Steve Holehouse
@geosteveh.bsky.social
British, European, and Edinburgh based husband and father. Retired geoscientist, interested in all science, maths, history and social justice.
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Just copy & share everywhere please.
Absolutely thumping.
Absolutely thumping.
September 2, 2026 at 8:19 PM
Just copy & share everywhere please.
Absolutely thumping.
Absolutely thumping.
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We apologize for yesterday’s service problems. Bluesky experienced a DDoS attack—a flood of junk traffic meant to knock servers offline—over a period of 24 hours. We have upgraded our defenses in response, and we continue to monitor the situation. Follow @status.bsky.app for any updates.
August 17, 2026 at 9:27 PM
We apologize for yesterday’s service problems. Bluesky experienced a DDoS attack—a flood of junk traffic meant to knock servers offline—over a period of 24 hours. We have upgraded our defenses in response, and we continue to monitor the situation. Follow @status.bsky.app for any updates.
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Reform put this crap out for attention and in order to appear like a serious political outfit.
They're in fact DEEPLY unserious and should be treated as such.
Far too many people start to engage with what is essentially a game of pigeon chess.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
They're in fact DEEPLY unserious and should be treated as such.
Far too many people start to engage with what is essentially a game of pigeon chess.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Reform UK benefits ban for foreign nationals would include EU citizens
The move would require renegotiating the UK's Brexit deal and could risk stripping British expats living in the EU of similar rights.
www.bbc.co.uk
August 17, 2026 at 7:38 AM
Reform put this crap out for attention and in order to appear like a serious political outfit.
They're in fact DEEPLY unserious and should be treated as such.
Far too many people start to engage with what is essentially a game of pigeon chess.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
They're in fact DEEPLY unserious and should be treated as such.
Far too many people start to engage with what is essentially a game of pigeon chess.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
The new government wants to build a 'deeper and more ambitious relationship' with Europe.
So we asked our movement what should come next?
The majority say that the UK joining the single market would make them feel that the UK's relationship with Europe was moving in the right direction.
So we asked our movement what should come next?
The majority say that the UK joining the single market would make them feel that the UK's relationship with Europe was moving in the right direction.
August 12, 2026 at 12:56 PM
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We flounced out of the EU on the say-so of politicians who lied to us. And what a total shitshow that’s turned out to be. The polar opposite of what they promised. Now the call to flounce out of the ECHR. By the same people. Telling the same lies. Has the country been kicked in the head by a horse?
October 5, 2025 at 7:04 AM
We flounced out of the EU on the say-so of politicians who lied to us. And what a total shitshow that’s turned out to be. The polar opposite of what they promised. Now the call to flounce out of the ECHR. By the same people. Telling the same lies. Has the country been kicked in the head by a horse?
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Anyone who describes a mere twenty-hour period as a marathon in any negotiation where there are fundamental disagreements, including peace talks, shows they do not understand negotiations.
April 12, 2026 at 9:04 AM
Anyone who describes a mere twenty-hour period as a marathon in any negotiation where there are fundamental disagreements, including peace talks, shows they do not understand negotiations.
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The real headline: crypto crook (who pleaded guilty to breaking US money laundering rules) plans to try and buy UK politics www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/202...
April 9, 2026 at 8:31 AM
The real headline: crypto crook (who pleaded guilty to breaking US money laundering rules) plans to try and buy UK politics www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/202...
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🔎 From the archive: We Need to Talk About Michael Gove and Crony Covid Contracts — by Russell scott
🔁 Relevant again: The Editor of the Spectator still has questions to answer
🔁 Relevant again: The Editor of the Spectator still has questions to answer
We Need to Talk About Michael Gove and Crony Covid Contracts
Gove claims he had no “active role” in the procurement of Covid PPE during the pandemic, yet evidence suggests he was involved in multiple VIP deals worth over £1billion, reports Russell Scott
www.bylinesupplement.com
March 7, 2026 at 10:41 AM
🔎 From the archive: We Need to Talk About Michael Gove and Crony Covid Contracts — by Russell scott
🔁 Relevant again: The Editor of the Spectator still has questions to answer
🔁 Relevant again: The Editor of the Spectator still has questions to answer
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I do struggle to understand Shabana Mahmood: if this was what she came into politics to do, why was it the Labour Party that attracted her? Throughout most of the last 20 years, the Conservatives would've been a much more obvious fit.
If it's not, why's she doing it so zealously?
If it's not, why's she doing it so zealously?
March 2, 2026 at 8:29 AM
I do struggle to understand Shabana Mahmood: if this was what she came into politics to do, why was it the Labour Party that attracted her? Throughout most of the last 20 years, the Conservatives would've been a much more obvious fit.
If it's not, why's she doing it so zealously?
If it's not, why's she doing it so zealously?
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Blue Labour as a concept needs to go in the bin, alongside the idea of Lexit. Cut the twin cancers out.
Brexit should go on the scrap heap of history.
FPTP has had its day too.
Roll on PR, and a full-throated and unashamed campaign to negotiate with the EU to rejoin ASAP.
Brexit should go on the scrap heap of history.
FPTP has had its day too.
Roll on PR, and a full-throated and unashamed campaign to negotiate with the EU to rejoin ASAP.
February 27, 2026 at 7:42 AM
Blue Labour as a concept needs to go in the bin, alongside the idea of Lexit. Cut the twin cancers out.
Brexit should go on the scrap heap of history.
FPTP has had its day too.
Roll on PR, and a full-throated and unashamed campaign to negotiate with the EU to rejoin ASAP.
Brexit should go on the scrap heap of history.
FPTP has had its day too.
Roll on PR, and a full-throated and unashamed campaign to negotiate with the EU to rejoin ASAP.
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The daft thing is that with Proportional Representation there'd be no need for this self-destructive war within Labour. It could split into its component parts - left and right - and people could vote for what they wanted. It's only First-Past-the-Post that forces these irreconcilables together.
February 9, 2026 at 8:51 AM
The daft thing is that with Proportional Representation there'd be no need for this self-destructive war within Labour. It could split into its component parts - left and right - and people could vote for what they wanted. It's only First-Past-the-Post that forces these irreconcilables together.
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Everything he's reported to have said in this BBC piece sounds like he's desperately trying to distance himself, knowing that the connection is real and toxic. If the press were investigating Farage with the same enthusiasm they went for Rayner, he'd be done for.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Nigel Farage 'stunned' ex-Wales Reform leader Nathan Gill took bribes
Nathan Gill has admitted taking money for pro-Russian statements as a European Parliament member.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 11, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Everything he's reported to have said in this BBC piece sounds like he's desperately trying to distance himself, knowing that the connection is real and toxic. If the press were investigating Farage with the same enthusiasm they went for Rayner, he'd be done for.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Glad to see Nigel Farage has finally remembered Nathan Gill, former leader of Reform in Wales - found guilty of taking bribes from Russia.
Maybe he'll now remember how much he took from Putin's propaganda broadcaster Russia Today for all his TV appearances when he was a MEP?
Maybe he'll now remember how much he took from Putin's propaganda broadcaster Russia Today for all his TV appearances when he was a MEP?
October 11, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Glad to see Nigel Farage has finally remembered Nathan Gill, former leader of Reform in Wales - found guilty of taking bribes from Russia.
Maybe he'll now remember how much he took from Putin's propaganda broadcaster Russia Today for all his TV appearances when he was a MEP?
Maybe he'll now remember how much he took from Putin's propaganda broadcaster Russia Today for all his TV appearances when he was a MEP?
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Last week, Washington University made the perhaps questionable decision to award me tenure.
September 29, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Last week, Washington University made the perhaps questionable decision to award me tenure.
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This really shouldn't even need saying, let alone agitating for. It is a truism more than a proposition.
Lib Dem leader Davey: “The Government needs to block any future contracts with Tesla, and block Musk from being granted a license to supply energy to British homes
“Ministers should make clear that if you are egging on violence on the streets of the UK, you are not someone we can do business with.”
“Ministers should make clear that if you are egging on violence on the streets of the UK, you are not someone we can do business with.”
September 15, 2025 at 1:43 PM
This really shouldn't even need saying, let alone agitating for. It is a truism more than a proposition.
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This must be a watershed moment. The government's continued use of X is no longer simply negligent. It is an act of conscious assistance to violent extremism.
The common sense meaning should make this Elon Musk's "rivers of blood" moment
Though I think he goes further than Enoch Powell in a couple of important ways
Though I think he goes further than Enoch Powell in a couple of important ways
Elon Musk spoke by video to Tommy Robinson's anti-immigrant rally in the UK today.
"You're in a fundamental situation here where, whether you choose violence or not, violence is coming to you," said Musk. "You either fight back or you die."
"You're in a fundamental situation here where, whether you choose violence or not, violence is coming to you," said Musk. "You either fight back or you die."
September 14, 2025 at 7:28 AM
This must be a watershed moment. The government's continued use of X is no longer simply negligent. It is an act of conscious assistance to violent extremism.
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It's time for the EU to step in and fund the Mauna Loa Observatory / Keeling Curve
July 9, 2025 at 7:54 PM
It's time for the EU to step in and fund the Mauna Loa Observatory / Keeling Curve
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Labour has a whopping great majority and four years left to turn this country around.
They should be setting the agenda, not chasing about trying to placate voters of a party with five MPs who will never vote for them anyway.
It's not only disappointing... it's embarrassing
They should be setting the agenda, not chasing about trying to placate voters of a party with five MPs who will never vote for them anyway.
It's not only disappointing... it's embarrassing
May 12, 2025 at 7:17 AM
Labour has a whopping great majority and four years left to turn this country around.
They should be setting the agenda, not chasing about trying to placate voters of a party with five MPs who will never vote for them anyway.
It's not only disappointing... it's embarrassing
They should be setting the agenda, not chasing about trying to placate voters of a party with five MPs who will never vote for them anyway.
It's not only disappointing... it's embarrassing
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Brexit was a con.
Sold on a pack of lies by fantasists, ladybird libertarians, chancers, xenophobes and spivs.
On this day of all days we should take a moment to remind everyone of that.
Sold on a pack of lies by fantasists, ladybird libertarians, chancers, xenophobes and spivs.
On this day of all days we should take a moment to remind everyone of that.
January 31, 2025 at 9:50 AM
Brexit was a con.
Sold on a pack of lies by fantasists, ladybird libertarians, chancers, xenophobes and spivs.
On this day of all days we should take a moment to remind everyone of that.
Sold on a pack of lies by fantasists, ladybird libertarians, chancers, xenophobes and spivs.
On this day of all days we should take a moment to remind everyone of that.
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I’m telling you all again…
…we could get a massive brain gain in Europe from all this if we play it right. 🧠
…we could get a massive brain gain in Europe from all this if we play it right. 🧠
I think some people hear “grants” and think that without them, scientists and government workers just have less stuff to play with at work. But grants fund salaries for students, academics, researchers, and people who work in all areas of public service.
“Pausing” grants means people don’t eat.
“Pausing” grants means people don’t eat.
White House pauses all federal grants, sparking confusion
The Trump administration has put a hold on all federal financial grants and loans, affecting tens of billions of dollars in payments.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 28, 2025 at 1:06 PM
I’m telling you all again…
…we could get a massive brain gain in Europe from all this if we play it right. 🧠
…we could get a massive brain gain in Europe from all this if we play it right. 🧠
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Led by donkeys killing it
January 23, 2025 at 9:55 AM
Led by donkeys killing it
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“A huge 68% of respondents in Britain see a benefit in reintroducing cross-Channel freedom of movement in exchange for access to the European single market”
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
UK and EU look to 2025 as year of reset but with little room for trade-offs
Sir Keir Starmer is invited to an EU summit in February - the first of its type since the Brexit negotiations.
www.bbc.com
December 29, 2024 at 7:54 AM
“A huge 68% of respondents in Britain see a benefit in reintroducing cross-Channel freedom of movement in exchange for access to the European single market”
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...