Espen Gisvold
@espengis.bsky.social
Married and retired IT professional, left wing bridge player and writer. Into politics, philosophy, science, bridge & art.
he/him when polite when you are impolite I know not what you would use. Not interested in DM's ---> Unsolicited DM's = 🚫
313 ppm
he/him when polite when you are impolite I know not what you would use. Not interested in DM's ---> Unsolicited DM's = 🚫
313 ppm
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
This horrible excuse f a human being should be put in the doc charged with murder!
This horrible excuse f a human being should be put in the doc charged with murder!
Boris Johnson took four days off as NHS warned Covid could ‘overwhelm’ system
Files show then PM was walking dog, riding motorbike and hosting guests as pandemic planning stalled in ‘lost month’
www.theguardian.com
November 23, 2025 at 8:45 AM
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
This horrible excuse f a human being should be put in the doc charged with murder!
This horrible excuse f a human being should be put in the doc charged with murder!
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When people are forced to choose between paying rent, feeding their family, or seeing a doctor, our society has failed.
We need a system that guarantees universal access because life and health are not negotiable.
Anything less is injustice dressed up as policy.
We need a system that guarantees universal access because life and health are not negotiable.
Anything less is injustice dressed up as policy.
November 22, 2025 at 3:47 PM
When people are forced to choose between paying rent, feeding their family, or seeing a doctor, our society has failed.
We need a system that guarantees universal access because life and health are not negotiable.
Anything less is injustice dressed up as policy.
We need a system that guarantees universal access because life and health are not negotiable.
Anything less is injustice dressed up as policy.
TACO's plan for Ukraine is as bad as Chamberlain's Agreement with Hitler in 30 September 1938. A disgrace of a human being proposing a betrayal of Ukraine and trying to call it a peace plan! He is 100% Putins asset! This "plan" in itself should be enough to impeach TACO.
November 22, 2025 at 12:19 PM
TACO's plan for Ukraine is as bad as Chamberlain's Agreement with Hitler in 30 September 1938. A disgrace of a human being proposing a betrayal of Ukraine and trying to call it a peace plan! He is 100% Putins asset! This "plan" in itself should be enough to impeach TACO.
Re instate the Mash report!
November 21, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Re instate the Mash report!
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
TACO is doing his masters work! A fing bastard! Time for Europe to stand p and give all the support Ukraine needs. Russia is a paper lion!! Stand with Ukraine and don't give in to Putin and his puppet - TACO. Bastards!
TACO is doing his masters work! A fing bastard! Time for Europe to stand p and give all the support Ukraine needs. Russia is a paper lion!! Stand with Ukraine and don't give in to Putin and his puppet - TACO. Bastards!
Zelensky warns Ukraine risks losing US support over White House peace plan
Vladimir Putin says the plan could be the
www.bbc.co.uk
November 21, 2025 at 10:59 PM
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
TACO is doing his masters work! A fing bastard! Time for Europe to stand p and give all the support Ukraine needs. Russia is a paper lion!! Stand with Ukraine and don't give in to Putin and his puppet - TACO. Bastards!
TACO is doing his masters work! A fing bastard! Time for Europe to stand p and give all the support Ukraine needs. Russia is a paper lion!! Stand with Ukraine and don't give in to Putin and his puppet - TACO. Bastards!
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
When they talk like a Phiraia state and behave like a Phiraia state you can bet your boots they are a Phiraia state. Bastards!
When they talk like a Phiraia state and behave like a Phiraia state you can bet your boots they are a Phiraia state. Bastards!
Israel used widely banned cluster munitions in Lebanon, photos of remnants suggest
Exclusive: Images are first indication that Israel has used cluster munitions in nearly 20 years
www.theguardian.com
November 19, 2025 at 2:50 PM
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
When they talk like a Phiraia state and behave like a Phiraia state you can bet your boots they are a Phiraia state. Bastards!
When they talk like a Phiraia state and behave like a Phiraia state you can bet your boots they are a Phiraia state. Bastards!
"The only good migrant was a deported migrant". Reading this article it is hard to see the real difference between Labour, Trump and .... And utter disgrace!
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Shabana Mahmood puts the signs up: Britain is full. No blacks, no dogs, no Irish
We had always given sanctuary to those who needed it, she said, only now we would kick them out as soon as possible
www.theguardian.com
November 18, 2025 at 11:18 AM
"The only good migrant was a deported migrant". Reading this article it is hard to see the real difference between Labour, Trump and .... And utter disgrace!
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Morning hugs from Ukraine💙💛
Let today be kind to all of us
#ukraine #ukrainerussiawar #diary #kyiv #ukrainians
Let today be kind to all of us
#ukraine #ukrainerussiawar #diary #kyiv #ukrainians
November 18, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Morning hugs from Ukraine💙💛
Let today be kind to all of us
#ukraine #ukrainerussiawar #diary #kyiv #ukrainians
Let today be kind to all of us
#ukraine #ukrainerussiawar #diary #kyiv #ukrainians
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November 17, 2025 at 9:05 AM
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Removing asylum support. Seizing belongings. Deporting entire families, including children.
Labour are not just paving the path to a Reform government. Reform may as well already be in power.
This government has no moral compass — and it should be ashamed of its inhumanity.
Labour are not just paving the path to a Reform government. Reform may as well already be in power.
This government has no moral compass — and it should be ashamed of its inhumanity.
November 17, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Removing asylum support. Seizing belongings. Deporting entire families, including children.
Labour are not just paving the path to a Reform government. Reform may as well already be in power.
This government has no moral compass — and it should be ashamed of its inhumanity.
Labour are not just paving the path to a Reform government. Reform may as well already be in power.
This government has no moral compass — and it should be ashamed of its inhumanity.
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Cruel. Callous. Cowardly.
The public are seeing this Labour government for exactly who they are.
We all have a responsibility to make them pay at the ballot box.
Reject the hate. Reject them.
This is not who we are. Let's make hope normal again.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
The public are seeing this Labour government for exactly who they are.
We all have a responsibility to make them pay at the ballot box.
Reject the hate. Reject them.
This is not who we are. Let's make hope normal again.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
November 17, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Cruel. Callous. Cowardly.
The public are seeing this Labour government for exactly who they are.
We all have a responsibility to make them pay at the ballot box.
Reject the hate. Reject them.
This is not who we are. Let's make hope normal again.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
The public are seeing this Labour government for exactly who they are.
We all have a responsibility to make them pay at the ballot box.
Reject the hate. Reject them.
This is not who we are. Let's make hope normal again.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
Kafkaesk: Calling The clinic to arrange a blood test. Am diverted to a hub. The hub' phone system tells me to call 119 if I want a covid vaccine or my GP if I want a flu jab. If not they will divert me back to the clinic. The clinic's phone system diverts me to the hub! NHS at its brightest!
November 17, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Kafkaesk: Calling The clinic to arrange a blood test. Am diverted to a hub. The hub' phone system tells me to call 119 if I want a covid vaccine or my GP if I want a flu jab. If not they will divert me back to the clinic. The clinic's phone system diverts me to the hub! NHS at its brightest!
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Extraordinary. They all deserve our utmost respect.
In cold, brutal, very stormy weather conditions, Palestinian journalists continue their work from inside the Media Solidarity Center in Gaza City of the Palestinian Journalists Guild in order to bring the stories of what’s happening to the world.
In cold, brutal, very stormy weather conditions, Palestinian journalists continue their work from inside the Media Solidarity Center in Gaza City of the Palestinian Journalists Guild in order to bring the stories of what’s happening to the world.
November 16, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Extraordinary. They all deserve our utmost respect.
In cold, brutal, very stormy weather conditions, Palestinian journalists continue their work from inside the Media Solidarity Center in Gaza City of the Palestinian Journalists Guild in order to bring the stories of what’s happening to the world.
In cold, brutal, very stormy weather conditions, Palestinian journalists continue their work from inside the Media Solidarity Center in Gaza City of the Palestinian Journalists Guild in order to bring the stories of what’s happening to the world.
There is a Norwegian proverb: "Boasting stinks, but it comes from the heart". TACO has really taken this to a new level, he stinks like pure sewage!
November 15, 2025 at 11:58 AM
There is a Norwegian proverb: "Boasting stinks, but it comes from the heart". TACO has really taken this to a new level, he stinks like pure sewage!
Good on BBC! Stand up against TACO! He, as usual, has no leg to stand on!
November 13, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Good on BBC! Stand up against TACO! He, as usual, has no leg to stand on!
1/3 Why is Labour polling/doing so badly? There are many reasons, of course. Bad policies and sleaze (freebees, tax dodging and being in bed with lobbyists and companies advocating privatisation of NHS) are some examples. I think it is a more fundamental problem.
November 13, 2025 at 10:54 PM
1/3 Why is Labour polling/doing so badly? There are many reasons, of course. Bad policies and sleaze (freebees, tax dodging and being in bed with lobbyists and companies advocating privatisation of NHS) are some examples. I think it is a more fundamental problem.
Garage owner: Sorry, hope you don't mind waiting...
Me: Of course I am, I'm a busy retiree, I mean I'm time poor
Other customer: Being a retiree is damed hard - you never have a day off!
Me thinking: Is this an abuse of my human rights, never ever having a break/holiday?
Me: Of course I am, I'm a busy retiree, I mean I'm time poor
Other customer: Being a retiree is damed hard - you never have a day off!
Me thinking: Is this an abuse of my human rights, never ever having a break/holiday?
November 12, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Garage owner: Sorry, hope you don't mind waiting...
Me: Of course I am, I'm a busy retiree, I mean I'm time poor
Other customer: Being a retiree is damed hard - you never have a day off!
Me thinking: Is this an abuse of my human rights, never ever having a break/holiday?
Me: Of course I am, I'm a busy retiree, I mean I'm time poor
Other customer: Being a retiree is damed hard - you never have a day off!
Me thinking: Is this an abuse of my human rights, never ever having a break/holiday?
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November 10, 2025 at 1:03 PM
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Tonight was a very bad night.
November 10, 2025 at 3:09 AM
Tonight was a very bad night.
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The average SNAP benefit per month is $177 a person.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
November 10, 2025 at 1:49 AM
The average SNAP benefit per month is $177 a person.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
We live in a world that can feed everyone, but people starve. We live in a world where we can prevent people dying of preventable illnesses, but we don't. How on earth can we justify giving someone $1T? Why do we not revolt? Inequality is getting to levels that are unbearable and will lead to riots
November 7, 2025 at 10:07 PM
We live in a world that can feed everyone, but people starve. We live in a world where we can prevent people dying of preventable illnesses, but we don't. How on earth can we justify giving someone $1T? Why do we not revolt? Inequality is getting to levels that are unbearable and will lead to riots
It might not look the part, but according to my better more than half it was Micheline star quality!
November 7, 2025 at 9:02 PM
It might not look the part, but according to my better more than half it was Micheline star quality!
The ingredients for tonights meal - I don't make it easy for myself! It better be good!!
November 7, 2025 at 2:50 PM
The ingredients for tonights meal - I don't make it easy for myself! It better be good!!