Reposted by OlwenmcgJonn Elledge @jonnelledge.bsky.social · 29/09/2026The BBC news summary this morning went seamlessly from "critics warn PM scrapping triple lock would be electoral suicide" to "critics ask if PM has nerve to make tough decisions" and I don't think it's a particularly pro Burnham stance to suggest he might not be the entire problem here. 441427256
Reposted by OlwenmcgM Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Joe Walsh Is Right...... 1003205536208
Reposted by OlwenmcgDan Sohege @danielsohege.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Not a dicky bird about thugs trying to sink a dinghy with a rescue worker on board or their claims to be "forming an army". Two boats of people seeking safety land and bingo bango they're the ones portrayed as the issue. Labour is complict in the rise of the far right. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukHome Secretary hits out at 'unacceptable' migrant landings in KentUsually brought ashore by Border Security Command or the RNLI, these are the first uncontrolled landings since 2025. 44949318
Reposted by OlwenmcgOtto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 17/09/2026In May of 1940 there was a mass panic in Britain - stirred up by the tabloid press - about 'fighting aged men' who had come to Britain as 'refugees' posing a threat to the women and children of this country - and essentially forming a 'fifth column' that could, at any moment rise up against everyonestatic.klipy.comWW2 Soldiers in Croatia: Ivan Janjic StorefrontALT: WW2 Soldiers in Croatia: Ivan Janjic Storefront 411256560
Reposted by OlwenmcgRoland Smith @rolandmcs.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Very nice to hear a sane voice from Piddington. Serious respect to this woman, who is apparently already being othered by more bigoted villagers. 1062352687
Reposted by OlwenmcgAlt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 31/08/2026Haha, a more fitting logo for Google. 586259356979
Reposted by OlwenmcgParody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Meet the National Rebirth Party. If this is what British Fascism looks like, the greatest threat from it is that people might die laughing. 252769159
Reposted by OlwenmcgGhislaine Hull @ghizzybear.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Twice divorced Richard Tice, currently in a relationship with a divorcee, speaking for a party led by twice-divorced Farage, tells us unmarried people should be deprioritised for social housing. 901032385
Reposted by OlwenmcgGerry Hassan @gerryhassan.bsky.social · 25/08/2026New York magazine calls Israeli genocide genocide. nymag.com/article/comm... 0188
Reposted by OlwenmcgEmma Monk @monkemma.bsky.social · 22/08/2026One of the first "outrageous" claims I saw as Jason Arday's media hounding unfolded was that he ran 30 marathons in 35 days! Wow! What a thing to claim! And the newspapers all suggested there was no evidence he actually did it. Well, they clearly didn't look very hard 🙄 🧵 1/26 10628181393
Reposted by OlwenmcgAmrk @amrk.bsky.social · 21/08/2026I googled her name and she’s a health policy researcher who writes think tank reports about gambling harms, we have found the patron saint of UK Bluesky 604607721
Reposted by OlwenmcgJoe Roberts 🔥💙🔥🐸 @robbyjoe.bsky.social · 14/08/2026He didn’t change. They did. 7821989912853
Reposted by OlwenmcgAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11/08/2026 Newsom: "That $400m Qatari plane? That's not a $400m gift. It cost you $936m. That was what was appropriated as he's cutting food stamps and cutting your Medicaid. He put a billion dollars in the Pentagon budget to retrofit his private plane because that's going with him after the presidency ... " 605162646249
Reposted by OlwenmcgMr. Blabalino 🇳🇴🇺🇸💙 @blabalino.com · 01/08/2026This is what happens when the government is run by a felon reality TV personality, Fox News hosts and right-wing podcasters. 87058331635
Reposted by OlwenmcgTony Dauphinee @oldstoney1957.bsky.social · 31/07/2026SLAVA UKRAINIstatic.klipy.comStand with UkraineALT: Stand with Ukraine 327263
Reposted by OlwenmcgMark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 31/07/2026See, it's funny because it's true. #Sad 428188385638
Reposted by OlwenmcgGerry Hassan @gerryhassan.bsky.social · 26/07/2026Love this. The people's choice: Binface versus Farage in Clacton. 110130
Reposted by Olwenmcgderek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 24/07/2026watched the odyssey last night. film ruined by everyone speaking english instead of ancient greek. 667182731589
Reposted by Olwenmcgweegingerdug @weegingerdug.bsky.social · 22/07/2026Waiting for BBC Scotland to tell us in its reporting on Anas Sarwar's peerage that a couple of months ago he said he'd never accept a peerage and in 2022 said: "The House of Lords has no place in 21st century politics. It is unacceptable…to have unelected representatives wielding such power."static.klipy.comMr Bean: Rowan Atkinson WaitingAlt: Mr Bean: Rowan Atkinson Waiting 1317296
Reposted by OlwenmcgGerry Hassan @gerryhassan.bsky.social · 22/07/2026Nigel Farage: Andrew Tate is an "important voice" for young men: June 2024. 2157
Reposted by OlwenmcgGeorge Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 21/07/2026I strongly believe in giving the man a chance. But keeping Shabana Mahmood as Home Secretary suggests the vicious attacks on immigrants and refugees, and self-defeating attempts to outrun the far right, are likely to continue. Which is pretty damn depressing. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...theguardian.comRead these words from 100 years ago about immigrants in Britain – and see how history is chillingly repeating itself | George MonbiotShabana Mahmood’s new rights clampdown looks outlandish until we remember that this kind of hardline action is part of our country’s fabric, says George Monbiot 931798523
Reposted by OlwenmcgFionna O’Leary @fascinatorfun.bsky.social · 21/07/2026Proof that @ofcom.bsky.social is simply not functioning and needs the most massive shakeup. This is a factual matter. Clear error. Yet it cannot bring itself to act because ….GB News. What is the point of an @Ofcom like this? 20349152
Reposted by OlwenmcgMrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 19/07/2026The toxic influencer who has made "hyper-masculinity" his brand was arresting wearing Doris Day clam-digger slacks and a kicky purple blouse. 1945227614623
Reposted by OlwenmcgSean Jones KC @seanjones.org · 10/07/2026What’s the thinking behind Reform’s going after Binface? Farage could simply chuckle and say that eccentric candidates are a thoroughly British tradition and he wouldn’t change it for the world. Instead, by cooking up elite conspiracies Reform come across as genuinely rattled. 101686130
Reposted by OlwenmcgMike D London @mikedlondon.bsky.social · 10/07/2026Seemingly Cottrell's mum has donated £1.5m to Refuk / Refuk-linked entities. Which seems a lot for a 'retired stylist' whose deceased husband left her a £1.5m estate. Reminds me of how Farage's gf could fund that Clacton house... There is no suggestion of any wrong-doing though. Or right-doing. 31542204
Reposted by Olwenmcgweegingerdug @weegingerdug.bsky.social · 10/07/2026I despised Ann Widdicombe but no one deserves what happened to her. Yet it says so much about the hate and division far right politicians like her have created I was relieved to hear the suspect police are looking for is a white man and the "protecting women and girls" crowd won't be out rioting. 1516233
Reposted by OlwenmcgGerry Hassan @gerryhassan.bsky.social · 08/07/2026Matt Goodwin has missed some key facts: 1. Andy Burnham was not already an MP. 2. Nigel Farage was already an MP. 3. Burnham wasn't under investigation by the Parliamentary Standards Commissioner and the National Crime Agency whereas Farage is. 1717044
Reposted by OlwenmcgDr Nigel Fletcher @nigelfletcher.bsky.social · 07/07/2026I’m sure this is well-meant, but if I had just called a by-election after facing allegations of financial impropriety, I’m not absolutely sure the first thing I’d do would be… offering the returning officer thousands of pounds in cash. 59389119
Reposted by OlwenmcgAdam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 08/07/2026Never before has a politician announced their intention to run for re-election on an explicitly pro-sleaze, anti-transparency ticket. Never before has a politician gloried in having enriched themselves by breaking the rules, and then demanded a mandate to continue doing so indefinitelybylinetimes.comNigel Farage’s 'Pro-Sleaze' By-Election Is A Sign Of Terminal WeaknessThe Reform leader's desperate decision to call a back-me-or-sack-me by-election is a sign of a politician who knows he is finally being exposed for the man he really is, argues Adam Bienkov 1622668949
Reposted by OlwenmcgAlan Rodgers @bi99le5.bsky.social · 03/07/2026Too many democratic socialists and anti genocide types here. Why would a Labour politician, particularly a minister, associate with that? 0132
Reposted by OlwenmcgMark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 02/07/2026He creates his own reality & expects us to believe it. The FELON's FANTASY: Meanwhile, back on EARTH 1: 2332249336747
Reposted by OlwenmcgContempraInn 🌹 @contemprainn.bsky.social · 02/07/2026Dog rescued in Venezuela after 6 days in rubble! Such goodness all around 😍 472142972693
Olwenmcg @olwenmcg.bsky.social · 02/07/2026This is quite something. Kudos to Major Watson. Genuinely brave. 000
Olwenmcg @olwenmcg.bsky.social · 02/07/2026And there are ordinary people who persist in thinking that Reform is intended to benefit them! There's a reason billionaires pay for the politics that suit billionaires. 010
Reposted by OlwenmcgFionna O’Leary @fascinatorfun.bsky.social · 30/06/2026A bit more of Mahmood’s performative cruel stupidity here Most asylum seekers have no control over where they are housed or for how long or how long it will take the H.O. to make a decision and for appeals to be heard AND, meanwhile, THEY‘RE NOT ALLOWED TO WORK www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...theguardian.comAsylum seekers to pay £10,000 towards living costs under new UK lawMeans-tested scheme included in immigration and asylum bill condemned by charities for placing tax on refugees 36389131
Olwenmcg @olwenmcg.bsky.social · 27/06/2026Happy 80th birthday to the Vespa. Here's one I made before... 030
Reposted by OlwenmcgOutspoken™️ @out5p0ken.bsky.social · 26/06/2026On March 26, 2026, during a debate on violence against women in Germany’s Bundestag, left-wing MP Kathrin Gebel was repeatedly interrupted by AfD MP Martin Reichardt. She responded: “Mr. Reichardt, the clitoris has 3,000 nerve endings, and you’re still more sensitive. That’s quite an achievement.” 17974412603
Reposted by OlwenmcgGeorge Eaton @georgeeaton.bsky.social · 19/06/2026Reform have now lost six by-elections in a row in England, Scotland and Wales. Their national poll rating is 26% – below Labour in 1983 – and Farage’s approval rating is -37. They’re very far from the voice of the people and need to stop being treated as such. 21169692244
Reposted by OlwenmcgHuman Rights Watch @hrw.org · 15/06/2026In a disastrous ruling, the Court of Appeal in London has overruled the High Court and upheld the government's decision to ban Palestine Action as a terrorist group. Defining a protest group as terrorists has created an absurd situation where thousands have been arrested for holding up signs. 27327156
Reposted by OlwenmcgDaily Herald #FBPE #NAFO 🇬🇧🇺🇦🇬🇱 @dailyherald.bsky.social · 11/06/2026Nigel Farage thinks calling women sluts, saying they can’t drive, saying they don’t deserve equal pension rights and making disgusting comments about them online is “laddish behaviour”. Reform UK has a misogyny problem, and it goes to the top. 1016061
Reposted by OlwenmcgMark McGeoghegan @markmcgeoghegan.bsky.social · 12/06/2026A view very clearly developed in London and not Belfast. ~86% of Northern Ireland's population were born there. A further ~7% are immigrants from the rest of the UK and ROI. ~6.5% are immigrants from outside the UK & ROI, many from the EU. The uncontrolled immigration argument is nonsense. 22911
Reposted by OlwenmcgOtto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 12/06/2026Elon Musk has become the world's first trillionaire. Here's my hot take from last year on why all the money in the world won't ever make him great. 73687210
Reposted by OlwenmcgAdil Ray @adilray.bsky.social · 11/06/2026If Muslims or members of the Asian and Black community had set fire to white people’s homes with children running for their lives, do you think we would be discussing legitimate concerns or focussing on who radicalised them and ideological and contributing cultural factors? 14375932372
Olwenmcg @olwenmcg.bsky.social · 06/06/2026When I rule the world a written application justifying ownership of a stupidly big car. Almost all current owners will have them confiscated if they're not approved - and they're unlikely to be approved. 000
Reposted by OlwenmcgAlex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 04/06/2026SP leaves CBS after 37 years. “New management has instructed me to inject falsehoods and bias into a politically sensitive story. Good people were fired because they stood up for our audience. I pray for a day when when sanity, competence, and courage return.” www.theguardian.com/media/2026/j...theguardian.comFired 60 Minutes correspondent Scott Pelley says CBS told him to inject ‘falsehoods’ into reportingVeteran journalist says executives pushed unverified claims and gave politicians a say in interviews 212737