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I think this is a smart political strategy. He is taking away the immigration issue of the table for the opposition.
Basically the opposition had over 14 years in power and years of post Brexit referendums to fix it and you did nothing but increase immigration.
From a political standpoint, he neuters them on this issue. If he gets the immigration numbers even slightly down by even 1% he can claim victory on this issue because a benchmark has been drawn.
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man speaking with forked tongue.
1. the damage is done. what will be done to reverse the status quo?
2. where is the legislation to stop anti-breh racism in the workforce.
3. speaking in eurphemisms is so very briitish.
let's see what he actually does.
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Peter Stefanovic (@peterstefanovic.bsky.social)
Why is the government not capable wiping the floor with Nigel Farage every single day like this? Alastair Campbell effortlessly destroys him over his Brexit legacy which by almost every economic and financial measure has been disastrous for the country
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Peter Stefanovic
Why is the government not capable wiping the floor with Nigel Farage every single day like this? Alastair Campbell effortlessly destroys him over his Brexit legacy which by almost every economic and financial measure has been disastrous for the country
2/45
Tsaraslondon @tsaraslondon.bsky.social
I despise Farage with every fibre of my being.
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Jim Lahey @officerjimlahey.bsky.social
fukk Nigel Farage. I’ve hated him from the second I knew he existed.
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David @foxonwater.bsky.social
Farage should be in prison . Traitorous arse
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billy1967.bsky.social @billy1967.bsky.social
Why?
6/45
JonWells @jonathanwells81.bsky.social
Lies, corruption, colluding with foreign governments against the UK.
7/45
Peter Rowan @payteer.bsky.social
Billy is a bot. No posts, no followers, just large amounts of replies.
8/45
billy1967.bsky.social @billy1967.bsky.social
Just joined fkwit. 1100 on X.
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Peter Rowan @payteer.bsky.social
This ain't twitter, swearing and abuse won't be protected here. You've been reported.
10/45
Carla Martin/Carlabela @carlabela1.bsky.social
Yes, that is what I cannot understand! I cannot understand how he could even be a politician. He has a brain the size of a pea.
11/45
Anne Berg @thefifewife1.bsky.social
I despise the man and his politics but you underestimate Farage at your peril. He's a very sharp operator who's gotten where he is because too many of us were busy s******ing at him when we should have been opposing him.
12/45
Carla Martin/Carlabela @carlabela1.bsky.social
Yes, I do too Anne! It is nonsense that he is even a politician.
13/45
Martyn Berry @martynberry.bsky.social
Good for Alastair. But why is Farage on so many programmes? Seems over represented to me.
14/45
Jjelibean @jjelibean66.bsky.social
What I don’t understand is why Dottie Auckland (@bbcquestiontime.bsky.social) keep on having such a fascist on their show when there are so many other eloquent MPs that would do so much better
15/45
trina10.bsky.social @trina10.bsky.social
Excellent stuff Mr Campbell!!!
16/45
Sniped2Death @sniped2death.bsky.social
I have no polite words for the frog mouthed cretin.
17/45
ala8.bsky.social @ala8.bsky.social
I have
18/45
John Knight @jk-novelist-49.bsky.social
And when he’s f*cked off he can f*ck off again, and again… and some more after that…
19/45
ChrisJ @chris17jn.bsky.social
Absolutely! He eloquently handed him his derrière on a plate. All he could do was shout, “Oh dear,” and,”Move on.”
We can’t- there’s an annual £40b fiscal hole we’re all paying for.
Interesting AC got the loudest applause of the night for this and in Lincolnshire too!
20/45
Christian Guthier @mryeswecan.bsky.social
Yup. New poll: Europe is public’s priority in face of Trump tariffs
21/45
LaViv10 @laviv10.bsky.social
“Alastair Campbell brought the heat on #BBCQT, calling out Farage’s Brexit pipe dream for the economic mess we’re in. Hard truths, but someone’s got to say it.
needs accountability, not deflection.
22/45
Luke @lukecat666.bsky.social
Don't know why they refuse to #prosecute this #traitor and #russianPuppet. In WWII we did something about that kind of behaviour and we are at war with russia, they've been at war with us using traitors like this for over 10 years and someone in the government recently confirmed that we are at war.
23/45
Robert/Tony/c @robert111.bsky.social
I can't stand either man, how people fall the frogs bullshyt is mind boggling
24/45
Archer @r-archer.bsky.social
He should fukk off back to Clacton, but he’s never there anyway, the grifting prick.
Nigel Farage won’t meet his constituents because he’s a coward that’s afraid of responsibility.
25/45
Jak @jaksays.bsky.social
Part of the reason is that Question Time puts Farage on TV over and over and over and over to allow him to spout his lies
26/45
Travesty-Account Holder 77 @rebussy.bsky.social
The QT defence is always that they apply a kind of PR calculation involving vote-share/polling for appearances by minor parties.
Farage has gets to game that for the self-reinforcing exposure he needs. Answer? Set a rule on individuals, so no party can keep sending the same person on?
27/45
monksfield.bsky.social @monksfield.bsky.social
The reality is they think Farage is box office. I completely agree. They have other MPs now. Let’s see them put under the spotlight.
28/45
Poppy53
@poppy53.bsky.social
Exactly, Alastair, you are 100% right.
29/45
Ilikecaketoo @ilikecaketoo.bsky.social
I can’t even listen, just his face and disdainful demeanour is enough to make me want to vomit. Deluded people saying he’ll be our next PM, when can’t even do the job of MP properly. God help us if he ever gets into Govt.
30/45
Carla Martin/Carlabela @carlabela1.bsky.social
The worst of it Peter is that he doesn't even want to recognise the damage he has caused.
31/45
NO OBEYANCE IN ADVANCE @kafearless.bsky.social
Why is Farage even still relevant??!! He should have been shelved ages ago!!
32/45
Nev Osborn @nevosborn.bsky.social
They still believe they can’t upset a substantial proportion of the country by rubbing peoples face in their idiocy.
33/45
CymruSheil @welshy247.bsky.social
Farage is a dangerous man. His allies are over the pond and donate millions to him so that he can persuade the Uk to vote reform.
He cares nothing for the people of the uk.
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whatphilsaid @whatphildid.bsky.social
The applause was good to hear. Even a heavy biased audience sees this idiot.
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Pettsy @pettsy.bsky.social
Because they pander to Murdoch
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Brian G
@ulysses54.bsky.social
In answer to your question: Because Starmer is scared of the B word. You never hear him mention it.
37/45
Gary Burgham
@gburgham.bsky.social
Well said Alastair Campbell
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european4ever @disxt.bsky.social
Well done to Alastair. Farage is an odious character
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Muldoon @arsenal49.bsky.social
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The Ragged Trousered Philanthropist @bankwell.bsky.social
Populists like Farage have nothing beneath their veneer and are demolished when challenged. They are incapable of discussing or developing a point beyond their soundbites
Farage is a mere media construct - from here on in he should be robustly challenged as should msm in their thirst for headlines
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Peter Cook - Reboot Britain / Rage Against The Brexit Machine @brexitrage.bsky.social
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Wirefrain @wirefrain.bsky.social
I'm not British, but I have followed UK politics. The UK should turn whatever constituency voted him in, into a drone testing site.
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wingy37.bsky.social @wingy37.bsky.social
Farage
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dellalmcd.bsky.social @dellalmcd.bsky.social
What I find even more repugnant is the GLEE with which Farage describes the trouble in France and Germany at the moment, as if to say, look how much better we are out of the EU. Their troubles affects all of us and the instability is not good for anyone. He’s glad of their troubles.
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Gizmo the Cat (aka the Orange Terror- not that one) @51dn3y51dney.bsky.social
Why is he always on TV?
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Peter Stefanovic
Why is the government not capable wiping the floor with Nigel Farage every single day like this? Alastair Campbell effortlessly destroys him over his Brexit legacy which by almost every economic and financial measure has been disastrous for the country
2/45
Tsaraslondon @tsaraslondon.bsky.social
I despise Farage with every fibre of my being.
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Jim Lahey @officerjimlahey.bsky.social
fukk Nigel Farage. I’ve hated him from the second I knew he existed.
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David @foxonwater.bsky.social
Farage should be in prison . Traitorous arse
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billy1967.bsky.social @billy1967.bsky.social
Why?
6/45
JonWells @jonathanwells81.bsky.social
Lies, corruption, colluding with foreign governments against the UK.
7/45
Peter Rowan @payteer.bsky.social
Billy is a bot. No posts, no followers, just large amounts of replies.
8/45
billy1967.bsky.social @billy1967.bsky.social
Just joined fkwit. 1100 on X.
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Peter Rowan @payteer.bsky.social
This ain't twitter, swearing and abuse won't be protected here. You've been reported.
10/45
Carla Martin/Carlabela @carlabela1.bsky.social
Yes, that is what I cannot understand! I cannot understand how he could even be a politician. He has a brain the size of a pea.
11/45
Anne Berg @thefifewife1.bsky.social
I despise the man and his politics but you underestimate Farage at your peril. He's a very sharp operator who's gotten where he is because too many of us were busy s******ing at him when we should have been opposing him.
12/45
Carla Martin/Carlabela @carlabela1.bsky.social
Yes, I do too Anne! It is nonsense that he is even a politician.
13/45
Martyn Berry @martynberry.bsky.social
Good for Alastair. But why is Farage on so many programmes? Seems over represented to me.
14/45
Jjelibean @jjelibean66.bsky.social
What I don’t understand is why Dottie Auckland (@bbcquestiontime.bsky.social) keep on having such a fascist on their show when there are so many other eloquent MPs that would do so much better
15/45
trina10.bsky.social @trina10.bsky.social
Excellent stuff Mr Campbell!!!
16/45
Sniped2Death @sniped2death.bsky.social
I have no polite words for the frog mouthed cretin.
17/45
ala8.bsky.social @ala8.bsky.social
I have
18/45
John Knight @jk-novelist-49.bsky.social
And when he’s f*cked off he can f*ck off again, and again… and some more after that…
19/45
ChrisJ @chris17jn.bsky.social
Absolutely! He eloquently handed him his derrière on a plate. All he could do was shout, “Oh dear,” and,”Move on.”
We can’t- there’s an annual £40b fiscal hole we’re all paying for.
Interesting AC got the loudest applause of the night for this and in Lincolnshire too!
20/45
Christian Guthier @mryeswecan.bsky.social
Yup. New poll: Europe is public’s priority in face of Trump tariffs
21/45
LaViv10 @laviv10.bsky.social
“Alastair Campbell brought the heat on #BBCQT, calling out Farage’s Brexit pipe dream for the economic mess we’re in. Hard truths, but someone’s got to say it.
needs accountability, not deflection.22/45
Luke @lukecat666.bsky.social
Don't know why they refuse to #prosecute this #traitor and #russianPuppet. In WWII we did something about that kind of behaviour and we are at war with russia, they've been at war with us using traitors like this for over 10 years and someone in the government recently confirmed that we are at war.
23/45
Robert/Tony/c @robert111.bsky.social
I can't stand either man, how people fall the frogs bullshyt is mind boggling
24/45
Archer @r-archer.bsky.social
He should fukk off back to Clacton, but he’s never there anyway, the grifting prick.
Nigel Farage won’t meet his constituents because he’s a coward that’s afraid of responsibility.
25/45
Jak @jaksays.bsky.social
Part of the reason is that Question Time puts Farage on TV over and over and over and over to allow him to spout his lies
26/45
Travesty-Account Holder 77 @rebussy.bsky.social
The QT defence is always that they apply a kind of PR calculation involving vote-share/polling for appearances by minor parties.
Farage has gets to game that for the self-reinforcing exposure he needs. Answer? Set a rule on individuals, so no party can keep sending the same person on?
27/45
monksfield.bsky.social @monksfield.bsky.social
The reality is they think Farage is box office. I completely agree. They have other MPs now. Let’s see them put under the spotlight.
28/45
Poppy53
@poppy53.bsky.socialExactly, Alastair, you are 100% right.
29/45
Ilikecaketoo @ilikecaketoo.bsky.social
I can’t even listen, just his face and disdainful demeanour is enough to make me want to vomit. Deluded people saying he’ll be our next PM, when can’t even do the job of MP properly. God help us if he ever gets into Govt.
30/45
Carla Martin/Carlabela @carlabela1.bsky.social
The worst of it Peter is that he doesn't even want to recognise the damage he has caused.
31/45
NO OBEYANCE IN ADVANCE @kafearless.bsky.social
Why is Farage even still relevant??!! He should have been shelved ages ago!!
32/45
Nev Osborn @nevosborn.bsky.social
They still believe they can’t upset a substantial proportion of the country by rubbing peoples face in their idiocy.
33/45
CymruSheil @welshy247.bsky.social
Farage is a dangerous man. His allies are over the pond and donate millions to him so that he can persuade the Uk to vote reform.
He cares nothing for the people of the uk.
34/45
whatphilsaid @whatphildid.bsky.social
The applause was good to hear. Even a heavy biased audience sees this idiot.
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Pettsy @pettsy.bsky.social
Because they pander to Murdoch
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Brian G
@ulysses54.bsky.socialIn answer to your question: Because Starmer is scared of the B word. You never hear him mention it.
37/45
Gary Burgham
@gburgham.bsky.socialWell said Alastair Campbell
38/45
european4ever @disxt.bsky.social
Well done to Alastair. Farage is an odious character
39/45
Muldoon @arsenal49.bsky.social
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The Ragged Trousered Philanthropist @bankwell.bsky.social
Populists like Farage have nothing beneath their veneer and are demolished when challenged. They are incapable of discussing or developing a point beyond their soundbites
Farage is a mere media construct - from here on in he should be robustly challenged as should msm in their thirst for headlines
41/45
Peter Cook - Reboot Britain / Rage Against The Brexit Machine @brexitrage.bsky.social
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42/45
Wirefrain @wirefrain.bsky.social
I'm not British, but I have followed UK politics. The UK should turn whatever constituency voted him in, into a drone testing site.
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wingy37.bsky.social @wingy37.bsky.social
Farage
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dellalmcd.bsky.social @dellalmcd.bsky.social
What I find even more repugnant is the GLEE with which Farage describes the trouble in France and Germany at the moment, as if to say, look how much better we are out of the EU. Their troubles affects all of us and the instability is not good for anyone. He’s glad of their troubles.
45/45
Gizmo the Cat (aka the Orange Terror- not that one) @51dn3y51dney.bsky.social
Why is he always on TV?
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Mike Galsworthy (@mikegalsworthy.bsky.social)
“Some 56% of farmland bought in 2023 was sold to landowners who were not working farmers. The revenue per acre is too low to warrant the purchase, unless you are extremely wealthy and are avoiding inheritance tax”...
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Mike Galsworthy
“Some 56% of farmland bought in 2023 was sold to landowners who were not working farmers. The revenue per acre is too low to warrant the purchase, unless you are extremely wealthy and are avoiding inheritance tax”
2/17
Fiery @firehorsep.bsky.social
Exactly. That's what Labour are trying to fix. I hope ordinary farmers are starting to catch on they've been wound up by the tax avoiders against their own best interest.
3/17
debatingroom.bsky.social @debatingroom.bsky.social
Cracking down on the wealthy tax avoiders not only makes more agricultural land available at an affordable price, but a drop in the value of land means that fewer farmers would have to pay inheritance tax.
4/17
Judi Sutherland @judisutherland.bsky.social
What I’m not clear about is, if they are not farming the land, what are they doing with it? Renting it to tenants? Rearing pheasants for the shoot? Rewilding?
5/17
Christopher @self-defined.bsky.social
Farmers clearly weren't bothered about selling to farmers, it was just a business transaction.
Sudden change to 'its all about farming', when they were viewed just like every other business- which they had demonstrated- they were!
Hoist on their own petard?
My sympathy meter remains stationary.
6/17
Ian Hardie @ianhardie.bsky.social
The media would do well to portray these facts. As much as they wish to play the Tory line, in towns, particularly Northern towns, sentiment is turning hard against farmers, many who play no part in this drama. Collateral damage, but acceptable to Dyson and Co.
7/17
Mike @whisperingwind.co.uk
Has anyone proposed a scheme that would make tax dodging millionaires pay their way while leaving real farmers alone?
8/17
Hattie @hatspin.bsky.social
Exactly. Surely it wouldn’t be hard to work out if they are actually farming the land properly or just using it as a Swiss bank account.
9/17
Glostermeteor
@glostermeteor.bsky.social
I dont actually think that matters. I think farmers shd pay IHT like everyone else. All that would happen is the wealthy would farm 1 field and use that to avoid IHT.
10/17
Paul Astell @paulastell.bsky.social
Those farmers in their 80s hanging on to their farms complaining about how much tax their children will face should sack their financial advisors who long ago failed to advise them to pass on their businesses. The 7-year rule would mean a zero tax bill, just like everyone else.
11/17
Hattie @hatspin.bsky.social
Of course, but these are also the people who if they willingly go to a dr they are probably close to death. The farms they inherited weren’t the businesses they are now.
I doubt they would have done it even if their advisors suggested it.
« It’s just not how it’s done »
12/17
Trump is great @kamalatheloser.bsky.social
The minute you utter the words avoiding inheritance tax... you lose every argument
No one person should ever pay this insane tax!!! A double triple and sometimes quadruple tax. To give to a government which squanders it with its corruption
Leave the farmers alone
13/17
Political Compass @politicalcompass1.bsky.social
Persimmons homes own farmland
I wonder why
14/17
Spanglish @spanglish51.bsky.social
Keep shouting this !
15/17
Gem&Molly ⓥ @gemandmoll.bsky.social
How many were not British? I think I read somewhere of rich foreigners buying shooting estates?
16/17
AdyBee
@adybee.bsky.social
17/17
aidThompsin @aidthompsin.bsky.social
BOOM, Mike.
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Mike Galsworthy
“Some 56% of farmland bought in 2023 was sold to landowners who were not working farmers. The revenue per acre is too low to warrant the purchase, unless you are extremely wealthy and are avoiding inheritance tax”
2/17
Fiery @firehorsep.bsky.social
Exactly. That's what Labour are trying to fix. I hope ordinary farmers are starting to catch on they've been wound up by the tax avoiders against their own best interest.
3/17
debatingroom.bsky.social @debatingroom.bsky.social
Cracking down on the wealthy tax avoiders not only makes more agricultural land available at an affordable price, but a drop in the value of land means that fewer farmers would have to pay inheritance tax.
4/17
Judi Sutherland @judisutherland.bsky.social
What I’m not clear about is, if they are not farming the land, what are they doing with it? Renting it to tenants? Rearing pheasants for the shoot? Rewilding?
5/17
Christopher @self-defined.bsky.social
Farmers clearly weren't bothered about selling to farmers, it was just a business transaction.
Sudden change to 'its all about farming', when they were viewed just like every other business- which they had demonstrated- they were!
Hoist on their own petard?
My sympathy meter remains stationary.
6/17
Ian Hardie @ianhardie.bsky.social
The media would do well to portray these facts. As much as they wish to play the Tory line, in towns, particularly Northern towns, sentiment is turning hard against farmers, many who play no part in this drama. Collateral damage, but acceptable to Dyson and Co.
7/17
Mike @whisperingwind.co.uk
Has anyone proposed a scheme that would make tax dodging millionaires pay their way while leaving real farmers alone?
8/17
Hattie @hatspin.bsky.social
Exactly. Surely it wouldn’t be hard to work out if they are actually farming the land properly or just using it as a Swiss bank account.
9/17
Glostermeteor
@glostermeteor.bsky.socialI dont actually think that matters. I think farmers shd pay IHT like everyone else. All that would happen is the wealthy would farm 1 field and use that to avoid IHT.
10/17
Paul Astell @paulastell.bsky.social
Those farmers in their 80s hanging on to their farms complaining about how much tax their children will face should sack their financial advisors who long ago failed to advise them to pass on their businesses. The 7-year rule would mean a zero tax bill, just like everyone else.
11/17
Hattie @hatspin.bsky.social
Of course, but these are also the people who if they willingly go to a dr they are probably close to death. The farms they inherited weren’t the businesses they are now.
I doubt they would have done it even if their advisors suggested it.
« It’s just not how it’s done »
12/17
Trump is great @kamalatheloser.bsky.social
The minute you utter the words avoiding inheritance tax... you lose every argument
No one person should ever pay this insane tax!!! A double triple and sometimes quadruple tax. To give to a government which squanders it with its corruption
Leave the farmers alone
13/17
Political Compass @politicalcompass1.bsky.social
Persimmons homes own farmland
I wonder why
14/17
Spanglish @spanglish51.bsky.social
Keep shouting this !
15/17
Gem&Molly ⓥ @gemandmoll.bsky.social
How many were not British? I think I read somewhere of rich foreigners buying shooting estates?
16/17
AdyBee
@adybee.bsky.social
17/17
aidThompsin @aidthompsin.bsky.social
BOOM, Mike.
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Future Europa 
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Very good. Makes me proud to be European!
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Kourou, French Guiana. Sentinel-1C joins Sentinel-1A to continue monitoring floods and deforestation, tracking oil spills and illegal maritime activities.
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Future Europa
@futureeuropa.bsky.socialVery good. Makes me proud to be European!
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Tobi (@tobifrenzen.bsky.social)
🟥 "I don't believe in ANY asylum, I really don't! I feel sorry for the people in our villages..." Gasps Alastair Campbell: "Do you feel sorry for the people who're feeling war and persecution?" 🟥 "I think there's far too much made of this that they're fleeing wars!" Incredulous laughter #bbcqt
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Tobi
"I don't believe in ANY asylum, I really don't! I feel sorry for the people in our villages..."
Gasps
Alastair Campbell: "Do you feel sorry for the people who're feeling war and persecution?"
"I think there's far too much made of this that they're fleeing wars!"
Incredulous laughter
#bbcqt
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Tobi @tobifrenzen.bsky.social
*fleeing war and persecution
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antmo66.bsky.social @antmo66.bsky.social
Let's be honest here, it's likely she doesn't even care about the people in her village.
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Eva (she, her)
@meteorgirl.bsky.social
Ah the ugly face of right wing hate, from the generation that had everything, but wants to deny anyone else any opportunity whatsoever.
Little Englanders writ large, at home in the arms of the BBC, nurtured by the Daily Express and Daily Mail.
I know who I would deport!
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Granty Chelseaboy @enlightment.bsky.social
You know, it's dangerous to generalise.It severs only one purpose,to divide us.I fully acknowledge that my generation without exception was the most fortunate generation in UK history.Dont judge us simply on the words of one ill-informed bigoted woman on TV.Her views are not shared by my generation.
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Andreas Pren
@andreas-pren.bsky.social
Of course not everyone of that incredibly fortunate generation is entitled/bigoted. Unfortunately it’s the demographic which houses most support for the extreme right wing parties in the UK,Tories and Reform
7/45
Granty Chelseaboy @enlightment.bsky.social
Yes,I take your point!
But more of us than are generally characterise know how fortunate we were growing up in the 1950s.Acknowledge the benefits the welfare state brought us growing up.Some of us have fought hard to maintain it against the onslaught from the Right.We failed and that's our crime.
8/45
Andreas Pren @andreas-pren.bsky.social
Unfortunately there are plenty of my generation who provided rich manure for the far right to grow. Farage et al have targeted the elderly(the last generation who put the Empire on a pedestal-with all its exceptionalist pomp) and then the politically illiterate
9/45
Granty Chelseaboy @enlightment.bsky.social
It's much more complex than that,i believe Andreas. But i do agree that political illiteracy lays at the heart of it, theirs nothing new in that. Ppl want easy answers and someone to blame. In that sort of environment,the extremes of far Right & far Left in politics thrive.
10/45
Andreas Pren @andreas-pren.bsky.social
The far right like Farage(who has charisma) are adept at deflecting blame for the financial mismanagement of the country and the ever growing wealth gap between ‘the 5%’ and the rest of us, onto the most vulnerable people on earth..the refugee
11/45
Eva (she, her) @meteorgirl.bsky.social
It’s the legions of thick as mince bigots and haters that are so easily convinced by this. They contribute nothing to society, spread their hate at every opportunity and now have a ‘messiah’ that hates the same things they do. It’s a good job the BBC seeks to promote him at every opportunity.
12/45
Lord Q @lordq.bsky.social
I'm 60 yes old and have an incurable cancer. I just Hope I am still here to vote in the next GE against these racists and bigots one last time. They truly are the very worst of us!
13/45
Jillian @bookworm17.bsky.social
Goodness, what a void of empathy. Has she never herself experienced a need? Does she not know she may herself, through no fault of her own, find herself having to flee?
14/45
oldandbored.bsky.social @oldandbored.bsky.social
I'll put money on this gammonette goes to church once a week and thinks she us a good person.
15/45
justj1.bsky.social @justj1.bsky.social
I'm almost without words......a reform UK Ltd supporter, a farage fan.....I'm ashamed this country can produce such a creature
16/45
johndonovanuk.bsky.social @johndonovanuk.bsky.social
Bigoted old ladies are not a new phenomenon but most aren't as shameless as this one.
17/45
Mark @deirbhilesdaddy.bsky.social
SADLY people like her have a vote and worship the Daily Mail and Express and of course Farage .
18/45
ShropshireGreenMan @shropshiregreenman.bsky.social
Unfortunately, we all know somebody like that...
19/45
Return of the Orange fukkwomble
@kanagawaben.bsky.social
Too many in Shropshire
20/45
curiouskittyk.bsky.social @curiouskittyk.bsky.social
We can ridicule or we can see this for what it is. The rot in the country that has taken hold due to real problems being exploited by Farage. There’s support for Farage and it will grow if Labour don’t address the problems Farage is blaming entirely on immigration - totally unchallenged BTW.
21/45
E.Jeff.C @ejeffc.bsky.social
Selfish, self-entitled, horrible creature. She doesn’t know true hardship, and only knows how to hate and be the right wing press’ mouthpiece
22/45
fotagraphic.bsky.social @fotagraphic.bsky.social
They walk amongst us…they have become emboldened by years of lies by the media, politicians & corporations to now feel righteous enough to freely air their bigotry & ‘sacredness’ … we are paying for our silence…humouring them doesn’t work
23/45
Markeye @markeye.bsky.social
The sad thing is, we all know people like this - gaslit to within an inch of their lives by the hate-filled propaganda pumped out daily by many of our newspapers and by the likes of Farage, Jenrick and others on the political right.
It’s not just government that needs resetting, it’s the country.
24/45
Paul Moore @paulmooreesq.bsky.social
It's because of people like this I don't watch Question Time any more.
I can't afford to keep buying new TVs every Friday morning
25/45
Small Catty @shirleycrabtree.bsky.social
I think we are all Gordon Brown now.
26/45
CJ McK @cjmck.bsky.social
And to think we breed from such specimens of humanity !!!
27/45
Spiny Norman @gumby1903.bsky.social
Hagusbytchus.... Racist and Hypocrite all rolled into one..#BBCnazis
28/45
KoKoPopz @kokopopz.bsky.social
Just the kind of person that NFarrige likes
29/45
steve jones @kilfrew.bsky.social
Why do keep thinking she's probably a good Christian who's going to attend church on sunday?
30/45
Sally C @nellie1.bsky.social
Her reply is shocking and shows her privilege.
31/45
James Elsender @jameselsender.bsky.social
Curious what this person would say about evacuating kids during the blitz...?
"Bit of bombs is good for young'uns"
32/45
bridgetpf.bsky.social @bridgetpf.bsky.social
Sadly this is the reality of Reform expressed by this person Thankfully the rest of the audience seem as appalled as anyone watching
33/45
Mary Unwin @munwin.bsky.social
I’d like her to go and do a week of interview in the asylum decision making department.
34/45
lila7.bsky.social @lila7.bsky.social
Would you really?
I’d be sorry for the people who would have to be interviewed by her.
35/45
Mary Unwin @munwin.bsky.social
Good point. It broke me. I was hoping it would open her eyes. But you’re right. You’re not supposed to re traumatise.
36/45
Gary @gazfs.bsky.social
She has successfully advertised herself as a old bigot. Her face will be used in memes for years to come.
37/45
Elaine @elaine5.bsky.social
At least she's not my mother...oh hang on a minute, I've heard all that before...
38/45
Gavalaaaa! @gavalaaaa.bsky.social
Nice to see that this ghastly old trout is going viral.
39/45
Powerbick @powerbick.bsky.social
They walk amongst us...
40/45
matatyahu.bsky.social @matatyahu.bsky.social
Sure. France is war-torn.
She is right.
We are being sacrificed to the 'asylum' fetish.
41/45
Ian @ian-daylee.bsky.social
I admire her bravery.
42/45
caughtinthespin.bsky.social @caughtinthespin.bsky.social
What an inhumane being. Hope they build a war fleeing hostel next door to her
43/45
robphilp.bsky.social @robphilp.bsky.social
She was only there to throw her knickers at faraj......
44/45
dw3goe.bsky.social @dw3goe.bsky.social
She had them off ready for Farage.
45/45
Ade @bushbaby53.bsky.social
And if British people were forced to flee for their lives?
Leaving everything they built up
No income or savings
No more cosy chats with the neighbours
No relaxing in front of the TV
No visits to A&E
No nipping down the shops for something nice to eat
No what shall I wear today
"That's different"?
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Tobi
"I don't believe in ANY asylum, I really don't! I feel sorry for the people in our villages..."Gasps
Alastair Campbell: "Do you feel sorry for the people who're feeling war and persecution?"
"I think there's far too much made of this that they're fleeing wars!"Incredulous laughter
#bbcqt
2/45
Tobi @tobifrenzen.bsky.social
*fleeing war and persecution
3/45
antmo66.bsky.social @antmo66.bsky.social
Let's be honest here, it's likely she doesn't even care about the people in her village.
4/45
Eva (she, her)
@meteorgirl.bsky.socialAh the ugly face of right wing hate, from the generation that had everything, but wants to deny anyone else any opportunity whatsoever.
Little Englanders writ large, at home in the arms of the BBC, nurtured by the Daily Express and Daily Mail.
I know who I would deport!
5/45
Granty Chelseaboy @enlightment.bsky.social
You know, it's dangerous to generalise.It severs only one purpose,to divide us.I fully acknowledge that my generation without exception was the most fortunate generation in UK history.Dont judge us simply on the words of one ill-informed bigoted woman on TV.Her views are not shared by my generation.
6/45
Andreas Pren
@andreas-pren.bsky.socialOf course not everyone of that incredibly fortunate generation is entitled/bigoted. Unfortunately it’s the demographic which houses most support for the extreme right wing parties in the UK,Tories and Reform
7/45
Granty Chelseaboy @enlightment.bsky.social
Yes,I take your point!
But more of us than are generally characterise know how fortunate we were growing up in the 1950s.Acknowledge the benefits the welfare state brought us growing up.Some of us have fought hard to maintain it against the onslaught from the Right.We failed and that's our crime.
8/45
Andreas Pren
@andreas-pren.bsky.socialUnfortunately there are plenty of my generation who provided rich manure for the far right to grow. Farage et al have targeted the elderly(the last generation who put the Empire on a pedestal-with all its exceptionalist pomp) and then the politically illiterate
9/45
Granty Chelseaboy @enlightment.bsky.social
It's much more complex than that,i believe Andreas. But i do agree that political illiteracy lays at the heart of it, theirs nothing new in that. Ppl want easy answers and someone to blame. In that sort of environment,the extremes of far Right & far Left in politics thrive.
10/45
Andreas Pren
@andreas-pren.bsky.socialThe far right like Farage(who has charisma) are adept at deflecting blame for the financial mismanagement of the country and the ever growing wealth gap between ‘the 5%’ and the rest of us, onto the most vulnerable people on earth..the refugee
11/45
Eva (she, her)
@meteorgirl.bsky.socialIt’s the legions of thick as mince bigots and haters that are so easily convinced by this. They contribute nothing to society, spread their hate at every opportunity and now have a ‘messiah’ that hates the same things they do. It’s a good job the BBC seeks to promote him at every opportunity.
12/45
Lord Q @lordq.bsky.social
I'm 60 yes old and have an incurable cancer. I just Hope I am still here to vote in the next GE against these racists and bigots one last time. They truly are the very worst of us!
13/45
Jillian @bookworm17.bsky.social
Goodness, what a void of empathy. Has she never herself experienced a need? Does she not know she may herself, through no fault of her own, find herself having to flee?
14/45
oldandbored.bsky.social @oldandbored.bsky.social
I'll put money on this gammonette goes to church once a week and thinks she us a good person.
15/45
justj1.bsky.social @justj1.bsky.social
I'm almost without words......a reform UK Ltd supporter, a farage fan.....I'm ashamed this country can produce such a creature
16/45
johndonovanuk.bsky.social @johndonovanuk.bsky.social
Bigoted old ladies are not a new phenomenon but most aren't as shameless as this one.
17/45
Mark @deirbhilesdaddy.bsky.social
SADLY people like her have a vote and worship the Daily Mail and Express and of course Farage .
18/45
ShropshireGreenMan @shropshiregreenman.bsky.social
Unfortunately, we all know somebody like that...
19/45
Return of the Orange fukkwomble
@kanagawaben.bsky.socialToo many in Shropshire
20/45
curiouskittyk.bsky.social @curiouskittyk.bsky.social
We can ridicule or we can see this for what it is. The rot in the country that has taken hold due to real problems being exploited by Farage. There’s support for Farage and it will grow if Labour don’t address the problems Farage is blaming entirely on immigration - totally unchallenged BTW.
21/45
E.Jeff.C @ejeffc.bsky.social
Selfish, self-entitled, horrible creature. She doesn’t know true hardship, and only knows how to hate and be the right wing press’ mouthpiece
22/45
fotagraphic.bsky.social @fotagraphic.bsky.social
They walk amongst us…they have become emboldened by years of lies by the media, politicians & corporations to now feel righteous enough to freely air their bigotry & ‘sacredness’ … we are paying for our silence…humouring them doesn’t work
23/45
Markeye @markeye.bsky.social
The sad thing is, we all know people like this - gaslit to within an inch of their lives by the hate-filled propaganda pumped out daily by many of our newspapers and by the likes of Farage, Jenrick and others on the political right.
It’s not just government that needs resetting, it’s the country.
24/45
Paul Moore @paulmooreesq.bsky.social
It's because of people like this I don't watch Question Time any more.
I can't afford to keep buying new TVs every Friday morning
25/45
Small Catty @shirleycrabtree.bsky.social
I think we are all Gordon Brown now.
26/45
CJ McK @cjmck.bsky.social
And to think we breed from such specimens of humanity !!!
27/45
Spiny Norman @gumby1903.bsky.social
Hagusbytchus.... Racist and Hypocrite all rolled into one..#BBCnazis
28/45
KoKoPopz @kokopopz.bsky.social
Just the kind of person that NFarrige likes
29/45
steve jones @kilfrew.bsky.social
Why do keep thinking she's probably a good Christian who's going to attend church on sunday?
30/45
Sally C @nellie1.bsky.social
Her reply is shocking and shows her privilege.
31/45
James Elsender @jameselsender.bsky.social
Curious what this person would say about evacuating kids during the blitz...?
"Bit of bombs is good for young'uns"
32/45
bridgetpf.bsky.social @bridgetpf.bsky.social
Sadly this is the reality of Reform expressed by this person Thankfully the rest of the audience seem as appalled as anyone watching
33/45
Mary Unwin @munwin.bsky.social
I’d like her to go and do a week of interview in the asylum decision making department.
34/45
lila7.bsky.social @lila7.bsky.social
Would you really?
I’d be sorry for the people who would have to be interviewed by her.
35/45
Mary Unwin @munwin.bsky.social
Good point. It broke me. I was hoping it would open her eyes. But you’re right. You’re not supposed to re traumatise.
36/45
Gary @gazfs.bsky.social
She has successfully advertised herself as a old bigot. Her face will be used in memes for years to come.
37/45
Elaine @elaine5.bsky.social
At least she's not my mother...oh hang on a minute, I've heard all that before...
38/45
Gavalaaaa! @gavalaaaa.bsky.social
Nice to see that this ghastly old trout is going viral.
39/45
Powerbick @powerbick.bsky.social
They walk amongst us...
40/45
matatyahu.bsky.social @matatyahu.bsky.social
Sure. France is war-torn.
She is right.
We are being sacrificed to the 'asylum' fetish.
41/45
Ian @ian-daylee.bsky.social
I admire her bravery.
42/45
caughtinthespin.bsky.social @caughtinthespin.bsky.social
What an inhumane being. Hope they build a war fleeing hostel next door to her
43/45
robphilp.bsky.social @robphilp.bsky.social
She was only there to throw her knickers at faraj......
44/45
dw3goe.bsky.social @dw3goe.bsky.social
She had them off ready for Farage.
45/45
Ade @bushbaby53.bsky.social
And if British people were forced to flee for their lives?
Leaving everything they built up
No income or savings
No more cosy chats with the neighbours
No relaxing in front of the TV
No visits to A&E
No nipping down the shops for something nice to eat
No what shall I wear today
"That's different"?
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Susanna 🇪🇺 (@susannaamala5.bsky.social)
If you are pro EU please follow every group on this list. We need to grow the pro EU numbers on blue sky. 💙 🦋💙 #Rejoin 🇪🇺 [contains quote post or other embedded content]
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Mike Galsworthy (@mikegalsworthy.bsky.social)
Good morning all! ☕️ This morning, I have a request. I’m excited about the pro-EU community rebuilding on Bluesky with so much energy happening here. It’s *perfect* for what we need to be doing in 2025. Therefore, could you please follow these local pro-EU groups …and yes, I will make a...
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1/3
Susanna
If you are pro EU please follow every group on this list. We need to grow the pro EU numbers on blue sky.
#Rejoin
2/3
Eyes @eyes802.bsky.social
Done!
3/3
Susanna @susannaamala5.bsky.social
Thank you
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Susanna
If you are pro EU please follow every group on this list. We need to grow the pro EU numbers on blue sky.
#Rejoin 2/3
Eyes @eyes802.bsky.social
Done!
3/3
Susanna
@susannaamala5.bsky.socialThank you
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Mike Galsworthy (@mikegalsworthy.bsky.social)
Good morning all! ☕️ This morning, I have a request. I’m excited about the pro-EU community rebuilding on Bluesky with so much energy happening here. It’s *perfect* for what we need to be doing in 2025. Therefore, could you please follow these local pro-EU groups …and yes, I will make a...
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1/34
Mike Galsworthy
Good morning all!
️
This morning, I have a request.
I’m excited about the pro-EU community rebuilding on Bluesky with so much energy happening here. It’s *perfect* for what we need to be doing in 2025.
Therefore, could you please follow these local pro-EU groups
…and yes, I will make a list.
2/34
suemcgee.bsky.social @suemcgee.bsky.social
Done
thanks for making it so easy
3/34
Alastair #FBPE
@alastairh4h.bsky.social
Morning Mike,
I’m looking forward to having you on my mutuals feed, there again, it’s gotta be very time consuming with so many to follow back.
Have a splendid day.
4/34
lostinpompeii.bsky.social @lostinpompeii.bsky.social
This list is great. All followed.
5/34
juanitajw.bsky.social @juanitajw.bsky.social
All followed, thank you
6/34
InkedMum7377
AKA Claire#FBPE#fukkDeform#KTTO 
No MAGA @inkedmum7377.bsky.social
Followed all and reposted
7/34
BremainInSpain @bremaininspain.bsky.social
Thanks, Mike. All followed and shared.
8/34
Rachel Coates @coatescan.bsky.social
Watching Georgia this morning in absolute awe! Feel the need to get very loud with a flag and a glockenspiel
9/34
Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social
Yes!
10/34
North Wales for Europe Gogledd Cymru dros Ewrop @nwforeurope.bsky.social
Please add North Wales for Europe Gogledd Cymru dros Ewrop to the list
11/34
Mack @myavelli.bsky.social
yes, but can we agree that youth mobility schemes and FoM for musicians is not enough and would only enable the govt to drag its feet on FoM for ALL? CUSM = OK, #rejoinEU, obvs OK but most everything else is a diversion.
12/34
Dr. Chris @drchrisythomas.bsky.social
Followed all - hoping for follow backs
#FBPE
13/34
whitehaired1.bsky.social @whitehaired1.bsky.social
Much as rejoining the EU, there are bigger issues about why we got led down that garden path, why people don’t see themselves within global systems, why people think Britain was just fine before joining the EU (we had an empire and we were struggling without it after 1947).
14/34
Sarah @skiplightly.bsky.social
Thank you for all your campaigning and hard work. If we have to wait for a generation before we rejoin I shall be over 90! It will be worth it and I'll hang around to celebrate when we get there.
15/34
Crimson Idol
@the-crimson-idol.bsky.social
I'd love to rejoin, but I just can't see it due to the requirements to join the Euro and Schengen, I know you don't have to join the Euro immediately, but I can just see the Brexit contingent making a big thing of it. I fear Single Market is the best we could hope for...
16/34
Philip Brown @tidybox.bsky.social
Schengen is not an argument against joining. UK has seen soaring migration since leaving. EU Border Controls exist for MSs to set temporary restrictions. ETIAS was introduced with UK support for increasing security at external EU borders. Parliament had all this information before UK withdrew.
17/34
Crimson Idol @the-crimson-idol.bsky.social
It will be an argument for hard right Brexiteers. Grifters like Farage will be all over it and it will be effective as an argument amongst his base.
18/34
rsoxford.bsky.social @rsoxford.bsky.social
Done
19/34
Chris Doc Strange
@chrisdocstrange.bsky.social
Thanks Mike, there was a handful I'd missed
20/34
Peter Keane @grassfuse.bsky.social
O.K.! 'Brexit'was a state of the art 'Pig in a Poke' scam,and I'm sick of being forced to feast on the tatty moggy that resulted when the 'cat was let out of the bag'.
It was truly a classic, just bang up to date with a rogue conman describing the wonderful possibilities that could be in the bag!
21/34
Charles Ellis @charlesellis.bsky.social
Done
22/34
ladymeg.bsky.social @ladymeg.bsky.social
Thanks Mike. It’s good to rebuild the community here.
23/34
Seán Connors @seanconnorswrites.bsky.social
Always happy to take follow recommendations, Mike. Perhaps you could mention to people on your lists that a follow back is a good idea. Otherwise bsky will become less of a community and more of a fan base.
Keep up the good work.
24/34
Artemis / Enheduanna @artemisenheduanna.bsky.social
Followed, Mike. Thanks. Such a relief to have somewhere that isn't Twitter.
25/34
Kieron @kman68.bsky.social
Followed all.
26/34
Matthew Vincent #FBPE @bowtie5.bsky.social
All done
So quick and easy
27/34
peter_pdm 
@peterpdm.bsky.social
Done Mike
28/34
Keith Swinburne @keithswinburne.bsky.social
Followed
29/34
huxleyisland.bsky.social @huxleyisland.bsky.social
No Manchester or Gtr Mcr group?
30/34
Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social
There is - and I’m chasing them to get on Bluesky.
31/34
Walt
@jagsman.bsky.social
Good morning Mike
32/34
Dan Swarbrick @darkzerstorer.bsky.social
Followed all, thanks Mike.
33/34
Talpa @shedspace.bsky.social
34/34
Arsène Fürst @arsenefurst.bsky.social
Done!
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Mike Galsworthy
Good morning all!
️This morning, I have a request.
I’m excited about the pro-EU community rebuilding on Bluesky with so much energy happening here. It’s *perfect* for what we need to be doing in 2025.
Therefore, could you please follow these local pro-EU groups
…and yes, I will make a list.
2/34
suemcgee.bsky.social @suemcgee.bsky.social
Done
thanks for making it so easy3/34
Alastair #FBPE
@alastairh4h.bsky.socialMorning Mike,
I’m looking forward to having you on my mutuals feed, there again, it’s gotta be very time consuming with so many to follow back.
Have a splendid day.
4/34
lostinpompeii.bsky.social @lostinpompeii.bsky.social
This list is great. All followed.
5/34
juanitajw.bsky.social @juanitajw.bsky.social
All followed, thank you
6/34
InkedMum7377
AKA Claire#FBPE#fukkDeform#KTTO No MAGA @inkedmum7377.bsky.socialFollowed all and reposted
7/34
BremainInSpain @bremaininspain.bsky.social
Thanks, Mike. All followed and shared.
8/34
Rachel Coates @coatescan.bsky.social
Watching Georgia this morning in absolute awe! Feel the need to get very loud with a
flag and a glockenspiel9/34
Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social
Yes!
10/34
North Wales for Europe Gogledd Cymru dros Ewrop @nwforeurope.bsky.social
Please add North Wales for Europe Gogledd Cymru dros Ewrop to the list
11/34
Mack @myavelli.bsky.social
yes, but can we agree that youth mobility schemes and FoM for musicians is not enough and would only enable the govt to drag its feet on FoM for ALL? CUSM = OK, #rejoinEU, obvs OK but most everything else is a diversion.
12/34
Dr. Chris @drchrisythomas.bsky.social
Followed all - hoping for follow backs
#FBPE
13/34
whitehaired1.bsky.social @whitehaired1.bsky.social
Much as rejoining the EU, there are bigger issues about why we got led down that garden path, why people don’t see themselves within global systems, why people think Britain was just fine before joining the EU (we had an empire and we were struggling without it after 1947).
14/34
Sarah @skiplightly.bsky.social
Thank you for all your campaigning and hard work. If we have to wait for a generation before we rejoin I shall be over 90! It will be worth it and I'll hang around to celebrate when we get there.
15/34
Crimson Idol
@the-crimson-idol.bsky.socialI'd love to rejoin, but I just can't see it due to the requirements to join the Euro and Schengen, I know you don't have to join the Euro immediately, but I can just see the Brexit contingent making a big thing of it. I fear Single Market is the best we could hope for...
16/34
Philip Brown @tidybox.bsky.social
Schengen is not an argument against joining. UK has seen soaring migration since leaving. EU Border Controls exist for MSs to set temporary restrictions. ETIAS was introduced with UK support for increasing security at external EU borders. Parliament had all this information before UK withdrew.
17/34
Crimson Idol
@the-crimson-idol.bsky.socialIt will be an argument for hard right Brexiteers. Grifters like Farage will be all over it and it will be effective as an argument amongst his base.
18/34
rsoxford.bsky.social @rsoxford.bsky.social
Done
19/34
Chris Doc Strange
@chrisdocstrange.bsky.socialThanks Mike, there was a handful I'd missed
20/34
Peter Keane @grassfuse.bsky.social
O.K.! 'Brexit'was a state of the art 'Pig in a Poke' scam,and I'm sick of being forced to feast on the tatty moggy that resulted when the 'cat was let out of the bag'.
It was truly a classic, just bang up to date with a rogue conman describing the wonderful possibilities that could be in the bag!
21/34
Charles Ellis @charlesellis.bsky.social
Done
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ladymeg.bsky.social @ladymeg.bsky.social
Thanks Mike. It’s good to rebuild the community here.
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Seán Connors @seanconnorswrites.bsky.social
Always happy to take follow recommendations, Mike. Perhaps you could mention to people on your lists that a follow back is a good idea. Otherwise bsky will become less of a community and more of a fan base.
Keep up the good work.
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Artemis / Enheduanna @artemisenheduanna.bsky.social
Followed, Mike. Thanks. Such a relief to have somewhere that isn't Twitter.
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Kieron @kman68.bsky.social
Followed all.
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Matthew Vincent #FBPE
@bowtie5.bsky.socialAll done
So quick and easy
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peter_pdm
@peterpdm.bsky.socialDone Mike
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Keith Swinburne @keithswinburne.bsky.social
Followed
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huxleyisland.bsky.social @huxleyisland.bsky.social
No Manchester or Gtr Mcr group?
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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social
There is - and I’m chasing them to get on Bluesky.
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Walt
@jagsman.bsky.socialGood morning Mike
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Dan Swarbrick @darkzerstorer.bsky.social
Followed all, thanks Mike.
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Talpa @shedspace.bsky.social
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Arsène Fürst @arsenefurst.bsky.social
Done!
To post tweets in this format, more info here: https://www.thecoli.com/threads/tips-and-tricks-for-posting-the-coli-megathread.984734/post-52211196
Just like the Dems in the US neutered the immigration issue by going right?
I'm done make predictions after this last election, but this could very easily help push a lot of UK voters in to the arms of Reform.
ADevilYouKhow
Rhyme Reason
MP calls for first-cousin marriage to be banned — BBC News
Tory former minister Richard Holden says the children of first cousins are at greater risk of birth defects.
apple.news
Elon Musk's Tesla lobbied UK to charge petrol drivers more
Musk's firm backed the government's green stance, despite its maverick chief executive's social media attacks.
www.bbc.com
Elon Musk's Tesla lobbied UK to charge petrol drivers more
8 hours ago
Faisal Islam
Economics editor•@faisalislam
Elon Musk's electric car firm Tesla pushed the government to make petrol car drivers "pay more" in the days after Labour won the general election.
Musk, the chief executive of Tesla, has waded into British politics openly on social media, predicting "civil war" and criticising prime minister Sir Keir Starmer.
But behind the scenes his firm was trying to persuade the new government to extend a policy that would boost his firm's profits.
The company called for the mandate to boost electric car sales to be extended to lorries, and said electric vehicle (EV) subsidies could come from charging people buying petrol and diesel cars.
"The government should ask those still choosing to purchase a new polluting vehicle, to pay more," Tesla's European boss, Joe Ward, wrote in a letter addressed to roads minister, Lilian Greenwood, in July.
The letter, released under a Freedom of Information request made by the EV newsletter The Fast Charge, shows that Tesla "applauded the Labour Party's strong position [on] decarbonisation of the energy system by 2030, growth and net zero".
The praise came just weeks before Musk lashed out online at the UK government over the summer riots.
The BBC reported in September that Musk was not invited to the government's investment summit partly because of tensions over his political interventions.
Since then the billionaire has become the indispensable right-hand man to incoming US president, Donald Trump. The surging value of his stake in Tesla since the election there has underpinned an incredible rise in Musk's wealth.
The UK government is currently consulting on changes to a key measure, meant to encourage sale of electric cars, the Zero Emission Vehicle (ZEV) mandate.
The ZEV mandate requires carmakers to sell a set number of EVs per year, and if they cannot meet their targets, they have to purchase credits from other EV makers who have sold more of the lower polluting vehicles.
UK carmakers are pushing for the policy to be diluted, arguing customers are not yet buying EVs in high enough numbers.
The letter from Tesla lobbied for the opposite policy, saying the ZEV mandate "must be protected and strengthened".
Tesla stands to become a major beneficiary of the ZEV mandate as it can sell surplus credits from its imports of its own EVs, made in China.
Tesla also lobbied the new government for the UK to lead on the "scale up of autonomous vehicles", and offered a demonstration of the companies' vision.