Sir Richard Mountbasket🏳️🌈🇪🇺
@richmountbasket.bsky.social
Just another Dick with an opinion. Author, journalist, 9th baronet, #Humanist, #Unitarian, Twitter refugee.
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I didn't switch to Bluesky because I want to avoid right wing people with different opinions. I mainly want to get away from constant weird adverts, abusive comments, and a perverted algorithm that amplifies misinformation and hate speech.
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Journalists and MPs don't seem to get the reason the China spy case failed was due to both a specific case precedent and a change in the law. Hopefully this couldn't happen again unless those circumstances were repeated.
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China spy case collapse could happen again, MPs warn
A damning report finds a “shambolic” system could lead to future espionage cases being dropped.
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December 3, 2025 at 8:51 AM
Journalists and MPs don't seem to get the reason the China spy case failed was due to both a specific case precedent and a change in the law. Hopefully this couldn't happen again unless those circumstances were repeated.
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Classic outrageous hypocrisy here from a Trump. He's illegally attacking Venezuelan ships over unfounded accusations of drug smuggling, while pardoning and supporting a drug gangster convicted in the USA, purely because he's from Honduras's far right party!
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What is Honduras president accused of and why has Trump pardoned him?
Juan Orlando Hernández, once called the key figure in a drug trafficking scheme that flooded America with over 400 tonnes of cocaine, walks free after the pardon.
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December 2, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Classic outrageous hypocrisy here from a Trump. He's illegally attacking Venezuelan ships over unfounded accusations of drug smuggling, while pardoning and supporting a drug gangster convicted in the USA, purely because he's from Honduras's far right party!
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If clearing the backlog is Labour's only priority, why not scrap trials altogether? Perhaps Mr Lammy could flip a coin, that'll save time and money?
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Jury trials scrapped for crimes with sentences of less than three years
The reforms are being brought in to tackle unprecedented delays in the Crown Court.
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December 2, 2025 at 6:14 PM
If clearing the backlog is Labour's only priority, why not scrap trials altogether? Perhaps Mr Lammy could flip a coin, that'll save time and money?
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We love, love, love the December calendar from @actionhappiness.bsky.social.
It's full of simple daily ideas for small acts of kindness to create a better world. Very humanist, we think!
It's full of simple daily ideas for small acts of kindness to create a better world. Very humanist, we think!
December 2, 2025 at 4:35 PM
We love, love, love the December calendar from @actionhappiness.bsky.social.
It's full of simple daily ideas for small acts of kindness to create a better world. Very humanist, we think!
It's full of simple daily ideas for small acts of kindness to create a better world. Very humanist, we think!
Is this Kemi BadEnoch up to her old tricks, hacking websites? Police really should investigate!😎
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Several London councils thought be affected by cyber-attacks
Several authorities are reporting IT issues, system breakdowns and interruption to services.
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December 2, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Is this Kemi BadEnoch up to her old tricks, hacking websites? Police really should investigate!😎
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Blue Labour fills me with more disgust every single day. What is the point of elections in this country if we change government, but just get more of the same?! We need radical change to our electoral system, and our politics.
Loose financial regulations gave us the 2008 financial crash in which extreme free markets collapsed and had to be bailed out by governments acquiring more debt than they did under Covid. So what idiot would loosen regulations and risk a repeat?
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BoE plans to loosen capital rules on banks in latest easing of post-2008 controls
Bank of England says stress tests show seven biggest lenders can weather financial hit in severe downturn
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December 2, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Blue Labour fills me with more disgust every single day. What is the point of elections in this country if we change government, but just get more of the same?! We need radical change to our electoral system, and our politics.
Far right Tory, Jewish Chronicle owner and GB News co-founder thinks the BBC has "anti Israel bias" - when if anything, the BBC's coverage is utterly uncritical of Israel. He has to go.
December 2, 2025 at 9:50 AM
Far right Tory, Jewish Chronicle owner and GB News co-founder thinks the BBC has "anti Israel bias" - when if anything, the BBC's coverage is utterly uncritical of Israel. He has to go.
This is outrageous. That a Labour government could be denying people the right to justice is a gross violation of British principles. Jury trial is the foundation of law and order in this country. If you want to clear the backlog: fund justice better!
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Deputy PM David Lammy set to announce jury trial reforms
The changes will restrict the right to a jury trial in a bid to reduce the backlog of cases.
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December 2, 2025 at 9:30 AM
This is outrageous. That a Labour government could be denying people the right to justice is a gross violation of British principles. Jury trial is the foundation of law and order in this country. If you want to clear the backlog: fund justice better!
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There's a very simple solution to bypassing the Israeli blockade. Get together a European naval task force. And if Israeli ships try to intercede, let's Belgrano those fascist fucks.
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UK criticises delays to Gaza aid as tents take year to arrive
Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper said the situation remains "dire" as the United Nations warned 1.5 million people are in need of urgent shelter.
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December 2, 2025 at 9:06 AM
There's a very simple solution to bypassing the Israeli blockade. Get together a European naval task force. And if Israeli ships try to intercede, let's Belgrano those fascist fucks.
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Back from holiday to the inevitable "oh you don't look very brown".
Well no, I have red hair and pasty white skin that burns under a 70 watt light bulb😎🤬
Well no, I have red hair and pasty white skin that burns under a 70 watt light bulb😎🤬
December 1, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Back from holiday to the inevitable "oh you don't look very brown".
Well no, I have red hair and pasty white skin that burns under a 70 watt light bulb😎🤬
Well no, I have red hair and pasty white skin that burns under a 70 watt light bulb😎🤬
I just can't listen to this biased shit on BBC News any more. The real story here should be reduced NHS waiting lists and action to reduce child poverty. Instead it's bullshit about how Labour delivered the message. Yes that is bad but makes no practical difference, FFS.
#bbcwato
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December 1, 2025 at 1:43 PM
I just can't listen to this biased shit on BBC News any more. The real story here should be reduced NHS waiting lists and action to reduce child poverty. Instead it's bullshit about how Labour delivered the message. Yes that is bad but makes no practical difference, FFS.
#bbcwato
#bbcwato
There is always speculation, conflicting briefing and media confusion before a Budget. That's just how it goes, and certainly happened under the Tories. Why is the BBC and other media kicking up a fuss now? And why is Labour Comms so bad they are letting this happen?
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Starmer insists 'there was no misleading' from Reeves in the build-up to her Budget
Rachel Reeves has been accused of over-stating the UK's financial problems in the build-up to the Budget - but the PM backs his chancellor.
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December 1, 2025 at 12:34 PM
There is always speculation, conflicting briefing and media confusion before a Budget. That's just how it goes, and certainly happened under the Tories. Why is the BBC and other media kicking up a fuss now? And why is Labour Comms so bad they are letting this happen?
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Today we mark #WorldAIDSDay. It's a day to remember the millions of lives lost to HIV and AIDS, but also to celebrate the lives saved by the scientific advancements of the last 40+ years. Compassion, science, and humanity has led the way.
December 1, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Today we mark #WorldAIDSDay. It's a day to remember the millions of lives lost to HIV and AIDS, but also to celebrate the lives saved by the scientific advancements of the last 40+ years. Compassion, science, and humanity has led the way.
Stripped of the Labour party machine such as it is, Corbyn reveals what an utter buffoon he is. He can't even organise a handful of transphobic misogynist MPs.
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Feuds, boycotts and the birth of Your Party
The path to this weekend's founding conference has been overshadowed by splits in the party.
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December 1, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Stripped of the Labour party machine such as it is, Corbyn reveals what an utter buffoon he is. He can't even organise a handful of transphobic misogynist MPs.
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Israel's head of state can't absolve Benjamin Netanyahu of genocide. You can't just wash away all that blood.
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Benjamin Netanyahu seeks pardon from Israel's president
He denies any wrongdoing in three ongoing trials over allegations of bribery, fraud and breach of trust.
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November 30, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Israel's head of state can't absolve Benjamin Netanyahu of genocide. You can't just wash away all that blood.
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Arrived back in the UK, and my husband got blatantly racially profiled at Customs as the only non-white person on our flight. I argued with them and challenged them to explain why they'd picked him. They got angry, wouldn't say, but checked his passport and let us both go. That's white privilege.
November 30, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Arrived back in the UK, and my husband got blatantly racially profiled at Customs as the only non-white person on our flight. I argued with them and challenged them to explain why they'd picked him. They got angry, wouldn't say, but checked his passport and let us both go. That's white privilege.
Israel is guilty not just of torture, but illegal killing, rape, kidnapping and of course: genocide. Israel's crimes are institutionalised and industrialised. Israel is a terror state.
UN panel says Israel operating 'de facto policy of torture'
Rights groups gave harrowing details about conditions in Israeli detention centres. Israel has not responded but has previously denied allegations of torture.
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November 29, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Israel is guilty not just of torture, but illegal killing, rape, kidnapping and of course: genocide. Israel's crimes are institutionalised and industrialised. Israel is a terror state.
Why is Mahmood demonising refugees for her own government's stupidity? They don't want a 250 mile taxi ride to see a GP; they want to access medical services where they live.
Government to ban asylum seekers from using taxis
The ban is set to come in February and any exemptions will have to be signed off by the Home Office.
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November 29, 2025 at 7:05 AM
Why is Mahmood demonising refugees for her own government's stupidity? They don't want a 250 mile taxi ride to see a GP; they want to access medical services where they live.
Assuming these boys are innocent, they are not entitled to ANY compensation for being imprisoned on remand if the charges are dropped. If innocent kids have their lives ruined by the state, the state does nothing to put things right. That's criminal.
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Ballymena: Romanian teenagers accused of rape have charges dropped
The boys, aged 14 and 15, have been in custody since the alleged assault on 7 June which led to race riots across NI.
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November 28, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Assuming these boys are innocent, they are not entitled to ANY compensation for being imprisoned on remand if the charges are dropped. If innocent kids have their lives ruined by the state, the state does nothing to put things right. That's criminal.
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No-one wants to say it, but "significant evidential developments" sounds like the girl lied, the boys didn't do anything wrong, and all that racist violence was whipped up for nothing.
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Ballymena: Romanian teenagers accused of rape have charges dropped
The boys, aged 14 and 15, have been in custody since the alleged assault on 7 June which led to race riots across NI.
www.bbc.com
November 28, 2025 at 3:26 PM
No-one wants to say it, but "significant evidential developments" sounds like the girl lied, the boys didn't do anything wrong, and all that racist violence was whipped up for nothing.
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I can't offer a medical opinion here, but I was a bit shocked a few years ago when I went to the GP for a chest infection, and he said while I was there he should put his finger up my posterior just to check. At least I think it was the GP, I didn't have my glasses on.
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Prostate cancer screening should not be offered to most UK men, experts say
The UK National Screening Committee says only men with the BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutations, aged between 45 and 61, should be offered regular testing.
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November 28, 2025 at 3:17 PM
I can't offer a medical opinion here, but I was a bit shocked a few years ago when I went to the GP for a chest infection, and he said while I was there he should put his finger up my posterior just to check. At least I think it was the GP, I didn't have my glasses on.
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Quite a progressive factual article despite the woke-bashing headline. Some rams are gay, get over it!
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Wool of gay sheep passes woke test for New York fashion debut
Designer Michael Schmidt’s I Wool Survive line uses fleece from rams ‘that prefer same-sex partners’
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November 28, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Quite a progressive factual article despite the woke-bashing headline. Some rams are gay, get over it!
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There is nothing special or unusual about police officers at Charing Cross. ALL police stations are like this, but the thugs at Charing Cross were unlucky to got caught on camera. Thousands of others are still on the job, acting exactly the same.
Seventh Met Police officer sacked over BBC Panorama investigation
PC Sean Park was shown "expressing discriminatory and disrespectful views about Muslims", the Met says.
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November 28, 2025 at 10:03 AM
There is nothing special or unusual about police officers at Charing Cross. ALL police stations are like this, but the thugs at Charing Cross were unlucky to got caught on camera. Thousands of others are still on the job, acting exactly the same.
Another Leavophile balls deep in Russian manipulation of our politics. But if I was the CPS I'd do a deal for information on the real villains of this web of deceit: Farridge and Banks.
Former Brexit Party MEP denies taking payment from pro-Russian campaign
A prominent former MEP for Nigel Farage's old party denies taking bribes in a pro-Russian campaign.
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November 28, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Another Leavophile balls deep in Russian manipulation of our politics. But if I was the CPS I'd do a deal for information on the real villains of this web of deceit: Farridge and Banks.
I've never understood couples in nice hotels who come down to breakfast looking immaculate, presumably after an hour primping themselves.
I'm more the type who stumbles down looking disheveled, desperate for a decent cup of tea (and usually falling to get one).
I'm more the type who stumbles down looking disheveled, desperate for a decent cup of tea (and usually falling to get one).
November 28, 2025 at 8:51 AM
I've never understood couples in nice hotels who come down to breakfast looking immaculate, presumably after an hour primping themselves.
I'm more the type who stumbles down looking disheveled, desperate for a decent cup of tea (and usually falling to get one).
I'm more the type who stumbles down looking disheveled, desperate for a decent cup of tea (and usually falling to get one).