Sonnet
@sonnet-lumiere.bsky.social
Life's a niche - (and then you die).
"Evil thrives in the shadow of dismissive mockery." ~ Robert De Niro.
#ProportionalRepresentation
#Leveson2
"Evil thrives in the shadow of dismissive mockery." ~ Robert De Niro.
#ProportionalRepresentation
#Leveson2
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I am ratcheting down my social media, but let me just say that all European leaders except on the far Right should note that the U.S. now seeks regime change in their country; basically seeks to depose them. US strategy is to support the political forces that threaten liberal democracy in Europe.
Trump Administration Says Europe Faces ‘Civilizational Erasure’
www.nytimes.com
December 6, 2025 at 7:29 AM
I am ratcheting down my social media, but let me just say that all European leaders except on the far Right should note that the U.S. now seeks regime change in their country; basically seeks to depose them. US strategy is to support the political forces that threaten liberal democracy in Europe.
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Good analogy “attacking American companies over garbage”.
Yes, the polluters should pay.
The toxic sludge created by US Tech should be fined like any other ‘externality’ — like oil spills, chemical leaks, poisoning rivers.
Yes, the polluters should pay.
The toxic sludge created by US Tech should be fined like any other ‘externality’ — like oil spills, chemical leaks, poisoning rivers.
December 6, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Good analogy “attacking American companies over garbage”.
Yes, the polluters should pay.
The toxic sludge created by US Tech should be fined like any other ‘externality’ — like oil spills, chemical leaks, poisoning rivers.
Yes, the polluters should pay.
The toxic sludge created by US Tech should be fined like any other ‘externality’ — like oil spills, chemical leaks, poisoning rivers.
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“We want growth. We know this is the single best way of getting it…
We could then challenge Farage… to either continue with our economic recovery, or to halt it in its tracks and take us backwards.”
Finally. Weaken Farage by doing something that actually works.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
We could then challenge Farage… to either continue with our economic recovery, or to halt it in its tracks and take us backwards.”
Finally. Weaken Farage by doing something that actually works.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
‘The only idea around’: will Labour return to a customs union with the EU?
The desperate search for economic growth is pushing the party to confront the issue that dare not speak its name
www.theguardian.com
December 6, 2025 at 9:33 AM
“We want growth. We know this is the single best way of getting it…
We could then challenge Farage… to either continue with our economic recovery, or to halt it in its tracks and take us backwards.”
Finally. Weaken Farage by doing something that actually works.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
We could then challenge Farage… to either continue with our economic recovery, or to halt it in its tracks and take us backwards.”
Finally. Weaken Farage by doing something that actually works.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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“It was striking that the most impressive recent speech on Britain’s future in Europe came not from our current Prime Minister, but from one of his Conservative predecessors”
Worth reading Alexandra Hall Hall’s analysis of these two speeches.
#Brexit bylinetimes.com/2025/12/05/k...
Worth reading Alexandra Hall Hall’s analysis of these two speeches.
#Brexit bylinetimes.com/2025/12/05/k...
'Keir Starmer's Brexit Blind Spot Leaves Britain With a Major Missed Opportunity'
It was striking that the most impressive recent speech on Britain's future in Europe came not from our current Prime Minister, but from one of his Conservative predecessors, argues Alexandra Hall Hall
bylinetimes.com
December 6, 2025 at 7:46 AM
“It was striking that the most impressive recent speech on Britain’s future in Europe came not from our current Prime Minister, but from one of his Conservative predecessors”
Worth reading Alexandra Hall Hall’s analysis of these two speeches.
#Brexit bylinetimes.com/2025/12/05/k...
Worth reading Alexandra Hall Hall’s analysis of these two speeches.
#Brexit bylinetimes.com/2025/12/05/k...
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Wait, wait, wait.
Why, exactly, is my heart supposed to bleed for this person’s plight of… checks notes… owning a £4m house that they’ll have to pay tax on from 2028 (a tax which can be deferred until they sell)?
Am I missing something here?
Why, exactly, is my heart supposed to bleed for this person’s plight of… checks notes… owning a £4m house that they’ll have to pay tax on from 2028 (a tax which can be deferred until they sell)?
Am I missing something here?
December 6, 2025 at 6:15 AM
Wait, wait, wait.
Why, exactly, is my heart supposed to bleed for this person’s plight of… checks notes… owning a £4m house that they’ll have to pay tax on from 2028 (a tax which can be deferred until they sell)?
Am I missing something here?
Why, exactly, is my heart supposed to bleed for this person’s plight of… checks notes… owning a £4m house that they’ll have to pay tax on from 2028 (a tax which can be deferred until they sell)?
Am I missing something here?
Posted without comment!
December 6, 2025 at 6:44 AM
Posted without comment!
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There is really nothing that could be worse for the country than a Farage/Reform govt. It would be ruinous in a way that doesn’t bear thinking about. Everything that is bad now will seem like the good old days if he and his bunch of racist knuckle-draggers get the No.10 ticket bought for them.
December 5, 2025 at 8:13 PM
There is really nothing that could be worse for the country than a Farage/Reform govt. It would be ruinous in a way that doesn’t bear thinking about. Everything that is bad now will seem like the good old days if he and his bunch of racist knuckle-draggers get the No.10 ticket bought for them.
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Praised Israel’s use of US weapons: “You used them very well.”
Green‑lit strikes on Iran
Sides with Russian aggressor
Threatens military action in Venezuela
Hints at “taking” Greenland
Deploys national guard on own people
…wins FIFA peace prize.
Green‑lit strikes on Iran
Sides with Russian aggressor
Threatens military action in Venezuela
Hints at “taking” Greenland
Deploys national guard on own people
…wins FIFA peace prize.
December 5, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Praised Israel’s use of US weapons: “You used them very well.”
Green‑lit strikes on Iran
Sides with Russian aggressor
Threatens military action in Venezuela
Hints at “taking” Greenland
Deploys national guard on own people
…wins FIFA peace prize.
Green‑lit strikes on Iran
Sides with Russian aggressor
Threatens military action in Venezuela
Hints at “taking” Greenland
Deploys national guard on own people
…wins FIFA peace prize.
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I swear… if there’s any movement, march, protest, action I can join/go on/take.. to make sure that Farage never gets into No.10, I’ll do it.
Sign me up to anything and everything that blocks that corrupt, racist bastard’s route to power.
Sign me up to anything and everything that blocks that corrupt, racist bastard’s route to power.
December 5, 2025 at 8:02 PM
I swear… if there’s any movement, march, protest, action I can join/go on/take.. to make sure that Farage never gets into No.10, I’ll do it.
Sign me up to anything and everything that blocks that corrupt, racist bastard’s route to power.
Sign me up to anything and everything that blocks that corrupt, racist bastard’s route to power.
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I'm sure Vladimir can't wait
Imagine being the second person to get the FIFA Peace Prize
December 5, 2025 at 7:58 PM
I'm sure Vladimir can't wait
I hope that whoever is the next recipient of the FIFA World Cup Peace Prize has the grace to refuse it.
December 5, 2025 at 7:16 PM
I hope that whoever is the next recipient of the FIFA World Cup Peace Prize has the grace to refuse it.
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FIFA, the most corrupt sporting body in the world, recognizes the most corrupt leader in the world with a fictitious prize designed to pacify a dementia addled fool easily manipulated.
December 5, 2025 at 5:43 PM
FIFA, the most corrupt sporting body in the world, recognizes the most corrupt leader in the world with a fictitious prize designed to pacify a dementia addled fool easily manipulated.
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Shame on everyone responsible for this whole sorry, embarrassing debacle…
the grotesque, undeserving vanity on display and those who have gutlessly humoured that vanity, bowing and scraping before it with their fake gong.
A new low in the nadir that is this political era.
the grotesque, undeserving vanity on display and those who have gutlessly humoured that vanity, bowing and scraping before it with their fake gong.
A new low in the nadir that is this political era.
December 5, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Shame on everyone responsible for this whole sorry, embarrassing debacle…
the grotesque, undeserving vanity on display and those who have gutlessly humoured that vanity, bowing and scraping before it with their fake gong.
A new low in the nadir that is this political era.
the grotesque, undeserving vanity on display and those who have gutlessly humoured that vanity, bowing and scraping before it with their fake gong.
A new low in the nadir that is this political era.
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🔴 Nigel Farage’s Reform is more reliant on super-rich backers than any major party in modern British political history
75% of *all* Reform donations *ever* have come from just three rich men
Is this what democracy looks like?
New on Democracy for Sale
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/75-of-refo...
75% of *all* Reform donations *ever* have come from just three rich men
Is this what democracy looks like?
New on Democracy for Sale
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/75-of-refo...
75% of Reform UK’s donations have come from just three rich men
Calls grow for donation caps as Democracy for Sale research reveals that three-quarters of Reform’s funding comes from a trio of wealthy donors
democracyforsale.substack.com
December 5, 2025 at 10:55 AM
🔴 Nigel Farage’s Reform is more reliant on super-rich backers than any major party in modern British political history
75% of *all* Reform donations *ever* have come from just three rich men
Is this what democracy looks like?
New on Democracy for Sale
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/75-of-refo...
75% of *all* Reform donations *ever* have come from just three rich men
Is this what democracy looks like?
New on Democracy for Sale
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/75-of-refo...
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Don't fall for the "Reset2" bullshit. It's just more of their long-game nonsense. We don't want to be "closer" to the EU and Single Market. We want to be "in" them ffs!
#RejoinEU 🇬🇧🇪🇺
#RejoinEU 🇬🇧🇪🇺
December 5, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Don't fall for the "Reset2" bullshit. It's just more of their long-game nonsense. We don't want to be "closer" to the EU and Single Market. We want to be "in" them ffs!
#RejoinEU 🇬🇧🇪🇺
#RejoinEU 🇬🇧🇪🇺
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Trump PARDONED the drug cartel head who trafficked 400 TONS of cocaine into the US “to shove up the noses of the gringoes.” Trump doesn’t give a shit if people here die from drugs!
December 5, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Trump PARDONED the drug cartel head who trafficked 400 TONS of cocaine into the US “to shove up the noses of the gringoes.” Trump doesn’t give a shit if people here die from drugs!
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When the Telegraph admits Brexit is a disaster, the ground is moving. The question is: why isn’t Starmer?
eastangliabylines.co.uk/news/brexit/...
eastangliabylines.co.uk/news/brexit/...
Now is the winter of our Brexit sent
While we have used this title before, perhaps this is the time to look at our options afresh, now that we have seen the disaster that is Brexit
eastangliabylines.co.uk
December 5, 2025 at 3:00 PM
When the Telegraph admits Brexit is a disaster, the ground is moving. The question is: why isn’t Starmer?
eastangliabylines.co.uk/news/brexit/...
eastangliabylines.co.uk/news/brexit/...
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We are bound still by ideas of British exceptionalism. Fortunately, we never suffered the humiliation of enemy tanks grinding down our streets, the steely arrogance of an invading army. So, we cling still to the glories of empire…
December 5, 2025 at 12:16 PM
We are bound still by ideas of British exceptionalism. Fortunately, we never suffered the humiliation of enemy tanks grinding down our streets, the steely arrogance of an invading army. So, we cling still to the glories of empire…
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…the idea that Britain can go it alone, unbeaten still, proud and unencumbered by foreign influence.
Starmer clearly doesn’t believe that, but neither will he admit it.
Starmer clearly doesn’t believe that, but neither will he admit it.
December 5, 2025 at 12:16 PM
…the idea that Britain can go it alone, unbeaten still, proud and unencumbered by foreign influence.
Starmer clearly doesn’t believe that, but neither will he admit it.
Starmer clearly doesn’t believe that, but neither will he admit it.
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The other countries of the EU all had to suffer humiliation, with no space for the hubris we have lived on since the war. They had to start again, a true renaissance which led to the European Union.
December 5, 2025 at 12:16 PM
The other countries of the EU all had to suffer humiliation, with no space for the hubris we have lived on since the war. They had to start again, a true renaissance which led to the European Union.
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We joined late, and reluctantly, and have clung on to that hubris, never embracing the idea of being European. So, Brexit was our Nemesis, and we need to accept that before we can move on. So far, Starmer seems unwilling to do so. [End]
Saves you having to read his whole article.
Saves you having to read his whole article.
December 5, 2025 at 12:16 PM
We joined late, and reluctantly, and have clung on to that hubris, never embracing the idea of being European. So, Brexit was our Nemesis, and we need to accept that before we can move on. So far, Starmer seems unwilling to do so. [End]
Saves you having to read his whole article.
Saves you having to read his whole article.
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David Lammy on @newsagents.bsky.social:
"It's self evident that leaving the European Union badly damaged our economy, took us out of an important marketplace and created serious friction,"
"that untruths were being peddled, by those that thought exiting the EU would be a good thing."
"It's self evident that leaving the European Union badly damaged our economy, took us out of an important marketplace and created serious friction,"
"that untruths were being peddled, by those that thought exiting the EU would be a good thing."
December 5, 2025 at 10:07 AM
David Lammy on @newsagents.bsky.social:
"It's self evident that leaving the European Union badly damaged our economy, took us out of an important marketplace and created serious friction,"
"that untruths were being peddled, by those that thought exiting the EU would be a good thing."
"It's self evident that leaving the European Union badly damaged our economy, took us out of an important marketplace and created serious friction,"
"that untruths were being peddled, by those that thought exiting the EU would be a good thing."
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The only problem with blaming the “botched Brexit deal” for the small boats crisis, is it plays into the smirking dimwit’s hands. Reform just say, “Yes. Let’s do Brexit properly. Slam the door on the ECHR. Burn everything down.” We should close that down. Brexit - no qualification - is a shitshow.
December 5, 2025 at 8:11 AM
The only problem with blaming the “botched Brexit deal” for the small boats crisis, is it plays into the smirking dimwit’s hands. Reform just say, “Yes. Let’s do Brexit properly. Slam the door on the ECHR. Burn everything down.” We should close that down. Brexit - no qualification - is a shitshow.
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And nor should it. Farage is a dangerous racist and yet is being fast tracked into No.10 on a ruinous populist agenda, funded by shady right wing money and malign foreign interests.
People must know who and what they are voting for. That’s the very lowest bar in a democracy.
People must know who and what they are voting for. That’s the very lowest bar in a democracy.
December 5, 2025 at 9:01 AM
And nor should it. Farage is a dangerous racist and yet is being fast tracked into No.10 on a ruinous populist agenda, funded by shady right wing money and malign foreign interests.
People must know who and what they are voting for. That’s the very lowest bar in a democracy.
People must know who and what they are voting for. That’s the very lowest bar in a democracy.