David Thompson
@djt1million.bsky.social
Gay, beardy, lefty with occasional nerdy tendencies, cautiously re-dipping his toes into social media & sometimes regretting their decision.
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Always worth a read... eastangliabylines.co.uk/pecksniff/pe...
Pecksniff – Refugees: will Labour MPs march through the lobby with Reform?
In which Mr Pecksniff lays before his readers for their approval certain observations and speculations reflecting on the political life
eastangliabylines.co.uk
November 22, 2025 at 9:15 AM
Always worth a read... eastangliabylines.co.uk/pecksniff/pe...
No asylum seekers arrive in the UK 'illegally'. If I wanted to vote for the Tories or Reform I would have done so last year. I didn't, I voted for Labour & I expect a Labour government, not this Reform Lite shite.
November 15, 2025 at 10:46 PM
No asylum seekers arrive in the UK 'illegally'. If I wanted to vote for the Tories or Reform I would have done so last year. I didn't, I voted for Labour & I expect a Labour government, not this Reform Lite shite.
Transgender women are gradually being turned into non-persons, aren't they. Any news about the IOCC views on transgender men, or don't they exist for the current purposes of the alt.right culture war being aimed at the LGBTQ+ communities? Shameful behaviour, not that they or the Guardian care.
November 10, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Transgender women are gradually being turned into non-persons, aren't they. Any news about the IOCC views on transgender men, or don't they exist for the current purposes of the alt.right culture war being aimed at the LGBTQ+ communities? Shameful behaviour, not that they or the Guardian care.
@theguardian.com Non Crime Hate is now fine is it. I guess we can now expect threats of violence, harassment & abuse aimed at the trans & LGBTQ+ communities, different ethnic & religious communities, women, children, whoever too then. The UK just became unsafer www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...
Met police to end non-crime hate investigations after Graham Linehan case
Father Ted co-creator to sue force for wrongful arrest after CPS drops proceedings over social media posts about trans issues
www.theguardian.com
October 21, 2025 at 6:14 AM
@theguardian.com Non Crime Hate is now fine is it. I guess we can now expect threats of violence, harassment & abuse aimed at the trans & LGBTQ+ communities, different ethnic & religious communities, women, children, whoever too then. The UK just became unsafer www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...
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October 19, 2025 at 2:39 PM
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Linus is right. Release the Epstein files!
October 15, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Linus is right. Release the Epstein files!
I wish I could honestly say this is a surprise but given the enthusiastic way Trump has marched the Republicans to the far right, pardoned thugs, expressed himself many times in speeches, I'm not. There's no excusing any of this, though I'm sure MAGA will try.
EXCLUSIVE: Thousands of leaked messages show leaders of Young Republican groups joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape in a private Telegram chat.
Inside rising GOP leaders’ racist chats — obtained by POLITICO and spanning more than 7 months👇
Inside rising GOP leaders’ racist chats — obtained by POLITICO and spanning more than 7 months👇
‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat
Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.
www.politico.com
October 15, 2025 at 6:25 AM
I wish I could honestly say this is a surprise but given the enthusiastic way Trump has marched the Republicans to the far right, pardoned thugs, expressed himself many times in speeches, I'm not. There's no excusing any of this, though I'm sure MAGA will try.
The near silence from the UK press & media, BBC included, is extremely telling. One thing is for sure, Farage is starting to get a bit nervous as his finances & Russian contacts start to catch up with him & he tries to do a Trump & distract, distract, distract...
Nathan Gill who went from UKIP ⏩ Brexit Party ⏩ Reform UK has admitted to taking bribes to speak pro Russian and anti- EU statements?
Photo collage
➡️ Oleg Voloshyn and his wife Nadia Borodi
➡️ Nigel Farage with Nadia Borodi
➡️ Nathan Gill with Nadia Borodi
➡️ Nigel Farage with Nathan Gill
Photo collage
➡️ Oleg Voloshyn and his wife Nadia Borodi
➡️ Nigel Farage with Nadia Borodi
➡️ Nathan Gill with Nadia Borodi
➡️ Nigel Farage with Nathan Gill
October 11, 2025 at 5:07 PM
The near silence from the UK press & media, BBC included, is extremely telling. One thing is for sure, Farage is starting to get a bit nervous as his finances & Russian contacts start to catch up with him & he tries to do a Trump & distract, distract, distract...
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I asked about getting a covid vaccine booster today. Not eligible for the NHS any more, their restrictions are too tight even though they throw £Millions worth away each year. Private cost? £110. Cases going up rapidly. Make it make sense: www.england.nhs.uk/2025/10/nhs-...
NHS England » NHS kicks off flu and COVID jabs to ‘winter-proof’ vulnerable
NHS England » NHS kicks off flu and COVID jabs to ‘winter-proof’ vulnerable
www.england.nhs.uk
October 3, 2025 at 5:51 PM
I asked about getting a covid vaccine booster today. Not eligible for the NHS any more, their restrictions are too tight even though they throw £Millions worth away each year. Private cost? £110. Cases going up rapidly. Make it make sense: www.england.nhs.uk/2025/10/nhs-...
That horse was eloquently saying what the majority of the British people were saying about Trump & his visit to the UK.
September 19, 2025 at 6:51 AM
That horse was eloquently saying what the majority of the British people were saying about Trump & his visit to the UK.
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Fair Political Coverage - we want to hear from ALL our parties
@fairpoliticsnow.bsky.social
· Sep 12
Two days left to maximise the petition numbers folks. Mention it to anyone you can. It’s really important we send the message loud & clear that we’ve had enough of the REFORM propaganda-fest & want to hear regularly from ALL our parties. Sign sign sign petition.parliament.uk/petitions/71...
September 12, 2025 at 6:06 AM
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Excellent article that addresses the concerns of the people claiming asylum & gives them a voice, one that is currently drowned out by Farage, the UK press & media & as the author notes, the increasingly hard line taken by Labour, shamefully. Over to you Starmer & Cooper, you are not helping.
I’ve been frustrated to see so much of the ongoing story about asylum seekers and the protests against them covered without hearing from those seeking asylum and now being met with hostility and hatred
I set out to speak to those directly affected to find out about the impact this is having 👇
I set out to speak to those directly affected to find out about the impact this is having 👇
We escaped war and torture but now we feel unsafe in Britain
Special report: Amid protests and rising aggression towards asylum seekers across the country, we spoke to those being targeted
www.liverpoolecho.co.uk
September 7, 2025 at 6:56 AM
Excellent article that addresses the concerns of the people claiming asylum & gives them a voice, one that is currently drowned out by Farage, the UK press & media & as the author notes, the increasingly hard line taken by Labour, shamefully. Over to you Starmer & Cooper, you are not helping.
What makes Labour's behaviour really bizarre is that they have decided to alienate those supporters that decided to carry on supporting them after Corbyn left, which is the majority & the people that voted them in. It is an extraordinary display of self harm apart from anything else.
This summarises my own experience so well. I was an active member under Corbyn and intended initially to be the same when Starmer took over. That didn’t last as the party decided to court Reform voters by throwing minorities and its leftists under the bus. Why would I stay if I didn’t feel welcome?
The Home Secretary, supported by Starmer, have apparently decided that Labour voters who loathe Reform are to be ignored whilst Reform voters who loathe Labour are to be courted. That is the only explanation I can find for their latest actions & like many Labour voters, they have dumped me.
September 3, 2025 at 6:47 AM
What makes Labour's behaviour really bizarre is that they have decided to alienate those supporters that decided to carry on supporting them after Corbyn left, which is the majority & the people that voted them in. It is an extraordinary display of self harm apart from anything else.
@theguardian.com Why is this deeply depressing piece about 'trad' families who want to murder opponents by dropping them from helicopters & strip women of their rights, with smiles on their faces, in the 'Lifestyle' & not 'Politics' section? www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
Book burning, Latin prayers – and a lot of kids: inside the American ‘trad family’ movement
The movement towards simple, Christian living can be a yearning for order in a chaotic age. It’s also alarmingly retrograde
www.theguardian.com
August 31, 2025 at 6:16 AM
@theguardian.com Why is this deeply depressing piece about 'trad' families who want to murder opponents by dropping them from helicopters & strip women of their rights, with smiles on their faces, in the 'Lifestyle' & not 'Politics' section? www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
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This is brilliant! 😂
(From @diaperdiplomacy at the other place)
(From @diaperdiplomacy at the other place)
July 26, 2025 at 12:21 PM
This is brilliant! 😂
(From @diaperdiplomacy at the other place)
(From @diaperdiplomacy at the other place)
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The internet, can sometime be AMAZING !
July 23, 2025 at 12:18 PM
The internet, can sometime be AMAZING !
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Gaza: Doctors Under Attack review – this crucial film is the stuff of nightmares. But the world needs to see it
Gaza: Doctors Under Attack review – this crucial film is the stuff of nightmares. But the world needs to see it
The film the BBC refused to air shows the targeting, detainment and torture of medics in Gaza. Its relentless timeline of horrors will never leave you
www.theguardian.com
July 3, 2025 at 2:07 AM
Gaza: Doctors Under Attack review – this crucial film is the stuff of nightmares. But the world needs to see it
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🌈 Happy Pride Month ♥️
June 3, 2025 at 2:26 AM
🌈 Happy Pride Month ♥️
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Nigel Farage says abortion laws are “utterly ludicrous.”
MPs are watching.
We have days to show them: the public backs abortion rights.
Join me and sign the petition now! you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/de...
MPs are watching.
We have days to show them: the public backs abortion rights.
Join me and sign the petition now! you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/de...
Decriminalise abortion and make it a protected human right.
Women’s rights are under threat from the far right.
Nigel Farage just called our current abortion provisions “utterly ludicrous” – and others in power are paying attention.
A vote in Parliament could ...
you.38degrees.org.uk
June 2, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Nigel Farage says abortion laws are “utterly ludicrous.”
MPs are watching.
We have days to show them: the public backs abortion rights.
Join me and sign the petition now! you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/de...
MPs are watching.
We have days to show them: the public backs abortion rights.
Join me and sign the petition now! you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/de...
Brexit is crap, unpopular & crap, yet the people of Thurrock apparently think it is because it somehow wasn't done right & I suppose Blue Labour will try & pander to them rather than attend to the majority of people wanting to rejoin. I'm sick of it. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
‘It feels like we never left’: resentment builds in one of UK’s firmest Brexit-backing areas
Keir Starmer says Britons have moved on but many in Thurrock think they were lied to in debate about leaving EU
www.theguardian.com
May 17, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Brexit is crap, unpopular & crap, yet the people of Thurrock apparently think it is because it somehow wasn't done right & I suppose Blue Labour will try & pander to them rather than attend to the majority of people wanting to rejoin. I'm sick of it. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
I see the re-launched Observer that has just been flogged off to Tortoise Media has decided to launch with a nonsensical EU story written by Nick Clegg almost designed perfectly to piss off as many former Observer readers as possible. Well done & all that: observer.co.uk/news/opinion...
The EU must reinvent itself... or die
World peace cannot be safeguarded without the making of creative efforts proportionate to the dangers which threaten it.
observer.co.uk
April 27, 2025 at 12:15 PM
I see the re-launched Observer that has just been flogged off to Tortoise Media has decided to launch with a nonsensical EU story written by Nick Clegg almost designed perfectly to piss off as many former Observer readers as possible. Well done & all that: observer.co.uk/news/opinion...
Apologies for the vulgarity but Trump is really shitting himself as his whole sorry tariff mess blows up in his face, isn't he. Good. Vile excuse for a human being: www.theguardian.com/business/liv...
Trump announces 90-day pause on tariffs for most countries, but raises them to 125% for China – business live
Markets surge after US president makes the announcement on Truth Social
www.theguardian.com
April 9, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Apologies for the vulgarity but Trump is really shitting himself as his whole sorry tariff mess blows up in his face, isn't he. Good. Vile excuse for a human being: www.theguardian.com/business/liv...
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Parliament debates rejoining the EU
Perspective from someone who was there
A lot more MPs expected. Most overwhelmingly positive about the concept of the petition (unexpected)
It was discussed that rejoining EU would boost the economy, increase global influence, improve
@northeastbylines.co.uk
Perspective from someone who was there
A lot more MPs expected. Most overwhelmingly positive about the concept of the petition (unexpected)
It was discussed that rejoining EU would boost the economy, increase global influence, improve
@northeastbylines.co.uk
Parliament debates rejoining the EU: a surprisingly positive response
Westminster MPs debated a petition to rejoin the EU, with many backing closer ties. Labour’s red lines remain, but momentum for change is growing
northeastbylines.co.uk
March 26, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Parliament debates rejoining the EU
Perspective from someone who was there
A lot more MPs expected. Most overwhelmingly positive about the concept of the petition (unexpected)
It was discussed that rejoining EU would boost the economy, increase global influence, improve
@northeastbylines.co.uk
Perspective from someone who was there
A lot more MPs expected. Most overwhelmingly positive about the concept of the petition (unexpected)
It was discussed that rejoining EU would boost the economy, increase global influence, improve
@northeastbylines.co.uk