Midas Eye

Midas Eye

@midaseye.bsky.social

Cinema & prog rock Music fanatic. Ex Labour Party member. New Green Party member 😜. Politics 🇬🇧🇺🇸 Pro EU, customs Union, freedom of movement. #FBPE Anti Tory, anti fascist (MAGA) or #antifa if you prefer. Keen male photographer.

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My letter to Labour stating my resignation from the party bounced as it went to an address that was not monitored. I added a further line and posted to the correct address. I do not expect a response.

Latest UK betting odds on US midterm elections. It makes me feel a little better. Democrats for house + senate 4/9 (Probability 69.23%) Democrats house, GOP senate 11/4 (Probability 26.66%) GOP house + senate 9/1 (Probability 10%) GOP house, Democrats senate 50/1 (Probability 1.96%)

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The Conservatives are promising 50,000 new prison places. To put this into perspective, this is the same party that managed a net increase of about 500 in fourteen years.

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You don’t fight fascists by pretending their ‘concerns’ are ‘legitimate’.

Jonathan Portes@jdportes.bsky.social

The immigration doom loop, summed up here by @gabyhinsliff.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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Good morning Bluesky ☀️ From time to time I like to repost this seminal exchange between Professor Stanley Unwin and Peter Hawkins, the voice of Bill and Ben. 

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I’m not religious but I pray the midterms go the way of the democrats. In a way that cannot be ignored.

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Much of the media isn’t picking up on the ITV investigation into Reform UK (WONDER WHY???). Anyway, I wrote about it for LBC Views and more specifically how if we tolerate this we will become the United States - www.lbc.co.uk/article/refo...

lbc.co.ukReform wants you to believe racism and sexism are ‘pub talk’. Don’t let them get away with it, writes Natasha Devon | LBCReform are a party absolutely riddled with contradictions.

I am literally dreading the next three weeks. I am dreading the news coverage after Nov 3rd even more. This is a worthwhile read. There is nothing new here but it succinctly sums up what possibly, even probably, may occur over the next 18 days. www.jackhopkinsnow.com/p/he-already...

jackhopkinsnow.comHe Already Told You the Plan. Here’s What It Looks Like When He Runs It.Nine moves, three acts, about three weeks. A field guide for the people who’ll be paying attention.

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Kemi Badenoch spent most of PMQs pouring doubt on Andy Burnham's claims about Russian interference in our democracy, yet her spokesman can't tell me whether she has yet read the Russia report, which was published some six years ago during her own time in Government

"I am deeply sorry for the harm Jane Doe suffered in 2024, and appalled that this act of sexual violence occurred within our Cornell community” ————————————————- They are not sorry. They are simply sorry that the story broke out. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

bbc.co.ukCornell cancels fraternity parties over sexual assault caseThe school has faced an uproar over how it handled assault allegations brought by a woman known as Jane Doe.

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And the sound of crickets from the British Government. Labour are too busy on their moral crusade against the poor.

The China-Global South Project@chinagsproject.bsky.social

China is reaching beyond its borders to tax wealth held offshore, with a 20% levy on income from offshore trusts putting pressure on wealthy Chinese with assets across global financial hubs. buff.ly/VKyFPyZ

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Annie Andrews: "I do not support the war in Iran…My opponent is the only one on this stage who had the opportunity to vote to end the war, but three times in a row she voted to continue it…Why would we hand Darline Graham a full term in the U.S. Senate? She is unserious and she is unqualified."

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I mean her party is polling on average 18% in the polls. She's 'set' for a general election at Xmas in the same way I'm set for winning a grand slam tennis tournament next week

French students and adults are rioting in the streets over the state of schools in France. The US has a leader who is inviting its enemies to bomb US cities. Public execution is back on the menu. ICE agents are killing people with impunity. The US public response. Let’s create a meme.

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Replying to @miaganga.bsky.social

Don't forget the enablers allowing this to continue. It could be over in a heartbeat. He's the symptom, not the cause. May they all end up permanently wearing orange clothing, since they seem to worship that color.

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So save her life just so the state can kill her "the right way." The death penalty is abhorrent.

Adrian Littlejohn@yorksfella59.bsky.social

Christa Pike is in a "critical condition, receiving life-saving care". Seems it was decided, not that "she must die" but rather "she must only die in a formal, state - sponsored ritual, to make us all feel better"? Strikes me as bizarre and perverse, to say the least. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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There is no world where a civilized country's government should be doing this. Abolish the death penalty.

I would choose to live in America about as much as I would choose to live in Afghanistan, Russia or North Korea. A shit hole. With around 30% of citizens being either brain dead or absolute cunts.

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I’ve known many other defense secretaries, starting with Cap Weinberger, who served as defense secretary under Reagan. I can say without fear of contradiction that Pete Hegseth is the stupidest and least qualified of them all. He is a danger to the entire world. He must be impeached.