Reposted by RadaghasttheEuropeanHelene von Bismarck @helenebismarck.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Rather difficult not to feel a bit gloomy about the state of the country atm, so I wasn’t going to make much of a thing of this anniversary this year. And then I saw this and started to cry. Because a free and united Germany in a free and united Europe was worth it. And is worth fighting for now. 1728176
RadaghasttheEuropean @radaghasteuropean.bsky.social · 20/09/2026www.theguardian.com/world/2026/s...theguardian.com‘I have nothing in the UK at all’: British man torn from his Swedish wife and homeCharles lands at Heathrow with just two bags and nowhere to go as a result of Brexit and Stockholm’s hardline immigration position 000
Reposted by RadaghasttheEuropeanRon Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 08/09/2026This is what Trump did on 9/11. 31155932296
Reposted by RadaghasttheEuropeanMarc Morris @marcmorris.bsky.social · 08/09/2026'Hurrah for the Blackshirts', eh, @kentonline.co.uk? 4323
Reposted by RadaghasttheEuropeanThe i Paper @theipaper.com · 08/09/2026"A woman was viciously attacked and senior party figures found it funny. The message sent by Farage and Jenrick is clear: violence is an acceptable response to criticism," writes @mrjamesob.bsky.social Read more: trib.al/yNG6d5Y 16975302
Reposted by RadaghasttheEuropeanNick Cohen @nickcohen.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Why can’t Labour fight the new Blackshirts?” Piece from me on Burnham’s extraordinary failure to take on the extreme right-wing forces that our rampaging through this countrynickcohen.substack.comWhy can’t Labour fight the new Blackshirts?Fear, cowardice and stupidity rot the centre-left 87432
Reposted by RadaghasttheEuropeanSimon Evans @drsimevans.carbonbrief.org · 08/09/2026Re Jaguar Land Rover job cuts, this is quite the chart from @bennelmes.bsky.social at @newautomotive.org Look at the data and ask yourself, is this a company damaged by UK EV targets, or by a failure to make competitive EVs for the Chinese market, where nearly 2/3 of sales are electric 65617
Reposted by RadaghasttheEuropeanSam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 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 RadaghasttheEuropeanChaminda Jayanetti @cjayanetti.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Make Britain a hostile environment for fascists 8556109
Reposted by RadaghasttheEuropeanAlex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 07/09/2026JFC, the Telegraph description reads: "Fresh from their 'stop the boats' demonstration in Dover on Saturday, masked protesters board a train as three female passengers, unconnected with the men, look on." And the title is - I kid you not - "Race for the train". AREN'T MASKED RACIST MILITIAS FUN? 76620201
Reposted by RadaghasttheEuropeanIreland against Fascism @irlagainstfascism.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Two more sleeps before Matt Shea for Channel 4 dispatches blows the lid on Tommy Ten Names. Don't forget to tune in to Channel 4 Wednesday night at 10pm. We will share any external links we get for those who cannot view the channel in their country Stock up on the 🍿folks. 24524255
Reposted by RadaghasttheEuropeanLaura Webster @lauraewebster.bsky.social · 07/09/2026We have made a full documentary about what really happened at Reform conference. If you only watch a bit of it please make it these 39 seconds. You won't regret it. 2092639874
Reposted by RadaghasttheEuropeanDavid Henig @davidheniguk.bsky.social · 08/09/2026The age of history-denying panic. "Without maritime trade, supply chains would fragment and the global economy as we know it would come to a sudden halt". Since it survived two world wars and dates back thousands of years this is an extreme scenario. www.ft.com/content/c651...ft.comGlobal shipping rules are collapsing, say maritime nationsWars and the growth of the shadow fleet are causing a ‘structural shift’ in global trade, according to 18 maritime authorities 22311
Reposted by RadaghasttheEuropeanCNN @cnn.com · 07/09/2026Hundreds of men wearing balaclavas blocked traffic in the port of Dover, south England, on Saturday in what appeared to be an anti-immigration protest. Later that day, at a different protest in Portsmouth, demonstrators clashed with police. 273513
RadaghasttheEuropean @radaghasteuropean.bsky.social · 07/09/2026www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...theguardian.comLegal veterans lead fightback against Trump’s ‘full-out assault on democracy’Advocacy groups expand legal challenges and condemn president’s ‘self-serving attempts to take over midterms’ 001
Reposted by RadaghasttheEuropeanThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 07/09/2026The tax rate for the richest was much higher when the middle class was strongest It was much higher even under Reagan But now they want you to behave raising taxes on the rich is “COmMuNiSm” ? Bottom line: They think we’re all idiots 12324261048
Reposted by RadaghasttheEuropeanTristan Stewart-Robertson @srtristan.bsky.social · 07/09/2026I'm not sure how the UK can turn back at this point. The govt says almost nothing about hundreds of men in black blocking a port, police wait 17 hours to comment on racist mobs in Glasgow, and now we are burning building sites because they MIGHT someday house asylum seekers.glasgowtimes.co.uk'Wilful' tenement fire burns community development site amid 'disinformation'A "wilful" fire in Glasgow has been deemed a "depressing act of self-harm" for the community, as a tenement block was ravaged by… 7231111
Reposted by RadaghasttheEuropeanDmitry Grozoubinski @explaintrade.com · 07/09/2026Yelling "stop the boats!" as I charge in to rob this NatWest at gun point so that I can later call the Home Secretary as a character witness and the BBC will spend two weeks telling all my potential future jurors how legitimate my concerns were. 242672684
Reposted by RadaghasttheEuropeanshakeystephens.bsky.social @shakeystephens.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Starting to think Burnham is a bit of a useless cunt 031
Reposted by RadaghasttheEuropeanThe Empty City @davidallengreen.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Half-expecting government to announce VAT cut on balaclavas to help with cost of living. 131252305
Reposted by RadaghasttheEuropeanMichael Spicer @michaelspicer.bsky.social · 07/09/2026media: are these blackshirts fascists. andy burnham: good question. my favourite biscuit with tea is a custard cream although in culcheth we used to call them cuppy-busters. 13955263
Reposted by RadaghasttheEuropeanLuca Trenta @lucatrenta.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Turns out that if you are an old lady with a banner supporting Palestine, the government arrests you on charges of terrorism. If you are a masked white male thug bringing a national port to a standstill, the government does absolutely nothing, and the media covers it like some lads on a day out. 11340711383
Reposted by RadaghasttheEuropeanDavid Higham @oldtrotter.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Lowe going even lower. An official carrying out the policies of an elected government is threatened with imprisonment. What's going on here is deeply disturbing. 52353120
Reposted by RadaghasttheEuropeanWill Jennings📉🗳️ @drjennings.bsky.social · 06/09/2026The government just do not get it. 1321743
Reposted by RadaghasttheEuropeanRichard Cubitt @richardrcubitt.bsky.social · 06/09/2026Once again, the biggest problem with violent far right thugs making our streets dangerous is not that they might not vote Labour. 2395104
Reposted by RadaghasttheEuropeanGraham Simpson @grahambs.bsky.social · 07/09/2026If Germany used our electoral system the fascists would now be in power in Saxony-Anhalt with a huge majority. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/s...theguardian.comFar-right AfD wins key German state election but falls just short of majorityAlternative für Deutschland surges to victory in Saxony-Anhalt as Friedrich Merz’s CDU slumps to disastrous result 0183
Reposted by RadaghasttheEuropeanDavid Henig @davidheniguk.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Grim Monday with racist blackshirts on the streets of the UK and winning in one German state. Governments are struggling with the modern world - particularly in UK, France, and Germany. But I'm afraid we're all part of a story of frustrated expectations. 1226971
Reposted by RadaghasttheEuropeanThe Empty City @davidallengreen.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Seems the difference between ‘protestors’ and ‘terrorists’ is that protestors wear balaclavas while terrorists hold placards. 3034381277
Reposted by RadaghasttheEuropeanKate from Kharkiv @kateinkharkiv.bsky.social · 06/09/2026Another round of "brilliant" negotiations is completed. The only difference this time is that Witkoff and Kushner came to deliver Putin's demands personally after kissing his boot in the Kremlin. We are on, what, 9th circle of this cycle? 1,5 years wasted and countless lives. 1302317776
Reposted by RadaghasttheEuropeanLuke LeBrun @lukelebrun.ca · 06/09/2026AfD media relations: 61-year-old journalist writing for Politico says she was physically assaulted and dragged to police by an AfD security guard after attempting to talk to the AfD’s lead candidate She was told “mainstream” press were not welcome at the AfD event www.politico.eu/article/ulri... 18524268
Reposted by RadaghasttheEuropeanJon Worth @jonworth.eu · 06/09/2026Germany - as a matter of pressing urgency - needs an economy and tax system that works better for more of the people, more of the time, and can bring some hope. But damn Merz isn’t remotely capable of doing that! /ends 5418
Reposted by RadaghasttheEuropeanWorking Class History @workingclasshistory.com · 06/09/2026#OtD 6 Sep 1966 Mozambican-Greek revolutionary Dimitri Tsafendas assassinated the architect of apartheid, South African PM Hendrik Verwoerd, stabbing him in parliament. Sent to a psychiatric hospital, he lived to see apartheid fall but wasn't released stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/1067... 010637
RadaghasttheEuropean @radaghasteuropean.bsky.social · 06/09/2026www.theguardian.com/world/2026/s...theguardian.comBroken feet, ripped-out hair and now a death sentence: the fate of twin sisters jailed over Iran protestsTaraneh Rahimi was told prison guards would rape her sister, Romina, if she did not sign a confession 000
Reposted by RadaghasttheEuropeanDavid Henig @davidheniguk.bsky.social · 05/09/2026There is no chance of defeating populism if spineless politicians can't call this for what it is. bsky.app/profile/drje... 514442
Reposted by RadaghasttheEuropeanDavid Henig @davidheniguk.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Well it appears that the UK political and media class have decided that tutting loudly is the most appropriate response to a large gang of masked racists. Utterly pathetic. 12459158
Reposted by RadaghasttheEuropeanSean Jones KC @seanjones.org · 05/09/2026I’m flat out begging politicians to stop trying to win votes with a little light xenophobia. All you do is feed the racists without ever satiating them. Stop legitimizing hate 931565
Reposted by RadaghasttheEuropeanAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 05/09/2026Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff are all smiles as they meet with Putin in the Kremlin (Gavriil Grigorov/AFP via Getty) 4401744632
Reposted by RadaghasttheEuropeanParody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Now why would anyone in Dover feel threatened by a couple of patriots, helpfully organised by Danny Tommo, the flag shagger with a made up name who's been to prison for various drugs and violence offences including kidnap. 1321367416
Reposted by RadaghasttheEuropeanJames Murray @james-bg.bsky.social · 05/09/2026I get there’s a fear of creating martyrs for the far right, but the softly, softly approach has been tried both in recent years and historically and it simply doesn’t work. It’s long past time for a much more visibly robust and condemnatory approach. 0427
Reposted by RadaghasttheEuropeanSuella De-Vil Shadowy spokesdemon for learning stuff @suellade.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Nice work TUC truly nice work 48935
Reposted by RadaghasttheEuropeanEliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Incredible war crimes, Incredible assassinations. 871968509
Reposted by RadaghasttheEuropeanpaulusthewoodgnome @paulusthewoodgnome.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Spontaneous??? Fuck off. 'Kent Police, which made no arrests, described it as a "spontaneous" protest.' www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukDisruption at Port of Dover due to 'stop the boats' protestThe government says it condemns "the behaviour in Dover" and the hours-long disruption it caused. 1613326
Reposted by RadaghasttheEuropeanAndy Lewis @andylewis.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Were I the prime minister, right now the chief constable and police & crime commissioner for Kent would be in my office having a meeting strictly without tea or biscuits, and this evening I’d be doing a broadcast reassuring the nation that fascist mobs will not be tolerated on our streets. 14391114
Reposted by RadaghasttheEuropeanpaulusthewoodgnome @paulusthewoodgnome.bsky.social · 06/09/2026🤔 Protester Terrorist 623695
Reposted by RadaghasttheEuropeanPeter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social · 06/09/2026The Alternative for Deutschland is formally classified as ‘far right extremist organization’ by Germany’s domestic intelligence service So why is BBC news calling alternative AfD ‘hard right’? 56728187
Reposted by RadaghasttheEuropeanPrem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 06/09/2026Nigel Farage’s pile of financing scandals. Unexplained £5m from Thailand. Gifts from convicted fraudster. Willingness to circumvent laws on political donations Threats to judges, civil servants, journalists, parliament, anyone who disagrees. archive.ph/eiR9Rft.comNigel Farage’s pile of financing scandalsUndercover report raises new questions over funding of Reform UK 15470238