Reposted by pondlifeRoz Savage MP @rozsavage.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Our story is a compelling and important one for the country. People feel their power has been taken from them. While populists encourage them to look sideways when laying blame, it should be the job of Liberals to remind people to look upward. www.radixbigtent.org.uk/news-comment...radixbigtent.org.ukWhat’s the Lib Dem story? 0186
Reposted by pondlifeThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 13/09/2026“Guys, they want us to go home.” 🔥 🇫🇷 French short film about what would happen to society if all the immigrants listened to angry old racist white men and left (aka the Republican agenda) 15246282042
Reposted by pondlifeJim Pickard @pickardje.bsky.social · 11/09/2026nothing says “party of the ordinary workers” than taking a £36m donation from a crypto tycoon convicted in the US in 2022 for failings in an anti-money laundering programme before being pardoned by Donald Trump 11348123
Reposted by pondlifeAndi Fugard @andifugard.info · 10/09/2026The "prediction" that "AI could kill all humans" in the next decade was actually (10, 100]% probability btw – in an X post!¹ 😆 😭 If you're into this genre of doom, but with thought put into it, you could try the National Risk Register.² ¹ x.com/EvanHub/stat... ² www.gov.uk/government/p... 244
Reposted by pondlifeSam Freedman @handle.invalid · 08/09/2026New PISA data out England is now top ten in all three areas (reading, maths, science) and the second highest performing country outside of east Asia (after Estonia). This is a huge public policy success. 451038253
Reposted by pondlifeRobert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Needs a bit of work, obviously, but government needs to contest the claim that this kind of action is "patriotic" or "pro-British". It's about as British as the Luftwaffe and as patriotic as Lord Haw-Haw. 129844
Reposted by pondlifeAlex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Thing is, I am not entirely sure he "gatecrashed" anything or "confronted" anyone. I think there is a perfectly good possibility - I put it no higher - this was arranged with Yusuf and as "spontaneous" as the disorder. If my instinct is right, it's the starting pistol for the race to replace Farage.youtube.com'We're here to send a message': Anti-migrant protest leader gatecrashes Zia Yusuf interviewYouTube video by Sky News 2822267
Reposted by pondlifeMark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov: “We need to end the special military operation in a way that ensures there is no more Nazism in Europe.” From the country that supported actual Nazis in Germany’s state election yesterday. 66952299
Reposted by pondlifeDr Jo Kershaw @mthrjo.bsky.social · 06/09/2026Why hasn’t the government condemned this in the strongest terms? Why no reassurance to the public that this is being taken seriously, that they have no intention of letting organised fascist thugs shut down key infrastructure, and that we should expect arrests and charges to follow? 1037691
Reposted by pondlifeGill Tavner @gilltav.bsky.social · 06/09/2026For comparison www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-engl...bbc.co.ukPort of Dover: Arrests made as Insulate Britain blocks portQueues form at Europe's busiest ferry terminal as Insulate Britain shift their protest from the M25. 916898
Reposted by pondlifeWilliam Dalrymple @willdalrymple.bsky.social · 28/08/2026An essay I've just written for @nytimes on why Big Tech is the 21st Century’s equivalent of the East India Company: "What It Would Take to Dismantle the Most Powerful Companies in the World" www.nytimes.com/2026/08/28/o...nytimes.comOpinion | What It Would Take to Dismantle the Most Powerful Companies in the WorldA playbook to curb the growing power of Big Tech. 19418161
pondlife @pondlife.bsky.social · 12/08/2026Great summary - a must-read for everybody but particularly people registered to vote in the Clacton constituency. 000
