Musician, educator, recording engineer, Waco/Mekon cousin and Jon Langford's longtime little helper. Once in The Pretty Things...
Joined September 2009
- Tweets1.2K
- Following99
- Followers60
- Likes409
Pinned Tweet
The dialogue going on between the Left and "Right" of Labour always reminds me of this classic scene in The Life Of Brian. Just get on with it people and cooperate - put egos aside. Its a gift to the Tories. youtube.com/watch?v=a0Bpfwaz…
To is sad news - an amazing artist and groundbreaker.
theguardian.com/music/2026/a…
Barkley McKay retweeted
"When people talk about the need for Black Excellence I counter with an insistence on Black mediocrity: the right for black people to be as average, flawed, compromised & mistaken as any other group of people. The right, ultimately, to be human." R.I.P. Jason Arday
Barkley McKay retweeted
Labour, Tories, Lib Dems and Greens: I demand you stand down in Clacton. I will be a unity candidate and pledge to build at least one affordable house.
Nigel Farage says he wants The People versus the Establishment. So be it.
Leave him to me.
This is good news and throws mockery at the whole proscription thing. Also a welcome reminder why trial by jury (your peers) is NOT something to remove, as it would enable due process abuse by those in power.
Six Palestine Action activists cleared of aggravated burglary over break-in at UK subsidiary of Israeli defence firm bbc.in/4kADbRD
Stop water pollution from misconnections in the Gledhow Valley - Sign the Petition! c.org/FtZr4ZkQ6f via @UKChange
Barkley McKay retweeted
🚨BREAKING CROSSPOST AFTER DDOS ATTACK
Donald Trump Was Recruited by the KGB Under Codename ‘Krasnov’ Claims Former Soviet Spy Chief
A former senior KGB chief claims Trump was recruited by them in 1987 due to his role as a prominent US businessman
bylinesupplement.com/p/break…
Barkley McKay retweeted
America needs to learn the terrifying lesson of the British riots. This was Musk’s trial balloon for the US election.
The prospect of political violence is real. And Musk’s behaviour is a warning shot of what’s to come. My piece for @ObserverUK
theguardian.com/commentisfre…
Barkley McKay retweeted
You condemned Russia's attack on a hospital. You must also condemn Israel's latest attack on a hospital. @Keir_Starmer @DavidLammy.
Atrocious bombing in Ukraine - I’d like to see a similar condemnation from our new government to the atrocities happening in Gaza to innocent children. Both the same atrocities - don’t pick sides.
Barkley McKay retweeted
I know zilch about French politics. But the negative tone of English-language reporting on this election, the assumption that France will be ungovernable, seems strange. Why can’t parties that cooperated to turn back the far right find other ways to cooperate moving forward?
Barkley McKay retweeted
Absolute genius from Jonathan Pie @JonathanPieNews
Show this to any single person who is even thinking of voting Tory.
Vote Tory and you’ve signed that you approve more of this to come ⏬️
Or think and then vote tactically #ToryWipeout2024 #ToriesOut
Barkley McKay retweeted
You’ll be shocked to learn Nigel Farage is using me as a punchbag at today’s rally.
Of course he is. It was my trial established the facts of Arron Banks’s relationship with the Russian ambassador.
Will Labour finally commit to investigating foreign interference in our politics?
Barkley McKay retweeted
Nigel Farage just told a room full of journalists “We’re broken economically” and he’s come out of retirement to save the country
Not a single journalist present pointed out that by almost every economic & financial measure the Brexit he championed has been disastrous for the UK
Barkley McKay retweeted
An offensive in Rafah must not go ahead - the people there have nowhere else to go.
Kerem Shalom must be open for aid to get in.
I repeat calls for an immediate ceasefire, the immediate release of hostages, and unimpeded aid to Gaza.
Barkley McKay retweeted
The frustrating thing to me about the quote from this article is that the columnist knows, and the Conservatives know, and Labour knows, that Brexit was an awful economic and geopolitical error. This was obvious in my view in 2016 and it’s ten times more obvious now, for the reasons outlined in the article. The issue is that none of the above have yet summoned up the courage to explain to the electorate that we really have no option but to rejoin the single market and customs union as soon as possible. Europe has to strengthen and work together in an increasingly uncertain world, and the U.K. is a vital part of Europe. Everyone in any sort of position of responsibility or power knows it. Basically our political class is bullshitting the electorate. And as I’ve said before, you can convince people to vote to abolish gravity but they will be very annoyed when they hit the ground.
