Steve Woods

Semi-retired linguist and self-taught geek. Pro-EU, pro-open source. Undocumented naturalised Bristolian. Unapologetic left-winger and republican.

Website: https://www.slwoods.co.uk/
Location: /home/wood5y

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2026-06-20 10:12:51 UTC

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Perhaps I should have written oxymoron instead. :)

2026-06-13 11:35:15 UTC

#Racist alleged political party still racist.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/reform-sunderland-councillor-racist-post-glenn-gibbins-farage-b2994127.html

2026-05-18 12:07:43 UTC

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Is it a bascule bridge?

2026-05-14 07:57:37 UTC

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Hence the premierships of Cameron, Johnson and tRuss.
An Irish mate of mine has a son who remarked that the English (NB) need to get over their folly of falling for charlatans with posh accents.

2026-05-10 09:48:26 UTC

“You have this insufferable arrogance that they pay for nothing and expect everything to be given to them by the state or by somebody else.
“A free holiday here from somebody, a helicopter trip there from somebody else – constant and relentless greed.”
#NotMyKing #AbolishTheMonarchy
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/royal-family-london-buckingham-palace-protest-republic-b2973553.html

2026-05-08 11:09:25 UTC

"[tRump's] becoming ever more obsessed with monuments to himself – his ballroom, his arch, his so-called “garden of heroes”, his Trump-embossed passports, his image on 24k gold commemorative coins, and his name plastered or etched all over Washington. His plans for self-monuments are becoming larger by the day, more grotesque, more grandiose and more expensive."
#MakeAmericaGrateAgain
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/may/08/trump-iran-defeat-personal-political-crisis

2026-05-08 07:54:42 UTC

Shame on you, England.
#Elections2026

2026-05-07 08:10:38 UTC

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Ernest Marples was so bent he'd have passed through a corkscrew sideways.
Beeching was the chairman of ICI. He knew nothing about railways and was rewarded with a life peerage for his vandalism.

2026-05-07 08:02:33 UTC

From The Grauniad's letters page.
"Why are such political donations permitted at all? And if they are, why are they not treated as automatically setting up a conflict of interest? No MP and no party accepting a donation from, for instance, a developer should be allowed to speak or vote on any planning issue.
Pharmaceuticals or private medicine? No say on the NHS. Fossil fuel companies? No say over energy policy. As a matter of principle and probity, policy must not be bought and must not appear to be bought. Why is this not law already?"
#Politics #corruption
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/may/06/how-to-ensure-donors-cant-buy-political-influence

2026-04-22 08:45:00 UTC

Israel's shills have been hard at work in the fair city and county...
"Pressure group UK Lawyers for Israel wrote to Bristol City Council after the motion was passed, saying the council could face judicial review if it acted upon the resolution. In letters to Bristol City Council and the Avon Pension Fund, which have been seen by the Local Democracy Reporting Service, UK Lawyers for Israel claimed that the motion adopted by councillors was “unlawful and invalid,” that claims of atrocities committed by Israel in Gaza were “false,” and that it would be illegal for a decision to be based on the motion."
#Bristol
https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol-news/pro-israel-lawyers-put-shocking-10919692

2026-04-21 09:10:26 UTC

John Crace writes: "Nor is it clear why Starmer was so desperate to appoint Mandelson in the first place. Was it really a question of having an amoral narcissist in place to deal with another amoral narcissist? It wasn’t as if the risks of making Mandelson ambassador weren’t blindingly obvious even before the security vetting. Twice being sacked for breaking the ministerial code. A longstanding friendship with Jeffrey Epstein. The close ties between Mandelson’s lobbying firm and China. Red flags wherever you looked."
#UK_Politics #Mandelson
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/apr/20/starmer-the-incurious-asks-no-questions-and-sees-no-mandy-shaped-red-flags

2026-04-21 08:57:31 UTC

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It's curious this has been announced when the govt. is consulting on social media and teenagers.
The govt. has decided to ignore the feedback from the consultation, including the very point you made which I included in my response.

2026-04-21 08:48:57 UTC

When she was home secretary, Jacqui Smith was known as Jackboots Jacqui (can't think why...🙄).
She's still wearing the jackboots whilst keeping the red leather benches warm.
"A statutory ban on mobile phones in schools doesn’t really change very much. Most schools already have policies in place under which pupils are not permitted to use mobile phones.
“What would really be helpful is for the government to make funding available to schools for the safe and secure storage of mobile phones, such as storage lockers or locked pouches.”
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/apr/20/mobile-phones-statutory-ban-schools-england-bill-amendment

2026-04-21 08:41:51 UTC

#Reform candidate for Pontypridd Cynon Merthyr #Senedd seat has views on women that belong in prehistory.
#Elections2026 #Cymru
https://nation.cymru/news/reform-uk-candidate-says-women-should-stay-at-home-and-look-after-the-kids/

2026-04-18 10:13:33 UTC

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It's going to take decades for the British to lose that empire-engendered exceptionalism.

2026-04-16 09:03:30 UTC

Ammonia pollution hotspots found in areas of UK with most pig and poultry factory farms.
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/apr/16/ammonia-pollution-hotspots-uk-pig-poultry-factory-farms

2026-04-15 07:56:29 UTC

Flag-shagging landlord told to remove giant St George's cross painted on his boozer.
"Objectors say the red cross detracts from the façade of the building and the wider conservation area, lowers the tone of the area, and "presumes association" with other organisations."
Mr Kunkler is also a Tory, so should have known he needed planning permission.
#Pewsey #Wiltshire
https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/uk-world-news/landlord-ordered-remove-giant-st-10916328

2026-04-13 08:49:04 UTC

'Italian historian Massimo Faggioli told Reuters that he believes there is “no ambiguity about the situation now.”
“Not even Hitler or Mussolini attacked the pope so directly and publicly,” he said.'
#Pope #MakeAmericaGrateAgain #Trump #ChristianNationalism
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-pope-leo-truth-social-b2956378.html

2026-04-12 12:47:04 UTC

Say no more. Dodgy as hell.
"Plum is related to a baronet and whose family has a sprawling ancestral estate in Yorkshire, admitted she did not pay the student workers at the moment but “hopefully that can change”.
Her great-grandfather was Mark Sykes, who drafted the Sykes-Picot agreement in 1916 that set out an agreement between France and the UK over how they would partition Arab lands in the Middle East. She is married to the tycoon Toby Rowland, the multimillionaire son of the famed businessman Tiny Rowland."
#slavery
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2026/apr/12/lifestyle-blogger-devil-wears-prada-anna-wintour-assistant-pay-interns

2026-04-12 11:12:45 UTC

“Look how many police are here, just for elderly people holding placards. It's a joke. The state is a joke.”
#PalestineAction
https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/over-arrested-hundreds-gather-defy-palestine-action-ban-london

2026-04-12 11:09:46 UTC

"It’s also evident that Trump wanted to come back into office in part to revenge himself on a country that in 2020 had rejected him, the way an ex-partner sometimes becomes a murderous stalker of the woman who dared to escape him, and specifically revenge himself on the individuals and institutions that had prosecuted him for crimes or otherwise thwarted him. Trump at some level knows he’s failing politically, cognitively and physically and wants to take it all down with him, the way that ancient rulers were buried with their slaughtered horses and servants. He’s also, as mortality breathes down his neck, trying to grab some immortality by sticking his name on buildings and park passes and currency."
#MakeAmericaGrateAgain #tRump #US_Politics
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/apr/12/united-states-trump-destruction

2026-04-09 08:30:56 UTC

Another overseas-based crook has been funding the #Farage 🐸 #Fascist Fan Club.
The fact he was convicted in the US courts and pardoned by President Rapist should set alarm bells ringing.
#ReformUKLtd #Grift #UK_Politics
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/apr/08/british-crypto-billionaire-ben-delo-says-he-has-given-4m-to-reform-uk

2026-04-08 08:20:00 UTC

Bring it on!
"Sri Lanka, where Yusuf’s parents migrated from, is among countries seeking colonial redress from the UK."
#ReformUKLtd #UK_Politics
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/apr/07/commonwealth-leaders-vow-to-keep-seeking-reparations-after-reform-uk-plan-to-halt-visas

2026-04-08 07:42:13 UTC

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I recall my economic lecturer referring to us, his students, as 'investments in human capital'.
Shame on those of our peers who, like us, benefited from higher education on a full maintenance grant, then pulled the ladder up after them.

2026-04-07 07:32:23 UTC

In a just and equitable world, the Untied Kingdom would be paying Caribbean and African countries #reparations for the horrors and damage done by centuries of #slavery.
A #racist rabble like #ReformUK does not represent or belong in a just and equitable world.

2026-04-07 07:26:37 UTC

Dear #ReformUK, the wealth of this country was built upon the sweat and blood of millions of unwilling Africans kidnapped from their own lands and forced to work until they dropped, i.e. it was built upon what the UN has determined was a crime about humanity.
PS: the 'glorious' British empire was also a centuries-long series of crimes against humanity.
#racism #xenophobia #UK_Politics #elections2026 #slavery

2026-04-04 13:45:33 UTC

"Along with dictionaries, the books removed from Escambia County school libraries as a result of this process include eight different encyclopedias, two thesauruses, and five editions of The Guinness Book of World Records. Biographies of Beyoncé, Lady Gaga, Oprah Winfrey, Nicki Minaj, and Thurgood Marshall are also locked in storage."
#Florida #censorship
https://popular.info/p/florida-school-district-removes-dictionaries

2026-04-04 09:58:03 UTC

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Thanks that link, Alex. Very useful. :)
My own major source is the online etymology dictionary - https://www.etymonline.com/

2026-04-04 08:58:13 UTC

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Now let's tackle my love to hate phrase: hard-working families.
I think Orwell's essay, Politics and the English Language (1946).
https://www.orwellfoundation.com/the-orwell-foundation/orwell/essays-and-other-works/politics-and-the-english-language/

2026-04-01 09:28:48 UTC

"This is no glitch, but the inevitable result of a sustained ideological assault on regulation. Governments treat essential public protections as “red tape” that must be slashed, and regulators as “checkers and blockers” who must be vanquished. But ministers cannot simply delete protections from the statute books, for fear of provoking public fury. So instead they cut the funds for monitoring and enforcement: deregulation by stealth. The result, over the past 15 years, has been to build a whole new industrial sector almost from scratch: organised waste crime. It is perhaps our most successful growth industry."
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/apr/01/organised-waste-crime-dump-uk-environment

2026-03-31 17:56:33 UTC

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And tRump does share with Dick Dastardly's Muttley a love of shiny things, especially with his name on them.
Anyone want a spare Fifa Peace Prize?

2026-03-31 12:37:27 UTC

Correction.
For "against the strategic national interest", please read "things Nigel doesn't like".
Thank you.
#ReformUKLtd #UK_Politics 🐸
https://bylinetimes.com/2026/03/31/reforms-voters-dont-like-nigel-farages-plan-to-rip-up-workers-rights/

2026-03-30 11:33:28 UTC

Well done UN by recognising the African slave trade as a crime against humanity.
Now do the same for European imperialism and colonialism.

2026-03-29 10:11:46 UTC

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The Untied Kingdom should be seeking to disentangle itself from US big tech (incl. but not limited to #Palantir) like lots of our #EU neighbours for whom #DigitalSovereignty since the start of the ginger man-baby's second term.
Allowing in US big tech is akin to inviting vampires into your home.
If government data is stored in data centres run by US companies, it also means that data is accessible to the US state under the provisions of the Cloud Act. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CLOUD_Act

2026-03-28 08:58:30 UTC

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There's also the decades-long bias towards tertiary as opposed to vocational education.
The latter has also suffered from a decline of quality in the curriculum. A couple of decades ago, I recall a builder friend saying he was taught 6 different styles of decorative brickwork. At the time of our conversation he maintained only 2 were then taught.

2026-03-28 08:47:59 UTC

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I see two main factors in the decline of British manufacturing.
1. The make-do and mend attitude and lack of investment in the decades after WW2 (even though UK got far more Marshall Aid money than a defeated Germany did).
2. Margaret Thatcher.

2026-03-27 09:12:10 UTC

#Farage 🐸 couldn't even be arsed to appear on #BBCQT when broadcast from his own constituency tells the electorate all they need to know.
No doubt his constituents would have wanted to know why he's never there and doesn't hold constituency surgeries...
##ReformUK #UK_politics

2026-03-27 08:08:03 UTC

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Do the platforms still have the Sherlock Holmes tiles?

2026-03-24 13:21:11 UTC

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PS: it pains me that, at a time when our European counterparts are trying to wean themselves off US big tech for greater digital sovereignty, the British state is rushing into its arms with all the caution of a lovestruck adolescent.

2026-03-24 13:17:51 UTC

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I recommend exile for Palantir.
To the surface of the sun.

2026-03-24 11:51:55 UTC

"According to The Guardian, which first reported on the deal, Palantir will gain access to data including case files, reports from banks and crypto firms, and even communications data such as emails, phone records, and social media material tied to investigations."
Dear UK.Gov
You do realise that by giving #Palantir access to this information, you've also granted the US government access thereto, don't you? 🤦‍♂️
#Security
https://www.theregister.com/2026/03/23/palantir_fca/

2026-03-23 07:59:46 UTC

Political donations from companies should be banned.
They clearly lead to #Corruption
Why would companies donate otherwise?
#UK_Politics #UKPolitics
https://archive.is/20260322210406/https://www.ft.com/content/93298ddb-3060-486c-8f5f-d48eabe4ab8d

2026-03-22 08:41:46 UTC

Reform UK manifesto 'lacking in fiscal credibility', say experts.
No surprise - or change - there.
#Scotland
https://www.thenational.scot/news/25955461.reform-uk-manifesto-lacking-fiscal-credibility-say-experts/

2026-03-22 08:01:50 UTC

“@realDonaldTrump you are a vile disgusting man. Petty and pathetic, you are a hypocrite who reeks of weakness and insecurities with no moral core. Regardless of the politics, the American people should be embarrassed and ashamed for ever having entrusted you with leadership.”
Can't argue with that!
#MakeAmericaGrateAgain
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/mar/21/trump-robert-mueller-death

2026-03-17 11:30:12 UTC

Curiously, none of the recent nuclear energy pieces I've read even mentions its millennia-long toxic and hazardous waste legacy.
This one doesn't either.
https://www.theregister.com/2026/03/13/uk_to_push_nuclear_reset/
#NuclearEnergy #NoThanks

2026-03-16 10:16:34 UTC

From The Grauniad letters page.
"When the old copper phone lines are switched off, we will be cut off because no provider will invest in our area, and this is not untypical of large areas of Devon.
That means that any digital ID accessed by phone will not be available to us unless we go and park in a layby every day where we can get signal. Does Darren Jones, the prime minister’s chief secretary, even understand this point?"
#DigitalID
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/mar/15/digital-id-wont-work-if-you-live-in-rural-areas

2026-03-12 12:19:27 UTC

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See also #Aintree and #GrandNational.

2026-03-12 12:07:52 UTC

Horses dying for human entertainment is not acceptable.
#CheltenhamFestival
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cpd87213jylo

2026-03-12 10:00:43 UTC

What is happening at 'RAF' Fairford is NOT defensive.
#Iran #MakeAmericaGrateAgain
https://www.aljazeera.com/video/newsfeed/2026/3/12/al-jazeera-sees-bombs-being-loaded-onto-us-planes-at-uk-base

2026-03-09 09:20:17 UTC

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Iranians have a long historical memory. The deposing of Mossadegh is still remembered.

2026-03-09 09:05:04 UTC

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Look out for the smears in the media if the Greens look like getting too popular.
Remember what they did to Corbyn with the help of the #RedTories.

2026-03-07 09:28:50 UTC

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"Pre-emptive self-defence"?
I smell bullshit.

2026-03-05 09:03:10 UTC

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The only example I can remember is Peter Carrington resigning over the Malvinas/Falklands.

2026-03-05 08:42:47 UTC

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When does a conflict of interest become corruption?

2026-03-04 12:23:12 UTC

Imaginaary property news.
"The government of Iceland first launched legal action against its namesake British grocery chain over the use of its name in 2016. It challenged its exclusive ownership of the European-wide trademark registration for the word Iceland, which it said was preventing the country’s companies from promoting goods and services abroad."
#Iceland
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/mar/04/uk-supermarket-chain-iceland-drops-trademark-dispute-with-iceland

2026-03-04 09:13:01 UTC

This is what a vertebrate looks like, Mr Starmer!
#Iran
https://files.mastodonapp.uk/media_attachments/files/116/170/133/408/524/845/original/a808103c1e19d844.png

2026-03-03 10:04:37 UTC

Bloody fascist monoglots...
"Nigel Farage, the Reform leader, has pledged to scrap the million Cymraeg speakers target and undo the Welsh Language and Education Act, which campaigners say would threaten the provision of Welsh-medium schooling. Demand for Welsh language education already outstrips supply in many areas."
#Cymraeg #Cymru
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/mar/03/welsh-language-revolution-required-hit-target-million-speakers-2050

2026-03-01 10:17:09 UTC

The Met - London's largest organised crime gang - is not only institutionally #racist but #sexist too.
https://observer.co.uk/news/national/article/female-officers-condemn-failures-on-police-abuse-as-insult-to-sarah-everards-name

2026-03-01 09:57:39 UTC

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Of course it is just Farage bleating again.
Note also he has postal voting in his sights, once again making allegations without citing any evidence.
I always vote by post as I disagree without having to provide ID at a polling station.
Farage is a very dangerous man now. He could have been stopped years ago if the mainstream media establishment had treated him like the con man he is.

2026-03-01 09:34:04 UTC

Re allegations of 'family voting'.
I have been voting in elections at all levels - parliamentary, local council and for a time European - for over 5 decades.
In all that time I have only witnessed one instance of one family directing another how to vote.
Those coming up with the allegations re the recent by-election are extremely bad losers.

2026-02-28 11:38:16 UTC

“British monarch Victoria oversaw the Great Hunger and the decimation of the Irish population as millions perished and emigrated.”
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/queen-victoria-statue-vandalised-belfast-lasair-dhearg-b2929211.html

2026-02-27 08:32:07 UTC

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PS: The Grauniad is still drinking the #AI kool-aid though. :(

2026-02-27 08:30:40 UTC

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Glad to see the mention of #LibreOffice, which I've been using ever since it came out.
One doesn't need to pay a subscription for a decent office suite.
#opensource

2026-02-18 11:49:25 UTC

The so-called Labour government dragging feet over continued exploitation of younger workers.
Equal work deserves equal pay.
#RedTories
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/feb/18/ministers-may-slow-youth-minimum-wage-rise-uk-unemployment-fears

2026-02-08 11:07:56 UTC

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Will Labour and the Tories lose their deposits?
Watch this space.

2026-02-04 10:48:53 UTC

"Basically, what we are finding is that people hate #AI".
https://www.theregister.com/2026/02/03/firefox_ai_kill_switch/

2026-02-02 17:50:42 UTC

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“We put all our politicians in prison as soon as they’re elected. Don’t you?” “Why?” “It saves time.” ― Terry Pratchett, The Last Continent

2026-02-01 09:43:54 UTC

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The oldest record in my collection - Kinks: All Day And All Of The Night on 7" single.
Bought at age 11, 60 years ago.

2026-01-30 10:18:49 UTC

Mr Mountabetten-Windsor's ancestors (incl. 'Good' Queen Bess) were heavily involved in the human trafficking trade.
https://www.theguardian.com/news/2026/jan/30/calls-for-king-charles-to-formally-apologise-for-slavery-after-research-shows-crowns-role

2026-01-29 12:44:54 UTC

#Fascism - the modern pictorial guide courtesy of the squatter in the White House.
#AIslop #MakeAmericaGrateAgain
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/29/the-slopaganda-era-10-ai-images-posted-by-the-white-house-and-what-they-teach-us

2026-01-29 12:02:45 UTC

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Time to go clothes shopping.
https://www.etsy.com/uk/market/anti_facial_recognition_clothes

2026-01-28 10:44:25 UTC

Farage 🐸 Fascist Fan Club picks unrepentant #racist for #Manchester by-election.
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/jan/28/reform-matt-goodwin-byelection-keir-starmer-reaction-toxic-division-ntwnfb

2026-01-28 10:16:27 UTC

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I remember reading Rule Britannia decades ago.
It's starting to look very prescient. especially with the likes of 🐸 looking and acting increasingly as the agent for foreign and not necessarily benign powers.

2026-01-23 21:05:06 UTC

Peter Oborne writes: "A western prime minister took umbrage only when the US, under President Donald Trump, threatened to treat the prosperous West in the same way it has long treated the Global South."
https://www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/carney-wants-new-world-order-only-west

2026-01-23 16:25:45 UTC

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Just like homelessness, pensioner poverty is a political decision; and one about which the established political parties seem very accepting.

2026-01-22 13:47:42 UTC

John Crace writes: "Still, at least we were spared Nigel Farage trying to dance on the head of the Trumpian pin. Nige was off in Davos. Having said he would never go there. Too many globalists making money for themselves, he once said. Maybe now he thinks that’s a good thing. He’s going to charge punters a whole lot more for birthday videos when he can do it from the cabinet room. Like The Donald, Nige believes the main purpose of a career in politics is to cash in. Just let’s hope he remembers to declare his earnings next time."
#PMQs #ReformUK #Davos
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/jan/21/kemi-fails-to-resist-the-cheap-shot-as-she-backs-trump-on-chagos-islands

2026-01-22 11:17:41 UTC

While Europe has been making some active move towards #DigitalSovereignty in recent years, The clueless British state has moved further towards total thralldom to US big tech.

2026-01-18 11:48:22 UTC

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Blame our government for its like of dealing with the big boys instead of stuff that works.
Public sector IT procurement has been in thrall to US for decades.
As we used to say in our little #opensource IT co-op: "No-one ever got the sack for buying #Microsoft.
Spread the word - https://european-alternatives.eu/

2026-01-17 11:02:39 UTC

The only place war criminal Tony Blair should be seen is in the dock at the International Criminal Court in The Hague.
#Gaza
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/16/trump-gaza-board-rubio-blair

2026-01-14 12:26:38 UTC

“US efforts to challenge UK laws governing social media appear to equate US interests with those of the US tech giants.”
#MakeAmericaGrateAgain
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/jan/13/end-of-western-alliance-trump-uk-chatham-house-director

2026-01-13 12:50:33 UTC

"The ship, named Svaelget 2 after the channel off of Copenhagen, Denmark, where it was found, measures 28m long, 9m wide and 6m high, which is about the length of two school buses and nearly the width of one.
Built around 1410AD, the cargo ship would have carried about 300 tonnes, making it the largest of its kind ever discovered, researchers said."
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/archaeology/svaelget-2-medieval-ship-discovery-archeologists-denmark-b2899538.html

2026-01-11 11:19:31 UTC

“Would you have gone to watch the Olympics in Nazi Germany in 1936?”
#fifa2026 #MakeAmericaGrateAgain #ICE
#BoycottWorldCup
https://www.rawstory.com/world-cup-2674872045/

2026-01-11 10:17:58 UTC

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How puerile.

2026-01-05 10:45:14 UTC

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It's been brushed off (justified) as a law enforcement matter rather than a matter of international law, which tRump prefers to envisage as international lore.
#WarCriminalTrump #MakeAmericaGrateAgain #Venezuela

2026-01-03 14:58:15 UTC

The disgraceful 47th and disgraced 45th president of the United States, insurrectionist, convicted felon, adjudicated sexual predator, business fraudster, congenital liar and golf cheat commonly known as Donald John Trump can now add war criminal to his CV (resumé).
#Venezuela #MakeAmericaGrateAgain

2025-12-29 10:20:36 UTC

“The British public deserves better than conspiracy theories, snake oil and misinformation from those in positions of power.”👏 👏 👏
#Farage 🐸 #ReformUK
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/dec/29/third-of-reform-uk-council-leaders-express-vaccine-sceptic-views

2025-12-27 09:48:52 UTC

Carol Cadwalladr writes: "The so-called “global censorship-industrial complex” is a tiny world of academics and NGOs and journalists and policy wonks and lawmakers and disinformation researchers who for the last decade have been trying to understand the power and reach of the tech platforms, how they are invisibly controlling and manipulating our information spaces."
https://broligarchy.substack.com/p/a-message-to-america-we-are-not-your

2025-12-26 13:19:24 UTC

“The Nazis maintained the Schwarze Listen — A blacklist of journalists they considered unreliable or dangerous. Hitler later killed some of these journalists.”
#MakeAmericaGrateAgain #Fascism
https://atlantablackstar.com/2025/12/25/trump-signs-off-on-a-white-house-video-so-extreme-hes-forced-to-delete-it-within-hours-but-it-was-already-too-late/

2025-12-24 12:29:39 UTC

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We're both of a similar age.
For most of the 7 decades I've been on the planet, I can never remember one without farmers moaning about poor harvests, how hard done by they are etc.
Any advance on 7 decades?

2025-12-17 11:57:58 UTC

"White-tailed eagles are Britain’s biggest bird of prey. They were driven to extinction in Britain in the early 20th century, after being shot and poisoned to protect shooting interests."
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/dec/17/police-investigate-after-white-tailed-eagles-go-missing-across-uk

2025-12-15 13:35:33 UTC

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It's estimated that 25% of people will suffer from mental health problems during life.
I'm beginning to see the over-diagnosis argument as the modern equivalent of the old 'pull yourself together' attitude.

2025-12-15 09:23:42 UTC

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Ah, the long view.
Prescription charges was the first crack in the #NHS, introduced in the 1950s.
But yes, 15 years of austerity and putting Humpty back together again is even harder.

2025-12-15 08:59:13 UTC

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Just remind me. How long now has health been underfunded in this backward country?

2025-12-14 10:29:17 UTC

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Good news from #Caerffili in #Cymru
After losing the Senedd by-election to Plaid, #ReformUKLtd has now lost a council by-election to them.
https://nation.cymru/news/plaid-cymru-sweeps-to-victory-with-reform-second-in-council-by-election/

2025-12-11 12:12:39 UTC

East Sussex: #fascists and #racists welcome.
#Crowborough
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/dec/11/not-in-our-village-asylum-camp-rumours-prompt-fear-and-night-vigils-in-east-sussex

2025-12-10 09:46:36 UTC

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Could the EU trust the Untied Kingdom to abide by the rules?
Perfidious Albion and all that...

2025-12-05 09:03:36 UTC

#Cloudflare, your reliable technology partner.
https://files.mastodonapp.uk/media_attachments/files/115/666/146/672/350/817/original/58cdcce871400d4b.png

2025-12-04 14:39:20 UTC

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Streeting and many others in the current alleged government suffer from Blair's disease, which is characterised by an inability to distinguish left from right and right from wrong.

2025-12-04 08:57:05 UTC

Streeting thinks there's excess diagnosis of mental health problems.
That puts him firmly in the same camp as the #CONservatives and the Farage Frog-Faced Fascist Fan Club.

2025-12-03 14:03:51 UTC

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A perfect recipe for delays and increased expense all round.