Adam @tricktrifle.bsky.social · 20/04/2026You can murder thousands of children with impunity, but we draw the line at desecrating statues www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukOutrage over Israeli soldier's vandalism of Jesus statue in LebanonThe Israeli military says it views with 000
Adam @tricktrifle.bsky.social · 17/04/2026"A spokesperson said neither Sir Keir nor any minister were aware Lord Mandelson had failed the vetting process until earlier this week." Bridge for sale. One careful owner. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukTop Foreign Office official Olly Robbins to leave post after Mandelson vetting rowSir Olly Robbins has effectively been sacked after his department did not inform the prime minister that Lord Mandelson had failed security vetting. 000
Reposted by AdamAdam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 01/03/2026Just naked racism from Farage and the Mail. Only British and commonwealth citizens are allowed to vote. It's not 'stealing' to legally take part in your own country's elections 2403402896
Adam @tricktrifle.bsky.social · 01/03/2026There is no reasonable definition of "rogue state" that does not see the US and Israel as world-leading in that category 010
Adam @tricktrifle.bsky.social · 27/02/2026When Starmer's Labour are so clearly prepared to lose the next general election rather than give any ground to the soft left, you have to conclude that they are just deeply right wing 152
Reposted by AdamSaul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 27/02/2026Keir Starmer: the Greens are extremists The Greens: we want people who work hard to have a nice life. 1526794
Reposted by AdamJames Butler @piercepenniless.bsky.social · 27/02/2026Wrote up the by-election, the Green victory and the conferences for Labour at the @lrb.co.uk www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2026/fe... 814751
Adam @tricktrifle.bsky.social · 11/02/2026I happen to agree with Giles Coren that restaurants that serve Giles Coren should not be subject to food hygiene standards 000
Adam @tricktrifle.bsky.social · 06/02/2026I can't even work out what this is manufacturing consent for but it's not good www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukI commute four hours a day to work in the office - Gen Z aren't lazyLily-May Edwards travels two hours each way from north Wales to Liverpool to work in the office. 000
Adam @tricktrifle.bsky.social · 16/01/2026You don't gotta hand it (your Nobel Peace Prize) to Donald Trump 000
Adam @tricktrifle.bsky.social · 12/01/2026Curious how supportive Trump is of the civil liberties of protesters against the government of Iran 021
Adam @tricktrifle.bsky.social · 27/11/2025Pretty remarkable that Reeves managed to find the most cowardly, regressive ways to raise tax possible 110
Adam @tricktrifle.bsky.social · 14/11/2025We're back in this paradox where what doctors do is so important and specialised that they can't possibly be allowed to worry about being paid fairly. Streeting does not belong in any party of labour 061
Adam @tricktrifle.bsky.social · 05/11/2025You actually don't have to give any ground to people who tell you you need to compromise on your principles in order to be "electable". Genuine progressives in the UK and elsewhere should take heed youtu.be/kOQT_4A1eb8?...youtu.beFULL SPEECH: Zohran Mamdani's victory speech following historic NYC mayoral winYouTube video by ABC News 010
Adam @tricktrifle.bsky.social · 17/10/2025Starmer says it's "wrong" that Israeli fans can't attend a game in the UK, while Spain's PM calls for Israeli teams to be banned from international competition. It isn't hard to take the only correct moral position on this issue, but yet again Starmer fails to do so 040
Reposted by AdamM a r c u s 🏳️🌈🇧🇧🇬🇧 @marcusjdl.bsky.social · 03/10/2025As well as the disgusting conflation of protesting genocide with yesterday’s horrendous attack the use of “unBritish” when she knows who goes to those protests is very dog whistly isn’t it (despite the fact they hate her too) 34921
Adam @tricktrifle.bsky.social · 23/09/2025Really remarkable lack of humanity in the way this is written. "When I challenge Mohammed on why he is breaking the law" www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukBehind the doors of asylum hotels - what I found when I went insideA BBC reporter goes into four hotels and speaks to asylum seekers and staff about what daily life is like. 010
Reposted by AdamL @banalplay.bsky.social · 17/09/2025What we're living through is the result of 100 years of treating conservatism like it was anything better than fascism biding its time. 472447513
Reposted by AdamAdam @tricktrifle.bsky.social · 10/09/2025I'm really tired of people not understanding that committing violence and even murder on a massive scale through policy designed for that purpose is not in fact less immoral than other types of murder. In many ways it's more cowardly 12910
Reposted by Adammothcub @mothcub.bsky.social · 04/09/2025Iconic moment at the Downton Abbey premiere 12155234734
Adam @tricktrifle.bsky.social · 01/09/2025It understates just how dangerous this man is to focus on how deeply fucking pathetic and embarrassing he is but it's hard not to 073
Reposted by AdamM a r c u s 🏳️🌈🇧🇧🇬🇧 @marcusjdl.bsky.social · 24/08/2025The mainstreaming of far right discourse 2015 to 2025 in two pictures. The first is from a right wing troll that caused widespread outrage. The second is a supposedly serious journalist just asking questions 8387198
Adam @tricktrifle.bsky.social · 23/08/2025Weird how this is evidence of overwhelming public consensus which must be listened to by Government, but when well over a million marched on the same day multiple times in protests about the UK's stance on Gaza it was just evidence of fringe interests to be ignored 010
Reposted by AdamAdam @tricktrifle.bsky.social · 22/08/2025As incompetent and delusional as I think they are, I don't believe that they're stupid enough not to know that this hurts them in the next election. It can only be that the cruelty is the point. That turning the UK into a fascist hellhole is worth being a one-term government for 011
Reposted by AdamThe Author, Séamas O'Reilly @seamas.bsky.social · 18/08/2025Perhaps, one day, schoolkids will study this squalid little chapter in British terror-panic history. When they do, I hope these two headlines from today are printed side by side, with clear annotation of which individual faced more outrage and condemnation. 2625561101
Reposted by AdamCharlotte Lydia Riley @lottelydia.bsky.social · 18/08/2025About half of all asylum cases are granted on first application and about half of those that are refused are later granted on appeal. So even the Home Office — the current UK HOME OFFICE — accepts that 75 per cent of asylum seekers have legitimate cases. But asylum cases frequently take years. 210432
Adam @tricktrifle.bsky.social · 16/08/2025This bullshit is what we're destroying the planet for. We should go back to living in caves 000
Adam @tricktrifle.bsky.social · 13/08/2025Some people who are not asylum seekers were also charged with sexual assault today www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukEpping migrant hotel resident charged with sexual assaultEssex Police says it is not looking for any other suspects in relation to the alleged offences. 000
Reposted by AdamGallifreyan Jedi @jediofgallifrey.bsky.social · 11/08/2025candidate 1: i will kill you and your family candidate 2: i will only kill half of your family, and maybe not you candidate 3: I won't kill anybody, what the hell, that's so fucked up Too many of you: Candidate 3 will just take votes from candidate 2, who we must elect to save democracy 672757814
Adam @tricktrifle.bsky.social · 09/08/2025We're being taught over and over that plastic bag charges in return for benefit cuts is the best we can hope for 000
Adam @tricktrifle.bsky.social · 09/08/2025This is a disgusting article that amplifies far right talking points while glossing over the extreme violence of these "protests". BBC News is not fit for purpose www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.uk'People are angry': Behind the wave of asylum hotel protestsThe BBC visits sites of protests to hear the voices of those opposed to the hotels and others in support of asylum seekers. 010
Adam @tricktrifle.bsky.social · 04/08/2025This is obviously evidence of a complete lack of principles but you couldn't even call it electoral calculus because it's so clearly boosting Reform poll numbers rather than their own 000
Adam @tricktrifle.bsky.social · 04/08/2025Israeli civilians are people with names, to be empathised with and mourned as individuals. Palestinian civilians are numbers www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukVideos of emaciated hostages condemned as Red Cross calls for accessHamas said it would allow Red Cross access if humanitarian aid corridors were opened into Gaza. 020
Adam @tricktrifle.bsky.social · 31/07/2025In Ireland listening to detailed insight into the man-made famine in Gaza and settler violence in the West Bank on regional radio. You would not find this in UK media. It's important to remember that the UK has almost always been on the wrong side of history, and our media was built to support that 010
Adam @tricktrifle.bsky.social · 29/07/2025So many people have died and lost everything because of the cowardice of this man and many others. That will never wash off www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cd...bbc.co.ukUK will recognise Palestinian state in September unless Israel agrees to Gaza ceasefire and other conditions - live updatesStarmer says the UK will take the step at a UN meeting unless Israel makes 010
Reposted by AdamOtto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 26/07/2025In "Legitimate Concerns" news. 41% of the 899 arrested for taking part in Farage Riots last year had been reported for crimes associated with intimate partner violence. For those arrested by one police force, this figure was 68%. www.theguardian.com/society/2025...theguardian.comTwo in five arrested for last summer’s UK riots had been reported for domestic abusePolice data indicates overlaps between public violent disorder and domestic violence and abuse 1111771893
Adam @tricktrifle.bsky.social · 27/07/2025This kind of choke and release approach is a key part of Israel's torture of Palestinians and should not be misinterpreted as being "humane" in any way www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/ck...bbc.co.ukIsrael announces 'tactical pause' to fighting in parts of Gaza and says it will open aid corridors - live updatesPressure has mounted on Israel after dire warnings of mass starvation in Gaza in the face of a growing hunger crisis 110
Adam @tricktrifle.bsky.social · 23/07/2025"One day, everyone will have always been against this". The question is what will be left of the Palestinians by that time? What will be left of our humanity? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukMore than 100 humanitarian groups warn of mass starvation in GazaA joint statement says the Israeli government's 000
Adam @tricktrifle.bsky.social · 23/07/2025I don't think it's an exaggeration to say that these people are worse than Tories. They believe in the same things as Tories, but at least Tories haven't spent years pretending otherwise 000
Adam @tricktrifle.bsky.social · 11/07/2025We're back into this "what doctors do is so important and highly skilled that their pay should reduce annually" bullshit again, I see 000
Adam @tricktrifle.bsky.social · 10/07/2025But it's Bob Vylan who ought to be ashamed, apparently. Sick fucking country we live in www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukChildren queuing for supplements killed in Israeli strike in Gaza, hospital saysEight children were among 15 people reportedly killed while queuing outside a clinic in the central town of Deir al-Balah. 010
