richard-d.bsky.social @richard-d.bsky.social · 1hThe reply by one of the Norwegian's prize committee s is hilarious. 000
richard-d.bsky.social @richard-d.bsky.social · 11/10/2026Self-awareness is very dead in this town. 010
richard-d.bsky.social @richard-d.bsky.social · 11/10/2026Who owns football clubs is an entirely different issue. FIFA is about access to revenues from running a,large revenue-generating entity. Which is what world football is. In similar vein, Trump is basically a serial bankrupt until he gets hold of public rents. 000
richard-d.bsky.social @richard-d.bsky.social · 11/10/2026One wonders how journalists stoop so low to write complete rubbish. 032
Reposted by @richard-d.bsky.socialAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 10/10/2026“Zelenskyy could’ve stopped this war many times, and he chose not to … he better damn well stop” — Trump is no longer trying to conceal that he’s fully on Putin’s side 2452116414062
richard-d.bsky.social @richard-d.bsky.social · 10/10/2026Everyone wants to see the ballroom. Nothing else matters. Obviously. 000
richard-d.bsky.social @richard-d.bsky.social · 10/10/2026Trump, a man who is the epitome of evil. USA hang your heads in shame. Still, in November, you have a chance to restore (some) potential sanity. 010
Reposted by @richard-d.bsky.socialRon Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 09/10/2026This is completely outrageous and disgusting. This must immediately be blocked by Congress and Trump should be impeached for this. The US is now funding Putin’s war machine as he murders civilians including children. We are lost as a country. 2072162575665
Reposted by @richard-d.bsky.socialSunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 10/10/2026The Bjg Time Chatlie account seeking to identify & incite vs RNLI staff as traitors was run by a recruitment consultant in Worcestershire who is a Restore donor & Cromwell Club member. He hss now deactivated the anon troll account after being publicly identifird www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...theguardian.comRecruitment boss accused of being behind ‘doxxing’ campaign against RNLI and anti-racism activistsTom Watson, of Worcester, alleged to be behind Big Time Charlie X account that created so-called Traitorbase 39533284
Reposted by @richard-d.bsky.socialRon Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 10/10/2026That’s the plan. 2363703895
richard-d.bsky.social @richard-d.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Correction: Barnett formula has allowed to do this. 010
richard-d.bsky.social @richard-d.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Every research grant has a finite lifespan.... 000
richard-d.bsky.social @richard-d.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Trump could have had a shot at the Nobel Prize for Literature if was only awarded to people who used random capital letters. e e cummings would have never stood a chance! 070
richard-d.bsky.social @richard-d.bsky.social · 09/10/2026'Current media onslaught' does seem to include a number of Greens, not least previous leader and current MPs. 000
richard-d.bsky.social @richard-d.bsky.social · 09/10/2026'Surprise' Nobel Prize winner for Literature is never a surprise. Nor is it a surprise that they are 'surprised'. 100
Reposted by @richard-d.bsky.socialColin Elves @colinelves.bsky.social · 08/10/2026The UK could really take advantage of this if, you know, we weren’t governed by idiots. 0124
Reposted by @richard-d.bsky.social⁸ @mabelsblanket.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Never forget the 14 years of psychological warfare wreaked upon us by the Tories. They Broke everything, took all the money salted the earth & left! No ta. 20473169
richard-d.bsky.social @richard-d.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Gove is a clown masquerading as an intellectual. And not doing a very good job at it. There are many others - Hannan etc. 010
richard-d.bsky.social @richard-d.bsky.social · 07/10/2026This is like some Bob Mortimore story on Would I Lie To You. 110
richard-d.bsky.social @richard-d.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Nor the Russians, according to her, apparently. 000
richard-d.bsky.social @richard-d.bsky.social · 06/10/2026For once, @thetimes.com did the appropriate job in it's obituary of Archer. 100
richard-d.bsky.social @richard-d.bsky.social · 06/10/2026My GPs won't see me in person at all. I think for many people the triage system has collapsed. Of course bits of NHS work ok. 100
richard-d.bsky.social @richard-d.bsky.social · 06/10/2026And those that don't tend to back Reform now. 000
richard-d.bsky.social @richard-d.bsky.social · 06/10/2026The Jeffrey Archer obituary in @thetimes.com is an absolute classic. Funnier and better written than one of Archer's novels (admittedly not a high bar). 000
richard-d.bsky.social @richard-d.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Tories signed a coalition deal with LibDems and then ratted on large parts of it. 000
Reposted by @richard-d.bsky.socialDavid Higham @oldtrotter.bsky.social · 06/10/2026For those too young to remember why Archer ended up in jail www.theguardian.com/uk/2001/apr/...theguardian.comTroubled life of prostitute at centre of Archer libel trialMonica Coghlan was first trapped in the public eye on October 26 1986, when a grainy photograph of her was published in the News of the World. It had been taken two days previously on platform three a... 2209
richard-d.bsky.social @richard-d.bsky.social · 06/10/2026It is true. It's called the Barnett formula! 100
richard-d.bsky.social @richard-d.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Not even the Canadians knew about their tariffs apparently.... 0241
richard-d.bsky.social @richard-d.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Just as long as England forks out money for SNP commitments, that's just fine. 200
richard-d.bsky.social @richard-d.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Bit not among traditional Conservative voters, I would judge. 000
Reposted by @richard-d.bsky.socialSocial Media Lab @socialmedialab.ca · 03/10/2026"A gut punch in Ohio: Nearly 1,400 laid off at truck factory just days before Trump rally." This factory is the community's economic cornerstone, and its wages helped sustain everything from hair salons and coffee shops to local auto repair shops. 💔 apnews.com/article/trum...apnews.comA gut punch in Ohio: Nearly 1,400 laid off at truck factory just days before Trump rallyPresident Donald Trump is trying to rally voters in the Dayton, Ohio, area on Saturday. But days ago, 1,400 workers were laid off from a truck factory there. 24318
Reposted by @richard-d.bsky.socialDavid Henig @davidheniguk.bsky.social · 03/10/2026UK trade policy failed in large part under the guidance of those quoted in this article, and worse still none of them appeared to learn anything from it, so really not a strong counter to movement towards the EU. www.politico.eu/article/tori...politico.euTories warn Burnham’s EU ‘pandering’ will shred post-Brexit trade dealsThree former ministers tell POLITICO of “grave consequences” if the U.K. moves closer to the EU under prime minister’s bid for a revamped relationship. 1410642
richard-d.bsky.social @richard-d.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Well it will internalise some of the funding decisions! 000
richard-d.bsky.social @richard-d.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Both major parties were too deeply divided to campaign effectively against Brexit before the Referendum. Cameron dithered; Gove & Johnson ratted on him. Corbyn was not interested and left it to his 'anti-capitalist' minders to screw up the Labour campaign. 010
richard-d.bsky.social @richard-d.bsky.social · 02/10/2026This sort of effect is so frequent in time series analyses of statistics. Shown very nicely by you. Don't even mention the statistical basis of the Police Grant - the (non-) reform of which I've been involved in several times.... 100
richard-d.bsky.social @richard-d.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Any party that promises to reverse Brexit should be your first choice. There are other policies too... 000
richard-d.bsky.social @richard-d.bsky.social · 02/10/2026For basic economics. Agreed housing supply must be increased. This would do the reverse. The point about your proposals is they would negate the very objectives you seek to achieve. With which I am broadly sympathetic. 100
richard-d.bsky.social @richard-d.bsky.social · 02/10/2026One. Which is clearly not all right with you. I imagine nationalising housing is the biggest vote loser a political party could invent. 100
