Reposted by @jodypops.bsky.socialJames O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Surely he has to resign again to let the people of Clacton prejudge the resukt of the police investigation? It’s much more serious than the investigation he resigned over last time… 902199381
Reposted by @jodypops.bsky.socialGeorge Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 09/09/2026“The trouble with you, Spode, is that just because you have succeeded in inducing a handful of half-wits to disfigure the London scene by going about in black shorts, you think you’re someone. You hear them shouting “Heil, Spode!” and you imagine it is the Voice of the People.” Bertie Wooster 2103239825
Reposted by @jodypops.bsky.socialMother Jones @motherjones.com · 09/09/2026Clearing unexploded bombs from Gaza will take decades—once the work is allowed to begin. Israel isn’t allowing mine clearance groups to remove the explosives that litter the strip.motherjones.comThe impossible struggle to demine GazaIsrael isn't allowing mine clearance groups to remove the explosives that litter the strip. 512768
Reposted by @jodypops.bsky.socialAnonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Trump offers a bribe of $5,000 in exchange for votes, the bribe is promoted as a dividend and would cost $1.2 trillion dollars. This is a felony under 18 U.S.C. § 597, bribing someone to vote a certain way is a federal crime punishable by prison. 2262418845
Reposted by @jodypops.bsky.socialOtto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Finally they came for the Daily Mail and my irony meter just packed up and left and I never heard from it again. 2602973766
jodypops.bsky.social @jodypops.bsky.social · 10/09/2026WTAF. How is this sort of "protesting" in any way an acceptable thing? 000
Reposted by @jodypops.bsky.socialAlasdair Mackenzie @alasdairmackenzie.bsky.social · 10/09/2026“The idea that you could be here for the next 10, 15 years and you’d still have no legal right to remain [permanently] in the country … how the hell do you plan? … I mean, it cuts across any effort to integrate at all.”theguardian.com‘Fundamentally unfair’: Burnham must overhaul migration reforms, says TUC general secretaryPaul Nowak says changes to immigration rules risk overstretching social care and fuelling far-right sentiment 0419
Reposted by @jodypops.bsky.socialJames Bloodworth @jamesbloodworth.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Oof 1944477
Reposted by @jodypops.bsky.socialMrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 08/09/2026There have been so many impeachable offenses, but lying about how you were a hero on a day that 2,753 people died in NYC in the 9/11 disaster—when you were on the other side of town, safely calling local media to brag about how you now had the tallest downtown building—is such a despicable one 1692244068465
jodypops.bsky.social @jodypops.bsky.social · 28/03/2026When 'alf a mill soap dodging loonie lefties say No to Racism, House not Hate, Unity from Community, Britain belongs to everybody ❤️🌏❤️ 010
Reposted by @jodypops.bsky.socialKendra "Gloom is My Beat" Pierre-Louis @kendrawrites.com · 27/03/2026I know there's a lot going on But what the US is doing to Cuba is unconscionable 292113322616
Reposted by @jodypops.bsky.socialJohn Drury @profjohndrury.bsky.social · 27/03/2026'the overall conclusion is that the scale of deaths in the first wave could have been much lower and the devastating second wave could have been largely avoided' @chrischirp.bsky.social substack.com/home/post/p-...substack.comThe UK Covid Inquiry has laid bare the avoidable horror of the second Covid waveIt is becoming ever clearer both how devastating the second wave of winter 2020/21 was, and how much of that devastation could have been avoided. 541468631
Reposted by @jodypops.bsky.socialAngry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 27/03/2026This seems highly illegal. And if it somehow is allowed to continue, why would anyone else enter into any sort agreement with this administration? 56290743639
Reposted by @jodypops.bsky.social🌺Red Hibiscus🌺 @redhibiscus23.bsky.social · 27/03/2026Fact: if you are in Congress and are too weak to stand up to the president, then you’ve lied to the people who voted for you. You simply and do not belong in Congress or in any other public office. 14539501238
Reposted by @jodypops.bsky.socialD.Moore @d-moore.bsky.social · 27/03/2026How many people that read this on supermarket shelves will find out it was all bullshit? 47516123
Reposted by @jodypops.bsky.socialCarl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 27/03/2026 195158594708
Reposted by @jodypops.bsky.socialRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 25/03/2026Still wondering if inequality is out of control? 450135735553
Reposted by @jodypops.bsky.socialLed By Donkeys @ledbydonkeys.org · 24/03/2026We tracked down the superyacht owned by the world’s sixth richest man. Larry Ellison won’t like what we did to it 🛥️🏴☠️ 27665732822
Reposted by @jodypops.bsky.socialJames O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 24/03/2026Important for understanding the context for Farage’s witless opposition to ‘net zero’. 32990432
jodypops.bsky.social @jodypops.bsky.social · 23/03/2026www.craigmurray.org.uk/archives/202...craigmurray.org.ukSeeing Trump Clearly - Craig MurrayWhat if Trump’s apparently chaotic thought processes and intuitive decision making are all a blind, a charade? What if we are really witnessing, in the Middle East and more widely, a carefully constru... 000
Reposted by @jodypops.bsky.socialWajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 22/03/2026NYT: Iran will target all energy infrastructure belonging to US & Israeli allies in the region. The claim appeared to respond to Trump’s threat on social media on Saturday evening that he would “obliterate” Iran’s power plants if the country doesn't fully open the Strait of Hormuz within 48 hours. 39470137
Reposted by @jodypops.bsky.socialJays aka Clovis @clovislives.bsky.social · 21/03/20261000 times this. Charity is all fine and good, but it's also just socially respectable money laundering for rich people. Just make them pay taxes like the rest of us. 416559
Reposted by @jodypops.bsky.socialSunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 21/03/2026"Open borders destroy trust" is just unthinking cliches The asylum chaos does not result from open borders. It results from a botched fantasy ban on asylum claims - to assert control + closed borders - leading to a 100k backlog + the hotels disaster. Visa rules tightended + numbers down loads 24214
Reposted by @jodypops.bsky.socialThe Empty City @davidallengreen.bsky.social · 22/03/202648 hours to open the Straits, which Trump also says US don’t need to have opened, in a war he has already said US has won, and in a situation where he demands help from countries which he also insists US does not need. 261185337
Reposted by @jodypops.bsky.socialCharles Fourier @charlesfourier.bsky.social · 21/03/2026Just when you thought Donald Trump couldn’t stoop any lower, he posts this on Truth Social… 1811216
Reposted by @jodypops.bsky.socialAlice Roberts @profaliceroberts.bsky.social · 22/03/2026Monarchy and the Church have always been in it together, ever since Christianity was designated the state religion of the Roman Empire. Emperors knew how powerful the idea of “one god up there, one king down here” was. 62713142
Reposted by @jodypops.bsky.socialNews Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 20/03/2026NEW: This new report, from BBC, is the best takedown of the insanity of Trump you will see anywhere. Calm, coherent and repeating only Trump’s own words. Devastating. Brilliant work once again from Roz Atkins. (🎥 BBC News) 11444662002
Reposted by @jodypops.bsky.socialWar on Want @waronwant.bsky.social · 22/03/2026 When food, land, and water – our basic human rights – are treated as profit-making ‘assets’, what happens to people and the planet, and how can we win these essentials back for everyone? On #WorldWaterDay, read our news and analysis article: bit.ly/3Pavq9a waronwant.orgWhen food becomes a gambling gameWhen food, land, and water — our basic human rights — are treated as profit-making ‘assets’, what happens to people and the planet, and how can we win these essentials back for everyone? 024
Reposted by @jodypops.bsky.socialNatalie Bennett @nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social · 22/03/2026A moment away from politics: Elegant natural engineering to start the morning 19314
Reposted by @jodypops.bsky.socialKeith Olbermann @olbermann.bsky.social · 21/03/2026Yesterday's brilliant Trump plan: 1. Bomb Iran 2. Give Iran $14 Billion for oil Today's brilliant plan: 1. Threaten another ICE terrorist attack 2. Tell everybody where it will be 63327118
Reposted by @jodypops.bsky.socialKhannea, increasingly pissed, 𝔑𝔬𝔱𝔥𝔦𝔫' 𝔟𝔲𝔱 𝔱𝔯𝔬𝔲𝔟𝔩𝔢 @khannea.bsky.social · 20/03/2026If a single FBI whistle blower simply releases all Epstein files unredacted, the war against Iran is over days later, y'all realize that? 19151111293
Reposted by @jodypops.bsky.socialAnonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 22/03/2026Iran says it was not responsible for the missile attacks on Diego Garcia and denied any involvement. If it wasn't Iran, then who was it? China, Israel, Russia, or the US trying to lure the UK into the war? 83788317
Reposted by @jodypops.bsky.socialAdam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 22/03/2026So it turns out Reform are laundering their donations through crypto, before converting them into cash, hiding the original source of the money. So who is really funding Nigel Farage and Reform UK? observer.co.uk/news/nationa...observer.co.ukReform accused of using third party to turn crypto into c...Digital currency donations have been turned into sterling to make them much less easy to track, sources say 27642902229
Reposted by @jodypops.bsky.socialAlasdair Mackenzie @alasdairmackenzie.bsky.social · 21/03/2026To put things another way, we are who we are despite being a nominally Christian country, not because of it 0154
Reposted by @jodypops.bsky.socialNicholas Whithorn @nickwhithorn.bsky.social · 18/03/2026The Italian government cruelly performs this pantomime every time. An NGO ship carrying injured & traumatised survivors is ordered to a distant port out of pure spite. The NGO rightly ignores the order & docks in a nearby port. The NGO ship is impounded and fined. The NGO goes to court and wins. 03819
Reposted by @jodypops.bsky.socialSea-Watch (international) @en.sea-watch.org · 18/03/2026🔴 Rescue ship Sea-Watch 5 declares state of necessity: Italy's blockade endangers all 57 survivors, who suffer from seasickness and fuel burns. They need immediate medical care to prevent infections and possible sepsis. A pregnant woman is on board. Disembarkation NOW! 1108
Reposted by @jodypops.bsky.socialRefugee Action @refugeeaction.bsky.social · 05/03/2026Stripping support from people seeking safety while continuing to ban most people from working is outrageous. People seeking asylum receive £1.40 a day in hotels, or £7 a day in houses. These poverty-inducing levels of support push people into exploitation and irregular work to survive. 1128
Reposted by @jodypops.bsky.socialSteve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 05/03/2026Untrue - the Convention provides both for the possibility that protection might cease to be necessary (ie the cessation clause: refugee status ends if there's a change in circumstances) AND the possibility it might need to be long-term (ie references to facilitating citizenship of the refuge State) 823080
Reposted by @jodypops.bsky.socialHannah Lewis @hannahjlewis.bsky.social · 05/03/2026What a devastating week for refugee rights in the UK. Beyond the technical changes-which are mean-hearted & punishing-the absence of courage to reject baseless deterrent & racist rhetoric is deeply dangerous. Asylum rights are everyone's rights. Everything road tested in asylum regimes is expanded. 143
jodypops.bsky.social @jodypops.bsky.social · 05/03/2026Team America, fuck yeah! When South Park becomes reality TV. 010
jodypops.bsky.social @jodypops.bsky.social · 05/03/2026Currently watching Lord of the Flies replay in real time. And with missiles. Truly frightening. 010
Reposted by @jodypops.bsky.socialTyler King @tyleraking.com · 04/03/2026Hegseth wants the people he sends to fight trump’s war of opportunity to die in anonymity. 271041274
Reposted by @jodypops.bsky.socialZack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 03/03/2026Keir Starmer when you were running for Labour leader you promised to introduce this legislation to stop the UK being dragged into illegal wars - it's time to show you were serious about that. 20905246
Reposted by @jodypops.bsky.socialGarrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 03/03/2026I’m struck by how every day the admin is like “whoever could have foreseen these consequences?!” when the consequences thus far — evacuations, the closure of the Strait of Hormuz, rise in gas prices, etc. — are all the literal most obvious consequences. 832085549
Reposted by @jodypops.bsky.socialDmitry Grozoubinski @explaintrade.com · 03/03/2026So, in launching a huge bombing campaign on Iran they apparently didn't plan for: - Who takes over; - Interceptor shortages from sustained drone retaliation; - How to defend US bases in the region; - Threats to ships in the Strait of Hormuz; and - How to evacuate Americans with airspace closed. 600111553460