RobWilliams100

Well, a short bio of the good bits I'm Rob. Or Robbie. Did European Studies at university and feel like a luddite now. A big fan of more trams, and more electrified railways, good walks, hikes and bike rides, and #France. Think Belgium is criminally underrated. Take the occasional decent photo.

Hi @melanieonnmp.bsky.social Times have changed. The EU is not (and has never been) an enemy of Grimsby. A closer relationship to our nearest and most important trading partner is a good thing

NB Ella Whelan is a grifting professional contrarian who regularly lies for Spiked. Not to be ever, ever taken seriously

I can't believe that another far right crook is trying to cheat his way out of defeat in the Israeli elections. Who'd have thought that Netanyahu was a lying cheat. I'm shocked

Anyway, I wrote a little piece about one of the most scenic rail journeys in the Alps francetoday.com/activity/vis...

Pro-Europeans really need to get their act together if they're going to sieze the opportunity which is being presented here. Press and broadcasters reverting right back to their previous position from 2016, with zero update.

Kevin Hollinrake, on the other hand, is a disingenuous featherweight with the credibility of a retarded wombat #Newsnight

I would quite like #RedWall MPs to learn basic economics and develop at least a vague grasp of geopolitics. Is that too much for the likes of Jonathan Hinder? #newsnight

Bolsonaro's loss is not just a loss for Bolsonaro. It's a loss for Trump. For Musk. For Milei. For Netanyahu. For Farage. For Meta and Zuckerberg. For the meat barons, the fossil fuel corporations, and the rest of the neocolonial looters. And it is a massive win for humanity and the living planet.

Nigel Farage, Daniel Hannan, Aaron Banks: the remaining Brexiters look so stale and dated and old. Listening to them is like eating mouldy bread from the back of the cupboard open.substack.com/pub/arguably...

The last time I stayed in #Belgrade we were in the President Hotel. This was the painting above the bed... What an aphrodisiac! (It was ironic. I think).

Well, good news from #Serbia www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...

Now here he is, breaking the consensus. And look: the sky has not fallen, the ground has not caved in.

The whole world is having to deal with the terrifying and expensive chaos caused by this country's temper tantrum, and then we have to hear them mytholigise themselves on top of it all. Just can't be fucking dealing with it.

I've been in France since 2002 and have never seen the streets so violent nor the politics so extreme. From the sacking of the supermarket on my street to the prospect of Présidente Le Pen, here's me @financialtimes.com including thoughts from 2 French Nobel laureates as.ft.com/r/3b05eac8-c...

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The economically, strategically and politically brain dead regressive left still don't understand what #Brexit has done or the mess that Britain is in

Am I the only person who thinks #LewisGoodall is moving further and further to the right? There's a glob smugness that wasn't there before, too

So, Farage has reported ITV to the police following the work their undercover journalists did which confirmed that Reform is indeed a seething mass of racism, misogyny and bigotry. Meanwhile, here’s some commentary from Private Eye and their handy guide to undercover journalists.

Hi @iandunt.bsky.social

I love living in Zone 1, but I don’t think this is true. There’s a huge amount going on in the outer zones - part of what is great about living in zone one is easy access to everything in London, outer and inner.

I think @agnescpoirier.bsky.social is right here. Yes, there is home grown disquiet and anger. There are also efforts from other countries to deepen the divisions #France

In case you weren't sure, #TimStanley confirmed that he is a fucking ignorant imbecile #newsnight

I wrote about France's 'casseurs', about why they are neither protesters nor looters, and why the police seem unable to stop this violence, which only ever comes from relatively small groups (when compared to the hundreds of thousands who protest peacefully)

Bonjour @mrjamesob.bsky.social

It turns out that #Reform councillors, candidates, members and supporters are even more appallingly horrible, ignorant, incompetent and unpleasant than I thought. And my bar was well below sewer level

What a choice the French currently have for president. A far right Russian stooge. And a far left Russian stooge. Neither unifying. Neither honest. Neither decent. #France

Hi the entire #Labour Party

The slithering back to even vaguely positive or optimistic analyses of Trump’s second term after the abominations of January 6th cleared the way for today’s abject betrayal of the Ukrainian people. It’s astonishing how many public figures on both sides of the Atlantic are complicit in the crime.

Smarming up to their money seems to have much to do with British politicians’ (Farage and Tories’) complicity in the Trump/Putin axis of betrayal. Max Hastings (Times)… “we must all keep shouting from the rooftops: "This is a lie!"; "That is a lie!"; "The leader of the United States is lying!"

Saw this little chap having a snack this afternoon

Has Katie Zachariah just applied to become the next Watford manager?

Has anyone worked out how many Scaramuccis Katie Zacharia will have lasted?

How the actual fuck is this imbecile still in the Labour Party?

As ever, a superlative analysis from Chris Grey here, bringing together multiple aspects of the attack on Europe from East and West

I had almost 200k followers on Twitter/X. It afforded me a huge platform and with it I got constant offers to appear on stuff and write stuff. I still appear on stuff and write stuff. Difference is I don't waste hours of my life arguing pointlessly with bots and trolls and I'm so much happier

Frank Lutz is, and always has been a colossal prat #newsnight

George Freeman would seem to be yet another Tory in absolute denial about what America has become. It is not a friend. It is an enemy #newsnight

Wondering if the RW folks like Johnson and Truss, who claimed that Trump was the best hope for the West and NATO, ever look back and reflect on their own stupidity? (It's a rhetorical question)

I'm gobsmacked by ministers' failure to defend Burnham's claim about Russian interference in Brexit (and Tories' claim that he has no proof of it) when there were well-documented troll farms, funded by Russia, spewing out aggressive pro-Brexit attacks on social media at the time

The truly depressing thing is that none of the #Newsnight panelists understand how the EU actually works. Still. After 10 fucking years. That is unforgivable #brexit

It is so depressing to hear @emilythornberry.bsky.social spouting such nonsense about the EU and FoM. She must know by now that the four freedoms are not negotiable #newsnight

To no-one's surprise, Jonathan Hinder is a reactionary and completely wrong arse #Newsnight

The only Christmas party to consider. A night that will linger in your bowels and empty head for ever. World class entertainment. Top intellects of our time. How can you resist?

I would very much like #TomWatson one time dreadful deputy to Jeremy Corbyn, and and now dreadful apologist for Palantir, to fuck off

🧵 Matt Goodwin demanded to be fact-checked live on air when he claimed the UK spent "£100 million PER YEAR on family planning and condoms in Pakistan". He then 'corrected' himself to £74.3 million, saying it was based on a "major news story from October 2025" He was, of course, still wrong... 1/30