Michael Powell @whitehalltimes.com · 08/10/2026So, the Tories, then…theguardian.comCovid, Brexit and Liz Truss mini-budget led to lasting decline in mental health, study findsResearchers found five events, including Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, caused serious damage to mental wellbeing across UK 000
Michael Powell @whitehalltimes.com · 02/10/2026static.klipy.comDonald Trump's Iconic DanceALT: Donald Trump's Iconic Dance 010
Michael Powell @whitehalltimes.com · 02/10/2026It is peak UK press to seek to make the filth of the Manchester City/Premier Leage debacle stick to Andy Burnham. And we wonder why the UK is not seen as the stable, secure country it once was; because our media want to see every Prime Minister fail, justly or unjustly. 132
Michael Powell @whitehalltimes.com · 30/09/2026Interesting thread from Roland. If Labour puts Rejoin on its manifesto, and wins a majority of seats at the next election, they should be confident that they have a legitimate mandate to just rejoin the EU. It *should* be that straightforward - but, of course, the right loves binary referendums. 000
Reposted by Michael PowellJon Will Chambers @jonchambers.co.uk · 29/09/2026Britain’s Carney. The centre-ground and moment grasped, the opposition irrelevant. 062
Michael Powell @whitehalltimes.com · 29/09/2026Exactly - this is the kind of “manliness” the manosphere could learn from. 000
Michael Powell @whitehalltimes.com · 29/09/2026I published on this in October:whitehalltimes.comHow to raise £30bn without annoying a single personIt's time for a bold economic approach. Maintaining the status quo hasn't worked. Growth is paltry, if it's there at all. Reeves should use the November budget for radical reforms. 000
Michael Powell @whitehalltimes.com · 29/09/2026A brave policy and one that should be well received by any reasonably minded person. Along the way, Burnham should educate people that the state pension is a benefit, not a right. People don’t “pay into it,” they may or may not qualify for a portion of it based on career NICs. 110
Michael Powell @whitehalltimes.com · 28/09/2026Comrade Trump doing Putin’s bidding, again. There must be some serious kompromat! 010
Michael Powell @whitehalltimes.com · 28/09/2026Before Trump’s illegal war on Iran, oil prices were around $60/barrel. They’ve been as high as double that, and never lower than $70. More often than not since the start of the conflict, the price has maintained a $85-110/barrel range. The global recession can largely be blamed on Donald Trump. 000
Michael Powell @whitehalltimes.com · 25/09/2026All Trump has done since Xi landed is touch him and tap him. His old fashioned and out of touch idea of camaraderie is just nauseating and boisterous. 000
Michael Powell @whitehalltimes.com · 22/09/2026This is exactly the type of headline we need to keep seeing. Gently nudging an open door.theguardian.comAndy Burnham fails to rule out Brexit reversal being in next Labour manifestoPM skirts question and says his focus is on rebuilding bridges before first meeting with Ursula von der Leyen 001
Michael Powell @whitehalltimes.com · 17/09/2026Imagine what he’d try to do with some real power. Little Trump. 010
Michael Powell @whitehalltimes.com · 16/09/2026Trump will be remembered for lots of misdemeanours - none more so than his failed war with Iran.cbsnews.comNew photos show widespread damage at U.S. positions caused by Iranian missile, drone attacksThe images were sent to CBS News by active service members under condition of anonymity. 000
Michael Powell @whitehalltimes.com · 15/09/2026It’s funny how he knows about this but he “hasn’t seen” everything else 🤔 000
Michael Powell @whitehalltimes.com · 13/09/2026Ukraine need to stop bombing fuel infrastructure, but no warning for Russia to stop bombing residential buildings? 010
Michael Powell @whitehalltimes.com · 12/09/2026If the crypto billionaires funding Farage’s hate machine love the UK as much as they profess, surely they realise their £72m would be better donated as extra tax revenue for HMRC? 000
Michael Powell @whitehalltimes.com · 11/09/2026This is huge cope from Kemi supporters, trying to engineer an election at a time when she might just about still be clinging on as Tory leader. The next election is 100% going to be closer to the last legal date of 15 August 2029 than any point in 2027. 010
Michael Powell @whitehalltimes.com · 11/09/2026Trump’s Iran War is failing spectacularly. Biggest foreign policy misjudgment of any president ever? 001
Michael Powell @whitehalltimes.com · 10/09/2026The world has deteriorated significantly since 2014. Discuss. • the West handed Crimea over to Putin • first hints of Trump presidential run • Brexit being discussed as a genuine and likely possibility • another conflict between Israel and Hamas in Gaza 000
Michael Powell @whitehalltimes.com · 09/09/2026How’s the special operation going, Sleepy Don? Oil prices up over 20% in the past month. 000
Michael Powell @whitehalltimes.com · 09/09/2026I think it’s safe to assume this conference season will be Kemi’s last as LOTO and Tory leader. Outclassed by Starmer. Ineffective versus Burnham. Outmanoeuvred by Farage. Why is she still in her job? 110
Michael Powell @whitehalltimes.com · 09/09/2026Kemi Badenoch really isn't very good, is she. Burnham yet again showing her up at #PMQs 073
Reposted by Michael Powelllastpositivist.bsky.social @lastpositivist.bsky.social · 09/09/2026My impression is this is pretty typical, and its another thing that persuades me that... to be honest... The Cosmopolitan Way Of Life is simply superior. The people throwing the authoritarian temper tantrum are simply those ignorant of its benefits. 301146196
Michael Powell @whitehalltimes.com · 08/09/2026A security failure of this magnitude - one that led to the deaths of many, many people - must at some point spell the end of Netanyahu's political career at least, if not the beginning of proceedings in The Hague, too. 010
Michael Powell @whitehalltimes.com · 07/09/2026Perfect.theguardian.comJoey Barton to remain in custody until trial after bail application turned downThe former footballer stands accused of causing grievous bodily harm with intent, with his trial now pushed back to March next year 000
Michael Powell @whitehalltimes.com · 07/09/2026Brexit was, is, and shall always be a disaster of epic proportions. Not just economically, but politically, too. That the institutions and conventions of one of the oldest political systems in the world allowed it to happen is devastating. Russia had a hand in it, and have been delighted since 2016. 000
Michael Powell @whitehalltimes.com · 04/09/2026As Dr Fletcher posts in this thread, should Farage and MAGA-wannabe band of merry men get a mere sniff of power, we can expect the most Trumpian onslaught of convention-busting despotism the UK will have ever seen. This, as well as the corruption, should scare all voters very, very much. 000
Michael Powell @whitehalltimes.com · 04/09/2026This is actually very sad! When AI finally gets too big for its boots, governments will rue allowing this decline to happen. 000
Michael Powell @whitehalltimes.com · 02/09/2026The pressure and intensity from Ukraine and its allies are working. 010
Michael Powell @whitehalltimes.com · 02/09/2026The state pension triple lock MUST be reformed to drastically reduce its potential cost. 000
Michael Powell @whitehalltimes.com · 02/09/2026Burnham should put joining the EU in the manifesto too. No referendum required on that either. 021
Michael Powell @whitehalltimes.com · 01/09/2026Of course, Vlad could make the ultimate “positive contribution” by withdrawing Russian troops and North Korean fodder from Ukraine - including Crimea and all other occupied territories - tomorrow morning, 8:00 am sharp. 000
Michael Powell @whitehalltimes.com · 01/09/2026Very well said, @andyburnham.bsky.social, especially the Brexit mention. 000
Michael Powell @whitehalltimes.com · 01/09/2026What is the point in @zackpolanski.bsky.social if he doesn’t announce today that he’s standing in Holborn by-election? 000
Michael Powell @whitehalltimes.com · 27/08/2026Why should any other country do anything about climate change and global warming when ~60% of global CO2 emissions are pumped out by just five countries? - USA, China, India, Japan, and Russia. When those countries take responsibility, I’ll separate my handful of cardboard and plastics at home. 000
Reposted by Michael PowellMark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 27/08/2026Two ways: gradually, then suddenly. bsky.app/profile/mcop... 28214
Michael Powell @whitehalltimes.com · 27/08/2026There are legitimate questions about how many, if any, Nvidia chips helped guide Russian bombs to Ukrainian targets. If the number is more than zero, these results - and Huang & Nvidia's success - will be forever tarnished. 100
Michael Powell @whitehalltimes.com · 27/08/2026There is no lower limit to the bottom of the barrel from which Trump’s small-minded, belligerent pettiness is scraped 000
Michael Powell @whitehalltimes.com · 23/08/2026Dangerous idiots are in charge of one of the world's superpowers. 000
Michael Powell @whitehalltimes.com · 23/08/2026How long do other countries let this run? Could we see travel bans of anyone with a Florida address on their passport?! 020
Michael Powell @whitehalltimes.com · 21/08/2026It doesn’t need to be “most” to be dangerous - it just needs to be “enough.” RFK & Co are quite capable of polluting “enough” minds to sufficiently decrease herd immunity via vaccination to endanger the lives of Americans and the global population. 000
Reposted by Michael PowellDuncan Hothersall @dhothersall.bsky.social · 20/08/2026This is one of those sobering moments for fans of polling. London's air quality has been measured and assessed very closely over the last decade, and we know for a fact that it has improved, yet, as with crime, public perception stands in stark contrast to reality. Voters are in fact often wrong. 1915467
Michael Powell @whitehalltimes.com · 19/08/2026As a donor to Burnham, Lord is situating himself very nicely indeed for the New Year's Honours list. 000
Michael Powell @whitehalltimes.com · 19/08/2026US politics seems to be Republicans and Republicans-Lite. 000
