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nigelmiam.bsky.social
Observer of the political scene. F1, rugby, skiing, travel, art, history, progressive politics, wine and Wales. FRSA, Young Königswinter alumni.
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The National Trust has five times the membership of all the political parties combined. If you think it's got it wrong, you're going to lose your shit over British politics.

submitted 6 hours ago • 53 comments

UPDATE: From the original poster of the letter on FB:

submitted 20 hours ago • 376 comments

President Zelenskyy has been one of the greatest leaders of our time, guiding Ukraine through the darkest period of its recent history, rising up to Russia’s unwarranted aggression, being an inspiration to the Ukrainian people and ensuring that Ukraine’s voice is heard on the world stage.

submitted 21 days ago • 2876 comments

A Trump shill on Newsnight claims there are more people in prison in UK jails for freedom of speech violations than in Putin’s Russia. These people are radicalised, insane, plain stupid or some combination of all three.

submitted 22 days ago • 193 comments

Hats off to my brilliant Oxfordshire colleague Charlie Maynard for taking Thames Water to court to stop their disastrous bail out that would see more debt piled on and rate payers footing the bill. I was pleased to give my support to the case with a letter of support

submitted 23 days ago • 0 comments

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 🤷🏻‍♂️

submitted 114 days ago • 352 comments

This particularly caught my eye. "She then goes on to say that if she were to get arrested she would 'play the mental health card'." Everything these hard right players accuse others of, everything they complain about, it is almost always projection. ~AA

submitted 146 days ago • 4 comments