Jeremy Clarkson doesnโt think people will be sad when their lands are uninhabitable and there are food and water shortages. Because Jeremy knows that wonโt affect him, and thatโs all he cares about.
01.02.2026 14:05 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
More specifically, an actual newspaper, The Washington Post, covered this relentlessly, while todayโs Washington Post is awfully quiet, and its owner is paying extortionate โlicencingโ fees to Melania Trump to make her documentary.
01.02.2026 08:53 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
I think heโs in denial and is actually desperate for an invite. It might go some way to assuaging his anger at not being invited to dinner by @arusbridger.bsky.social and @davidsonofaaron.bsky.social
01.02.2026 08:44 โ ๐ 3 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
Ask any of your ethnic minority staff how they feel when this โscourgeโ says they canโt be English if their parents or grandparents were born abroad.
And ask if they think heโs being a โscourgeโ, or do they have another name for it?
31.01.2026 21:55 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
Ah, spouts BS and throws insults when juvenile arguments challenged. Green detected.
31.01.2026 16:53 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
What has FPTP got to do with Labour being treated differently to Greens?
But, Iโll bite, Labour didnโt say they would change electoral system in their manifesto so would it be democratic for them to do so once elected?
p.s. a petard is a kind of small explosive so how would one be hung by it?
31.01.2026 16:33 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0
Question Time should be classed as entertainment, and the BBC should make it clear they donโt feel responsible for challenging lies and factual inaccuracies.
31.01.2026 14:20 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
Yeah, Andy Burnham should be allowed to slag of the party without any comeback.
31.01.2026 14:16 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
Itโs like Labour are the child that always gets singled out for troublemaking. And the Greens and Reforms are standing to the side having a good chuckle at their predicament.
31.01.2026 14:09 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0
Whereas Zack Polanski doing exactly the same thing is OK? bsky.app/profile/zack...
31.01.2026 13:43 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0
What else could you have been doing when you were writing โopportunity costโ though?
31.01.2026 13:39 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
Why do you just accept their views on Britain being broken and immigration being the cause? Do you also accept their view that London is a dangerous hell hole?
Little wonder voters are so disillusioned.
31.01.2026 11:46 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
Is your mum Alan Carr?
31.01.2026 10:57 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0
Is this hospital suffering more than other local hospitals, and how does it compare nationally? Is it worse this year than other years? Is there a particular cause e.g. an older local demographic, flu outbreak, poor discharge rates due to local social care provision?
Is there any information at all
31.01.2026 09:53 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
Itโs a joke each state gets 2 senators. That means each Wyoming senator represents 300,000 residents, while each Californian senator represents 20,000,000 residents. Itโs a system that has bias built in from the very start.
30.01.2026 12:11 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
You would think so, wouldnโt you. And that it wasnโt in her name for stamp duty purposes.
30.01.2026 11:08 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
Right, you be you, and let him sit in his big chair, in his big room, thinking big ideas, unencumbered by mundane responsibilities. Bye now.
30.01.2026 11:03 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
Good for you.
30.01.2026 10:03 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
It would be a statement. It means he is about action, not just words. Greens are riding high at the moment, and the skill is striking while the ironโs hot. I donโt care if itโs Labour, or the The Greens, as long as itโs not Reform. But they a need a big name to win, and he should seize this moment.
30.01.2026 09:34 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 3 ๐ 0
Every other leader combines consistency and party business, and some combine that with governmental responsibilities too. Which is what he says he aspires to. So that just doesnโt wash.
30.01.2026 09:30 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0
Are you saying he will stand in Hackney in the next General Election? Against Diane Abbot, who got 52.6% of the vote last time out?
That would be bold, but it would be consistent with what you said.
30.01.2026 09:25 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0
That is quite a reach, given what you said about parachuting candidates in. Farage has a house in Clacton!!!
Also, Zack Polanski has history with Manchester, he grew up locally.
Itโs a serious point, he needs to be an MP at some point, and he says the Greenโs are the main challengers, so stand!
30.01.2026 09:11 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 5 ๐ 0
He was always a keen โfollowerโ of Conservative politicians so maybe heโs just moved over with them.
30.01.2026 08:05 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0
I wonder if a court would consider this a bribe, and whether subsequent administrations might pursue the case?
30.01.2026 08:00 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
Itโs a great song and video - he looks properly angry, and he spits out his righteous anger. He will be remembered for being on the right side of history.
Unlike Bezos - he paid $75m for the Melanie fluff piece. How is that not an obscene amount, given the entire Planet Earth series cost $25m?
30.01.2026 07:22 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
Your Brighton MP Sian Berry stood in multiple constituencies in London and then went on to serve on the London assembly. So itโs not unheard of.
30.01.2026 06:57 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0
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