@mike825h.bsky.social
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Pope Innocent III,who died in 1216, spoke of a certain kind of older man, who is "easily provoked", "will believe anything and question nothing", is "stingy and greedy" and "praises the good old days and hates the present."
Reform UK's voter base has been knocking around for a very long time.
Reform UK's voter base has been knocking around for a very long time.
September 27, 2026 at 8:08 AM
Pope Innocent III,who died in 1216, spoke of a certain kind of older man, who is "easily provoked", "will believe anything and question nothing", is "stingy and greedy" and "praises the good old days and hates the present."
Reform UK's voter base has been knocking around for a very long time.
Reform UK's voter base has been knocking around for a very long time.
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Will making it harder/impossible for care workers/middle skill migrants on work visas to settle improve integration cohesion? No.
But will it save money/be good for the economy? Absolutely not, quite the opposite.
But at least it's popular?
..........
inews.co.uk/news/politic...
But will it save money/be good for the economy? Absolutely not, quite the opposite.
But at least it's popular?
..........
inews.co.uk/news/politic...
Exempt care workers from hardline immigration reforms, voters say
Shabana Mahmood plans to double the waiting period for immigrants to qualify for indefinite leave to remain
inews.co.uk
September 1, 2026 at 10:02 AM
Will making it harder/impossible for care workers/middle skill migrants on work visas to settle improve integration cohesion? No.
But will it save money/be good for the economy? Absolutely not, quite the opposite.
But at least it's popular?
..........
inews.co.uk/news/politic...
But will it save money/be good for the economy? Absolutely not, quite the opposite.
But at least it's popular?
..........
inews.co.uk/news/politic...
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At @patricksturg.bsky.social request I am reposting this
I invite him to say in what respect I have "put words into his mouth", by pointing out that the letter he signed stated, explicitly, that academics should engage with Cofnas' racist garbage "through free inquiry and open, civil discussion."
I invite him to say in what respect I have "put words into his mouth", by pointing out that the letter he signed stated, explicitly, that academics should engage with Cofnas' racist garbage "through free inquiry and open, civil discussion."
you have no interest in what I actually think about AF and how it relates to the Cofnas case. You deliberately contort and put words in my mouth I haven't said then gleefully retweet your results to your army of moron followers. You truly are the one eyed king in the land of the blind. Retweet that.
August 23, 2026 at 1:36 PM
At @patricksturg.bsky.social request I am reposting this
I invite him to say in what respect I have "put words into his mouth", by pointing out that the letter he signed stated, explicitly, that academics should engage with Cofnas' racist garbage "through free inquiry and open, civil discussion."
I invite him to say in what respect I have "put words into his mouth", by pointing out that the letter he signed stated, explicitly, that academics should engage with Cofnas' racist garbage "through free inquiry and open, civil discussion."
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To answer your question Mr Lowe, I do.
His name is Nasser Hamid. He was 16 when he left his village, to escape Sudan's civil war. He could not speak English. Look what he achieved!
I admire his courage, resourcefulness and intelligence. All qualities sadly lacking in... certain people 🤮
His name is Nasser Hamid. He was 16 when he left his village, to escape Sudan's civil war. He could not speak English. Look what he achieved!
I admire his courage, resourcefulness and intelligence. All qualities sadly lacking in... certain people 🤮
August 22, 2026 at 5:22 PM
To answer your question Mr Lowe, I do.
His name is Nasser Hamid. He was 16 when he left his village, to escape Sudan's civil war. He could not speak English. Look what he achieved!
I admire his courage, resourcefulness and intelligence. All qualities sadly lacking in... certain people 🤮
His name is Nasser Hamid. He was 16 when he left his village, to escape Sudan's civil war. He could not speak English. Look what he achieved!
I admire his courage, resourcefulness and intelligence. All qualities sadly lacking in... certain people 🤮
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My friend Jim Stump recently spent five days camping above the Arctic Circle with a group of faith leaders in the very place Big Oil keeps trying to drill ... and what's happening there right now is more hopeful than you'd think.
Why the Arctic says no to Big Oil | Talking Climate with Katharine Hayhoe
Biologos' Jim Stump on beauty and danger in the Arctic This week, I’m handing the newsletter over to my colleague and friend Jim Stump from
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August 12, 2026 at 10:41 PM
My friend Jim Stump recently spent five days camping above the Arctic Circle with a group of faith leaders in the very place Big Oil keeps trying to drill ... and what's happening there right now is more hopeful than you'd think.
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If early release can be altered so as to exempt homicide offences, it should be. Prisoners who have caused the gravest harm should be among the last to benefit from the overcrowding crisis.
But carving out exceptions for individual prisoners in response to media campaigns is weak and unprincipled.
But carving out exceptions for individual prisoners in response to media campaigns is weak and unprincipled.
August 11, 2026 at 8:28 AM
If early release can be altered so as to exempt homicide offences, it should be. Prisoners who have caused the gravest harm should be among the last to benefit from the overcrowding crisis.
But carving out exceptions for individual prisoners in response to media campaigns is weak and unprincipled.
But carving out exceptions for individual prisoners in response to media campaigns is weak and unprincipled.
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The Jeep Rubicon Childkiller. Celebrate the climate emergency and mow down pedestrians with 5,000 pounds of pointless metal.
August 4, 2026 at 9:47 AM
The Jeep Rubicon Childkiller. Celebrate the climate emergency and mow down pedestrians with 5,000 pounds of pointless metal.
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It is extraordinary how it has become a sort of “settled wisdom” these days that Net Zero is an absurd aim, a sign of mad political correctness, and “has got to go”, when our planet is literally burning to death.
You see everything is connected.
The marine heatwaves off the coasts of Europe make heatwaves on land more intense, which in turn dries out vegetation, which then creates perfect fire weather conditions.
Brought to you by the world's refusal to drastically reduce the burning of fossil fuels.
The marine heatwaves off the coasts of Europe make heatwaves on land more intense, which in turn dries out vegetation, which then creates perfect fire weather conditions.
Brought to you by the world's refusal to drastically reduce the burning of fossil fuels.
Ongoing marine heatwave in the Atlantic Ocean and Mediterranean Sea | EU Space Support Office
In late May 2026, several countries in Western Europe faced above-average temperatures. During the same period, large areas of the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea also recorded above-average ...
eu-space.europa.eu
July 26, 2026 at 12:15 PM
It is extraordinary how it has become a sort of “settled wisdom” these days that Net Zero is an absurd aim, a sign of mad political correctness, and “has got to go”, when our planet is literally burning to death.
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Wonderful news....
Hundreds of species found at former farmland in Bedfordshire.
Via BBC News
Hundreds of species found at former farmland in Bedfordshire.
Via BBC News
Hundreds of species found at former farmland in Bedfordshire
The Wildlife Trust says Strawberry Hill is a "unique" site where every visit throws up new species.
www.bbc.co.uk
July 26, 2026 at 12:19 PM
Wonderful news....
Hundreds of species found at former farmland in Bedfordshire.
Via BBC News
Hundreds of species found at former farmland in Bedfordshire.
Via BBC News
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"Overall carbon emissions have increased" in the UK, because of Net Zero, Kemi Badenoch repeatedly tells the BBC, to no pushback.
Just completely untrue
Just completely untrue
July 19, 2026 at 9:03 AM
"Overall carbon emissions have increased" in the UK, because of Net Zero, Kemi Badenoch repeatedly tells the BBC, to no pushback.
Just completely untrue
Just completely untrue
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Nigel Farage once became the butt of jokes about "losing to a dolphin".
Now Count Binface has become the unexpected hero of the Clacton campaign.
The internet's reaction did not disappoint. Here's a meme collection we’ve selected for you ⤵️
Share your favourites, too!
@eastangliabylines.co.uk
Now Count Binface has become the unexpected hero of the Clacton campaign.
The internet's reaction did not disappoint. Here's a meme collection we’ve selected for you ⤵️
Share your favourites, too!
@eastangliabylines.co.uk
The 20 best Count Binface memes from the Clacton by-election
With Count Binface becoming Nigel Farage's main challenger, social media has responded with some gloriously inventive political satire
eastangliabylines.co.uk
July 10, 2026 at 5:17 PM
Nigel Farage once became the butt of jokes about "losing to a dolphin".
Now Count Binface has become the unexpected hero of the Clacton campaign.
The internet's reaction did not disappoint. Here's a meme collection we’ve selected for you ⤵️
Share your favourites, too!
@eastangliabylines.co.uk
Now Count Binface has become the unexpected hero of the Clacton campaign.
The internet's reaction did not disappoint. Here's a meme collection we’ve selected for you ⤵️
Share your favourites, too!
@eastangliabylines.co.uk
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Build child care centers.
Build health centers.
Build community centers.
Not data centers.
And not ICE detention centers.
Build health centers.
Build community centers.
Not data centers.
And not ICE detention centers.
July 11, 2026 at 6:00 PM
Build child care centers.
Build health centers.
Build community centers.
Not data centers.
And not ICE detention centers.
Build health centers.
Build community centers.
Not data centers.
And not ICE detention centers.
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This kind of whining - from France - is so very Brexit.
Until we take responsibility for the inevitable consequences of our own stupid choices, we will stay stuck in a sulky dead-end calling other people names.
Boris Johnson rejected these data sharing arrangements. You get what you pay for.
(Times)
Until we take responsibility for the inevitable consequences of our own stupid choices, we will stay stuck in a sulky dead-end calling other people names.
Boris Johnson rejected these data sharing arrangements. You get what you pay for.
(Times)
July 4, 2026 at 7:50 AM
This kind of whining - from France - is so very Brexit.
Until we take responsibility for the inevitable consequences of our own stupid choices, we will stay stuck in a sulky dead-end calling other people names.
Boris Johnson rejected these data sharing arrangements. You get what you pay for.
(Times)
Until we take responsibility for the inevitable consequences of our own stupid choices, we will stay stuck in a sulky dead-end calling other people names.
Boris Johnson rejected these data sharing arrangements. You get what you pay for.
(Times)
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SHAKESPEAREAN HAIKU
Shall I compare thee
To a summer’s day? Alright –
Thou art very hot.
Shall I compare thee
To a summer’s day? Alright –
Thou art very hot.
June 26, 2026 at 1:03 PM
SHAKESPEAREAN HAIKU
Shall I compare thee
To a summer’s day? Alright –
Thou art very hot.
Shall I compare thee
To a summer’s day? Alright –
Thou art very hot.
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"Out of work and out of sight."
That's how Alan Milburn's review describes too many young people today.
Former Suffolk headteacher Ian Flintoff explains why he believes things don't have to be this way.
That's how Alan Milburn's review describes too many young people today.
Former Suffolk headteacher Ian Flintoff explains why he believes things don't have to be this way.
Young people are ‘out of work and out of sight’
A new report explains why can’t we grasp the issue of young people not in employment, education or training
eastangliabylines.co.uk
June 25, 2026 at 2:01 PM
"Out of work and out of sight."
That's how Alan Milburn's review describes too many young people today.
Former Suffolk headteacher Ian Flintoff explains why he believes things don't have to be this way.
That's how Alan Milburn's review describes too many young people today.
Former Suffolk headteacher Ian Flintoff explains why he believes things don't have to be this way.
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Burnham dominates the headlines – but that's not the only story.
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Questions continue over Rochford Council leader Adi Malviya's election eligibility dispute.
*
And Reform's local government troubles keep piling up.
Pecksniff's Diary
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Questions continue over Rochford Council leader Adi Malviya's election eligibility dispute.
*
And Reform's local government troubles keep piling up.
Pecksniff's Diary
Pecksniff: Burnham as prime minister before September
In which Mr Pecksniff lays before his readers for their approval certain observations and speculations reflecting on the political life
eastangliabylines.co.uk
June 21, 2026 at 12:01 PM
Burnham dominates the headlines – but that's not the only story.
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Questions continue over Rochford Council leader Adi Malviya's election eligibility dispute.
*
And Reform's local government troubles keep piling up.
Pecksniff's Diary
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Questions continue over Rochford Council leader Adi Malviya's election eligibility dispute.
*
And Reform's local government troubles keep piling up.
Pecksniff's Diary
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I think this is broadly right.
We don't have an epidemic of violent crime (on the part of asylum seekers, migrants or anyone else) nor are we torn apart/wracked by racism/antisemitism/Islamophobia, serious issues as they are, and the media, especially the BBC, shouldn't tell us we are.
We don't have an epidemic of violent crime (on the part of asylum seekers, migrants or anyone else) nor are we torn apart/wracked by racism/antisemitism/Islamophobia, serious issues as they are, and the media, especially the BBC, shouldn't tell us we are.
My against the grain of Bluesky opinion is that we should be campaigning for the - say - Belfast knife attack to have the same amount of coverage as the Edinburgh knife attacks, and not vice versa.
June 21, 2026 at 11:35 AM
I think this is broadly right.
We don't have an epidemic of violent crime (on the part of asylum seekers, migrants or anyone else) nor are we torn apart/wracked by racism/antisemitism/Islamophobia, serious issues as they are, and the media, especially the BBC, shouldn't tell us we are.
We don't have an epidemic of violent crime (on the part of asylum seekers, migrants or anyone else) nor are we torn apart/wracked by racism/antisemitism/Islamophobia, serious issues as they are, and the media, especially the BBC, shouldn't tell us we are.
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The Gestapo marched hundreds of thousands of innocent people to their deaths.
I've ended private schools' tax breaks to invest in state schools.
No responsible leader makes vile comparisons like this. Kemi Badenoch is not fit to be Prime Minister.
I've ended private schools' tax breaks to invest in state schools.
No responsible leader makes vile comparisons like this. Kemi Badenoch is not fit to be Prime Minister.
June 16, 2026 at 12:23 PM
The Gestapo marched hundreds of thousands of innocent people to their deaths.
I've ended private schools' tax breaks to invest in state schools.
No responsible leader makes vile comparisons like this. Kemi Badenoch is not fit to be Prime Minister.
I've ended private schools' tax breaks to invest in state schools.
No responsible leader makes vile comparisons like this. Kemi Badenoch is not fit to be Prime Minister.
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If anyone is wondering about the Lady Chief Justice of England & Wales claiming Palestine Action's "covert" activities make them different from the suffragettes that Yvette Cooper admires so much, here's a secret message code book in the National Archives www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/education/re...
Message codes - The National Archives
Codes used by Women’s Social and Political Union for secret messages. These were used as evidence in the conspiracy trials against the WSPU leaders. (Catalogue ref: DPP 1/23 f205) Transcript https://c...
www.nationalarchives.gov.uk
June 15, 2026 at 3:06 PM
If anyone is wondering about the Lady Chief Justice of England & Wales claiming Palestine Action's "covert" activities make them different from the suffragettes that Yvette Cooper admires so much, here's a secret message code book in the National Archives www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/education/re...
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Telling that this horrendous story has been completely ignored by Farage and Co.
A shocking murder.
A shocking murder.
Another murder of a student - this time a Saudi man - with a knife. This one took nearly a year to reach a conviction. Sentencing awaited.
Will media and politics take any notice?
www.cambs.police.uk/news/cambrid...
perpetrator - victim
#BBCLauraK
Will media and politics take any notice?
www.cambs.police.uk/news/cambrid...
perpetrator - victim
#BBCLauraK
June 7, 2026 at 8:35 AM
Telling that this horrendous story has been completely ignored by Farage and Co.
A shocking murder.
A shocking murder.
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Working through Tony Blair’s essay (on the TBI website) on the challenges facing UK/Labour, and the responses from Wes Streeting (Guardian) Keir Starmer (Substack) and Andy Burnham (Times), to produce a TLDR.
Only one of these four mentions climate crisis and only in passing.
Only one of these four mentions climate crisis and only in passing.
May 29, 2026 at 7:09 AM
Working through Tony Blair’s essay (on the TBI website) on the challenges facing UK/Labour, and the responses from Wes Streeting (Guardian) Keir Starmer (Substack) and Andy Burnham (Times), to produce a TLDR.
Only one of these four mentions climate crisis and only in passing.
Only one of these four mentions climate crisis and only in passing.
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Tony Blair’s essay VS the Pope’s encyclical
Blair essay: number 1 bit of advice, do not regulate AI (in which I have £millions invested)
Pope essay: we need the most rigorous constraints on AI
1/
Blair essay: number 1 bit of advice, do not regulate AI (in which I have £millions invested)
Pope essay: we need the most rigorous constraints on AI
1/
May 27, 2026 at 8:31 AM
Tony Blair’s essay VS the Pope’s encyclical
Blair essay: number 1 bit of advice, do not regulate AI (in which I have £millions invested)
Pope essay: we need the most rigorous constraints on AI
1/
Blair essay: number 1 bit of advice, do not regulate AI (in which I have £millions invested)
Pope essay: we need the most rigorous constraints on AI
1/
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Always liked the Buffett analogy.
May 25, 2026 at 10:32 AM
Always liked the Buffett analogy.
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"for now we must treat this claim as unsubstantiated unless and until some further information emerges".
@ciaranm.bsky.social, former Chief Executive of the National Cyber Security Centre, on Farage's claims of Russian hacking.
www.linkedin.com/posts/cyberc...
@ciaranm.bsky.social, former Chief Executive of the National Cyber Security Centre, on Farage's claims of Russian hacking.
www.linkedin.com/posts/cyberc...
May 25, 2026 at 10:28 AM
"for now we must treat this claim as unsubstantiated unless and until some further information emerges".
@ciaranm.bsky.social, former Chief Executive of the National Cyber Security Centre, on Farage's claims of Russian hacking.
www.linkedin.com/posts/cyberc...
@ciaranm.bsky.social, former Chief Executive of the National Cyber Security Centre, on Farage's claims of Russian hacking.
www.linkedin.com/posts/cyberc...
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