jamesinbrussels.bsky.social @jamesinbrussels.bsky.social · 12/10/2026The key question is : are Reform UK voters who aren't posh going to care? All these scandals do is help Reform and Tory geographically split Britain amongst themselves, and then do the Spanish right wing alliance. 020 0
jamesinbrussels.bsky.social @jamesinbrussels.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Yes to all of the above, but Covid destroyed the routine and rythm and accountability to others in a purely physical sense of having to go from x to y, that a lot of AD(H)D people crave. 010 0
jamesinbrussels.bsky.social @jamesinbrussels.bsky.social · 08/10/2026First litmus test : does Kemi still think the Fulani are her ethnic enemy? Can someone be Fulani-English in her book? 000 0
jamesinbrussels.bsky.social @jamesinbrussels.bsky.social · 06/10/2026I genuinely think, putting aside narcissism, he is a workaholic who will struggle immensely with retirement. 020 0
jamesinbrussels.bsky.social @jamesinbrussels.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Including, I imagine, bombing the UK. They are shamelessly unpatriotic. 000 0
jamesinbrussels.bsky.social @jamesinbrussels.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Worse Stephen, she gaslights people saying she wasn't an ardent supporter of it. I say gaslight, but her perception of reality and what she said changes very quickly too 000 0
jamesinbrussels.bsky.social @jamesinbrussels.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Deserve a secind like button 000 0
jamesinbrussels.bsky.social @jamesinbrussels.bsky.social · 28/08/2026The point is that we spend huge money on stuff that isnt useful at all (at all) vs what Ukraine arebshowing an actual MoD should do in terms of procurement. 000 0
jamesinbrussels.bsky.social @jamesinbrussels.bsky.social · 31/07/2026Some people in the care sector surely resent people who come into the UK on a care sector visa only to not work in the care sector? Because it is a non-negligible issue that Labour is trying to address 000 0
jamesinbrussels.bsky.social @jamesinbrussels.bsky.social · 31/07/2026I can. I'm generally pro immigration but I can understand how people link directly e.g. unaffordable rent, high streets being taking over by criminals (of all nationalities including Brits) and so on to immigration. The point is the Left must sell the idea that they can tackle those issues too. 100 0
jamesinbrussels.bsky.social @jamesinbrussels.bsky.social · 30/07/2026I think its more complicated though, in that Farage was necessary as a figure to catapult Reform UK as a right wing populist alternative to the Tories and capture Brexit ex-Labour voters, but now they're an established presence theyre still likely to replace Cons as main party on Right. 010 0
jamesinbrussels.bsky.social @jamesinbrussels.bsky.social · 30/07/2026It all comes down to housing. You would not have this backlash against family reunification and the Boriswave in general if housing and public services in other domains than care could keep up 000 0
jamesinbrussels.bsky.social @jamesinbrussels.bsky.social · 29/07/2026Lower house prices are never presented as good news. Eat up your Homes Under the Hammer or Grand Designs propaganda, because housing must be seen as a risk free investment in the eyes of the Boomers (and Gen X). 000 0
jamesinbrussels.bsky.social @jamesinbrussels.bsky.social · 24/07/2026Thanks for a great thread response. 110 0
jamesinbrussels.bsky.social @jamesinbrussels.bsky.social · 23/07/2026Serious question though, are there not too many universities per head in the UK? 300 0
jamesinbrussels.bsky.social @jamesinbrussels.bsky.social · 15/07/2026Ah but fo you have a laptop and analyze triangles? 010 0
jamesinbrussels.bsky.social @jamesinbrussels.bsky.social · 14/07/2026Kemi's ego creates all sorts of wonderful precedents. 020 0
jamesinbrussels.bsky.social @jamesinbrussels.bsky.social · 13/07/2026Honestly I never got his praise for twilight but then I watched it again with a twilight fan who happened to be my gf and then I "got" it. I never got Minions 010 0
jamesinbrussels.bsky.social @jamesinbrussels.bsky.social · 12/07/2026Ypu don't understand the mentality of a pure Blairite careerist 010 0
jamesinbrussels.bsky.social @jamesinbrussels.bsky.social · 12/07/2026In Valencia the PP head of the region tried to avoid an emergency flood response by having an eigh hour lunch. Its part of the PP's culture of disdain for plebs. 120 0
jamesinbrussels.bsky.social @jamesinbrussels.bsky.social · 12/07/2026Haaland was cooked. Couldn't run at all 000 0
jamesinbrussels.bsky.social @jamesinbrussels.bsky.social · 12/07/2026Than Dixson? No way. At least Shearer is enthusiastic. 110 0
jamesinbrussels.bsky.social @jamesinbrussels.bsky.social · 10/07/2026No its not just that, its also the perfecting of artificial turf paying off, much like in Iceland. They have quality coming through the ranks beyond two generational talents. 000 0
jamesinbrussels.bsky.social @jamesinbrussels.bsky.social · 06/07/2026Congrats on not understanding how that happened...it wasnt because of Blatter. Whereas Saudi WC is Infantino, Morocco rigging AFCON is Infantino, Peace Prize is Infantino.... 010 0
jamesinbrussels.bsky.social @jamesinbrussels.bsky.social · 06/07/2026No, not marginally. At least as a custodian of FIFA, never did Blatter reach these heights. Horrible guy, maybe more crass than Gianni who is smooth. But never was he this corrupt. Qatar WC was fixed by bribing FAs. 200 0
jamesinbrussels.bsky.social @jamesinbrussels.bsky.social · 06/07/2026Blatter was much, much better than Infantino. Your analogy should be modified to reflect this. 110 0
jamesinbrussels.bsky.social @jamesinbrussels.bsky.social · 06/07/2026Way too big a loss of revenue. The South American teams would basically ask UEFA to set up a tournament between them and the European teams 000 0
jamesinbrussels.bsky.social @jamesinbrussels.bsky.social · 05/07/2026Et De Wever qui re-chantera l'hymne des USA demain... 000 0
jamesinbrussels.bsky.social @jamesinbrussels.bsky.social · 05/07/2026Qu'est ce qui les empêchent de se naturaliser si ils veulent le droit de vote? 100 0
jamesinbrussels.bsky.social @jamesinbrussels.bsky.social · 05/07/2026Oui des Bxlois quoi, des gens qui vivent ici depuis longtemps. Pas des gars qui viennent seulement de déménager ici. Déso mais je ne veux pas qu'un exilé fiscal qui vient de débarquer ou un stagiaire bluebook ait le même droit de vote que des gens qui y habitent depuis longtemps 110 0
jamesinbrussels.bsky.social @jamesinbrussels.bsky.social · 05/07/2026C'est surtout que t'as pleins de gens qui entendent MR/VLD = libéral (ALDE) donc pas trop d'extrême droite sans connaître leur vrai visage. Et c'est expats savent que le PS gère la région n'importe comment donc votent MR sans savoir que c'est L'extrême droite. 240 0
jamesinbrussels.bsky.social @jamesinbrussels.bsky.social · 05/07/2026Oui ils ont ce droit mais ici on parle d'élections régionales. 120 0
jamesinbrussels.bsky.social @jamesinbrussels.bsky.social · 05/07/2026Non. Ils peuvent passer les mêmes étapes qu'un belge naturalisé comme moi. 200 0
jamesinbrussels.bsky.social @jamesinbrussels.bsky.social · 01/07/2026Thanks, its endemic in Brussels sadly. But David Miliband not paying interns in *New York City* while he was on a 6 figure salary for an NGO is proof of his elitism 131 0
jamesinbrussels.bsky.social @jamesinbrussels.bsky.social · 01/07/2026A soundbite coined by Samantha Power, who like David Miliband is notorious for treating interns like shit. If he ascends in a Burnham gov that would set the tone IMO. Careerists. 100 0
jamesinbrussels.bsky.social @jamesinbrussels.bsky.social · 28/06/2026Trafford is the serious successor 120 0
jamesinbrussels.bsky.social @jamesinbrussels.bsky.social · 26/06/2026Bénitez was a laughable appointment. 000 0
jamesinbrussels.bsky.social @jamesinbrussels.bsky.social · 24/06/2026The difference is Burnham might lose control of the PLP, not as much as Starmer did but enough to make him think he needs a way to cement that he is the reason for electoral success. 100 0
jamesinbrussels.bsky.social @jamesinbrussels.bsky.social · 19/06/2026Slim majorities were hardly governable either (Cameron 2015). The reality is the 2 main parties are anachronistic and hold various parties/factions within them that cannot work together well anymore. 000 0
jamesinbrussels.bsky.social @jamesinbrussels.bsky.social · 15/06/2026One of the best 0-0 Ive ever seen honestly. They were so determined 130 0
jamesinbrussels.bsky.social @jamesinbrussels.bsky.social · 13/06/2026They look so disorganised at the back 000 0
jamesinbrussels.bsky.social @jamesinbrussels.bsky.social · 12/06/2026Now this is the content we want 000 0
jamesinbrussels.bsky.social @jamesinbrussels.bsky.social · 12/06/2026The flag is basically never used by their own fans anyway. 000 0
jamesinbrussels.bsky.social @jamesinbrussels.bsky.social · 12/06/2026Note : you will hear their supporters still sing an alternative version seen as the Bosniak anthem 010 0
jamesinbrussels.bsky.social @jamesinbrussels.bsky.social · 12/06/2026Now they play the last part with lyrics. Their coach demanded it 000 0
jamesinbrussels.bsky.social @jamesinbrussels.bsky.social · 07/06/2026She doesnt want to get it. She believes in a hierarchy of races. 300 0
Reposted by @jamesinbrussels.bsky.socialHildur Knútsdóttir @hildur.bsky.social · 01/06/2026Throwback to when a TV station in Iceland accidentally aired an episode of Teletubbies with subtitles from the Sopranos 👌🏼 199135383579 0
