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jonathanralph.bsky.social
Teacher, cricket lover, procrastinator. #LFC #SussexCCC #MTOCC
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Andrew Neil now.... and exactly four months ago. A great example of the British Right finally catching up. Their primary objective of 'owning the libs' has hit brutal reality.

Two images that historians will refer back to in horror On the left, the FBI headquarters yesterday On the right, two hours after the Philadelphia plane crash and having failed to even acknowledge it, Donald Trump is on Truth Social pushing his own Crypto Coin The death knell of civil America

Trump has pulled the security of former government officials we know are under threat simply because he doesn't like them. And he's done it at the same time as released a load of very angry, very violent, likely highly armed individuals who are loyal to him. It is dark stuff.

He wasn’t a fan. Until someone explained to him how he could make many billions from it by doing nothing and producing nothing of value for humanity. Now he’s a big fan.

The most compelling sports writer of his generation does it again.

Amazing how many Brexiters who wanted to take back control from unelected bureaucrats and foreign billionaires - are suddenly totally in thrall to an unelected billionaire, huh

I know I have just a tiny number of followers, but let's try this. In the spirit of the excellent whentaken.com/game, post four random photos from 2024 and see if anyone can work out the location. Here goes...

A reminder that Sadiq Khan successfully won three elections in a row by large majorities against Conservative opponents, one of whom, Shaun Bailey, was then given a seat in the House of Lords for life. Funnily enough I don't remember the Daily Mail describing that as a "reward for failure"

Oh, I have ta'en Too little care of this! Take physic, pomp. Expose thyself to feel what wretches feel, That thou mayst shake the superflux to them And show the heavens more just. #KingLear #ShakespeareSunday

Nigel Farage says there's nothing wrong with Elon Musk donating to Reform UK. Here's what he said about European born, US-based billionaire George Soros donating to UK and European human rights and pro-EU groups. "This is an organised attempt... to undermine nation states, to undermine democracy".

1/ Sebastian Gorka, sneering fascist, gun nut & Trump's pick for Director of Counter-Terrorism, calls Kamala Harris "Kamala Half Race" on #Newsnight. I thought at first my ears were deceiving me. At what point will the BBC stop giving softball interviews to vicious extremists?

Massive away win for the little fella.

"Anyway, the resultant petition has.. been pushed by public figures ranging from Elon Musk to Michael Caine. Fine. The Jaws film where the shark genuinely follows the Brody family all the way to the Bahamas is no longer the stupidest thing Michael’s done."

This is because they're eating so much bread and wine whilst Catholics literally have Jesus' blood & body and are therefore on the carnivore diet looking ripped.

A true horror of a man. variety.com/2024/film/re...

I for one am amazed that Keir Starmer, five months after winning a 170 seat majority, has not called a fresh election after acceding to a random petition. Shameful stuff. www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/keir-s...

Funny how we never saw headlines like this after the last government made a series of totally unfunded tax cuts prior to the election

Being a teacher is about as close any of us will get to experience being a celebrity. The reactions when they see you outside the school building, like you can’t possibly be in Costa. “Oh my god it’s Ms Quinn!” #EduSky

And THAT is exactly how people with a huge sense of entitlement regularly behave when they get caught out. #JeremyClarkson

If I were a farmer with an anarchic streak I’d lob a can of soup at a painting just to see what feats of journalistic origami it prompted in the Telegraph.

Keep thinking he’s going off to meet ant and dec

A word on the Allison Pearson free speech row, and what she describes as a ‘Kafkaesque’ threat to it. We asked her on @thenewsagents.bsky.social to discuss. She said: ‘No. And if you get any aspect of the story wrong my lawyers will be watching.’ Gotta love a free speech warrior 🤷🏻‍♂️

Trump has picked Robert Kennedy jnr to be his health secretary saying: "He's going to help make America healthy again." Here's a far from exhaustive list of what RFK believes.

Fact of the day: The Kennedy Space Center is located inside RFK’s skull.

This. Absolutely this.

The excellent @snellarthur.bsky.social on Trump's latest appointments. Two extraordinary paragraphs that barely seem possible open.substack.com/pub/arthursn...

First #blue-sky post. Feels a little like shouting into the void, but you've gotta start somewhere.