Reposted by Ian McCullochTom Gauld @tomgauld.bsky.social · 5h625 New Cosy Crime Novels for Autumn! (My latest books cartoon for @theguardian.com) 19569185
Reposted by Ian McCullochKev @caoimhin1.bsky.social · 4hBefore you laugh at this level of fucking idiocy. This mindset is alive and well in the UK with followers of Farage, Lowe and Yaxley-Lennon 2132
Reposted by Ian McCullochAlex Paknadel from off of comics @alexpaknadel.bsky.social · 4hThe dirty secret is that rich people need to live in politically stable regimes in order to keep their wealth. They will piss and moan about taxes, but they will not flee en masse. They like paved roads and not being kidnapped too much. 10724256
Reposted by Ian McCullochLisounours @lise-l.bsky.social · 10/10/2026Ils étaient mi-cerf mi-escargot, et re mi-cerf derrière 6098322894
Reposted by Ian McCullochPhillips OBrien @phillipspobrien.bsky.social · 10/10/2026Maybe the most amazing aspect of the Russo-Ukraine War is that Russia is getting backing from both China and the USA, the two largest powers of the moment--and Ukraine could still emerge triumphant as long as Europe backs it stoutly. 19915286
Ian McCulloch @pompeymac.bsky.social · 10/10/2026Doctors' code for "Doesn't appear to be making it up". I usually get pleasant, as in "a very pleasant Liberian gentleman". He must have asked what I did for a living, then couldn't read his own handwriting. 141
Reposted by Ian McCullochThe Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 09/10/2026“Burnham wouldn’t be there without Zack, because we won four times as many votes from Labour as Reform.” Green Party Deputy Leader Rachel Millward, on BBC Newsnight, discussing Zack Polanski’s influence on moving Labour to the left. 27486143
Reposted by Ian McCullochJake Grumbach @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social · 09/10/2026A real welfare state and universal health care require broad taxation, including the middle class. But high end wealth taxation is the kind of tax that protects democracy and the rule of law, and prevents aristocratic dynasties. It keeps us human. 101637311
Ian McCulloch @pompeymac.bsky.social · 10/10/2026You know it's right anyway, now there's evidence that it works. 010
Reposted by Ian McCullochHarry Eccles @harryeccles.bsky.social · 07/10/2026This will be close. Greens can win! 3178
Reposted by Ian McCullochThe Whimsical Muse @whimsicalmuse.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Just a friendly reminder that your desire to have a bookshelf with a rolling ladder is valid. Don’t allow anyone to disrespect you by telling you otherwise. 1053172
Ian McCulloch @pompeymac.bsky.social · 07/10/2026The idea is that insisting on either one or the other of those outcomes is colonialist, whereas leaving it to the people who actually live there to decide which is best for them is supporting self-determination (a core part of Green Party philosophy up until now). 100
Reposted by Ian McCullochSeth Masket @smotus.bsky.social · 06/10/2026I can't think of any event in the last 15 1/2 years that would lead me to think this is a problem 78812
Reposted by Ian McCullochMags L Halliday @magslhalliday.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Monica Coglan was cross-examined for 13 hours by Archer’s lawyers in the libel trial. She was frequently in tears as her entire life and character was attacked. She died in a car crash before Archer was found guilty of perjury in that trial. Before it was found she’d told the truth all along. 5492169
Reposted by Ian McCullochMike Drucker @mikedrucker.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Just saw someone say their AI runs their fantasy football team and I can’t stop laughing. Like, I’m sure everyone’s doing it or something but it’s very funny to me that pretending to be a team manager was so hard that you needed to pretend to pretend to be a team manager 214104501654
Ian McCulloch @pompeymac.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Nigel Farage has been very vocal about people who might have been terrorists and who might have had a theoretical bomb, but when an actual terrorist detonates an actual bomb in London he seems to have gone quiet. What could the difference between them be? www.lbc.co.uk/article/reti...lbc.co.ukRetired engineer, 64, was 'motivated by terrorism', judge says as he is jailed for 16 years over ULEZ camera bombing | LBCThe blast sent shrapnel flying more than 100 metres, causing damage to a nearby van, the window frame of a child’s bedroom and the passenger side of a passing car. 020
Reposted by Ian McCullochCats with Jobs ⚒️ @catworkers.bsky.social · 01/10/2026When you have something important to say in a meeting. 257396
Reposted by Ian McCullochNelly Probin @lillmagill.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Climate breakdown and replacing fossil fuels with renewables wasn't mentioned in Burnham's address to conference. He's left the confirmation that he'll allow more North Sea drilling until after the Holborn & St Pancras by election. Pandering to vested interests again. Vote #Green 💚💚 22015
Reposted by Ian McCullochRuth EJ Booth (she/they) is at FantasyCon 2026 @ruthejbooth.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Living on an Orange March route is what made me understand why the military have marching bands. They are designed to invoke a lingering sense of terror in stages by instrument, and then by lyrics. Noone should be forced to hear hundreds of people singing joyfully about spilling their blood. 03911
Reposted by Ian McCullochZack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Labour already have a huge majority. Another Labour MP putting Thames Water "on notice" isn't going to lower our water bills or protect our rivers. Nationalise Thames Water. Vote Green on October 8th. 💚 15979299
Reposted by Ian McCullochIn Otter News @in-otter-news.bsky.social · 26/09/2026After a long day at the aquarium, the otters help tidy their toys away. Payment is made promptly and entirely in ice cubes. 330189833987
Reposted by Ian McCullochMark Wallace @wallaceme.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Ok don’t let’s get carried away but I found something genuinely good on Threads. 540916163
Reposted by Ian McCullochParody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 25/09/2026"The Bank of England was set up by Tony Blair" It's easy to forget that Tony Blair had been in power since 1694 when the Bank of England was founded. Good job Brain of Britain Liz Truss is here to remind us. 2381824480
Reposted by Ian McCullochPrem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Tom Watson’s move to Palantir is the latest sign of how far the rot has spread in UK politics. Like Blair, Cameron, Clegg, Mandelson, hired to open govt networks to companies and corporate capture of the state. They sell political capital built with public money. What do we get in return?theguardian.comTom Watson’s move to Palantir is the latest sign of how far the rot has spread in UK politics | Clive LewisWhen a former Labour deputy leader joins a firm built on surveillance and military targeting, it deepens public cynicism – and democracy depends on trust, says Labour MP Clive Lewis 29663304
Reposted by Ian McCullochJohn Bull @garius.bsky.social · 25/09/2026will say it again: the most effective way to curb far right agitators like Lowe, "Tommo" et. al. would be to stop their ability to earn money for it from social media or live streaming. So much of it is grifting for revenue, not attention. 211135388
Reposted by Ian McCullochCowleyforniadreaming @holybollards.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Don’t you love it when there’s a public awareness campaign about how we can individually save water by taking shorter showers when our water companies lose 25% of freshwater to leaks and the government says data centres are Critical National Infrastructure? 0146
Ian McCulloch @pompeymac.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Cllr Vernon-Jackson announced he's bringing a motion to the next Council meeting to give the freedom of the city to the RNLI, to a chorus of boos from the gallery. 001
Ian McCulloch @pompeymac.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Meeting now resuming. Most of the hecklers seem to have been removed. 100
Ian McCulloch @pompeymac.bsky.social · 23/09/2026I really must learn how to do threads on BlueSky. 000
Ian McCulloch @pompeymac.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Mayor calls a ten-minute break after prolonged heckling and abuse from the gallery. 100
Ian McCulloch @pompeymac.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Deputation stopped again while the Mayor tells those shouting at the deputee that the meeting will be cancelled if they continue to disrupt. 000
Ian McCulloch @pompeymac.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Break in proceedings while City Solicitor explains how the deputation works to those shouting from the gallery. All already detailed at the start of the motion. Speech in favour starts again. 000
Ian McCulloch @pompeymac.bsky.social · 23/09/2026First speaker against the motion being repeatedly shouted down from the gallery. Three warnings given so far. 000
Ian McCulloch @pompeymac.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Tory councillor from Havant saying that Portsmouth City Council has signed up as a city of sanctuary, "and that is your burden". 000
Ian McCulloch @pompeymac.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Two more deputations talking about locals worried about the illegal immigrants. 000
Ian McCulloch @pompeymac.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Ant Middleton currently giving a deputation in favour of Reform's emergency motion to the council seeking the prevention of small boats landing in Portsmouth. Talking about illegal immigrants, and how we need a Reform govt. democracy.portsmouth.gov.uk/ieListDocume...democracy.portsmouth.gov.uk 800
Reposted by Ian McCullochPhil Brickell MP @philbrickellmp.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Remember this story when people tell you that compliance is just red tape, bureaucracy and adds no value. Can we now also have an informed policy discussion about correspondent banking vulnerabilities and KYC? 02513
Reposted by Ian McCullochScuzzy Mortspider 🕷️ 🎃 @jussienorthside.bsky.social · 22/09/2026The Prime Minister of the United Kingdom took time out from attending the United Nations General Assembly today to send a message to Danny Dyer but not to Danny Tommo. This is what we’ve got and where we are. 173
Reposted by Ian McCullochThe Web of Evil @webofevil.bsky.social · 22/09/2026A lot of people are still at the stage of wailing "Why won't Labour do or say anything to STOP this" but they need to once and for all face the fact that Shabana Mahmood is kicking herself over the fact that the person filmed doing this should have been her. 131
Reposted by Ian McCullochSian Berry MP @sianberry.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Are the Royal Family public servants or not? And if they are, then why do they have a blanket exemption on rules that others have to follow? In July I introduced a Bill to end outrageous Royal exemptions in the Freedom of Information Act. You can read it here: bills.parliament.uk/bills/4267 814847
Reposted by Ian McCullochAlastair Harper @alastairharper.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Thomas Edison in 1910. But let’s not get ahead of ourselves on this net zero business, lads 214061
Ian McCulloch @pompeymac.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Had a successful trip to the charity shop today. I gave them three books, and only bought two. 000
Reposted by Ian McCullochPortsmouth Greens @pompeygreens.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Green MP Hannah Spencer told The Guardian’s Business live blog: “we need rent controls now, and council homes built at scale. Families in my constituency and across the country can’t afford to wait any longer." www.theguardian.com/business/liv...theguardian.comUK rents accelerate as London house prices fall, and inflation rises to 3.1% – as it happenedSoaring motor fuel costs have pushed UK inflation to a five-month high in August 062
Reposted by Ian McCullochfluids_guru @fluidsguru.bsky.social · 19/09/2026I don’t understand the hand-wringing reaction to claims that nueral networks have a 10% chance of destroying civilisation. Fossil fuel companies have a 100% chance of initiating a mass extinction event. Maybe we could address that? 8411149
Reposted by Ian McCullochPortsmouth Greens @pompeygreens.bsky.social · 19/09/2026You can help Zack get elected... from the comfort of your own home. RSVP via linktr.ee/PortsmouthYo... 096
Ian McCulloch @pompeymac.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Perfect! www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...theguardian.comMartin Rowson on King Charles, Earl Spencer and a row over Diana’s memory – cartoonThe brother of the late Diana, Princess of Wales has claimed that King Charles sounded ‘giddily elated’ in a phone call to him after her death 000
Reposted by Ian McCullochOdd This Day @oddthisday.bsky.social · 18/09/2026The BBC’s “Earl Spencer, who shares his first name with the King” is giving me strong 👇 vibes 611011