LiberalLuddite
@liberalluddite.bsky.social
#FBPE Orange bookish, wunt be druv, generally LibDem. Member of the European Movement. Rejoiner. “Random Country” citizen. Slytherin. Made of recycled nebula.
Trek, trains, astronomy.
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Trek, trains, astronomy.
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The opposite of anti-fascism is fascism.
It can’t be bargained with or reasoned with, it doesn’t feel pity or remorse, and it will not stop unless stopped.
Because the price of freedom really is eternal vigilance, yet we all took our eyes off the ball and fooled ourselves fascism had gone away.
It can’t be bargained with or reasoned with, it doesn’t feel pity or remorse, and it will not stop unless stopped.
Because the price of freedom really is eternal vigilance, yet we all took our eyes off the ball and fooled ourselves fascism had gone away.
Mealy-mouthed cretin.
Farage says he's 'never directly racially abused anybody' after school racism claims www.bbc.com/news/article...
Farage says he's 'never directly racially abused anybody' after school racism claims www.bbc.com/news/article...
Nigel Farage says he's 'never directly racially abused anybody'
The Reform UK leader was responding to reports he made racist remarks to his peers in school in the 1970s.
www.bbc.com
November 24, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Mealy-mouthed cretin.
Farage says he's 'never directly racially abused anybody' after school racism claims www.bbc.com/news/article...
Farage says he's 'never directly racially abused anybody' after school racism claims www.bbc.com/news/article...
We have not rejoined Erasmus.
Why?
Brexit has been a complete failure at all levels.
Labour are terrified to touch any of it.
Why?
You literally couldn’t make it worse.
Screw the loudmouth Russian asset, get on with doing the right thing for the UK.
Why?
Brexit has been a complete failure at all levels.
Labour are terrified to touch any of it.
Why?
You literally couldn’t make it worse.
Screw the loudmouth Russian asset, get on with doing the right thing for the UK.
November 24, 2025 at 9:31 PM
We have not rejoined Erasmus.
Why?
Brexit has been a complete failure at all levels.
Labour are terrified to touch any of it.
Why?
You literally couldn’t make it worse.
Screw the loudmouth Russian asset, get on with doing the right thing for the UK.
Why?
Brexit has been a complete failure at all levels.
Labour are terrified to touch any of it.
Why?
You literally couldn’t make it worse.
Screw the loudmouth Russian asset, get on with doing the right thing for the UK.
Irrespective of individual cases, the opaque workings of the upper house bear closer examination.
It operates like a gentlemen’s club. Is this how we want laws scrutinised in the modern age instead of by an elected Senate?
Two peers face suspension from House of Lords www.bbc.com/news/article...
It operates like a gentlemen’s club. Is this how we want laws scrutinised in the modern age instead of by an elected Senate?
Two peers face suspension from House of Lords www.bbc.com/news/article...
Two peers face suspension from House of Lords
Former Army chief Lord Richard Dannatt and businessman Lord Evans of Watford face suspensions.
www.bbc.com
November 24, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Irrespective of individual cases, the opaque workings of the upper house bear closer examination.
It operates like a gentlemen’s club. Is this how we want laws scrutinised in the modern age instead of by an elected Senate?
Two peers face suspension from House of Lords www.bbc.com/news/article...
It operates like a gentlemen’s club. Is this how we want laws scrutinised in the modern age instead of by an elected Senate?
Two peers face suspension from House of Lords www.bbc.com/news/article...
Reposted by LiberalLuddite
In the same week that new revelations broke of Farage’s long history of outright racism, & a court found one of his closest associates literally in the pockets of Vladimir Putin, senior commentators still pretending this is a man who we should somehow take seriously as the next PM of the UK
The Confidence Trick That Put Boris Johnson Into Power Is Now Being Used on Nigel Farage
The same people who convinced the British public to back a catastrophic Boris Johnson premiership are now pulling the same trick again with Nigel Farage
www.adambienkov.co.uk
November 23, 2025 at 12:33 PM
In the same week that new revelations broke of Farage’s long history of outright racism, & a court found one of his closest associates literally in the pockets of Vladimir Putin, senior commentators still pretending this is a man who we should somehow take seriously as the next PM of the UK
Publishing rail stories with a type of train on the picture that was entirely scrapped nearly 5 years ago.
BBC.
Misleading!
I want £5 gagillion dollars!
Rail fares to be frozen in England next year www.bbc.com/news/article...
BBC.
Misleading!
I want £5 gagillion dollars!
Rail fares to be frozen in England next year www.bbc.com/news/article...
Rail fares to be frozen in England next year
Regulated fares, which include season tickets and off-peak returns, will not see annual price rises for the first time in 30 years, the government announces.
www.bbc.com
November 22, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Publishing rail stories with a type of train on the picture that was entirely scrapped nearly 5 years ago.
BBC.
Misleading!
I want £5 gagillion dollars!
Rail fares to be frozen in England next year www.bbc.com/news/article...
BBC.
Misleading!
I want £5 gagillion dollars!
Rail fares to be frozen in England next year www.bbc.com/news/article...
If you need any further evidence of the poor quality of leadership the world suffers from, look no further than the failure of COP30.
Learn the lesson.
Next time you have the opportunity, TURN UP AND USE YOUR VOTE.
UN climate talks fail to secure new fossil fuel promises www.bbc.com/news/article...
Learn the lesson.
Next time you have the opportunity, TURN UP AND USE YOUR VOTE.
UN climate talks fail to secure new fossil fuel promises www.bbc.com/news/article...
COP30: UN climate talks fail to secure new fossil fuel promises
Nearly 200 countries attended COP30, which aimed to commit the world to take more action on climate change.
www.bbc.com
November 22, 2025 at 10:12 PM
If you need any further evidence of the poor quality of leadership the world suffers from, look no further than the failure of COP30.
Learn the lesson.
Next time you have the opportunity, TURN UP AND USE YOUR VOTE.
UN climate talks fail to secure new fossil fuel promises www.bbc.com/news/article...
Learn the lesson.
Next time you have the opportunity, TURN UP AND USE YOUR VOTE.
UN climate talks fail to secure new fossil fuel promises www.bbc.com/news/article...
Reposted by LiberalLuddite
The right wing elite are ruthless in protecting their own and getting what they want.
They wanted Johnson. (And what a disaster that was for us).
Now they want Farage. (Would be an off the scale catastrophe for the country).
Time we woke up to the betrayal.
www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/the-confid...
They wanted Johnson. (And what a disaster that was for us).
Now they want Farage. (Would be an off the scale catastrophe for the country).
Time we woke up to the betrayal.
www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/the-confid...
The Confidence Trick That Put Boris Johnson Into Power Is Now Being Used on Nigel Farage
The same people who convinced the British public to back a catastrophic Boris Johnson premiership are now pulling the same trick again with Nigel Farage
www.adambienkov.co.uk
November 22, 2025 at 2:33 PM
The right wing elite are ruthless in protecting their own and getting what they want.
They wanted Johnson. (And what a disaster that was for us).
Now they want Farage. (Would be an off the scale catastrophe for the country).
Time we woke up to the betrayal.
www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/the-confid...
They wanted Johnson. (And what a disaster that was for us).
Now they want Farage. (Would be an off the scale catastrophe for the country).
Time we woke up to the betrayal.
www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/the-confid...
It’s not spelt “backs”, it is spelt “behind”.
November 21, 2025 at 9:59 PM
It’s not spelt “backs”, it is spelt “behind”.
Reposted by LiberalLuddite
So as Nigel Farage has a good buddy & a long time prominent member of his Reform party jailed for taking Russian bribes, the BBCs Chris Mason thinks it is Keir Starmer who needs to be questioned over his leadership credentials.
Stop the gossip journalism & seek out a real story… Farage & Russia.
Stop the gossip journalism & seek out a real story… Farage & Russia.
November 21, 2025 at 6:45 PM
So as Nigel Farage has a good buddy & a long time prominent member of his Reform party jailed for taking Russian bribes, the BBCs Chris Mason thinks it is Keir Starmer who needs to be questioned over his leadership credentials.
Stop the gossip journalism & seek out a real story… Farage & Russia.
Stop the gossip journalism & seek out a real story… Farage & Russia.
Forcing the surrender of a third of Ukraine to a greedy expansionist dictator is a new low.
November 21, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Forcing the surrender of a third of Ukraine to a greedy expansionist dictator is a new low.
Reposted by LiberalLuddite
Trump has a private army. A very well funded one at that. It's called ICE.
November 21, 2025 at 4:46 AM
Trump has a private army. A very well funded one at that. It's called ICE.
The Tory government waited too long and then did too little, and a large number people died as a result.
This is not the “benefit of hindsight”, it was obvious and clear at the time, and many of us said so.
Bear this in mind the next time the libertarian right (Tory or Reform)
ask for your vote.
This is not the “benefit of hindsight”, it was obvious and clear at the time, and many of us said so.
Bear this in mind the next time the libertarian right (Tory or Reform)
ask for your vote.
November 20, 2025 at 4:35 PM
The Tory government waited too long and then did too little, and a large number people died as a result.
This is not the “benefit of hindsight”, it was obvious and clear at the time, and many of us said so.
Bear this in mind the next time the libertarian right (Tory or Reform)
ask for your vote.
This is not the “benefit of hindsight”, it was obvious and clear at the time, and many of us said so.
Bear this in mind the next time the libertarian right (Tory or Reform)
ask for your vote.
This is NOT HELPFUL.
Might as well offer to give up power and hand it to Farage.
Replacing Starmer isn’t the issue, Labour need to stop being frightened of their shadow and be true to themselves.
There is an issue they can win on & it comes with a bonus of growing GDP.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Might as well offer to give up power and hand it to Farage.
Replacing Starmer isn’t the issue, Labour need to stop being frightened of their shadow and be true to themselves.
There is an issue they can win on & it comes with a bonus of growing GDP.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Norwich MP Clive Lewis offers seat to Burnham for Starmer challenge
Clive Lewis says he would step down to allow Mayor Andy Burnham the chance to become Labour leader.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 19, 2025 at 5:56 PM
This is NOT HELPFUL.
Might as well offer to give up power and hand it to Farage.
Replacing Starmer isn’t the issue, Labour need to stop being frightened of their shadow and be true to themselves.
There is an issue they can win on & it comes with a bonus of growing GDP.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Might as well offer to give up power and hand it to Farage.
Replacing Starmer isn’t the issue, Labour need to stop being frightened of their shadow and be true to themselves.
There is an issue they can win on & it comes with a bonus of growing GDP.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Putin is blowing up railways in Poland.
It’s time to declare no Russian military asset is allowed within 100km of a NATO border or it will be destroyed.
That will protect part of Ukraine and is entirely justifiable.
Putin only understands strength. Until he sees it, he will continue his escalation.
It’s time to declare no Russian military asset is allowed within 100km of a NATO border or it will be destroyed.
That will protect part of Ukraine and is entirely justifiable.
Putin only understands strength. Until he sees it, he will continue his escalation.
November 17, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Putin is blowing up railways in Poland.
It’s time to declare no Russian military asset is allowed within 100km of a NATO border or it will be destroyed.
That will protect part of Ukraine and is entirely justifiable.
Putin only understands strength. Until he sees it, he will continue his escalation.
It’s time to declare no Russian military asset is allowed within 100km of a NATO border or it will be destroyed.
That will protect part of Ukraine and is entirely justifiable.
Putin only understands strength. Until he sees it, he will continue his escalation.
Thanks to Putin’s useful idiots; Farage, the Tories & Brexit weaponising immigration, the cross channel people smuggling operation is now infiltrated by Russian intelligence as part of Putin’s destabilisation efforts.
The govt’s new plans must be seen in that context.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c2...
The govt’s new plans must be seen in that context.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c2...
Labour MPs voice opposition to Shabana Mahmood's plan for sweeping asylum reform
Shabana Mahmood also threatens three African countries with visa bans ahead of her address to Parliament this afternoon.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 17, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Thanks to Putin’s useful idiots; Farage, the Tories & Brexit weaponising immigration, the cross channel people smuggling operation is now infiltrated by Russian intelligence as part of Putin’s destabilisation efforts.
The govt’s new plans must be seen in that context.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c2...
The govt’s new plans must be seen in that context.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c2...
The foolishness of continuing to increase the concentration of CO2 in the atmosphere will have far-reaching, and very expensive consequences.
There is no excuse for it. We have known for over 40 years this was a problem, far too little has been done about it.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
There is no excuse for it. We have known for over 40 years this was a problem, far too little has been done about it.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Fossil fuel emissions rise again - but renewables boom offers hope for climate
Carbon emissions from burning fossil fuels are forecast to reach a new high in 2025 but could soon peak.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 16, 2025 at 8:48 PM
The foolishness of continuing to increase the concentration of CO2 in the atmosphere will have far-reaching, and very expensive consequences.
There is no excuse for it. We have known for over 40 years this was a problem, far too little has been done about it.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
There is no excuse for it. We have known for over 40 years this was a problem, far too little has been done about it.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Reposted by LiberalLuddite
Buckle up - because this now amounts to a direct and deliberate attack on our country and its cultural sovereignty. Which side our politicians take - Trump's or the BBC's - over the coming days and weeks will speak volumes about their patriotism.
Trump says he will sue BBC for at least $1bn over Panorama edit
The US president confirmed he intends to sue the broadcaster for at least $1bn over the Panorama edit of a 2021 speech.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 15, 2025 at 7:10 AM
Buckle up - because this now amounts to a direct and deliberate attack on our country and its cultural sovereignty. Which side our politicians take - Trump's or the BBC's - over the coming days and weeks will speak volumes about their patriotism.
Why are cucumbers wrapped in plastic?
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November 15, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Why are cucumbers wrapped in plastic?
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Performative litigation is certainly one way of diverting major news organisations from weightier matters.
November 15, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Performative litigation is certainly one way of diverting major news organisations from weightier matters.
Reposted by LiberalLuddite
This is Richard Smith of the South Durham Hunt and he thinks it’s ok to hit a horse over the head. Make this ‘man’ famous.
Filmed by North East Hunt Monitors on 08/11/25
Filmed by North East Hunt Monitors on 08/11/25
November 13, 2025 at 6:04 PM
This is Richard Smith of the South Durham Hunt and he thinks it’s ok to hit a horse over the head. Make this ‘man’ famous.
Filmed by North East Hunt Monitors on 08/11/25
Filmed by North East Hunt Monitors on 08/11/25
Good, PCCs are a complete waste of money.
I’ve always boycotted the elections. The police should not be directly politicised at any level, but accountable through senior leadership to elected representatives at local and national level.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
I’ve always boycotted the elections. The police should not be directly politicised at any level, but accountable through senior leadership to elected representatives at local and national level.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Police and crime commissioners to be scrapped in England and Wales
The government says it will save £100m over this Parliament and less than 20% of voters can name their PCC.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 13, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Good, PCCs are a complete waste of money.
I’ve always boycotted the elections. The police should not be directly politicised at any level, but accountable through senior leadership to elected representatives at local and national level.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
I’ve always boycotted the elections. The police should not be directly politicised at any level, but accountable through senior leadership to elected representatives at local and national level.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Jacob Rees-Mogg’s ludicrous attempt to revive a dead measuring system was laughed out of existence by the public at consultation, less than 1% were in favour of reversing time.
Several years later, how much of OUR MONEY was wasted on this ridiculous exercise is still un-published.
Several years later, how much of OUR MONEY was wasted on this ridiculous exercise is still un-published.
November 13, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Jacob Rees-Mogg’s ludicrous attempt to revive a dead measuring system was laughed out of existence by the public at consultation, less than 1% were in favour of reversing time.
Several years later, how much of OUR MONEY was wasted on this ridiculous exercise is still un-published.
Several years later, how much of OUR MONEY was wasted on this ridiculous exercise is still un-published.
WTAF?
Italy probes claim that tourists paid to go to Bosnia to kill trapped civilians www.bbc.com/news/article...
Italy probes claim that tourists paid to go to Bosnia to kill trapped civilians www.bbc.com/news/article...
Italy probes claim that tourists paid to go to Bosnia to kill besieged civilians
Italians and others are alleged to have paid large sums to fire at Bosnians risking their lives in besieged Sarajevo.
www.bbc.com
November 12, 2025 at 4:59 PM
WTAF?
Italy probes claim that tourists paid to go to Bosnia to kill trapped civilians www.bbc.com/news/article...
Italy probes claim that tourists paid to go to Bosnia to kill trapped civilians www.bbc.com/news/article...
Labour, please get your shit together.
November 11, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Labour, please get your shit together.