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Politics, power, propaganda - explained without the spin. Author of Bear Necessities of Politics and Power and editor of BearlyPolitics.co.uk 🐻

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The Bear @bearlypolitics.co.uk · Sep 2

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If you’re looking for my longer form posts, you can now find them on bearlypolitics.co.uk.

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Bearly Politics | The Bear | Substack

Welcome to Bearly Politics! I'm The Bear, your slightly exasperated guide to the strange world of modern politics. Here, I attempt to tackle the absurdities of power, with claws sharpened by satire an...

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The Bear @bearlypolitics.co.uk · 3h

Quick scone etiquette question (no, not about in which sequence cream goes, that’s been answered):

Which goes on first - cheese or apricot jam?

Scones - one with jam and cheese, and one with cream and jam, side by side.

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The Bear @bearlypolitics.co.uk · 4h

Oh, it gets even worse than that…

I just made these.

Trouble.

It’s coming.

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The Bear @bearlypolitics.co.uk · 5h

My updated go-to sources for the best news, analysis and political commentary - now including @thenerve.news

(You can tell I’m having an admin heavy weekend)

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The Bear @bearlypolitics.co.uk · 8h

Just brilliant by @thenerve.news - I can just imagine Stewart Lee running around on bypasses snatching flags.

Well done that man.

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THE NERVE @thenerve.news · 8h

🔗 Read the full piece

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Stewart Lee: The thugs have taken my flag. So I’ve taken theirs

What do you do with a lot of cheap banners hanging from motorway bridges once you’ve torn them down?

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The Bear @bearlypolitics.co.uk · 1d

Only a pleasure, Simon.

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The Bear @bearlypolitics.co.uk · 1d

Quick timing question for everyone following both here and on bearlypolitics.co.uk - when should Bearly Newsworthy go out each week?

Friday, Saturday or Sunday morning?

Have a lovely weekend!

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The Bear @bearlypolitics.co.uk · 1d

Thank you very much, I do appreciate it.

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The Bear @bearlypolitics.co.uk · 1d

They do seem rather on the back foot with this one, don’t they?

Almost as if the scrutiny over a man who took bribes from Russia having ties to Reform is… making things a touch uncomfortable.

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 1d

Ever since I finished Question Time, Reform have massively been on the attack.

Including a rant from Richard Tice entirely designed to distract from Reform and Russia.

Everyone should know about Nathan Gill, the bribes from Russia and the link to Reform.

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The Bear @bearlypolitics.co.uk · 1d

Evangelical 'King's Army' group disrupts traffic in historic LGBTQ+ London district

A right-wing, evangelical group calling itself the King's Army blocked traffic on Old Compton Street in Soho while chanting anti-LGBTQ+ slogans.

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The Bear @bearlypolitics.co.uk · 1d

Yeah, I’m sorry, these black shirt clad evangelicals can fuck right off.

Evangelical, right-wing 'King's Army' group disrupts traffic in historic LGBTQ+ London
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The Bear @bearlypolitics.co.uk · 1d

Bingo!

It’s the moustache and fast talking.

It does things to me.

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The Bear @bearlypolitics.co.uk · 1d

Honestly, did this man just need a few days off or something? Because I’d personally just have called in a sickie.

The Times & Sunday Times @thetimes.com · 1d

Sébastien Lecornu returns as French PM four days after quitting

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The Bear @bearlypolitics.co.uk · 1d

Not being close enough to US politics (I don’t own a hazmat suit nearly hazmatty enough), can someone please explain - in UK terms - who this man is, whose photo looks like it should appear next to “Generic White Man” in the dictionary?

The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 2d

Mike Johnson is now calling #NoKings a "hate America rally"

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The Bear @bearlypolitics.co.uk · 1d

Bearly Newsworthy: The Things They Told You To Be Angry About This Week

This week's digest of the UK's most performative outrage - lovingly filtered so you don't have to doomscroll.

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The Bear @bearlypolitics.co.uk · 1d

Oh look - Farage.

In the US - again. This time slagging off UK teachers. Next thing you know he’ll be there having a go at our vicars, doctors and nurses.

This man seriously, seriously dislikes Britain, doesn’t he?

This feels like a guaranteed entry into next week’s issue of Bearly Newsworthy.

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Nigel Farage accuses teachers of
'poisoning our kids' on race issues
Exclusive: Reform UK leader's remarks at event for private US college criticised as 'grossly irresponsible' by NEU leader

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The Bear @bearlypolitics.co.uk · 1d

In the 14th century, people burned doctors for heresy during the plague.

In 2025, they’re just made redundant.

Progress!

Trump Administration Lays Off Dozens of C.D.C. Officials
"Disease detectives," high-ranking scientists, the entire Washington office and the staff of a weekly public health journal were among those who learned late Friday that they would lose their jobs.

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The Bear @bearlypolitics.co.uk · 1d

To be fair, the government doesn’t talk nearly enough about the economic fallout from Farage’s pet project, Brexit - either what it’s already cost us or what’s still to come.

In both cases, the answer is pretty much the same: a bit shit.

This feels well overdue.

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Keir Starmer's plan to blame Nigel Farage for budget tax rises With Reform UK threatening the end of' two-party politics, both Labour and the Tories are fighting to stay relevant as conference season comes to an end

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The Bear @bearlypolitics.co.uk · 1d

The answer is no, Tom - people living* on the state pensions do not have it any “easier”, and pitting working young people against retired people is ludicrous and counterproductive.

*Living is not the term I would use for trying to get by on maximum £230.25 per week.

66 'I lived off the state pension for a week - and was forced to drink water at the pub' Young workers are buckling under the weight of Reeves's tax burden. But do pensioners have it any easier?

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The Bear @bearlypolitics.co.uk · 1d

I’m not saying I don’t…

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The Bear @bearlypolitics.co.uk · 1d

Only a pleasure, Ptacek.

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The Bear @bearlypolitics.co.uk · 1d

I mean, it really, really is, and a mullet does… things to me, and if it weren’t for that rambunctious fast talking American, you’d be front of the line.

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The Bear @bearlypolitics.co.uk · 1d

You are quite correct - they have now been added.

I will remove myself to the study for a period of reflection and self-flagellation.

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The Bear @bearlypolitics.co.uk · 1d

I mean, that’s usually a sure shot with me, and Henry is most definitely strongly second in line in this quad.

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The Bear @bearlypolitics.co.uk · 1d

It is, as always, only a pleasure.

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