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James Sibley

@jdsibley.bsky.social
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Public affairs in trade association land. Politics, cycling, gardening, and cats. #ITFC and Essex CCC fan.

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BUCKERS @deathofbuckley.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
I'm gonna build a vape shop and a bookies on Dobby's grave x
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James Sibley @jdsibley.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Consistently surprised at the amount of times I look up some random American company I've never heard of that's mentioned somewhere and it's a multi-billion dollar giant
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James Sibley @jdsibley.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Has she now
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James Sibley @jdsibley.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
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The Simpsons: We've Tried Nothing
ALT: The Simpsons: We've Tried Nothing
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James Sibley @jdsibley.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
Absolutely delighted that the LinkedIn alogrithm chose to show in my feed an AI bro launching a new data product called "Tugger". Fnar fnar
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James Sibley @jdsibley.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
Why does Keir Starmer's Labour so detest their core vote pt. 2384
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James Sibley @jdsibley.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
Following the GE Labour decided not to dance with who they came with, and this is what you get.
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James Sibley @jdsibley.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
WFA u-turn is an absolute mess. Pensioners won't thank you and and it highlights to working families on median salaries that you matter a lot less politically than the luckiest generation. Win win!
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James Sibley @jdsibley.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
Last week - Strategic Defence Review talks about need to counter hybrid warfare, including disinformation This week - can't guarantee longterm BBC World Service funding
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James Sibley @jdsibley.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
The media coverage of the India trade deal is mental. It's not even toss of a coin stuff it's just absolute falsehood.
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pixelatedboat aka “mr bluesky” @pixelatedboat.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
I see a lot of you are worried about your stocks so I’m glad I invested all my money in the one asset that will NEVER decline in value: tulips
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Eddie Robson @eddierobson.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
447% tariff on shops that put stickers on books that don't peel off cleanly
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James Sibley @jdsibley.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
I don’t think the UK Government is trying to bridge the divide. They’re trying to buy time and Starmer nearly said that bit out loud at PMQs this week. It’s the right strategy for a country that maintains your nuclear arsenal in a naval base in Georgia
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James Sibley @jdsibley.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
Stupid policy: (1) A lot of money is being sucked out of the economy and into pensions (2) This will be taxed much later at a lower rate (3) Frozen thresholds will push more money into the big pension funnel as the years go by (4) A bunch of skilled workers will retire early in ~20-30 years
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James Sibley @jdsibley.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
Currently can't use mobile data in the middle of the City of London with O2. Our digital infrastructure is so cooked
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MꙬse Allain @mooseallain.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
I have a cartoon in the current Private Eye. It’s set a long time ago.
Two men in togas in a shop. A sign says TOGAS TO GO.
Man on the left:
"Do you have a toga in an XL, please?"
Man on the right: "A size 40? Let me see..."
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Sarah O'Connor @sarahoconnorft.ft.com · 25/03/2025
Surely a contender for the funniest thing a judge has ever said www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
"On the night of the 2nd of March 2025, your actions were the antithesis of everything Paddington stands for."
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Christian Schneider @anti-knowledge.com · 24/03/2025
New phone, Houthis
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Kampf mit Kette @kampfmitkette.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
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James Sibley @jdsibley.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
Was going to do a jokey post about very senior policymakers using emojis and reaction gifs in a group chat about bombing Yemen, but turns out they actually did that anyway
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James Sibley @jdsibley.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
Around 4% of US oil imports are from Venezuela 13% of crude oil imported by US refineries on the Gulf Coast is from Venezuela
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James Sibley @jdsibley.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
That scene in the Simpsons where Lenin smashes his fist through the lid of his glass coffin, except it's George III www.ft.com/content/8b1f...
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Trump says he would be happy for US to become ‘associate’ Commonwealth member
US president posted Sun news story that referred to a supposed ‘secret offer’ King Charles is due to extend
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Jonny Morris @jonnymorris.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
Whenever I see Kemi Badenoch's name my brain starts going "If it's Badenoch for you, it's Badenoch for me" to the tune of Good Enough by Dodgy. And now your brain will too.
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Toby Earle 🇺🇦 @tobyontv.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
so sad what happened to Thunderbird 2
A photo of a green wheelie bin with the number 2 on it
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Dan Snow @thehistoryguy.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
“When the victory was won, he made the announcement himself” Suetonius on Emperor Nero’s absurd participation in the Olympic Games.
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Lewis Baston @lewisbaston.bsky.social · 16/03/2025
House clearing - a doleful task. Flipped open a book of political quotations and it came up at Thomas Jefferson ‘if a nation expects to be ignorant and free, in a state of civilisation, it expects what never was and never will be.’
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Tom Roberts @tpgroberts.bsky.social · 16/03/2025
All Zelensky has to do is collapse his own government, oversee a serious corruption scandal that nearly saw half a billion pounds (literally) go up in smoke, refuse to resign, lose seats, waste three years, lose more seats, restore the government briefly, waste a year, resign.
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James Sibley @jdsibley.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
Some people seem to think that Trump is a blip and everything will get back to normal when he goes, but my money is more on the Orbanisation of the US. Their media landscape is so fucked that I doubt people will even blame him if the economy goes into full meltdown.
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Another Green @anothergreen.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
Good news.
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Christian Odendahl @codendahl.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
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James Sibley @jdsibley.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
Can governing a country via spin the bottle work? We're going to find out!
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James Sibley @jdsibley.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
I remember when people said that Fire and Fury by Michael Wolff, with all its claims of Trump being talked down from insane positions all the time, was outlandish
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Thomas I-G @thomasig.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
"20,000 troops from some random country that hasn't fought a war in 30 or 40 years"
Repatriation of British soldiers at Wootton Bassett (now Royal Wootton Bassett)
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Delbert Grady Seasons @delbertgseasons.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
I don’t know if Google can top this, their finest work to date
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James Sibley @jdsibley.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
Wonderful that so much of most people’s private pensions are wrapped up in this rapidly evolving bin fire
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James Sibley @jdsibley.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
Thoughts with Ukrainians tonight and any other nation bordering Russia. Thoughts with all sane people really
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Michael Glasper @michaelglasper.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
US foreign policy is, essentially, whatever the last person who spoke to Trump said to him.
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General Boles @generalboles.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
"I'm going to invade Canada" "sure you are granddad, let's get you back inside"
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James Sibley @jdsibley.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
America’s last hope is train nerds
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James Sibley @jdsibley.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
Really could do without the James Bond Cinematic Universe
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Matt Steinglass @mattsteinglass.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
“In the past six months Russia has been humiliated in Syria, failed to dislodge three Ukrainian brigades from the Kursk region, and taken more than 200,000 casualties in advancing roughly the distance from central London to Heathrow airport.”
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James Sibley @jdsibley.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
America has elected the Manchurian Candidate as President
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James Sibley @jdsibley.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
If you're dismissing the people who elected Lib Dems to Winchester, Tunbridge Wells, most of Oxfordshire and half of Surrey as 'mainly people on the left' then I think you're going to struggle to win those seats back in 2029.
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James Sibley @jdsibley.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
Among many things I don't understand about current US policy, why on earth is the US allowing Russia to present as an equal? The US economy is roughly 14x bigger than Russia's, it's defence budget 8x larger. Why are they debasing themselves and letting Russia set terms? It's not the USSR!
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James Sibley @jdsibley.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
The FT comment section strikes again on an article about raising UK defence spending but cutting other departments
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James Sibley @jdsibley.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
Having just waded through that very dense BBC Reeves expenses story, I'm quite surprised that it basically boils down to an argue the toss case regarding motivational gifts for employees and use of taxis, based on gossip from old colleagues. I mean, seriously?
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Ben Ansell @benansell.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
The omertà in the Conservative Party that they have lost the most classic Tory seats in the whole country (including a bunch held by former Tory PMs) to the Lib Dems is just bizarre. It would be like Labour pretending it never lost the Red Wall.
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