I very rarely disagree with @mrjamesob.bsky.social but he said something on his show today that was 😡. He doesn’t like people blaming our press for the right would drift in the country, because he says that would imply that people are stupid.
These people don’t own newspapers for the fun of it.
Yes, but right now it’s the most left leaning platform there is.
This is overt racism. Full stop. There’s no ‘misinterpretation’ and no excuse. This is who he is, who he’s always been, and why he should never be anywhere near power again. And there’s a reason the tapes from The Apprentice have never been released.
@mrjamesob.bsky.social getting absolutely demolished on Threads. Has he misjudged the ‘Starmer must go’ narrative?
Excellent!
@mrjamesob.bsky.social
Am I alone in not getting massively excited by this ‘Starmer must go’ story? No one I know is remotely interested in it.
Hi Simon
Loving your work!
Would be great if you could post on Threads which a much more vibrant community than Bluesky imho.
Cheers!
PS I always remember your first trip to Belfast.
Mike Johnson is about to address UK MPs in parliament.
Which MPs will turn up for this? Sycophantic Tories and Reform types? Or will Labour, Lib Dem and Green MPs turn up in order to hold him to account. I’d like to see him roundly booed.
Trump and Mimi calling our prime minister ‘stupid’.
You are not serious people.
He’s an unreliable partner.
Easy for you to say. Troll.
No it hasn’t.
@mrjamesob.bsky.social I know it’s not logical, but the world of football came up with their own resolution of the pronunciation issue: eg Paris Saint-Germain and Ajax are pronounced in the ‘local’ way. Madrid, both Milans, Barcelona and Bayern Munich are not. No one ever pronounces the J in Ajax. 👍
@mrjamesob.bsky.social The ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas is the same agreement Biden proposed late summer of ‘24.
Both Hamas and Israel initially agreed to it.
Then Trump called Bibi and told him to NOT agree because it would help Trump and hurt Biden's reelection chances.
Gaza faces a severe humanitarian crisis as Israeli restrictions on aid lead to widespread malnutrition and starvation, with hospitals overwhelmed by malnourished children.
Whatever happened to BlueSky?
Pt 1. will bring in revenue from people who, trust me, can afford it.
Pt2 will stimulate growth. The less well off are more likely to spend the extra income rather than squirrel it away, leading to an increase in VAT revenue, and increased income for retailers. They might even start a business.
@rachelreevesmp I doubt you’re on BlueSky, but I have suggestions to help get us out of the Tory created fiscal hole.
1. Introduce the Neil Kinnock ‘Wealth Tax’. 2% on assets over £10m.
2. Increase the tax threshold and reduce the 20% tax rate to 19 or 18%%.
🧵 1/2
And predictably the knocking articles appear out of nowhere! 😂
Forget air conditioning. In the UK, this is all you need. 😁
Free of course in almost all of Europe. The U.S. is rapidly becoming a third world country. It’s only a matter of time before the next major pandemic comes along and Trump tells you to sniff bleach, and RFK tells you to chew vitamins.
And five times higher on Threads. Seriously.
@mrjamesob.bsky.social it’s Arnie SchwarzenEgger
We are witnessing..........
@mrjamesob.bsky.social (I really love you but) it’s Zelenskyy, not Zelinskyy.
🙁
They’re already coming to Britain.
That’s a bit of a leap. Another Grenfell? Seriously?
It’s possible to be an effective front bencher without having designs on the leadership. It’s also possible to be an effective front bencher without having what it takes to be a good prime minister.