Trevor Greetham @trevor-greetham.bsky.social · 09/11/2025The Trump Doctrine: 1. America First - ex the 50%+ who vote DEM or Trump look different 2. Hard right friends and autocrats Second - Russia, Argentina, Hungary, China, North Korea, Israel current regime 3. Democracies and allies Third - NATO, Canada, EU, UK, Switzerland, Denmark, South Africa! 020
Trevor Greetham @trevor-greetham.bsky.social · 08/10/2025The world’s worst ventriloquist act. Wiggy and Bob. 010
Trevor Greetham @trevor-greetham.bsky.social · 13/09/2025Putin will be laughing his head off. NATO includes non-aligned Turkey. Trump has no intention of sanctioning Russia and has found a formulation to point the finger elsewhere. Despicable. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukTrump 'ready' to sanction Russia if Nato nations stop buying its oilThe US president has repeatedly threatened tougher measures against Moscow, but has so far failed to take action. 010
Trevor Greetham @trevor-greetham.bsky.social · 05/09/2025Well worth reading. Suggests Labour has nothing to lose by taking Brexit head on to shore up its core vote and improve the economy. Aping Farage only strengthens his minority support. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukSir John Curtice: How Reform's capture of the Brexit vote could be enough to win an electionThe party has now been ahead in the polls for five months, but can it keep the momentum? 050
Trevor Greetham @trevor-greetham.bsky.social · 24/08/2025BBC News platforms a climate sceptic on Radio 4 World at One to back up Reform’s questionable view that fossil fuels are cheaper than renewables. The fact she also disputes global warming should be mentioned as essential context. www.desmog.com/2023/06/22/c...desmog.comClimate Sceptic Goes Unchallenged on BBC’s Today ProgrammeThe BBC’s flagship current affairs show this week has hosted a climate sceptic with links to the gas sector without declaring the guest’s professional ties, DeSmog can reveal. Kathryn Porter was intro... 131
Reposted by Trevor GreethamLBC @lbc.co.uk · 11/07/2025'This isn't a football match. This is people's lives.' Francesca Albanese pushes back against the tendency to brand people 'pro-Palestine' or 'pro-Israel', telling @mrjamesob.bsky.social that 'one injustice does not justify more injustice.' 18427111
Reposted by Trevor GreethamAnand Menon @anandmenon.bsky.social · 11/07/2025BBC news seems to have adopted what I presume is the government’s distinction between those crossing in small boats and ‘genuine asylum seekers’. They should reconsider, not least given the proportion of the latter who have their asylum claims approved. 431200261
Trevor Greetham @trevor-greetham.bsky.social · 11/07/2025Irvine Welsh (Trainspotting) nails the new addiction. 130
Trevor Greetham @trevor-greetham.bsky.social · 08/07/2025The Rainmaker returns www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukRishi Sunak takes job at Goldman SachsSunak will take up the part-time role while remaining Conservative MP for Richmond and Northallerton. 010
Trevor Greetham @trevor-greetham.bsky.social · 04/07/2025This is spot on. Farage goes from strength to strength because his opponents think their best line of attack is to wear his clothes. 🤦 000
Reposted by Trevor GreethamPeter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 04/07/2025It will probably come as no surprise to anyone that Brexit has been slammed as a 'complete disaster' that 'ruined most of the country' in a poll marking nine years since the UK voted to leave the EU www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...mirror.co.ukBrexit a 'disaster' that 'ruined the country' - referendum 'should be repeated'On the ninth anniversary of the day the UK voted to leave the EU, we asked readers to have their say on whether Brexit has been a success - and Mirror readers had a lot to say on the matter. 19334761185
Reposted by Trevor GreethamSenator Patty Murray @murray.senate.gov · 03/07/2025Republicans' Big Ugly Bill is about one thing: taking away programs that give American families a HAND UP in hard times, to pay for a HAND OUT for the richest people on the planet. It's immoral and wrong. House Members must vote NO. 20537123
Trevor Greetham @trevor-greetham.bsky.social · 28/06/2025We’re going to have to take on the vested interests, says Farage, a millisecond after pledging loyalty to the fossil fuel lobby. 052
Reposted by Trevor GreethamBest for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 23/06/2025"Billionaire Michael Bloomberg has told an audience in Dublin that Brexit was the single stupidest thing any country has ever done." ~AA www.rte.ie/news/busines...rte.ieBrexit the 'stupidest thing any country has ever done'Billionaire Michael Bloomberg has told an audience in Dublin that Brexit was the single stupidest thing any country has ever done, adding that "it's hard to believe how they did it." 60571173
Reposted by Trevor GreethamThe Empty City @davidallengreen.bsky.social · 14/06/2025My @prospectmagazine.co.uk column from earlier this year on Trump “joking” about being a king. He means it, on a legal-constitutional analysis of his actions. He really believes all power flows from him. #NoKings www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/law/th...prospectmagazine.co.ukThe president who jokes about being a kingHow different is Trump’s view of political and legal power from absolute kingship? 1029192
Reposted by Trevor GreethamDr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 14/06/2025#NoKings protest in Philadelphia 5948481000
Trevor Greetham @trevor-greetham.bsky.social · 12/06/2025Is the AUKUS submarine review linked to the consequences America threatened when Britain, Australia and others announced sanctions on extremist Israeli cabinet members? Either way, Trump’s talk of a “kill switch” on planes provided to allies would make me think twice about ordering subs. 000
Reposted by Trevor GreethamRolling Stone @rollingstone.com · 10/06/2025Sources said that even at the start of his second term, Trump was discussing with multiple advisers where & when it would make sense to send in federal troops, either for supposed crime control or in response to larger-scale public activism against his agenda. 🔗 www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol... 14841621874
Trevor Greetham @trevor-greetham.bsky.social · 11/06/2025Checking in on our American cousins. Republican speaker calling to mind KKK punishments? Just fine. 🙈 010
Trevor Greetham @trevor-greetham.bsky.social · 10/06/2025And he describes other sovereign nations sanctioning Israeli far right ministers as “overreach”, saying the US will respond (in)appropriately. 010
Trevor Greetham @trevor-greetham.bsky.social · 09/06/2025I preferred “When they go low, we go high.” 😦 022
Trevor Greetham @trevor-greetham.bsky.social · 07/06/2025Pathetic British parody act rips off pathetic American parody act. 000
Trevor Greetham @trevor-greetham.bsky.social · 07/06/2025Was genuinely confused by the Kemi Badenoch speech yesterday. One minute Reform was just another left wing party wanting to increase welfare spending. The next she claimed victory for the Conservatives in getting winter fuel payments restored. 😵💫 331
Trevor Greetham @trevor-greetham.bsky.social · 06/06/2025There should be a national Brexit enquiry. Perfect vehicle for a much needed manifesto U-turn. 👏 050
Trevor Greetham @trevor-greetham.bsky.social · 29/05/2025Painting the last few figures before Against the Giants, a Gary Gygax classic I last played in 1980. Fighting might not be the best strategy, guys. #DnD #5e #Minatures 110
Reposted by Trevor GreethamEuropean Commission @ec.europa.eu · 28/05/2025The results of our latest Eurobarometer are in. Europe remains engaged, optimistic, and united! ⬇️ 10340100
Trevor Greetham @trevor-greetham.bsky.social · 28/05/2025Dystopian www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukUS halts student visa appointments and plans expanded social media vettingIt comes during a Trump crackdown on top universities, which he accuses of failing to combat antisemitism. 100
Reposted by Trevor GreethamJacob Öberg @profjacob.bsky.social · 26/05/2025🚨🚨Great @newsagents.bsky.social talk between @eddavey.libdems.org.uk and @maitlis.bsky.social. ED:" I think the customs union is the first big step, that would make a major difference to our industry, really boost growth". EM: "And if it is the fingers up to Donald Trump, so be it" ED: "Yeah". 912638
Reposted by Trevor GreethamJacob Öberg @profjacob.bsky.social · 22/05/2025🚨🚨 I would like to say I am surprised but this devastating policy move by the #Trump administration is largely in line with its ongoing authoritarian crackdown on science, democracy, rule of law and all other values we hold dear in a modern liberal society. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...theguardian.comTrump administration halts Harvard’s ability to enroll international studentsHomeland security secretary Kristi Noem posts copy of department’s letter to university on X 1810039
Reposted by Trevor GreethamAlexander Clarkson @aphclarkson.bsky.social · 21/05/2025There is a horseshoe dynamic when it comes to Brexit supporting academics. In the 1990s right-wing scholars shifted from anti-Communism to viewing the EU as USSR 2.0 while left-wing ones portrayed the EU as a imperialist capitalist project. By the 2010s they were agreeing with each other on panels 44910
Reposted by Trevor GreethamPaul Brand @paulbrand.bsky.social · 20/05/2025New YouGov poll: - 66% would support the UK having closer relationship with the EU - This includes half of both Leave (52%) and Reform UK (54%) voters - Majority (53%) support Britain rejoining the European Union - Six in ten believe Brexit has been more of a failure than a success 60946328
Reposted by Trevor GreethamJacob Öberg @profjacob.bsky.social · 19/05/2025🚨🚨OK, so let us take a step back and then review carefully what was actually agreed today between the EU and the UK. Tldr; small minor nibbles around the corner of the basic Frost-Johnson TCA deal which remain the cornerstone of the relationship. 🧵 ec.europa.eu/commission/p...ec.europa.euQuestions and answers on the package agreed at EU-United Kingdom SummitSUMMIT PACKAGE\nWhat does the Summit package consist of? \nThere are three concrete outputs from today\'s Summit: \n\nEU-United Kingdom Joint Statement \n\n\nSecurity and Defence Partnership between t... 11178104
Reposted by Trevor GreethamEdwin Hayward @edwinhayward.com · 18/05/2025This is a superb new resource about rejoining the EU. rejoin.info It takes all the thorny questions, and the objections and obstacles people throw in the way of rejoining, and tackles each one slowly, factually and calmly. Bottom line: we can rejoin. It won't necessarily take a very long time.rejoin.inforejoin.infoThe Rejoin EU knowledge base 42556265
Trevor Greetham @trevor-greetham.bsky.social · 13/05/2025Succinctly put. Labour hasn’t built a counter narrative and is stuck with apeing its opponents. 013
Trevor Greetham @trevor-greetham.bsky.social · 13/05/2025This is how Conservative/Reform gets in at the next election. Natural Labour voters will stay home. People who like the new rhetoric won’t vote Labour anyway. 021
Reposted by Trevor GreethamCarolineJMolloy @carolinejmolloy.bsky.social · 12/05/2025The headline doesn’t quite capture the furious, biting sarcasm of this piece by @mrjohncrace.bsky.social - which is definitely worth a few minutes of your time www.theguardian.com/politics/202...theguardian.comThe race to the bottom is on as Starmer delivers his great immigration reset | John CraceA week after Reform cleans up at the local elections, the prime minister decides it’s time to ‘take back control’ 67945
Reposted by Trevor GreethamChris Grey @chrisgrey.bsky.social · 12/05/2025And politically stupid, too. Alienates core vote (& they do have places to go) in pursuit of votes he'll rarely get, & demolishes his core policy agenda of growth, making his re-election more unlikely. Even those (inc. me) willing to cut him a lot of slack feel betrayed. A truly awful day for UK. 851434413
Reposted by Trevor GreethamRobert Shrimsley @robertshrimsley.bsky.social · 12/05/2025This is Labour's core problem here. The right will never allow Starmer a win on immigration because the issue is central to their appeal and therey' daren't lose it. So whatever he does will never be enough. 711107255