Stuart Fuller
@stufuller.bsky.social
Husband, father, Yorkshireman (in exile), child law barrister, left-leaning, cat servant, interested in many things but expert in none. “Meanwhile, I’m still thinking.”
Whatever is in today’s budget won’t be enough to fix, after 16 months, the mess caused by 14 years of Tory misrule. A pity that the Labour manifesto in 2024 didn’t make explicitly clear the damage that had been caused to public services and how long and expensive a job fixing it was going to be.
November 26, 2025 at 11:17 AM
Whatever is in today’s budget won’t be enough to fix, after 16 months, the mess caused by 14 years of Tory misrule. A pity that the Labour manifesto in 2024 didn’t make explicitly clear the damage that had been caused to public services and how long and expensive a job fixing it was going to be.
Obviously I can't possibly agree with the outrageous suggestion that Donald Trump, that beacon of democracy, the rule of law and the rules based international order, is some kind of Russian asset, oh no sirree, but this did make me laugh.
November 25, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Obviously I can't possibly agree with the outrageous suggestion that Donald Trump, that beacon of democracy, the rule of law and the rules based international order, is some kind of Russian asset, oh no sirree, but this did make me laugh.
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Given that the BBC endlessly gives platforms to lobbyists from the dark money junktanks without revealing their interests, shouldn't we be seeing such apologies every day?
Better still, how about not doing it? If they want to appear, we should know on whose behalf they are speaking.
Better still, how about not doing it? If they want to appear, we should know on whose behalf they are speaking.
Exclusive: The BBC has issued an apology after one of its presenters failed to challenge a climate-sceptic lobbyist who runs a group that has received funding from fossil-fuel interests
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/25/b...
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/25/b...
BBC Apologises for Failing to Challenge 'Dark Money' Climate-Denial Lobbyist
EXCLUSIVE: BBC faces fresh allegations of bias after corporation admits interview with ‘Net Zero Watch’ lobbying chief Andrew Montford 'fell below usual standards'
bylinetimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Given that the BBC endlessly gives platforms to lobbyists from the dark money junktanks without revealing their interests, shouldn't we be seeing such apologies every day?
Better still, how about not doing it? If they want to appear, we should know on whose behalf they are speaking.
Better still, how about not doing it? If they want to appear, we should know on whose behalf they are speaking.
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This is exactly what the recent Trump-BBC 'scandal' was designed to achieve. The BBC is now self-censoring criticisms of Trump in the name of "impartiality"
I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
November 25, 2025 at 10:26 AM
This is exactly what the recent Trump-BBC 'scandal' was designed to achieve. The BBC is now self-censoring criticisms of Trump in the name of "impartiality"
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I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
November 25, 2025 at 9:26 AM
I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
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I implore someone, anyone, in the media…
Do your job
And the next time you have Farage on, please ask him directly:
…what were the motivations behind this?
Do your job
And the next time you have Farage on, please ask him directly:
…what were the motivations behind this?
November 24, 2025 at 3:39 PM
I implore someone, anyone, in the media…
Do your job
And the next time you have Farage on, please ask him directly:
…what were the motivations behind this?
Do your job
And the next time you have Farage on, please ask him directly:
…what were the motivations behind this?
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Fawning over an alleged murderer is not a good look for an American president.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/19/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/19/o...
Opinion | No, Mr. President, We Cannot ‘Leave It at That’
Working with imperfect partners does not mean that the United States should cover up and lie about their misdeeds.
www.nytimes.com
November 23, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Fawning over an alleged murderer is not a good look for an American president.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/19/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/19/o...
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If Covid had happened under a Labour government today's papers would have called for the public stoning of the PM and Health Sec.
Johnson and Hancock have got off scot free. Johnson to bluff, bluster and blag his way to further riches.
Johnson and Hancock have got off scot free. Johnson to bluff, bluster and blag his way to further riches.
November 21, 2025 at 6:28 AM
If Covid had happened under a Labour government today's papers would have called for the public stoning of the PM and Health Sec.
Johnson and Hancock have got off scot free. Johnson to bluff, bluster and blag his way to further riches.
Johnson and Hancock have got off scot free. Johnson to bluff, bluster and blag his way to further riches.
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Boris Johnson ‘beyond contempt’ for attack on Covid inquiry’s findings and refusal to apologise
Families of the Covid bereaved have reacted with horror to the lack of contrition in the former prime minister’s weekly column. www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
Families of the Covid bereaved have reacted with horror to the lack of contrition in the former prime minister’s weekly column. www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
Boris Johnson ‘beyond contempt’ for attack on Covid inquiry’s findings
Families of the Covid bereaved have reacted with horror to the lack of contrition in the former prime minister’s weekly column
www.independent.co.uk
November 23, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Boris Johnson ‘beyond contempt’ for attack on Covid inquiry’s findings and refusal to apologise
Families of the Covid bereaved have reacted with horror to the lack of contrition in the former prime minister’s weekly column. www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
Families of the Covid bereaved have reacted with horror to the lack of contrition in the former prime minister’s weekly column. www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
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Another day another racist outburst, another Reform politician. Add that to the former leader in Wales getting 10 years for being a Russian agent - cash for speeches - and I wonder what the R stands for in Reform - Racist, Russian agitator.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
November 23, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Another day another racist outburst, another Reform politician. Add that to the former leader in Wales getting 10 years for being a Russian agent - cash for speeches - and I wonder what the R stands for in Reform - Racist, Russian agitator.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
“US insists it authored Ukraine peace plan.” Does Trump think that his people having drafted the capitulation to Russian aggression somehow makes it better? (And what caused the volte face after all the talk of supplying cruise missiles to Ukraine?)
November 23, 2025 at 1:08 PM
“US insists it authored Ukraine peace plan.” Does Trump think that his people having drafted the capitulation to Russian aggression somehow makes it better? (And what caused the volte face after all the talk of supplying cruise missiles to Ukraine?)
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This focuses on politics. But we should also care about *outcomes*.
In the UK, migrants (both from EU and elsewhere) are more likely to have a job than the UK born. In Denmark, there's a gap of 15-20%. Similarly for education outcomes.
Why would we want to copy that?
In the UK, migrants (both from EU and elsewhere) are more likely to have a job than the UK born. In Denmark, there's a gap of 15-20%. Similarly for education outcomes.
Why would we want to copy that?
After more than 10 years of “the Danish Model”, nativism is hegemonic in the country, the far right polls near level highs again, and the Social Democrats lost Copenhagen and poll at historic low.
European Social Democrats should look at the facts, not the myths!
Me in @theguardian.com
European Social Democrats should look at the facts, not the myths!
Me in @theguardian.com
The ‘Danish model’ is the darling of centre-left parties like Labour. The problem is, it doesn’t even work in Denmark | Cas Mudde
This week’s local elections are the latest reminder that when social democrats move rightwards, they’re making a mistake, says academic and author Cas Mudde
www.theguardian.com
November 23, 2025 at 10:31 AM
This focuses on politics. But we should also care about *outcomes*.
In the UK, migrants (both from EU and elsewhere) are more likely to have a job than the UK born. In Denmark, there's a gap of 15-20%. Similarly for education outcomes.
Why would we want to copy that?
In the UK, migrants (both from EU and elsewhere) are more likely to have a job than the UK born. In Denmark, there's a gap of 15-20%. Similarly for education outcomes.
Why would we want to copy that?
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Boris Johnson took four days off as NHS warned Covid could ‘overwhelm’ system
Boris Johnson took four days off as NHS warned Covid could ‘overwhelm’ system
Files show then PM was walking dog, riding motorbike and hosting guests as pandemic planning stalled in ‘lost month’
Boris Johnson took four days off from official government business during a key period in the UK’s Covid preparation when the NHS was bracing to be “overwhelmed” by the virus.
Official disclosure for the period in February 2020 – described by the Covid inquiry as a “lost month” in the country’s crisis response – reveal Johnson enjoyed an extended break during the half-term holidays at Chevening, a governmental estate in Kent, where he spent time walking his dog and taking motorcycle rides. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Boris Johnson took four days off as NHS warned Covid could ‘overwhelm’ system
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Just an absolute joke of a newspaper these days
Quite the correction by the Telegraph. The publication in question is @freemovement.bsky.social
November 21, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Just an absolute joke of a newspaper these days
For Donald Trump, being President is first and foremost a money-making opportunity.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Swiss gold and Rolex gifts to Trump raise questions over personalisation of US presidential power
Italian MEP ‘disgusted’ after US president received $130,000 engraved gold bar weeks before he decided to slash tariffs on Swiss imports
www.theguardian.com
November 21, 2025 at 3:18 PM
For Donald Trump, being President is first and foremost a money-making opportunity.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Goodness me, far right extremists being funded by the Kremlin! Who’da thunkit?! Well anyone monitoring the far right & politics in UK/Ireland.
The USSR bankrupted itself keeping up with the US on nuclear weapons. Putin has worked out it’s easier to buy our politicians. Reform + Tory* = Putin
The USSR bankrupted itself keeping up with the US on nuclear weapons. Putin has worked out it’s easier to buy our politicians. Reform + Tory* = Putin
Ex-leader of Reform UK in Wales Nathan Gill is sentenced to 10 & a half years in jail for taking bribes as part of a pro-Russia influence campaign
Gill was paid thousands of pounds to give TV interviews in favour of a key Putin ally and to make speeches in European Parliament, where he was an MEP
Gill was paid thousands of pounds to give TV interviews in favour of a key Putin ally and to make speeches in European Parliament, where he was an MEP
November 21, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Goodness me, far right extremists being funded by the Kremlin! Who’da thunkit?! Well anyone monitoring the far right & politics in UK/Ireland.
The USSR bankrupted itself keeping up with the US on nuclear weapons. Putin has worked out it’s easier to buy our politicians. Reform + Tory* = Putin
The USSR bankrupted itself keeping up with the US on nuclear weapons. Putin has worked out it’s easier to buy our politicians. Reform + Tory* = Putin
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And TalkTV.
It’s sickening that these platforms have been normalised in media circles when they’re giving airtime to such horrific opinions basically every single day
It’s sickening that these platforms have been normalised in media circles when they’re giving airtime to such horrific opinions basically every single day
Lucy White advocates a ban on "non-natives" from office, citing Rishi Sunak and Priti Patel.
So she is referring to UK-born ethnic minority citizens. (Her argument would apply equally to Shabana Mahmood, Kemi Badenoch, Suella Braverman and others)
Lucy White continues to be a GB News regular
So she is referring to UK-born ethnic minority citizens. (Her argument would apply equally to Shabana Mahmood, Kemi Badenoch, Suella Braverman and others)
Lucy White continues to be a GB News regular
November 21, 2025 at 11:52 AM
And TalkTV.
It’s sickening that these platforms have been normalised in media circles when they’re giving airtime to such horrific opinions basically every single day
It’s sickening that these platforms have been normalised in media circles when they’re giving airtime to such horrific opinions basically every single day
Imagine how MSM would have reacted to the former leader of, say,Welsh Labour as opposed to Welsh Reform, being convicted of being paid by Russia to ask Russia-favourable questions in the European Parliament. Reform repeatedly get a free pass, whatever they do. Very worrying for democracy.
November 21, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Imagine how MSM would have reacted to the former leader of, say,Welsh Labour as opposed to Welsh Reform, being convicted of being paid by Russia to ask Russia-favourable questions in the European Parliament. Reform repeatedly get a free pass, whatever they do. Very worrying for democracy.
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It never stops.
The grubby donations. The profiteering. The lobbying. The lies.
“In 2019-20, as the UK was leaving the EU, Harborne gave £10m to Nigel Farage’s Brexit party, since renamed Reform UK.”
They make damn sure they get what they want.
We get screwed.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
The grubby donations. The profiteering. The lobbying. The lies.
“In 2019-20, as the UK was leaving the EU, Harborne gave £10m to Nigel Farage’s Brexit party, since renamed Reform UK.”
They make damn sure they get what they want.
We get screwed.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Cryptocurrency backed by Farage donor is used for Russian war effort, investigators say
Tether tokens found to facilitate scheme that enables sanctions evasion and launders money for the Kremlin
www.theguardian.com
November 21, 2025 at 7:43 AM
It never stops.
The grubby donations. The profiteering. The lobbying. The lies.
“In 2019-20, as the UK was leaving the EU, Harborne gave £10m to Nigel Farage’s Brexit party, since renamed Reform UK.”
They make damn sure they get what they want.
We get screwed.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
The grubby donations. The profiteering. The lobbying. The lies.
“In 2019-20, as the UK was leaving the EU, Harborne gave £10m to Nigel Farage’s Brexit party, since renamed Reform UK.”
They make damn sure they get what they want.
We get screwed.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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We have VAT on energy bills and people this winter are choosing between heating and eating because it's such a difficult thing to afford, and a necessity. But if you fly on holiday, there's no VAT. So that's an example of how our tax system is regressive, those with the least contribute the most.
November 20, 2025 at 6:58 PM
We have VAT on energy bills and people this winter are choosing between heating and eating because it's such a difficult thing to afford, and a necessity. But if you fly on holiday, there's no VAT. So that's an example of how our tax system is regressive, those with the least contribute the most.
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Clearly, Trump has learned something from his good friend MBS: If you don't like what your political opponents say, execute them.
Unfortunately for Mr. Trump, that's not what we do in America.
Unfortunately for Mr. Trump, that's not what we do in America.
Trump is calling for the six Democratic lawmakers who urged the military not to follow any illegal orders to be arrested, and he’s reposting replies saying they should be hanged and calling them terrorists.
November 20, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Clearly, Trump has learned something from his good friend MBS: If you don't like what your political opponents say, execute them.
Unfortunately for Mr. Trump, that's not what we do in America.
Unfortunately for Mr. Trump, that's not what we do in America.
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One of the most nauseating parts of right-wing discourse over the past few years has been their insistence that lockdowns a scam.
The Covid inquiry says that 23k people died because we locked down one week too late. God knows how many more would’ve died if the herd immunity crowd had got their way
The Covid inquiry says that 23k people died because we locked down one week too late. God knows how many more would’ve died if the herd immunity crowd had got their way
November 20, 2025 at 6:45 PM
One of the most nauseating parts of right-wing discourse over the past few years has been their insistence that lockdowns a scam.
The Covid inquiry says that 23k people died because we locked down one week too late. God knows how many more would’ve died if the herd immunity crowd had got their way
The Covid inquiry says that 23k people died because we locked down one week too late. God knows how many more would’ve died if the herd immunity crowd had got their way
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The UK isn’t a “soft touch” on asylum.
UK asylum seeker benefits are similar to European neighbours
No right to work before 12 months (it’s 6 months in France, Spain, Belgium, Netherlands)
UK settlement after 5 years (it’s 3 or 4 in Germany)
Let’s cut out the alarmist rhetoric.
UK asylum seeker benefits are similar to European neighbours
No right to work before 12 months (it’s 6 months in France, Spain, Belgium, Netherlands)
UK settlement after 5 years (it’s 3 or 4 in Germany)
Let’s cut out the alarmist rhetoric.
November 19, 2025 at 11:52 AM
The UK isn’t a “soft touch” on asylum.
UK asylum seeker benefits are similar to European neighbours
No right to work before 12 months (it’s 6 months in France, Spain, Belgium, Netherlands)
UK settlement after 5 years (it’s 3 or 4 in Germany)
Let’s cut out the alarmist rhetoric.
UK asylum seeker benefits are similar to European neighbours
No right to work before 12 months (it’s 6 months in France, Spain, Belgium, Netherlands)
UK settlement after 5 years (it’s 3 or 4 in Germany)
Let’s cut out the alarmist rhetoric.
This is absolutely spot on.
November 19, 2025 at 8:47 AM
This is absolutely spot on.
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A tiny 2% tax on wealth above £10m, is a drop in the ocean for just 20k Brits - but would raise £24Bn with which we could do so much. Rachel Reeves needs to be brave, understand the people want this - even millionaires want this and there’s nothing to fear.
November 18, 2025 at 1:21 PM
A tiny 2% tax on wealth above £10m, is a drop in the ocean for just 20k Brits - but would raise £24Bn with which we could do so much. Rachel Reeves needs to be brave, understand the people want this - even millionaires want this and there’s nothing to fear.