Reposted by RobDavid Henig @davidheniguk.bsky.social · 16hWorse. I'd argue that Europe's social contract is essentially broken with two huge factors being an ageing population and the rise of the gig economy. Preferred fixes, of blaming China or immigrants, are obviously inadequate and probably counter-productive. 23816
Reposted by RobChris Grey @chrisgrey.bsky.social · 15hNot to be alarmist, but to those of us of a certain age reports of a test tube breaking at a Russian research lab immediately recall the opening sequence of the 1975 TV series 'Survivors': www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ch7N...youtube.comSurvivors title sequenceYouTube video by VHS Video vault 87112
Reposted by RobTits McGee @scientits.bsky.social · 20hIMO, the issue is not the monetary contribution, it's that an awful lot of people conflate fun activities that you do in your spare time as also being the same thing in terms of work, as in - not *real* work Games are enjoyable activities you do on the evenings and weekends with your mates 518447
Reposted by RobAlison Fisk @alisonfisk.bsky.social · 05/10/2026This ancient Greek figure from the 2,500 year-old Douris Cup looks uncannily like someone working on a laptop! 😲 💻 He’s actually writing with a stylus on a hinged wax writing tablet! The technology has changed, the posture has not! 😂 Altes Museum, Berlin 📷 by me 321328321
Reposted by RobJWexTheSpa @jwsidders.bsky.social · 19hThe teaching of critical thought is being dismantled. In the US, it is happening very deliberately for ideological reasons. In the UK, it is far more haphazard and senseless, driven by short-termist money saving. The end result, though, is the same: ignorance and the entrenchment of privilege. 083
Reposted by RobAlexander Clarkson @aphclarkson.bsky.social · 19hUnder Labour large swathes of the UK outside of London and Manchester are losing access to much of Europe and Britain's cultural heritage. Burnham talks a good game about regional pride even as his government mindlessly watches many of its foundations collapse beyond the Southeast and Northwest 98639
Reposted by RobJonn Elledge @jonnelledge.bsky.social · 19hthe welfare budget is basically the clown car of Tory fiscal policy isn't it, you keep thinking it must be empty but nope, out pops another amazing saving to spend on something they like more 312413
Reposted by RobJWexTheSpa @jwsidders.bsky.social · 19hThe implications of an Iron Dome are either: 1. Western Europe has been conquered. 2. Western European countries will allow drones targeting the UK to freely pass through their airspace. I can't help thinking it may be better value for money to work with others to prevent either happening. 2162
Reposted by RobSvetovid @svetovid.bsky.social · 20hWell, that's a hell of a thing to leave next to a statue of Joan of Arc.😏 392199431
Reposted by RobPhillips OBrien @phillipspobrien.bsky.social · 05/10/2026This proves only two things. The Ukrainian campaign against Russian refineries is causing serious damage. Putin has asked Trump to help him out and the US president obliged. 901320437
Reposted by RobJosiah Mortimer @josiahmortimer.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Politico: "CCHQ is working to a strategy aimed at appealing to the center, then hoovering up right-wing support to kill off Reform...The plan centers first on winning back middle class Lib Dem & Labour voters" They're starting that by...pledging to abolish Natural England and the Environment Agency 2024859
Reposted by RobMark Wallace @wallaceme.bsky.social · 05/10/2026It’s a little known fact that all the words associated with paying to see the Bayeux Tapestry are derived from Anglo-Saxon while all the words for being invited to see it by a corporate sponsor derive from French. 717041
Reposted by RobJWexTheSpa @jwsidders.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Strong recommend as Spain faces its most consequential general election since 1982, at least. The return of the far-right to power for the first time since Franco's death will be seismic and massively destabilising. Éamann gets that in a way most anglosphere commentators do not. 263
Reposted by RobJames Ball @jamesrball.com · 05/10/2026This is a much stronger statement than the one issued yesterday by the MPs and leadership of the Green Party of England and Wales 68012
Rob @robg8.bsky.social · 05/10/2026I guess they meant they wanted him to call elections after the judges had come up with some half-baked accusations to interview him about (and leak to their chosen media organisations...) 130
Reposted by RobDaniel Knowles @dlknowles.bsky.social · 04/10/2026There's something a little depressing in the fact that the British establishment stood up against Enoch Powell's racism in the 1960s than it seems to be willing to be now 828353
Reposted by RobAlasdair Mackenzie @alasdairmackenzie.bsky.social · 04/10/2026This is almost certainly true, and the UK fails women refugees in multiple ways, including by refusing safe routes to come here, wrongly rejecting asylum claims, barring family reunion & not recognising trafficking victims promptly or at all. If only Mahmood had the power to do something about thistheguardian.comNearly all women arriving on small boats have been raped, says Shabana MahmoodHome secretary warns people traffickers will exploit asylum seekers because they decide who comes to the UK 10453156
Reposted by RobZanzibar @satancucufato.satan.social · 05/10/2026Ahora veras a los jueces fachas darse prisa en condenar a begoña antes del 29 del 11 053
Reposted by RobJWexTheSpa @jwsidders.bsky.social · 05/10/2026PSOE could do a lot worse than produce a poster similar to this with Feijóo in Abascal's pocket. 062
Rob @robg8.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Wondering how active a role the "neutral" judges will play during (obviously not "in", ahem!) the campaign... 000
Reposted by RobDavid Higham @oldtrotter.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Paying taxes is punishment is it? Some might say it's a contribution to the infrastructure and regulations (like the rule of law) that enables you to build a successful business and, being less transactional, your contribution to society.. 2523567
Reposted by RobJill Rutter @jillongovt.bsky.social · 05/10/2026You might hate the Environment Agency and Natural England - but am not sure how good your evidence base is that there is a latent majority for poorer air quality, more pollution and (even more) destruction of nature #CPC2026 - and homes that are going to require big retrofits 23711
Reposted by RobDmitry Grozoubinski @explaintrade.com · 05/10/2026The extent to which the rule "you are not allowed to insult the other side's voters" is applied exclusively to the left never ceases to infuriate me. "Basket of deplorables" and "cling to guns or religion" were WEEKS-long news cycles. There were panels. There was theme music and a logo. 930271
Reposted by RobJosiah Mortimer @josiahmortimer.bsky.social · 05/10/2026A new trade union has just been officially registered, the UK Hospitality Union It's a v under-represented part of the workplace re. unions: "Members include...baristas, hotel staff, restaurant staff, chefs, event caterers, bar staff, housekeeping." Be interesting to see how they fareukhospitalityunion.comUK Hospitality Union | trade unionAt the UK Hospitality Trade Union, we are the united voice for workers across the UK's hospitality sector. Our mission is simple: to advocate for fair treatment, safe working conditions, and equitable... 1129699
Reposted by RobVíctor Ventura @vicvent.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Una de esas cosas que tengo clavada en la memoria es la última vez que las encuestas daban un 50% de intención de voto a la derecha. 003
Reposted by RobAdam Chapman @adamchapman.bsky.social · 05/10/2026A quick look for sentences passed down (a while ago, yes) for others convicted of bombings in the UK suggests - and I know that the legislation is different - that 15 years is at the lower end of what he might have expected. 210226
Reposted by RobSir Almaviva @ilcontealmaviva.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Being against bus lanes is absolute loser behaviour. 225639
Reposted by RobSam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 05/10/2026As a Jew I think what the Greens have done is appalling. As a political commentator I think Andy Burnham is a lucky man. 7486276
Reposted by RobÉamann Mac Donnchada @almagroschool.bsky.social · 05/10/2026sth not sufficiently commented on; Vox and the PP are determined to see Sánchez behind bars, its not empty talk, if they win a majority they'll say yes to the first judge who wants to strip his parliamentary immunity, so he's playing for his freedom 113
Reposted by Rob🏳️🌈Jorge Godoy🇪🇺 @godoito.eurosky.social · 05/10/2026Pablo Iglesias en RNE criticando al PSOE. Ni en momentos de emergencia nacional este hombre puede dejar su ego a un lado. 432
Reposted by RobEL PAÍS @elpais.com · 05/10/2026Editorial | La hipótesis de un Gobierno con ministros y políticas de Vox no puede banalizarse ni los grandes partidos conformarse con este escenario (...) La socialdemocracia tiene ahora una oportunidad para demostrar que sus recetas todavía son válidas social.elpais.com/qp8… 095
Reposted by RobNumeritos 🍕🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🇵🇸 @08181.es · 05/10/2026Si gana la derecha, la calidad de vida de la amplia mayoría del país será peor. No basta con votar, hay que movilizar. El que pueda hacer que haga. Porque ellos no van a dudar. 120698
Reposted by RobJack Kessler @jackkessler.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Scaring Jews is part of the fun. 18019
Reposted by RobGavin Jackson @gavinjackson.bsky.social · 05/10/2026I visited the Amazon rainforest a year ago ahead of the cop conference in Belem. Historically the only thing that has stopped deforestation has been electing Lula da Silva has Brazilian president. www.economist.com/the-americas... 1450157
Reposted by RobJoel S. @joelhs.bsky.social · 05/10/2026"Yeah, in Germany today, you can't even support far-right efforts to ban Holocaust memorials without someone calling you a Nazi! What is this country coming to?" (www.theguardian.com/world/2026/o... 1118459
Reposted by RobJWexTheSpa @jwsidders.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Under the Tories we will lose our human rights and environmental protections. They are promising to deliver a full on race to the absolute bottom. I am not sure this wins back those seats they lost to the LibDems in 2024. 3178
Reposted by RobStephen Morrison @stephen-morrison.bsky.social · 05/10/2026It's striking that Brazil did exactly what so many on the left blame Biden for not doing: prosecuting and imprisoning the would-be authoritarian. Yet here we are. The message, I think, is that there is no legal or procedural means of safeguarding democracy if enough voters want a dictator. 0427
Reposted by RobJames Murray @james-bg.bsky.social · 05/10/2026The pitch here seems to be, ‘we’ll build the houses and infrastructure we failed to build during the 14 years we were in government, but we’ll do it in the most damaging and lowest quality way possible’. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...theguardian.comTories to pledge to scrap Environment Agency and Natural EnglandShadow chancellor will also promise to scrap affordable homes regulations as part of strategy to refocus on growth 761367430
Reposted by RobAnn Monster Lipton @annmlipton.bsky.social · 04/10/2026so... how are the benefits, agency, and bad things allocated, exactly 2339
Reposted by RobGeneral Boles @generalboles.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Is there a subtle contrast being drawn between who Labour help and who the Tories help 🤔 #CPC26 1022358
Reposted by RobJWexTheSpa @jwsidders.bsky.social · 04/10/2026I went out and drank too much. But I gained clarity. Sitting on the stoney Sidmouth beach, watching a sky turning from steel blue to golden sunset yellow, I realised, totally, this is a world we cannot allow the fascist right to control. It is far too special to give up to that banality of evil. 0162
Reposted by RobJohn Oxley @joxley.jmoxley.co.uk · 04/10/2026It's even weirder when you look at the demographics under the hood - the Tory vote is literally dying over the next 10-15 years. 1012826
Reposted by RobJWexTheSpa @jwsidders.bsky.social · 04/10/2026A new chapter for Profiles in Courage ... 0367
Reposted by RobThe Fig Economy @figgityfigs.bsky.social · 04/10/2026When was the last time the press ran a story about republicans making intemperate remarks about democrats? Fretting about whether republicans are doing enough to be bipartisan, to reach out to the forgotten voters who favor the democrats? 441481289