Dave Wilson
@davew1956.bsky.social
Pro UK in EU. Climate concerned. Enjoys cycling and travels. Retired.
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Dave Wilson
@davew1956.bsky.social
· Nov 16
I have moved from X (Duke Dave of the Shire) and have tried to follow many I followed on X. Give me a nudge if I have missed following you, and please follow back. Intending to shut down my X account by the end of this week.
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“Last month the governor of the Bank of England warned Brexit would have a negative impact on the UK economy for the “foreseeable future…yet, our leaders continue to work around these glaring facts as if they weren’t there”
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Rachel Reeves is studiously ignoring the cause of Britain’s woes: the Brexit-shaped hole in its roof | Jonathan Freedland
The autumn budget will mop up some damage, but the true source of the economic crisis is clear. The government should now fix it – tragically, it won’t, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2025 at 9:05 AM
“Last month the governor of the Bank of England warned Brexit would have a negative impact on the UK economy for the “foreseeable future…yet, our leaders continue to work around these glaring facts as if they weren’t there”
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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“Brexit was a waste of money that, now more than ever, we simply cannot afford.”
The political refusal to admit how badly they screwed us over with Brexit keeps us trapped in inevitable, snowballing failure. We can’t let them dodge this reality forever.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The political refusal to admit how badly they screwed us over with Brexit keeps us trapped in inevitable, snowballing failure. We can’t let them dodge this reality forever.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Rachel Reeves is studiously ignoring the cause of Britain’s woes: the Brexit-shaped hole in its roof | Jonathan Freedland
The autumn budget will mop up some damage, but the true source of the economic crisis is clear. The government should now fix it – tragically, it won’t, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2025 at 10:14 AM
“Brexit was a waste of money that, now more than ever, we simply cannot afford.”
The political refusal to admit how badly they screwed us over with Brexit keeps us trapped in inevitable, snowballing failure. We can’t let them dodge this reality forever.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The political refusal to admit how badly they screwed us over with Brexit keeps us trapped in inevitable, snowballing failure. We can’t let them dodge this reality forever.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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🌏🇬🇧"We only won the First World War and the Second World War because we were joined in those wars by millions of black and Asian people from around the world."
A powerful reminder from 2009 of Britain's historical debt to protecting a multicultural society. United we stand.
A powerful reminder from 2009 of Britain's historical debt to protecting a multicultural society. United we stand.
November 21, 2025 at 3:05 PM
🌏🇬🇧"We only won the First World War and the Second World War because we were joined in those wars by millions of black and Asian people from around the world."
A powerful reminder from 2009 of Britain's historical debt to protecting a multicultural society. United we stand.
A powerful reminder from 2009 of Britain's historical debt to protecting a multicultural society. United we stand.
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Can you let me know when Johnson’s trial for gross misconduct in public office/gross negligence manslaughter will be?
Just asking for a country beyond sick of having to suffer the consequences of these charlatans and their don’t-give-a-fuck-cos-we-don’t-need-to abuses of power.
Just asking for a country beyond sick of having to suffer the consequences of these charlatans and their don’t-give-a-fuck-cos-we-don’t-need-to abuses of power.
November 20, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Can you let me know when Johnson’s trial for gross misconduct in public office/gross negligence manslaughter will be?
Just asking for a country beyond sick of having to suffer the consequences of these charlatans and their don’t-give-a-fuck-cos-we-don’t-need-to abuses of power.
Just asking for a country beyond sick of having to suffer the consequences of these charlatans and their don’t-give-a-fuck-cos-we-don’t-need-to abuses of power.
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The Covid enquiry brings back so many memories
Cheltenham going ahead
Caprice getting mocked bc woman even though she was FUCKING RIGHT
JRM honking 'just use a handkerchief' after leaving the 1st meeting gvt bothered to attend
Fucking Cummings Post Durham Smirk
Constant fawning by a BozBrained press
Cheltenham going ahead
Caprice getting mocked bc woman even though she was FUCKING RIGHT
JRM honking 'just use a handkerchief' after leaving the 1st meeting gvt bothered to attend
Fucking Cummings Post Durham Smirk
Constant fawning by a BozBrained press
November 20, 2025 at 8:22 PM
The Covid enquiry brings back so many memories
Cheltenham going ahead
Caprice getting mocked bc woman even though she was FUCKING RIGHT
JRM honking 'just use a handkerchief' after leaving the 1st meeting gvt bothered to attend
Fucking Cummings Post Durham Smirk
Constant fawning by a BozBrained press
Cheltenham going ahead
Caprice getting mocked bc woman even though she was FUCKING RIGHT
JRM honking 'just use a handkerchief' after leaving the 1st meeting gvt bothered to attend
Fucking Cummings Post Durham Smirk
Constant fawning by a BozBrained press
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Having Johnson & Cummings in Downing Street when Covid struck was, just like Brexit, an entirely avoidable disaster caused largely by utterly appalling journalism. And now exactly the same clowns, arses & bigots with bylines are rolling out the red carpet for Farage.
www.thetimes.com/article/1b15...
www.thetimes.com/article/1b15...
Covid inquiry live: ‘Inexcusable’ delays under Johnson led to 23,000 deaths
Lockdowns may have been avoided if Boris Johnson’s government had acted faster, damning report finds
www.thetimes.com
November 20, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Having Johnson & Cummings in Downing Street when Covid struck was, just like Brexit, an entirely avoidable disaster caused largely by utterly appalling journalism. And now exactly the same clowns, arses & bigots with bylines are rolling out the red carpet for Farage.
www.thetimes.com/article/1b15...
www.thetimes.com/article/1b15...
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But he was SO FUNNY on Have I Got News For You.
November 20, 2025 at 9:09 PM
But he was SO FUNNY on Have I Got News For You.
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The tragedy? Labour still won’t admit it.
So instead of rebuilding the relationship, they’re doubling down on border theatre, hostile-environment politics and a pretend reset that’s already falling apart.
Brexit was Project Folly. And unless Labour changes course, Project Folly becomes permanent.
So instead of rebuilding the relationship, they’re doubling down on border theatre, hostile-environment politics and a pretend reset that’s already falling apart.
Brexit was Project Folly. And unless Labour changes course, Project Folly becomes permanent.
November 19, 2025 at 7:08 AM
The tragedy? Labour still won’t admit it.
So instead of rebuilding the relationship, they’re doubling down on border theatre, hostile-environment politics and a pretend reset that’s already falling apart.
Brexit was Project Folly. And unless Labour changes course, Project Folly becomes permanent.
So instead of rebuilding the relationship, they’re doubling down on border theatre, hostile-environment politics and a pretend reset that’s already falling apart.
Brexit was Project Folly. And unless Labour changes course, Project Folly becomes permanent.
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He’s a joke - we were never servants -but a well respected country in our own right - Shame on your ignorance
Michael Caine "I voted for Brexit... I'd rather be a poor master than a rich servant... You get lost, and then you find your way, and it will be alright."
This Brexiteer lives in LA, has never been a poor anything, and there are zero consequences for his actions on him.
This Brexiteer lives in LA, has never been a poor anything, and there are zero consequences for his actions on him.
November 17, 2025 at 9:22 PM
He’s a joke - we were never servants -but a well respected country in our own right - Shame on your ignorance
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November 15, 2025 at 12:15 AM
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Why don't we hear about successful migrants that have been approved, got jobs, contributed to society and prove immigration can be a good thing?
#r4today
#r4today
November 14, 2025 at 8:41 AM
Why don't we hear about successful migrants that have been approved, got jobs, contributed to society and prove immigration can be a good thing?
#r4today
#r4today
9 British PMs at the cenotaph last Sunday. That’s only 1 more than Germany/W Germany has had Chancellors since WW2. So pleased we have the political stability that First past the Post brings.
November 12, 2025 at 3:48 PM
9 British PMs at the cenotaph last Sunday. That’s only 1 more than Germany/W Germany has had Chancellors since WW2. So pleased we have the political stability that First past the Post brings.
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A grateful nation bows down and thanks Nigel Farage, Boris Johnson, Liz Truss, and every other quitter www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
November 11, 2025 at 8:09 AM
A grateful nation bows down and thanks Nigel Farage, Boris Johnson, Liz Truss, and every other quitter www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Oh look. There really are "no go areas" in England.
And they're marked by St George's flags
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
And they're marked by St George's flags
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
NHS staff who visit patients at home say St George’s flags can mean ‘no-go zones’
Black and Asian staff left feeling ‘deliberately intimidated’, according to chief executive of one NHS trust
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Oh look. There really are "no go areas" in England.
And they're marked by St George's flags
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
And they're marked by St George's flags
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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What is there to be proud of? Little England is poorer, more divided, more racist and intolerant, more isolated. And we have produced some truly ridiculous politicians over the last few years. Boris Johnson was a national humiliation.
November 8, 2025 at 8:07 AM
What is there to be proud of? Little England is poorer, more divided, more racist and intolerant, more isolated. And we have produced some truly ridiculous politicians over the last few years. Boris Johnson was a national humiliation.
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I'm disgusted with the British media. Every channel, news outlet is obsessed with migrants, asylum seekers, and small boats.
Disabled people with Motability cars are increasingly a target.
Can't stand what this country is becoming.
Brexit was an enormous part of our decline.
Disabled people with Motability cars are increasingly a target.
Can't stand what this country is becoming.
Brexit was an enormous part of our decline.
October 28, 2025 at 2:26 PM
I'm disgusted with the British media. Every channel, news outlet is obsessed with migrants, asylum seekers, and small boats.
Disabled people with Motability cars are increasingly a target.
Can't stand what this country is becoming.
Brexit was an enormous part of our decline.
Disabled people with Motability cars are increasingly a target.
Can't stand what this country is becoming.
Brexit was an enormous part of our decline.
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Does anyone out there monitor news stories on the main channels' main news shows?
I ask because the BBC this morning seem to be leading on crimes committed by immigrants.
Do white people not commit crimes.
Would the BBC report them?
I ask because the BBC this morning seem to be leading on crimes committed by immigrants.
Do white people not commit crimes.
Would the BBC report them?
October 25, 2025 at 6:31 AM
Does anyone out there monitor news stories on the main channels' main news shows?
I ask because the BBC this morning seem to be leading on crimes committed by immigrants.
Do white people not commit crimes.
Would the BBC report them?
I ask because the BBC this morning seem to be leading on crimes committed by immigrants.
Do white people not commit crimes.
Would the BBC report them?
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Farage “will argue that the heroic liberation dream was traduced by cowardice in the implementation but even that puts him in complicity with disappointment. Simpler to change the subject”
So, don’t let him. His lies got us into this mess. Only truth gets us out.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
So, don’t let him. His lies got us into this mess. Only truth gets us out.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Nothing else has worked – so Starmer and Reeves are finally telling the truth about Brexit | Rafael Behr
It is the right way to go, but taking the long way round to such an obvious point has cost Labour precious time and credibility, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr
www.theguardian.com
October 22, 2025 at 6:35 AM
Farage “will argue that the heroic liberation dream was traduced by cowardice in the implementation but even that puts him in complicity with disappointment. Simpler to change the subject”
So, don’t let him. His lies got us into this mess. Only truth gets us out.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
So, don’t let him. His lies got us into this mess. Only truth gets us out.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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The joint salaries of Amol Rajan and Emma Barnett amount to over £600,000 and for that we get this rubbish? I'm sorry but the 'flagship news programme of the BBC' isn't worth listening to anymore. It's just a vehicle for presenters to make money-Not to speak truth to power. #r4today
October 16, 2025 at 5:45 AM
The joint salaries of Amol Rajan and Emma Barnett amount to over £600,000 and for that we get this rubbish? I'm sorry but the 'flagship news programme of the BBC' isn't worth listening to anymore. It's just a vehicle for presenters to make money-Not to speak truth to power. #r4today
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The #r4today programme used to be the place to go to listen to the news but now it seems to be just a vehicle for paying rather poor presenters vast sums of money for them to read out what their right-wing friends in the overwhelmingly right-wing UK press think.
October 8, 2025 at 6:58 AM
The #r4today programme used to be the place to go to listen to the news but now it seems to be just a vehicle for paying rather poor presenters vast sums of money for them to read out what their right-wing friends in the overwhelmingly right-wing UK press think.
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Reli of mine called 999. The paramedic was Polish. He arrived at hospital and was seen by Indian doctor. The radiographer was also Indian
Emergency operation, the team from around the world
Bloody foreigners, right?
Decent people don't vote Reform
Emergency operation, the team from around the world
Bloody foreigners, right?
Decent people don't vote Reform
October 6, 2025 at 6:45 AM
Reli of mine called 999. The paramedic was Polish. He arrived at hospital and was seen by Indian doctor. The radiographer was also Indian
Emergency operation, the team from around the world
Bloody foreigners, right?
Decent people don't vote Reform
Emergency operation, the team from around the world
Bloody foreigners, right?
Decent people don't vote Reform
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Leaving the ECHR wouldn’t be the end of it. When that would fail, then they’d attack the judiciary for falling back on common law. It’s bog standard autocratisation. Nothing more.
October 4, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Leaving the ECHR wouldn’t be the end of it. When that would fail, then they’d attack the judiciary for falling back on common law. It’s bog standard autocratisation. Nothing more.
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Convinced that most British people want to live in a functioning, decent country where government improves stuff and everyone can thrive.
The vast majority want nothing to do with this imported hate and atmosphere of violence directed at people just trying to live their lives.
The vast majority want nothing to do with this imported hate and atmosphere of violence directed at people just trying to live their lives.
October 4, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Convinced that most British people want to live in a functioning, decent country where government improves stuff and everyone can thrive.
The vast majority want nothing to do with this imported hate and atmosphere of violence directed at people just trying to live their lives.
The vast majority want nothing to do with this imported hate and atmosphere of violence directed at people just trying to live their lives.
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Pensioners: just had a scam about winter fuel. Don’t click on any links!!!
October 3, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Pensioners: just had a scam about winter fuel. Don’t click on any links!!!
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All we ever hear about or read about is migration, racism, antisemitism and Islamophobia. Hardly anything else gets a look in.
Well I’m sick to bloody death of it. It’s like some self fulfilling Farage wet dream.
Britain and its people are about so much more than this.
Well I’m sick to bloody death of it. It’s like some self fulfilling Farage wet dream.
Britain and its people are about so much more than this.
October 3, 2025 at 5:07 AM
All we ever hear about or read about is migration, racism, antisemitism and Islamophobia. Hardly anything else gets a look in.
Well I’m sick to bloody death of it. It’s like some self fulfilling Farage wet dream.
Britain and its people are about so much more than this.
Well I’m sick to bloody death of it. It’s like some self fulfilling Farage wet dream.
Britain and its people are about so much more than this.