Reposted by MirnAlice Roberts @profaliceroberts.bsky.social · 07/10/2026I am very uncomfortable about calling bits of software “agents”. They have no more real agency than a wind-up toy. 6655259
Reposted by MirnPaul Lewis @paullewismoney.bsky.social · 06/10/2026The King’s cut from your electricity bill bit.ly/4yx46ng he gets 12% of crown estate profits through the Sovereign Grantbit.lyCrown Estate sea bed auctions could add £38 a year to energy billsThe business that manages the King’s land has put wind farm projects at risk with move away from capped fees for developers, a University of Oxford study warns 127356
Reposted by MirnThe SNP @snp.org · 01/10/2026Andy Burnham's "National Care Service" turns out to be Free Personal Care in England. Inspired by a policy already delivered in Scotland by the SNP. 12172107
Reposted by MirnJohn Swinney @johnswinney.bsky.social · 29/09/2026In Scotland, we provide free personal care for older people without punishing pensioners. Andy Burnham removing the triple lock would simply repeat the mistakes of Keir Starmer. The blame for the UK’s financial mess lies with successive Westminster governments, not pensioners. 19286145
Reposted by MirnMatt Green @mattgreencomedy.com · 29/09/2026Every day we see Trump and his acolytes make shit up, lie and just invent nonsense that they think makes them look good. Then the BBC reports something that “the Secretary of State” says like it’s gospel truth. We have no idea if Marco Rubio knows what he’s talking about. Trump certainly doesn’t. 918424
Reposted by MirnLiam Thorp @liamthorp.bsky.social · 23/09/2026So that guy who live streamed himself trying to drown someone by stabbing their boat with a knife and who has been continually blocking ports and intimidating communities with a band of masked thugs. He’s surely just going to be arrested right? Right? 1929667
Reposted by MirnNeil Mackay @neilmackay.bsky.social · 23/09/2026I am so damn close to cancelling my licence fee. So damn close. As a journalist of 35 years standing, I never in my wildest dreams thought I’d feel like this. The BBC has come to disgust me. It’s damaging our country and I can’t assist it in the damage it’s doing with my money. 2819880
Reposted by MirnNeil Mackay @neilmackay.bsky.social · 19/09/2026What a bended-knee craven interview. It doesn’t even mention that this tax exile is responsible for shutting Grangemouth, Scotland’s only oil refinery. A billionaire speaks and the BBC nods along like a servantbbc.co.ukBillionaire Manchester United owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe says he has lost confidence in UKIneos founder Sir Jim Ratcliffe tells the BBC he thinks the country is "on the slide" and calls for more investment in the North Sea. 157736
Reposted by MirnRoss Greer (he/him) @ross-greer.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Hundreds of people have been arrested and accused of terrorism offences for holding signs saying they support Palestine Action. But apparently this organised campaign to literally terrorise lifeboat crews and endanger lives isn't terrorism? 312753
Reposted by MirnToby Earle 🇺🇦 @tobyontv.bsky.social · 18/09/2026*rubs temples* why am i reading about MPs scrutinising Eurovision track record instead of them taking action against far-right and fascist groups that are harrassing the RNLI, the public, & shutting down infrastructure www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukUK's 'dismal' Eurovision song choices to be examined by MPsIt comes after the UK's entry Look Mum No Computer came last in May's final, scoring just one point. 24740186
Reposted by MirnDan Snow @thehistoryguy.bsky.social · 13/09/2026I’m just a person on my fucking knees begging the government to use its absolutely massive majority to do something extremely fucking popular: save our democracy. 792176499
Reposted by MirnNeil Mackay @neilmackay.bsky.social · 13/09/2026The real headline should be: Nigel Farage just sold Britain to the highest bidder 18444109
Reposted by MirnPeter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social · 11/09/2026This is completely on Andy Burnham Last week Labour could have stopped this. Now we have a single person giving more money than the entire general election spending limit for a political party www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/202...telegraph.co.uk 641512603
Reposted by MirnAnand Menon @anandmenon.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Hard to shake the impression that the overriding sentiment in Tories and Labour to the Reform donations was envy rather than concern about our democratic system…. 15575173
Reposted by MirnWill Jennings📉🗳️ @drjennings.bsky.social · 12/09/2026Politicians on the centre-left and centre-right simply don't seem to understand they are in an existential battle for the future of British democracy. 601452378
Reposted by MirnQuiet Majority @majorityquiet.bsky.social · 11/09/2026We loved this so much we just had to put English subtitles on it, apologies to the French speakers for our translation. But this is what it would look like here in the UK if Farage or Lowe or another of their ilk got their own way. 41718429
Reposted by MirnRoss Greer (he/him) @ross-greer.bsky.social · 12/09/2026Burnham knew this would be the result of dropping his pledge to cap political donations, but he did it anyway. Labour are determined to midwife a Reform government, like plenty of other centrist parties before them whose weakness paved the way for right wing extremists. 50702282
Reposted by MirnDmitry Grozoubinski @explaintrade.com · 10/09/2026If you're in government watching criminal-led blackshirt thugs in balaclavas wage war on the RNLI and you're hedging your bets because you're not sure who the majority of the country will side with, why do you even want to be in government? Why would you WANT to lead people you think so little of? 271296341
Reposted by MirnLiam Thorp @liamthorp.bsky.social · 09/09/2026There are gangs of men in black balaclavas roaming around the country, intimidating people and blocking roads and access to buildings. Why are they not being arrested? Why is the PM not calling them out? 1325774
Reposted by MirnCount Binface @countbinface.bsky.social · 09/09/2026You might have to turn up for the results of this one, Nige. 13353361298
Reposted by MirnJohn Swinney @johnswinney.bsky.social · 09/09/2026It is utterly deplorable that a housing project in Glasgow was deliberately set on fire because of racist misinformation spread online. Those responsible will be fully pursued and will face justice. Let's unite against racism and lies that seek to break our communities apart. 417956
Reposted by MirnDuncan Weldon @duncanweldon.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Even leaving any politics at all aside: as general rule, no state can allow a group of masked men to be able to close down critical infrastructure. This is basic stuff. 112607504
Reposted by MirnPeter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Andy Burnham seemed to do a social media video at the drop of a hat - so why the silence about the masked mobs on the street? 40677139
Reposted by MirnJonn Elledge @jonnelledge.bsky.social · 07/09/2026I want the Prime Minister to look into a TV camera and say the RNLI are heroes, that we do not change policy by street violence in this country, and that he expects any criminal action to face the full force of the law. That's it. That's all he has to do. 632781881
Reposted by MirnSam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 07/09/2026This should be the easiest open goal in the world for a progressive government - they are literally violent criminals. Most voters do not like violent criminals. 35998213
Reposted by MirnKieran Hurley @kieranhurley.bsky.social · 07/09/2026I find the image grimly fascinating, extremely pathetic, and also very sad. Her in costume, playing the sidekick. All pals together having a laugh you see. Jimmy Krankie they called you wasn't it? Yes. We're all mates now, just a bit of fun. Stand over there and do Gove's tie. Well done. 1194
Reposted by MirnTristan Stewart-Robertson @srtristan.bsky.social · 07/09/2026I'm not sure how the UK can turn back at this point. The govt says almost nothing about hundreds of men in black blocking a port, police wait 17 hours to comment on racist mobs in Glasgow, and now we are burning building sites because they MIGHT someday house asylum seekers.glasgowtimes.co.uk'Wilful' tenement fire burns community development site amid 'disinformation'A "wilful" fire in Glasgow has been deemed a "depressing act of self-harm" for the community, as a tenement block was ravaged by… 7231111
Reposted by MirnDorian Lynskey @dorianlynskey.bsky.social · 07/09/2026If "legitimate concerns" were considered to excuse illegitimate methods, then nobody from Just Stop Oil or Palestine Action would have been arrested. So we know it doesn't. In fact that phrase is only ever used in one context. Only in that context is uniformed mob intimidation "peaceful protest" 211106400
Reposted by MirnPhil Syrpis @syrpis.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Parts of this really should not be difficult. You *can* have legitimate concerns about a lot of things, and protest about them peacefully. What you *cannot* do is mask up, join up with 300 others, and block roads, burn houses, and threaten people. 39815
Reposted by MirnPeter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Nick Robinson on Today is literally talking about ‘legitimate concerns’ after second night of organised men dressed in black - sorry ‘protesters’ - mobilising en masse in another littoral town. This is how street fascism is normalised 19835341085
Reposted by MirnCaroline Keep @ka83k.bsky.social · 06/09/2026Finding it really telling right now we CAN arrest people holding signs peacefully about their political views. But we CAN'T arrest men beating women with literal sticks at Reform UK for expressing their views. So freedom of speech includes violence now for certain groups? 11502479
Reposted by MirnSouth-East London for Europe (Selfe) @selfe.bsky.social · 06/09/2026If no other picture survives Reform UK conference this year, let it be this one. It is a teachable moment. #ReformAssault #Fascism 891168515
Reposted by MirnDr Jo Kershaw @mthrjo.bsky.social · 06/09/2026Why is a Labour government sounding softer on far right bully boys than Richard Tice? What are they thinking?! 927451
Reposted by MirnOtto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 05/09/2026As a very basic thing, we as citizens should not accept the presence of a private army of masked racist thugs on the streets of our towns... intimidating others and threatening to overthrow the state... There are some fairly obvious precedents for this stuff. 921239414
Reposted by MirnSteve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Kent police said 'no arrests were made' of the people who blocked a port and roads. There's your two-tier policing, folks www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cm...bbc.co.ukPort of Dover delays: Disruption as masked 'stop the boats' protesters block roadsHundreds of demonstrators, wearing black with their faces covered, caused delays to traffic reaching the port. 1061845816
Reposted by MirnThe Empty City @davidallengreen.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Seems the difference between ‘protestors’ and ‘terrorists’ is that protestors wear balaclavas while terrorists hold placards. 3034381277
Reposted by MirnNeil Mackay @neilmackay.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Who would ever have thought that the BBC’s political editor would put out a single source claim that was both false and also great propaganda for Reform… 981257472
Reposted by MirnDuncan Jones @manmademoon.bsky.social · 04/09/2026To me, the most eye-opening bit of this recent Reform scandal is that these knobheads literally say that the reason they need foreign money is because British people won’t support them. 381389295
Reposted by Mirnweegingerdug @weegingerdug.bsky.social · 03/09/2026BBC piece about £110m budget gap facing Glasgow mentions the issue of equal pay as one major factor and cost of housing homeless refugees as the other without mentioning the first was caused by Labour and the second by UK Govt. I'm shocked I tell you, shocked. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukGlasgow City Council at 'critical' point over £110m budget gapThe Accounts Commission warns "robust oversight" is needed to tackle a £110m budget gap spanning the next two financial years. 510791
Reposted by MirnThe Verge @theverge.com · 02/09/2026As a new Harry Potter trailer makes the rounds, it bears repeating that there’s no way to watch this show without supporting J.K. Rowling’s bigotry and the structural violence she’s inflicting on the trans community.theverge.comThere is no ethical consumption of HBO’s Harry Potter seriesYou can’t without supporting Rowling’s transphobic bigotry. 367201329890
Reposted by MirnGeorge Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 02/09/2026You have to choose. You can't be nice to everyone. Appeasing corporations and billionaires means abandoning everyone else. When it comes to policy, it's us or them. And for far too long political leaders in this country have sided with them. If Burnham is to survive, this is what he needs to change. 20570103
Reposted by MirnGeorge Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 28/08/2026I know this isn't terrorism. You know this isn't terrorism. The authorities know this isn't terrorism. But, once again, they have labelled protesters "terrorists", as part of the long-running programme to ensure that no one dares protest about anything any more. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...theguardian.comSeven charged with damaging Trump’s Scottish golf course accused of ‘terrorist connection’Course at Donald Trump’s Turnberry resort was painted with words ‘Gaza is not 4 sale’ and clubhouse was sprayed with graffiti 13534501489
Reposted by MirnNeil Mackay @neilmackay.bsky.social · 27/08/2026Everything about Burnham was a lie. He's not going to change this country, he's just stage managing our slow walk to the grave with some cool dad on Insta vibes 139741
Reposted by MirnGeorge Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 27/08/2026Our rapid disillusionment with political leaders is treated by much of the media as some kind of pathology. But what I see is these leaders backtracking on their promises, dashing people's hopes and serving the ultra-rich ahead of the rest of the population. Why wouldn't we be disillusioned? 1582324783
Reposted by Mirnderek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 26/08/2026I appreciate that Dolly Parton refused to participate in "dress respectability" and, by her own account, modeled her aesthetic after a town "tramp," who she thought was beautiful. She separated aesthetics from character and understood "classiness" to be about how you treat people, not how you dress. 193354125284
Reposted by MirnJohn Swinney @johnswinney.bsky.social · 24/08/2026Despite being one of the most energy-rich countries in the world, we pay some of the highest energy bills in Europe. The energy price cap is set to rise again on Wednesday. This must be a wake up call for the Prime Minister. We need urgent action to lower people’s bills. 2510463
Reposted by MirnNeil Mackay @neilmackay.bsky.social · 24/08/2026Be warned: this shit is coming to Britain unless we get American Big Tech out of our culture, media and politics. We need an unassailable firewall between us and these mad bastards 1314162
Reposted by MirnPeter Jukes @peterjukes.bsky.social · 23/08/2026Imagine a man driven to kill himself because the British media destroyed his reputation based on lies. And then imagine that, even after his death, that same media carry on tormenting his family with the same soul destroying lies. Incredible, isn’t it. But here we are 36867247
