Mike Holden @mikeholden42.bsky.social · 16/05/2026It is interesting that afaik all the current contenders for Labour leader/PM are in favour of rejoining the EU. Cc @iandunt.bsky.social @bestforbritain.org 110
Mike Holden @mikeholden42.bsky.social · 15/01/2026This line is worth the subscription in itself. Brilliant, as always, from @iandunt.bsky.social 6363
Mike Holden @mikeholden42.bsky.social · 19/08/2025Donald Trump: "I'm not a dictator" Also Donald Trump: 030
Reposted by Mike HoldenRandi Mayem Singer @rmayemsinger.bsky.social · 25/07/2025Is NOBODY going to call DoJ's Todd Blanche "questioning" Ghislaine Maxwell what it actually is - WITNESS TAMPERING? Really, not one person? 752221626927
Mike Holden @mikeholden42.bsky.social · 26/07/2025Sometimes, meet your heroes. Because sometimes they are the nicest, most genuine and funniest people you will have the privilege of meeting. Honoured isn't the word. (I met Johnny Ball in this same spot 5 years ago, this is the first time either of us returned. Astonishing coincidence). 150
Mike Holden @mikeholden42.bsky.social · 05/06/2025BREAKING: Donald Trump says white South Africans are no longer welcome in the USA and deportations will begin immediately. 100
Reposted by Mike HoldenChris Giles @chrisgiles.ft.com · 08/05/2025Shows there is truth in my comment last week that post-Brexit the UK has been reduced to seeking scraps from the big boys' tables www.ft.com/content/342d... 712735
Reposted by Mike HoldenBest for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 08/05/2025Everyone watching the press conference: 2378
Reposted by Mike HoldenIan Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 10/03/2025This is completely insane. Legal types, do get in touch with family if you can help. 19687250
Reposted by Mike HoldenBladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 26/02/2025A 2% wealth tax in the UK on people with over £100m (like France) would raise £30bn a year. It's time to tax the rich. 431436443
Mike Holden @mikeholden42.bsky.social · 26/02/2025You would think someone who owns a spacecraft company would have some tiny fucking clue about optimal flightpath (literally no object going into space takes a straight line). Unless of course he was a fucking moron. x.com/ThePoke/stat...x.comThe Poke on X: "Elon Musk said planes should fly in a straight line and was owned all the way into economy class and beyond https://t.co/70pOf5ZDn9 https://t.co/zRKye1diy8" / XElon Musk said planes should fly in a straight line and was owned all the way into economy class and beyond https://t.co/70pOf5ZDn9 https://t.co/zRKye1diy8 000
Mike Holden @mikeholden42.bsky.social · 21/02/2025Brilliantly said, as ever, by @iandunt.bsky.social in this week's newsletter. We know they are liars, and we need to hold on to that. 000
Mike Holden @mikeholden42.bsky.social · 18/02/2025Why aren't farmers incandescent that a Tory government allowed the ultra-rich to buy farm land to escape IHT, when many of them now act as feudal landlords renting land back to farmers instead of them owning it? 0237
Mike Holden @mikeholden42.bsky.social · 17/02/20251. Nhs staff were on strike. 2. This led to longer waiting lists. 3. Labour government agreed a deal finishing the strikes. 4. As a result, waiting lists have come down. Only a right-wing loon or newspaper would paint that as anything other than an important improvement. 120
Mike Holden @mikeholden42.bsky.social · 12/02/2025When did Nigel Farage take over the Labour party as well as the Conservative party? What is happening to us? 062
Mike Holden @mikeholden42.bsky.social · 11/02/2025Absolute entitled fuckers. "Our lives are devastated (by the fallout from our stealing from a charity set up in our father's name). It's time to move on (so please forget our plundering of your money)". www.lbc.co.uk/news/captain...lbc.co.uk'It's time to move on': Captain Tom's daughter says her family's reputation has been 'demolished' by charity investigationThe daughter of Sir Captain Tom Moore has said her family’s reputation has been “demolished” by the investigation into her mismanagement of his charity. 020
Mike Holden @mikeholden42.bsky.social · 05/02/2025It's very clear now, Trump wants to capture some land - another person's country - and he's not really bothered whose or where, just so long as he can say he took it. He wants to be Putin. 151
Mike Holden @mikeholden42.bsky.social · 02/02/2025Trump is an idiot (as well as a twat). He's imposed tariffs on energy imports from Canada. This means simply that American energy bill will rise. For Americans. 220
Mike Holden @mikeholden42.bsky.social · 31/01/2025Last night we took part in our weekly pub quiz. We won the quiz but left the money on the table. Which shows our dedication to the pure art of quizzing. (Or that we are smart and dumb in equal measure). Cc @paulsinha.bsky.social 000
Mike Holden @mikeholden42.bsky.social · 31/01/2025I cannot express my anger with Trump strongly enough. He will say ANYTHING to divert blame from his own actions when something bad happens. 👇 230
Reposted by Mike HoldenJonathan Portes @jdportes.bsky.social · 30/01/2025Was just disinvited by @bbc5live.bsky.social to a discussion of Brexit 5 years on- on the entirely reasonable/correct grounds that I know what I am talking about and would give an expert, objective view. What they actually wanted was a "hard Remainer" (to balance a know-nothing Brexiteer). FFS. 781529406
Mike Holden @mikeholden42.bsky.social · 26/01/2025I don't think Trump particularly wants to acquire Greenland, Canada or the Gulf of Mexico - there may be some US advantages to each, but the main thing he wants is to Take Some Land, to become the next Putin. 010
Reposted by Mike HoldenJames O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 21/01/2025Boris Johnson here, reporting on the moment Donald Trump *didn’t touch a Bible*. 2412041317
Reposted by Mike HoldenIan Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 21/01/2025If they act like cartoon villains, dress like cartoon villains and speak like cartoon villains... it's because they're cartoon fucking villains. 491968280
Reposted by Mike HoldenNews Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 06/01/2025BREAKING: Starmer attacks Far Right & Elon Musk. In a pointed comment on Musk, the PM calls out those “so desperate for attention, they’re prepared to debase themselves & their country.” “When the poison of the Far Right leads to threats…a line has been crossed.” Strong, necessary stuff. (🎥 BBC) 29482106
Mike Holden @mikeholden42.bsky.social · 03/01/2025I love @iandunt.bsky.social, hes one of the Good Guys and his newsletter is always touching and thought provoking. But - 6am? Fuck off mate. 130
Mike Holden @mikeholden42.bsky.social · 03/01/2025UK politicians go to assist in a US election campaign - right wingers: "Outrageous Foreign election interference!!" South African right winger calls for the *King to dissolve UK parliament* - right wingers: "Yaay!" 041
Mike Holden @mikeholden42.bsky.social · 03/01/2025As I said the other day, this is mainly opposed by the richest who don't want to pay tax that may help the less fortunate. And hence is prime material for right wing rags. 100
Mike Holden @mikeholden42.bsky.social · 02/01/2025She's a complete gift to any other party that would take advantage of it. "Why would it be long overdue Kim?" 0224
Reposted by Mike HoldenOonagh @okeating.bsky.social · 04/12/2024Check your Black Magic for Rohypnol. 4913032
Mike Holden @mikeholden42.bsky.social · 04/12/2024In today's episode of "We want everything for nothing", we being you... "Rail services are rubbish, we want better!" "Ok, we'll make them public so money that paid dividends will go to improve the service instead" "Hang on - fares won't ever rise again, will they??!?" 110
Mike Holden @mikeholden42.bsky.social · 03/12/2024@alistaircoleman.bsky.social APILN - electric edition. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukOldham man 'gives up' on electric car after council charging 'ordeal'David Kelsall sells the vehicle after Oldham Council says he could not charge it at home. 121
Reposted by Mike HoldenJim Pickard @pickardje.bsky.social · 02/12/2024- a quarter of all England’s farmland belongs to just 2,500 owners - 20 dukes own a million acres of Britain "most of this country is owned by people like the Duke of Westminster, who has 129,000 acres and a £10billion fortune", says @guyshrubsole.bsky.social www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...mirror.co.ukQuarter of England's farmland owned by just 2,500 toffs and fatcatsThere are more than 100,000 farm holdings in England, covering 22 million acres in total. But the Defra data show just 2,568 very large farms own or manage 5.6 million acres 66955503
Mike Holden @mikeholden42.bsky.social · 29/11/2024Started out making a wooden Christmas tree, ended up with a festive shelving unit! 130
Mike Holden @mikeholden42.bsky.social · 28/11/2024Reform didn't need to look past the picture at the top of Andrea Jenkyns' CV before welcoming her in. 010
Mike Holden @mikeholden42.bsky.social · 28/11/2024Phew, at last. metro.co.uk/2024/11/28/t...metro.co.ukThis is how long you should be able to stand on one leg, according to your ageIt's longer than you might think. 100
Mike Holden @mikeholden42.bsky.social · 27/11/2024They are booked to turn on the Christmas lights in Great Harwood next Saturday. This makes it far more interesting than usual metro.co.uk/2024/11/27/i...metro.co.ukIconic 90s boy band 'no longer speak to each other' after intense relationshipThey have a huge number one Christmas hit. 020
Mike Holden @mikeholden42.bsky.social · 27/11/2024"[In my day it was] very rare for there to be a fatso in the class". It wasn't, Boris. 140
Mike Holden @mikeholden42.bsky.social · 26/11/2024Haha! Nobody gets to be corrupt except The Don. Except, of course, they're all corrupt. 000
Reposted by Mike HoldenLuke McGee @lukemcgee.bsky.social · 22/11/2024Reform MP James McMurdock was jailed for repeatedly kicking girlfriend www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...thetimes.comReform MP James McMurdock was jailed for repeatedly kicking girlfriendThe MP had told the media he had been jailed for ‘pushing’ former partner in 2006, when the court records suggest a more violent assault 37031
Mike Holden @mikeholden42.bsky.social · 14/11/2024How has America decided the best thing it can do is destroy itself? 242
