Reposted by @melbiro.bsky.socialIan Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 29/06/2026That Burnham speech was fucking brilliant. 9556960
Reposted by @melbiro.bsky.socialOtto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Liar. Small boat crossings peaked under Johnson in 2022 reaching 46,000 in 2022. In current year they are 18,565 and falling. Also prior to Boris Johnson's Brexit there were none. 23132681197
Reposted by @melbiro.bsky.socialJon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Cartoon by Dave Granlund | cagle.com/granlund. 16917347
Reposted by @melbiro.bsky.socialNick Harkaway @nickharkaway.com · 19/09/2026I’ve worn a grubby RNLI cap for decades. I sound London, but I was born in Truro and I was a basically feral (Gen X) kid wandering the coast path with a dog until sunset for a lot of my early life. The lifeboats are in the fabric like trawlers and farms and pasties and fish and chips. 341530327
Reposted by @melbiro.bsky.socialOtto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 17/09/2026In May of 1940 there was a mass panic in Britain - stirred up by the tabloid press - about 'fighting aged men' who had come to Britain as 'refugees' posing a threat to the women and children of this country - and essentially forming a 'fifth column' that could, at any moment rise up against everyonestatic.klipy.comWW2 Soldiers in Croatia: Ivan Janjic StorefrontALT: WW2 Soldiers in Croatia: Ivan Janjic Storefront 411256558
Reposted by @melbiro.bsky.socialPaul Bernal @paulbernal.bsky.social · 18/09/2026There is no middle ground with the kind of people who attack the RNLI. We don’t need to ‘listen’ to them. We need to tell them where to go. 751935431
melbiro.bsky.social @melbiro.bsky.social · 18/09/2026What's happening is that the very worst of us are hitting on the very best of us. How vile can we be? 000
Reposted by @melbiro.bsky.socialAnti-Reform @antireform.bsky.social · 17/09/2026"This week Nigel Farage was back in the GB News chair for the first time in around six months. The leader of a political party, and a sitting MP, with his own nightly show in prime time." www.facebook.com/permalink.ph... via Reform Are Not Your Friends 631142430
Reposted by @melbiro.bsky.socialDcmfox @dcmfox.bsky.social · 16/09/2026I will post this again for context. The difference between a billion and a million dollars 18039291589
Reposted by @melbiro.bsky.socialParody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 15/09/2026The Leader of Reform in Wales has quit, Reform MS Sarah Cooper-Lesadd has defected to Plaid Cymru and now three councillors in Durham have resigned. Just another day on our unstoppable march to power. 321041304
Reposted by @melbiro.bsky.socialHoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 13/09/2026The US secretly flew an American diplomat out of the UK after he was found with child abuse images during a dawn raid, reportedly without notifying British police beforehand. mol.im/a/16127415mol.imUS flew diplomat out of UK after he was found with child abuse imagesThe ex US serviceman, who was working at the American Embassy in Nine Elms, south London, was allegedly taken from his flat in Putney on August 25. 111073014126
Reposted by @melbiro.bsky.socialPaul Bernal @paulbernal.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Crypto billionaires don’t become crypto billionaires by being generous or altruistic. They become crypto billionaires by being greedy, selfish, amoral, dishonest, untrustworthy shites. They don’t give away money for the common good. Is that who should control our politics? 20541163
Reposted by @melbiro.bsky.socialSam Bright @writesbright.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Not to be pedantic but Christopher Harborne has already given £25 million to Reform and Ben Delo £8 million. So the figure isn’t £72 million - it’s £105 million. 631243559
Reposted by @melbiro.bsky.socialDavid Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 12/09/2026I resigned from ExxonMobil today. I spent the last three years doing fossil fuel extraction research at both BP and ExxonMobil. Neither company is acting responsibly. They are racing to maximize extraction while the window to act closes, and gambling with our lives. More below. 145136954889
Reposted by @melbiro.bsky.socialRuss Jones @russincheshire.bsky.social · 12/09/2026£72 million from 2 individuals - both of whom have faced questions about money laundering, both of whom live/d overseas to avoid tax - is not compatible with democracy. I don't care if it's Reform, Labour or whoever. We can't function like this. Not for long. So how do we fix it? My plan: 551290420
Reposted by @melbiro.bsky.socialAnti-Reform @antireform.bsky.social · 12/09/2026"We're not broke, we're being robbed" #BlameMillionairesNotMigrants meme via Joshua ABD 15873366
Reposted by @melbiro.bsky.socialSouth-East London for Europe (Selfe) @selfe.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Loving the fact that the #RNLI has been receiving record donations! rnli.org/support-us/g...rnli.orgDonate to the RNLI and help save lives at seaYour donations really make a difference. We depend on your generosity to educate people to stay safe and prevent tragedies on and offshore. Donate here. 15325
Reposted by @melbiro.bsky.socialmartindvz.bsky.social @martindvz.bsky.social · 12/09/2026When the media tells you the UK is overrun by foreigners or Muslims or immigrants , they are lying to you . 522378824
Reposted by @melbiro.bsky.socialbillkittle.bsky.social @billkittle.bsky.social · 11/09/2026 456105973356
Reposted by @melbiro.bsky.socialRich Neville @richneville.bsky.social · 12/09/2026“Systemic hypersensitivity puts me at risk of anaphylaxis - that’s why I’m getting a beard of bees” 1730883
Reposted by @melbiro.bsky.socialOtto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 12/09/2026Shocking stuff 2833983
Reposted by @melbiro.bsky.socialStella Creasy MP @stellacreasy.bsky.social · 11/09/2026It’s not too late to stop this madness - the government has said the uk mega donors are a problem. The lords can bring in a cap on UK donors to stop any attempt to buy the next election. Share this and ask your MP to join us protecting British democracy. 114957509
Reposted by @melbiro.bsky.socialMark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 10/09/2026London Mayor Sadiq Khan : “London's homicide rate hit its lowest level since records began. Yet 40% of the public thought that murders had risen since 2019. 1/ 20511139
Reposted by @melbiro.bsky.socialProf Christina Pagel @chrischirp.bsky.social · 10/09/2026I just signed this open letter to RNLI volunteers saying that Britain values their service. In case anyone else wants to sign act.38degrees.org.uk/act/rnli-tha...act.38degrees.org.ukAn open letter in support of the volunteers and staff at the RNLIThis is a disgrace. Brave RNLI volunteers being called scum for risking their lives to save others at sea is just plain wrong. So I've signed an open letter of thanks for the RNLI letting them know th... 10265152
Reposted by @melbiro.bsky.socialAdam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 10/09/2026From the new Private Eye 511993743
Reposted by @melbiro.bsky.socialHOPE not hate @hopenothate.org.uk · 08/09/2026Tomorrow night, Channel 4 Dispatches airs the findings of a year-long investigation into Tommy Robinson’s finances. Watch it. Then come back here. We’ve got more to show you. 511872787
Reposted by @melbiro.bsky.socialHetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · 07/09/2026I was lucky enough to get a viewing of the Bayeux Tapestry. Proper live action story, and compelling colours. I took too many photos - will post a bunch. Feel free to mute the thread… 817834
Reposted by @melbiro.bsky.socialSean Jones KC @seanjones.org · 07/09/2026Astonishing to hear people say they'd rather asylum seekers drowned than be saved by the RNLI. Next comes letting people die in burning hostels rather than be saved by the fire brigade and letting people get kicked to death in the street rather than be saved by the Police. Don't platform this hate. 511835448
Reposted by @melbiro.bsky.socialDominic Minghella @dminghella.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Fascism does not need your support, just your silence. 18335
melbiro.bsky.social @melbiro.bsky.social · 07/09/2026'Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it' ( Santayana, 1905). Tragically true today. 000
Reposted by @melbiro.bsky.socialRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Increase in productivity since 1979: 93% Increase in hourly pay since 1979: 34% Just so happens that ~25% of workers were unionized in 1979. Today? 10%. As unions declined, the super-rich have taken a larger share of wealth generated by labor. We must build back union power. 17273952697
Reposted by @melbiro.bsky.socialSooz Kempner @soozuk.bsky.social · 06/09/2026Farage honking "BORING! BORING! BORING!" while a woman who verbally disagreed with him from a crowd gets beaten up by his supporters is quite a look for Britain's hottest new party. 01146291
melbiro.bsky.social @melbiro.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Ooof! Funny how often people loudly advocating for free speech are the first to shut it down. 010
Reposted by @melbiro.bsky.socialThe Empty City @davidallengreen.bsky.social · 04/09/2026"If there there was a window it was not broken, but it if was broken it was not by Nigel Farage's ball, but if it was his ball he certainly did not kick it, and if he did kick it, it was an accident and he knew nothing about it" said a Reform spokesperson. 181079307
Reposted by @melbiro.bsky.socialDaniel Moser @dmoser.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Pollution levels in London after 10 years of advancing sustainable transport. 164115653176
Reposted by @melbiro.bsky.socialAnti-Reform @antireform.bsky.social · 03/09/2026"If you ONLY care about the black/brown perps you don't really care about women & girls" meme via John Attenborough 9528229
Reposted by @melbiro.bsky.socialBladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Britain doesn't have 'no money'. The richest 600,000 have £4,500,000,000,000 £1,500,000,000,000 more than Britain's entire debt. Take their stolen money from them. 19255103
Reposted by @melbiro.bsky.socialPaul Fernandez @exilefromgroggs.bsky.social · 30/08/2026Daily Mail reluctantly reporting that 84% of 156% of people support rejoining the EU. 15507124
Reposted by @melbiro.bsky.socialMayor of London, Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk · 31/08/202660 years of Notting Hill Carnival. Today, London without Carnival is almost impossible to imagine. What began as a local neighbourhood event has transformed into one of the greatest celebrations anywhere in the world, and a cornerstone of our city's cultural calendar. 329962
Reposted by @melbiro.bsky.socialpatthepublican2 @patthepublican2.bsky.social · 29/08/2026IT WAS NEVER THE IMMGRANTS IN SMALL BOATS The world is 700% richer than in 1970 but the average person is only 8% richer Because the richest 0.01% are 4000% richer We are all being robbed every second of every day, and it doesn't matter how much profit or growth there is It will never reach you 21988923211
Reposted by @melbiro.bsky.socialParody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 29/08/2026Currently somebody in Thailand can immediately influence British politics by simply paying £5 million... 862535756
Reposted by @melbiro.bsky.socialLiam Thorp @liamthorp.bsky.social · 27/08/2026I'm sure this will be on the front of the Daily Mail 1325568
Reposted by @melbiro.bsky.socialRae Radford @raeradford.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Yep, leave me behind….. #BookSky 583152333460
Reposted by @melbiro.bsky.socialFT @fucktheory.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Imagine being talented and beautiful and rich and famous and still the most noteworthy thing about you is how good a person you are. 100268206328
Reposted by @melbiro.bsky.socialOtto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 25/08/2026The world feels like a slightly less joyous place. What an absolute star she was.static.klipy.comDolly Parton's Iconic SmileALT: Dolly Parton's Iconic Smile 33111972
