Richard Kavanagh @richkav.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Patrick Freyne in today's Irish Times on RTÉ's The Traitors Ireland. A short sentence with a record number of truisms. 010
Reposted by Richard KavanaghDan Snow @thehistoryguy.bsky.social · 23/09/2026You know who else was obsessed with dancing around on the pinheads of imagined classifications based on where great grandparents were born and what they believed? The Nazis. 71068178
Reposted by Richard KavanaghDr Panti Bliss-Cabrera @pantibliss.bsky.social · 31/08/2026Everyone knows this guy is a prick, but imagine being English (and a Brexiteer) and buying a literal castle in Ireland and then telling local Irish people they can't visit their family graves. Imagines telling *any* Irish person they can't visit the family graves! My mother would feckin kill him 58817254
Reposted by Richard KavanaghEuropean News @eunews.social · 04/08/2026African states pressured by US to leave the ICC The Trump administration declared all-out war on the International Criminal Court (ICC), based in The Hague, in mid-July, despite the fact that the US has never been a member.lemonde.frAfrican states pressured by US to leave the ICCThe Trump administration declared all-out war on the International Criminal Court (ICC), based in The Hague, in mid-July, despite the fact that the US has never been a member. 1109
Richard Kavanagh @richkav.bsky.social · 01/08/2026Good to hear caller Rachel calling Ali Miraj out on the "invasion" in Cueta on LBC today He does not accept official (Frontex's) figures on illegal crossing into the EU Also he thinks there were zero illegal crossings into US from Mexico - despite US's CBP saying there were 310000 in last 12 mths 001
Richard Kavanagh @richkav.bsky.social · 14/07/2026Bonne fête nationale ou digital (numérique) www.lemonde.fr/societe/arti...lemonde.frDéfilé du 14-Juillet : le Conseil d’Etat rétablit le QR code obligatoire pour accéder aux Champs-ElyséesLe tribunal administratif de Paris, saisi en urgence par l’association Vigie Liberté, avait annulé lundi l’obligation de présenter le QR code nominatif voulu par les autorités pour accéder au périmètr... 010
Richard Kavanagh @richkav.bsky.social · 21/06/2026Morning... (with apologies to @rolandmcs.bsky.social ) 000
Richard Kavanagh @richkav.bsky.social · 15/06/2026View from Sydenham Hill. 20.49 on the 14/06/2026 020
Richard Kavanagh @richkav.bsky.social · 01/06/2026As the 10th anniversary of that awful decision looms, a brief reminder of what a disaster it was and is but more importantly, how difficult it will be to fix. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...theguardian.comDisaster of Brexit is a warning against simple solutions to hard problems | Richard PartingtonAlan Milburn says youth unemployment has no quick fixes – an idea with an important lesson for those thinking about how to rejoin the EU 030
Richard Kavanagh @richkav.bsky.social · 23/05/2026Column A: UK becoming more creative in order to get closer to EU Column B: Same old pitch dressed up in different clothes* ... those "Red Lines" have got to go. *I was going to write 'Same old piss in a different shaped bottle', but thought it too rude www.theguardian.com/politics/202...theguardian.comUK pitched single market for goods with EU in pursuit of deeper trade tiesExclusive: Top British official presented idea in Brussels but sources say it was rebuffed 020
Richard Kavanagh @richkav.bsky.social · 19/05/2026Five billion pounds stg in exchange for £ fourty billion increase in treasury receipts? You should bite their hands off! 000
Reposted by Richard KavanaghRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 19/04/2026Effective 2025 federal tax rates paid by these corporations: Alphabet: 8.01% AT&T: 4.6% Meta: 3.57% General Motors: 3.09% Amazon: 1.37% Exxon Mobil: 1.31% Disney: -1.57% CVS Health: -3.88% Income tax rate paid by the typical American: 14.5% This is what a rigged system looks like. 395126705692
Richard Kavanagh @richkav.bsky.social · 02/04/2026NO. IT'S NOT GOING TO THE MOON. It's like going to Cork city and just circulating around the Jack Lynch tunnel. 100
Richard Kavanagh @richkav.bsky.social · 31/03/2026If Australia comes back to France for their submarines, will they be told to F**k Right Off? 000
Richard Kavanagh @richkav.bsky.social · 30/03/2026There is so much wrong with this... Will the UK ever grow up? 010
Richard Kavanagh @richkav.bsky.social · 23/02/2026So, my (American) daughter in law has been going through the Indefinite Leave to Remain (ILR) process. Its a 5 year process where you have to prove your suitability (English speaking, minimum salary, no trouble with the law) to live in UK, specifically London. 1 of 8 100
Richard Kavanagh @richkav.bsky.social · 23/02/2026How it was: This sceptered isle, This earth of majesty, this seat of Mars, This other Eden, demi-paradise. How it is: Preventing daughters from visiting dying mothers; doubling ILR qualification time, quadrupling if child benefits are taken; involuntary facial recognition at ports. 000
Richard Kavanagh @richkav.bsky.social · 21/02/2026O'Neill still looking for the next libtard to target, still trying to deflect, still trying to milk the alt Libertarian teat, still grifting, with a slice of misogyny on the side. .. 000
Richard Kavanagh @richkav.bsky.social · 20/02/2026Mark this day as the beginning of the end of Trumps power. 000
Richard Kavanagh @richkav.bsky.social · 18/02/2026Squires' best yet? Since he is consistently brilliant, that is some bar. www.theguardian.com/football/pic...theguardian.comDavid Squires on … Jim Ratcliffe’s comments and his need for some home truthsOur cartoonist reflects on the Manchester United co-owner’s recent statements and electioneering, via the prism of Cracker’s DCI Bilborough 000
Richard Kavanagh @richkav.bsky.social · 06/02/2026Is Emma John the new Marina Hyde? In any event, she is spot on with this piece: www.theguardian.com/football/202...theguardian.comInfantino and Coventry backing Russia’s return shows sport’s soft power is in rotten hands | Emma JohnThe actions of Fifa’s fawning president as well as the Olympics leader’s coded call for ‘neutral ground’ underscores the hollowness of the global bodies’ values 000
Richard Kavanagh @richkav.bsky.social · 05/02/2026I know Linehan composed some ludicrous situations on TV, but is he really calling for a Trumpian intervention in Ireland? Hopefully not in the style of his Venezuelan venture. I'm not sure Micheàl Martin would handle it as well as Maduro 100
Richard Kavanagh @richkav.bsky.social · 23/01/2026If some posts can be food for thought, here is a feast. 000
Richard Kavanagh @richkav.bsky.social · 18/01/2026Only one life has been lost in one high speed crash in Spain before tonight. (Since 1992 launch of Ave) . This is horrific www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...theguardian.comHigh-speed train crash in southern Spain leaves 10 dead, police reportTwo trains derail near Adamuz, Cordóba province, leaving scores injured, state-owned broadcaster reports 000
Richard Kavanagh @richkav.bsky.social · 11/01/2026Today, Russia's "3 day operation" in Ukraine reaches the same duration as the Great Patriotic War - the Soviet Union's participation in World War 2. So sad and in awe of Ukraine. And so angry at the "geopolitical genius", Putin 000
Richard Kavanagh @richkav.bsky.social · 10/01/2026"essence of what the EU is about" Inflated sense of importance much? 🙄 101
Richard Kavanagh @richkav.bsky.social · 05/01/2026So Trump feels he's on a roll. Greenland next, to be taken care of in 20 days. Haven't seen this in the anglophone press yet. www.lemonde.fr/internationa...lemonde.frGroenland : Donald Trump réaffirme que les Etats-Unis ont « besoin » de l’île et appelle à s’en « occuper » dans vingt joursAvant cette déclaration, la première ministre danoise avait demandé au président américain de « cessez les menaces » d’annexion du territoire, rappelant que le peuple groenlandais avait « clairement f... 010
Richard Kavanagh @richkav.bsky.social · 21/12/2025Wishful thinking is still all the rage at the top of the UK govt. But the UK paying €10-20bn per year and adhering to all relevant product, financial, transport and trade regs (with no say in their formulation) in return for participation in the single market may be enticing for some member states 020
Richard Kavanagh @richkav.bsky.social · 20/12/2025Another small pleasure of the Christmas period. Don't forget to get your copy! 000
Richard Kavanagh @richkav.bsky.social · 16/12/2025I remember in 2015 Leavers were sure that being the 5th biggest economy would ensure great trade deals for the UK. They wouldn't listen to anyone (esp me): the top 3 economies were so big the UK would be like a chihuahua trying to mount a great dane, st Bernard and a Irish wolfhound. 052
Richard Kavanagh @richkav.bsky.social · 11/12/2025So, one reason Starmer may be shown the door is that the Labour decide to do a 180 degree on the issue of EU membership...Just add it to the pile. 041
Richard Kavanagh @richkav.bsky.social · 06/12/2025@davidheniguk.bsky.social May I just say I thought your contribution on the Matt Frei show was spot on. Clear and realistic. 100
Richard Kavanagh @richkav.bsky.social · 28/11/2025A great example of how Brexit weakens Europe. And to think some still think Russia did not interfere in the 2016 vote: 040
Richard Kavanagh @richkav.bsky.social · 26/11/2025Not only does Behr illuminate with some excellent points he does so with a lovely metaphore which makes reading them a pleasure www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...theguardian.comRachel Reeves has many problems. She’s realising that her Brexit bind may be the biggest of all | Rafael BehrBrutal economic realities are prompting a shift in Labour’s tone on Europe. But will it dare tell the whole truth about Britain’s predicament, asks Guardian columnist Rafael Behr 020
Richard Kavanagh @richkav.bsky.social · 24/11/2025While (at last) there is a general acceptance that Brexit is causing huge economic damage, there is less realism as to what the UK needs to action if it wants to fix it As a start, the UK must stop trying to avoid hurting the feelings of Leave voters A little candour and honesty will go a long way 0123
Reposted by Richard KavanaghEliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 24/11/2025sad_trombone.wav 1022816
Richard Kavanagh @richkav.bsky.social · 24/11/2025I think the market was heading this way already, but regulating the use of USB-C ports across a much wider range of electronic goods is a good thing. (And no doubt the UK will have to follow suit, in a clear demonstration of its new found sovereignty) 020
Richard Kavanagh @richkav.bsky.social · 15/11/2025In the Guardian there is an of outline 6 candidate tax increases that Rachel Reeves could take. All of them are very politically difficult, and all of their tax raising potential added together... ... are still less than half the amount of tax take by which Brexit has reduced treasury tax take. 010