Murmuration

Murmuration

@murmeration.bsky.social

Economically inactive, sometime commentator on hypocrisy and incompetence in public life. Mostly UK stuff - but lots of family in US

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“While each of us (voted Brexit) for different reasons, we all believed that the UK could do a better job of running its own affairs than *unelected officials* in Brussels could." Ben Houchen... November 2020 Six years later 👇👇👇

Private Eye Magazine@privateeyenews.bsky.social

Since his ennoblement in Boris Johnson’s 2023 resignation list, Tees Valley regional mayor Lord (Ben) Houchen has claimed more than £25,000 in tax-free daily “attendance” allowances from the House of Lords for 73 days when he hasn’t voted, spoken or performed any recorded parliamentary activity.

Lula re-elected president in Brazil but his opponent Flavio Bolsonaro refuses to accept result Expect the same in USA in 2 weeks. Losing isn’t something these people ever want to be confronted with

Politics latest: Jewish community representatives 'overwhelmingly' pass motion declaring Green Party 'racist' The board of deputies do NOT represent the Jewish community.

Former Goldman Sachs chief Sherwood leaves Britain amid tax hike fears People have been moving to Jersey for decades. It’s what it’s there for. HMRC needs to tighten the rules around what he can and cannot do to run the company from there.

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It is disgraceful that Andy Burnham took an hour out to appear on Gogglebox just to raise money for Stand Up To Cancer. If he's going to do a TV show he should do what I did and pocket £1.5million for eating some kangaroo bollocks.

Iranian plots to kill U.S. officials in Middle East have reached ‘advanced stages,’ intel memo warns Sounds like Trumps Foreign Policy is as simple as …”find a hornets nest - hit it with a big stick!”

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A wild story: the CEO of a US energy company whose plans were discussed during the Witkoff-Kushner-Putin negotiations resigns. Why? He learned that his company's main investor is a sanctioned Russian company, not the UAE www.nytimes.com/2026/10/23/u...

nytimes.comIn U.S. Gas Talks With Kremlin, Hidden Financing for Alaska Project Emerges (Gift Article)Interviews and documents show a Russian energy giant secretly funded a U.S. firm. The deal has been discussed in talks to end the war in Ukraine.

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Thank you Ian. You never get time to say everything you intended to. I should have noted that what Trump considers pressure tactics, like suspending intel on Russian missile launches or messing with Starlink, is costing lives of civilians in Ukraine. That won’t be forgotten.

Ian Bond@cerianbond.bsky.social

Wise words from @lordrickettsp.bsky.social on BBC R4 Today after Trump’s abandonment of Ukraine: UK gov’t has to start a conversation with the people about the threats from Russia & what it means for us. Europe can’t keep hoping that life will return to normal, as long as Trump & Putin are in power.

Melania Trump 'secures Russia and Ukraine ceasefire' in city, says White House Allows Moscow to spend more effort killing Civilians in other cities.

Melania should go there to see what Russia has done, and to ensure the ceasefire holds. She should take Barron with her, cos I suspect a lot of Trump’s inner circle think she’s expendable.

Every time Mike Johnson is cornered, he says “I dont know anything about that…” Ditto Rubio It’s their actual job to really know everything about these things!! They should be talked with people who aren’t liars and determined to blow smoke up their preverbials!

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Ukraine was winning the war, so Trump kneecapped Ukraine to help Russia. I wish it weren’t that simple, but it is. Our president is in bed with our enemies.

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Four brothers went to war against Hitler. Three were killed. The fourth survived, and his grandson, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, is the president of Ukraine. Zelensky comes from a family that fought tyrants: Trump negotiates with them while demanding concessions from their victims.

Zelensky prepares for Oslo talks with US envoys as Rubio denies withholding intelligence Rubio should either learn how these things work, he can go educate himself in Ukraine! Or he should declare his lack of competence, empathy and stomach for the truth !!

It’s now clear …. Vote Trump, get Putin. So much for the land of the brave and the free…. Its been sold to the dictator with the kompromat on POTUS!

Looks like Trump is about to experience 2 years of impotence spent fighting to stay out of gaol Putin is now looking over his shoulder at every turn. And never walks close to windows. Only Xi and Kim have total control of their own futures.

UN cuts food aid to half a million Gazans over funding shortages “While it has reduced large-scale fighting in Gaza, it has not ended Israeli strikes on the territory and there has been little progress towards a permanent peace.” The killing at will by Israel continues….

Israeli police arrest 10 over settler attacks on journalist and diplomats in West Bank Don’t hold your breath over any prosecutions, convictions or penalties…. And certainly not any of the soldiers who aid and abet.

France protests latest: Trump says European country is 'burning' - as Macron prepares to address nation after riots So is Kiev. And he’s to blame!!

mol.im/a/16198861 Why do those who love these old men allow them to be used this way? He was a Marine….he knows that shooting the boats is just as lethal as shooting the people….just slower! It’s like advocating the RAF shoots at shot-down enemy parachutes… surely this isnt who we really are?

mol.imMarine who liberated Falklands says: Machine-gun the migrants' boatsThe commander who led the land operation to liberate the Falklands has triggered a furore by saying that boats carrying migrants across the Channel should be machine-gunned.

As Trump’s Govt crumbles and disintegrates, his whole team will fall into two camps:- - those happy to head down into the bunker with him, knowing there’s no way out - those who head to their homes, pretend they only vaguely knew Trump, didn’t take bribes or profit, & wait for the knock at the door!

Katie Zacharia: Trump's press secretary responds after leaving job a week into appointment First question to the next one…. ”how long do you think you can last?”

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SCOOP: 'Tommy' from the now-viral exchange with Abdul El-Sayed is Thomas Teepell, a former staffer for Republican Senator Josh Hawley with close ties to Christian Nationalist Sean Feucht. He's the son of a former Bobby Jindal staffer whose consultant work was instrumental in getting Hawley elected.

thehandbasket.co'Tommy' from viral El-Sayed video is former Sen. Hawley staffer with Christian nationalist tiesThomas Teepell is the son of a former long-time Bobby Jindal staffer who's close to Sean Feucht.

Israeli settlers attack European diplomats and French mayor in West Bank, Belgium says Trained by the IDF, funded by ?? - these people are NOT settlers. They’re invaders, rioters and thieves.