Ian Quayle
@ianhquayle.bsky.social
Retired professional electronics engineer. Humanist. Loves: Science, baking, dogs, Asian food, village life, country walks, Herefordshire, playing 5 string banjo. Dislikes: Brexit, Reform UK, Farage, Trump, Musk, X, Rap "music". I block personal abusers.
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Quick analysis of The Times today:
Wall to wall negative coverage of Labour’s budget. An editorial that tuts about lack of growth but takes no responsibility. And a double page ad to join Farage/Reform.
Absolutely no analysis on how rightwing ideology - including Brexit - has been utterly ruinous.
Wall to wall negative coverage of Labour’s budget. An editorial that tuts about lack of growth but takes no responsibility. And a double page ad to join Farage/Reform.
Absolutely no analysis on how rightwing ideology - including Brexit - has been utterly ruinous.
November 27, 2025 at 8:22 AM
Quick analysis of The Times today:
Wall to wall negative coverage of Labour’s budget. An editorial that tuts about lack of growth but takes no responsibility. And a double page ad to join Farage/Reform.
Absolutely no analysis on how rightwing ideology - including Brexit - has been utterly ruinous.
Wall to wall negative coverage of Labour’s budget. An editorial that tuts about lack of growth but takes no responsibility. And a double page ad to join Farage/Reform.
Absolutely no analysis on how rightwing ideology - including Brexit - has been utterly ruinous.
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Brexit is the reason today’s Budget squeezes families, yet the government is still shuffling towards solutions that demand real urgency. We need far bolder steps back towards the single market if we want future budgets that lift people up rather than drain them.
Baby steps won’t fix Brexit or the Budget
There is a way to get back a much bigger slice of the money Brexit has cost us. By getting the UK back into the EU single market.
www.europeanmovement.co.uk
November 26, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Brexit is the reason today’s Budget squeezes families, yet the government is still shuffling towards solutions that demand real urgency. We need far bolder steps back towards the single market if we want future budgets that lift people up rather than drain them.
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Brexit: “The most dishonest campaign in our history said it would save us £350m a week, but Brexit actually cost us £250m a day in 2025. That is why we have the highest taxes ever, that is why we have sky-high bills, that is why we have a cost of living crisis” @eddavey.libdems.org.uk
November 25, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Brexit: “The most dishonest campaign in our history said it would save us £350m a week, but Brexit actually cost us £250m a day in 2025. That is why we have the highest taxes ever, that is why we have sky-high bills, that is why we have a cost of living crisis” @eddavey.libdems.org.uk
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There are three things Rachel Reeves should bear in mind tomorrow: obscene wealth doesn't 'trickle down', tax cuts don't 'pay for themselves' and the private sector isn't 'more efficient'
November 25, 2025 at 10:26 AM
There are three things Rachel Reeves should bear in mind tomorrow: obscene wealth doesn't 'trickle down', tax cuts don't 'pay for themselves' and the private sector isn't 'more efficient'
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Thanks to the GOP, blindly following their idiot in chief and his absurd, ignorant take on climate change science!! Not just time wasted, but actual further damage, regulations, even laws rescinded!
As far as I am concerned, this is yet another crime against humanity that was committed by Trump!
As far as I am concerned, this is yet another crime against humanity that was committed by Trump!
November 22, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Thanks to the GOP, blindly following their idiot in chief and his absurd, ignorant take on climate change science!! Not just time wasted, but actual further damage, regulations, even laws rescinded!
As far as I am concerned, this is yet another crime against humanity that was committed by Trump!
As far as I am concerned, this is yet another crime against humanity that was committed by Trump!
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"Too little was done too late”: New commentary with PIK director Johan Rockström warns of rising planetary risks after a missed decade of action. Climate & biosphere pressures keep increasing, but stabilising the Earth system is still within reach.
www.pik-potsdam.de/en/news/late...
www.pik-potsdam.de/en/news/late...
November 22, 2025 at 12:06 PM
"Too little was done too late”: New commentary with PIK director Johan Rockström warns of rising planetary risks after a missed decade of action. Climate & biosphere pressures keep increasing, but stabilising the Earth system is still within reach.
www.pik-potsdam.de/en/news/late...
www.pik-potsdam.de/en/news/late...
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Better to say nearly half the population didn’t vote for it. Never has such a huge decision been made on such a slim majority. Surely with it being so close there should have been some pause to consider that half the population are being affected by the will of the other half.
November 23, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Better to say nearly half the population didn’t vote for it. Never has such a huge decision been made on such a slim majority. Surely with it being so close there should have been some pause to consider that half the population are being affected by the will of the other half.
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Mr Johnson was and is a man without substance, honour or shame and had no business being PM. However if the UK media had subjected him to proper scrutiny he would have never have risen to high office-Many (not all) of them are responsible for this as well www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Johnson oversaw 'toxic culture' in No 10, inquiry finds
Boris Johnson, Dominic Cummings and Matt Hanock are all criticised for contributing to poor Covid decision-making.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 23, 2025 at 8:25 AM
Mr Johnson was and is a man without substance, honour or shame and had no business being PM. However if the UK media had subjected him to proper scrutiny he would have never have risen to high office-Many (not all) of them are responsible for this as well www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
I want this man to be charged for ( at the very least ) misconduct in public office.
But being charged with democide is more appropriate.
I want this man to be charged for ( at the very least ) misconduct in public office.
But being charged with democide is more appropriate.
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 22, 2025 at 5:51 PM
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
I want this man to be charged for ( at the very least ) misconduct in public office.
But being charged with democide is more appropriate.
I want this man to be charged for ( at the very least ) misconduct in public office.
But being charged with democide is more appropriate.
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Russia used a combination of bought political influence like Gill and automated social media campaigns to influence the outcome of the Brexit referendum. It worked.
Brexit was a Russian attack and it succeeded.
Brexit was a Russian attack and it succeeded.
November 22, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Russia used a combination of bought political influence like Gill and automated social media campaigns to influence the outcome of the Brexit referendum. It worked.
Brexit was a Russian attack and it succeeded.
Brexit was a Russian attack and it succeeded.
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Dear #KeirStarmer and #Labour how patriotic is is to continue to hide the Select Committee Report on #Russia??
Russian money and interference in the #Brexit Referendum is evident for all to see, now make it public!!
Do a real service to the Country. Publish in full!!
Russian money and interference in the #Brexit Referendum is evident for all to see, now make it public!!
Do a real service to the Country. Publish in full!!
November 22, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Dear #KeirStarmer and #Labour how patriotic is is to continue to hide the Select Committee Report on #Russia??
Russian money and interference in the #Brexit Referendum is evident for all to see, now make it public!!
Do a real service to the Country. Publish in full!!
Russian money and interference in the #Brexit Referendum is evident for all to see, now make it public!!
Do a real service to the Country. Publish in full!!
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Release the unredacted #RussiaReport now.
November 21, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Release the unredacted #RussiaReport now.
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If you receive an illegal order, you have a duty to disobey.
This isn’t controversial.
A President calling for the execution of anyone who reminds service members of this oath is showing us why the duty to disobey illegal orders is so important in the first place.
This isn’t controversial.
A President calling for the execution of anyone who reminds service members of this oath is showing us why the duty to disobey illegal orders is so important in the first place.
November 21, 2025 at 12:14 AM
If you receive an illegal order, you have a duty to disobey.
This isn’t controversial.
A President calling for the execution of anyone who reminds service members of this oath is showing us why the duty to disobey illegal orders is so important in the first place.
This isn’t controversial.
A President calling for the execution of anyone who reminds service members of this oath is showing us why the duty to disobey illegal orders is so important in the first place.
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It never stops.
The grubby donations. The profiteering. The lobbying. The lies.
“In 2019-20, as the UK was leaving the EU, Harborne gave £10m to Nigel Farage’s Brexit party, since renamed Reform UK.”
They make damn sure they get what they want.
We get screwed.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
The grubby donations. The profiteering. The lobbying. The lies.
“In 2019-20, as the UK was leaving the EU, Harborne gave £10m to Nigel Farage’s Brexit party, since renamed Reform UK.”
They make damn sure they get what they want.
We get screwed.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Cryptocurrency backed by Farage donor is used for Russian war effort, investigators say
Tether tokens found to facilitate scheme that enables sanctions evasion and launders money for the Kremlin
www.theguardian.com
November 21, 2025 at 7:43 AM
It never stops.
The grubby donations. The profiteering. The lobbying. The lies.
“In 2019-20, as the UK was leaving the EU, Harborne gave £10m to Nigel Farage’s Brexit party, since renamed Reform UK.”
They make damn sure they get what they want.
We get screwed.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
The grubby donations. The profiteering. The lobbying. The lies.
“In 2019-20, as the UK was leaving the EU, Harborne gave £10m to Nigel Farage’s Brexit party, since renamed Reform UK.”
They make damn sure they get what they want.
We get screwed.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Researching this week's column, I stumbled across something that amazed me:
the near-absence of reliable data about climate impacts over most of the
world. Due to the rich world's failure to fund research. We don't know
because our governments don't care. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
the near-absence of reliable data about climate impacts over most of the
world. Due to the rich world's failure to fund research. We don't know
because our governments don't care. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
There’s a catastrophic black hole in our climate data – and it’s a gift to deniers | George Monbiot
Climate sceptics tell us that more people die of extreme cold than extreme heat. What’s the truth? asks Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
November 21, 2025 at 8:07 AM
Researching this week's column, I stumbled across something that amazed me:
the near-absence of reliable data about climate impacts over most of the
world. Due to the rich world's failure to fund research. We don't know
because our governments don't care. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
the near-absence of reliable data about climate impacts over most of the
world. Due to the rich world's failure to fund research. We don't know
because our governments don't care. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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The most disgusting aspect was the willingness of the Government to allow profiteering from the pandemic without any consideration of the consequences to human life.
November 20, 2025 at 4:53 PM
The most disgusting aspect was the willingness of the Government to allow profiteering from the pandemic without any consideration of the consequences to human life.
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This is what happens when you put a preening, lazy, populist, dilettante in charge of a country.
Johnson was completely out of his depth and more concerned with his pathetic perceived popularity than leading this country through the greatest crisis since 1939.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cm...
Johnson was completely out of his depth and more concerned with his pathetic perceived popularity than leading this country through the greatest crisis since 1939.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cm...
November 20, 2025 at 4:29 PM
This is what happens when you put a preening, lazy, populist, dilettante in charge of a country.
Johnson was completely out of his depth and more concerned with his pathetic perceived popularity than leading this country through the greatest crisis since 1939.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cm...
Johnson was completely out of his depth and more concerned with his pathetic perceived popularity than leading this country through the greatest crisis since 1939.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cm...
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I really hate it when scientists keep saying that “we need to rebuild trust in science,” because it implies that scientists are to blame for the mistrust rather than the millions of dollars of dark money that have funded political attacks on science in order to advance a far right agenda.
November 19, 2025 at 9:48 PM
I really hate it when scientists keep saying that “we need to rebuild trust in science,” because it implies that scientists are to blame for the mistrust rather than the millions of dollars of dark money that have funded political attacks on science in order to advance a far right agenda.
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It occurs to me, and I'm sure I'm not the only one, that what is happening with the ultra rich oppressing and exploiting everyone else is a mirror of what humans have done to the earth.
November 20, 2025 at 6:16 AM
It occurs to me, and I'm sure I'm not the only one, that what is happening with the ultra rich oppressing and exploiting everyone else is a mirror of what humans have done to the earth.
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John Major labels Brexit an ‘act of collective folly’
'Britain's enemies celebrated and our friends despaired.'
www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/joh...
'Britain's enemies celebrated and our friends despaired.'
www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/joh...
John Major labels Brexit an 'act of collective folly'
John Major has launched a devastating attack on Brexit, branding it an "act of collective folly."
www.thelondoneconomic.com
November 20, 2025 at 11:43 AM
John Major labels Brexit an ‘act of collective folly’
'Britain's enemies celebrated and our friends despaired.'
www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/joh...
'Britain's enemies celebrated and our friends despaired.'
www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/joh...
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Poverty is a policy choice. Concentrated wealth is a policy choice. Inequality is a policy choice. None of it is natural or inevitable. Remember: We have the power to build a system that serves the many, not the powerful few.
November 19, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Poverty is a policy choice. Concentrated wealth is a policy choice. Inequality is a policy choice. None of it is natural or inevitable. Remember: We have the power to build a system that serves the many, not the powerful few.
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In this Trumpian era, America’s moral compass — its capacity to separate right from wrong, and to pride itself doing (or at least trying to do) what is honorable — seems to have vanished, along with the norms on which that authority has been based. robertreich.substack.com/p/honor-and-...
Honor and Shame in the Era of Trump and Epstein
Honor comes with wealth. The only exception is pedophilia.
robertreich.substack.com
November 19, 2025 at 4:25 PM
In this Trumpian era, America’s moral compass — its capacity to separate right from wrong, and to pride itself doing (or at least trying to do) what is honorable — seems to have vanished, along with the norms on which that authority has been based. robertreich.substack.com/p/honor-and-...
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Just popping in to say this is a stunning piece of thought provoking film documentary and thoroughly worth your time:
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
BBC Two - Once Upon a Time in Space
The human story of space exploration.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 19, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Just popping in to say this is a stunning piece of thought provoking film documentary and thoroughly worth your time:
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
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We can all see the racism behind Brexit.
It’s not about sovereignty - that’s 🐮 💩
It’s racism & not wanting to have other cultures around you.
Fuck off Nigel 12 jobs
It’s not about sovereignty - that’s 🐮 💩
It’s racism & not wanting to have other cultures around you.
Fuck off Nigel 12 jobs
November 19, 2025 at 5:32 PM
We can all see the racism behind Brexit.
It’s not about sovereignty - that’s 🐮 💩
It’s racism & not wanting to have other cultures around you.
Fuck off Nigel 12 jobs
It’s not about sovereignty - that’s 🐮 💩
It’s racism & not wanting to have other cultures around you.
Fuck off Nigel 12 jobs
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It's hard to find words to capture quite how revolting, steeped in bigotry, irresponsible, morally unmoored, Labour has become. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Anglican bishop shaken ‘to the core’ by home secretary’s asylum seeker comments
Bishop of Edmonton says people coming to UK are being ‘scapegoated’ for years of policy failures
www.theguardian.com
November 17, 2025 at 4:38 PM
It's hard to find words to capture quite how revolting, steeped in bigotry, irresponsible, morally unmoored, Labour has become. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...