Reposted by @stephbellingham.bsky.socialCovie @covie93.bsky.social · 03/10/2026The man who took out full page ads demanding the death penalty for five Black and Latino teenagers falsely accused of rape is out here worried that the seven majority white Cornell frat boys accused of rape "won't get a fair shake". 8929931011
Reposted by @stephbellingham.bsky.socialDavid Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 27/09/2026The techbros don't want you to see this trailer. Pass it on. 3249722753
Reposted by @stephbellingham.bsky.socialStephen Morgan MP @stephenmorganmp.bsky.social · 21/09/2026The RNLI's people represent the very best of society and our city. They dedicate themselves to rescuing people they've never met before, without judgment, fear or favour👇🏻 www.portsmouth.co.uk/news/portsmouth-mp-backs-rnli-volunteers-after-threats-9128353portsmouth.co.ukPortsmouth MP thanks RNLI volunteers with public letter after threats made to crewsRNLI volunteers have faced threats and abuse 14212
Reposted by @stephbellingham.bsky.socialTim Bale @timbale.bsky.social · 19/09/2026That wouldn't happen to be tax paid on profits made, in no small part, from the delusions and often outright misery of thousands upon thousands of his fellow countrymen, would it?ft.comUK’s top taxpayer says he would ‘not wish to be reborn’ in BritainBetfred founder Fred Done threatens 500 shop closures over tax rises that have left him fearful for the UK’s prospects 93610149
Reposted by @stephbellingham.bsky.socialAlskicav @alskicav.bsky.social · 18/09/2026BBC News - "The Smith's Johnny Marr's guitars sell for almost £4m at auction...100% of the hammer price of 31 lots... donated to two charities: The Guide Dogs for the Blind Association and The National Autistic Society" What a top fella. Achieving national treasure status (if he wasn't already)bbc.co.ukThe Smith's Johnny Marr's guitars sell for almost £4m at auctionOne instrument was used on the The Smiths' debut album and also appeared on the cover of Oasis's debut single. 622960
Reposted by @stephbellingham.bsky.socialIan Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 16/09/2026She was brilliant and sharp and warm - three things that very rarely go together. We were Twitter friends for years and she was one of those steadfastly moral and compassionate voices who made every day online nicer place to be. I am so deeply sorry to read this www.theguardian.com/books/2026/s...theguardian.comBonnie Greer, writer and cultural commentator, dies aged 77The British-American novelist and playwright who regularly appeared on panel shows will be remembered for her ‘warmth, humour and generosity’, says her husband 381130157
Reposted by @stephbellingham.bsky.socialAlex von Tunzelmann @alexvont.bsky.social · 10/09/2026If you feel like donating to the RNLI, here’s a link. I just have. Their minimum donation is £2: I think it might be nice for them to receive a lot of donations this week, even if they’re mostly very modest. Just so they know a lot of people out here appreciate their work. rnli.org/support-us/g...rnli.orgDonate to the RNLI and help save lives at seaYour donations really make a difference. We depend on your generosity to educate people to stay safe and prevent tragedies on and offshore. Donate here. 4920921254
Reposted by @stephbellingham.bsky.socialWill Jennings📉🗳️ @drjennings.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Seriously, are we living in a society where politicians should be asking to see people's papers when they arrive at a hotel? Maybe the BBC journalists could have asked about that? 49128
Reposted by @stephbellingham.bsky.socialIlikecaketoo (UK) @ilikecaketoo.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Disgraceful that the RNLI have to say this today, but here we are 😞. If you would like to donate👇🏻. rnli.org/support-us/g... #RNLI #RNLISavesLives 621934870
Reposted by @stephbellingham.bsky.socialHOPE not hate @hopenothate.org.uk · 08/09/2026Tomorrow night, Channel 4 Dispatches airs the findings of a year-long investigation into Tommy Robinson’s finances. Watch it. Then come back here. We’ve got more to show you. 511872789
Reposted by @stephbellingham.bsky.socialRebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 08/09/2026I think I noted during the recent Belfast riots that a certain kind of man is not really interested in protecting women & girls; he's interested in protecting the exclusive right of his kind of man to abuse and control women and girls. 412795620
Reposted by @stephbellingham.bsky.socialKatie Martin @katie0martin.ft.com · 06/09/2026So sick of these arrivals on small trains 1529949
Reposted by @stephbellingham.bsky.socialColin Elves @colinelves.bsky.social · 06/09/2026I have legitimate concerns about the rise of the far right in the UK and I want to know what the politicians are going to do about it. 1636988
Reposted by @stephbellingham.bsky.socialJonathan Coe @jonathancoe.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Farage's grinning response says it all. Every day Reform and its supporters reveal themselves for who they are and yet the media continues to treat them as just another normal political party. 191166432
Reposted by @stephbellingham.bsky.socialHOPE not hate @hopenothate.org.uk · 05/09/2026🚨 BREAKING: Patriot Platform, a new far right group launched by Tommy Robinson’s right hand man Daniel Thomas (AKA Danny Tommo) has blockaded the port and several roads in Dover. The masked men are from subgroups of PP, including Sussex, Essex, and South East Patriots Here’s all you need to know. 2131398861
Reposted by @stephbellingham.bsky.socialLee Hurley @hleehurley.com · 05/09/2026As gangs of masked men block Dover port, I will just leave this here www.theguardian.com/environment/...theguardian.comFive Just Stop Oil activists receive record sentences for planning to block M25Campaigners receive longest ever sentences for non-violent protest after being convicted of conspiracy to cause public nuisance 3923951157
Reposted by @stephbellingham.bsky.socialAsher HELLbein @asherelbein.bsky.social · 25/08/2026As with American culture, Dolly sought to represent the best of what southern culture can be, in defiance of the no-good peckerwood assholes who try to define it at its worst 32745447
Reposted by @stephbellingham.bsky.socialGarrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 25/08/2026One way you know Dolly Parton lived life the right way: I don’t think anyone’s going to get fired for accurately quoting Dolly Parton today. 226395047142
Reposted by @stephbellingham.bsky.socialDuncan Jones @manmademoon.bsky.social · 24/08/2026Brilliant bit of writing here. Treat yourself. 2027366
Reposted by @stephbellingham.bsky.socialThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 22/08/2026Playing in our faces 509118555389
Reposted by @stephbellingham.bsky.socialTony - Pod Guy - Groves @tonygroves.bsky.social · 20/08/2026BBC invited Palestinian writer, researcher and analyst Muhammad Shehada on to talk about Israel’s decision to investigate the killing of Hind Rajab. Below is Muhammad’s account of what happened next. Full disclosure: I know him years and he’s a regular on the pod. So naturally I believe him 100%. 16589364
Reposted by @stephbellingham.bsky.socialSunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 15/08/2026This is an inappropriate, credulous & politically biased BBC headline. The claims about savings will be sharply contested. News reports should not imclude what reads as an ediorial endorsememt in the headline www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... 1181749522
Reposted by @stephbellingham.bsky.socialOlúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 16/08/2026Plenty to reflect about re: the Arday affair, but I'm going to repeat this one thing. The playbook the right used here is effective even though it's not especially sophisticated, as it relies on the audience to do the dirty work. I've been calling it "Trojan horse propaganda", let's go with that. 1/ 5763112016
Reposted by @stephbellingham.bsky.socialOtto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 11/08/2026Turns out it happened on July 23rd. Give him a boost and let's do something nice 4338352
Reposted by @stephbellingham.bsky.socialDmitry Grozoubinski @explaintrade.com · 10/08/2026College kids defacing a McDonalds during a climate change rally lead to calls to call in the tanks, whereas coke-head wife beaters trying to burn refugees alive get sorrowful expressions of sympathy for their "legitimate underlying concerns" and "lads with strong feelings, what can you do?" shrug. 6588154
Reposted by @stephbellingham.bsky.socialAlaina Wood @thegarbagequeen.bsky.social · 04/08/2026When scientists say it’s not too late to address the climate crisis, we really mean it. Resources to work through your climate emotions and then get involved in activism are always linked in my bio. 415162
Reposted by @stephbellingham.bsky.socialMayor of London, Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk · 24/07/2026At a time when trans people face growing hostility, solidarity matters. This weekend, tens of thousands of Londoners and visitors will come together at London Trans+ Pride to show that our city stands for inclusion, respect and equality.attitude.co.ukLondon Trans+ Pride march to end in Trafalgar Square for first timeLondon Trans+ Pride will end in Trafalgar Square for the first time when it returns to central London on Saturday (25 July). 1677144
Reposted by @stephbellingham.bsky.socialLiam Thorp @liamthorp.bsky.social · 19/07/2026I meet people every week when out vox popping who are completely convinced that small boat crossings are rising exponentially. They aren’t - they are falling substantially. Journalists and politicians have a duty to get this message across. Some are mendacious, others just incompetent. 16412163
Reposted by @stephbellingham.bsky.socialProf Penny Endersby @pennyend.bsky.social · 19/07/2026If you live inland you may not have noticed that the Met Office app has tide times, wave heights and weather-appropriate sea safety advice for beach locations. Very useful in planning your day out 12211
Reposted by @stephbellingham.bsky.socialJames Murray @james-bg.bsky.social · 19/07/2026This is so, so bad. She’s taken the very narrow point that domestic drilling may result in oil and gas with a slightly lower carbon footprint than some imports and extrapolated it out to make sweeping claims about UK emissions increasing that are entirely false. So deeply unserious. 16454178
Reposted by @stephbellingham.bsky.socialDave Haslam @davehaslam.bsky.social · 17/07/2026Andy Burnham at the end of a pretty decent speech this afternoon enjoying a standing ovation and a happy dance to ‘True Faith’… 75012
Reposted by @stephbellingham.bsky.socialAdam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 17/07/2026I'm old enough to remember when the entire British right had a month long meltdown about "foreign interference" when Obama said something mildly disobliging about Brexit. The Trump administration pouring millions of dollars into far right political groups in the UK? Not a peep 641437637
Reposted by @stephbellingham.bsky.socialAnonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 17/07/2026The United States is advancing a whole-of-government campaign to weaken the ICC and undermine international law, shielding individuals particularly from the U.S., Israel, and Russia accused of mass murder, mass rape, and the systematic kidnapping and torture of civilians, including children. 54561287
Reposted by @stephbellingham.bsky.socialMichael J. Stern @michaeljstern.bsky.social · 17/07/2026I'm never going to get over the fact that the president of the United States paid a woman more than $5 million after a jury found him liable for raping her. And he's still president. And people still support him. Never. Get. Over. It. 478174344911
Reposted by @stephbellingham.bsky.socialandré, but scarier @andre-carlisle.bsky.social · 12/07/2026fatality www.instagram.com/p/DasR6g-lZB... 4438351209
Reposted by @stephbellingham.bsky.socialLizzie Dearden @lizziedearden.bsky.social · 12/07/2026Russia is inflaming the debate on immigration in Britain as part of “increasing ambitions to disrupt our way of life”, counter-terror police and experts say It has directly and indirectly paid right-wing influencers to spread messages that align with its political goals inews.co.uk/news/putin-i...inews.co.ukHow Putin is inflaming immigration tensions to spark disorder in BritainCounter-terror leaders reveal the tactics Russia is using to sow division in the UK 1001570865
Reposted by @stephbellingham.bsky.socialJohn Rain🥇 @johnrain.co.uk · 12/07/2026No one has relied on Bellingham this much since him. 1127149
Reposted by @stephbellingham.bsky.socialJosiah Mortimer @josiahmortimer.bsky.social · 08/07/2026One from the archives: "A video of Nigel Farage shows him saying that as an MEP he could earn as much as a Goldman Sachs banker through claiming expenses and employing his wife" (which he did) When Farage talks about how much he's supposedly sacrificed financially by going into politics...theguardian.comNigel Farage claims in video MEPs can earn like a Goldman Sachs bankerIn footage from 1999 or 2000, the Ukip leader is heard criticising the MEP expense system as 'wrong' and 'monstrous' 9664363
Reposted by @stephbellingham.bsky.socialChris Grey @chrisgrey.bsky.social · 07/07/2026Beneath all the victimhood & self-indulgence, the deadly serious intent is to try to make future media and parliamentary scutiny of him seem illegitimate, using one part of the democratic process, voting, to subvert other parts of it. Despicable & dangerous, but not without risk for Farage himself. 916170
Reposted by @stephbellingham.bsky.socialDavid J. Bier @davidjbier.bsky.social · 06/07/2026👀Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas finds that illegal immigration under Biden massively reduced per capita transfers: 1% increase in flows cut transfers per capita by 5%! This is "consistent with the positive employment effects we find, which reduce the need for programs." 1125478
Reposted by @stephbellingham.bsky.socialBo Thompson @gaudipern.bsky.social · 05/07/2026There's a perverse symbolism in the legacy of White racism sheltering under the bowers of all African Americans have done for this country while patiently waiting for the chance to go back to insisting we are a drain upon their society and that they never needed us at all. 4261941616
Reposted by @stephbellingham.bsky.socialAudrey Farnsworth @audipenny.bsky.social · 03/07/2026America keeps trying to get me to go to her birthday party and I’m like no girl u need to go to the hospital 85204065085
Reposted by @stephbellingham.bsky.socialJess O'Thomson @jessothomson.co.uk · 03/07/2026🚨 WE NEED YOU 🚨 As a new Prime Minister comes into power, we want to show that an overwhelming number of people support trans people, and want the government to take serious action to protect their rights. Will you say you stand with trans people? And share with everyone you know?goodlaw.socialI stand with trans people | Good Law Project 131568984
Reposted by @stephbellingham.bsky.socialAbbey @abbeyarletto.bsky.social · 23/06/2026When reality surpasses fiction! Top: fictional forecast for August 2050, broadcast by French TV in 2014 to warn about the consequences of global warming. Bottom: Real French forecast for yesterday, June 22, 2026. 236168277553
Reposted by @stephbellingham.bsky.socialEmmanuelle Chaze @emmanuellechaze.com · 21/06/2026🌈🇺🇦 Kyiv Pride, today. Just imagine, we are under martial law, but the gathering is allowed, because we live in a democracy and people show up to advocate for their basic human rights. Not something you could see in Moscow. 0959263
Reposted by @stephbellingham.bsky.socialAdam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 21/06/2026The attacks in Edinburgh, in which an armed bare-chested white man terrorised Muslims, leaving five people injured, don't feature on a single newspaper front page this morning. Two tier journalism 19855742439
Reposted by @stephbellingham.bsky.socialJon Will Chambers @jonchambers.co.uk · 19/06/2026Where’s Andy Burnham going? 511338515
