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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 9h

Ukraine blows up Russian data centres and immediately and mysteriously online talk about Germany’s Far Right AfD virtually disappears. Stop Putin you stop the Far Right.

Chart showing online talk about the AfD going off a cliff edge

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Kevin Rothrock @kevinrothrock.me · 10h

we all knew this one was coming

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Roland Smith @rolandmcs.bsky.social · 10h

'Celebrity Antiques Road Trip: Moira Stuart and Aled Jones go head-to-head in a battle of antiques in Kent.'

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John Connor: We're Not Gonna Make It (Terminator 2)

ALT: John Connor: We're Not Gonna Make It (Terminator 2)

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Roland Smith @rolandmcs.bsky.social · 10h

For what it's worth, I think Trump completely made up the Russia diesel deal as well. He makes sh1t up, that's all he does, and he also knows that because America is powerful, others will sort of roll with it/ work around it/ jump to it. He f***ing loves it. C***.

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Roland Smith @rolandmcs.bsky.social · 10h

Of course they didn't. I thought that the moment I heard the news. He just makes sh1t up all the time.

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Roland Smith @rolandmcs.bsky.social · 11h

Zelensky is an absolute player.

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Roland Smith @rolandmcs.bsky.social · 11h

It's not great that 'only' 35% of Americans still approve of Trump - it is f***ing disgrace that that many Americans still support him.

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Tony Yates @t0nyyates.bsky.social · 13h

Obvious... but great that ex military people with credibility are pointing it out, so that voters can take notice

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Roland Smith @rolandmcs.bsky.social · 11h

Trump completely made up that 'energy ceasefire'. A figment of his deranged imagination.

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SpinningHugo @spinninghugo.bsky.social · 18h

I wonder if Americans in general understand the damage being done. There is a ground war in Europe. Russia has invaded its neighbour, without any justification. And the United States is now siding with Russia. What do you think we Europeans think of that?

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Roland Smith @rolandmcs.bsky.social · 18h

I realise Mr Leslie is generally not popular here.

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Roland Smith @rolandmcs.bsky.social · 18h

I'm warming to the theme that representing a political party can kill someone's ability to think independently or critically. Bias and motivated reasoning take over until the boundary between self and party becomes blurred. Or maybe this is just the Right. bsky.app/profile/rola...

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Roland Smith @rolandmcs.bsky.social · 18h

One session I went to was with Gabrielle Rifkind on her book 'How To Agree To Disagree'. It did inspire me... to go and re-read Ian Leslie's 'How To Disagree', which I seem to recall was rather good.

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Roland Smith @rolandmcs.bsky.social · 19h

Is it now a feature of failed Tory PMs that well after leaving office, they keep going on about the main thing they pushed as PM despite it not working at the time? Sunak: Rwanda. Truss: Mini budget.

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Roland Smith @rolandmcs.bsky.social · 22h

Morning. (The Times... today)

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Roland Smith @rolandmcs.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

This is why we need them to speak up. Loudly and clearly.

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Roland Smith @rolandmcs.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

In fact, how about we hear from all those British political figures who seemed to think Trump is/was the bees knees. Don't be shy, we want a full-throated opinion on this.

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Roland Smith @rolandmcs.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Just for once, I'd like to hear Farage's thoughts on this monstrous piece of sh1t.

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Colin @colinthegrump.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Trump is a cunt. From all of the UK except Nigel_Farage

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Roland Smith @rolandmcs.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Just home. Quite fun. And I listened to some of the festival while driving there and back. My personal takeaway: you learn more, quicker and more effectively, from the written word than from the spoken word. As I run a podcast, I guess that makes me Gerald Ratner.

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Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

I try to avoid this language, but what a fucking piece of 💩

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Nsignificannot @nsignificannot.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Zelensky is a Global Hero who speaks truth. Trump is a monstrous lying cunt.

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Roland Smith @rolandmcs.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

No, I only just made it available last week.

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Roland Smith @rolandmcs.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

It's now on Apple and also on Pocketcasts. Where do you need it?

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Roland Smith @rolandmcs.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

I've said for years that Remainers are shit at politics but good at policy. Leavers are the opposite. I don't think anything has changed on that front in ten years.

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Roland Smith @rolandmcs.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Mordaunt is now holding the floor at the end of this debate. She knows she and her side have 'bossed' this debate.

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Roland Smith @rolandmcs.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Maybe this is a dry run for how a Rejoin referendum will go, with Rejoiners getting punched hard in the face daily and not seeing it coming ('but polls said everyone wanted to rejoin...!')

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Roland Smith @rolandmcs.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

(Clarifier: Yes, Pryce made a point of saying she is *still* against joining the Euro. At the start of the pro-EU pitch...)

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Roland Smith @rolandmcs.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

By contrast, you have pro-Brexit partisans Fraser Nelson and Penny Mordaunt sounding/ appearing calm and accomplished. Penny is building factories everywhere (apparently) and Fraser pitches as a very cosmopolitan European against the EU.

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Roland Smith @rolandmcs.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

One of the first things Pryce said is she's always been against joining the euro. Also on the pro-EU side, we have @anandmenon.bsky.social who is great but is an independent observer/ commentator. The pro side consequently appear to be losing this debate. #TimesBrexitDebate

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Roland Smith @rolandmcs.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Vicky Pryce is a poor debater and not good to have on your side. #TimesBrexitDebate

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Roland Smith @rolandmcs.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

In Cheltenham today for the literary festival.

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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Holborn and St Pancras byelection: Polanski is an utter failure and it's time for him to go iandunt.substack.com/p/holborn-an...

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Roland Smith @rolandmcs.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

I think because he felt compelled to.

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Roland Smith @rolandmcs.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

And others... bsky.app/profile/rola...

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Roland Smith @rolandmcs.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Dear Right Wing, Quick Reminder: Trump is your guy.

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Ian Bond @cerianbond.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Zelenskyy is right. Let's hope Ukraine has a healthy stock of drones and cruise missiles to apply its own sanctions on Russian refining and exports. One benefit of Trump ending almost all aid to UA is that he no longer has much leverage in Kyiv to persuade it not to.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Zelenskyy says Trump has betrayed Ukraine.

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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Richsrd North, once a mainstrean Eurosceptic, wants to ban the newly elected Holborn MP and Kemi Badenoch (along with Zia Yusuf & Suella Braverman & deputy speaker Nus Ghani Ed Miliband and Nick Clegg from elected office). He would want two British-born parents to be the test of eligibility!

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