Jerry Ash MBE 🅾️➖🇺🇦 💙🕷🇪🇺
@jerryash.bsky.social
41 years @DFID. Aid works.👊 Pro Choice. Pro EU. Woke. Swim, Bike & Run. Maker of meadows. Orchard management. Views rarely my own. Born 316 ppm.
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Cuts to overseas aid by the UK are set to go further and faster than those made by the Trump administration in the US, as Sir Keir Starmer’s government wrestles with funding pressures
www.ft.com/content/ad52...
www.ft.com/content/ad52...
UK overseas aid cuts to outstrip those of Trump administration
Spending will drop 27% this year from 2024 levels to help fund higher defence budget
www.ft.com
February 16, 2026 at 7:51 AM
Cuts to overseas aid by the UK are set to go further and faster than those made by the Trump administration in the US, as Sir Keir Starmer’s government wrestles with funding pressures
www.ft.com/content/ad52...
www.ft.com/content/ad52...
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Jim Ratcliffe is a prick. I always thought he was.
He has done nothing to suggest that he is not a prick. I loathe Jim Ratcliffe and as a result I find it very hard to get behind his cycling team. He was a prick before he got into cycling. He’s always been a prick. I hope that clears things up.
He has done nothing to suggest that he is not a prick. I loathe Jim Ratcliffe and as a result I find it very hard to get behind his cycling team. He was a prick before he got into cycling. He’s always been a prick. I hope that clears things up.
February 11, 2026 at 10:42 PM
Jim Ratcliffe is a prick. I always thought he was.
He has done nothing to suggest that he is not a prick. I loathe Jim Ratcliffe and as a result I find it very hard to get behind his cycling team. He was a prick before he got into cycling. He’s always been a prick. I hope that clears things up.
He has done nothing to suggest that he is not a prick. I loathe Jim Ratcliffe and as a result I find it very hard to get behind his cycling team. He was a prick before he got into cycling. He’s always been a prick. I hope that clears things up.
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Racism has been central to Trump and his movement since he came down the escalator. He is a racist. His people are racists. His defenders are racists. His supporters are racists. His party is a party of racists. If they want to disprove that, they can. But it's important to know they don't want to.
February 6, 2026 at 3:42 PM
Racism has been central to Trump and his movement since he came down the escalator. He is a racist. His people are racists. His defenders are racists. His supporters are racists. His party is a party of racists. If they want to disprove that, they can. But it's important to know they don't want to.
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That would be Will Lewis. Knighted, inevitably, by Boris Johnson.
A publisher who lays off a reporter whose pen is freezing because she's covering a frigid war zone while dodging missiles is not an editor you want to work for, in a more perfect world
February 4, 2026 at 6:54 PM
That would be Will Lewis. Knighted, inevitably, by Boris Johnson.
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“Jaywalking is permitted in London. In 1966, the police tried to crack down on it, but gave up after three months.”
People walk and cycle on roads by right, people drive under licence.
Jaywalking is not a thing in English law and Waymo must not change that.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
People walk and cycle on roads by right, people drive under licence.
Jaywalking is not a thing in English law and Waymo must not change that.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Self-driving taxis are coming to London – should we be worried? | Jack Stilgoe
Waymo’s cars were first rolled out in San Francisco, but the English capital’s old roads, pelican crossings and jaywalkers may pose issues for AI, says science and technology professor Jack Stilgoe
www.theguardian.com
February 2, 2026 at 3:48 PM
“Jaywalking is permitted in London. In 1966, the police tried to crack down on it, but gave up after three months.”
People walk and cycle on roads by right, people drive under licence.
Jaywalking is not a thing in English law and Waymo must not change that.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
People walk and cycle on roads by right, people drive under licence.
Jaywalking is not a thing in English law and Waymo must not change that.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Today is Candlemas
If you have not cleared all your Christmas decorations by today, a demon hiding behind them will cause dire mischief in your house for the rest of the year.
See my popular post on this: emptycity.substack.com/p/twelfth-ni...
If you have not cleared all your Christmas decorations by today, a demon hiding behind them will cause dire mischief in your house for the rest of the year.
See my popular post on this: emptycity.substack.com/p/twelfth-ni...
"Twelfth Night Till Candlemas"
The story of a forty-year book-quest and of its remarkable ending
emptycity.substack.com
February 2, 2026 at 7:41 AM
Today is Candlemas
If you have not cleared all your Christmas decorations by today, a demon hiding behind them will cause dire mischief in your house for the rest of the year.
See my popular post on this: emptycity.substack.com/p/twelfth-ni...
If you have not cleared all your Christmas decorations by today, a demon hiding behind them will cause dire mischief in your house for the rest of the year.
See my popular post on this: emptycity.substack.com/p/twelfth-ni...
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straight up Gestapo shit
January 31, 2026 at 8:54 PM
straight up Gestapo shit
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Rep Melanie Stansbury, "What in the Epstein files is so bad that Trump is invading Venezuela, threatening NATO, ICE on streets"
January 21, 2026 at 8:03 PM
Rep Melanie Stansbury, "What in the Epstein files is so bad that Trump is invading Venezuela, threatening NATO, ICE on streets"
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Potential headline: Incoherent, rambling American president backs down on military force on Greenland and pleads for talks, in moment of humiliation for the US
January 21, 2026 at 2:32 PM
Potential headline: Incoherent, rambling American president backs down on military force on Greenland and pleads for talks, in moment of humiliation for the US
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No one can be watching this Davos speech and reach any conclusion but that the President of the United States is mentally disturbed and that something is deeply wrong with him. This is both embarrassing and extremely dangerous.
January 21, 2026 at 2:49 PM
No one can be watching this Davos speech and reach any conclusion but that the President of the United States is mentally disturbed and that something is deeply wrong with him. This is both embarrassing and extremely dangerous.
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Compare & contrast. This is Trump’s demand for Greenland. And this is Hitler’s for the Sudetenland.
There is no difference. The language. The unstoppable need to dominate. The megalomania. It’s the same.
And Keir Starmer’s response is appeasement. We are in that moment.
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There is no difference. The language. The unstoppable need to dominate. The megalomania. It’s the same.
And Keir Starmer’s response is appeasement. We are in that moment.
1/
January 20, 2026 at 9:00 AM
Compare & contrast. This is Trump’s demand for Greenland. And this is Hitler’s for the Sudetenland.
There is no difference. The language. The unstoppable need to dominate. The megalomania. It’s the same.
And Keir Starmer’s response is appeasement. We are in that moment.
1/
There is no difference. The language. The unstoppable need to dominate. The megalomania. It’s the same.
And Keir Starmer’s response is appeasement. We are in that moment.
1/
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good to see this Switch Party? Stand Again! petition has doubled in the past 24 hours
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
January 20, 2026 at 10:23 PM
good to see this Switch Party? Stand Again! petition has doubled in the past 24 hours
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
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This is an excellent piece on the purge of public servants from the federal government.
So many dedicated and talented people pushed out. We are worse off without their skills.
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
So many dedicated and talented people pushed out. We are worse off without their skills.
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
The Purged
Donald Trump’s destruction of the civil service is a tragedy not just for the roughly 300,000 workers who have been discarded, but for an entire nation.
www.theatlantic.com
January 15, 2026 at 11:41 AM
This is an excellent piece on the purge of public servants from the federal government.
So many dedicated and talented people pushed out. We are worse off without their skills.
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
So many dedicated and talented people pushed out. We are worse off without their skills.
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
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When I was a medical student 45 years ago, I clerked in a 13 year old girl with deep jaundice and an abdominal mass. She was Hepatitis B positive. That had led to a primary liver tumour. In a 13-year-old. She was dead within the month. Avoidable with vaccination.
The CDC has endorsed ACIP’s decision of revoking universal access in USA to hepatitis B vaccines at birth. The policy had been in place for 34y and was changed despite no new evidence emerging of any risk of vaccination. #HealthPolicy 🧵
CDC accepts ACIP’s hepatitis B vaccine recommendations for babies
The CDC also said if a baby is not receiving a birth dose of vaccine, the initial dose should be administered no earlier than 2 months of age.
www.cidrap.umn.edu
December 18, 2025 at 8:14 AM
When I was a medical student 45 years ago, I clerked in a 13 year old girl with deep jaundice and an abdominal mass. She was Hepatitis B positive. That had led to a primary liver tumour. In a 13-year-old. She was dead within the month. Avoidable with vaccination.
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Trump’s response to the Reiner tragedy below.
When Trump’s miserable life ends, no-one should have to apologize for anything they might post in response.
A tragedy of a man who will have earned every morsel of scorn and hatred that will be poured onto his memory.
When Trump’s miserable life ends, no-one should have to apologize for anything they might post in response.
A tragedy of a man who will have earned every morsel of scorn and hatred that will be poured onto his memory.
December 15, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Trump’s response to the Reiner tragedy below.
When Trump’s miserable life ends, no-one should have to apologize for anything they might post in response.
A tragedy of a man who will have earned every morsel of scorn and hatred that will be poured onto his memory.
When Trump’s miserable life ends, no-one should have to apologize for anything they might post in response.
A tragedy of a man who will have earned every morsel of scorn and hatred that will be poured onto his memory.
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The traitor, farage, would hang around outside Jewish Prayers on a Friday, with his minions, to then victimise those Jewish boys as they left.
He did this even as an adult.
He is an extremist far right racist, and a fascist at his soulless core.
There is no excuse if you ever vote for reform.
He did this even as an adult.
He is an extremist far right racist, and a fascist at his soulless core.
There is no excuse if you ever vote for reform.
December 7, 2025 at 10:47 AM
The traitor, farage, would hang around outside Jewish Prayers on a Friday, with his minions, to then victimise those Jewish boys as they left.
He did this even as an adult.
He is an extremist far right racist, and a fascist at his soulless core.
There is no excuse if you ever vote for reform.
He did this even as an adult.
He is an extremist far right racist, and a fascist at his soulless core.
There is no excuse if you ever vote for reform.
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The 8 Kent offenders sent to jail for more than 100 years.
These are the most common types of faces of sex offenders.
White British.
These are the most common types of faces of sex offenders.
White British.
November 8, 2025 at 1:39 PM
The 8 Kent offenders sent to jail for more than 100 years.
These are the most common types of faces of sex offenders.
White British.
These are the most common types of faces of sex offenders.
White British.
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April 2019 I had a run-in with Nathan Gill on Twitter after pointing out how bad Nigel Farage's record as an MEP was.
He said: "I don't think you understand what anti EU means 😁. It does not mean working to make the system work, it means working to make it not work. Simples."
Enjoy prison, Nathan.
He said: "I don't think you understand what anti EU means 😁. It does not mean working to make the system work, it means working to make it not work. Simples."
Enjoy prison, Nathan.
November 21, 2025 at 3:17 PM
April 2019 I had a run-in with Nathan Gill on Twitter after pointing out how bad Nigel Farage's record as an MEP was.
He said: "I don't think you understand what anti EU means 😁. It does not mean working to make the system work, it means working to make it not work. Simples."
Enjoy prison, Nathan.
He said: "I don't think you understand what anti EU means 😁. It does not mean working to make the system work, it means working to make it not work. Simples."
Enjoy prison, Nathan.
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Big very scary announcement that I never thought I'd have to make so I put nice music and a relaxing nostalgic background on it for you.
November 17, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Big very scary announcement that I never thought I'd have to make so I put nice music and a relaxing nostalgic background on it for you.
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NEW: UK confirms 15% cut to the Global Fund to Fight Aids, Tuberculosis and Malaria for its next funding round, a decision aid agenices say will result in hundreds of thousands of otherwise avoidable deaths.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
UK cuts contribution to Aids, tuberculosis and malaria fund by £150m
Campaigners say 15% cut, which is smaller than had been feared, is serious setback in efforts to combat the diseases
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 3:18 PM
NEW: UK confirms 15% cut to the Global Fund to Fight Aids, Tuberculosis and Malaria for its next funding round, a decision aid agenices say will result in hundreds of thousands of otherwise avoidable deaths.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Well, this is quite a serious allegation. I do hope the BBC shows true impartiality and investigate whether or not some of its Board members are systemically biased. www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
BBC board member with Tory links ‘led charge’ in systemic bias claims, say insiders
Sources say Robbie Gibb amplified criticisms of Trump, Gaza and trans rights coverage, and had ‘a lot of oxygen in the room’
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 7:34 AM
Well, this is quite a serious allegation. I do hope the BBC shows true impartiality and investigate whether or not some of its Board members are systemically biased. www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
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The whole "OMG a prisoner has been mistakenly released" thing is such shit. No one gave a toss till it was an asylum seeker released.Last year, 262 prisoners - five a week - were released from prisons/courts before they should have been. Zero front-page reporting.
www.theguardian.com/society/2...
www.theguardian.com/society/2...
Mistakenly released prisoner Billy Smith turns himself in
Smith, 35, was released in error from Wandsworth prison on same day he was jailed for fraud
www.theguardian.com
November 6, 2025 at 12:06 PM
The whole "OMG a prisoner has been mistakenly released" thing is such shit. No one gave a toss till it was an asylum seeker released.Last year, 262 prisoners - five a week - were released from prisons/courts before they should have been. Zero front-page reporting.
www.theguardian.com/society/2...
www.theguardian.com/society/2...
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Was putting my face on and missed a call from my dad. Saw this text and called him back. (This is a nice story. Also his name is not Bob. That’s what the grandkids call him. Long and unrelated story.)
October 29, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Was putting my face on and missed a call from my dad. Saw this text and called him back. (This is a nice story. Also his name is not Bob. That’s what the grandkids call him. Long and unrelated story.)
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Farage: epic grifter
October 27, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Farage: epic grifter