Declan Lynch
@declynchwriter.bsky.social
Journalist, Sunday Independent. Author "Tony 1O"
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Nails it.
November 19, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Nails it.
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A "centre-left" party choosing to accommodate the far right is no longer a "centre-left" party, it's at best a "centre-right" party trying to moderate the fascism of the right with paternalism, at worst a cryptofascist party trying to legitimise the fascism under cover of its liberal socialist past.
The Danish Social Democrats are currently on course for their worst election result since at least the Second World War, despite their brand of far-right accommodationism being touted as a blueprint for other centre-left parties.
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November 18, 2025 at 6:16 PM
A "centre-left" party choosing to accommodate the far right is no longer a "centre-left" party, it's at best a "centre-right" party trying to moderate the fascism of the right with paternalism, at worst a cryptofascist party trying to legitimise the fascism under cover of its liberal socialist past.
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November 18, 2025 at 12:05 PM
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@declynchwriter.bsky.social ‘take up a role’
NEW: Paschal Donohoe is resigning as MInister for Finance, and as a TD, in order to take up a role with the World Bank in Washington. Announcement expected after this morning's Cabinet meeting. @virginmedianews.bsky.social
November 18, 2025 at 10:51 AM
@declynchwriter.bsky.social ‘take up a role’
November 17, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Wondering if anyone else saw this about ten days ago cos it seemed surreal : guy on one of the psycho business channels, maybe Bloomberg, says he doesn't like Bitcoin or crypto or that stuff but because the President and family are big into crypto "I'll go with the corruption".
November 17, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Wondering if anyone else saw this about ten days ago cos it seemed surreal : guy on one of the psycho business channels, maybe Bloomberg, says he doesn't like Bitcoin or crypto or that stuff but because the President and family are big into crypto "I'll go with the corruption".
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This pretty much offsets their neutrality in WWII, for me
Ireland have just knocked Viktor Orban out of the World Cup.
November 17, 2025 at 5:04 PM
This pretty much offsets their neutrality in WWII, for me
Good poet Yeats, but he was wrong when he wrote No Second Troy. Not only did Troy Parrott score the second, he got the third too.
November 16, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Good poet Yeats, but he was wrong when he wrote No Second Troy. Not only did Troy Parrott score the second, he got the third too.
Ireland have just knocked Viktor Orban out of the World Cup.
November 16, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Ireland have just knocked Viktor Orban out of the World Cup.
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What's from Chicago, hates Illinois Nazis, and is holy as fuck?
It's the Pope in 1982.
It's the Pope in 1982.
November 13, 2025 at 1:37 AM
What's from Chicago, hates Illinois Nazis, and is holy as fuck?
It's the Pope in 1982.
It's the Pope in 1982.
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Not surprising ...
The leaked memo that fuelled Trump’s attack on the BBC was written by a lobbyist at a firm paid by US tech giants tied to the President
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/11/b...
The leaked memo that fuelled Trump’s attack on the BBC was written by a lobbyist at a firm paid by US tech giants tied to the President
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/11/b...
'BBC Bias' Memo Was Authored by Lobbyist Tied to Pro-Trump Tech Giants
The leaked memo that fuelled Trump’s attack on the BBC was written by a lobbyist at a firm paid by US tech giants tied to the President
bylinetimes.com
November 11, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Not surprising ...
The leaked memo that fuelled Trump’s attack on the BBC was written by a lobbyist at a firm paid by US tech giants tied to the President
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/11/b...
The leaked memo that fuelled Trump’s attack on the BBC was written by a lobbyist at a firm paid by US tech giants tied to the President
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/11/b...
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What you’re witnessing is a populist assault on the BBC.
This is not an institutional scandal in any meaningful sense of the word. It is an attack on public service broadcasting.
iandunt.substack.com/p/extra-edit...
This is not an institutional scandal in any meaningful sense of the word. It is an attack on public service broadcasting.
iandunt.substack.com/p/extra-edit...
November 10, 2025 at 10:52 AM
What you’re witnessing is a populist assault on the BBC.
This is not an institutional scandal in any meaningful sense of the word. It is an attack on public service broadcasting.
iandunt.substack.com/p/extra-edit...
This is not an institutional scandal in any meaningful sense of the word. It is an attack on public service broadcasting.
iandunt.substack.com/p/extra-edit...
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Once every 20 years or so, the director-general of the BBC is forced to resign for being insufficiently rightwing. Alastair Milne in 1987. Greg Dyke in 2004. Tim Davie in 2025. The great irony is that the BBC was in all cases profoundly biased towards established power. But just not biased enough …
November 10, 2025 at 5:44 AM
Once every 20 years or so, the director-general of the BBC is forced to resign for being insufficiently rightwing. Alastair Milne in 1987. Greg Dyke in 2004. Tim Davie in 2025. The great irony is that the BBC was in all cases profoundly biased towards established power. But just not biased enough …
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‘If the BBC was able today to report what it thinks, it would say this: there has been a coup’
The Observer view: political interference at the BBC
https://bit.ly/4qW3MeA
The Observer view: political interference at the BBC
https://bit.ly/4qW3MeA
The Observer view: political interference at the BBC | The Observer
bit.ly
November 10, 2025 at 6:00 AM
‘If the BBC was able today to report what it thinks, it would say this: there has been a coup’
The Observer view: political interference at the BBC
https://bit.ly/4qW3MeA
The Observer view: political interference at the BBC
https://bit.ly/4qW3MeA
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We are so far through the looking glass that the man who tried to overthrow an election becomes president, the people who attacked the Capitol are turned into martyrs, & it's the BBC that gets punished - cheered on by the worst news outlets in the UK & the two most dishonest politicians of our age.
It’s not at all clear to me how the BBC can do any kind of serious journalism if its top two bosses can be forced to quit over such an obviously confected scandal. There is no substantive error here. How can the BBC report on Trump, or Farage, or anyone else, in these circumstances?
November 9, 2025 at 9:08 PM
We are so far through the looking glass that the man who tried to overthrow an election becomes president, the people who attacked the Capitol are turned into martyrs, & it's the BBC that gets punished - cheered on by the worst news outlets in the UK & the two most dishonest politicians of our age.
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The BBC is apologising for its Panorama edit. It shouldn’t. First, the narrative is true: Donald Trump *did* incite the Capitol riot. Second, the apology won’t appease those attacking it. So why not at least stand for something?
Wrote this on it earlier this week:
inews.co.uk/news/world/b...
Wrote this on it earlier this week:
inews.co.uk/news/world/b...
The BBC was right about the Capitol riots. In a sane world, Trump would be in jail
The US President faced impeachment over the violence, and in a world where Republicans had more courage, he would have been found guilty
inews.co.uk
November 9, 2025 at 7:05 AM
The BBC is apologising for its Panorama edit. It shouldn’t. First, the narrative is true: Donald Trump *did* incite the Capitol riot. Second, the apology won’t appease those attacking it. So why not at least stand for something?
Wrote this on it earlier this week:
inews.co.uk/news/world/b...
Wrote this on it earlier this week:
inews.co.uk/news/world/b...
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No more noble British tradition than resigning over some nonsense everyone is only pretending to be angry about rather than all of the actually bad things you've done.
November 9, 2025 at 6:10 PM
No more noble British tradition than resigning over some nonsense everyone is only pretending to be angry about rather than all of the actually bad things you've done.
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Spotify is crashing HARD because of the boycott. Their stock dropped 11% in value over the last month. Let’s keep this going!
Tell everyone you know to boycott Spotify. There are plenty of alternatives that don’t run ICE advertisements and screw over artists.
We made it easy at boycottspotify.com.
Tell everyone you know to boycott Spotify. There are plenty of alternatives that don’t run ICE advertisements and screw over artists.
We made it easy at boycottspotify.com.
November 7, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Spotify is crashing HARD because of the boycott. Their stock dropped 11% in value over the last month. Let’s keep this going!
Tell everyone you know to boycott Spotify. There are plenty of alternatives that don’t run ICE advertisements and screw over artists.
We made it easy at boycottspotify.com.
Tell everyone you know to boycott Spotify. There are plenty of alternatives that don’t run ICE advertisements and screw over artists.
We made it easy at boycottspotify.com.
"..the cusp of the liftoff".
Bessent: "I think that we're at the cusp of the liftoff. In 2026 and 2027 -- President Trump was committed to bringing manufacturing jobs back to America and this is the start."
November 7, 2025 at 5:14 PM
"..the cusp of the liftoff".
Ah lads.
Tesla CEO Elon Musk showed off his dance moves as he bounded onto the stage of the company's annual meeting at its factory in Austin, Texas, accompanied by dancing robots.
November 7, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Ah lads.
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Do they not follow the League of Ireland over there?
www.rte.ie/news/courts/...
www.rte.ie/news/courts/...
Man appears in court over attempted bribe of footballer
A man has appeared in court charged in connection with an investigation into the attempted bribery of a professional League of Ireland football player.
www.rte.ie
November 6, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Do they not follow the League of Ireland over there?
www.rte.ie/news/courts/...
www.rte.ie/news/courts/...
Who could have seen that coming?
All bets are off as gambling virus runs rampant through US sports
All bets are off as gambling virus runs rampant through US sports
Seven years ago, the US supreme court legalised sports gambling, unleashing huge profits and changing games for the worse
www.irishtimes.com
November 6, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Who could have seen that coming?
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Sounds like a job for the We All Partied Brians.
November 6, 2025 at 2:18 AM
Sounds like a job for the We All Partied Brians.