Reposted by alanTim Bale @timbale.bsky.social · 3hLabour, as a mid-term government, can be pretty satisfied with losing just four points, although the Greens moving up 22 points after the week they've had should help Burnham and co. avoid complacency. 68216
Reposted by alanParody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Zia is right - Robert Jenrick should never again be allowed anywhere near power. 48846205
Reposted by alanParody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Latest approval ratings for party leaders. I thought populists were meant to be popular..? 2140693
Reposted by alanRon Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 16hSign me up for the Official Trump Administration Enemies List. It’s AI. 155372691526
alan @spacexecadet.bsky.social · 16hat dinner, now that we've successfully chained the others to the radiators in the lounge 030
alan @spacexecadet.bsky.social · 17hPioneer, and the magnitude of the achievement should not be understated. Computing then was tough and very very prone to disastrous consequences unless very rigorously written and tested. I only had a global reservations system to worry about, not the maths and integrity to reach the moon and back. 000
alan @spacexecadet.bsky.social · 17hI'll take the Gay Dutch Apron, and the Softly Feminine Pyjamas look very fine too. 000
Reposted by alanC20 Society @c20society.bsky.social · 21hNEWS: We’re pleased to announce that Berthold Lubetkin’s Festival of Britain bus shelter in Hillesley, Gloucestershire, has been listed Grade II, following a recent application by C20. The Cotswold vernacular structure is believed to be a unique example of Lubetkin working in a traditional manner. 1409
Reposted by alanJohn Zerafa @johnzerafa.bsky.social · 07/10/2026 @lewisgoodall.com on super form in this 👏 youtu.be/-g5ZwVGMxl8?...youtu.beLewis Goodall: How the Tories became a pathetic parliamentary forceYouTube video by LBC 2215
alan @spacexecadet.bsky.social · 21hApparently lots of people have succumbed to the same AirBnb scam 020
alan @spacexecadet.bsky.social · 23hThis is the ticket, proper byelection image. Well done Guardian keeping your end up. BTW has Trump waded in yet ? 000
alan @spacexecadet.bsky.social · 07/10/2026of course you deserve much more for saving my life the other day but, well, it's a start. 020
alan @spacexecadet.bsky.social · 07/10/2026'they’re voting Green to elect an independent local MP' Curious description of himself by Zack here, he is after all the party leader. Where does the independent come in ? 350
alan @spacexecadet.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Your wish is my command, I only live to serve etc. etc. 120
alan @spacexecadet.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Can't wait for that nonsense, here's our Britannia shields already deployed, both mobile, one, when inverted, can travel by sea (short distances only) 010
alan @spacexecadet.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Will it still be there on Tuesday so that I can catch it ? 110
alan @spacexecadet.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Thanks GOA, looks jolly ripping, but not about to orchestrate a game. 110
alan @spacexecadet.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Lindi, very pleased for you. I have an interest in what you have termed 'the thyroid bloods'. Do you get the TSH and the T1 T2 etc. Does your GP monitor them or the endocrinologist? 000
Reposted by alanDale Vince @dalevince.com · 07/10/2026We spend £20 Billion on civil servants to run our £3 Trillion economy - and we allow £50 million of private money to have a hand on the steering wheel. It’s quite mad. 1356
Reposted by alanDale Vince @dalevince.com · 07/10/2026I’ve been saying this for some time - the worst thing about our current system, of politics funded by private money - is not the actual influence for cash (real as that can be) but the belief that it is always there. It undermines our democracy. buff.ly/RaMi53Hbuff.lyLabour donor calls for private funding ban for political parties after Reform rowThe UK has a ‘public trust problem’ exacerbated by a parliamentary system where parties are ‘funded by wealthy private interests’, a new report has said 37824