bottomley @jamesbottomley.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Photos being posted on Reddit.
Reddit - crash photo
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James Bottomley @jamesbottomley.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
There's a place where these smirking bastards should be.
Nazi defendants laughing at Nuremberg
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James Bottomley @jamesbottomley.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
I think we can probably guess his desert island book choice though.
Mein Kampf
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James Bottomley @jamesbottomley.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
The usual Scot Nat auto-shouter accounts on Bluesky are more peaceful than usual this evening! Does slightly beg the question of how the SNP propose to run an independent Scotland when they can't stop their own party bosses from treating the party bank account like a slot machine.
List of bizarre SNP account purchases by the Sturgeons
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James Bottomley @jamesbottomley.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
Hitler laughing with friends
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James Bottomley @jamesbottomley.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
Things that will never happen meme
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James Bottomley @jamesbottomley.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
Here's the Mail on 16 April doing its level best to stir up the mob for a 'rape' that never happened, committed by absolutely zero asylum seekers.
Fake news inflammatory headline from the Mail designed to assist in causing riots.
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James Bottomley @jamesbottomley.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
Six months minimum to reopen the Strait of Hormuz - and that's after the fighting has definitely stopped, which could be a while. We are facing a lot of severe consequences - food price hikes and food shortages - drug shortages - inflation across the board. Very bad consequences for many people.
Guardian snippet - "Clearing mines in strait of Hormuz could take six months" - Pentagon Report.
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James Bottomley @jamesbottomley.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
LibDem gammon Leigh Frost (Bodmin), leader of Cornwall County Council, who wants to wipe out the bee populations of Cornwall as soon as possible.
LibDem environmental vandal Leigh Frost
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James Bottomley @jamesbottomley.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
Not to mention being laughably implausible! Starmer's nose is getting longer by the hour.
Headling from the Guardian - implausible comment from Starmer about not being told Mandelson failed vetting
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James Bottomley @jamesbottomley.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
Also where the vicars are decidedly dodgy.
Roger Delgado as the vicar Revd Magister in Daemons
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James Bottomley @jamesbottomley.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
Wild optimism that the oil will now flow, which is a stretch given that Israel appears determined to ignore the ceasefire and the US apparently powerless to prevent them.
Oil down to $95
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James Bottomley @jamesbottomley.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
Oh those jolly people. Happy days!
Nazi leaders share a joke
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James Bottomley @jamesbottomley.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
Tell lies. Keep telling them. Then tell some more. JD Vance out campaigning for 'statesman' Orban.
JD Vance claiming it's all about Christianity
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James Bottomley @jamesbottomley.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
Those dang things get everywhere.
Peter Capaldi as the Doc pursued rather unconvincingly by the white ball out of Prisoner.
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