Peter Arnott
@peterarnott.bsky.social
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Peter Arnott
@peterarnott.bsky.social
· Jan 28
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www.eigenproductions.co.uk
Links to filmed extracts of two plays of mine. Fine performances and direction, neither of which had anything to do with me.
www.eigenproductions.co.uk/face/#film
www.eigenproductions.co.uk/signalman/#f...
www.eigenproductions.co.uk/face/#film
www.eigenproductions.co.uk/signalman/#f...
On his bad days, he's mad. On his best, he's just stupid.
(What the hell does "permanently pause" mean? If the President declared the Law of Gravity to be rescinded, would things start falling up?)
(What the hell does "permanently pause" mean? If the President declared the Law of Gravity to be rescinded, would things start falling up?)
Trump says he will ‘permanently pause’ migration from ‘third world countries’ after national guard shooting www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Trump says he will ‘permanently pause’ migration from ‘third world countries’ after national guard shooting
In a social media post sent late on Thanksgiving, US president said he would ‘end all federal benefits and subsidies to noncitizens’ following Washington DC shooting
www.theguardian.com
November 28, 2025 at 7:52 AM
On his bad days, he's mad. On his best, he's just stupid.
(What the hell does "permanently pause" mean? If the President declared the Law of Gravity to be rescinded, would things start falling up?)
(What the hell does "permanently pause" mean? If the President declared the Law of Gravity to be rescinded, would things start falling up?)
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“How did an idea with so much potential traction and reach//…//become so quickly and comprehensively bogged down in power struggles and infighting?”
Brit pol exam question sorted, @timbale.bsky.social.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Brit pol exam question sorted, @timbale.bsky.social.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
‘We had six MPs and four factions’: inside Your Party’s toxic power struggles
Some say Jeremy Corbyn is too non-committal for project to work, while others blame Zarah Sultana’s combative nature
www.theguardian.com
November 28, 2025 at 7:29 AM
“How did an idea with so much potential traction and reach//…//become so quickly and comprehensively bogged down in power struggles and infighting?”
Brit pol exam question sorted, @timbale.bsky.social.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Brit pol exam question sorted, @timbale.bsky.social.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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So he was "homegrown" + trained by the CIA, working for the Zero Unit in Afghanistan, which had a reputation for the following:
"The units also had a reputation for ruthlessness, with journalists and human rights groups referring to them as 'death squads.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/27/u...
"The units also had a reputation for ruthlessness, with journalists and human rights groups referring to them as 'death squads.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/27/u...
Here’s a Look at the D.C. Shooting Suspect’s C.I.A.-Backed Unit in Afghanistan
The units were backed by the C.I.A. and trained to conduct missions in Afghanistan during the U.S. war in the country.
www.nytimes.com
November 28, 2025 at 7:06 AM
So he was "homegrown" + trained by the CIA, working for the Zero Unit in Afghanistan, which had a reputation for the following:
"The units also had a reputation for ruthlessness, with journalists and human rights groups referring to them as 'death squads.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/27/u...
"The units also had a reputation for ruthlessness, with journalists and human rights groups referring to them as 'death squads.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/27/u...
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Today's 70% fall in net migration to 205,000 was not one of the six stories in BBC ten o'clock news.
Ta massive assymetry in whether rises in immigration and falls in immigration are considered newsworthy by broadcasters
Down by 140k isn't thought to be.
Up by 140k undoubtedly would be.
Ta massive assymetry in whether rises in immigration and falls in immigration are considered newsworthy by broadcasters
Down by 140k isn't thought to be.
Up by 140k undoubtedly would be.
November 27, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Today's 70% fall in net migration to 205,000 was not one of the six stories in BBC ten o'clock news.
Ta massive assymetry in whether rises in immigration and falls in immigration are considered newsworthy by broadcasters
Down by 140k isn't thought to be.
Up by 140k undoubtedly would be.
Ta massive assymetry in whether rises in immigration and falls in immigration are considered newsworthy by broadcasters
Down by 140k isn't thought to be.
Up by 140k undoubtedly would be.
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The fact anyone thought this was a good idea...
AI-Powered Teddy Bear Pulled From Market After It Offered Graphic Sexual Advice
www.comicsands.com
November 28, 2025 at 7:37 AM
The fact anyone thought this was a good idea...
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He was 15 when he used racist language to describe classmates, sang Hitler youth songs, joined the NF. Many say we should forgive his youthful waywardness.
She was 15 when she was groomed by ISIS & state intelligence experts, ran away from home,was trafficked and raped...
#farage
#shamimabegum
She was 15 when she was groomed by ISIS & state intelligence experts, ran away from home,was trafficked and raped...
#farage
#shamimabegum
November 28, 2025 at 7:02 AM
He was 15 when he used racist language to describe classmates, sang Hitler youth songs, joined the NF. Many say we should forgive his youthful waywardness.
She was 15 when she was groomed by ISIS & state intelligence experts, ran away from home,was trafficked and raped...
#farage
#shamimabegum
She was 15 when she was groomed by ISIS & state intelligence experts, ran away from home,was trafficked and raped...
#farage
#shamimabegum
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It's almost like much of the mainstream media and right wing press has an agenda, isn't it.
New net migration figures at 930am.
Net migration fell half a million to 344,000 in 2024 from 848k in 2023
56% of people think it went up last year
17% think stayed the same
14% think it went down
2025 figure to be lower again
16% expect that
38% think it will be up
31% about the same
Net migration fell half a million to 344,000 in 2024 from 848k in 2023
56% of people think it went up last year
17% think stayed the same
14% think it went down
2025 figure to be lower again
16% expect that
38% think it will be up
31% about the same
November 27, 2025 at 8:55 AM
It's almost like much of the mainstream media and right wing press has an agenda, isn't it.
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The UK Right is already shifting to the language of "remigration" in emulation of trends in the US and German Far Right. If migration numbers generally and small boat numbers specifically decline then the demands from Farage through to Philp to mass deport the "wrong kind of people" will get louder
Whole issue - at least electorally and rhetorically - is such a moving target. Does make you wonder what the anti-migration folk will focus on next if, by some miracle of miracles, a UK government were ever to actually 'Stop the Boats'.
Net migration fell sharply agaim to 204,000 in the year to June 2025, having been 344k in 2024 and 848k in 2023. But falling immigration has been the biggest secret - and it is time for the media and political debate to catch up with this change
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cn...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cn...
November 27, 2025 at 9:47 AM
The UK Right is already shifting to the language of "remigration" in emulation of trends in the US and German Far Right. If migration numbers generally and small boat numbers specifically decline then the demands from Farage through to Philp to mass deport the "wrong kind of people" will get louder
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Stop telling me Starmer isn’t chasing the Reform vote. This is driven only by fear and xenophobia.
PM describes net migration of 205k as "a step in the right direction". His govt has no public position on a sustainable level of immigration is, nor any known process to decide what, why & how. Starmer is now implying he wants it significantly lower
www.standard.co.uk/news/politic...
www.standard.co.uk/news/politic...
Net migration drop ‘step in the right direction’ – Starmer
Net migration peaked at a record 944,000 in the year to March 2023 but has fallen sharply since then.
www.standard.co.uk
November 27, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Stop telling me Starmer isn’t chasing the Reform vote. This is driven only by fear and xenophobia.
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EXCLUSIVE: Scottish prosecutors face claims they have reduced terrorism to the level of a parking ticket after asking activists accused of supporting a proscribed group if they will pay a £100 fine
'Like a parking ticket': Scottish activists face £100 fines for 'terrorism'
www.thenational.scot
November 27, 2025 at 5:57 PM
EXCLUSIVE: Scottish prosecutors face claims they have reduced terrorism to the level of a parking ticket after asking activists accused of supporting a proscribed group if they will pay a £100 fine
As ye sow etc...
Immigration is finally becoming a real problem, after being a phantom menace for decades.
It’s a problem because we have too little immigration now, and it’s going to get worse.
It’s a problem because we have too little immigration now, and it’s going to get worse.
New net migration figures at 930am.
Net migration fell half a million to 344,000 in 2024 from 848k in 2023
56% of people think it went up last year
17% think stayed the same
14% think it went down
2025 figure to be lower again
16% expect that
38% think it will be up
31% about the same
Net migration fell half a million to 344,000 in 2024 from 848k in 2023
56% of people think it went up last year
17% think stayed the same
14% think it went down
2025 figure to be lower again
16% expect that
38% think it will be up
31% about the same
November 27, 2025 at 5:05 PM
As ye sow etc...
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NEW: If you have *any* interest in the Nathan Gill story, you need to look at this.
We’ve put all the dates into a timeline & it’s incredibly revealing.
1/
www.thenerve.news/p/nathan-gil...
We’ve put all the dates into a timeline & it’s incredibly revealing.
1/
www.thenerve.news/p/nathan-gil...
Reform UK and Russian bribes: a Nathan Gill timeline
As Reform’s former leader in Wales is sentenced to ten and a half years for taking bribes from a pro-Russian actor, here's a chronology of his actions and the wider context of Putin, Ukraine and Brexi...
www.thenerve.news
November 22, 2025 at 1:55 PM
NEW: If you have *any* interest in the Nathan Gill story, you need to look at this.
We’ve put all the dates into a timeline & it’s incredibly revealing.
1/
www.thenerve.news/p/nathan-gil...
We’ve put all the dates into a timeline & it’s incredibly revealing.
1/
www.thenerve.news/p/nathan-gil...
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I’m a past winner of the Orwell Prize & won partly because I exposed Vote Leave’s unlawful activities.
Michael Gove was its co-convener & refused to answer a single q. He’s now a judge of the prize & our world is truly one that Orwell would recognise
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/25/m...
Michael Gove was its co-convener & refused to answer a single q. He’s now a judge of the prize & our world is truly one that Orwell would recognise
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/25/m...
Michael Gove Made Orwell Prize Judge Despite Record of Attacking Journalists and Dodging Scrutiny
Critics say "Orwell would have enjoyed the irony" of the former Conservative minister's appointment
bylinetimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 5:53 PM
I’m a past winner of the Orwell Prize & won partly because I exposed Vote Leave’s unlawful activities.
Michael Gove was its co-convener & refused to answer a single q. He’s now a judge of the prize & our world is truly one that Orwell would recognise
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/25/m...
Michael Gove was its co-convener & refused to answer a single q. He’s now a judge of the prize & our world is truly one that Orwell would recognise
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/25/m...
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It is - by this point - obvious to even casual observers of media that WAY MORE than a couple of MPs or MEPs have been compromised.
Newspaper Editors, Producers, C-Suite executives, Security Services;
Gob-smacked if "russian interference" didnt explain such media disinterest.
Newspaper Editors, Producers, C-Suite executives, Security Services;
Gob-smacked if "russian interference" didnt explain such media disinterest.
November 27, 2025 at 6:17 AM
It is - by this point - obvious to even casual observers of media that WAY MORE than a couple of MPs or MEPs have been compromised.
Newspaper Editors, Producers, C-Suite executives, Security Services;
Gob-smacked if "russian interference" didnt explain such media disinterest.
Newspaper Editors, Producers, C-Suite executives, Security Services;
Gob-smacked if "russian interference" didnt explain such media disinterest.
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Putin's plan to end the war in Ukraine.
Cartoon by Michael de Adder
Cartoon by Michael de Adder
November 27, 2025 at 1:10 AM
Putin's plan to end the war in Ukraine.
Cartoon by Michael de Adder
Cartoon by Michael de Adder
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Nigel Farage has spent £1m taking out adverts in the papers to distract from the Nathan Gill Russian bribe scandal.
We can't let him buy himself out of this. We need an investigation into Russian influence in our politics.
We can't let him buy himself out of this. We need an investigation into Russian influence in our politics.
November 27, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Nigel Farage has spent £1m taking out adverts in the papers to distract from the Nathan Gill Russian bribe scandal.
We can't let him buy himself out of this. We need an investigation into Russian influence in our politics.
We can't let him buy himself out of this. We need an investigation into Russian influence in our politics.
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This is why a con man shouldn’t have been allowed to become President!
This 👇
This 👇
November 27, 2025 at 12:33 PM
This is why a con man shouldn’t have been allowed to become President!
This 👇
This 👇
This is a GREAT song...which he speak/sings here...but which he sings quite beautifully on the Blue Valentines album...
November 27, 2025 at 12:18 PM
This is a GREAT song...which he speak/sings here...but which he sings quite beautifully on the Blue Valentines album...
A man who put his politics into practice in the "biz" and beyond. RIP.
Jack Shepherd: English actor and star of Wycliffe dies at 85 share.google/6tbtcD66JOBj...
Sad news. I enjoyed watching Wycliffe.
Sad news. I enjoyed watching Wycliffe.
Jack Shepherd: English actor and star of Wycliffe dies at 85
He will be remembered for his roles as TV detective Charles Wycliffe and fictional Labour MP Bill Brand.
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November 27, 2025 at 12:13 PM
A man who put his politics into practice in the "biz" and beyond. RIP.
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A reminder that almost all of the "migration crisis" of the last 18 months is a manufactured one – and probably says more about how much X has poisoned our politics than anything about realities on the ground.
NEW: Net migration falls sharply to 204,000 in the year to June.
That’s a fall from 649,000 in the year to June 2024. It is a drop of nearly 80% from its 2023 peak.
That’s a fall from 649,000 in the year to June 2024. It is a drop of nearly 80% from its 2023 peak.
November 27, 2025 at 11:48 AM
A reminder that almost all of the "migration crisis" of the last 18 months is a manufactured one – and probably says more about how much X has poisoned our politics than anything about realities on the ground.
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NEW: Israel's genocide in Gaza is 'not over' despite the announcement of a ceasefire, human rights experts have warned
🔗 www.thenational.scot/news/2...
🔗 www.thenational.scot/news/2...
November 27, 2025 at 10:51 AM
NEW: Israel's genocide in Gaza is 'not over' despite the announcement of a ceasefire, human rights experts have warned
🔗 www.thenational.scot/news/2...
🔗 www.thenational.scot/news/2...
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As if the lawsuits ever had a chance.
November 26, 2025 at 10:26 PM
As if the lawsuits ever had a chance.
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"Ordinarily he was insane, but he had lucid moments when he was merely stupid." .. (Heinrich Heine) (Cartoon Dave Granlund)
November 26, 2025 at 5:37 PM
"Ordinarily he was insane, but he had lucid moments when he was merely stupid." .. (Heinrich Heine) (Cartoon Dave Granlund)
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“If nothing else, it’s fascinating to see how much these ultra-rich and ultra-powerful men flannel one another even in private.”
inews.co.uk/news/world/l...
inews.co.uk/news/world/l...
Leaked recordings prove Putin is making Trump his puppet
The Witkoff tape reveals how much the game has changed - US diplomacy now appears to centre around flattering and stroking the ego of Donald Trump
inews.co.uk
November 27, 2025 at 7:29 AM
“If nothing else, it’s fascinating to see how much these ultra-rich and ultra-powerful men flannel one another even in private.”
inews.co.uk/news/world/l...
inews.co.uk/news/world/l...