Posts by LesleyS #FBPE
You can watch the moment on iPlayer here. From 6m and 10s into the programme.
www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
OMFG I had to go and check that this ACTUALLY happened.
Since when does the BBC ever do chyrons with a political party's branding, rather than their own? Not to mention this is during a pre-election campaign purdah.
(h/t @iainsol.bsky.social)
We learned all the wrong lessons from the pandemic. We should have learned that remote working was a very positive thing!
Christian Nationalism is a Cult of Convenience
It's not betting when there's no risk involved. It's corruption.
Betting involves risk; corruption involves being in Trump's or Hegseth's inner circle in order to know for certain what is planned and when.
@ZeldaRose at X
Share this so it reaches international media:
#RumenRadev, who according to the polls will win the parliamentary elections in #Bulgaria this Sunday displayed a video of him shaking hands with #Putin during a political event yesterday,thus showing who he is really working for.
Giorgia Meloni made a crucial remark when she lectured the French far-right leader J. Bardella:
"Supporting Ukraine is not only a moral duty, but also a strategic necessity, because at stake are not only the dignity, freedom and independence of Kyiv, but also the security of Europe."
NEW: Richard Tice failed to pay almost £100,000 in corporation tax, benefiting his investment company which made large donations to Reform UK.
First time Reform's deputy leader's tax affairs can be directly linked to finances of Nigel Farage's party.
We live in a country where the two most dynamic, charismatic, eloquent politicians of this century have the first names Barack and Zohran. This is what bothers the white supremacists so much.
If you watch and share one thing today make at this. Why is every democrat in the country not talking like this?
Sánchez: “The Far Right and the Right are not shouting because they are winning. They shout because they know their time is coming to an end.”
Sánchez: “Shame on those who remain silent in the face of injustice. Shame on those who exploit workers, who criminalise those who are different, who turn rights into commodities, who defend elite privilege, who support war and violence in Gaza, the West Bank, Ukraine, Lebanon, and the Middle East.”
Spanish PM Pedro Sánchez: “Here in Spain, we are approving and advancing a process to regularise half a million immigrants.
“And I want to say to the Right and the Far Right who oppose this: Spain is the daughter of migration and will not become the mother of xenophobia.”
Concern grows for Suella Braverman as she completely forgets she spent nine years as part of the Conservative government, including two periods as Home Secretary, responsible for immigration.
Why is this necessary? Are cars banned too?
Well worth reposting.
@patmillsuk.bsky.social
Screenshot of a PBS News (@NewsHour) tweet reporting that during Trump's second administration, family members including Jared Kushner, Eric Trump, and Don Jr. are expanding business ventures worth hundreds of millions of dollars, raising concerns about influence peddling and conflicts of interest. The embedded video shows Jared Kushner looking directly at the camera while Trump's back-of-head is visible in the foreground.
But Hunter’s laptop!
Good morning BlueSky from here in the UK.
We seem to be up and running normally again today. Well done @support.bsky.team and your colleagues for sorting out yesterday's problems.
Few explain Trump as well as Scaramucci.
On Trump & the Pope:
I’ve had problems on my iPhone. Seems to be working ok now, after restarting my phone.
I’ve had this for the past hour. Seems to be working fine now. I restarted my phone.
It’s official: the UK is rejoining Erasmus! 👏🇪🇺
Food wrapped in food, makes a lot of sense to me. Will simplify recycling, the packaging can go in the same bin as the food.
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Great news for our young people
glorious intro from Marina Hyde:
"You hear such a lot from Maga Republicans about how liberals think Trump voters are stupid. But not nearly enough about the far more salient point: that Donald Trump thinks Trump voters are stupid."
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Wildly corrupt—the Trump Organization has tons of business with the Chinese Communist Party and Eric should be nowhere near this trip
Could MattGPT face scrutiny under the UK’s ‘proceeds of crime’ law? The British right is awash with money from Orban thinktanks…which Hungary’s new PM says was stolen.
Brilliant deep dive into Orban’s vast UK network by @McCoolingtons
for @thenerve_news. 👏
"The JD Vance two day visit cost Hungarian taxpayers roughly $1.2 billion"
Indeed, EU law *literally* protected Magyar from prosecution by Orbán, who wanted to prosecute him - but Magyar is an MEP, and the European Parliament refused to waive his immunity balkaninsight.com/2025/10/10/m...