Ralph Topping @ralpht2.bsky.social · 19/09/2026I think Kento picked the wrong vowel after the k in his name - “u” would have made complete sense . 000
Ralph Topping @ralpht2.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Chris Mason is the Uriah Heep of political interviewers when it comes to Farage and his ilk . 010
Reposted by Ralph ToppingThe Guardian @theguardian.com · 03/09/2026‘I was never taught Welsh history’: Michael Sheen on reclaiming rebel leader Owain Glyndŵrtheguardian.com‘I was never taught Welsh history’: Michael Sheen on reclaiming rebel leader Owain GlyndŵrActor will play 15th-century hero in sweeping production about Welsh rebellion against English crown 49822
Reposted by Ralph ToppingThe London Economic @thelondoneconomic.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Farage has forged a political career out of complaining 1051179313
Reposted by Ralph ToppingAllison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 03/09/2026Any sweeping systemic change you want to make in the United States has to begin with adding seats to the Supreme Court in 2029. No major reform bill will survive the current court. No civil rights law, no anti-corruption law, no wealth tax, nothing. 626140663828
Reposted by Ralph ToppingThe Scales ⚖️ @shakethescales.bsky.social · 03/09/2026There's a direct casual link these tabloids seem to be missing between the horrors on the Nepal, Tibet, China borders and our SUV, disposable, fly when and where we like, slash and burn lifestyle. We did this. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/s...theguardian.comAfter the flood: human suffering on an unfathomable scale in Nepal’s worst-hit districtsThousands remain missing and aid is restricted by treacherous conditions in communities hit by unfathomable damage 35217
Ralph Topping @ralpht2.bsky.social · 18/08/2026Why in heaven’s sake don’t they just get utterly blotto on English sparkling wine , ignore the phone and lie frazzled in the sunshine for much of the day ? Enticing suggestion . 000
Reposted by Ralph ToppingJohn Self @john-self.bsky.social · 11/08/2026My new response when anyone asks me to do anything 7771213
Reposted by Ralph ToppingHenry Mance @henrymance.ft.com · 27/07/2026Excellent point about BBC's Burnham interview 20682141
Reposted by Ralph ToppingContempraInn 🌹 @contemprainn.bsky.social · 07/07/2026What are the chances! 338134141375
Reposted by Ralph ToppingLesley Riddoch @lesleyriddoch.bsky.social · 04/07/2026Songwriter Bobby Motherwell recorded this Declaration of Independence, celebrating US 250th anniversary with an adaption of their famous case for Independence. youtu.be/aVG5Rcg29SMyoutu.beA Declaration for an Independent ScotlandYouTube video by Bobby Motherwell 22420
Reposted by Ralph Toppingwomensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 03/07/2026Japanese artist Akie Nakata (known as Akie) turns found stones and rocks into animal paintings #WomensArt 275781849
Reposted by Ralph ToppingGerry Hassan @gerryhassan.bsky.social · 02/07/2026The power of silence. In an age of noise it needs to be cherished and valued. From today's Times. From @petercrumpler.bsky.social 051
Reposted by Ralph ToppingAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 02/07/2026INCREDIBLE SCENES ON FOX as there is LITERALLY NOT A SOUL at Trump's fair, which has now been open for 15 minutes 64769171579
Reposted by Ralph ToppingHenry Mance @henrymance.ft.com · 30/06/2026The Economist on JD Vance's understanding of religion www.economist.com/united-state... 1034688
Reposted by Ralph ToppingEdward Hopper @edwardhopper.bsky.social · 27/06/2026House with a Rain Barrel - 1936 botfrens.com/collections/173/conten… 0476
Reposted by Ralph ToppingAdam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 21/06/2026British politics in all its diversity on the BBC this morning 61748161
Reposted by Ralph ToppingEdward Luce @edwardluce.bsky.social · 17/06/2026Still trying to process a vice-president who has been enabling the worst grift in US history and some of its nastiest social policies coming out with a book called "Communion" to tout his moral bona fides. Chutzpah doesn't come close. 1519741
Reposted by Ralph ToppingWill Jennings📉🗳️ @drjennings.bsky.social · 10/06/2026We used to call them ‘race riots’ now we call them ‘anti-immigration protests’. 25998323
Reposted by Ralph ToppingProf. Stefan Rahmstorf @rahmstorf.bsky.social · 13/06/2026Insane self-blinding of the US. They are throwing away their investment in the ocean observation system and the benefits it provides. The only explanation I can think of: they don’t want the people to know what their fossil emissions are doing to our oceans. easternherald.com/2026/06/13/u...easternherald.comThe US Is Pulling Up a $386 Million Climate Ocean Sensor NetworkNSF dismantling Ocean Observatories Initiative as very strong El Niño forms. Edson, Robbins, McLean: an irreparable blind spot in U.S. climate observation. 33553722554
Reposted by Ralph ToppingTom Clark @tom-clark.bsky.social · 13/06/2026I was sat right next to the Guardian letters desk, when they took a call from David Hockney asking if “picture letters” could be considered & whether sending them in by Fax would work. They found a way, and if you click you’ll see he got the standard “D Hockney, Bridlington” sign off 2154
Reposted by Ralph ToppingRon Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 12/06/2026Erick voted for Trump: “The only one being played is President Trump. The ceasefire is a farce. The President has turned into a clown.” 2982186574
Reposted by Ralph ToppingCovie @covie93.bsky.social · 10/06/2026A FIFA referee has spent more time in federal custody for being Somali than anybody on epstein's list for raping kids. 231191326231
Reposted by Ralph ToppingSarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 11/06/2026Just what will it take for politicians and media to act in the best interests of the country and to give voice to the majority of voters… who are decent and liberal? Instead of trashing the place, chasing after the approval of ignorant racists who seem to have a total monopoly on their attention. 45731221
Reposted by Ralph ToppingGeorge Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 11/06/2026I hope we're going to see many charges for incitement to racial hatred, incitement to violence and incitement to riot, all of which have been happening blatantly and prolifically on social media. Or will two-tier policing in the UK, favouring the right and the far right, prevail yet again? 862686764
Reposted by Ralph ToppingPeter Gleick @petergleick.bsky.social · 11/06/2026The New York Times confirms what appears to be a US attack on two Iranian #water systems with precision bombs. Intentional attacks on civilian water systems is a war crime under the 1977 Geneva Convention Protocols and related international laws. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/10/w...nytimes.comAnalysis of Satellite Image and Videos Suggest Precision U.S. Strikes on Iranian Water Facility 18433218
Reposted by Ralph ToppingAndrea Junker @strandjunker.com · 10/06/2026Imagine hosting the FIFA World Cup and the Olympics just to prove your country is too authoritarian and xenophobic to actually let the world in. 18820171
Ralph Topping @ralpht2.bsky.social · 10/06/2026Tiny Tommy a hard man ? He’s as hard as a double baked cheese soufflé . 000
Reposted by Ralph ToppingIan Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 10/06/2026Condemning riots isn't enough. We need policy action, including an immediate appraisal of X as a vehicle for coordinating far-right disorder. And we need political leadership, to challenge white nationalism as an idea, not to validate it daily and then complain when it turns violent. 18062121894
Reposted by Ralph ToppingMaria W. Norris @mariawnorris.bsky.social · 10/06/2026Expert on extremism here: In 2025, there were 1798 right-wing extremism referrals to Prevent, the UK counter-extremism programme. This is *double* the amount of Islamic extremism referrals (870). And yet, the government is incapable of seeing far-right extremism as a threat. Why? 1/ 5356181
Reposted by Ralph ToppingJim Pickard @pickardje.bsky.social · 10/06/2026Ukraine has tested a new surface-to-air missile designed as a cheaper, mass-producible alternative to the shortage-plagued US Patriot system www.ft.com/content/c583...ft.comUkraine builds cheap alternative to US Patriot missilesArms maker Fire Point says it has successfully tested surface-to-air projectiles 211326
Reposted by Ralph ToppingEdward Luce @edwardluce.bsky.social · 10/06/2026@royalsociety.org I hear you’re blocking people calling on you to cancel Elon Musk’s fellowship. His presence besmirches your name. He’s a danger to British democracy. Reconsider. 231071316
Reposted by Ralph ToppingSarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 10/06/2026We need leaders who stop pandering pathetically to the bullshit “legitimate concerns” of racists, extremist agitators and cynical far right politicians. Time to stand up strongly for the very real and genuine concerns of the non-racist majority who deserve to be safe and deserve to be heard. 19414146
Reposted by Ralph ToppingGeorge Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 10/06/2026Immigrants & asylum seekers are not our enemies. They are not responsible for the austerity, privatisation, erosion of civic life, thinning of democracy and concentration of power we suffer. But they're being punished for these things. Punished at the behest of the very people who *are* responsible. 7731191093
Reposted by Ralph Toppingwomensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 10/06/2026The Artist's Daughter, Nancy, as Pierrot c.1910 By Mabel Nicholson (1871–1918), Scottish painter #Womensart 323130
Reposted by Ralph ToppingMartin Calladine @uglygame.bsky.social · 09/06/2026Imagine being the government of the UK and not having banned Twitter. Twiddling your thumbs while a foreign fascist foments violence on the streets and preaches ethnic cleansing and an end to democracy. 917153
Reposted by Ralph ToppingRoland Smith @rolandmcs.bsky.social · 05/06/2026Rightly angry piece from @iandunt.bsky.social about the Populist Right BS that followed the awful Henry Nowak murder case and how the media/national conversation has been drawn into it. iandunt.substack.com/p/an-abysmal... 12459169
Reposted by Ralph ToppingPhilip Stephens @philipstephens.bsky.social · 01/06/2026Blair bought and paid for by billionaire weirdo Larry Ellison; Mandelson sells himself to Russians, Chinese and even weirder and more extremist Peter Thiel’s Palantir …and then they presume to tell Starmer how to run tne government 0296
Ralph Topping @ralpht2.bsky.social · 01/06/2026Donald J Trump is without doubt an inferior imitation of any American President I have ever known . An epigone of the lowest order . 000
Ralph Topping @ralpht2.bsky.social · 12/05/2026Not in Scotland it wouldn’t . I’ve assumed you are referring to England as “the country”. 100
Ralph Topping @ralpht2.bsky.social · 07/05/2026Did someone just say “gutter press” ? Shameful stuff from the Telegraph. 000
Reposted by Ralph ToppingEdward Luce @edwardluce.bsky.social · 07/05/2026crowd's response to Trump is so much more informative than any poll 1114738
Ralph Topping @ralpht2.bsky.social · 28/04/2026Thanks to Mandelson going from good fortune in politics to catastrophe in a relatively short period of time may forever be defined as the “Starmer hamartia“. 020
