Reposted by PadstowWhis 〓〓Paul Bernal @paulbernal.bsky.social · 19mIf you just substitute the words 'working age' for 'fighting age', suddenly the arrival of youngish men and women doesn't sound threatening. Rather, it sounds like exactly what we need for an ageing population. 77618
Reposted by PadstowWhis 〓〓Ben Maguire MP @benmaguiremp.bsky.social · 3h🚨 🚧 A30 WORKS UPDATE I wrote urgently to National Highways on behalf of my constituents last week, and will now be escalating the issue with the Department for Transport after their assurances on the A30 roadworks proved completely untrue. 👇 011
PadstowWhis 〓〓 @padstowwhis.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Green Party turning into Corbynesque party with very predictable effects. Perhaps the obvious endgame after lurching to populism. I liked that they were influencing the agenda but they have jumped the shark now. 011
PadstowWhis 〓〓 @padstowwhis.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Going out with friends tonight for the first time in AGES. So excited. I may have to have a crafty cider now to take the edge off. 010
PadstowWhis 〓〓 @padstowwhis.bsky.social · 03/10/2026I don’t think Badenoch understood Wagner’s Judge Dredd AT ALL #IsoCubes 040
Reposted by PadstowWhis 〓〓Paul Bernal @paulbernal.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Do people really not get quite how pernicious this ethno-nationalism is? I mean, this is *evil* stuff. 1729355
PadstowWhis 〓〓 @padstowwhis.bsky.social · 02/10/2026To fix both Social Care AND the NHS is reckoned to be circa £57B per year. Brexit is now reckoned to be costing the UK up to £90B per year in lost tax revenues. It’s a bit obvious really which lever Burnham needs to pull… 051
PadstowWhis 〓〓 @padstowwhis.bsky.social · 29/09/2026I think this is key to so many things - they can’t succeed with Mahmood’s current course. 120
Reposted by PadstowWhis 〓〓Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Burnham speech: An astonishing moment of radicalism and commitment iandunt.substack.com/p/burnham-sp...iandunt.substack.comBurnham speech: An astonishing moment of radicalism and commitmentIt’s easy to be cynical, but it would be false. Something extraordinary is happening here. 54903251
PadstowWhis 〓〓 @padstowwhis.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Fucks sake, Burnham has now got me watching The West Wing again. That’s my next month’s viewing nailed down anyway. #HopeAgainstatic.klipy.comWestwing Joshly Man Confused ReactionALT: Westwing Joshly Man Confused Reaction 010
Reposted by PadstowWhis 〓〓Ellie Mae O'Hagan @elliemaeohagan.bsky.social · 29/09/2026I think it is very good that the PM is being so publicly vulnerable about grieving his father. That is also a form of leadership 1964465
Reposted by PadstowWhis 〓〓Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Yeah. So that was the best conference I have ever seen. I never dreamed I would see a prime minister with the bravery to do what he just did. 4169761
Reposted by PadstowWhis 〓〓Ben Maguire MP @benmaguiremp.bsky.social · 29/09/2026🚨 BREAKING: South West Water has been fined almost £8 MILLION today for repeated sewage pollution offences. Water executives should be facing PRISON TIME for this disgusting repeat offending, not just a fine. ❌ 1168
PadstowWhis 〓〓 @padstowwhis.bsky.social · 29/09/2026At 54, the best thing I ever did was choose to step away from corporate grind and a toxic workplace, and prioritise life and family. Working part time at a job I love on an 80% paycut vs last year, so worth it! 4 day weekends!!static.klipy.comAir Airs: Man's Happy MomentAlt: Air Airs: Man's Happy Moment as the wind blows back his hair and he feels alive again. 140
PadstowWhis 〓〓 @padstowwhis.bsky.social · 26/09/2026As with Trump, she isn’t playing a game, 3d chess, or whatever. She really is incredibly thick and has zero self awareness. A walking Dunning-Kruger. And the Tories elected her as leader! 000
PadstowWhis 〓〓 @padstowwhis.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Interesting to see the rising prevalent doomer talking points re: Impending crisis, lack of resilience, nuclear war, societal collapse. Not sure where these originate - but perhaps a good thing to draw attention to lack of emergency preparedness in this country?static.klipy.comViggo Mortensen: The Road StareALT: Viggo Mortensen: The Road Stare 000
Reposted by PadstowWhis 〓〓Just Jim will do. @justjim.bsky.social · 26/09/2026When you've kind of got two threads low key going off and one is about Intimate Partner Violence and one is about planting out tomato seedlings after Melby Cup Day, and you get a reply notification that includes this… 121
PadstowWhis 〓〓 @padstowwhis.bsky.social · 25/09/2026You gotta say SOMETHING as they stare forlornly at you, wondering why you aren’t taking them with you on the adventure 110
PadstowWhis 〓〓 @padstowwhis.bsky.social · 25/09/2026While this is great, it also shows North Cornwall going to Reform. I may be blinkered but I don’t see it. @benmaguiremp.bsky.social is doing a fabulous job, a proper MP at last. Tactical voting at next election could push Reform into fourth place, poll finds www.theguardian.com/politics/202...theguardian.comTactical voting at next election could push Reform into fourth place, poll findsPolling suggests Andy Burnham is attracting progressives back to Labour, motivated by desire to stop Nigel Farage 000
PadstowWhis 〓〓 @padstowwhis.bsky.social · 24/09/2026I am on a 2 day Legionella course in Hemel Hempstead. Yippee! 110
Reposted by PadstowWhis 〓〓Mark Thompson @markreckons.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Just seen Danny Tommo referred to as "Captain Thugwash" and seriously, that's excellent work.static.klipy.comAmy Poehler's Perfect Chef's KissALT: Amy Poehler's Perfect Chef's Kiss 652883548
PadstowWhis 〓〓 @padstowwhis.bsky.social · 24/09/2026UK (and Europe) has been at war with Putin's USSR for well over a decade, whether we recognise it or not. 1184
PadstowWhis 〓〓 @padstowwhis.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Pretty much every facile climate denier argument in one gishgallop. I don’t think he has any self awareness of how idiotic he comes across. Absolute Luddite. 030
Reposted by PadstowWhis 〓〓sianushka.bsky.social @sianushka.bsky.social · 23/09/2026This podcast on maritime law, by @snellarthur.bsky.social's Behind the Lines podcast, is a useful listen re the obligation to save lives at sea open.spotify.com/episode/24i5...open.spotify.comInternational maritime policy: how far can a country control the seas?Behind The Lines with Arthur Snell · Episode 0123
PadstowWhis 〓〓 @padstowwhis.bsky.social · 22/09/2026My top 5 albums from when I was 18 (1990) Fields of the Nephilim - Elizium Jane’s Addiction - Ritual de lo Habitual Sonic Youth - Goo Ride - Nowhere Cocteau Twins - Heaven or Las Vegas What a fabulous year - and grunge came the year after! 020
PadstowWhis 〓〓 @padstowwhis.bsky.social · 22/09/2026New Chvrches single is out! open.spotify.com/artist/3CjlH...open.spotify.comCHVRCHESArtist · 4.4M monthly listeners. 000
PadstowWhis 〓〓 @padstowwhis.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Oh the chasm between Ben Maguire and the previous Tory incumbent, Scott (invisible) Mann. Keep it up, good Sir. 000
Reposted by PadstowWhis 〓〓Nadine Batchelor-Hunt @nadinebh.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Best way to find out if someone is being a white nationalist as opposed to genuinely interested in identity is whether they see mixed race people with a white English parent as ethnically English If they can’t give you a straight answer of “well obviously” then it’s about melanin, nothing else 2515
PadstowWhis 〓〓 @padstowwhis.bsky.social · 20/09/2026I’m not sure why but I can’t go past 8pm without imbibing some cheese. 010
PadstowWhis 〓〓 @padstowwhis.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Have had a go at Hawberry jam this weekend - it’s come out pretty good! Our Hawthorns are in bumper berry this year so a pain to pick and clean but so worth it - delicious. 050
PadstowWhis 〓〓 @padstowwhis.bsky.social · 19/09/2026I know we all hate AI, but Claude is excellent at helping curate playlists and for discovering new music. 000
PadstowWhis 〓〓 @padstowwhis.bsky.social · 18/09/20261917, or Sicario. This evening’s dilemma.static.klipy.comSoldiers Run from Battlefield ExplosionALT: Soldiers Run from Battlefield Explosion 000
PadstowWhis 〓〓 @padstowwhis.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Mitch McConnell transitioning into a 3rd stage Guild Navigator makes as much sense as anything else in American politics right now 000
Reposted by PadstowWhis 〓〓Paul Bernal @paulbernal.bsky.social · 17/09/2026When the Mango Manbaby falls - and he will fall - that doesn’t mean everything will be OK. There’s a reason they elected him. Twice. 6679
Reposted by PadstowWhis 〓〓Ben Maguire MP @benmaguiremp.bsky.social · 15/09/2026🚨 🗣️ Last night I spoke up in Parliament in a major Sewage Debate, specifically on how 80% of hospitalisations from sewage pollution come from beaches rated ‘Excellent’ or ‘Good’ by the Environment Agency. 022
PadstowWhis 〓〓 @padstowwhis.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Absolutely. Income tax increases are the only way we improve. 000
PadstowWhis 〓〓 @padstowwhis.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Having a stove makes you warm four times - once when you cut the wood; twice when you split and stack them; three times when you burn the wood over winter. And four times by trying to keep up with all the safety experts, arachnophobes, and environmentalists on your timeline criticising you. 🙄 010
Reposted by PadstowWhis 〓〓Gregk Foley @gregk.co.uk · 16/09/2026Fair play to the wife of a Caribbean man and mother of mixed race children being informed by the BBC reporter that she’s in the minority in her community regarding immigration and responding with, “Yes, I’m surrounded by bigots.” 675771287
PadstowWhis 〓〓 @padstowwhis.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Delighted with my new Charnwood stove. Can’t wait for it to get cold enough to light it! #hygge 230
PadstowWhis 〓〓 @padstowwhis.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Just told my 19 year old “Love you” and got the thumbs up. I’ll take it. 131