John Ferrett
@johnferrett.bsky.social
Family, sport and politics in that order. Co-operation and solidarity is the only way forward.
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I don't think it's all of it by any measure but I do absolutely believe that the political media's raging anti-intellectual streak has got worse with time and has ended up influencing the way MPs talk, and what they choose to talk/think about
I don’t think this is a “politicians have got dumber” issue for the most part. If you look at the *actual CVs* of previous cohorts of MPs, their background is not radically different when you account for, you know, the fact the economy is different! It is primarily a media and ecosystem issue.
We have got to make politics intellectual again. It is the only way that societies thrive is when politicians have the capability to actually think and reflect deeply:
November 28, 2025 at 3:09 PM
I don't think it's all of it by any measure but I do absolutely believe that the political media's raging anti-intellectual streak has got worse with time and has ended up influencing the way MPs talk, and what they choose to talk/think about
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Received this today from my local Reform charlatan and racist. This is also the wrongun who called for young people not to be paid minimum wage whilst facing tribunal claims for not paying his employees at all. Particular favourite in this illiterate nonsense is their focus on education standards 🙃
November 29, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Received this today from my local Reform charlatan and racist. This is also the wrongun who called for young people not to be paid minimum wage whilst facing tribunal claims for not paying his employees at all. Particular favourite in this illiterate nonsense is their focus on education standards 🙃
Received this today from my local Reform charlatan and racist. This is also the wrongun who called for young people not to be paid minimum wage whilst facing tribunal claims for not paying his employees at all. Particular favourite in this illiterate nonsense is their focus on education standards 🙃
November 29, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Received this today from my local Reform charlatan and racist. This is also the wrongun who called for young people not to be paid minimum wage whilst facing tribunal claims for not paying his employees at all. Particular favourite in this illiterate nonsense is their focus on education standards 🙃
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Lying in politics is wrong and should never be rewarded, says newspaper which pays Boris Johnson £1 million a year to be its star columnist
November 29, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Lying in politics is wrong and should never be rewarded, says newspaper which pays Boris Johnson £1 million a year to be its star columnist
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Fascinated by this woman’s media diet, because I met so many people like her from 2010 to 2015, the first time Labour proposed a mansion tax, yet she claims to have voted Labour all her life until now. Did she just live in seclusion for five years?
November 29, 2025 at 10:19 AM
Fascinated by this woman’s media diet, because I met so many people like her from 2010 to 2015, the first time Labour proposed a mansion tax, yet she claims to have voted Labour all her life until now. Did she just live in seclusion for five years?
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Idle thought. Could we fix the council tax revaluation problem by having a “revalue upon sale”approach? Because visibly we are not gonna exit from “property tax values that are older than the Czech Republic” by going through it to *existing* homeowners.
November 29, 2025 at 10:41 AM
Idle thought. Could we fix the council tax revaluation problem by having a “revalue upon sale”approach? Because visibly we are not gonna exit from “property tax values that are older than the Czech Republic” by going through it to *existing* homeowners.
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Remembering one of Hollywood’s greatest and most enduring stars - CARY GRANT - who left us 39yrs ago today, aged 82.
November 29, 2025 at 10:18 AM
Remembering one of Hollywood’s greatest and most enduring stars - CARY GRANT - who left us 39yrs ago today, aged 82.
The Lib Dems have always been scoundrels. Endless calls when in opposition for increased public spending across the board but against the measures necessary to fund it. And the one time they had power we know how they used it - arise Sir Ed for services to austerity.
November 29, 2025 at 10:43 AM
The Lib Dems have always been scoundrels. Endless calls when in opposition for increased public spending across the board but against the measures necessary to fund it. And the one time they had power we know how they used it - arise Sir Ed for services to austerity.
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The egomaniac presenters on #r4today spend almost their whole time on frivolous personal attacks on politicians and almost zero time on analysis of policy. Then they report "why is no-one happy with this government?"
November 29, 2025 at 8:59 AM
The egomaniac presenters on #r4today spend almost their whole time on frivolous personal attacks on politicians and almost zero time on analysis of policy. Then they report "why is no-one happy with this government?"
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Apparently the Daily Mail and its readers are really angry about the budget and on that basis the #r4today presenters and guests are reading the political obituaries of Reeves and Starmer.
November 29, 2025 at 9:04 AM
Apparently the Daily Mail and its readers are really angry about the budget and on that basis the #r4today presenters and guests are reading the political obituaries of Reeves and Starmer.
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🚨EXCLUSIVE: we reveal that Knowsley Foodbank siphoned over £195,000 into companies linked to disgraced Big Help CEO, Peter Mitchell.
We can also reveal that the Serious Fraud Office is now investigating Knowsley Foodbank
www.livpost.co.uk/exclusive-ho...
We can also reveal that the Serious Fraud Office is now investigating Knowsley Foodbank
www.livpost.co.uk/exclusive-ho...
November 29, 2025 at 8:37 AM
🚨EXCLUSIVE: we reveal that Knowsley Foodbank siphoned over £195,000 into companies linked to disgraced Big Help CEO, Peter Mitchell.
We can also reveal that the Serious Fraud Office is now investigating Knowsley Foodbank
www.livpost.co.uk/exclusive-ho...
We can also reveal that the Serious Fraud Office is now investigating Knowsley Foodbank
www.livpost.co.uk/exclusive-ho...
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Populist Right: 'We're not racist, we just want immigrants to integrate & contribute.'
Immigrant gains BA, MA, works for charities, marries a 'Brit', becomes Brexit-supporting, lockdown-sceptic Tory MP, then Deputy Speaker of HoC.
Populist Right: 'People born abroad shouldn't be allowed to do this.'
Immigrant gains BA, MA, works for charities, marries a 'Brit', becomes Brexit-supporting, lockdown-sceptic Tory MP, then Deputy Speaker of HoC.
Populist Right: 'People born abroad shouldn't be allowed to do this.'
November 28, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Populist Right: 'We're not racist, we just want immigrants to integrate & contribute.'
Immigrant gains BA, MA, works for charities, marries a 'Brit', becomes Brexit-supporting, lockdown-sceptic Tory MP, then Deputy Speaker of HoC.
Populist Right: 'People born abroad shouldn't be allowed to do this.'
Immigrant gains BA, MA, works for charities, marries a 'Brit', becomes Brexit-supporting, lockdown-sceptic Tory MP, then Deputy Speaker of HoC.
Populist Right: 'People born abroad shouldn't be allowed to do this.'
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On the numbers, this was a “fiscally conservative budget”
@ruthcurtice.bsky.social of
@resolutionfoundation.org briskly punctures this week’s myths
www.ft.com/content/f658...
@ruthcurtice.bsky.social of
@resolutionfoundation.org briskly punctures this week’s myths
www.ft.com/content/f658...
November 29, 2025 at 8:55 AM
On the numbers, this was a “fiscally conservative budget”
@ruthcurtice.bsky.social of
@resolutionfoundation.org briskly punctures this week’s myths
www.ft.com/content/f658...
@ruthcurtice.bsky.social of
@resolutionfoundation.org briskly punctures this week’s myths
www.ft.com/content/f658...
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Kemi Badenoch - one of the many, many politicians since Margaret Thatcher to talk about learning from Margaret Thatcher who, IDK, maybe they saw a meme about her one time?
November 28, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Kemi Badenoch - one of the many, many politicians since Margaret Thatcher to talk about learning from Margaret Thatcher who, IDK, maybe they saw a meme about her one time?
The egomaniac presenters on #r4today spend almost their whole time on frivolous personal attacks on politicians and almost zero time on analysis of policy. Then they report "why is no-one happy with this government?"
November 29, 2025 at 8:59 AM
The egomaniac presenters on #r4today spend almost their whole time on frivolous personal attacks on politicians and almost zero time on analysis of policy. Then they report "why is no-one happy with this government?"
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North Korea: "Woah, U.S. State Department, dial it back. This would make even Dear Leader blush."
November 28, 2025 at 5:04 PM
North Korea: "Woah, U.S. State Department, dial it back. This would make even Dear Leader blush."
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Her *6* bedroomed house in North Kensington. 6!
November 28, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Her *6* bedroomed house in North Kensington. 6!
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Now only did White House pool reporters not stick up for their colleague who Trump repeatedly called “stupid” but you can hear them thanking Trump a few minutes later after he ended the Q&A. Sad stuff.
November 28, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Now only did White House pool reporters not stick up for their colleague who Trump repeatedly called “stupid” but you can hear them thanking Trump a few minutes later after he ended the Q&A. Sad stuff.
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h/t @adamwren.bsky.social
Michael Bohacek, a Republican state senator from Indiana who has a daughter with down syndrome, says he will vote against redistricting in Indiana after Trump used the word "retarded."
Michael Bohacek, a Republican state senator from Indiana who has a daughter with down syndrome, says he will vote against redistricting in Indiana after Trump used the word "retarded."
November 28, 2025 at 8:57 PM
h/t @adamwren.bsky.social
Michael Bohacek, a Republican state senator from Indiana who has a daughter with down syndrome, says he will vote against redistricting in Indiana after Trump used the word "retarded."
Michael Bohacek, a Republican state senator from Indiana who has a daughter with down syndrome, says he will vote against redistricting in Indiana after Trump used the word "retarded."
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Wow. If this were a war, it'd be crystal clear war crime. Without a war, it's just an astonishing case of murder.
Textbook war crime/extrajudicial killing
"Two survivors were clinging to the smoldering wreck. The Special Operations commander overseeing the Sept. 2 attack ... ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth’s instructions."
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"Two survivors were clinging to the smoldering wreck. The Special Operations commander overseeing the Sept. 2 attack ... ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth’s instructions."
Report by @alexhorton.bsky.social @ellenwapo.bsky.social o.bsky.social
Hegseth order on first Caribbean boat strike, officials say: Kill them all
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth issued a verbal order to kill all crew members in the Sept. 2 strike on a suspected drug boat. Navy SEALs fired a second missile.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 28, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Wow. If this were a war, it'd be crystal clear war crime. Without a war, it's just an astonishing case of murder.
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Trump, Vance, and Miller have inherited wealth and power they did not earn, achieved through advancement of values they do not share, at a cost they cannot comprehend.
Like every other degenerate child of privilege they think their birthright is THE REWARD and not THE RESPONSIBILITY
Like every other degenerate child of privilege they think their birthright is THE REWARD and not THE RESPONSIBILITY
November 28, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Trump, Vance, and Miller have inherited wealth and power they did not earn, achieved through advancement of values they do not share, at a cost they cannot comprehend.
Like every other degenerate child of privilege they think their birthright is THE REWARD and not THE RESPONSIBILITY
Like every other degenerate child of privilege they think their birthright is THE REWARD and not THE RESPONSIBILITY
Me and @mickhitchin.bsky.social had a proper old man's chat in the pub last night. We agreed that everything was better when we were younger 😄
November 28, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Me and @mickhitchin.bsky.social had a proper old man's chat in the pub last night. We agreed that everything was better when we were younger 😄
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Nigel Farage giving away five golden tickets with his Reform black shirts that entitle winners to enjoy/endure lunch with him. Wonder where he got that idea?
November 28, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Nigel Farage giving away five golden tickets with his Reform black shirts that entitle winners to enjoy/endure lunch with him. Wonder where he got that idea?