michaelburl.bsky.social @michaelburl.bsky.social · 13hWell now we know, the US wants Zelenskyy gone. Disgraceful. 010
michaelburl.bsky.social @michaelburl.bsky.social · 22hwww.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...theguardian.comRecruitment boss accused of being behind ‘doxxing’ campaign against RNLI and anti-racism activistsTom Watson, of Worcester, alleged to be behind Big Time Charlie X account that created so-called Traitorbase 000
Reposted by @michaelburl.bsky.socialAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 09/10/2026Trump: "I think you heard about the oil deal with Russia. That is a big deal. That is massive amounts of oil coming into our country, and I want to thank President Putin to be honest with you." 8531559421
Reposted by @michaelburl.bsky.socialRon Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Zelenskyy says Trump has betrayed Ukraine. 1092123634487
michaelburl.bsky.social @michaelburl.bsky.social · 09/10/2026www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026... About bloody time.theguardian.comNorthern Ireland secretary Chris Bryant bans Drumcree paradeProspect of contentious Orange Order march down Garvaghy Road has led to a two-week standoff in Portadown 031
Reposted by @michaelburl.bsky.socialChristopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 30/09/2026This is priceless. Check out how local news is reporting on Sen Eric Schmidt’s clown-show grilling of Jack Smith. They found Jack Smith at the game… “Top corner, section 109, row 1. In fact, that seat doesn’t even exist in Atlanta.” 839197386221
michaelburl.bsky.social @michaelburl.bsky.social · 07/10/2026www.theguardian.com/news/2026/oc...theguardian.com‘I reside in Monaco’: billionaire said to have quit UK over potential wealth tax had already leftTaxWatch contradicts claims about David Reuben’s departure and questions stories of super-rich exodus 010
michaelburl.bsky.social @michaelburl.bsky.social · 07/10/2026www.theguardian.com/politics/202...theguardian.comAll hail the Kult of Kemi – captain, coach and owner of the Conservatives | John CraceThe Tory leader is now too big for the party to allow her to fail, so everything she does is acclaimed a work of genius 000
michaelburl.bsky.social @michaelburl.bsky.social · 07/10/2026In what world would the leader of a party pay tribute to the liar and crook Archer? Mad. 010
Reposted by @michaelburl.bsky.socialNPR @npr.org · 07/10/2026Researchers uncovered the graves of more than 1,000 children next to juvenile detention facilities in 29 states. At one Maryland gravesite, 230 Black boys are buried. n.pr/4zauALan.prOver 1,000 children are buried at juvenile detention centers nationwideResearchers uncovered the graves of more than 1,000 children next to juvenile detention facilities in 29 states. At one Maryland gravesite, 230 Black boys are buried. 6619961198
Reposted by @michaelburl.bsky.socialSarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 07/10/2026This is *her* idea. Not even the most basic understanding of what she is doing. A supposed ‘engineer’. Embarrassed for anyone who thinks this is leadership material. 722024
michaelburl.bsky.social @michaelburl.bsky.social · 07/10/2026www.wsj.com/politics/pol... Another bad tempered lunatic. Son at Eton too.wsj.comInside Bessent’s Treasury: Tension, Turnover and Unmet Economic GoalsAhead of midterms that could turn on high prices and borrowing costs, the secretary dresses down officials. 021
michaelburl.bsky.social @michaelburl.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Let this sink in. She doesn’t know how her shield works on the day her press stenographers boost this stupid project. 030
Reposted by @michaelburl.bsky.socialPatrick Dunleavy @patrickdunleavy.bsky.social · 06/10/2026www.theguardian.com/politics/202...theguardian.comDon’t mention the Iron Dome: comedy genius Kemi on warpath at Tory conference | John Crace‘It’s a Britannia Shield’ announcement proves no one does farcical improv better than the Conservative leader 062
Reposted by @michaelburl.bsky.socialOtto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Sarah Pochin raised "concerns" in parliament about the impact of second homes on rural communities. Two days later she purchased an £800,000 second home on Anglesey. Remarkable stuff. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...theguardian.comReform MP raises concerns about second homes – then buys one for £800,000Sarah Pochin bought Anglesey property two days after writing to minister about impact of second homes on rural communities 1541782750
michaelburl.bsky.social @michaelburl.bsky.social · 06/10/2026She is really really stupid but does not realise it. 010
michaelburl.bsky.social @michaelburl.bsky.social · 06/10/2026www.theguardian.com/politics/202... This is really funny. Hopeless the lot of them.theguardian.comDon’t mention the Iron Dome: comedy genius Kemi on warpath at Tory conference | John Crace‘It’s a Britannia Shield’ announcement proves no one does farcical improv better than the Conservative leader 000
michaelburl.bsky.social @michaelburl.bsky.social · 06/10/2026www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2... Good timing in middle of Tory conference to read about this petty con man and crook.telegraph.co.uk 100
michaelburl.bsky.social @michaelburl.bsky.social · 06/10/2026www.theguardian.com/politics/202...theguardian.comNo queues, empty seats and the worst speech ever heard: welcome to the Tory conference | John CraceBirmingham event is like a safari park attraction where we get to see the remnants of a party in a protected habitat 000
michaelburl.bsky.social @michaelburl.bsky.social · 04/10/2026www.wsj.com/world/middle... Odder and odderwsj.comAll B-1 Bombers Returning to U.S. From U.K. BaseThe withdrawal came amid security concerns around the base where several suspects were arrested last week in connection to a suspected plot. 010
michaelburl.bsky.social @michaelburl.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Why Canada is wargaming a (long shot) US invasion 100
michaelburl.bsky.social @michaelburl.bsky.social · 04/10/2026www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic... One a daymirror.co.ukBlow to Nigel Farage as Reform sheds 51 newly-elected councillors in five monthsEXCLUSIVE: An online tracker by Best For Britain reveals 51 Reform UK councillors have quit, defected or been suspended since May amid questions about Nigel Farage's leadership 011
michaelburl.bsky.social @michaelburl.bsky.social · 04/10/2026An Outrage in 2019. No Problem in 2026. Trump Has Moved the Ethical Line. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/04/u...nytimes.comHow Trump Moved Ethical Lines With His Ads, Businesses and SummitsThe president’s decision to hold an international summit at his own private golf club, an idea rejected in his first term, illustrates how much he has shattered norms. 000
michaelburl.bsky.social @michaelburl.bsky.social · 04/10/2026How could we have mixed up the dates of the Tory conference and been in Tarifa instead? Imagine what we are missing. 110
michaelburl.bsky.social @michaelburl.bsky.social · 04/10/2026liveapp.inews.co.uk/category/478... Marvellous, not.liveapp.inews.co.ukStill no plans to shut failing sewage watchdog Ofwat… a year after Labour’s promiseStaff at the regulator are threatening to strike, citing 14 months of ‘uncertainty and drift’ after ministers pledged to scrap it 000
Reposted by @michaelburl.bsky.socialSunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Opinium latest poll for Observer with Labour 30% (+2), Reform 25% (+1), Conservatives 17% (-), Green 11% (+1) Libdem 9% (-1). This pollster last had Labour at 30% in November 2024. 30/9/26 after Labour conference. www.opinium.com/resource-cen... 56525
Reposted by @michaelburl.bsky.socialRuth Watson @ruthwatson.eurosky.social · 03/10/2026Who radicalised this domestic terrorist - a white English man? What social media, TV channels, or politicians influenced his views? If he was not white, how different would the response from Reform UK be? 19932
michaelburl.bsky.social @michaelburl.bsky.social · 03/10/2026www.theguardian.com/politics/202...theguardian.comWelcome to the new Reform roadshow. Same as the last but more desperate | John CraceNige is not rattled that the UK likes its new PM. Or that Reform is second in the polls. Oh no. Because Nige believes in Nige 000
michaelburl.bsky.social @michaelburl.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Christa Pike was on a ventilator and unconscious after failed Tennessee execution, attorneys say apnews.com/article/tenn... Curiously nothing about divine intervention in God’s own country, heh heh.apnews.comChrista Pike was on a ventilator and unconscious after failed Tennessee execution, attorneys sayChrista Pike's attorneys say she remained in a hospital where she was placed on a ventilator and unconscious hours after her failed execution in Tennessee. 000
Reposted by @michaelburl.bsky.socialPraṇay Manocha @pranman.com · 26/12/2024Since Brexit, Northern Ireland's economy has grown 8.1% whereas GB has grown by just 2.4% So not being in the Customs Union has cost us at least £40 billion. 40 billion pounds. 39814273
michaelburl.bsky.social @michaelburl.bsky.social · 01/10/2026www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i... Perhaps the other con artist Cummings could try his luck after this bullshitter fail?theguardian.com‘Of course I’m the underdog’: the British former spin doctor trying to turn California redSteve Hilton’s long-shot campaign for governor is courting Golden state voters with unapologetically populist message 010
Reposted by @michaelburl.bsky.socialSahil Kapur @sahilkapur.bsky.social · 29/09/2026A phenomenal moment in the Senate. Eric Schmitt, R-Mo., claims he has evidence Jack Smith went to a HAWKS game in Atlanta. Smith denies it. Schmitt declares he has busted Jack Smith for perjury. Smith, vexed, says he went to HAWKEYES game in Maryland. WATCH IN FULL, UNINTERRUPTED 62169761570
michaelburl.bsky.social @michaelburl.bsky.social · 30/09/2026“Hegseth ordered the military-service academies to stop appointing civilian academics to tenured positions. Hegseth wrote in a memo that the practice has “allowed civilian academic norms to dilute our focus on lethality.” He really is a loutish moron, mandating military group think now. 001
michaelburl.bsky.social @michaelburl.bsky.social · 29/09/2026My only minor quibble with de Gaulle was the total omission of SOE. Other than that an epic masterpiece. So refreshing to get the view from the top and not the worm’s eye view of war. 020
Reposted by @michaelburl.bsky.socialByline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 29/09/2026📌 ICYMI — Rupert Murdoch Flew Kemi Badenoch and Her Deputy to Mediterranean for Summer Trips Worth £12,000 — @josiahmortimer.bsky.social The Conservative leader and Alex Burghart MP held "off-site meetings" with the billionaire media mogul in Augustbylinetimes.comRupert Murdoch Flew Kemi Badenoch and Her Deputy to Mediterranean for Summer Trips Worth £12,000The Conservative leader and Alex Burghart MP held "off-site meetings" with the billionaire media mogul in August 117956
Reposted by @michaelburl.bsky.socialBladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Google maps has finally updated its Satellite photos of Gaza and it shows the most complete destruction of a city ever. A Genocide. 28553416
Reposted by @michaelburl.bsky.socialborn2balive.bsky.social @born2balive.bsky.social · 26/09/2026The New Yorker posted exactly how I interpreted the whole visit. 250107793457
michaelburl.bsky.social @michaelburl.bsky.social · 27/09/2026www.theguardian.com/politics/202... Crace crushes nasty little Philptheguardian.comBurnham refreshes the parts others can’t reach on the Andy and Laura show | John CraceThe PM oozes confidence and easy-going charm as he tells Laura Kuenssberg the hill he’ll die on is fixing social care 020
michaelburl.bsky.social @michaelburl.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Northern Ireland in tense stand-off as protests block Orange Order parade Groundhog Day part 10,9999 010
Reposted by @michaelburl.bsky.socialThank EU for The Music @thankeuforthemusic.com · 26/09/2026The @telegraph.co.uk decided not to publish our response to Tim Stanley’s 13 September piece, in which he called those organising the EU flags at the Proms “sad sack Remainers”. We believe in open dialogue and free speech, so we’ve published our response here... #LastNightOfTheProms 615650
michaelburl.bsky.social @michaelburl.bsky.social · 27/09/2026It’s not China most of us worry about: 010
Reposted by @michaelburl.bsky.social Tractor Boy🚜 #FBPE 🇪🇺 🇵🇸🇺🇦 @tommoitfc.bsky.social · 27/09/2026bsky.app/profile/adyb... 152
michaelburl.bsky.social @michaelburl.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Antonin Baudry’s de Gaulle is really superb. Part one today, part two on Tuesday. Can’t wait. 100
Reposted by @michaelburl.bsky.socialThe Daily Britain @thedailybritain.bsky.social · 26/09/2026“If Farage will do you a Cameo for seventy pounds, just ask yourself: what would he do for seventy million?” 24785249
Reposted by @michaelburl.bsky.socialBridget Phillipson MP @bphillipsonmp.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Labour is giving families breathing space – opening new school-based nurseries, offering parents 30 hours of government-funded childcare and bringing back the best of Sure Start with Best Start Family Hubs. Reform UK are closing nurseries. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukSouth Tyneside Council nursery closures decision 'devastating'Councillors confirm that all 10 Stanley's nurseries in South Tyneside will close by July 2027. 46831
Reposted by @michaelburl.bsky.socialSimon Nixon @nixonsimon.bsky.social · 25/09/2026That gap in the political market for serious people just got a little wider… 3351
Reposted by @michaelburl.bsky.socialRebel Spy @rebel-spy.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Braverman does realise they’ll remigrate her too? Right? 1131
michaelburl.bsky.social @michaelburl.bsky.social · 25/09/2026C4 News ‘far right agitator’. But then C4 has guts unlike the sinister spineless BBC. 010
michaelburl.bsky.social @michaelburl.bsky.social · 25/09/2026www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026... The roofer is not so tough now.theguardian.comDaniel Thomas pleads not guilty after alleged dinghy slashing in ChannelFar-right activist who was filmed appearing to slash boat with blade is refused bail as he denies charges 000
