paulusthewoodgnome
@paulusthewoodgnome.bsky.social
Born 317ppm | Love London | Hate Racists
The only thing that will redeem mankind is co-operation — Bertrand Russell
The only thing that will redeem mankind is co-operation — Bertrand Russell
'Chinese firms dominate almost every legal industry they've entered. Now they're taking over one of the world’s biggest illicit industries—the international money-laundering networks that facilitate crimes from drug smuggling to cryptocurrency theft by N. Korean hackers.'
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November 25, 2025 at 6:18 PM
'Chinese firms dominate almost every legal industry they've entered. Now they're taking over one of the world’s biggest illicit industries—the international money-laundering networks that facilitate crimes from drug smuggling to cryptocurrency theft by N. Korean hackers.'
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UK Hospitality's disingenuous reaction to a charge that has been almost universally adopted by tourist destinations across Europe, without any negative consequences, has been absurd. I doubt that it will deter a single tourist who wants to experience London and can't do so by going anywhere else.
November 25, 2025 at 3:03 PM
UK Hospitality's disingenuous reaction to a charge that has been almost universally adopted by tourist destinations across Europe, without any negative consequences, has been absurd. I doubt that it will deter a single tourist who wants to experience London and can't do so by going anywhere else.
November 25, 2025 at 12:52 PM
I think what Simon Clarke is trying to say is that the country never had it so good under 14 years of Conservative rule. Then voters idiotically kicked them out and now the public have to come to their senses and put the Tories back in power to do exactly what they were doing before.
#politicslive
#politicslive
November 25, 2025 at 12:45 PM
I think what Simon Clarke is trying to say is that the country never had it so good under 14 years of Conservative rule. Then voters idiotically kicked them out and now the public have to come to their senses and put the Tories back in power to do exactly what they were doing before.
#politicslive
#politicslive
Simon Clarke decries the imposition of a sugar tax on smoothies because it's "the nanny state" and he believes in FREEEDOM!! The sort of anti-regulation ideology that resulted in Grenfell.
#politicslive
#politicslive
November 25, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Simon Clarke decries the imposition of a sugar tax on smoothies because it's "the nanny state" and he believes in FREEEDOM!! The sort of anti-regulation ideology that resulted in Grenfell.
#politicslive
#politicslive
Lest we forget... Tory idiot, now Reform UK idiot, Tim Montgomerie, praised notorious anti-Semite Victor Orban's "interesting early thinking on the limits of liberalism".
Tim continues to be a regular guest on various BBC current affairs programmes where no one ever asks him about about Orban.
Tim continues to be a regular guest on various BBC current affairs programmes where no one ever asks him about about Orban.
November 24, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Lest we forget... Tory idiot, now Reform UK idiot, Tim Montgomerie, praised notorious anti-Semite Victor Orban's "interesting early thinking on the limits of liberalism".
Tim continues to be a regular guest on various BBC current affairs programmes where no one ever asks him about about Orban.
Tim continues to be a regular guest on various BBC current affairs programmes where no one ever asks him about about Orban.
Latest post from President Zelenskyy.
November 23, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Latest post from President Zelenskyy.
Speechless...
November 23, 2025 at 2:34 AM
Speechless...
Some people now have it but others are saying it's been disabled again.
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November 22, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Some people now have it but others are saying it's been disabled again.
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Grounded but optimistic piece on the global future of solar.
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November 22, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Grounded but optimistic piece on the global future of solar.
[Full article]
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[Full article]
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November 21, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Dead spit.
November 21, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Dead spit.
Perhaps surprisingly, Grok agrees.
November 20, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Perhaps surprisingly, Grok agrees.
No Bakerloo extension, no West London Orbital but better than nothing. I assume you're putting a brave face on it; after the GE you must have thought we would get all 3. But my main concern is Crossrail 2 which you seem to have given up on completely, despite the unparalleled success of Crossrail 1.
November 20, 2025 at 8:33 PM
No Bakerloo extension, no West London Orbital but better than nothing. I assume you're putting a brave face on it; after the GE you must have thought we would get all 3. But my main concern is Crossrail 2 which you seem to have given up on completely, despite the unparalleled success of Crossrail 1.
November 20, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Remember how Conservative ministers boycotted #newsnight, #c4news and other flagship news programmes as the pandemic unfolded?
November 20, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Remember how Conservative ministers boycotted #newsnight, #c4news and other flagship news programmes as the pandemic unfolded?
"Had the lockdown been imposed one week earlier than the 23rd of March, the evidence suggests that the number of deaths in England alone, in the first wave, would have been reduced by 48%. That is approximately 23,000 fewer deaths." — Baroness Hallett
#c4news
One week before the 23 March. ⤵️
#c4news
One week before the 23 March. ⤵️
November 20, 2025 at 7:09 PM
"Had the lockdown been imposed one week earlier than the 23rd of March, the evidence suggests that the number of deaths in England alone, in the first wave, would have been reduced by 48%. That is approximately 23,000 fewer deaths." — Baroness Hallett
#c4news
One week before the 23 March. ⤵️
#c4news
One week before the 23 March. ⤵️
Remember how the Conservative ministers boycotted #newsnight, #c4news and other flagship news programmes as the pandemic unfolded?
November 20, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Remember how the Conservative ministers boycotted #newsnight, #c4news and other flagship news programmes as the pandemic unfolded?
16 March...
November 20, 2025 at 6:53 PM
16 March...
Lest we forget...
An IP address inside Parliament edited the Wikipedia biography of Stewart Jackson, removing details of his part in the 2009 expenses scandal. ⤵️
#politicslive
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An IP address inside Parliament edited the Wikipedia biography of Stewart Jackson, removing details of his part in the 2009 expenses scandal. ⤵️
#politicslive
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November 20, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Lest we forget...
An IP address inside Parliament edited the Wikipedia biography of Stewart Jackson, removing details of his part in the 2009 expenses scandal. ⤵️
#politicslive
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
An IP address inside Parliament edited the Wikipedia biography of Stewart Jackson, removing details of his part in the 2009 expenses scandal. ⤵️
#politicslive
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Uh-huh.
'[Lord] Stewart Jackson claimed more than £66,000 for his family home, including hundreds of pounds on his swimming pool. He switched his second home allowance to the £470K property in his constituency when he bought it in 2005.' (May 2009)
#politicslive
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'[Lord] Stewart Jackson claimed more than £66,000 for his family home, including hundreds of pounds on his swimming pool. He switched his second home allowance to the £470K property in his constituency when he bought it in 2005.' (May 2009)
#politicslive
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstop...
November 20, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Uh-huh.
'[Lord] Stewart Jackson claimed more than £66,000 for his family home, including hundreds of pounds on his swimming pool. He switched his second home allowance to the £470K property in his constituency when he bought it in 2005.' (May 2009)
#politicslive
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstop...
'[Lord] Stewart Jackson claimed more than £66,000 for his family home, including hundreds of pounds on his swimming pool. He switched his second home allowance to the £470K property in his constituency when he bought it in 2005.' (May 2009)
#politicslive
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstop...
2½ years after its full launch, Crossrail – 70% paid for by Londoners – is already the busiest line IN THE UK. Around 35% of today’s UK rail network – over 800 stations – would have a direct service to a station served by Crossrail 2. Both London and the North need investment. It's not an either/or.
November 20, 2025 at 10:11 AM
2½ years after its full launch, Crossrail – 70% paid for by Londoners – is already the busiest line IN THE UK. Around 35% of today’s UK rail network – over 800 stations – would have a direct service to a station served by Crossrail 2. Both London and the North need investment. It's not an either/or.
'The mum-of-five has risen to prominence after performing at Tommy Robinson’s Unite The Kingdom rally in September as Missuskent.'
What a surprise. Not. Every "concerned citizen" who attended that rally was complicit in racism and the promotion of hatred – including the more presentable types.
What a surprise. Not. Every "concerned citizen" who attended that rally was complicit in racism and the promotion of hatred – including the more presentable types.
November 20, 2025 at 9:39 AM
'The mum-of-five has risen to prominence after performing at Tommy Robinson’s Unite The Kingdom rally in September as Missuskent.'
What a surprise. Not. Every "concerned citizen" who attended that rally was complicit in racism and the promotion of hatred – including the more presentable types.
What a surprise. Not. Every "concerned citizen" who attended that rally was complicit in racism and the promotion of hatred – including the more presentable types.
It's worth reading this post by @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social on X which they haven't posted here because there isn't genocide denying AI integrated into Bluesky.
Truly shocking...
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Truly shocking...
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November 19, 2025 at 8:35 PM
It's worth reading this post by @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social on X which they haven't posted here because there isn't genocide denying AI integrated into Bluesky.
Truly shocking...
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Truly shocking...
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Trump's latest pathetically Putin pleasing plan.
I sometimes wonder if Epstein is distracting everyone from where the real bodies are buried, in Russia.
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I sometimes wonder if Epstein is distracting everyone from where the real bodies are buried, in Russia.
www.ft.com/content/2353...
November 19, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Trump's latest pathetically Putin pleasing plan.
I sometimes wonder if Epstein is distracting everyone from where the real bodies are buried, in Russia.
www.ft.com/content/2353...
I sometimes wonder if Epstein is distracting everyone from where the real bodies are buried, in Russia.
www.ft.com/content/2353...