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Eat, drink and be merry this Thursday - but please don’t lose sight of reality zelo-street.blogspot.com/2025/12/and-...
And So This Is Christmas
The world is now a more dangerous, more unequal, more unjust, more authoritarian, and more uncaring place. Peace is in short supply, except ...
zelo-street.blogspot.com
December 22, 2025 at 6:08 PM
hbkjohnhill.bsky.social
Oh hell yeah!!!
December 21, 2025 at 10:13 PM
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ottoenglish.bsky.social
Something very funny about this photo of Andrew Tate's match yesterday but it's the pink boxing gloves that are the icing on the cake.
December 21, 2025 at 2:24 PM
hbkjohnhill.bsky.social
Dictionary definition of horribly tasteless
#RobReiner
December 20, 2025 at 10:50 PM
hbkjohnhill.bsky.social
And here’s what he’s said this week…
tobyontv.bsky.social Toby Earle 🇺🇦 @tobyontv.bsky.social · 3d
Jo Cox was murdered before the vote by a far-right terrorist & this is the language this complete disgrace chooses to use
BORIS JOHNSON: If Labour MPs try to reverse Brexit they will be walking into a hail of machine gun fire - and if that's the fight they want, bring it on! But they should heed my warning before things get bloody..
December 20, 2025 at 12:40 PM
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ruralsuffolk.bsky.social
And another hear hear post.
13sarahmurphy.bsky.social Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 3d
Johnson doesn’t care about people or the consequences of his actions… he’s never given Jo Cox a moment’s thought. Or Nazanin Zagari-Ratcliffe. Or his Covid victims. His narcissism is grotesque. His legacy is epic damage…. To the country and the many thousands of lives he’s harmed.
December 20, 2025 at 11:12 AM
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tobyontv.bsky.social
Jo Cox was murdered before the vote by a far-right terrorist & this is the language this complete disgrace chooses to use
BORIS JOHNSON: If Labour MPs try to reverse Brexit they will be walking into a hail of machine gun fire - and if that's the fight they want, bring it on! But they should heed my warning before things get bloody..
December 20, 2025 at 8:37 AM
hbkjohnhill.bsky.social
“Trump’s BBC lawsuit isn’t about money. It’s about destroying a news provider” says STEWART LEE www.thenerve.news/p/stewart-le...
Stewart Lee: Trump’s BBC lawsuit isn’t about money. It’s about destroying a news provider
The White House’s dead-eyed shark has monetised his presidency so well that he can pay whatever it costs to discredit institutions that may threaten him
www.thenerve.news
December 19, 2025 at 7:53 PM
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esherukweku.bsky.social
She gets worse everyday
December 17, 2025 at 11:36 AM
hbkjohnhill.bsky.social
“Trump’s $10bn attack on the BBC doesn’t have to make sense. In his absurd world, he has already won” says JANE MARTINSON www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Trump’s $10bn attack on the BBC doesn’t have to make sense. In his absurd world, he has already won | Jane Martinson
The legal action has made news and it will do damage. A potential disaster for the corporation and the UK, but a good day’s work for this president, says media commentator Jane Martinson
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December 17, 2025 at 1:02 PM
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profstevegriffin.bsky.social
@independentsage.bsky.social have consistently tried to counter the spread of infection and misinformation...great to work on this in @bmj.com with Steve Reicher (lead) and @martinmckee.bsky.social, we hope it's helpful...and thanks to
Jolie Neill for edits & guidance 🙏

www.bmj.com/content/391/...
Vaccinate, isolate, ventilate: will we finally learn the lessons from covid this flu season?
With flu surging again, Stephen Reicher and colleagues draw on the experience of covid-19 to argue that predictable winter pressures demand more than individual responsibility, they also require syste...
www.bmj.com
December 16, 2025 at 12:41 PM
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If you’d like to read the actual 33-page defamation lawsuit Donald Trump has filed “for damages not less than $5,000,000,000”, then here it is:
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Complaint – #1 in TRUMP v. BRITISH BROADCASTING CORPORATION (S.D. Fla., 1:25-cv-25894) – CourtListener.com
COMPLAINT against BBC STUDIOS DISTRIBUTION LIMITED, BBC STUDIOS PRODUCTIONS LIMITED, BRITISH BROADCASTING CORPORATION. Filing fees $ 405.00 receipt number AFLSDC-19044737, filed by DONALD J. TRUMP. (A...
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December 16, 2025 at 8:27 AM
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ottoenglish.bsky.social
The poets and the dreamers are remembered long after the despots are gone. Goodnight good people.
December 15, 2025 at 10:42 PM
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ottoenglish.bsky.social
Well it's called history you IEA dimwit and @georgemonbiot.bsky.social and I both have a grasp of it so frankly I'm flattered.
December 15, 2025 at 10:09 PM
hbkjohnhill.bsky.social
And you can eff off and all Mr Lidl…
thespectator1828.bsky.social The Spectator @thespectator1828.bsky.social · 8d
It was with mild pleasure that I read of the decision of Robin Ince to end his association with the Radio 4 programme, The Infinite Monkey Cage.

✍️ Rod Liddle
December 15, 2025 at 1:11 PM
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robinince.bsky.social
This is the #poem I read at end of my resignation - it will be in the follow up collection to Ice Cream for a Broken Tooth , most likely called Let The Quiet Ones Rise

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THE QUIET ONE Fingers relentlessly unpicking The anxious alopecia of another woolly jumper Under the desk Skin picked to the quick Stomach sick Dread accelerates thumb nail digs Wishing for a note to be an absentee Of another bout of insults and failures in PE Pierced by every slight Ponders possibility of escape The safest place? The library for the lunch break Seek solace in a comic book Is this forever This shitty world that drowns you? But one day you'll see From that unnecessary pain Came someone So much more complex Intriguing And resplendent Make it through Many are waiting for you You will be feted You will find your people And be magnifcent
December 14, 2025 at 11:58 AM
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brexitrage.bsky.social
Case Study ... Kent

The sorry tale of Kes, part of “Kemi, Bob and Nigel's Disenfranchised underclass”.

Climate denial, COVID denial, Musk loving, Brexit loving and so on, all fuelled by disinformation, drugs and dispossession.

brexitrage.com/the-disenfra...
The Disenfranchised - Reboot Britain : Rejoin EU
An online conversation with a disenfranchised voter who refuses to access information but who feels informed.
brexitrage.com
December 14, 2025 at 10:50 AM
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robinince.bsky.social
Here is a bit of my resignation speech from last night
thegmcconnachie.bsky.social Garry @thegmcconnachie.bsky.social · 10d
Robin Ince reveals to last night’s audience at a recording of Infinite Monkey Cage that the BBC has forced him to resign over his support of trans people
December 13, 2025 at 5:42 PM
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adambienkov.bsky.social
The fact is no presenter has ever had to leave the BBC for expressing conservative views, or even explicitly endorsing a right-wing party.

Was never a problem for Jeremy Clarkson. Was never a problem for Andrew Neil. Was never a problem for Alan Sugar
thegmcconnachie.bsky.social Garry @thegmcconnachie.bsky.social · 10d
Robin Ince reveals to last night’s audience at a recording of Infinite Monkey Cage that the BBC has forced him to resign over his support of trans people
December 13, 2025 at 4:36 PM
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unclebeard1978.bsky.social
Nice to see you, to see you, EXCELLENT
December 13, 2025 at 1:05 PM
hbkjohnhill.bsky.social
Well said…
mitchbenn.bsky.social Mitch Benn @mitchbenn.bsky.social · 10d
You’ll be fine. You’ve built up so much goodwill over the years (which this will only enhance) that you’ll never go short of opportunities, nor, if I know you, will you be short of ideas.
And your ideas are not extreme in the least; the Overton window has been broken. Now we need to make our own.
December 13, 2025 at 1:09 PM
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ottoenglish.bsky.social
Meanwhile Robin Ince genuinely has been cancelled for daring to voice his opinions and for defending trans people.

Where's the outrage from the "cancel culture" lot?

What are the Free Speech Union doing to help him?
thegmcconnachie.bsky.social Garry @thegmcconnachie.bsky.social · 10d
Robin Ince reveals to last night’s audience at a recording of Infinite Monkey Cage that the BBC has forced him to resign over his support of trans people
December 13, 2025 at 11:29 AM
hbkjohnhill.bsky.social
I used to believe in the motto Nation Shall Speak PEACE Unto Nation.
When even that becomes the problem for those who are running it, it is no longer OUR BBC…
For shame…
robinince.bsky.social Robin Ince @robinince.bsky.social · 10d
Very sad that I felt I had no choice but to resign from The Infinite Monkey Cage - a victory for the transphobes and other bigots - I did it because so much of the media has chosen to believe the kind and empathetic people are a fiction - they are real and so often unrepresented.
This is the saddest day of my professional life. Today is not only the final recording of the latest series of The Infinite Monkey Cage, it is my last ever Monkey Cage. I never thought that I would have to leave the show. I always imagined going on until | dropped dead under the studio lights due to a brain aneurysm caused by my final attempt to understand notions of quantum gravity or the shock of being told about fly maggot infestations in the sacks of macaque monkeys. I resigned in September, after sixteen years of dedication to the show, A show that I named and helped develop over all those years. Unfortunately, my opinions outside the BBC have been considered problematic for sometime, whether it has been voicing support for the trans community, criticism of Donald Trump, numerous other outlandish opinions, including once gently criticising Stephen Fry. These things were considered to conflict with being a freelance BBC science presenter In a recent meeting where BBC Studio executives again voiced problems with me, I realised my choices. Obedience and being quieter to remain making Monkey Cage, or 'Resign and have the freedom to speak out against what I believe are injustices'. • I chose the latter. It broke my heart. I love this show and I love the audience, and it is because of the audience in particular, that this decision was so difficult to make. I kept thinking about all the extremist voices promoting hate and division. They are being given so many platforms, while voices that represent kindness, open mindedness, empathy seem to be scarcer and scarcer. I felt I couldn't pamper myself with the luxury of silence. One of my many privileges is that I am able to resign and I can speak out even if it is to the detriment of my career. I have thought a lot about my heroes, Sinead O Connor, James Baldwin, Audre Lorde, and so many more. I think of Sinead's words, "the job of an artist is to be themselves at any cost". James Baldwin said prejudice was really just a word for cowardice. Audre Lorde, viewing her life, wrote that her only regrets were her silences. I think of my father as I resign, he brought me up to believe in fairness , justice and kindness. Though my heart is broken, it is also full of fire. I apologise to our incredible listeners for my departure, your love of the show means a great deal. I am so sorry to let you down. I hope that you can understand my reasoning. I have to accept that I am not what the current BBC expects of their freelance presenters. Despite this I should add that I have always worked far more than my contracted hours to try and ensure the show was always the best it could be, as well as making myself accessible and responsive to the audience wherever and whenever I met them. Every night, we have recorded, I have been filled with determination to make the best show possible. This was not "just a job" I hope that with my departure I can be a better ally to the LGBTQ community, to the neurodivergent community, to activists fighting against those who aim to brutalise society, to those currently in prison on hunger strike, and to all those who fight for a more inclusive world. From many conversations, I know there are many Monkey Cage listeners who support these communities and activists too. The strawberry is dead. Long live the strawberry. B
December 13, 2025 at 11:25 AM
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robinince.bsky.social
Very sad that I felt I had no choice but to resign from The Infinite Monkey Cage - a victory for the transphobes and other bigots - I did it because so much of the media has chosen to believe the kind and empathetic people are a fiction - they are real and so often unrepresented.
This is the saddest day of my professional life. Today is not only the final recording of the latest series of The Infinite Monkey Cage, it is my last ever Monkey Cage. I never thought that I would have to leave the show. I always imagined going on until | dropped dead under the studio lights due to a brain aneurysm caused by my final attempt to understand notions of quantum gravity or the shock of being told about fly maggot infestations in the sacks of macaque monkeys. I resigned in September, after sixteen years of dedication to the show, A show that I named and helped develop over all those years. Unfortunately, my opinions outside the BBC have been considered problematic for sometime, whether it has been voicing support for the trans community, criticism of Donald Trump, numerous other outlandish opinions, including once gently criticising Stephen Fry. These things were considered to conflict with being a freelance BBC science presenter In a recent meeting where BBC Studio executives again voiced problems with me, I realised my choices. Obedience and being quieter to remain making Monkey Cage, or 'Resign and have the freedom to speak out against what I believe are injustices'. • I chose the latter. It broke my heart. I love this show and I love the audience, and it is because of the audience in particular, that this decision was so difficult to make. I kept thinking about all the extremist voices promoting hate and division. They are being given so many platforms, while voices that represent kindness, open mindedness, empathy seem to be scarcer and scarcer. I felt I couldn't pamper myself with the luxury of silence. One of my many privileges is that I am able to resign and I can speak out even if it is to the detriment of my career. I have thought a lot about my heroes, Sinead O Connor, James Baldwin, Audre Lorde, and so many more. I think of Sinead's words, "the job of an artist is to be themselves at any cost". James Baldwin said prejudice was really just a word for cowardice. Audre Lorde, viewing her life, wrote that her only regrets were her silences. I think of my father as I resign, he brought me up to believe in fairness , justice and kindness. Though my heart is broken, it is also full of fire. I apologise to our incredible listeners for my departure, your love of the show means a great deal. I am so sorry to let you down. I hope that you can understand my reasoning. I have to accept that I am not what the current BBC expects of their freelance presenters. Despite this I should add that I have always worked far more than my contracted hours to try and ensure the show was always the best it could be, as well as making myself accessible and responsive to the audience wherever and whenever I met them. Every night, we have recorded, I have been filled with determination to make the best show possible. This was not "just a job" I hope that with my departure I can be a better ally to the LGBTQ community, to the neurodivergent community, to activists fighting against those who aim to brutalise society, to those currently in prison on hunger strike, and to all those who fight for a more inclusive world. From many conversations, I know there are many Monkey Cage listeners who support these communities and activists too. The strawberry is dead. Long live the strawberry. B
December 13, 2025 at 12:02 AM