Sean Stanley
@johnyofunny.bsky.social
Born at 317ppm CO2. Environmentalist,Rejoiner, Skeptic, Humanist, 1st Dan Karateka, Science & critical thinking is our way out of this mess. Legally Irish. Trying to learn German (it’s not easy for me!) Just started trail running
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Just one of the stupidest things that has happened in my lifetime
I found this today (from Peter Kellner/YouGov) which answers part of your query.
December 9, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Just one of the stupidest things that has happened in my lifetime
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Done.
GB News’ recent Trump interview was outrageous - completely biased and full of lies. And GB News didn't challenge him ONCE. Ofcom MUST investigate them for breaching its rules. Sign now if you agree: 38d.gs/l_kt
OFCOM: INVESTIGATE GB NEWS’ SHOCKING TRUMP INTERVIEW
GB News’ recent Trump interview was outrageous - completely biased and full of lies. And GB News didn't challenge him ONCE. Ofcom MUST investigate them for breaching its rules. Sign now if you agree.
38d.gs
December 9, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Done.
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Today the i get the exclusive on our latest policy recommendation - how to get a UK EU Youth scheme over the line for the under 30s. It's a floor not a ceiling and should form the basis of negotiation discussions. I am extremely proud of the team and all our trade commissioners for their work. 🇬🇧🇪🇺🤝
@pimlicat.bsky.social: "Young people have been deprived for far too long of the chance to live, work and travel abroad - opportunities that enrich their futures while strengthening our economies. This report shows there is a sensible way to progress the scheme."
https://bit.ly/3Myjcps
https://bit.ly/3Myjcps
Launch UK-EU youth experience scheme with initial 44,000 cap, says cross-party commission
A new cross-party report recommends the UK and EU should launch the UK’s largest and most generous scheme to restore opportunities for young people who have been denied them by Brexit.
www.bestforbritain.org
December 9, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Today the i get the exclusive on our latest policy recommendation - how to get a UK EU Youth scheme over the line for the under 30s. It's a floor not a ceiling and should form the basis of negotiation discussions. I am extremely proud of the team and all our trade commissioners for their work. 🇬🇧🇪🇺🤝
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BREAKING: The Lib Dems 10-minute rule bill to rejoin the customs union has just passed!
After a 100-100 tie the deputy speaker followed convention and cast the deciding vote in favour.
It’s unlikely to get government time so probably won't progress - but indicates strength of feeling on this issue
After a 100-100 tie the deputy speaker followed convention and cast the deciding vote in favour.
It’s unlikely to get government time so probably won't progress - but indicates strength of feeling on this issue
December 9, 2025 at 4:33 PM
BREAKING: The Lib Dems 10-minute rule bill to rejoin the customs union has just passed!
After a 100-100 tie the deputy speaker followed convention and cast the deciding vote in favour.
It’s unlikely to get government time so probably won't progress - but indicates strength of feeling on this issue
After a 100-100 tie the deputy speaker followed convention and cast the deciding vote in favour.
It’s unlikely to get government time so probably won't progress - but indicates strength of feeling on this issue
Agree with this accept you’re on your own and plan appropriately. Trump’s America is not your ally.
Phillips P. OBrien (@phillipspobrien)
Hi All, Just sent out this post. For Europeans to start looking after their own security one step seems vital, they need to stop genuflecting to official Washington, which always "hopewashes" the poli...
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December 9, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Agree with this accept you’re on your own and plan appropriately. Trump’s America is not your ally.
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🎯👏 European Council President António Costa:
"The US should not threaten to interfere in the democratic life" of its European allies."
“The US cannot replace European citizens in deciding which are the right parties and the wrong parties.”
https://politi.co/4rPYdik
"The US should not threaten to interfere in the democratic life" of its European allies."
“The US cannot replace European citizens in deciding which are the right parties and the wrong parties.”
https://politi.co/4rPYdik
EU’s Costa warns US against interference in Europe
The European Council president said allies must respect each other’s sovereignty.
www.politico.eu
December 9, 2025 at 1:10 PM
🎯👏 European Council President António Costa:
"The US should not threaten to interfere in the democratic life" of its European allies."
“The US cannot replace European citizens in deciding which are the right parties and the wrong parties.”
https://politi.co/4rPYdik
"The US should not threaten to interfere in the democratic life" of its European allies."
“The US cannot replace European citizens in deciding which are the right parties and the wrong parties.”
https://politi.co/4rPYdik
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Europe must stand together.
"If Europe is to survive a future attack by Russia — and that is the kind of language being used — its big players must behave in a way they haven’t done before. They must be joined at the hip."
https://politi.co/4iIsk6W
"If Europe is to survive a future attack by Russia — and that is the kind of language being used — its big players must behave in a way they haven’t done before. They must be joined at the hip."
https://politi.co/4iIsk6W
December 9, 2025 at 9:26 AM
Europe must stand together.
"If Europe is to survive a future attack by Russia — and that is the kind of language being used — its big players must behave in a way they haven’t done before. They must be joined at the hip."
https://politi.co/4iIsk6W
"If Europe is to survive a future attack by Russia — and that is the kind of language being used — its big players must behave in a way they haven’t done before. They must be joined at the hip."
https://politi.co/4iIsk6W
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Reuter's own graph shows this change is within the margin of error... yet they still manage to narrate this as positive for Trump.
President Donald Trump's approval rating edged up to 41% in the past week as Republicans warmed to his handling of the cost of living, a sign the administration's new focus on affordability might be supporting his popularity, according to a new Reuters/Ipsos poll. reut.rs/48J0wuA
December 9, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Reuter's own graph shows this change is within the margin of error... yet they still manage to narrate this as positive for Trump.
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This is a very thoughtful and illuminating legal assessment of that thing my guide said during a tour of a
Auschwitz.
Auschwitz.
NEW
Extremism, conformity, and the problem of law
How the law can (attempt to) regulate extremism, but it can really do nothing about conformism.
By me
emptycity.substack.com/p/extremism-...
Extremism, conformity, and the problem of law
How the law can (attempt to) regulate extremism, but it can really do nothing about conformism.
By me
emptycity.substack.com/p/extremism-...
Extremism, conformity, and the problem of law
How the law can (attempt to) regulate extremism, but it can really do nothing about conformism.
emptycity.substack.com
December 9, 2025 at 10:09 AM
This is a very thoughtful and illuminating legal assessment of that thing my guide said during a tour of a
Auschwitz.
Auschwitz.
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The notion that Europeans live in a repressive anti-free-speech hellscape because Twitter got fined is so funny to me.
I feel like all those LA residents who kept being told by dumb fucks in states halfway across the country that their city was a lawless flaming apocalypse that needed liberation.
I feel like all those LA residents who kept being told by dumb fucks in states halfway across the country that their city was a lawless flaming apocalypse that needed liberation.
December 9, 2025 at 10:02 AM
The notion that Europeans live in a repressive anti-free-speech hellscape because Twitter got fined is so funny to me.
I feel like all those LA residents who kept being told by dumb fucks in states halfway across the country that their city was a lawless flaming apocalypse that needed liberation.
I feel like all those LA residents who kept being told by dumb fucks in states halfway across the country that their city was a lawless flaming apocalypse that needed liberation.
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Great idea not to mention that the entire saving was made in the year ending March 2025, two months before Reform took over.
December 9, 2025 at 8:38 AM
Great idea not to mention that the entire saving was made in the year ending March 2025, two months before Reform took over.
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Americans aren’t confused: they see Ukraine as an ally — and Russia as an enemy.
A new Reagan Institute poll shows a striking ratio:
Americans view Ukraine as an ally by nearly 4:1.
And they see Russia as an enemy by the same 4:1 margin.👇
A new Reagan Institute poll shows a striking ratio:
Americans view Ukraine as an ally by nearly 4:1.
And they see Russia as an enemy by the same 4:1 margin.👇
December 9, 2025 at 8:29 AM
Americans aren’t confused: they see Ukraine as an ally — and Russia as an enemy.
A new Reagan Institute poll shows a striking ratio:
Americans view Ukraine as an ally by nearly 4:1.
And they see Russia as an enemy by the same 4:1 margin.👇
A new Reagan Institute poll shows a striking ratio:
Americans view Ukraine as an ally by nearly 4:1.
And they see Russia as an enemy by the same 4:1 margin.👇
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Reform UK councillor Andrew Harrison's business was fined £40,000 for hiring an "illegal immigrant."
Almost like these people are shameless, two faced hypocrites isn't it
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Almost like these people are shameless, two faced hypocrites isn't it
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Seaham Reform councillor's firm fined over illegal worker
Durham councillor Andrew Harrison says the worker was legal and he is appealing against the fine.
www.bbc.com
December 8, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Reform UK councillor Andrew Harrison's business was fined £40,000 for hiring an "illegal immigrant."
Almost like these people are shameless, two faced hypocrites isn't it
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Almost like these people are shameless, two faced hypocrites isn't it
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Worth a read. (The US/Russian position is not as strong as they pretend).
This is the best analysis I’ve read about Trump’s alignment with Putin, and the future for Ukraine and Europe
And it accords with my optimism. On the ground, Ukraine and Europe can resist the globalist oligarchs
arthursnell.substack.com/p/americas-w...
And it accords with my optimism. On the ground, Ukraine and Europe can resist the globalist oligarchs
arthursnell.substack.com/p/americas-w...
America's Weakness, Europe's Strength
The 'new' national security strategy is the admission of defeat from a declining country
arthursnell.substack.com
December 8, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Worth a read. (The US/Russian position is not as strong as they pretend).
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Trump’s new doctrine confirms it. Ready or not, Europe is on its own | Georg Riekeles and Varg Folkman #Ukraine
Trump’s new doctrine confirms it. Ready or not, Europe is on its own | Georg Riekeles and Varg Folkman
We can move from defensive crouch to position of strength but only if we use the economic cards we have against US coercion, say Georg Riekeles and Varg Folkman of the European Policy Centre
www.theguardian.com
December 8, 2025 at 5:09 AM
Trump’s new doctrine confirms it. Ready or not, Europe is on its own | Georg Riekeles and Varg Folkman #Ukraine
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Europe must defend Europe.
December 8, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Europe must defend Europe.
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The Reform UK leader has been accused of falsifying his election expenses. The allegations have been made by a former member of Mr Farage’s campaign team, who is said to have submitted documents to the force. 😬~AA
www.lbc.co.uk/article/nige...
www.lbc.co.uk/article/nige...
Nigel Farage reported to the police over 'election fraud' allegations | LBC
Reform UK has strongly denied breaking the law on election spending
www.lbc.co.uk
December 8, 2025 at 1:17 PM
The Reform UK leader has been accused of falsifying his election expenses. The allegations have been made by a former member of Mr Farage’s campaign team, who is said to have submitted documents to the force. 😬~AA
www.lbc.co.uk/article/nige...
www.lbc.co.uk/article/nige...
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It wasn't JUST us, pushing Britain off the cliff that hurt it, it was how bad Britain turned out to be at not-falling.
Delusional fools.
Delusional fools.
🧐 NBER study may have overestimated Brexit hit, apparently, because "a good deal of this effect will have been due not so much to Brexit as such, but the long period of uncertainty after the vote". 🤣
But that uncertainty was a predictable product of Brexit. Why should it be discounted? ~AA
But that uncertainty was a predictable product of Brexit. Why should it be discounted? ~AA
December 8, 2025 at 5:59 PM
It wasn't JUST us, pushing Britain off the cliff that hurt it, it was how bad Britain turned out to be at not-falling.
Delusional fools.
Delusional fools.
Deep sea mining will be disastrous and needs to be stopped.
A Deep-Sea Mining Test Carved Up The Seabed. Two Years On, We're Seeing Devastating Impacts — IFLScience
To mine or not to mine? New research reveals what's at stake.
apple.news
December 8, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Deep sea mining will be disastrous and needs to be stopped.
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It's being reported internationally. In the UK, mostly, silence.
"Representatives from the crypto industry have held meetings with Reform feeding into the party’s strategy... Farage has championed several industry causes since including picking a fight with the Bank of England over regulation." ~AA
"Representatives from the crypto industry have held meetings with Reform feeding into the party’s strategy... Farage has championed several industry causes since including picking a fight with the Bank of England over regulation." ~AA
December 8, 2025 at 4:06 PM
It's being reported internationally. In the UK, mostly, silence.
"Representatives from the crypto industry have held meetings with Reform feeding into the party’s strategy... Farage has championed several industry causes since including picking a fight with the Bank of England over regulation." ~AA
"Representatives from the crypto industry have held meetings with Reform feeding into the party’s strategy... Farage has championed several industry causes since including picking a fight with the Bank of England over regulation." ~AA
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Given a) Farage's past; b) the expanding story about Russia and former MEPs; and c) media enthusiasm for "what influence is being bought?" questions, if anyone to left of Mussolini is gifted so much as a cup of sugar, why is Reform facing no such questions about Friday's £9m crypto-bro donation?~AA
December 8, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Given a) Farage's past; b) the expanding story about Russia and former MEPs; and c) media enthusiasm for "what influence is being bought?" questions, if anyone to left of Mussolini is gifted so much as a cup of sugar, why is Reform facing no such questions about Friday's £9m crypto-bro donation?~AA
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🇺🇸 attempts to force 🇺🇦 surrender are currently 0 from 3. Europe is winning, even if it doesn't realise.
Trump's national security strategy exposes weakness. Its attitude to Europe is like the obsessive ex stalking the former partner, wondering who that new guy is.
open.substack.com/pub/arthursn...
Trump's national security strategy exposes weakness. Its attitude to Europe is like the obsessive ex stalking the former partner, wondering who that new guy is.
open.substack.com/pub/arthursn...
America's Weakness, Europe's Strength
The 'new' national security strategy is the admission of defeat from a declining country
open.substack.com
December 7, 2025 at 2:07 PM
🇺🇸 attempts to force 🇺🇦 surrender are currently 0 from 3. Europe is winning, even if it doesn't realise.
Trump's national security strategy exposes weakness. Its attitude to Europe is like the obsessive ex stalking the former partner, wondering who that new guy is.
open.substack.com/pub/arthursn...
Trump's national security strategy exposes weakness. Its attitude to Europe is like the obsessive ex stalking the former partner, wondering who that new guy is.
open.substack.com/pub/arthursn...
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I don’t think all conservatives are racists but the ones that aren’t are very quiet and therefore effectively pro-racist
Unsurprising mask-off racism from Nick Timothy here.
Upset at the abolition of the two-child limit - because some of (British) kids who will benefit have (British) parents who are the wrong colour (were born in Pakistan, Bangladesh, Somalia, etc).
archive.ph/rycVD
Upset at the abolition of the two-child limit - because some of (British) kids who will benefit have (British) parents who are the wrong colour (were born in Pakistan, Bangladesh, Somalia, etc).
archive.ph/rycVD
Strip residency of migrants who are a net financial drain, urges Tory MP
Ministers should withdraw permanent residency from those who draw more in welfare than they contribute, a former No 10 adviser has said
www.thetimes.com
December 7, 2025 at 10:38 PM
I don’t think all conservatives are racists but the ones that aren’t are very quiet and therefore effectively pro-racist
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Over on Xitter, Kirill Dmitriev, whose country censors Xitter entirely, is on a 7-plus tweet rant about the EU enforcing transparency rules on Xitter.
December 6, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Over on Xitter, Kirill Dmitriev, whose country censors Xitter entirely, is on a 7-plus tweet rant about the EU enforcing transparency rules on Xitter.
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The EU has slapped a fine on Musk's X because it is untransparent and supports deceptive practices. Nothing to do with "censorship."
December 7, 2025 at 8:28 PM
The EU has slapped a fine on Musk's X because it is untransparent and supports deceptive practices. Nothing to do with "censorship."