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Tony Yates @t0nyyates.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

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No mass deportations: 61.6% Mass deportations: 37.4%

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nosemonkey.bsky.social @nosemonkey.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

The Google News feed on my phone (that I can't turn off or customise without giving Google all my personal data) continues to serve up outright propaganda.

A screenshot showing a Russian Embassy post on Twitter / X with a headline quote from Putin

nosemonkey.bsky.social @nosemonkey.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Oh, so it's *your* fault then? As usual...

nosemonkey.bsky.social @nosemonkey.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Still, at least watching this has reminded me why I don't like football. Mostly just lots of tense boredom.

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nosemonkey.bsky.social @nosemonkey.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

I'll claim credit for that. This is the first match I've watched in this World Cup, and I went for a wee just before the goal.

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nosemonkey.bsky.social @nosemonkey.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

Anyway, much as I hope you're all enjoying yourselves I can't wait for it to all be over so people stop asking me where I'm watching the match whenever I'm out walking the dog.

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nosemonkey.bsky.social @nosemonkey.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

Not being one for football, all this talk of Bellingham just got me thinking about gravy adverts. I then discovered Linda Bellingham died over a decade ago, and I missed it. And that it's spelled Lynda, despite what autocorrect insists.

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nosemonkey.bsky.social @nosemonkey.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

I once got stuck in a lift with Ann Widdecombe and Glenda Jackson, 20+ years ago. The small talk was extremely awkward, but not sufficient motive.

nosemonkey.bsky.social @nosemonkey.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

The Nixon thing I chose to ignore as an aside that begs even more argument than the main point. Also, this is a personal hatred of May: Policies introduced by her would, had they been in place at the time, have prevented me from marrying my wife. I object to attempts to rehabilitate her as liberal.

nosemonkey.bsky.social @nosemonkey.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

I mean, I get that opinion writers need to come up with opinions and that it's hard to think in this heat, but really?

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nosemonkey.bsky.social @nosemonkey.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Theresa May was so woke she sent out "go home" anti-immigration vans and created the hostile environment when she was at the Home Office, leading my wife and I to decide that if she ever became PM we should emigrate. (We should have followed our instincts.) Woke my arse. She was vile.

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nosemonkey.bsky.social @nosemonkey.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Just a thought, but maybe - especially given you're meant to be a leftish paper opposed to everything he stands for - don't accept and amplify Farage's framing of his actions in their entirety?

A screenshot of the Guardian with the headline: "Farage says he is resigning but will stand in 'people v establishment byelection", followed by a sub: "Reform UK leader to stand again, saying people of Clacton 'should be the judges of my actions' and party will cover byelection cost", and a photo of Farage with a union flag in the background

nosemonkey.bsky.social @nosemonkey.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

I was going to do a thread on Farage, but sod it. He's "resigned" so many times now I've got bored of it.

nosemonkey.bsky.social @nosemonkey.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

So, can anyone come round and walk the dog and do the weekly shop for me? I didn't plan ahead.

nosemonkey.bsky.social @nosemonkey.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

Zero interest in football, but there's a moderate chance I'm going to be watching rugby almost solidly until 10pm today. (Albeit I suspect everything will be a little disappointing after starting with New Zealand v France)

Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

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Not a great economy alert! Wall Street Bets users think Palantir spiked today because The Onion story titled “Palantir Acquires Pentagon for $800 Billion” hit their front page. They’re guessing trading bots indexed the top post on the subreddit reddit not understanding source.

A chart showing an immediate spike after the headline hit the front page of Wall Street Bets.

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nosemonkey.bsky.social @nosemonkey.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

I'm not saying *all* patriotic nationalists are paedos, but

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Dr Vanessa @hpsvanessa.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

*stares in British University*

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Natalie Sedacca @nataliesedacca.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Lords Justice and Home Affairs Committee finds govt’s “earned” settlement proposals will will harm integration, make it impossible for disadvantaged and vulnerable groups to settle, cause child poverty, and increase labour exploitation of sponsored workers www.workrightscentre.org/publications...

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Lords Committee rejects government’s ‘earned’ settlement plans and finds retrospective changes ‘manifestly unfair’ | Work Rights Centre

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nosemonkey.bsky.social @nosemonkey.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Wandering around central London in the heat makes me appreciate London more than ever. Plant more trees. The contrast between full sun and shade is *glorious*. Well done everyone involved in the street tree planting initiatives of 30-odd years ago.

nosemonkey.bsky.social @nosemonkey.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Well exactly. If the next leader was going to be another Corbyn they'd expect to be passed over, but given it looks like nothing much will change...

nosemonkey.bsky.social @nosemonkey.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

If I were one of Labour's 400-odd MPs, I'd be pretty bloody pissed off at the idea that no one among the current cohort was even worth considering. Also doesn't say much positive about the future of the party, does it?

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nosemonkey.bsky.social @nosemonkey.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

This week's @privateeyenews.bsky.social describes Shabana Mahmood as a "centrist favourite" a) Centrist? How? b) Favourite? Whose?

nosemonkey.bsky.social @nosemonkey.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

Back in 2010, while still an active EU politics blogger, I was told by several UKIP supporters that I should have turned down a €5,000 journalism prize from the European Parliament as it made it look like I owed the EU a favour.

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nosemonkey.bsky.social @nosemonkey.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

If only anyone had predicted that SpaceX stock was going to tank.

nosemonkey.bsky.social @nosemonkey.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

(With apologies for weird formatting artefacts due to this having originally been published in prehistoric times)

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nosemonkey.bsky.social @nosemonkey.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

Meanwhile, here's me from 21 years ago (Christ!) on why the rebate was indefensible, but also an indication of why the EU needed a fundamental rethink - something that's still not happened: jcm.org.uk/blog/2005/06...

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Treaties, constitutions, referenda, rebates and CAP reform | Treaties, constitutions, referenda, rebates and CAP reform – Nosemonkey's EUtopia

nosemonkey.bsky.social @nosemonkey.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

I like the way the generic rejoin option has higher percentage support than there is *in the UK*, by most polling. And yet some people still think we'll be rejoining sooner than - my most optimistic estimate - about 2046.

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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

Fascinating the extent to which people responsible for billions of pounds base their views on nothing but vibes.

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Anthony Zacharzewski @anthonyzach.be · 22/06/2026

How are things in Belfast? Are the people with Legitimate Concerns about paedophilia attacking unionist politicians’ homes in response to the Donaldson verdict? They aren’t? How strange. Their Concerns seemed so Legitimate when they were burning foreigners out of their homes a few weeks back.

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Emma Jacobs @emmavj.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

Where are the save our girls crowd?

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The Onion @theonion.com · 22/06/2026

Keir Starmer Resigns Amid ‘Not Being Very Good Prime Minister’ Scandal

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nosemonkey.bsky.social @nosemonkey.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

Starmer's utter failure to do anything worthwhile with his massive majority, though? His ongoing encouragement of anti-immigrant sentiment? There's a lot to dislike. We could have had two years of actively combatting the right-wing narrative that's fucked us since 2010; instead he ran with it.

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nosemonkey.bsky.social @nosemonkey.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

While I've found him disappointing, frustrating, short-sighted and often a bit pathetic, I don't get the *hatred* of Starmer. He's too bland to get passionate about. Continuity Sunak, with less of the arrogance. Burnham, though, I've long actively disliked and haven't seen much to change my mind.

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Marie Le Conte @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com · 22/06/2026

been furious with Starmer for long enough that this is genuinely coming as a surprise to me, but I'm feeling a bit.......sad this morning? not really about him per se but about the waste of time, I guess, and the end of yet another political failure when Britain really couldn't afford another one

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nosemonkey.bsky.social @nosemonkey.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

Have spent the afternoon under a tree reading about Heidegger, Gadamer, and Derrida - as you do. Adequate, and far preferable to football or politics. Where's the Bluesky postmodern hermeneutics starter packs?