Hughster
@hughster.bsky.social
Keyboard warrior with an opinion on everything (and a presence on far too many social media platforms). 🇬🇧
Lol they've actually done the Paul Fairie thread
November 27, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Lol they've actually done the Paul Fairie thread
Sadly rarely do things shock me these days but this did. How has the SRA not been able to stop this
A solicitor, Andrew Milne has been bullying leaseholders across Sheffield into paying him extraordinary sums, with no legal basis.
Why hasn't the SRA stopped him? Because he's conducted an extraordinary campaign against the SRA. 180 complaints. Two judicial reviews.
More here: buff.ly/LmLVegM
Why hasn't the SRA stopped him? Because he's conducted an extraordinary campaign against the SRA. 180 complaints. Two judicial reviews.
More here: buff.ly/LmLVegM
SRA urged to take action as we reveal solicitor has ‘purposely frustrated’ investigation
Solicitor Andrew Jonathan Milne delayed an official investigation into his alleged professional misconduct by overwhelming the regulator with complaints and threatening them with two injunctions se…
buff.ly
November 27, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Sadly rarely do things shock me these days but this did. How has the SRA not been able to stop this
Hong Kong fire looks truly awful. How on earth did that happen
November 26, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Hong Kong fire looks truly awful. How on earth did that happen
This honestly makes me all the angrier at Starmerite Labour MPs who tried to claim Mamdani's win as a win for their own politics
Interviewer: “What do you say to trans kids who are starting their transition?”
Zohran Mamdani: "We're gonna make this a city that doesn't just protect trans kids, but also celebrates and cherishes them."
Zohran Mamdani: "We're gonna make this a city that doesn't just protect trans kids, but also celebrates and cherishes them."
November 26, 2025 at 4:29 PM
This honestly makes me all the angrier at Starmerite Labour MPs who tried to claim Mamdani's win as a win for their own politics
This is worth supporting
X is not above the law.
The plaything of the world’s richest man won’t take down illegal posts on X – but no-one’s above the law.
Join the fight: https://goodlaw.social/6pw6
The plaything of the world’s richest man won’t take down illegal posts on X – but no-one’s above the law.
Join the fight: https://goodlaw.social/6pw6
November 26, 2025 at 3:54 PM
This is worth supporting
Unfortunately the data tables show only 50% of people think Brexit has been economically harmful (vs 21% beneficial) so this is only 37.5% of people overall
New polling from European Movement UK shows that three quarters of people who see the economic damage of Brexit now back joining the Single Market and Customs Union to cut taxes and rebuild public services. The public knows the route to recovery, even if the Government refuses to face it.
New poll shows 75% favour joining single market to lower taxes
Of British adults who feel Brexit has been harmful to the UK, over 75% favour the UK joining the Single Market and Customs Union as a way to lower the tax burden and boost money for public services.
www.europeanmovement.co.uk
November 26, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Unfortunately the data tables show only 50% of people think Brexit has been economically harmful (vs 21% beneficial) so this is only 37.5% of people overall
"Land tax"
*libertarians sit up*
"Sorry, landfill tax"
*libertarians sit down*
*libertarians sit up*
"Sorry, landfill tax"
*libertarians sit down*
November 26, 2025 at 1:27 PM
"Land tax"
*libertarians sit up*
"Sorry, landfill tax"
*libertarians sit down*
*libertarians sit up*
"Sorry, landfill tax"
*libertarians sit down*
Nightmare for some poor OBR underling here
BREAKING The entire Budget has leaked early
- £22BN of headroom
- £26bn tax rises
- Freeze on tax thresholds
- Pay per mileage confirmed
- Changes to capital gains
- £22BN of headroom
- £26bn tax rises
- Freeze on tax thresholds
- Pay per mileage confirmed
- Changes to capital gains
November 26, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Nightmare for some poor OBR underling here
For a terrifying few seconds I worried that a site I pretty much rely on for all my property maintenance was run by fash… but thankfully the company changed hands years ago
Reform UK recently launched a new organisation within the party to boost small businesses. The first entrepreneur chosen to champion the cause is Kevin Byrne, founder of Checkatrade But Byrne is a rather interesting pick by Reform. 🤔
hopenothate.org.uk/2025/11/26/r...
hopenothate.org.uk/2025/11/26/r...
Reform UK's small business champion supports Tommy Robinson and peddles conspiracy theories – HOPE not hate
On 10 November, Reform UK leader Nigel Farage launched Small Business for Reform, an organisation within the party. During the launch, Farage declared that “we...
hopenothate.org.uk
November 26, 2025 at 11:39 AM
For a terrifying few seconds I worried that a site I pretty much rely on for all my property maintenance was run by fash… but thankfully the company changed hands years ago
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As for Farage’s use of racist slurs being confined to his childhood - well, that's not what Alan Sked, the founder of UKIP, claimed in this 2014 interview.
He says here that Farage was using the "n" word as late as 1997.
Farage would have been about 33 at time.
www.theguardian.com/politics/201...
He says here that Farage was using the "n" word as late as 1997.
Farage would have been about 33 at time.
www.theguardian.com/politics/201...
Ukip founder Alan Sked: 'The party has become a Frankenstein's monster'
He may have founded Ukip, but Alan Sked's moderate, Brussels-boycotting party has gone rogue. Stuart Jeffries meets the academic who's desperate to stop the bandwagon he first set rolling
www.theguardian.com
November 26, 2025 at 8:55 AM
As for Farage’s use of racist slurs being confined to his childhood - well, that's not what Alan Sked, the founder of UKIP, claimed in this 2014 interview.
He says here that Farage was using the "n" word as late as 1997.
Farage would have been about 33 at time.
www.theguardian.com/politics/201...
He says here that Farage was using the "n" word as late as 1997.
Farage would have been about 33 at time.
www.theguardian.com/politics/201...
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new allegation concerning Farage’s behaviour when he was 18 years old
November 26, 2025 at 7:59 AM
new allegation concerning Farage’s behaviour when he was 18 years old
It is this easy for British organisations to acknowledge the harm X is doing and leave. And it's time they started facing public criticism for not doing so
A small but significant step: Dutch national broadcaster NOS is leaving X.
“The volume of hateful comments and disinformation on X is enormous and flows freely. This also applies under our own posts, meaning we unintentionally contribute to their spread”
over.nos.nl/nieuws/nos-p...
“The volume of hateful comments and disinformation on X is enormous and flows freely. This also applies under our own posts, meaning we unintentionally contribute to their spread”
over.nos.nl/nieuws/nos-p...
NOS plaatst vanaf vandaag geen nieuwsberichten meer op X - Over NOS
De NOS en Nieuwsuur (NOS/NTR) zijn gestopt met posten op X. Het platform past niet meer bij onze visie op...
over.nos.nl
November 26, 2025 at 12:19 AM
It is this easy for British organisations to acknowledge the harm X is doing and leave. And it's time they started facing public criticism for not doing so
Bance is back. (With replies off. Probably wise)
November 26, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Bance is back. (With replies off. Probably wise)
Shifting to total denial after equivocating so blatantly makes this so much worse. And it's not like he can easily fall back to "my word against theirs" when it's over 20 pretty respectable people who all went to school with him and independently confirm he did the same thing
‘I can categorically say that stories being told about me from 50 years ago are not true’
- a statement from Nigel Farage tonight on claims he racially abused fellow school pupils
That firm denial tonight is different to what he said in interview with BBC Wales Political Editor Gareth Lewis 👇
- a statement from Nigel Farage tonight on claims he racially abused fellow school pupils
That firm denial tonight is different to what he said in interview with BBC Wales Political Editor Gareth Lewis 👇
November 25, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Shifting to total denial after equivocating so blatantly makes this so much worse. And it's not like he can easily fall back to "my word against theirs" when it's over 20 pretty respectable people who all went to school with him and independently confirm he did the same thing
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one of the coolest things about ChatGPT is how you can actually just never use it. you can fill your whole entire life with simply not once using it. it's incredible.
November 25, 2025 at 4:15 PM
one of the coolest things about ChatGPT is how you can actually just never use it. you can fill your whole entire life with simply not once using it. it's incredible.
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I am somewhat sceptical of this new suggestion of going beyond the Leveson recommendations on reducing the number of jury trials, but I am getting a little annoyed at all the (IMO) excessive outrage on here over it
November 25, 2025 at 6:10 PM
I am somewhat sceptical of this new suggestion of going beyond the Leveson recommendations on reducing the number of jury trials, but I am getting a little annoyed at all the (IMO) excessive outrage on here over it
An abomination that cannot stand. Are we a sovereign country or aren't we
NEWS --> BBC confirms to me that they did edit a line out of historian @rutgerbregman.com's speech. It called Trump "the most openly corrupt president in US history."
BBC also confirms this was done on the advice of lawyers. So Trump's threats worked.
New piece:
newrepublic.com/article/2036...
BBC also confirms this was done on the advice of lawyers. So Trump's threats worked.
New piece:
newrepublic.com/article/2036...
Trump’s Fury at BBC Gets Unnerving Results with Pro-MAGA Edit Stunner
First, British Broadcasting Corporation execs resigned after Trump complained about a segment. Now the BBC edited out a line from a historian that was critical of Trump. Where does this end?
newrepublic.com
November 25, 2025 at 6:26 PM
An abomination that cannot stand. Are we a sovereign country or aren't we
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blocking people insane about Will remains one of the most consistent ways to make this website a more pleasant user experience; he draws the maddest fuckers.
i have agreed with stancil and i have disagreed with stancil. he has sharp elbows. but the accusation that he is a raging transphobe is not connected to reality. and the weaponization of "i'm listening to trans people" to smear someone because you disagree about fucking econ polling is disgusting
No, I do not “pick on” trans people, I have never done anything like this. And frankly, I think the willingness of some people to completely invent accusations of transphobia in the desperate search for a cudgel against ideological opponents suggests they don’t really care about transphobia
November 25, 2025 at 5:01 PM
blocking people insane about Will remains one of the most consistent ways to make this website a more pleasant user experience; he draws the maddest fuckers.
You fools, you idiots, the judge was merely applying the law
November 25, 2025 at 4:55 PM
You fools, you idiots, the judge was merely applying the law
Counterpoint: reducing the number of jury trials is good, actually. There's precious little empirical evidence they provide any meaningful safeguards or lead to fairer outcomes and are thus little more than a very expensive placebo. Fight me
November 25, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Counterpoint: reducing the number of jury trials is good, actually. There's precious little empirical evidence they provide any meaningful safeguards or lead to fairer outcomes and are thus little more than a very expensive placebo. Fight me
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yes I don't really see how you can go "oh yikes these people have changed their political views incredibly quickly, mostly because of what Very Online people talk about on social media" and also think that people who went from never talking about gender to calling trans women predators are....normal
I don’t like subtweeting people I consider online friends, but there is a subset of people who are very worried about the ongoing radicalisation of our political elite but won’t ever acknowledge the echoes with the radicalisation of their colleagues on trans rights
And few who are sympathetic to us, some who are friendly with me on here, will ever stick their head above the parapet
November 25, 2025 at 12:55 PM
yes I don't really see how you can go "oh yikes these people have changed their political views incredibly quickly, mostly because of what Very Online people talk about on social media" and also think that people who went from never talking about gender to calling trans women predators are....normal
Apparently it's now BBC editorial policy not to even say "trans" any more
Oh, bloody hell, it seems my screenshot was even an edit after the article was published
“Ms Brooks, who was 18 at the time, is a trans woman who was born a biological male.”
Aside from the gross last part of this BBC News sentence, wasn’t she 17 at the time?
Aside from the gross last part of this BBC News sentence, wasn’t she 17 at the time?
November 25, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Apparently it's now BBC editorial policy not to even say "trans" any more
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I don’t know enough about the situation with Lineham to opine on whether the judgement is valid or not, but everything about this paragraph in the BBC article makes me despair at how many institutions have been captured by the GC movement
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
November 25, 2025 at 12:29 PM
I don’t know enough about the situation with Lineham to opine on whether the judgement is valid or not, but everything about this paragraph in the BBC article makes me despair at how many institutions have been captured by the GC movement
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
No journalist should leave unchallenged claims from the far right to be thick-skinned, straight-talking free speech fundamentalists. They're the most easily offended, censorious crybabies in politics
Reform Party threatened legal action for critical news stories
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Reform’s ‘Trumpian’ legal threats hint at more aggressive approach to media
Ultimatums sent to publications appear to intensify as Nigel Farage’s party rises in polls
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 2:02 PM
No journalist should leave unchallenged claims from the far right to be thick-skinned, straight-talking free speech fundamentalists. They're the most easily offended, censorious crybabies in politics