Reposted by WycombianSarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 11hThe vested rightwing self-interest is becoming very shrill now. Still not enough for some voters to dump their tribe for betraying the country and letting us all down so disgracefully. 18010
Reposted by WycombianMark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 11h“A process of creolization has already taken place among us French people, simply because we change places and adopt one another's jokes, tastes, cuisine and music. “All those dreaming of a static world are dreaming of something that no longer exists and will never exist again.” 819818
Reposted by WycombianPatrick - Here for the craic❗️🤷🏼♂️😉 @paddyopatrick.bsky.social · 07/10/2026F*ck me Rupert Lowe-Life may give anyone over 60 a bad name churning out such bollox No Whooopert we don’t want London to regress to your misty eyed version, with horses &carriages on streets, gas lamps & regular folk having to doff their hats to elitist scum like you It’s fine as it is End of❗️🤷♂️ 196415
Reposted by Wycombianfife4europe #FBPE #RejoinEU @fife4europe.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Billionaire David Reuben claiming he quit Britain for Monaco over potential wealth taxes—when records show he already moved years ago—exposes the myth of the "super-rich exodus." Threats to flee are just economic blackmail to block fair taxation.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 9241107
Reposted by WycombianDr. Michael MacKay @michaelmackay.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Putin celebrated his birthday by killing 26 Ukrainians, including five children. Trump is celebrating Putin's birthday by accepting a call from his master to receive further orders. 15329
Reposted by WycombianMark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Iranian lawyer Bahareh Aghaei, who is being held in Qarchak prison in Varamin, has been sentenced to 20 years in prison. 1015173
Reposted by WycombianRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Trump’s sons have recently invested in dozens of defense companies. Those companies have now raked in a staggering $6 BILLION in current or future government contracts. Corruption? Or coincidence? You be the judge. 7621171051
Reposted by WycombianMark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Lithuanian Prime Minister Mindaugas Sinkevičius: “There was a time when Putin was saying that they would not invade Ukraine. “So you can never predict what’s on their mind and how they will actually proceed. “They’re talking one thing, but acting very much differently.” 1022552
Reposted by WycombianOtto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 07/10/2026How can something be so frightening and yet so funny at the same time? 2830372
Reposted by WycombianMark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Reports of another Russian who’s fallen ill.apple.newsWHO demands answers from Russia about ‘second plague victim’ — The TelegraphPressure increases on Moscow to disclose information about lab worker’s death following reports of another employee contracting the disease 49487211
Reposted by WycombianRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Just five giant conglomerates now control 90 percent of the media. The reason this is so dangerous might not be what you think. 421486802
Reposted by WycombianMark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Hegseth: “Theocratic regimes should never have access to nuclear weapons. Trump recognises that.” The man who last week was manifesting the Christian god in the Pentagon and calling for a crusade. 38619182
Reposted by WycombianSarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 06/10/2026This is absolutely what’s going on with Badenoch’s polling improvement. She is very much not getting any better or any more popular or electable. There is no (shoot-me-now) ‘Keminaissance’. It’s just that Farage has got even worse. And rightwing money needs a horse to back… 617434
Reposted by WycombianJosiah Mortimer @josiahmortimer.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Kudos @mrjamesob.bsky.social 🙏🏼 15313
Reposted by WycombianRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 06/10/2026More than 500 U.S. citizens have been detained by ICE, according to ProPublica. 70% of ICE detainees have no criminal conviction. Trump’s promise to go after the “worst of the worst” was always a lie. It was always a pretext to terrorize Black and brown communities. Remember this.projects.propublica.orgMore Than 500 U.S. Citizens Have Been Detained, Including Handcuffed or Held at Gunpoint, in Trump’s Immigration Crackdown — ProPublicaThe government doesn’t track how often immigration officers detain U.S. citizens. So ProPublica did. We’ve found more th 12745382306
Reposted by WycombianRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Remember: Wealth cannot be separated from power. We're seeing in real time how the extreme concentration of wealth is distorting our politics, rigging markets, and granting unprecedented power to a handful of people. Taxing the rich isn't just an economic issue, it's a defense of our democracy. 12251602257
Reposted by WycombianMark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Good overview. In essence, you can trust the Russians and everything’s fine, or you can’t trust them at all, one or the other.apple.newsRussia Needs to Tell the Truth About a Plague Death — The AtlanticAfter an apparent lab accident in Siberia, Moscow is reverting to its old Soviet ways. 118710
Reposted by WycombianMark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Two top Trump advisers James Blair and Chris LaCivita travelled to Bosnia’s Republika Srpska to provide election advice to its Putin-friendly government, the NYT reports. They were paid hundreds of thousands of dollars each. 17232122
Reposted by WycombianSarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Leader of party - that sold its own shrivelled soul to the devils of austerity and Brexit - will use her conference speech to slag off Labour (yawn) and make the only promise the Tories ever make - cutting taxes… They have nothing new or credible… or just plain nice… to say any more. 1581333379
Wycombian @noahbeery.bsky.social · 07/10/2026This should brighten up a wet miserable morning! 👏🏻https://mrhenrymorris.substack.com/p/mark-francois-tory-conference-diary?r=2713at&utm_medium=iosmrhenrymorris.substack.comMark Francois’ Tory Conference DiaryBirmingham 2026 - as it happened 010
Reposted by WycombianRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 06/10/2026The richest man owns X. The second richest man owns The Washington Post. The third and fifth richest men control Google. The sixth richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp. And the eighth richest man now owns both Paramount and Warner Bros. See the problem here?bbc.comParamount takes over Warner Bros in $110bn Hollywood mergerThe merger of two of Hollywood's biggest movie studios comes after months of legal disputes and concern over competition 675147145979
Reposted by WycombianSarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 06/10/2026I mean… How stupid and hypocritical are these people? Is it even possible to measure? Pochin seems to manage to plumb Mariana Trench type depths… 1020516
Reposted by WycombianRobert Hutton @roberthutton.co.uk · 05/10/2026Andrew Griffith delivers one of the all time rhetorical stinkers. My Tory conference SKETCH. thecritic.co.uk/an-h... 1412729
Reposted by WycombianSarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Brexit has been a Tory masterclass in ideological madness. It’s widely accepted by the country as a barrelling shitshow but *still* their entitled little reps strut about insisting we can’t be allowed to vote on it again. Who TF does this person think she is? And why TF should she decide anything? 100759208
Wycombian @noahbeery.bsky.social · 06/10/2026He used the word ‘cleansing’ - just in case any of us were in doubt… 😡 010
Reposted by WycombianDavid Osland @davidosland.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Beating up pensioners and vandalising curry houses in Gosport is not 'an expression of legitimate concern' 18759143
Reposted by WycombianFarrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Conservative Helen Whateley, "Tax cuts have to be funded.. I'm doing work on what is the right way to bring down the welfare bill" My view: Why is the answer always more hardship for people who are already struggling, while vast wealth can be hoarded almost untouched? 74614157
Reposted by WycombianRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 06/10/2026DHS reportedly collected data about anti-ICE protestors in Maine, uploading their photos and license plate numbers into a database. That database was built by Palantir — which may be the most dangerous corporation in America. Watch.youtube.comThe Most Dangerous Corporation in America?The AI surveillance state is real — and it's being built by Palantir. 6320291133
Wycombian @noahbeery.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Always worth a read & in these times; humour is the best tonic…! mrhenrymorris.substack.com/p/the-png-co...mrhenrymorris.substack.comThe PNG Courier on wordsBack to England, where up has become down, black is white, and Christianity is epitomised by masked mobs who confront boats full of refugees. 010
Reposted by Wycombianfife4europe #FBPE #RejoinEU @fife4europe.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Nigel Farage insists he is a working-class anti-establishment champion, right up until he gets interviewed by the standards watchdog over a £5,000,000 gift from a crypto billionaire! 🤡 Absolute peak populist ethics: railing against corrupt elites while quietly taking their cash! 🎪theguardian.comNigel Farage questioned by standards commissioner over £5m giftReform UK leader was interviewed for half an hour last month over money from crypto billionaire 0138
Reposted by WycombianDr. Michael MacKay @michaelmackay.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Alberta separatism and Quebec separatism are politically illegitimate and treasonous against Canada. They have the same influencers and are as poisonous as the Donetsk and Luhansk “People’s Republics” and the “Novorossiya project” that fascist Russia concocted invading Ukraine. 56125
Reposted by WycombianMark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Russia is working on bio-weapons in Siberia.themoscowtimes.comNearly 200 People Under Observation After Irkutsk Lab Worker Dies From Plague - The Moscow TimesHealth authorities in Siberia’s Irkutsk region have placed nearly 200 people under medical observation after a laboratory worker died from plague, according to media reports and a statement by a regio... 951331676
Reposted by WycombianSarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 05/10/2026As long as the Tories are threatening to leave the ECHR, they aren’t a serious party. Consider it the ultimate red flag. Any party who’d take this entirely unnecessary and ruinous risk with our rights and our country’s security and wellbeing should never get its hands on power. (Letter, Times) 831886690
Reposted by WycombianPatrick - Here for the craic❗️🤷🏼♂️😉 @paddyopatrick.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Tax dodging, financial migrant Isabelle Oakshott has the gall to call herself a Journalist churning out this BS Her next expose probs.. “For years I heard rumours of flights by Santa at Xmas delivering presents & migrants. I never believed it and still don’t. If true, it’ll bring down the Govt❗️ 🤡 129120
Reposted by WycombianPatrick - Here for the craic❗️🤷🏼♂️😉 @paddyopatrick.bsky.social · 03/10/2026I’ll modify Kemi Badenoch’s post for accuracy sake “Brilliant to be here in Birmingham for Conservative Party Conference with just client journalists, avoiding proper journalistic scrutiny by @bylinetimes.bsky.social @adambienkov.bsky.social @peterjukes.bsky.social @josiahmortimer.bsky.social etc 23010
Reposted by WycombianMark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 03/10/2026With the rise of the Far Right, we’re in a situation where every election could potentially be the last one. No excuse not to vote with rigour. 36827251
Reposted by WycombianSimon Gosden @simongosden.bsky.social · 04/10/2026but the right wing press only mentioned one. Weird innit 56313
Reposted by WycombianSarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Also… as her book is called ‘patriot’, maybe that’s an easier thing to define. I’d say it’s not getting sacked from high office twice, not endangering our police by whipping up sustained far-right attacks on them and not being part of a political party that will only ever damage our country. 412714
Reposted by WycombianPatrick - Here for the craic❗️🤷🏼♂️😉 @paddyopatrick.bsky.social · 02/10/2026I’m old enough to remember ppl in UK being proud to have put racism👇behind us to judge others not by colour or ethnicity but by actions & behavior.. racist were a minority looked down on Oh how far the UK has fallen in the recent years with Farage leading the way I find it most depressing 🤦♂️ 410930
Reposted by WycombianMark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Trump fell asleep - for a full four minutes - on camera - during tonight’s White House media session. The monkeys around him had to keep jabbering to fill the embarrassing silence. 37478121
Reposted by WycombianMark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 02/10/2026The two Iranian men charged over the alleged terror plot against Jewish people in Manchester entered the UK by small boats. In 2020 and 2023. When the Conservatives were supposed to be watching the borders. 720650
Reposted by WycombianRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 02/10/2026McDonald's is now reportedly pressuring franchisees to use AI to price food. Its CEO raked in $20.6M last year, over 1,000x the median McDonald's worker pay of $19,020. And they remain one of the largest employers of Medicaid and SNAP recipients. I'm not lovin' it. 21942281478
Reposted by WycombianOtto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 02/10/2026There are people calling this conviction "two tier policing." Er - no. If you set off a politically motivated bomb in a public area and if shrapnel flies about that is terrorism. news.met.police.uk/news/man-jai...news.met.police.ukMan jailed for 15 years over ULEZ camera explosionKevin Rees, aged 63, was sentenced at the Old Bailey on Friday, 2 October. 39701127
Reposted by WycombianAlex Hall Hall @alexhh.bsky.social · 02/10/2026It’s a badge of honour for @bylinetimes.bsky.social to be banned from Reform and Conservative conferences - like being banned by Russia or China, it says more about them, than the journalists. Also, so ironic that the parties which waffle on about freedom of speech are the most scared of it. 528397