Reposted by @thisoldman.bsky.socialmksu44.bsky.social @mksu44.bsky.social · 11/10/2026Deplorable is the right word!! If only ....static.klipy.comHillary Clinton Says 'I Told You'ALT: Hillary Clinton Says 'I Told You' 322213
Reposted by @thisoldman.bsky.socialRory Cellan-Jones @rorycj.bsky.social · 10/10/2026Waking to another Trump outrage as he bails out his pal in the Kremlin by buying his diesel oil just in time for a winter offensive against Ukraine. This just weeks after tough new sanctions on anyone who buys Russian oil. But for the Times this llatest betrayal is not big news, just fifth story 1648382
Reposted by @thisoldman.bsky.socialClaire #FBPE ☘️ 🍉 🇺🇦 🇪🇺🐝 🦮🇮🇪🇧🇪 💙💚 @fbpech.bsky.social · 10/10/2026alanrusbridger.substack.com/p/britain-ha...alanrusbridger.substack.comBritain has stopped believing in freedom of protestRecent police raids show the authorities are clamping down not just on protest, but the very idea of it 12311
Reposted by @thisoldman.bsky.socialJames O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 10/10/2026If you’re thinking that *this time* they will have to admit Trump’s depravity & their hideous folly in supporting him. Then I’m afraid you’re in for another nasty surprise… 1061537232
Reposted by @thisoldman.bsky.social🇨🇦Tadhg Dalaigh @tadhgdalaigh.bsky.social · 10/10/2026 470177554976
Reposted by @thisoldman.bsky.socialbillkittle.bsky.social @billkittle.bsky.social · 10/10/2026 14855752285
Reposted by @thisoldman.bsky.socialProf Christina Pagel @chrischirp.bsky.social · 10/10/2026Vibes 923012
Reposted by @thisoldman.bsky.socialDan Snow @thehistoryguy.bsky.social · 09/10/2026This a million times. People of colour being dragged on to debate maniacs about imaginary labels & race science is an abomination. proper ‘how German are you’ Nazi shit Note that people like me with white migrant parentage never asked to defend our identity Englishness. Is. A. Made. Up. Thing 252040532
Reposted by @thisoldman.bsky.socialSathnam Sanghera @sathnam.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Dear tv and radio producers. Thankyou for the invitation. But, no, I do not want to appear on your show to defend the idea that I am English, after 50 years of living and working here, because the increasingly feral right want to turn this into a "debate" and you cannot see how you're being played 10851891146
Reposted by @thisoldman.bsky.socialIllia Ponomarenko @ioponomarenko.bsky.social · 10/10/2026 581209300
Reposted by @thisoldman.bsky.socialOtto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Sagal Abdi-Wali came to the UK aged 7 having fled the war in Somalia with her family. She has thrived. Leader of Camden council and now the MP for Holborn and St Pancras. A narrative that runs counter to all we are told about refugees. Congratulations www.theguardian.com/politics/202...theguardian.comLabour fends off Green party to win Holborn and St Pancras byelectionVictory by Sagal Abdi-Wali in north London seat will be a relief for Andy Burnham in high-stakes battle for the left of British politics 912880531
Reposted by @thisoldman.bsky.socialGavin Esler @gavinesler.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Looks like we have entered the "bread and circuses" phase of the decline of the American empire. - Fort Hood Shooter’s Execution Will Be Public and Streamed Live, Pentagon Says www.nytimes.com/2026/10/08/u...nytimes.comFort Hood Shooter’s Execution Will Be Public and Streamed Live, Pentagon SaysIf carried out, the public execution of Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan by firing squad set for Dec. 3 would be the first in modern U.S. history. 139119
Reposted by @thisoldman.bsky.socialFionna O’Leary @fascinatorfun.bsky.social · 16/09/2026A personal story about that phrase “young men of fighting age” applied to asylum seekers. As many of you know I took in a young Ukrainian woman under the Homes for Ukraine scheme. As part of that process, soon after she arrived we were visited by the local authority rep and a Fire Brigade rep. 13460202
Reposted by @thisoldman.bsky.socialDr. Peter Paul Rubens @peterpaulrubens.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Blessed Agostino Novello to the rescue, in Miracle of the baby who fell from the balcony. Saint has even snagged the loose board on his way to save bambino. A+ aerial gymnastics! As immortalized in 1324 by Simone Martini. 69415
Reposted by @thisoldman.bsky.socialRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Starbucks’ CEO made 6,666x more than the company's median employee in 2024. In 2025, he made 1,794x more. And we're supposed to believe Starbucks can't afford to bargain a fair contract with its unionized workers? I will continue my boycott of Starbucks. 633131243898
Reposted by @thisoldman.bsky.socialStephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Great documentaries, like life, happen while the director is busy making other plans. I’ve written a little bit about Up in the FT Weekend:ft.comThe ‘7 Up’ series: didactic social history as masterpieceThis vivid and complex account of life as it is lived has proved to be one of the great happy accidents of television 610523
Reposted by @thisoldman.bsky.socialEileen Pardini 🌎✨🧘♀️🗽🐾 @eileenpardini21.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Do you have any idea how much better things would be right now if Kamala and Tim were in the White House? What if we had elected Al Gore? Hillary Clinton? America needs some soul-searching. 64277861463
thisoldman.bsky.social @thisoldman.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Excellent. This heartfelt, humane and calm response is exactly what is needed to counter the outlandish and absurd rage of the anti-immigrants 000
Reposted by @thisoldman.bsky.socialSarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 12/09/2026Harborne calls his latest bung to Farage a “philanthropic gift to the country”. Philanthropy isn’t funding racists and climate deniers. Or funnelling cash into deregulation and removal of our rights so tax-avoiding billionaires can profiteer from the chaos. That’s just corruption. We don’t want it. 43800249
Reposted by @thisoldman.bsky.socialAnna H @athenepallas.bsky.social · 12/09/2026An RNLI lifeboatman is taking part in the Great North Run tomorrow, wearing his full kit. Please donate here if you can: fundraise.rnli.org/fundraisers/...fundraise.rnli.orgJames WatersI'm taking on Great North Run 2026 - please help me reach my fundraising goal of £1000! 11503273
Reposted by @thisoldman.bsky.socialFionna O’Leary @fascinatorfun.bsky.social · 13/09/2026The price 👇of over reliance on oil & gas and the fact that UK underinvestment in the grid infrastructure means we are of the grid is the price we have paid for our high prices 74418
Reposted by @thisoldman.bsky.socialFionna O’Leary @fascinatorfun.bsky.social · 13/09/2026My thread broke. So sorry Prices on bills is expected to rise in the short term but then fall quite sharply Sticking the costs on electricity bills, as has been the case for decades, is both unfair and shortsighted, hampering the project of reducing emissions by changing to heat pumps.. 1259
Reposted by @thisoldman.bsky.socialFionna O’Leary @fascinatorfun.bsky.social · 11/09/2026WELL DONE EVERYONE. I know several people have responded to SM messages reminding that donation is the loudest voice. VOTE WITH YOUR WALLET BECAUSE THOSE RNLI VOLUNTEERS CAN COUNT IT and COUNT ON it. And money grabbing Tommy Ten Names & side-kick Danny Dumbo will see it. 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. 922089
thisoldman.bsky.social @thisoldman.bsky.social · 04/09/2026If this were proposed as a scene in a movie it'd be rejected as being too silly 010
Reposted by @thisoldman.bsky.socialVictoria Derbyshire @vicderbyshire.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Filmed by Verbatim Media, verified by Channel 4 News 1530130
thisoldman.bsky.social @thisoldman.bsky.social · 23/08/2026"When Carney wrote “we will not allow any nation to determine our future,” that wasn’t a speechwriter having a wank. He’d spent a year and a half laying the slab under every word, and you can’t bluff a bloke who’s actually poured the concrete." 000
Reposted by @thisoldman.bsky.socialChristopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 18/08/2026I’d feel extremely safe on this flight because I already know they had to work twice as hard, be twice as good and make half as many mistakes just to get into those seats. Black women make up less than 1% of professional pilots. Yeah, I’d sleep good on this flight. ✈️ 425149612872
Reposted by @thisoldman.bsky.socialScubagrl @scubagrl.bsky.social · 18/08/2026I had to add this one ✨ youtu.be/0thnlhmHbZM?...youtu.beRay Charles' Iconic Music Shop Scene (John Belushi, Dan Aykroyd) | The Blues BrothersYouTube video by Popcorn Picks 25613
Reposted by @thisoldman.bsky.socialCarole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 17/08/2026NEW: It was a digital lynching. And the media is never going to hold itself to account for the role it played in Jason Arday’s death. But there are things we can do. This is a practical guide based on my own experience. broligarchy.substack.com/p/a-digital-...broligarchy.substack.comA Digital LynchingA practical guide for individuals and organisations when the mobs gather 411999914
Reposted by @thisoldman.bsky.socialOldfatuglynbroke @oldfatuglynbroke.bsky.social · 14/08/2026Human caused climate change was forecast in a newspaper article more than 110 years ago. 25013
Reposted by @thisoldman.bsky.socialDavid Esdale @davidesdale.bsky.social · 14/08/2026How far we have fallen from this kind of dialog in the Senate. 82979
Reposted by @thisoldman.bsky.socialSaganism @sagan.bsky.social · 14/08/202641 years ago, Carl Sagan gave a clear and elegant explanation of the science behind global warming. 392142935758
Reposted by @thisoldman.bsky.socialChris Grey @chrisgrey.bsky.social · 14/08/2026Initially, Farage spoke of there being a "plot to embarrass him" at the count. He should have added that he was the author of that plot. 1334670
Reposted by @thisoldman.bsky.socialStephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 14/08/2026Reform’s electoral record at parliamentary by-elections: win by five votes when the previous Labour MP had literally decked one of his constituents. Lose. Lose. Lose. Lose. Lose. Beat a novelty candidate with no ground game while doing worse than the Tories in the same seat in 2019. 13844226
Reposted by @thisoldman.bsky.socialSarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 13/08/2026It would be genuinely uplifting if Clacton has the wit today to vote for Count Binface and not inflict Farage on us all again. We don’t need his greedy, lying, racist negativity in our politics. He’s done nothing good and he never will. Come on Clacton, don’t give him another chance. 541204276
Reposted by @thisoldman.bsky.socialPaul Bernal @paulbernal.bsky.social · 07/08/2026‘Listening’ to ‘legitimate concerns’ is what led us to violent riots in Thetford. Embracing flag-shagging is what inspires lynch mobs. These are the worst of people, and we should have said so clearly and loudly from the start. We should be saying it now. 33824237
Reposted by @thisoldman.bsky.socialThe Secret Barrister @barristersecret.bsky.social · 06/08/2026I have enormous sympathy with people angry that the political vandalism of our prison system is forcing the (even earlier) release of prisoners. It is a scandal. But deciding who does and does not get released on the basis of the volume of public outcry at their crime is the road to madness. 601512314
Reposted by @thisoldman.bsky.socialSarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 02/08/2026Yes. Johnson absolutely couldn’t have wise MPs in his party. His ego couldn’t hack people who saw him for what he really is, rather than what he pretended to be. His whole Brexit fantasy couldn’t be torched by truth-tellers either. It’s been a swift plummet into far right lunacy from there. 1024930
Reposted by @thisoldman.bsky.socialSven-Erik Volberg @volberg.bsky.social · 01/08/2026Secretary General of the Estonian 🇪🇪 Ministry of Foreign Affairs. With the correct take. I'm not a huge fan of Spains PM Sánchez but in crises you support and help first, horse-trade after. Its not about personal politics, it about valuable ally and member of OUR #EU 1130474
Reposted by @thisoldman.bsky.socialThe Guardian @theguardian.com · 01/08/2026No apologies, no freebies: the man who makes Andy Burnham’s jackets on how to weather a stormtheguardian.comNo apologies, no freebies: the man who makes Andy Burnham’s jackets on how to weather a stormPrivate White VC’s James Eden says PM should not be criticised for wearing a high-quality British-made brand 5307
Reposted by @thisoldman.bsky.socialLaurence - highest score ever in the Neasden Cognitive Test!! @laurenceineu.bsky.social · 01/08/2026I tidied up my little joke and arranged it into an image. 023
Reposted by @thisoldman.bsky.socialThe Editorial Board @editorialboard.bsky.social · 29/07/2026Dr. Fauci is a hero. He really is. He helped guide America thru a mass death event. Millions more could have died but they did not, thanks to him. Everyone over 70 owes him a debt. It is disgusting that we live in a country that not only dishonors him but actively smears his good name. 417150653590
Reposted by @thisoldman.bsky.social🍁🇨🇦Team Canada Forever🇨🇦🍁 @teamcanadaforever.bsky.social · 26/07/2026Call me crazy, but maybe two men who fathered 19 children with 7 different women shouldn’t be lecturing us about family values. 592210204780
Reposted by @thisoldman.bsky.socialchiller @chiller.eurosky.social · 27/07/2026Loving this exposé on #C4News of the crooked crap going on between #Harborne, #Farage and #Reform. 719550
Reposted by @thisoldman.bsky.socialSarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 27/07/2026The stranglehold the rightwing and far right have on our politics is absurd. Not a single policy or idea that benefits the country. A wild aversion to tax, immigration, NetZero, the EU.. trapping us in a dismal dead-end, unable to make progress for fear of the DailyMail demographic losing its shit. 861962524
Reposted by @thisoldman.bsky.socialOtto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 27/07/2026Given that a genuine UKIP policy under Farage was "to make the circle line a circle again" this all looks eminently sane. 32449106
Reposted by @thisoldman.bsky.socialKimberley Johnson @kimberleyjohnson.bsky.social · 27/07/2026It's not a disagreement about politics. Itr's a morality/decency thing. 893267705396
Reposted by @thisoldman.bsky.socialJonathan Edward Durham @thisone0verhere.bsky.social · 21/07/2026My cat, who is unemployed and refuses to vote, is unhappy with his fancy new cat food and l, a walking talking miracle capable of reason, art, science, and philosophy, am on my way back to the store to rectify the matter immediately for some reason 891944194
