Nick Hollinghurst
@nickhollinghurst.bsky.social
From: Birkenhead
Former: Scientist, export salesman, politician
Current: Politician, humanist, elderly retired man
Interests: people, travel, good food, reading
Languages: English, Deutsch, Cymraeg, Français, bits of others
Member: National Liberal Club
Former: Scientist, export salesman, politician
Current: Politician, humanist, elderly retired man
Interests: people, travel, good food, reading
Languages: English, Deutsch, Cymraeg, Français, bits of others
Member: National Liberal Club
Gen Zed scrolls on, all fearful and friendless,
A Sullen Majority, standing aside,
Finding no Meaning, no Hope and no Happiness -
TikTok goes Time, and away ebbs the Tide.
A Sullen Majority, standing aside,
Finding no Meaning, no Hope and no Happiness -
TikTok goes Time, and away ebbs the Tide.
September 15, 2026 at 10:57 PM
Gen Zed scrolls on, all fearful and friendless,
A Sullen Majority, standing aside,
Finding no Meaning, no Hope and no Happiness -
TikTok goes Time, and away ebbs the Tide.
A Sullen Majority, standing aside,
Finding no Meaning, no Hope and no Happiness -
TikTok goes Time, and away ebbs the Tide.
Last year the Home Office (Guardian 4/7/25) admitted that it didn't know details or whereabouts of an estimated 200,000 people who've lived in UK legally for decades.
Immigration records are being digitised, so some people may be missed and become "undocumented".
Might Reform deny Dadaji NHS access?
Immigration records are being digitised, so some people may be missed and become "undocumented".
Might Reform deny Dadaji NHS access?
September 15, 2026 at 3:17 PM
Last year the Home Office (Guardian 4/7/25) admitted that it didn't know details or whereabouts of an estimated 200,000 people who've lived in UK legally for decades.
Immigration records are being digitised, so some people may be missed and become "undocumented".
Might Reform deny Dadaji NHS access?
Immigration records are being digitised, so some people may be missed and become "undocumented".
Might Reform deny Dadaji NHS access?
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English exceptionalism based on imperialism is not a basis for governing. It is time Burnham recognised that.
September 15, 2026 at 6:54 AM
English exceptionalism based on imperialism is not a basis for governing. It is time Burnham recognised that.
Munchetty was right to seek clarification of Kemi Badenoch's suggestion that people "living in areas that are quite expensive" should be ineligible for the full housing benefit element in Universal Credit, or even ANY housing benefit.
The benefit was related to the Broad Rental Market Area averages.
The benefit was related to the Broad Rental Market Area averages.
September 14, 2026 at 3:40 PM
Munchetty was right to seek clarification of Kemi Badenoch's suggestion that people "living in areas that are quite expensive" should be ineligible for the full housing benefit element in Universal Credit, or even ANY housing benefit.
The benefit was related to the Broad Rental Market Area averages.
The benefit was related to the Broad Rental Market Area averages.
Your regular reminder from Anne Applebaum:
"If the Russians stop fighting, the war ends. If the Ukrainians stop fighting, their land will be occupied, their leaders will be killed, their history and language will be erased, their children will be kidnapped to serve Russia."
"If the Russians stop fighting, the war ends. If the Ukrainians stop fighting, their land will be occupied, their leaders will be killed, their history and language will be erased, their children will be kidnapped to serve Russia."
September 14, 2026 at 12:28 PM
Your regular reminder from Anne Applebaum:
"If the Russians stop fighting, the war ends. If the Ukrainians stop fighting, their land will be occupied, their leaders will be killed, their history and language will be erased, their children will be kidnapped to serve Russia."
"If the Russians stop fighting, the war ends. If the Ukrainians stop fighting, their land will be occupied, their leaders will be killed, their history and language will be erased, their children will be kidnapped to serve Russia."
On 04/07/25, Wes Streeting said he would rely on digital technology to improve NHS efficiency.
But computerisation alone will make existing problems deeper and delays longer.
FIRST must come SYSTEMS ANALYSIS to OPTIMISE PROCESSES and FOCUS on objectives.
HAS THIS BEEN DONE?
(pic Independent Living)
But computerisation alone will make existing problems deeper and delays longer.
FIRST must come SYSTEMS ANALYSIS to OPTIMISE PROCESSES and FOCUS on objectives.
HAS THIS BEEN DONE?
(pic Independent Living)
September 14, 2026 at 11:18 AM
On 04/07/25, Wes Streeting said he would rely on digital technology to improve NHS efficiency.
But computerisation alone will make existing problems deeper and delays longer.
FIRST must come SYSTEMS ANALYSIS to OPTIMISE PROCESSES and FOCUS on objectives.
HAS THIS BEEN DONE?
(pic Independent Living)
But computerisation alone will make existing problems deeper and delays longer.
FIRST must come SYSTEMS ANALYSIS to OPTIMISE PROCESSES and FOCUS on objectives.
HAS THIS BEEN DONE?
(pic Independent Living)
Gen Zed scrolls on, all fearful and friendless,
A Sullen Majority, standing aside,
Finding no Meaning, no Hope and no Happiness
TikTok goes Time, and away ebbs the Tide.
A Sullen Majority, standing aside,
Finding no Meaning, no Hope and no Happiness
TikTok goes Time, and away ebbs the Tide.
September 14, 2026 at 10:29 AM
Gen Zed scrolls on, all fearful and friendless,
A Sullen Majority, standing aside,
Finding no Meaning, no Hope and no Happiness
TikTok goes Time, and away ebbs the Tide.
A Sullen Majority, standing aside,
Finding no Meaning, no Hope and no Happiness
TikTok goes Time, and away ebbs the Tide.
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Underground Railway, Liverpool, 1894, painting by Charles Trevor Prescott, 1872-1947 (Walker Gallery).
September 14, 2026 at 7:04 AM
Underground Railway, Liverpool, 1894, painting by Charles Trevor Prescott, 1872-1947 (Walker Gallery).
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We have a little over 4,600 GW of fossil fuel power plant capacity now running. If we could install solar with batteries at $50,000 per megawatt, which is doable imo, then we could curtail the use of all those fossil fueled power plants by over 75% for only $230 billion. I think we should do that.
September 13, 2026 at 11:05 PM
We have a little over 4,600 GW of fossil fuel power plant capacity now running. If we could install solar with batteries at $50,000 per megawatt, which is doable imo, then we could curtail the use of all those fossil fueled power plants by over 75% for only $230 billion. I think we should do that.
September 13, 2026 at 2:24 PM
USS Delaware makes Tromsø port call during busy period of Russian submarine testing in northern waters
www.thebarentsobserver.com/security/uss...
www.thebarentsobserver.com/security/uss...
www.thebarentsobserver.com
September 13, 2026 at 2:22 PM
USS Delaware makes Tromsø port call during busy period of Russian submarine testing in northern waters
www.thebarentsobserver.com/security/uss...
www.thebarentsobserver.com/security/uss...
Gosh it's difficult to keep up... NOW it looks as though IRELAND (all of it) is going to be the 51st state!
September 12, 2026 at 10:29 PM
Gosh it's difficult to keep up... NOW it looks as though IRELAND (all of it) is going to be the 51st state!
"Nigel of Clacton
Be not so bold,
For Reform thy Partie
Is bought and is sold."
Be not so bold,
For Reform thy Partie
Is bought and is sold."
September 12, 2026 at 7:25 PM
"Nigel of Clacton
Be not so bold,
For Reform thy Partie
Is bought and is sold."
Be not so bold,
For Reform thy Partie
Is bought and is sold."
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Neo-liberal Capitalism is extreme capitalism and purely acquisitive in nature and pleonexic – it is not enough to have enough, it is the pursuit of more and everything. It is designed to monopolise power and give none away; it is designed to crush competitors. It is to make gods out of mere men
September 11, 2026 at 4:51 AM
Neo-liberal Capitalism is extreme capitalism and purely acquisitive in nature and pleonexic – it is not enough to have enough, it is the pursuit of more and everything. It is designed to monopolise power and give none away; it is designed to crush competitors. It is to make gods out of mere men
And I'm old enough to know that in 1953, US & UK forced out the liberal PM of Iran, Mossadegh, after which the Shah ruled as an increasingly brutal autocrat - until the revolution of 1979 brought in the brutal Islamic republic led by Ruhollah Khomeini.
Thus the US/UK 1953 coup led to today's mess.
Thus the US/UK 1953 coup led to today's mess.
September 7, 2026 at 11:01 PM
And I'm old enough to know that in 1953, US & UK forced out the liberal PM of Iran, Mossadegh, after which the Shah ruled as an increasingly brutal autocrat - until the revolution of 1979 brought in the brutal Islamic republic led by Ruhollah Khomeini.
Thus the US/UK 1953 coup led to today's mess.
Thus the US/UK 1953 coup led to today's mess.
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See this chart?
Workers’ share of the nation’s income is at the lowest it’s been since records began in 1947. Corporate profits’ share, on the other hand, is the highest it’s been since 1950.
This is why we must build back worker power.
Workers’ share of the nation’s income is at the lowest it’s been since records began in 1947. Corporate profits’ share, on the other hand, is the highest it’s been since 1950.
This is why we must build back worker power.
September 7, 2026 at 8:00 PM
See this chart?
Workers’ share of the nation’s income is at the lowest it’s been since records began in 1947. Corporate profits’ share, on the other hand, is the highest it’s been since 1950.
This is why we must build back worker power.
Workers’ share of the nation’s income is at the lowest it’s been since records began in 1947. Corporate profits’ share, on the other hand, is the highest it’s been since 1950.
This is why we must build back worker power.
Yes, I knew. Did you?
September 7, 2026 at 10:31 PM
Yes, I knew. Did you?
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Criselda Vasquez, American, The New American Gothic, 2017, oil on canvas, 72 x 48 in, private collection
The artist's father, portrayed in the painting, was kidnapped by ICE on 31 March 2026
The artist's father, portrayed in the painting, was kidnapped by ICE on 31 March 2026
September 7, 2026 at 2:35 PM
Criselda Vasquez, American, The New American Gothic, 2017, oil on canvas, 72 x 48 in, private collection
The artist's father, portrayed in the painting, was kidnapped by ICE on 31 March 2026
The artist's father, portrayed in the painting, was kidnapped by ICE on 31 March 2026
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#Denmark built so much wind that some blustery hours the turbines out-produce what the whole country is using.
When that happens, the extra power doesn’t sit idle. It moves through Denmark’s links into the wider European network and heads to neighbors like Germany, Norway, Sweden. #ActOnClimate
When that happens, the extra power doesn’t sit idle. It moves through Denmark’s links into the wider European network and heads to neighbors like Germany, Norway, Sweden. #ActOnClimate
September 7, 2026 at 5:18 PM
#Denmark built so much wind that some blustery hours the turbines out-produce what the whole country is using.
When that happens, the extra power doesn’t sit idle. It moves through Denmark’s links into the wider European network and heads to neighbors like Germany, Norway, Sweden. #ActOnClimate
When that happens, the extra power doesn’t sit idle. It moves through Denmark’s links into the wider European network and heads to neighbors like Germany, Norway, Sweden. #ActOnClimate
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Locomotive 822 'The Earl' was built by Beyer Peacock Ltd at Gorton Foundry, Manchester, and delivered to the Welshpool & Llanfair Light Railway (Rheilffordd y Trallwng a Llanfair Caereinion) in 1902.
124 years later it is still in operation on the now-preserved line.
124 years later it is still in operation on the now-preserved line.
September 7, 2026 at 6:47 PM
Locomotive 822 'The Earl' was built by Beyer Peacock Ltd at Gorton Foundry, Manchester, and delivered to the Welshpool & Llanfair Light Railway (Rheilffordd y Trallwng a Llanfair Caereinion) in 1902.
124 years later it is still in operation on the now-preserved line.
124 years later it is still in operation on the now-preserved line.
Democratic Disadvantage, an overseas view
As a UK liberal democrat I'm sad to see Democrats without a national leader.
Their several outstanding local personalities have such disparate views that elsewhere they would be in different parties.
But the MAGA/Reps are united with simpler media messages.
As a UK liberal democrat I'm sad to see Democrats without a national leader.
Their several outstanding local personalities have such disparate views that elsewhere they would be in different parties.
But the MAGA/Reps are united with simpler media messages.
September 7, 2026 at 5:01 PM
Democratic Disadvantage, an overseas view
As a UK liberal democrat I'm sad to see Democrats without a national leader.
Their several outstanding local personalities have such disparate views that elsewhere they would be in different parties.
But the MAGA/Reps are united with simpler media messages.
As a UK liberal democrat I'm sad to see Democrats without a national leader.
Their several outstanding local personalities have such disparate views that elsewhere they would be in different parties.
But the MAGA/Reps are united with simpler media messages.
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A human can only survive 2-7 days without clean water, whereas we can survive in perpetuity without datacenters.
Choose wisely.
Choose wisely.
September 6, 2026 at 3:46 PM
A human can only survive 2-7 days without clean water, whereas we can survive in perpetuity without datacenters.
Choose wisely.
Choose wisely.
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'Tired Museum Feet' by Stevan Dohanos
September 6, 2026 at 10:23 PM
'Tired Museum Feet' by Stevan Dohanos
UK Government figures show that in the 7 days from 30 August, 2026 to 5th September, 2026,
zero small boats arrived and zero illegal migrants arrived.
This won't last of course but it does show that the problem is now significantly reduced.
zero small boats arrived and zero illegal migrants arrived.
This won't last of course but it does show that the problem is now significantly reduced.
September 6, 2026 at 11:11 PM
UK Government figures show that in the 7 days from 30 August, 2026 to 5th September, 2026,
zero small boats arrived and zero illegal migrants arrived.
This won't last of course but it does show that the problem is now significantly reduced.
zero small boats arrived and zero illegal migrants arrived.
This won't last of course but it does show that the problem is now significantly reduced.
In "The Righteous Mind", J Haidt, 2012, proposes 6 'Moral Foundations', for our attitudes.
"Care/Harm
Fairness/Cheating
Liberty/Oppression
Loyalty/Betrayal
Authority/Subversion
Sanctity/Degradation"
Libs stress 1, 2 & 3.
Cons stress 4, 5 & 6, but not exclusively, & this gives them a political edge.
"Care/Harm
Fairness/Cheating
Liberty/Oppression
Loyalty/Betrayal
Authority/Subversion
Sanctity/Degradation"
Libs stress 1, 2 & 3.
Cons stress 4, 5 & 6, but not exclusively, & this gives them a political edge.
September 6, 2026 at 10:37 PM
In "The Righteous Mind", J Haidt, 2012, proposes 6 'Moral Foundations', for our attitudes.
"Care/Harm
Fairness/Cheating
Liberty/Oppression
Loyalty/Betrayal
Authority/Subversion
Sanctity/Degradation"
Libs stress 1, 2 & 3.
Cons stress 4, 5 & 6, but not exclusively, & this gives them a political edge.
"Care/Harm
Fairness/Cheating
Liberty/Oppression
Loyalty/Betrayal
Authority/Subversion
Sanctity/Degradation"
Libs stress 1, 2 & 3.
Cons stress 4, 5 & 6, but not exclusively, & this gives them a political edge.