@richardbentall.bsky.social
Political refugee from the cesspit formerly known as Twitter; clinical psychology professor; husband of lovely Sam; dad of two amazing kids and two wonderful stepkids; radicalized by the idiocy of Brexit. Obviously, my views are not those of my employer.
Tragic for them and their families. But I'm at a loss to understand why a British news outlet gives these American deaths such prominence compared to the many hundreds of ordinary Lebanese and Iranians
Irony is dead (and buried, and dug up again, and then cremated).
Looks very interesting - will read carefully.
Complaining about & blaming Keir Starmer for a long-scheduled, still uncertain, six month distant increase in fuel prices literally *hours* after calling for more war in the Middle East is quite the flex. These are not serious people.
Can anyone remember a day when the Daily Fail HASN'T demanded our PM resigns?
It's getting ridiculous!
#StarmerDerangementSyndrome
Daily reminder that we'd be at war right now if Farage or Badenoch were PM.
I was in a 2 hour briefing today on the Iran War. All the briefings are closed, because Trump can't defend this war in public.
I obviously can't disclose classified info, but you deserve to know how incoherent and incomplete these war plans are.
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Because many people attracted to 'Blue Labour' are racists, and even more think the majority of the country are racists and want to appeal to them. Incidentally, the Chevening scholarships were rightly understood as British diplomatic soft power, so it's also a needless injury to *us*.
Oh look, we're prosecuting some heinous individual for murder & torture in Syria 15 years ago....take note Trump & anyone else who thinks they can escape justice
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
Opposition to the United States' military action against Iran has risen by 10pts among Britons over the last week
Support: 25% (-3 from 2 March)
Oppose: 59% (+10)
yougov.com/en-gb/daily-...
It’s almost like the UK’s right-wing press doesn’t actually reflect public opinion but instead the fevered imaginations of a very small group of sociopaths.
Yet more evidence of how Reform voters tend to be political outliers on a series of issues. Challenge for Farage et al is to keep these core supporters sweet while not putting off others. Thus far they seem to be mainly leaning into a core vote strategy.
Weird how, whatever I say on the trans issue (last time it was when I defended the King’s puberty blocker trial) there’s always a narcissistic prat who turns up and accuses me of crimes against humanity, against women etc etc.
I heard it and, although I am no fan of Robinson, it seemed relevant and in context to me.
Things look grim in the markets right now, but at least the U.S. economy wasn’t already being propped up by a massive speculative AI bubble that is highly sensitive to rising energy costs.
Eric Trump Calls Ayatollah’s Son an Incompetent Moron who Only Got Position Through Nepotism
open.substack.com/pub/borowitz...
It seems the full spectrum of British Conservatives are now joining in and rubbing their hands with glee over Trump scolding Starmer.
Spanish PM Pedro Sánchez on Iran: “Spain is against this disaster. Because we understand that governments are here to improve people's lives, to provide solutions to problems, not to make people's lives worse.
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Peter Thiel has called Greta Thunberg the Antichrist.
I think there's a bit of projecting going on.
What do you think?
This oaf is fast becoming a serious challenger to Daniel Hannan for the ‘Wrongest Man In The World’ title.
“MAGA’s fundamental shared quality is a total lack of theory of mind for other people” is a theory that keeps getting validated by reality - look at almost every decision they’ve made in the war with Iran, and how they seem constantly surprised by the unanticipated actions of other parties.
it goes underdiscussed that leavitt is genuinely a terrible spokesperson; her whole, entire job is to sell the president's message to the public and she is comically awful at it. i'll give her that the president's message is usually incoherent and insane, but, still
Reform are denying me access to the Welsh manifesto launch...
Remember a few weeks ago when Reform UK threatened to defund Bangor University in the name of "free speech"?
Well despite repeated requests, Reform are not allowing me to attend their manifesto launch.
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Who the hell is this guy? And what does he want as a return on his £millions invested in Reform? Because it sure as shit isn’t a fairer, more progressive, equal and prosperous UK with good public services and well-regulated consumer protections.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Trump's warped views on the UK, including his hatred of Sadiq Khan, mirror the likes of Fartage, Truss & Tommeh Robinson with astonishing accuracy. The fact that these grifters have the ear (lol) & some apparent influence over one of the most dangerous & powerful men is terrifying.
Proof once again that you can have lots and lots and lots of money and still be thicker than a whale omelette stuck in a submarine door.
Churchill: "Americans can always be trusted to do the right thing, once all other possibilities have been exhausted."
Uncut Trumpism. No election is valid unless they win it. Farage and Reform UK are outright enemies of democracy and the Mail is actively aiding them.
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