DenisTheMenace
@denistheman.bsky.social
European Yorkshireman in Netherlands. Left of Renew Europe, Right of Greens/EFA. Optimist. Futurist. Technologist. Science. Climate. Energy. Transport. History is strange but informative. Too old for squash but still playing. In hope for Leeds United
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DenisTheMenace
@denistheman.bsky.social
· Apr 25
The world is not looking for a deal but at mitigation and decoupling from the #USA. If you look at the world and think "they need us more than we need them" you might be in for a shock. It's not a great negotiating position if it's not true, as the #UK govt found out and still in denial over #Brexit
Miracles happen
November 29, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Miracles happen
#LUFC I have 4 UNDER 18 tickets for City Leeds tomorrow. Do you know anyone or 4 who would like them. Price Free or a better offer. 😀 Apparently Dutch folk aren't all super smart. 4 bought the wrong tickets. They can collect at the etihad
November 28, 2025 at 5:00 PM
#LUFC I have 4 UNDER 18 tickets for City Leeds tomorrow. Do you know anyone or 4 who would like them. Price Free or a better offer. 😀 Apparently Dutch folk aren't all super smart. 4 bought the wrong tickets. They can collect at the etihad
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Everything Trumpiggy does starts from the premise: how do we avoid the law/rule. He should be rotting in a cell for all the crimes he has committed and the criminal behavior he has fostered.
November 28, 2025 at 2:20 AM
Everything Trumpiggy does starts from the premise: how do we avoid the law/rule. He should be rotting in a cell for all the crimes he has committed and the criminal behavior he has fostered.
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Cue rich people moaning about how they can no longer afford to live in their castles.... God it's all so horribly predictable
🚨 BREXIT BUDGET🚨
"From 2028, I am introducing a high value council tax surcharge in England. An annual £2,500 charge for properties worth more than £2 million, rising to £7,500 for properties worth more than £5 million."
"From 2028, I am introducing a high value council tax surcharge in England. An annual £2,500 charge for properties worth more than £2 million, rising to £7,500 for properties worth more than £5 million."
November 26, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Cue rich people moaning about how they can no longer afford to live in their castles.... God it's all so horribly predictable
#RachelReeves Budget
.. TAME BUT SANE
.. LACKING AMBITION
Just my opinion and more or less expected from #RachelFromAccounts
.. TAME BUT SANE
.. LACKING AMBITION
Just my opinion and more or less expected from #RachelFromAccounts
November 26, 2025 at 6:50 PM
#RachelReeves Budget
.. TAME BUT SANE
.. LACKING AMBITION
Just my opinion and more or less expected from #RachelFromAccounts
.. TAME BUT SANE
.. LACKING AMBITION
Just my opinion and more or less expected from #RachelFromAccounts
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Renewables routinely generate more than half of U.K electricity.
They also generate thousands of jobs, reduce our exposure to volatile gas prices, and allow us to stick two fingers up to fossil-fueled dictators.
Leadership is knowing the way, showing the way, AND going the way…🇬🇧♻️⚡️👷👩🔧
They also generate thousands of jobs, reduce our exposure to volatile gas prices, and allow us to stick two fingers up to fossil-fueled dictators.
Leadership is knowing the way, showing the way, AND going the way…🇬🇧♻️⚡️👷👩🔧
November 25, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Renewables routinely generate more than half of U.K electricity.
They also generate thousands of jobs, reduce our exposure to volatile gas prices, and allow us to stick two fingers up to fossil-fueled dictators.
Leadership is knowing the way, showing the way, AND going the way…🇬🇧♻️⚡️👷👩🔧
They also generate thousands of jobs, reduce our exposure to volatile gas prices, and allow us to stick two fingers up to fossil-fueled dictators.
Leadership is knowing the way, showing the way, AND going the way…🇬🇧♻️⚡️👷👩🔧
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You have to ask, why was Witkoff chosen for this critically important role of special envoy to Putin? He had no diplomatic or foreign policy experience. No education on those subjects. So of all people, why him? I think what we all surmised is clear - Putin wanted Witkoff.
November 25, 2025 at 9:58 PM
You have to ask, why was Witkoff chosen for this critically important role of special envoy to Putin? He had no diplomatic or foreign policy experience. No education on those subjects. So of all people, why him? I think what we all surmised is clear - Putin wanted Witkoff.
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On Laura Coates CNN last night, a NatSec journo:
bsky.app/profile/mart...
bsky.app/profile/mart...
Startling revelations on the '28 point Plan':
Rubio didn't know
State didn't know
CIA didn't know
UKR didn't know
EU particularly Poland didn't know
Plan devised by Witkoff/Kushner/Putins daughters boyfriend
Green lit by Trump
Vance tried to push it through while Congress was away for Thanksgiving
Rubio didn't know
State didn't know
CIA didn't know
UKR didn't know
EU particularly Poland didn't know
Plan devised by Witkoff/Kushner/Putins daughters boyfriend
Green lit by Trump
Vance tried to push it through while Congress was away for Thanksgiving
November 25, 2025 at 10:00 PM
On Laura Coates CNN last night, a NatSec journo:
bsky.app/profile/mart...
bsky.app/profile/mart...
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Startling revelations on the '28 point Plan':
Rubio didn't know
State didn't know
CIA didn't know
UKR didn't know
EU particularly Poland didn't know
Plan devised by Witkoff/Kushner/Putins daughters boyfriend
Green lit by Trump
Vance tried to push it through while Congress was away for Thanksgiving
Rubio didn't know
State didn't know
CIA didn't know
UKR didn't know
EU particularly Poland didn't know
Plan devised by Witkoff/Kushner/Putins daughters boyfriend
Green lit by Trump
Vance tried to push it through while Congress was away for Thanksgiving
November 25, 2025 at 5:09 AM
Startling revelations on the '28 point Plan':
Rubio didn't know
State didn't know
CIA didn't know
UKR didn't know
EU particularly Poland didn't know
Plan devised by Witkoff/Kushner/Putins daughters boyfriend
Green lit by Trump
Vance tried to push it through while Congress was away for Thanksgiving
Rubio didn't know
State didn't know
CIA didn't know
UKR didn't know
EU particularly Poland didn't know
Plan devised by Witkoff/Kushner/Putins daughters boyfriend
Green lit by Trump
Vance tried to push it through while Congress was away for Thanksgiving
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🇨🇦 Hamilton -At 83, Paul McCartney takes Hamilton crowd through longest list of greatest hits any artist ever had.
#CanadaSky🇨🇦
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
#CanadaSky🇨🇦
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
At 83, Paul McCartney takes Hamilton crowd through longest list of greatest hits any artist ever had | CBC News
In Hamilton Friday night, McCartney led a grateful, sold-out crowd on a magical history tour starting in Liverpool with the Beatles' first number one hit single, From Me To You. His show opened the ne...
www.cbc.ca
November 24, 2025 at 12:37 PM
🇨🇦 Hamilton -At 83, Paul McCartney takes Hamilton crowd through longest list of greatest hits any artist ever had.
#CanadaSky🇨🇦
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
#CanadaSky🇨🇦
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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John Major, "One aspect of reducing immigration would be to make it more palatable for migrants to remain in their own countries"
"That is why the policy of cutting aid and investment to poor countries is a very poor sighted policy"
"That is why the policy of cutting aid and investment to poor countries is a very poor sighted policy"
November 25, 2025 at 6:22 PM
John Major, "One aspect of reducing immigration would be to make it more palatable for migrants to remain in their own countries"
"That is why the policy of cutting aid and investment to poor countries is a very poor sighted policy"
"That is why the policy of cutting aid and investment to poor countries is a very poor sighted policy"
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NATO Ambassador Matthew Whitaker admits "there's some truth" to the criticism that Putin hasn't made a single concession during negotiations
November 25, 2025 at 2:07 PM
NATO Ambassador Matthew Whitaker admits "there's some truth" to the criticism that Putin hasn't made a single concession during negotiations
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I know we all sort of know this but it's extraordinary to see it laid out like this. (I say, waiting for someone to say £90bn isn't that much really.) We so clearly need a completely different kind of politics to navigate the next decade - conscious renewal rather than managed decline.
The UK is losing up to £250m a day in lost tax revenue due to the economic impact of Brexit, House of Commons Library analysis for the Lib Dems suggests.
Brexit has blown a "black hole of [up to] £90 billion a year in the public finances" the party says. Even under lower estimates the hit is ~£65bn
Brexit has blown a "black hole of [up to] £90 billion a year in the public finances" the party says. Even under lower estimates the hit is ~£65bn
November 25, 2025 at 10:43 AM
I know we all sort of know this but it's extraordinary to see it laid out like this. (I say, waiting for someone to say £90bn isn't that much really.) We so clearly need a completely different kind of politics to navigate the next decade - conscious renewal rather than managed decline.
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The battery-electric car market share reached 16.4% YTD, yet it is still below the pace needed at this stage of the transition. #Hybrid- #electricvehicles lead as the most popular power type choice, with plug-in hybrids continuing to gain momentum www.acea.auto/pc-registrat... #ActOnClimate
New car registrations: +1.4% in October 2025 year-to-date; battery-electric 16.4% market share
By October 2025 year-to-date (YTD), new EU car registrations increased by 1.4% compared to the same period last year, marking the fourth consecutive month of growth.
www.acea.auto
November 25, 2025 at 5:50 PM
The battery-electric car market share reached 16.4% YTD, yet it is still below the pace needed at this stage of the transition. #Hybrid- #electricvehicles lead as the most popular power type choice, with plug-in hybrids continuing to gain momentum www.acea.auto/pc-registrat... #ActOnClimate
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Could we be flipping the House BEFORE the midterms?
Holy crap, Punchbowl News is reporting MTG won't be the only one retiring. Republicans are tired of being treated like garbage. We could see enough member retiring to give Hakeem Jeffries the gavel!!
Holy crap, Punchbowl News is reporting MTG won't be the only one retiring. Republicans are tired of being treated like garbage. We could see enough member retiring to give Hakeem Jeffries the gavel!!
'Explosive Resignations' Could be on the Horizon for House Republicans
YouTube video by MeidasTouch
youtube.com
November 24, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Could we be flipping the House BEFORE the midterms?
Holy crap, Punchbowl News is reporting MTG won't be the only one retiring. Republicans are tired of being treated like garbage. We could see enough member retiring to give Hakeem Jeffries the gavel!!
Holy crap, Punchbowl News is reporting MTG won't be the only one retiring. Republicans are tired of being treated like garbage. We could see enough member retiring to give Hakeem Jeffries the gavel!!
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I’m a past winner of the Orwell Prize & won partly because I exposed Vote Leave’s unlawful activities.
Michael Gove was its co-convener & refused to answer a single q. He’s now a judge of the prize & our world is truly one that Orwell would recognise
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/25/m...
Michael Gove was its co-convener & refused to answer a single q. He’s now a judge of the prize & our world is truly one that Orwell would recognise
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/25/m...
Michael Gove Made Orwell Prize Judge Despite Record of Attacking Journalists and Dodging Scrutiny
Critics say "Orwell would have enjoyed the irony" of the former Conservative minister's appointment
bylinetimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 5:53 PM
I’m a past winner of the Orwell Prize & won partly because I exposed Vote Leave’s unlawful activities.
Michael Gove was its co-convener & refused to answer a single q. He’s now a judge of the prize & our world is truly one that Orwell would recognise
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/25/m...
Michael Gove was its co-convener & refused to answer a single q. He’s now a judge of the prize & our world is truly one that Orwell would recognise
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/25/m...
Agree. Never too late to deliver even though lives are lost every day we delay
11/12 The only way to change Putin’s calculus is to make waiting worse than stopping. That means:
✅ Release frozen Russian assets to Ukraine
✅ Provide more weapons and long-range missiles
✅ Impose tougher sanctions on Russia
✅ Release frozen Russian assets to Ukraine
✅ Provide more weapons and long-range missiles
✅ Impose tougher sanctions on Russia
November 25, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Agree. Never too late to deliver even though lives are lost every day we delay
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The left conviction that you don't need broad based taxes to support public services is a giant problem not only in Britain
My pre-budget take for the LSE Politics blog is up:
Labour are unable to articulate any vision or sense of purpose.
Much of the left has convinced itself that government spending can be maintained without broad-based tax increases.
Not a great budget backdrop.
blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandp...
Labour are unable to articulate any vision or sense of purpose.
Much of the left has convinced itself that government spending can be maintained without broad-based tax increases.
Not a great budget backdrop.
blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandp...
Wealth tax and looser fiscal rules won’t save the Budget | British Politics and Policy at LSE
The narrative on the left that a wealth tax and looser fiscal rules would solve the Chancellor's 2025 Budget headaches has got out of hand.
blogs.lse.ac.uk
November 25, 2025 at 5:19 PM
The left conviction that you don't need broad based taxes to support public services is a giant problem not only in Britain
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My pre-budget take for the LSE Politics blog is up:
Labour are unable to articulate any vision or sense of purpose.
Much of the left has convinced itself that government spending can be maintained without broad-based tax increases.
Not a great budget backdrop.
blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandp...
Labour are unable to articulate any vision or sense of purpose.
Much of the left has convinced itself that government spending can be maintained without broad-based tax increases.
Not a great budget backdrop.
blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandp...
Wealth tax and looser fiscal rules won’t save the Budget | British Politics and Policy at LSE
The narrative on the left that a wealth tax and looser fiscal rules would solve the Chancellor's 2025 Budget headaches has got out of hand.
blogs.lse.ac.uk
November 25, 2025 at 4:05 PM
My pre-budget take for the LSE Politics blog is up:
Labour are unable to articulate any vision or sense of purpose.
Much of the left has convinced itself that government spending can be maintained without broad-based tax increases.
Not a great budget backdrop.
blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandp...
Labour are unable to articulate any vision or sense of purpose.
Much of the left has convinced itself that government spending can be maintained without broad-based tax increases.
Not a great budget backdrop.
blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandp...
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Carole Cadwalladr asks why the Labour gov are choosing not to
investigate Russian interference in British elections and referendums
investigate Russian interference in British elections and referendums
November 25, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Carole Cadwalladr asks why the Labour gov are choosing not to
investigate Russian interference in British elections and referendums
investigate Russian interference in British elections and referendums
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£100 billion of trade a year and over a million jobs since Brexit have been lost. We agree with Sir John Major, Brexit is a flop, but now, we must fix it.
November 25, 2025 at 11:32 AM
£100 billion of trade a year and over a million jobs since Brexit have been lost. We agree with Sir John Major, Brexit is a flop, but now, we must fix it.
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Singapore orders Apple, Google to prevent government spoofing on messaging platforms reut.rs/44x2rRE
Singapore orders Apple, Google to prevent government spoofing on messaging platforms
Singapore's police have ordered Apple AAPL.O and Google GOOGL.O to prevent the spoofing of government agencies on their messaging platforms, the home affairs ministry said on Tuesday.
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November 25, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Singapore orders Apple, Google to prevent government spoofing on messaging platforms reut.rs/44x2rRE
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The offer being pushed on Kyiv forces huge compromises and restrictions on Ukraine, but nothing on Russia. For that reason alone it is bound to fail
✏️ Nina Kuryata
✏️ Nina Kuryata
Trump’s Ukraine peace deal: 28 points of disagreement
The offer being pushed on Kyiv forces huge compromises and restrictions on Ukraine, but nothing on Russia. For that reason alone it is bound to fail
www.thenewworld.co.uk
November 25, 2025 at 9:10 AM
The offer being pushed on Kyiv forces huge compromises and restrictions on Ukraine, but nothing on Russia. For that reason alone it is bound to fail
✏️ Nina Kuryata
✏️ Nina Kuryata