@mikeinsdevon.bsky.social
Still trying to make sense of everything and avoid getting too confused!
Slightly unhinged, wide range of interests.
RIP Boo Boo 2009-2024
Slightly unhinged, wide range of interests.
RIP Boo Boo 2009-2024
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Today is World Sustainable Transport Day! Public transport can help reduce emissions, noise pollution, air pollution, and more. And the more the service is upgraded, the more people will use it.🚉🚌🚋🚆
November 26, 2025 at 8:04 AM
Today is World Sustainable Transport Day! Public transport can help reduce emissions, noise pollution, air pollution, and more. And the more the service is upgraded, the more people will use it.🚉🚌🚋🚆
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#Democracy thins at the edges when the state withdraws from places. #Hospitals closed, courthouses moved, what begins as an efficiency drive ends in alienation.
Fregoni & Leonardi's @regionalstudies.bsky.social paper links institutional retreat to #populism. doi.org/10.1080/0034...
Fregoni & Leonardi's @regionalstudies.bsky.social paper links institutional retreat to #populism. doi.org/10.1080/0034...
November 26, 2025 at 11:20 AM
#Democracy thins at the edges when the state withdraws from places. #Hospitals closed, courthouses moved, what begins as an efficiency drive ends in alienation.
Fregoni & Leonardi's @regionalstudies.bsky.social paper links institutional retreat to #populism. doi.org/10.1080/0034...
Fregoni & Leonardi's @regionalstudies.bsky.social paper links institutional retreat to #populism. doi.org/10.1080/0034...
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Even sharia isnt applied, or fully applied, in Isamic countries and they often have different ideas of how it should be applied yet the RW just use the words as a fear trigger.
They want Ant Middleton as mayor of London yet he lives in Dubai......
They want Ant Middleton as mayor of London yet he lives in Dubai......
November 23, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Even sharia isnt applied, or fully applied, in Isamic countries and they often have different ideas of how it should be applied yet the RW just use the words as a fear trigger.
They want Ant Middleton as mayor of London yet he lives in Dubai......
They want Ant Middleton as mayor of London yet he lives in Dubai......
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Labour MP Perran Moon claims devolution bill is ‘blatant discrimination’ against Cornwall and mayoralty with English county would be "unholy alliance"
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
Labour MP claims devolution bill is ‘blatant discrimination’ against Cornwall
Perran Moon said the bill could forge an "unholy alliance" between Cornwall and Devon and potentially fuel Cornish nationalism
www.independent.co.uk
November 25, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Labour MP Perran Moon claims devolution bill is ‘blatant discrimination’ against Cornwall and mayoralty with English county would be "unholy alliance"
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
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Michelle Mone can be expelled from the House of Lords by a simple majority vote in the Commons, and then in the House of Lords.
Like if she needs to go.
RT if she has to go.
Like if she needs to go.
RT if she has to go.
November 25, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Michelle Mone can be expelled from the House of Lords by a simple majority vote in the Commons, and then in the House of Lords.
Like if she needs to go.
RT if she has to go.
Like if she needs to go.
RT if she has to go.
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When the media and government move to demonise a minority it’s always noticeable how that minority gets denied the concept of including children or minors, as she was 17 at the time.
Father Ted co-creator Graham Linehan has been cleared of harassing a transgender activist, but was found guilty of criminal damage to her mobile phone.
Father Ted’s Graham Linehan cleared of transphobic harassment
www.independent.co.uk
November 25, 2025 at 11:26 AM
When the media and government move to demonise a minority it’s always noticeable how that minority gets denied the concept of including children or minors, as she was 17 at the time.
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This is one of the big accounts boosting Tommy Robinson, Farage and Reform and ‘English Patriots’.
It’s Russian.
It’s Russian.
November 24, 2025 at 9:29 AM
This is one of the big accounts boosting Tommy Robinson, Farage and Reform and ‘English Patriots’.
It’s Russian.
It’s Russian.
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We had a short trip to Poznan in the summer. Good first impressions. It had amazing cheap public transport including air conditioned trams. The city centre was busy. The contrast to my home town of Reading was stark. Poznan had that positive vibe that lots of Britain had pre GFC/austerity.
November 24, 2025 at 8:02 AM
We had a short trip to Poznan in the summer. Good first impressions. It had amazing cheap public transport including air conditioned trams. The city centre was busy. The contrast to my home town of Reading was stark. Poznan had that positive vibe that lots of Britain had pre GFC/austerity.
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Not only EU funds. Different policies in UK.
Most policy makers rarely see beyond plusher parts of the South East. Few in Britain realise how good infrastructure is in much of Europe, and how bad it is in most of Britain.
Most policy makers rarely see beyond plusher parts of the South East. Few in Britain realise how good infrastructure is in much of Europe, and how bad it is in most of Britain.
November 24, 2025 at 8:38 AM
Not only EU funds. Different policies in UK.
Most policy makers rarely see beyond plusher parts of the South East. Few in Britain realise how good infrastructure is in much of Europe, and how bad it is in most of Britain.
Most policy makers rarely see beyond plusher parts of the South East. Few in Britain realise how good infrastructure is in much of Europe, and how bad it is in most of Britain.
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Over at the Daily Telegraph, they're scratching their heads as to why the former mining and steel producinv city of Gliwice in Poland is now 45% more prosperous than Darlington... and why it has new shiny infrastructure... without mentioning EU funds for urban and regional development...
November 24, 2025 at 7:53 AM
Over at the Daily Telegraph, they're scratching their heads as to why the former mining and steel producinv city of Gliwice in Poland is now 45% more prosperous than Darlington... and why it has new shiny infrastructure... without mentioning EU funds for urban and regional development...
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“If you go back a million minutes, you reach 2023. Go back a billion minutes, you reach the Roman Empire — that’s the scale of inequality we’re living with.”
Zack Polanski on #BBCLauraK discussing inequality and why a wealth tax should be in the budget
Zack Polanski on #BBCLauraK discussing inequality and why a wealth tax should be in the budget
November 23, 2025 at 10:31 AM
“If you go back a million minutes, you reach 2023. Go back a billion minutes, you reach the Roman Empire — that’s the scale of inequality we’re living with.”
Zack Polanski on #BBCLauraK discussing inequality and why a wealth tax should be in the budget
Zack Polanski on #BBCLauraK discussing inequality and why a wealth tax should be in the budget
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MAGA influencer scandal
While this may feel like a sudden "discovery" to the public, let’s be clear: Big Tech knew.
Twitter/X knew. Facebook knew. TikTok knew. Google knew.
The leaders of these tech giants must face the same consequences as the corrupt politicians they enabled.
While this may feel like a sudden "discovery" to the public, let’s be clear: Big Tech knew.
Twitter/X knew. Facebook knew. TikTok knew. Google knew.
The leaders of these tech giants must face the same consequences as the corrupt politicians they enabled.
November 23, 2025 at 7:26 PM
MAGA influencer scandal
While this may feel like a sudden "discovery" to the public, let’s be clear: Big Tech knew.
Twitter/X knew. Facebook knew. TikTok knew. Google knew.
The leaders of these tech giants must face the same consequences as the corrupt politicians they enabled.
While this may feel like a sudden "discovery" to the public, let’s be clear: Big Tech knew.
Twitter/X knew. Facebook knew. TikTok knew. Google knew.
The leaders of these tech giants must face the same consequences as the corrupt politicians they enabled.
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Oh, absolutely. However, everyone that remains at X because they get paid to be “voices” are only enabling Musk.
That is a cesspool where no one can make a difference. The only difference that can be made, is by leaving it.
That is a cesspool where no one can make a difference. The only difference that can be made, is by leaving it.
November 23, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Oh, absolutely. However, everyone that remains at X because they get paid to be “voices” are only enabling Musk.
That is a cesspool where no one can make a difference. The only difference that can be made, is by leaving it.
That is a cesspool where no one can make a difference. The only difference that can be made, is by leaving it.
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We should not rest until the last foodbank closes due to lack of demand
The fact we have any food banks is the best indicator that wages have been flatlined as corporate profits surge. our system is broken and needs a re-set. .GOV should not need to top up folks wages and folk should not need charity to eat in the 21st century. We've gone wrong somewhere.
November 23, 2025 at 2:11 PM
We should not rest until the last foodbank closes due to lack of demand
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So, on the current poll, Farage would have a very comfortable overall majority, with no effective checks on his powers, on less than a third of the vote. @teamlabouruk.bsky.social members who still think 1st Past the Post keeps the extremists out need to re-examine the facts @labour4pr.bsky.social
Nowcast Update - Green's vote share surpasses Lib Dems, as Labour hits new low.
RFM: 350 (+345), 30.2% (50 Maj.)
LAB: 87 (-324), 18.8%
LDM: 75 (+3), 13.0%
SNP: 44 (+35), 2.7%
CON: 38 (-83), 17.6%
GRN: 23 (+19), 13.5%
PLC: 7 (+3), 1.1%
Oth: 7 (+2), 3.1%
electionmaps.uk/nowcast
RFM: 350 (+345), 30.2% (50 Maj.)
LAB: 87 (-324), 18.8%
LDM: 75 (+3), 13.0%
SNP: 44 (+35), 2.7%
CON: 38 (-83), 17.6%
GRN: 23 (+19), 13.5%
PLC: 7 (+3), 1.1%
Oth: 7 (+2), 3.1%
electionmaps.uk/nowcast
November 23, 2025 at 11:35 AM
So, on the current poll, Farage would have a very comfortable overall majority, with no effective checks on his powers, on less than a third of the vote. @teamlabouruk.bsky.social members who still think 1st Past the Post keeps the extremists out need to re-examine the facts @labour4pr.bsky.social
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It's surely incompatible with the Equalities Act. Someone old may not look like a stereotypical female but age is protected. Someone queer may not look like a stereotypical female but sexuality is protected. Someone trans may not look like a stereotypical female but gender reassignment is protected.
November 21, 2025 at 3:58 PM
It's surely incompatible with the Equalities Act. Someone old may not look like a stereotypical female but age is protected. Someone queer may not look like a stereotypical female but sexuality is protected. Someone trans may not look like a stereotypical female but gender reassignment is protected.
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Civic leaders in Leicester, Stoke, Bristol, Peterborough, Plymouth and indeed all your list might like to meme the Sahara Desert Oasis tram ...
November 23, 2025 at 9:48 AM
Civic leaders in Leicester, Stoke, Bristol, Peterborough, Plymouth and indeed all your list might like to meme the Sahara Desert Oasis tram ...
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1942: Churchill calls American President: “Nazi invasion is likely Mr President, Britain desperately needs military equipment.”
President Trump: “You don’t have the cards, make a deal.”
President Trump: “You don’t have the cards, make a deal.”
November 22, 2025 at 8:22 AM
1942: Churchill calls American President: “Nazi invasion is likely Mr President, Britain desperately needs military equipment.”
President Trump: “You don’t have the cards, make a deal.”
President Trump: “You don’t have the cards, make a deal.”
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X has changed their policy and now you can see where the accounts are based.
Here’s an “influencer from Texas”
Here’s an “influencer from Texas”
November 21, 2025 at 6:36 PM
X has changed their policy and now you can see where the accounts are based.
Here’s an “influencer from Texas”
Here’s an “influencer from Texas”
Polldle
Guess the UK constituency based on polls and election results.
polldle.uk
November 21, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Not really a surprise given that he wrote most of it
November 21, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Not really a surprise given that he wrote most of it
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Reform narrowly blocked from their first Scottish win, though it's their best yet vote share up here and first time they placed first.
Notably high rate of Didn't Transfers for this top two though at 68% of available; past 5 by-elections have been ~58%, 58%, 56%, 36% and 44% exhausted of available.
Notably high rate of Didn't Transfers for this top two though at 68% of available; past 5 by-elections have been ~58%, 58%, 56%, 36% and 44% exhausted of available.
Stranraer and the Rhins (Dumfries and Galloway) by-election transfers, votes at final stage:
Conservative: 1565 (39.7%)
Reform UK: 1523 (38.7%)
Didn't Transfer: 851 (21.6%)
No detailed data to follow as this was a hand count.
Conservative: 1565 (39.7%)
Reform UK: 1523 (38.7%)
Didn't Transfer: 851 (21.6%)
No detailed data to follow as this was a hand count.
November 21, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Reform narrowly blocked from their first Scottish win, though it's their best yet vote share up here and first time they placed first.
Notably high rate of Didn't Transfers for this top two though at 68% of available; past 5 by-elections have been ~58%, 58%, 56%, 36% and 44% exhausted of available.
Notably high rate of Didn't Transfers for this top two though at 68% of available; past 5 by-elections have been ~58%, 58%, 56%, 36% and 44% exhausted of available.
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Former Reform leader in Wales sentenced to 10.5 years in prison for accepting bribes from Russia.
November 21, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Former Reform leader in Wales sentenced to 10.5 years in prison for accepting bribes from Russia.