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John Traynor

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John Traynor @johndtraynor.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Nothing was really expected from Burnham and he is keen to live up to that expectation. ducksoap.wordpress.com/2026/08/30/m...
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Mr. Continuity
“Yeah! <screamed>; Meet the new boss; Same as the old boss.” -In an acrid haze of tired cliches and retro soundbites an unedifying amalgam of predecessors Cameron, Blair, Clegg, Sunak and Sta…
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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
The President of the United States is a war criminal. Fact, not opinion.
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John Traynor @johndtraynor.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
Labour wanted to win the by-election, but their main concern was they did not want Green Party to win. If Reform had won then Labour would gleefully exclaim the government should lurch further right. A Green success condemns Labour as unpopular for its conservatism. #GortonandDentonbyelection
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John Traynor @johndtraynor.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
family voting n. Racist trope used by conservative politicians and activists to describe non-Caucasian voters who voted for a non-conservative party
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Peter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
Really striking going through Epstein disclosures just how often British defamation lawyers are referred to: Schillings; Paul Tweed; oblique suggestions to sue to silence Why? Because our libel laws let rich and powerful buy silence Why I signed this last week pressgazette.co.uk/media_law/an...
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Editors unite to demand Parliament takes action on SLAPPs
Editors from national newspapers including The Guardian and The Times demand action on SLAPPs in next King's Speech.
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Charles Keener @charleskeener.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
CBP Agents Jesus Ochoa, Raymundo Gutierrez ID’d in Alex Pretti Shooting
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John Traynor @johndtraynor.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
Chris Mason at it again. Treating reform as a jolly jape. ducksoap.wordpress.com/2026/01/27/m...
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Masonic fudge (Part 3)
Nothing thrills Chris Mason more than banality from Reform UK that he can transform, via constructed childlike wonder, into a jolly piece of promotional prose.  Each day he wakes up excitedly, hopi…
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Peter Smith @redpeter99.bsky.social · 17/01/2026
The fact that the charmless and sinister Robert Jenryk topped the popularity poll of Tory members speaks volumes about the party rank and file.
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 17/01/2026
Keir Starmer did everything he could to be US poodle and his strategy has ended in total humiliation. Both him and Farage are puppets of a hostile foreign nation. It's obvious that if someone is a bully - you don't just keep appeasing them. Disastrous strategy by Labour.
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John Traynor @johndtraynor.bsky.social · 17/01/2026
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Marcus Chown @marcuschown.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
Looking forward to doing Brightthink on Monday 23 February at 7.30pm. It's a great location. A private bar above a pub in Brighton. I'll be talking about the one thing need to know to understand quantum theory, evolution, the big bang etc. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-one-th... @headofzeus.bsky.social
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John Traynor @johndtraynor.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
A few new additions to the list of things that need to be proscribed ⤵️ NEW: Mochileros Sin Fronteras Pronomos Capital United Grand Lodge of England ducksoap.wordpress.com/2025/06/25/l...
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Let’s proscribe
Let’s proscribe the following 1828 Adam Smith Institute AIIP AIPAC Atlas Network BAE Systems BlackRock Blackstone Bruges Group CapX Carter-Ruck Cato Institute Centre for Policy Studies Centre…
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John Traynor @johndtraynor.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
'The Economy,' 'Regime,' 'The Markets,' ‘National Interest’ etc. are words and phrases used extensively as if they mean something. Their use is just deception to steer debate. ducksoap.wordpress.com/2026/01/07/s...
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Some popular political substantives need to be eschewed
In the vocabulary of propagandists there are nouns and word groups functioning syntactically as nouns whose purpose is to inculcate inference of their unclarified definitions that enforce a particu…
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John Traynor @johndtraynor.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
Yesterday’s actions by UK government and military were another clear example of the sociopathic, authoritarian and acutely dishonest nature of Starmer’s Labour government. ducksoap.wordpress.com/2026/01/08/starmers-labour-government-partner-of-american-pirates/
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Starmer’s Labour government: Partner of American pirates
Yesterday (7th January 2026) Starmer’s Labour government assisted a USA military piracy mission that attacked a Russian-flagged oil tanker in international waters, stole the ship and stole it…
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Oliver @oliver48.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
Just like Nazi Germany in the 1930s fascist death squads run amok ...
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Peter Smith @redpeter99.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
It always disappoints when Freddie Mercury tops the poll for the best front man. Mercury was acting, Ian Curtis wasn't. An utterly mesmeric figure on stage entirely in keeping with Joy Division's music. (Ditto Joe Strummer)
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Dan Neidle @danneidle.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
“Property guru” Samuel Leeds sells expensive courses using viral videos promoting tax “loopholes”. He claims to have used one himself. Our analysis shows it doesn’t work. And if he really used it, he owes HMRC a substantial amount of tax. Thread 🧵
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Marla Flores-Jauregui @senorajauregui68.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
Meet Paul Singer, the Billionaire Trump Megadonor Set to Make a Killing on Venezuela Oil www.commondreams.org/news/paul-si...
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Meet Paul Singer, the Billionaire Trump Megadonor Set to Make a Killing on Venezuela Oil | Common Dreams
Trump megadonor Paul Singer bought Citgo, the US subsidiary of Venezuela's state oil company, at a rock-bottom price last month. Now, the hedge fund "vulture" is expected to make a killing from Trump'...
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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
Labour's Mike Tapp refusing to support Denmark against threats from President Trump wanting to take over Greenland - coward
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Paul Eric @pauleric70.bsky.social · 04/01/2026
Call to Activism-Joe Gallina 🚨HOLY COW: Colombian President Gustavo Petro just went after Trump: “A clan of pedophiles wants to destroy our democracy. To keep Epstein's list from coming out, they send warships to kill fishermen & threaten our neighbor with invasion for their oil."
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John Traynor @johndtraynor.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
All the NATO leaders talking about "transition" in Venezuela. ducksoap.wordpress.com/2026/01/05/n...
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NATO governments express support for USA’s criminal action against Venezuela
Unsurprisingly, capitalist governments in electoral democracies that support fully and assist Israel’s genocide against Palestinians are equally supportive of USA’s criminal action agai…
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John Traynor @johndtraynor.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
USA government is clear about the process against Venezuela: I) Remove elected government II) Replace with puppet government III) Hand ownership of all future extracted oil to non-Venezuelan businesses ducksoap.wordpress.com/2026/01/05/venezuela-pick-a-side-part-6-usa-government-is-a-criminal-sect/
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Venezuela: Pick a side (part 6). USA government is a criminal sect
Aims and objectives in politics, particularly geopolitics, are rarely complicated or difficult to decipher but those involved and their aides in media and at think-tanks are keen to present actions…
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Judah Grunstein @judah-grunstein.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
To sum up, a US president is going to war without congressional authorization against a sovereign nation that has not attacked or threatened it, and is doing so like a thief in the night, with no explanation for the American people or the world. It is all so unimaginable that it strains credulity.
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
Whatever you might think of Maduro, the seizure and kidnapping of a head of state takes us to a very dark place. Vast, arbitrary, extra-legal power, which could be exercised almost anywhere, regardless of the character of the target government.
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Peter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
Trump’s has launched an unlawful attack on another country without, seemingly, involvement of the US legislature Imagine what he might do when he/MAGA faces prospect of electoral defeat in 2028?
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John Traynor @johndtraynor.bsky.social · 31/12/2025
Anyone who favours humanity, fairness, justice or equity must, regardless of whether they approve of all of President Maduro’s policies and decisions, give full support to the people of Venezuela against the murderous, thieving behaviour of USA government. ducksoap.wordpress.com/2025/12/31/v...
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Venezuela: Pick a side (part 5)
Trump’s intrinsically corrupt government stated its intent to annihilate democracy in Venezuela as a means to facilitate theft of oil on behalf of fossil fuel industry profiteering.  A narrat…
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John Traynor @johndtraynor.bsky.social · 30/12/2025
In the same week in December synchronised speeches by head of armed forces, head of intelligence services and armed forces minister tried to induce fear of war as a ruse to increase defence spending. ducksoap.wordpress.com/2025/12/29/war-what-is-it-good-for-arms-industry-profits/
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War! What is it good for? Arms industry profits.
Desperation of Western European capitalists is most evident in their demands for war.  Opportunities for ginormous profiteering are diminishing as part of the inevitable collapse of their system of…
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 30/12/2025
The 51st state. Trump demands that the UK allows American chlorinated chicken and hormone-treated meat into its supermarkets. UK already agreed to pay more for US drugs, reduced tax on private equity managers, considering cutting tax on tech companies. 'Tacking back control', someone said.
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Chlorinated chicken row as US seeks leverage over stalled UK tech pact
Britain is facing renewed pressure from the White House to allow American chlorinated chicken and hormone-treated meat into UK supermarkets.
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Defend Our Juries @defendourjuries.bsky.social · 30/12/2025
The Four Bars told Prime Minister that they are “deeply concerned” with the proposals [to restrict jury trials] announced by Justice Secretary David Lammy. Tim Crosland (DOJ): “We have been warning for some time that trial by jury is under attack.” morningstaronline.co.uk/article/scra...
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Scrapping jury trials will ‘undermine confidence in our criminal justice system,’ top lawyers warn
SCRAPPING jury trials will “undermine confidence in our criminal justice system” with “no evidence” it will bring down court backlogs, top lawyers have warned.The bodies representing barristers in Bri...
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John Traynor @johndtraynor.bsky.social · 29/12/2025
New blog on recent synchronised speeches by UK military personnel and government on war preparations. ducksoap.wordpress.com/2025/12/29/w...
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War! What is it good for? Arms industry profits.
Desperation of Western European capitalists is most evident in their demands for war.  Opportunities for ginormous profiteering are diminishing as part of the inevitable collapse of their system of…
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
Of course 😡
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We're Pretty Sure We Now Know Why FIFA Gave Trump A 'Peace Prize'—And Yep, That Tracks
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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
Trump posted this without knowing Nick Reiner had been arrested. He posted it apparently assuming that one of his fans had murdered Rob Reiner. So if you want to know how Trump will react once his fans start murdering his enemies, now you know. He'll celebrate and blame his enemies.
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Trump offers incendiary political message about Rob Reiner’s death
Two people have been found dead at the home of Hollywood director Rob Reiner, officials said.
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John Traynor @johndtraynor.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
Trump's vile response to Rob Reiner's murder is more than demonstration of Trump's abject absence of humanity. Trump suggested (wrongly) there was a political tone to the murder: He said that as a THREAT to people who criticise Trump and as encouragement to his violent supporters.
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Prof Bill McGuire @profbillmcguire.bsky.social · 14/12/2025
The obscenity of disaster capitalism Get paid for making the weapons to destroy a country, and get paid again for rebuilding it Makes me want to punch someone - hard www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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‘They’re trying to get rich off it’: US contractors vie to rebuild Gaza, with ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ team in the lead
Exclusive: group behind notorious Florida immigration detention center created bid for reconstruction deal
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Lynne #TaxTheRich #WelfareNotWarfare. Eco-Socialist. Pro-🇵🇸 @bebsdotteragain.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
”Still lots of information on this incident yet to emerge, but safe to assume it will be used as excuse to target pro-Palestine activists and further outlaw criticism of Israel” Zionism… is the single greatest threat to free expression in the entire western world open.substack.com/pub/caitlinj...
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Israel Apologists Hasten To Use Bondi Shooting To Attack Anti-Genocide Activists
Reading by Tim Foley:
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Peter Smith @redpeter99.bsky.social · 28/11/2025
Windy here in North Yorkshire. Howling like owners of £2m homes being asked to stump up a few quid to help out the country.
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John Traynor @johndtraynor.bsky.social · 28/11/2025
President of European Commission von der Leyen presented her warped analysis at Berlin Global Dialogue in October on how EU should act economically and politically in context of success of China. ducksoap.wordpress.com/2025/11/28/an-empire-gasping-for-breath-cries-lamentedly-ursula-von-der-leyen/
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An empire gasping for breath cries lamentedly: Ursula von der Leyen
Empires rise, rule and fade.  Included in causes of their demise are over-ambition, internal squabbles, complacency, arrogance, and eschewal of critical thinking.  European Union (EU) was conceived…
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
Given that the BBC endlessly gives platforms to lobbyists from the dark money junktanks without revealing their interests, shouldn't we be seeing such apologies every day? Better still, how about not doing it? If they want to appear, we should know on whose behalf they are speaking.
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John Traynor @johndtraynor.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
A reform government will utilise every facet of people’s lives to channel wealth to offshore accounts of large corporations and asset “owners.” ducksoap.wordpress.com/2025/11/25/a...
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A Reform government would have a single objective
Preceding UK’s next general election (no later than 2029) Labour’s support is likely to continue to decline, Tory party will wither to an incoherent relic, Liberal Democrat party will, …
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Marla Flores-Jauregui @senorajauregui68.bsky.social · 23/11/2025
Top Dem Speechwriter Says Young Jews' Empathy for Gaza Shows Holocaust Education Has Backfired www.commondreams.org/news/sarah-h...
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Top Dem Speechwriter Says Young Jews' Empathy for Gaza Shows Holocaust Education Has Backfired | Common Dreams
"Holocaust education is too successful, it made the kids anti-holocaust while Israel is trying to do one," quipped one prominent critic.
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Jayne Doherty @jaynedotsey.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
This cause is close to my heart - please sign: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/yv...
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Yvette Cooper- Proscribe the IDF
The "IDF" has repeatedly carried out large-scale, deliberate acts of violence against civilians in Gaza and the occupied West Bank. It is our sincerely held belief that the atrocities and tactics use...
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Tuneraider @tuneraider.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
Reform in power would be a nightmare. The Councils they run are in chaos.They literally have no idea how to govern. Random decisions costing millions.Decimating services, raising Council Tax We cannot fight them by just calling them racist names We need to concentrate on their failures & frauds
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
4m people in England & Wales spend more on essentials than they earn. 580,000 have £50 left at the end of the month. Result of low wages/benefits, austerity, unchecked profiteering. 1% have more wealth than 70% of the population combined. Poverty is a political choice.
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Millions in households in England and Wales are stuck in the red, says charity
Citizens Advice says 4 million people spending more on essentials than they earn amid ever-increasing bills
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Ed Poole @edpoole1975.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
I've watched lots of mainstream politics shows recently and it's striking how shallow, uniformed, incurious and just dull our political journalists are. I've had way more intelligent, interesting and nuanced conversations knocking doors than anything these people seem to to offer.
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John Traynor @johndtraynor.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
Lisa Nandy is happy to join the club of absolute bell-ends Ian Austin, John Woodcock and John Mann.
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EuropeanPowell @europeanpowell.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
The lack of transparency in decision making and reductions in environmental, planning and employment legislation are all factors that should alarm every UK citizen.”
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John Traynor @johndtraynor.bsky.social · 19/10/2025
Henry Winter is a football journalist. He wrote for Times and has had stints on BBC's 5Live. Normally, his contributions are dull and uninformative. Last week he decided to tackle the ban on Maccabi fans in Birmingham. His analysis was awful. Comments here: ducksoap.wordpress.com/2025/10/19/t...
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The bleak mad winter
Football hack Henry Winter is an alumnus of Westminster School – current fees up to £49,950 per annum.  It may be pondered why such expensive schooling is needed to write and speak words abou…
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💢Marx Was Right.🕊 @paulwalker44.bsky.social · 19/10/2025
That’s called #capitalism.
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Charles Keener @charleskeener.bsky.social · 19/10/2025
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How the IMF and US Helped Loot and Entrap Argentina with Debt
Milei took office in December 2023, and Argentina has been in deep recession since then. The recession has been caused by extreme fiscal austerity which slashed public services and investment; a hugel...
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