Ian Ellis

Ian Ellis

@yanzerman.bsky.social

Old man of many aches and pains

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Modern media and social media are built on the foundations of at best plagiarism and at worst ill informed opinion underpinned by specious hearsay masquerading as fact. Now, shut up.

Why can't he be arrested for lying to the British public over Brexit? Admittedly threatening to shoot him is ill judged. Just as accepting £5m is ill judged, irrespective of being or not being an MP. Still, using a political platform to feather ones own nest is hardly original.

Surely they learn at journalism college, not to go on a van Der Graaf generator before presenting to camera?

The main priority should be getting on the electoral register and then actually voting.

Channel 4 News@channel4news.bsky.social

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Another rat leaves one sinking ship for another one full of rats- Braverman joins the SS Farage. (SS doesn't stand for steam/sailing ship) The Conservative Party is shrinking fast.

Never, ever forget that Farage is a Trump stooge. He'll buy us into becoming a satellite state. There is nothing Farage won't stoop to, to conquer.

I’m well aware that criticising Trump and his regime will prevent me from entering America. I’m fine with that as long as Trump reciprocates and doesn’t enter me.

The Times today: "Could Meghan visit Britain? Here's what to expect." I going to guess that The Times doesn't mention the fact that they'll probably develop the media equivalent of priapism.

Musk's irresponsibility is an excuse for censorship, the promulgation of disruptive untruths and vicious lies under the guise of free speech is precisely the opposite of such freedom.

Trump is a global tyrant on a par with Xi and Putin. Now more than ever we should be aligning with our European allies not some bronzed, straw thatched despot.

Trump is a global tyrant on a par with Xi and Putin. Now more than ever we should be aligning with our European allies not some bronzed, straw thatched despot.

Dredging through our ill advised comments on social media and using them as a moral barometer is like leaping to the similar conclusions about our physical constitution based on nappy contents from infancy.

Frosty?

Financial Times@financialtimes.com

US President Donald Trump named Louisiana governor Jeff Landry as his special envoy for Greenland, underscoring his determination to take control of the vast Arctic island from Denmark. ft.trib.al/4ioDzx3