Alex Sowden
@ajs1977.bsky.social
European. Virtue Signaller. History nerd. Trying to save the world: mixed results so far.
Being honest, I think the UK has probably run its course as a union of four nations.
Views are all my own.
Being honest, I think the UK has probably run its course as a union of four nations.
Views are all my own.
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Its not just disgraceful and dangerous. Its depraved.There is no moral center to this party. Brexit broke their brains. They're degenerate. As for Badenoch. She is just a slightly more articulate version of Truss. The ghost of the lettuce that defeated truss could run circles round her.
December 19, 2025 at 12:14 AM
Its not just disgraceful and dangerous. Its depraved.There is no moral center to this party. Brexit broke their brains. They're degenerate. As for Badenoch. She is just a slightly more articulate version of Truss. The ghost of the lettuce that defeated truss could run circles round her.
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Conservative politician Ben Houchen is:
-Tees Valley Mayor
-A Tory life peer in the Lords
-Bent as a nine bob note
-All of the above ✅
#Teesworks #TVCA
bsky.app/profile/jenw...
-Tees Valley Mayor
-A Tory life peer in the Lords
-Bent as a nine bob note
-All of the above ✅
#Teesworks #TVCA
bsky.app/profile/jenw...
Auditors and new officials have been turning over stones at the body in charge of Teesworks. Turns out the Tees Valley Combined Authority has been lending hundreds of millions of £ to connected orgs, without loan agreements, and those orgs are now struggling to repay
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Auditors raise red flags at public body run by Ben Houchen
[FREE TO READ] EY said errors included ‘material misstatements’ in latest setback for Conservative metro mayor Lord Houchen
as.ft.com
December 18, 2025 at 10:17 AM
Conservative politician Ben Houchen is:
-Tees Valley Mayor
-A Tory life peer in the Lords
-Bent as a nine bob note
-All of the above ✅
#Teesworks #TVCA
bsky.app/profile/jenw...
-Tees Valley Mayor
-A Tory life peer in the Lords
-Bent as a nine bob note
-All of the above ✅
#Teesworks #TVCA
bsky.app/profile/jenw...
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Muting a Black woman to claim the vote was unanimous is so incredibly on the nose
The White House claims the vote to rename the Kennedy Center was “unanimous.” That is false. I was muted on the call and denied the opportunity to speak or register my opposition. That is not consensus. That is censorship.
December 18, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Muting a Black woman to claim the vote was unanimous is so incredibly on the nose
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Nigel Farage said that the 'Raise the Colours' campaign was a "grassroots movement driven by ordinary people”.
Kemi Badenoch said they should be "welcomed" as a symbol of "unity"
Now the campaign has pivoted to racially abusing migrants and intimidating charity workers on the beaches of France
Kemi Badenoch said they should be "welcomed" as a symbol of "unity"
Now the campaign has pivoted to racially abusing migrants and intimidating charity workers on the beaches of France
Nigel Farage-Backed 'Raise the Colours' Campaign Pivots to Racially Abusing Migrants and Harassing Aid Workers on French Beaches
Far-right activists were seen stabbing dinghies and releasing dogs to intimidate migrants and aid workers
bylinetimes.com
December 18, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Nigel Farage said that the 'Raise the Colours' campaign was a "grassroots movement driven by ordinary people”.
Kemi Badenoch said they should be "welcomed" as a symbol of "unity"
Now the campaign has pivoted to racially abusing migrants and intimidating charity workers on the beaches of France
Kemi Badenoch said they should be "welcomed" as a symbol of "unity"
Now the campaign has pivoted to racially abusing migrants and intimidating charity workers on the beaches of France
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Wait until Allison Pearson wakes up from her crystal meth-induced fever dream & finds out which political party was in power for 14 of the last 15.5 years, during which time public sector funding has been gutted and take-home pay & living standards have both declined.
Allison is going to be livid.
Allison is going to be livid.
December 17, 2025 at 11:12 AM
Wait until Allison Pearson wakes up from her crystal meth-induced fever dream & finds out which political party was in power for 14 of the last 15.5 years, during which time public sector funding has been gutted and take-home pay & living standards have both declined.
Allison is going to be livid.
Allison is going to be livid.
Outstanding.
A mini-story to cheer you up this morning. The other day my teenage son returned to his locked bike to find the back wheel nicked. We went back yesterday to rescue it - and found this note taped to the frame. We have the wheel again. A very happy Xmas to Ollie and his note-writing other half.
December 17, 2025 at 10:39 AM
Outstanding.
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I kind of wish this wasn’t still so relevant…
Getting into the festive spirit of joy and cheer by diving into How They Broke Britain by the ever adroit @mrjamesob.bsky.social
Superb stocking filler for the Tory and Reform voters in your family 🎄🎅
Superb stocking filler for the Tory and Reform voters in your family 🎄🎅
December 17, 2025 at 7:48 AM
I kind of wish this wasn’t still so relevant…
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It's as if every word spoken by America's mad, self-serving, racist king and his cabal of scheming, malignant MAGA flying monkeys is a shameless, barefaced, outright lie.
🚨🚨In today's "the world's most trustworthy trading partner": #US suspends technology deal with Britain. 🧵
www.reuters.com/world/europe...
www.reuters.com/world/europe...
US suspends technology deal with Britain, FT reports
The United States has suspended a technology deal it struck with Britain earlier this year which was intended to boost ties in artificial intelligence, quantum computing and civil nuclear energy, the ...
www.reuters.com
December 16, 2025 at 4:19 PM
It's as if every word spoken by America's mad, self-serving, racist king and his cabal of scheming, malignant MAGA flying monkeys is a shameless, barefaced, outright lie.
It's as if every word spoken by America's mad, self-serving, racist king and his cabal of scheming, malignant MAGA flying monkeys is a shameless, barefaced, outright lie.
🚨🚨In today's "the world's most trustworthy trading partner": #US suspends technology deal with Britain. 🧵
www.reuters.com/world/europe...
www.reuters.com/world/europe...
US suspends technology deal with Britain, FT reports
The United States has suspended a technology deal it struck with Britain earlier this year which was intended to boost ties in artificial intelligence, quantum computing and civil nuclear energy, the ...
www.reuters.com
December 16, 2025 at 4:19 PM
It's as if every word spoken by America's mad, self-serving, racist king and his cabal of scheming, malignant MAGA flying monkeys is a shameless, barefaced, outright lie.
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MI6 Chief gives speech. Speech may contain words that are interesting. But because MI6 Chief is a woman @telegraph.co.uk prints an article about her appearance, with no mention of the speech’s content.
December 16, 2025 at 7:48 AM
MI6 Chief gives speech. Speech may contain words that are interesting. But because MI6 Chief is a woman @telegraph.co.uk prints an article about her appearance, with no mention of the speech’s content.
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Welcome to a morning of silly hype about UK trade policy. Part one, "a serious setback in US-UK relations" as "£31bn tech ‘prosperity deal’ with Britain on ice"?
Invented number, good thing if the UK pushes back on US regulatory asks. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Invented number, good thing if the UK pushes back on US regulatory asks. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
US puts £31bn tech ‘prosperity deal’ with Britain on ice
Pledge to invest billions in UK paused, with Washington citing lack of progress on trade barriers across pond
www.theguardian.com
December 16, 2025 at 7:21 AM
Welcome to a morning of silly hype about UK trade policy. Part one, "a serious setback in US-UK relations" as "£31bn tech ‘prosperity deal’ with Britain on ice"?
Invented number, good thing if the UK pushes back on US regulatory asks. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Invented number, good thing if the UK pushes back on US regulatory asks. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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While the US could well have a much more agreeable government after the next election, it has shown that even when in better hands than now, we will suspect it is just one election away from electing a complete moron. There is no way of building solid long-term relations under such conditions.
🚨🚨Today’s #US foreign policy has abandoned the post-World War II "consensus on allies & the value of defending freedom, instead revolving around transactions and deal-making, wielding tariffs to punish or reward, and defining allies based on financial benefit rather than shared democratic value".
December 15, 2025 at 7:43 PM
While the US could well have a much more agreeable government after the next election, it has shown that even when in better hands than now, we will suspect it is just one election away from electing a complete moron. There is no way of building solid long-term relations under such conditions.
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not the kind of behavior I expect from the winner of the fifa peace prize
December 15, 2025 at 7:28 PM
not the kind of behavior I expect from the winner of the fifa peace prize
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It’s crazy how the “Don’t tread on me!” and “Live free or die” crowd is fine with masked gangs of anonymous armed federal agents hassling, detaining, and assaulting people on the streets “papers please”-style.
This feels like the most basic freedom of not living in a fascist police state.
This feels like the most basic freedom of not living in a fascist police state.
Here's interview with US citizen scanned by ICE's facial recognition tech. Walking home from gym, authorities come over. He says he's a citizen. Put him in car. Only release after scanning his face
“Flagrant violation of rights and incompatible with a free society”
www.404media.co/how-a-us-cit...
“Flagrant violation of rights and incompatible with a free society”
www.404media.co/how-a-us-cit...
How a US Citizen Was Scanned With ICE's Facial Recognition Tech
Jesus Gutiérrez told immigration agents he was a U.S. citizen. Only after they scanned his face, did the agents let him go.
www.404media.co
December 15, 2025 at 3:31 PM
It’s crazy how the “Don’t tread on me!” and “Live free or die” crowd is fine with masked gangs of anonymous armed federal agents hassling, detaining, and assaulting people on the streets “papers please”-style.
This feels like the most basic freedom of not living in a fascist police state.
This feels like the most basic freedom of not living in a fascist police state.
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Quite a position to argues that the wokes are destroying a civilisation built on Christian faith but gang bangs are fine actually.
Reform MP Danny Kruger on pornstar/provocateur Bonnie Blue announcing her support for the party: "We’ll take votes from wherever we can get them, we want all the support we can get. Quite like Bonnie Blue."
Says party isn't "going to be fussy, we're not going to be judgemental" about Reform voters
Says party isn't "going to be fussy, we're not going to be judgemental" about Reform voters
December 15, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Quite a position to argues that the wokes are destroying a civilisation built on Christian faith but gang bangs are fine actually.
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Every credible economist in the UK and elsewhere said before June 2016 that leaving the European Union would make the UK poorer, weaker, and less secure.
But Brexiters and voters ignored them #BBCLauraK #Brexit
But Brexiters and voters ignored them #BBCLauraK #Brexit
December 14, 2025 at 10:43 AM
Every credible economist in the UK and elsewhere said before June 2016 that leaving the European Union would make the UK poorer, weaker, and less secure.
But Brexiters and voters ignored them #BBCLauraK #Brexit
But Brexiters and voters ignored them #BBCLauraK #Brexit
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The Reform leader has secured the backing of the pornographic film actress Bonnie Blue
✏️ Rats in a Sack 🐀
✏️ Rats in a Sack 🐀
Farage wins a true Blue endorsement
The Reform leader has secured the backing of the pornographic film actress Bonnie Blue
www.thenewworld.co.uk
December 13, 2025 at 11:18 AM
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Shackling Daniel Hannan to a NASA probe on a one-way mission to explore deep space would be a blessed relief for us all.
December 13, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Shackling Daniel Hannan to a NASA probe on a one-way mission to explore deep space would be a blessed relief for us all.
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"We're English and we don't like open borders or immigrants WAIT WHERE ARE YOU ALL GOING COME BACK"
Lather, rinse, repeat.
#DontBuyTheDailyMail #BBCLauraK
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Lather, rinse, repeat.
#DontBuyTheDailyMail #BBCLauraK
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December 13, 2025 at 8:14 PM
"We're English and we don't like open borders or immigrants WAIT WHERE ARE YOU ALL GOING COME BACK"
Lather, rinse, repeat.
#DontBuyTheDailyMail #BBCLauraK
bsky.app/profile/robf...
Lather, rinse, repeat.
#DontBuyTheDailyMail #BBCLauraK
bsky.app/profile/robf...
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WHY ARE YOU ANNOYED THIS IS WHAT YOU WANTED TO HAPPEN
December 13, 2025 at 6:41 PM
WHY ARE YOU ANNOYED THIS IS WHAT YOU WANTED TO HAPPEN
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Amazing, the @dailymail.co.uk manages to publish an entire lengthy feature bewailing (!!!!) the exodus of Poles from Britain without once mentioning Brexit. Apparently this outcome (which is surely exactly what they campaigned for in 2016) is all the fault of Keir Starmer.
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mol.im/a/15379789
The great exodus: How Poles are ditching UK for their booming homeland
New statistics reveal that while 7,000 Poles arrived in the year ending last June, 25,000 returned home: a net outflow of 18,000. The UK's total Polish population has shrunk to 750,000.
mol.im
December 13, 2025 at 9:26 AM
Amazing, the @dailymail.co.uk manages to publish an entire lengthy feature bewailing (!!!!) the exodus of Poles from Britain without once mentioning Brexit. Apparently this outcome (which is surely exactly what they campaigned for in 2016) is all the fault of Keir Starmer.
mol.im/a/15379789
mol.im/a/15379789
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Slow hand clap for Liam Neeson.
The selfish, grasping arsehole.
The selfish, grasping arsehole.
Liam Neeson denies anti-vax views after narrating Covid documentary
Liam Neeson denies anti-vax views after narrating Covid documentary
The Plague of Corruption film is based on a book co-authored by Judy Mikovits, a disgraced former scientist
www.irishtimes.com
December 12, 2025 at 10:23 AM
Slow hand clap for Liam Neeson.
The selfish, grasping arsehole.
The selfish, grasping arsehole.
Slow hand clap for Liam Neeson.
The selfish, grasping arsehole.
The selfish, grasping arsehole.
Liam Neeson denies anti-vax views after narrating Covid documentary
Liam Neeson denies anti-vax views after narrating Covid documentary
The Plague of Corruption film is based on a book co-authored by Judy Mikovits, a disgraced former scientist
www.irishtimes.com
December 12, 2025 at 10:23 AM
Slow hand clap for Liam Neeson.
The selfish, grasping arsehole.
The selfish, grasping arsehole.