Raymond Bennett @raymondbennett.bsky.social · 10hIs it not referring to the Franco-German partnership that fell through? 100
Raymond Bennett @raymondbennett.bsky.social · 10hSkill, tactical design, and creative human expression: the art of rugby. ;-) 110
Reposted by Raymond BennettPeter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social · 13h🔴NEW: Ben Delo has given Reform £44MILLION Delo’s money comes from his now-closed crypto exchange BitMEX In 2019, a BitMEX investor asked about the status of his investment Delo responded by sending this meme, according to court documents. There’s more, a lot more (new investigation🧵) 14436290
Raymond Bennett @raymondbennett.bsky.social · 14hTBF I would always favour a decent and competent local candidate Vs someone parachuted in. 1190
Reposted by Raymond BennettEdward Luce @edwardluce.bsky.social · 08/10/2026This is where we are. Live stream executions for Maga porn. Such barbarism is not easily wiped away. 28390115
Raymond Bennett @raymondbennett.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Both Jean-Luc and Marine have been way too 'accomodating' to Putin. 000
Reposted by Raymond BennettAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 08/10/2026Q: How do you define socialism personally? JD VANCE: I think in reality what it actually means in the American context is you want to replace American workers with foreigners workers, and you want boys to play in girls' sports 347951731078
Raymond Bennett @raymondbennett.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Yep, as I've pointed out over the years you didn't need to have a Cambridge PhD in economics to appreciate the effects of gravity and friction on trade. 0110
Raymond Bennett @raymondbennett.bsky.social · 08/10/2026How can one reopen something that was never closed? 010
Raymond Bennett @raymondbennett.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Would it be unpatriotic for her to borrow Milei's chainsaw? 010
Reposted by Raymond BennettAnton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Drones paid a visit to Russia's oil refinery in Omsk, located more than 3,000 km from the Ukrainian border. It is Russia’s largest refinery, processing around 22 million tons of oil a year. 1843779
Reposted by Raymond BennettRaider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Heartbreaking 💔 Children scream while masked ICE goons kidnap their families in broad daylight in Harrison, New Jersey. 85750373562
Reposted by Raymond BennettAlex Harvey @alexharvv.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Oh this can just fuck off An AI-'written' complete copy of my own book is now on Amazon; same title, more-or-less the same blurb, and exactly the same impetus. Reviewers of Amazon, I urge you to absolutely dive-bomb this plagiaristic piece of shit: www.amazon.co.uk/FORGOTTEN-VI... 981534683
Reposted by Raymond BennettIan Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Very good and clear-sighted piece about what's going on with French bonds. It ain't great and the potential consequences would be ruinous for pro-Europeans paulkrugman.substack.com/p/whats-the-...paulkrugman.substack.comWhat’s the Matter With France?Is Europe’s #2 economy too big to save? 811837
Raymond Bennett @raymondbennett.bsky.social · 08/10/2026They keep the rat and mice populations in check. 000
Raymond Bennett @raymondbennett.bsky.social · 07/10/2026This. Sometimes when home-hunting on Rightmove I play around with an unlimited budget. It allows me to see the most valuable homes on offer and what their previous owners had done with the place. From cold, cement and glass architect wet-dreams to gaudy, gold-plated horrors - utterly depressing. 090
Raymond Bennett @raymondbennett.bsky.social · 07/10/2026The closest current politicians have come are perhaps Sadiq Khan, John Swinney and Liz Saville Roberts - too few. 020
Raymond Bennett @raymondbennett.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Precisely. But does Andy Burnham truly believe in it? His emotional speech at conference became very transactional on the topic of EU relations. In fact, I'm struggling to remember which senior politicians have the deeper pro-EU case, either during the Referendum campaign or since. 130
Reposted by Raymond BennettSteve Bullock @guitarmoog.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Being pro-the UK joining the EU and being pro-EU are not the same thing. The challenge for UK leaders is to turn the former shallow preference of the population into the latter deeper sentiment & belief. Then the UK can convince the rest of Europe that it would be a force for the good of the EU. 56817
Raymond Bennett @raymondbennett.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Oh Jesus, Trump will believe and repeat whatever story Putin tells him, the batshit crazier the better. www.ft.com/content/dcf3...ft.comDonald Trump says he will speak with Vladimir Putin about pneumonic plagueWashington increases pressure on Moscow to share more about the incident in which one person has died 000
Raymond Bennett @raymondbennett.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Freedom of movement is not a trade-off, it's the prize. Is Burnham prepared to sell that. 020
Reposted by Raymond BennettUrsula von der Leyen @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu · 06/10/2026The situation in the Black Sea is increasingly concerning. Commercial ships – and innocent crews – are being targeted, with lives already lost at sea. Today, two commercial vessels were hit in Bulgaria’s economic zone in Black Sea. 3323167
Raymond Bennett @raymondbennett.bsky.social · 05/10/2026At a drive in cinema at the age of four!!!. Sixties parents reasoned differently. 000
Raymond Bennett @raymondbennett.bsky.social · 05/10/2026The first challenge is overturning the entrenched narrative that Freedom of Movement is a trade-off rather the single greatest prize. 220
Reposted by Raymond BennettSarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 05/10/2026As long as the Tories are threatening to leave the ECHR, they aren’t a serious party. Consider it the ultimate red flag. Any party who’d take this entirely unnecessary and ruinous risk with our rights and our country’s security and wellbeing should never get its hands on power. (Letter, Times) 831888690
Reposted by Raymond BennettOtto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 03/10/2026A man builds an IED. He sets it off in a busy public street. Shrapnel flies about hitting cars, homes and a child's bedroom. It's a miracle nobody is injured. And Reform MP Sarah Pochin calls his imprisonment "disproportionate" and "two tier justice." 2882549924
Raymond Bennett @raymondbennett.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Next sovereignty. Pooled sovereignty in some areas gives us enormous benefits too. 001
Raymond Bennett @raymondbennett.bsky.social · 02/10/2026As soon as we stop seeing immigration as a trade-off but as something we need and something that enriches us, all of these would be win-win. 101
Raymond Bennett @raymondbennett.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Makes the others feel intellectual by comparison, I suppose. 000
Raymond Bennett @raymondbennett.bsky.social · 02/10/2026"I brought it up FFS, it should be up to someone else to think it through." 010
Raymond Bennett @raymondbennett.bsky.social · 02/10/2026identity, of family and belonging, rather than just the anglo-centric transactional fare we've had since the Referendum campaign or we may never get there, or if we do, with the wrong attitude. Maybe Burham will get there but his speech was aspirational on other subjects just not on this one. 2/2 101
Raymond Bennett @raymondbennett.bsky.social · 02/10/2026I see it as less as 'on the table' more as no longer 'off the table' if that makes any sense to anyone but me. To put another way, I'm not sure if my glass is half full or half empty. It is a big change on Starmer, but I'm with Niall, I want to hear the Europe being spoken of in terms of 1/ 201
Reposted by Raymond BennettChris Grey @chrisgrey.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Brexit revisited. Unscheduled post on my Brexit & Brexitism Blog on why Burnham's conference speech was a significant development in the Brexit saga, the questions and concerns it raises, and why it might come to be seen as a historic moment: chrisgreybrexitblog.blogspot.com/2026/09/brex... 28832
Raymond Bennett @raymondbennett.bsky.social · 02/10/2026I think this by-election will be the end of the road for Zack Polanski. 010
Raymond Bennett @raymondbennett.bsky.social · 02/10/2026All that's left is to show is that the punishment is proportionate to the crime and that it will act as a deterrent. 000
Raymond Bennett @raymondbennett.bsky.social · 01/10/2026If tarring and feathering were still a thing, Farage should be getting out of Dodge. 020
Raymond Bennett @raymondbennett.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Damn, I fell for it. I thought my AI radar was more acute than that. 140
Raymond Bennett @raymondbennett.bsky.social · 01/10/2026I say 'compelling', but by now it should be uncontested. 000
Raymond Bennett @raymondbennett.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Good to see Khan speak up again. The economic and security case for rejoining the EU is compelling. But Europe is also family, belonging and hope. Young people deserve the freedom we enjoyed to live, work, study and love across Europe. Restoring that wider horizon must be central to the argument. 100
Reposted by Raymond BennettStay European #RejoinEU 🇪🇺 #FBPE @stayeuropean.bsky.social · 01/10/2026"Our party must immediately start making the case for rejoining the EU, so we can fight and win a general election with EU membership effectively on the ballot paper in 2029." – Sadiq Khantheguardian.comBurnham is right that ‘hope comes from honesty’. That’s why Labour must make the case for rejoining the EU | Sadiq KhanBrexit was a disastrous act of national self-harm. Britain needs EU membership to bring growth and security in an increasingly volatile world, says London mayor Sadiq Khan 1164
Reposted by Raymond BennettBest for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 01/10/2026⚠️ "Labour could see its Scottish seats slashed from 37 to just 3 if they fail to go further on EU relations in their next manifesto, according to analysis of modelling from YouGov" 🏴 Rejoining the EU is vital to deliver Scotland the growth it needs.scotsman.comNot rejoining EU could lead to Scots Labour MP 'wipeout', poll findsLabour could see its Scottish seats slashed from 37 to just three if they fail to go further on EU relations in their ne 56619
Reposted by Raymond BennettGeorge Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 01/10/2026You can see the genocide from space. Yet still it is widely denied. 361376619
Reposted by Raymond BennettOtto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Such an ahistorical, geographically illiterate, and all-around dimwitted take from Harwood. He's one of those entitled people who are so imbued with self-confidence that they rattle crap off, and their followers just accept it to be true. 150792156
Raymond Bennett @raymondbennett.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Not sure there will be so much of the brinkmanship and late night summits the next time around. 000
