Dr Karl Kemp-O’Brien
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November 6, 2025 at 8:39 PM
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The brass neck is pretty incredible.
November 7, 2025 at 1:46 PM
The brass neck is pretty incredible.
It’s Getting Harder To Know What’s Real
YouTube video by StarTalk
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November 1, 2025 at 7:12 PM
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X is a cesspit led by an unhinged billionaire who is desperately trying to stir up civil war in Britain.
Nobody with any sense or decency should be there.
No organisations, government departments, or politicians should be there.
Everyone who is, is enabling this monster.
Nobody with any sense or decency should be there.
No organisations, government departments, or politicians should be there.
Everyone who is, is enabling this monster.
October 29, 2025 at 8:22 AM
X is a cesspit led by an unhinged billionaire who is desperately trying to stir up civil war in Britain.
Nobody with any sense or decency should be there.
No organisations, government departments, or politicians should be there.
Everyone who is, is enabling this monster.
Nobody with any sense or decency should be there.
No organisations, government departments, or politicians should be there.
Everyone who is, is enabling this monster.
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Really important piece
October 29, 2025 at 8:51 AM
Really important piece
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This follows smears by @thetimes.com and @dailymail.co.uk about a Labour MP's spending 😱😱 @mrjamesob.bsky.social
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Totally untrue garbage from @thetimes.com & @dailymail.co.uk today - smear dressed up as journalism. Some facts:
- There is no “£900 desk”
- my constituency office has Ikea desks/chairs
- we significantly underspent the new MPs allowance to set up an office
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
- There is no “£900 desk”
- my constituency office has Ikea desks/chairs
- we significantly underspent the new MPs allowance to set up an office
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
Treasury minister leading budget plans spent £900 on desk
Torsten Bell, who is working with Rachel Reeves to fill a £30 billion hole in finances, also used his parliamentary expenses to claim £600 for three chairs
www.thetimes.com
October 29, 2025 at 9:00 AM
This follows smears by @thetimes.com and @dailymail.co.uk about a Labour MP's spending 😱😱 @mrjamesob.bsky.social
bsky.app/profile/tors...
bsky.app/profile/tors...
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4 years out from an election and legacy media running with stories about Ref*rm winning the election if it was today. But hey, no election, so let's focus on TODAY and things that actually matter to people across the country. media and the political class treat this as a fucking self indulgent game
September 26, 2025 at 9:40 AM
4 years out from an election and legacy media running with stories about Ref*rm winning the election if it was today. But hey, no election, so let's focus on TODAY and things that actually matter to people across the country. media and the political class treat this as a fucking self indulgent game
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I ❤️ @mattbelloni.bsky.social for this. The ethics of Hollywood are basement level. Same for tech (see below a column I wrote in 2019).
September 26, 2025 at 5:33 PM
I ❤️ @mattbelloni.bsky.social for this. The ethics of Hollywood are basement level. Same for tech (see below a column I wrote in 2019).
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Too many games www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
The Video-Game Industry Has a Problem: There Are Too Many Games
A crowded September for video-game releases illustrates a broader challenge in the market
www.bloomberg.com
September 26, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Too many games www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
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Netanyahu:
"Would a country committing genocide plead with the civilian population that it is supposedly targeting to get out of harms way? Did the Nazis ask the Jews to leave? Of course not"
Actually, encouraging Jews to emigrate is exactly what the Nazis did 1933-39.
Ignorant of Jewish history.
"Would a country committing genocide plead with the civilian population that it is supposedly targeting to get out of harms way? Did the Nazis ask the Jews to leave? Of course not"
Actually, encouraging Jews to emigrate is exactly what the Nazis did 1933-39.
Ignorant of Jewish history.
September 26, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Netanyahu:
"Would a country committing genocide plead with the civilian population that it is supposedly targeting to get out of harms way? Did the Nazis ask the Jews to leave? Of course not"
Actually, encouraging Jews to emigrate is exactly what the Nazis did 1933-39.
Ignorant of Jewish history.
"Would a country committing genocide plead with the civilian population that it is supposedly targeting to get out of harms way? Did the Nazis ask the Jews to leave? Of course not"
Actually, encouraging Jews to emigrate is exactly what the Nazis did 1933-39.
Ignorant of Jewish history.
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not me getting weepy at this video and its poem first thing in the morning <3 so well done
September 17, 2025 at 1:33 PM
not me getting weepy at this video and its poem first thing in the morning <3 so well done
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I’m not saying Britain has gone entirely batshit crazy but a Reform councillor in Wales has just stormed out of a local Torfaen Council meeting in Gwent because it failed to acknowledge the killing of a man in America.
In other news, Britain has gone entirely batshit crazy.
In other news, Britain has gone entirely batshit crazy.
September 17, 2025 at 1:01 PM
I’m not saying Britain has gone entirely batshit crazy but a Reform councillor in Wales has just stormed out of a local Torfaen Council meeting in Gwent because it failed to acknowledge the killing of a man in America.
In other news, Britain has gone entirely batshit crazy.
In other news, Britain has gone entirely batshit crazy.
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Plotting to get rid of Starmer is a distraction and a fantasy inews.co.uk/opinion/gett...
September 17, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Plotting to get rid of Starmer is a distraction and a fantasy inews.co.uk/opinion/gett...
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Jerry from Ben & Jerry's has resigned after 47 years after Unilever silenced their politcal activism.
September 17, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Jerry from Ben & Jerry's has resigned after 47 years after Unilever silenced their politcal activism.
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One of the hallmarks of authoritarianism is to terrify people into self-censorship. ABC ending Kimmel’s show is the perfect example of this.
September 17, 2025 at 11:54 PM
One of the hallmarks of authoritarianism is to terrify people into self-censorship. ABC ending Kimmel’s show is the perfect example of this.
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Robert Jenrick, the Tory Shadow Justice Secretary and former Home Office Minister, joining protesters outside an asylum hotel is one of the most disgusting acts by a frontline British politician in living memory.
August 17, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Robert Jenrick, the Tory Shadow Justice Secretary and former Home Office Minister, joining protesters outside an asylum hotel is one of the most disgusting acts by a frontline British politician in living memory.
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“Robert Jenrick - an experiment in what national socialism would look like if it was designed by Laura Ashley” made me laugh like an imbecile in the GP waiting room.
Then I read the rest of the excellent piece and went back to being depressed by the state of UK politics right now.
Then I read the rest of the excellent piece and went back to being depressed by the state of UK politics right now.
Tinderbox Britain: How conservatives ended up praying for violence iandunt.substack.com/p/tinderbox-...
August 15, 2025 at 9:32 AM
“Robert Jenrick - an experiment in what national socialism would look like if it was designed by Laura Ashley” made me laugh like an imbecile in the GP waiting room.
Then I read the rest of the excellent piece and went back to being depressed by the state of UK politics right now.
Then I read the rest of the excellent piece and went back to being depressed by the state of UK politics right now.
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You've GOT to be kidding me!
The Conservatives - who oversaw every single thing on this list - are trying to claim that only the Conservatives would "stop the madness" - that they created...?
So incredulity aside, what about the list itself?
Let's go Debunking! 1/34
The Conservatives - who oversaw every single thing on this list - are trying to claim that only the Conservatives would "stop the madness" - that they created...?
So incredulity aside, what about the list itself?
Let's go Debunking! 1/34
August 15, 2025 at 5:06 PM
You've GOT to be kidding me!
The Conservatives - who oversaw every single thing on this list - are trying to claim that only the Conservatives would "stop the madness" - that they created...?
So incredulity aside, what about the list itself?
Let's go Debunking! 1/34
The Conservatives - who oversaw every single thing on this list - are trying to claim that only the Conservatives would "stop the madness" - that they created...?
So incredulity aside, what about the list itself?
Let's go Debunking! 1/34
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The way she sees an opportunity and screeches to a halt. Glorious.
I'm often ashamed of my gender,sadly, for the way many of them treat women. Exhibit A.
But,first, the young woman here is magnificent, and special mention goes to the guy who caught it on camera. Watch till the end, and you'll see why. He's one of the good guys😊
But,first, the young woman here is magnificent, and special mention goes to the guy who caught it on camera. Watch till the end, and you'll see why. He's one of the good guys😊
August 9, 2025 at 7:11 AM
The way she sees an opportunity and screeches to a halt. Glorious.
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The Online Safety Act ransoms your privacy for free speech 🛑
By age gating vaguely defined ‘harmful’ content, UK users face censorship.
It coerces people into coughing up their ID to unregulated age verification providers or scammers.
Write to your MP ⬇️
action.openrightsgroup.org/tell-your-mp...
By age gating vaguely defined ‘harmful’ content, UK users face censorship.
It coerces people into coughing up their ID to unregulated age verification providers or scammers.
Write to your MP ⬇️
action.openrightsgroup.org/tell-your-mp...
Tell your MP: The Online Safety Act isn’t working
What's the problem? The Online Safety Act has been a disaster. Rather than protect children, millions of adults are facing widespread censorship, and teenagers are having their freedom of expression…
action.openrightsgroup.org
August 9, 2025 at 9:45 AM
The Online Safety Act ransoms your privacy for free speech 🛑
By age gating vaguely defined ‘harmful’ content, UK users face censorship.
It coerces people into coughing up their ID to unregulated age verification providers or scammers.
Write to your MP ⬇️
action.openrightsgroup.org/tell-your-mp...
By age gating vaguely defined ‘harmful’ content, UK users face censorship.
It coerces people into coughing up their ID to unregulated age verification providers or scammers.
Write to your MP ⬇️
action.openrightsgroup.org/tell-your-mp...
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The running total of Trump’s crippling weakness with Putin:
2 weeks deadline to observe a ceasefire
Another 2 weeks
Then an extra 50 days
Then 10 days
Now another 7 days…
…to discuss Ukraine giving up all land Putin has invaded
2 weeks deadline to observe a ceasefire
Another 2 weeks
Then an extra 50 days
Then 10 days
Now another 7 days…
…to discuss Ukraine giving up all land Putin has invaded
August 9, 2025 at 10:42 AM
The running total of Trump’s crippling weakness with Putin:
2 weeks deadline to observe a ceasefire
Another 2 weeks
Then an extra 50 days
Then 10 days
Now another 7 days…
…to discuss Ukraine giving up all land Putin has invaded
2 weeks deadline to observe a ceasefire
Another 2 weeks
Then an extra 50 days
Then 10 days
Now another 7 days…
…to discuss Ukraine giving up all land Putin has invaded
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I feel like the government have a fucking impossible hand atm. No matter what they do they’re fucking someone with big long term consequences.
Guess it really is the time for difficult decisions and a long-term plan 🙈
Guess it really is the time for difficult decisions and a long-term plan 🙈
August 6, 2025 at 9:43 AM
I feel like the government have a fucking impossible hand atm. No matter what they do they’re fucking someone with big long term consequences.
Guess it really is the time for difficult decisions and a long-term plan 🙈
Guess it really is the time for difficult decisions and a long-term plan 🙈
Just played the first hour of Donkey Kong Bananza and holy fuck. Nintendo are just unreal! 😍😍 Pure joy! Gaming magic!
July 19, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Just played the first hour of Donkey Kong Bananza and holy fuck. Nintendo are just unreal! 😍😍 Pure joy! Gaming magic!