David Brown
@davidb36.bsky.social
PR and editorial consultant. Labour Party member and mad Shrewsbury Town supporter (you have to be).
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The first Orangeman to back a united Ireland.
Trump says he would ‘love’ to see unified Ireland and ‘it may as well happen now’ as he visits Dublin – live
Trump says he would ‘love’ to see unified Ireland and ‘it may as well happen now’ as he visits Dublin – live
US president is meeting politicians and business leaders – and playing golf – during two-day trip to Ireland
www.theguardian.com
September 12, 2026 at 11:57 AM
The first Orangeman to back a united Ireland.
What a terrible softball interview between Nick Robinson and Art Laffer on Radio 4 Today. Bick, if you're not prepared or unable to challenge a free market ideologue, where is the balance?
September 10, 2026 at 7:52 AM
What a terrible softball interview between Nick Robinson and Art Laffer on Radio 4 Today. Bick, if you're not prepared or unable to challenge a free market ideologue, where is the balance?
I never thought I'd say this but can we hear more from Wayne Rooney? #BBCWorldCup
July 19, 2026 at 8:13 PM
I never thought I'd say this but can we hear more from Wayne Rooney? #BBCWorldCup
Dear people of Clacton: vote for Bindependence Day!
July 10, 2026 at 8:49 AM
Dear people of Clacton: vote for Bindependence Day!
Ce soir, nous sommes tous Belges. Or in simple terms, just fuck off Trump, you venal bastard!
July 6, 2026 at 4:46 PM
Ce soir, nous sommes tous Belges. Or in simple terms, just fuck off Trump, you venal bastard!
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The positive of Balogun is it's the first time a Republican has intervened to reduce a black man's sentence.
July 5, 2026 at 8:58 PM
The positive of Balogun is it's the first time a Republican has intervened to reduce a black man's sentence.
Well done to the voters of Makerfield. You saw right through the lies, false promises and division offered by Reform and Restore and opted for hope, decency and unity.
June 19, 2026 at 1:34 PM
Well done to the voters of Makerfield. You saw right through the lies, false promises and division offered by Reform and Restore and opted for hope, decency and unity.
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You can dig through the political implications of all of it, but frankly, I do think we should be honest:
Reform is just a licence to be cruel.
Their whole politics is built on facile grievances, extrapolated into a loose hatred that attracts not idealogues but just nasty people.
Reform is just a licence to be cruel.
Their whole politics is built on facile grievances, extrapolated into a loose hatred that attracts not idealogues but just nasty people.
Reform's candidate Robert Kenyon said abortion was a "cowardly act of murder" and implied that people falsely claimed to have been raped
He said: “Don’t dole out the ‘what if someone is raped by their brother’ arguement... don’t want babies? Use contreception! [sic]”
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
He said: “Don’t dole out the ‘what if someone is raped by their brother’ arguement... don’t want babies? Use contreception! [sic]”
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
Reform candidate for Makerfield by-election calls abortio...
Robert Kenyon, who is standing against Andy Burnham, suggested on social media that women falsely claim rape to terminate pregnancies and has links to far-right figures
observer.co.uk
May 24, 2026 at 7:31 AM
You can dig through the political implications of all of it, but frankly, I do think we should be honest:
Reform is just a licence to be cruel.
Their whole politics is built on facile grievances, extrapolated into a loose hatred that attracts not idealogues but just nasty people.
Reform is just a licence to be cruel.
Their whole politics is built on facile grievances, extrapolated into a loose hatred that attracts not idealogues but just nasty people.
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Starmer should have no hesitation in labelling Musk a threat to democracy and national security rather than merely accusing him of “division”.
X owner Elon Musk has reposted his Sept 2025 call that pre-emptive inter-ethnic violence (civil war) is necessary for 'self-defence
"Elon Musk was always right
"You either fight back, or you die."
"Elon Musk was always right
"You either fight back, or you die."
June 10, 2026 at 9:33 AM
Starmer should have no hesitation in labelling Musk a threat to democracy and national security rather than merely accusing him of “division”.
Reform UK's Robert Kenyon: so hopelessly out of his depth, I wouldn't trust him to run a tap let alone fix one.
June 5, 2026 at 1:09 PM
Reform UK's Robert Kenyon: so hopelessly out of his depth, I wouldn't trust him to run a tap let alone fix one.
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Yep - keep hearing the "oh it only affects the U16s" in the media reports and the point is - that no! It affects everyone. We have a major issue with radicalisation amongst the O50s!
May 26, 2026 at 11:48 AM
Yep - keep hearing the "oh it only affects the U16s" in the media reports and the point is - that no! It affects everyone. We have a major issue with radicalisation amongst the O50s!
250 years of American history: from one mad king to another.
April 27, 2026 at 10:38 AM
250 years of American history: from one mad king to another.
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No. The big divide in Britain today is between the rich and the poor.
Reform are on the side of the rich. Specifically, rich white English racists who hate the poor and the vulnerable and don’t think they deserve to have rights or public services or dignity.
Reform are on the side of the rich. Specifically, rich white English racists who hate the poor and the vulnerable and don’t think they deserve to have rights or public services or dignity.
April 26, 2026 at 8:05 AM
No. The big divide in Britain today is between the rich and the poor.
Reform are on the side of the rich. Specifically, rich white English racists who hate the poor and the vulnerable and don’t think they deserve to have rights or public services or dignity.
Reform are on the side of the rich. Specifically, rich white English racists who hate the poor and the vulnerable and don’t think they deserve to have rights or public services or dignity.
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Eric Trump -- the president's son -- is on Maria Bartiromo's show bragging about one of his companies landing a $24 million Pentagon contract
April 23, 2026 at 12:11 PM
Eric Trump -- the president's son -- is on Maria Bartiromo's show bragging about one of his companies landing a $24 million Pentagon contract
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Just had this flagged with me. This is disgusting.
If Kemi Badenoch had one ounce of leadership in her, she would condemn this.
I don’t want any faux sadness from her or Nick Timothy when one of us is hurt or worse.
This is how low the Conservative Party have sunk.
If Kemi Badenoch had one ounce of leadership in her, she would condemn this.
I don’t want any faux sadness from her or Nick Timothy when one of us is hurt or worse.
This is how low the Conservative Party have sunk.
March 20, 2026 at 2:31 PM
Just had this flagged with me. This is disgusting.
If Kemi Badenoch had one ounce of leadership in her, she would condemn this.
I don’t want any faux sadness from her or Nick Timothy when one of us is hurt or worse.
This is how low the Conservative Party have sunk.
If Kemi Badenoch had one ounce of leadership in her, she would condemn this.
I don’t want any faux sadness from her or Nick Timothy when one of us is hurt or worse.
This is how low the Conservative Party have sunk.
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This is good. To add: I don't want to make everything about Brexit, but I also think our non-anchoring in the EU makes our middle-power status more stark. We are easier to single out for many forms of retaliation now, and that makes the costs of bravery higher than it would be for, say, France.
My column this week: why does the government make claims about stability that it cannot deliver on? Why does the opposition have a foreign policy prospectus well outside the UK's grasp? The answer is in both cases an inability to face up or talk frankly about being a middle power:
The UK must accept it is no longer a global power
Starmer has failed to level with the public that Britain’s control over its destiny is limited
www.ft.com
March 20, 2026 at 5:09 PM
This is good. To add: I don't want to make everything about Brexit, but I also think our non-anchoring in the EU makes our middle-power status more stark. We are easier to single out for many forms of retaliation now, and that makes the costs of bravery higher than it would be for, say, France.
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Also very unpatriotic, all things considering
What they’re basically saying is that Starmer and the UK isn’t allowed to operate an even moderately independent foreign policy outside of the United States. That is both ahistoric, wrong and weird for people who constantly tell us how sovereignty is what matters most.
March 3, 2026 at 6:18 PM
Also very unpatriotic, all things considering
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It’s not difficult to imagine what Winston Churchill would have made of Donald Trump…
March 3, 2026 at 6:18 PM
It’s not difficult to imagine what Winston Churchill would have made of Donald Trump…
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Notable that Reeves denounced Brexit for “cutting us off from our closest trading partners” – political and economic logic points to European integration.
March 3, 2026 at 1:08 PM
Notable that Reeves denounced Brexit for “cutting us off from our closest trading partners” – political and economic logic points to European integration.
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Lib Dem Leader Ed Davey:
"Tax exiles like Isabel Oakeshott and washed up old footballers who mock ordinary people who stay in the UK and pay our taxes... As we protect them, it's only right for tax exiles to start paying taxes to fund our armed forces, just like the rest of us".
"Tax exiles like Isabel Oakeshott and washed up old footballers who mock ordinary people who stay in the UK and pay our taxes... As we protect them, it's only right for tax exiles to start paying taxes to fund our armed forces, just like the rest of us".
March 2, 2026 at 4:11 PM
Lib Dem Leader Ed Davey:
"Tax exiles like Isabel Oakeshott and washed up old footballers who mock ordinary people who stay in the UK and pay our taxes... As we protect them, it's only right for tax exiles to start paying taxes to fund our armed forces, just like the rest of us".
"Tax exiles like Isabel Oakeshott and washed up old footballers who mock ordinary people who stay in the UK and pay our taxes... As we protect them, it's only right for tax exiles to start paying taxes to fund our armed forces, just like the rest of us".