PhliM
@filippom.bsky.social
I may post about beer, food, football, politics and scepticism. Unsavioury and Against all Gods equally. Not a real Notts fan, according to Dougie.
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Did Mercy get a fee for her appearance? Or did she do it for the love of being a right-wing pundit?
But, heaven forfend, you try to tax the rich or limit obscene bonuses or treat valuable land as an asset - then EVERYONE WILL GO TO DUBAI BECAUSE THE FREE MARKET.
But, heaven forfend, you try to tax the rich or limit obscene bonuses or treat valuable land as an asset - then EVERYONE WILL GO TO DUBAI BECAUSE THE FREE MARKET.
'Conservative commentator' Mercy Muroki: "If you're going into a career in medicine, you shouldn't be doing it for the money... you should be doing it out of love of being a doctor."
Apparently, if you choose a career that benefits society, you should do it for free. 🤡~AA
Apparently, if you choose a career that benefits society, you should do it for free. 🤡~AA
December 15, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Did Mercy get a fee for her appearance? Or did she do it for the love of being a right-wing pundit?
But, heaven forfend, you try to tax the rich or limit obscene bonuses or treat valuable land as an asset - then EVERYONE WILL GO TO DUBAI BECAUSE THE FREE MARKET.
But, heaven forfend, you try to tax the rich or limit obscene bonuses or treat valuable land as an asset - then EVERYONE WILL GO TO DUBAI BECAUSE THE FREE MARKET.
Thread!
👀 I asked Elon Musk’s Frankenstein (Grok) a few questions about the X algorithm and the practice of “shadow banning” and also the boosting of certain profiles.
Here’s a 🧵 of some the responses ⤵️
1 - Does X “shadow ban” pro-Palestine views or critics of Israel?
Answer - YES!
Here’s a 🧵 of some the responses ⤵️
1 - Does X “shadow ban” pro-Palestine views or critics of Israel?
Answer - YES!
December 16, 2025 at 5:10 AM
Thread!
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ICYMI from last week ⤵️
🚨 Nigel Farage Accepts Another £135,000 From Gold Bullion Firm for Just 12 Hours Work
The Reform UK leader has pocketed £415,500 so far this year to act as the company’s “Brand Ambassador”
My latest report for @bylinetimes.bsky.social
bylinetimes.com/2025/12/11/n...
The Reform UK leader has pocketed £415,500 so far this year to act as the company’s “Brand Ambassador”
My latest report for @bylinetimes.bsky.social
bylinetimes.com/2025/12/11/n...
Nigel Farage Accepts Another £135,000 From Gold Bullion Firm for Just 12 Hours Work
The Reform UK leader has pocketed £415,500 so far this year to act as the company's “Brand Ambassador”
bylinetimes.com
December 16, 2025 at 12:05 AM
ICYMI from last week ⤵️
Shit
Matt @MattCartoonist on #KeirStarmer @Telegraph – political cartoon gallery in London original-political-cartoon.com
December 15, 2025 at 6:25 PM
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I am a TV journalist so by definition, I watch A LOT OF TV.
I cannot think of a single drama in which this - or anything like this - has happened.
This geezer is just making shit up. And the increasingly laughably self-styled Newspaper of Record is publishing it.
I cannot think of a single drama in which this - or anything like this - has happened.
This geezer is just making shit up. And the increasingly laughably self-styled Newspaper of Record is publishing it.
December 15, 2025 at 6:00 PM
I am a TV journalist so by definition, I watch A LOT OF TV.
I cannot think of a single drama in which this - or anything like this - has happened.
This geezer is just making shit up. And the increasingly laughably self-styled Newspaper of Record is publishing it.
I cannot think of a single drama in which this - or anything like this - has happened.
This geezer is just making shit up. And the increasingly laughably self-styled Newspaper of Record is publishing it.
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Starting to think that the President going completely mad might force his party to act next year.
He's always said crazy things but he's moved to another, and more politically dangerous, level recently.
He's always said crazy things but he's moved to another, and more politically dangerous, level recently.
December 15, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Starting to think that the President going completely mad might force his party to act next year.
He's always said crazy things but he's moved to another, and more politically dangerous, level recently.
He's always said crazy things but he's moved to another, and more politically dangerous, level recently.
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utterly incapable of grace
December 15, 2025 at 2:54 PM
utterly incapable of grace
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Stop forcing rainbows down our throats, says Colin from Portsmouth
December 1, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Stop forcing rainbows down our throats, says Colin from Portsmouth
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"They've made the school nativity play WOKE 😡😡"
Colin from Portsmouth.
Colin from Portsmouth.
December 15, 2025 at 12:12 PM
"They've made the school nativity play WOKE 😡😡"
Colin from Portsmouth.
Colin from Portsmouth.
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Is it because you write about it in the Daily Mail? Oh - it actually is.
December 15, 2025 at 9:57 AM
Is it because you write about it in the Daily Mail? Oh - it actually is.
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The full Christmas issue of The BMJ is coming!
To get us in the festive mood we asked comedian @michaelspicer.bsky.social to have a look at last year's issue and respond.
Inspired by this article on the hidden health risks of Disney princesses 👸
bmj.com/content/387/...
#BMJChristmas
To get us in the festive mood we asked comedian @michaelspicer.bsky.social to have a look at last year's issue and respond.
Inspired by this article on the hidden health risks of Disney princesses 👸
bmj.com/content/387/...
#BMJChristmas
December 15, 2025 at 10:51 AM
The full Christmas issue of The BMJ is coming!
To get us in the festive mood we asked comedian @michaelspicer.bsky.social to have a look at last year's issue and respond.
Inspired by this article on the hidden health risks of Disney princesses 👸
bmj.com/content/387/...
#BMJChristmas
To get us in the festive mood we asked comedian @michaelspicer.bsky.social to have a look at last year's issue and respond.
Inspired by this article on the hidden health risks of Disney princesses 👸
bmj.com/content/387/...
#BMJChristmas
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The Room Next Door - Exploring Africa
The Room Next Door - Exploring Africa
YouTube video by Michael Spicer
youtu.be
December 13, 2025 at 1:27 PM
The Room Next Door - Exploring Africa
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And these CLOWNS want the keys to Downing Street.
How it started ... How it's going.
ReformUK-controlled Worcestershire council - one of three visited by Zia Yusuf's "DOGE" team, promising huge savings - has applied for permission to raise council tax by 10%! 😱 ~AA
ReformUK-controlled Worcestershire council - one of three visited by Zia Yusuf's "DOGE" team, promising huge savings - has applied for permission to raise council tax by 10%! 😱 ~AA
December 15, 2025 at 11:27 AM
And these CLOWNS want the keys to Downing Street.
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The world is overheating - we’ve broken the Paris Accord target of 1.5 degrees global temperature rise - for the last three years running. But Big Oil disrupts climate conferences, like COP 30 - and Big Money backs them.
www.edie.net/europes-larg...
www.edie.net/europes-larg...
December 15, 2025 at 11:31 AM
The world is overheating - we’ve broken the Paris Accord target of 1.5 degrees global temperature rise - for the last three years running. But Big Oil disrupts climate conferences, like COP 30 - and Big Money backs them.
www.edie.net/europes-larg...
www.edie.net/europes-larg...
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"... the loudest drunk in a decaying pub..."
Do yourself a favour and click on the link below. You won't just read this, you'll wallow in it.
Absolutely sublime.
Do yourself a favour and click on the link below. You won't just read this, you'll wallow in it.
Absolutely sublime.
🚨NEW - My latest piece for The New Yorker.
Nigel Farage: Canterbury Pilgrim
mrhenrymorris.substack.com/p/nigel-fara...
Nigel Farage: Canterbury Pilgrim
mrhenrymorris.substack.com/p/nigel-fara...
Nigel Farage: Canterbury Pilgrim
A New Yorker Profile
mrhenrymorris.substack.com
December 15, 2025 at 8:10 AM
"... the loudest drunk in a decaying pub..."
Do yourself a favour and click on the link below. You won't just read this, you'll wallow in it.
Absolutely sublime.
Do yourself a favour and click on the link below. You won't just read this, you'll wallow in it.
Absolutely sublime.
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Shocked by the awful death of Rob Reiner. I spoke with him for over an hour last night. We talked about his work and his plans for the future. I always enjoyed his company. We met at his Dad's in 1975. Last thing he said to me was "See you next year.." Such a terrible end. Such a sweet man.
December 15, 2025 at 6:26 AM
Shocked by the awful death of Rob Reiner. I spoke with him for over an hour last night. We talked about his work and his plans for the future. I always enjoyed his company. We met at his Dad's in 1975. Last thing he said to me was "See you next year.." Such a terrible end. Such a sweet man.
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Every few months now I re-read this "Who Goes Nazi?" piece from 1941 and am blown away by how it captures the people we are dealing with 80 years later.
harpers.org/archive/1941...
harpers.org/archive/1941...
Who Goes Nazi?, by Dorothy Thompson
harpers.org
October 1, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Every few months now I re-read this "Who Goes Nazi?" piece from 1941 and am blown away by how it captures the people we are dealing with 80 years later.
harpers.org/archive/1941...
harpers.org/archive/1941...
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We’re in a place where it’s simply the best choice for money. The ban on selling new petrol or diesel cars was always the right thing to do, the technology has caught up with the plan. The right wing narrative that we need a five year delay to 2035 is a Green Herring - it’s just nonsense.
December 15, 2025 at 6:45 AM
We’re in a place where it’s simply the best choice for money. The ban on selling new petrol or diesel cars was always the right thing to do, the technology has caught up with the plan. The right wing narrative that we need a five year delay to 2035 is a Green Herring - it’s just nonsense.
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Electric car sales up 30% in Sept - almost half of all new car sales were hybrid or full electric……the electric car revolution is here and gaining pace. Already the most economic choice over their lifetime, come next year increasingly they will be cheaper to buy up front.
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December 15, 2025 at 6:45 AM
Electric car sales up 30% in Sept - almost half of all new car sales were hybrid or full electric……the electric car revolution is here and gaining pace. Already the most economic choice over their lifetime, come next year increasingly they will be cheaper to buy up front.
buff.ly/vWQuYkU
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This study predicts UK energy spending to halve by 2050, as part of our ‘rush’ to net zero….:) Five years ago I flagged this incredible fact in my book Manifesto - we spend £50 billion a year to bring oil and gas into our country - just to burn it. Good to see it in this study.
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December 14, 2025 at 7:30 PM
This study predicts UK energy spending to halve by 2050, as part of our ‘rush’ to net zero….:) Five years ago I flagged this incredible fact in my book Manifesto - we spend £50 billion a year to bring oil and gas into our country - just to burn it. Good to see it in this study.
buff.ly/OBwYgKG
buff.ly/OBwYgKG
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🚨Farage is paid £11,250/hour to push “tax-free gold”.
Direct Bullion pay him more in 4hrs than the average Brit earns/year
🚨The firm that controls DB has no employees and just £96 cash in bank according to latest accounts.
Farage has pocketed £415,000 from DB 🤷♂️ bylinetimes.com/2025/12/11/n...
Direct Bullion pay him more in 4hrs than the average Brit earns/year
🚨The firm that controls DB has no employees and just £96 cash in bank according to latest accounts.
Farage has pocketed £415,000 from DB 🤷♂️ bylinetimes.com/2025/12/11/n...
Nigel Farage Accepts Another £135,000 From Gold Bullion Firm for Just 12 Hours Work
The Reform UK leader has pocketed £415,500 so far this year to act as the company's “Brand Ambassador”
bylinetimes.com
December 12, 2025 at 7:30 PM
🚨Farage is paid £11,250/hour to push “tax-free gold”.
Direct Bullion pay him more in 4hrs than the average Brit earns/year
🚨The firm that controls DB has no employees and just £96 cash in bank according to latest accounts.
Farage has pocketed £415,000 from DB 🤷♂️ bylinetimes.com/2025/12/11/n...
Direct Bullion pay him more in 4hrs than the average Brit earns/year
🚨The firm that controls DB has no employees and just £96 cash in bank according to latest accounts.
Farage has pocketed £415,000 from DB 🤷♂️ bylinetimes.com/2025/12/11/n...
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"My years of documented antisemitism don't count".
December 14, 2025 at 8:00 PM
"My years of documented antisemitism don't count".
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“If this is the level of shamelessness [Farage’s] media supporters are willing to stoop to when he is a mere fourth party opposition politician, just imagine the levels they will descend to should he ever get a real whiff of power”
It just *must* not happen.
www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/the-farage...
It just *must* not happen.
www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/the-farage...
The Farage Apologists
The same commentators that spent years condemning anti-semitism in UK politics as a major national scandal, have suddenly lost interest now that it implicates one of their own
www.adambienkov.co.uk
December 14, 2025 at 10:51 AM
“If this is the level of shamelessness [Farage’s] media supporters are willing to stoop to when he is a mere fourth party opposition politician, just imagine the levels they will descend to should he ever get a real whiff of power”
It just *must* not happen.
www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/the-farage...
It just *must* not happen.
www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/the-farage...
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A reminder that this is the same man who has just spent the past week calling all the Jewish victims of his own horrific anti-semitic abuse liars
December 14, 2025 at 6:27 PM
A reminder that this is the same man who has just spent the past week calling all the Jewish victims of his own horrific anti-semitic abuse liars