Sanctimonious Jon Sopel declared last Monday that he would be leaving X for Bluesky. That lasted less than a day…
Since his brave announcement – seen and cheered on by over a million viewers – Sopel hasn’t been able to resist the urge to whinge to his followers, moaning about the viral petition calling for a general election while shamelessly plugging his own latest articles. That’s ten tweets since his X-ile so far. Meanwhile, he’s only bothered to post on Bluesky 13 times…
After the left-wing crowd fled to the ‘safety’ of Bluesky last week—mostly to vent about Musk and Trump while patting themselves on the back for their “niceness”—the platform has been hit with a surge in “spam, scam, and trolling” activity. According to their safety account, they’re now fielding about 3,000 reports per hour – the entire platform only received 360,000 reports in all of 2023. No wonder centrist dad Sopel is sticking to X…
Centrist dad podcaster Jon Sopel declared on Monday that he would be leaving X for Bluesky. His departure was celebrated all over Britain and seen by over a million…
Change of address notification: you’ll be able to find me now on @bluesky
Have greatly enjoyed living here for over a decade, but feel the neighbourhood has really gone downhill.
Will still call by occasionally— Jon Sopel (@jonsopel) November 18, 2024
It only took 17 hours and 27 minutes for Sopel to return with a photo from the farmers’ protest. He posted again four hours later. Sopel has actually not posted any more frequently on Bluesky than he has on X since he ‘left’…
Anti-Musk figures like Science Secretary Peter Kyle are threatening to leave X, too – all while busy tweeting. The Spectator has joined under its new pro-Kamala editor…
Meanwhile, users who join Bluesky are recommended ‘lists’ to follow including one called “Top 50 UK Political Commentators.” Here we go…
The top six are:
Is Sopel going to keep defying his X-ile until he makes the cut?
Hardline centrist hacks are struggling to have as much fun with Free Gear Keir, Labour Cronygate, and Sue Gray’s whopping salary as they did with similar (and often fabricated) stories about the Tories. The hypocrisy of Labour promising to “clean up politics” and then swiftly being exposed for doing the opposite within 100 days of being in power, splashing across most of the front pages. Though some have decided that a more pressing story is… James O’Brien’s unhinged rant about Nigel Farage:
It’s rare that James O’Brien and Nigel Farage are in the same room.
So when the Reform UK leader was leaving the LBC studios after his phone-in with Nick Ferrari, @mrjamesob delivered a one-of-a-kind handover. pic.twitter.com/owIDJUce9q
— LBC (@LBC) September 19, 2024
Emily Maitlis took to X to deliver her original thought on the show: “Just your normal studio handover. Like a throw to the weather really … except ….”. Pippa Crerar followed suit, tweeting: , while Jon Sopel reposted with a simple string of shocked faced emojis. Not like there’s anything more pressing to be tweeting about…
Yesterday was a tough today for the hardline centrist hacks who rushed to Huw Edwards’ defence after allegations he paid a child for indecent images surfaced. As the Metropolitan Police confirmed BBC presenter Huw Edwards was charged with three accounts of making explicit photos, the lefty pundits look rather silly for slamming The Sun for surfacing the scandal and running to Huw’s defence. Guido has browsed through the archives of these supposed ‘hommes serieux’ who will be more than a little red-faced…
The questions for The Sun just got bigger still.
— Lewis Goodall (@lewis_goodall) July 12, 2023
Former Editor of The Sun, David Yelland rushed to attack the paper, posting this a few hours after Huw’s wife named him as the presenter embroiled in scandal:
I wish @thehuwedwards well. The Sun inflicted terror on Huw despite no evidence of any criminal offence. This is no longer a BBC crisis, it is a crisis for the paper. Huw’s privacy must now be respected. Social media also needs speedy reform.
— David Yelland (@davidyelland) July 12, 2023
Emily Maitlis also blasted the “distasteful” BBC coverage of further allegations coming to light, questioning on The News Agents whether journalism had gone “too far” while “this poor man was in hospital, and that was absolutely appalling, and yet obviously there will be journalists here saying “but that doesn’t stop us doing our work”. Let’s not forget that the child’s mother initially approached the BBC to report the disturbing situation and she was met with silence…
Meanwhile, Jon Sopel was quick to wish Huw well:
This is an awful and shocking episode, where there was no criminality, but perhaps a complicated private life. That doesn’t feel very private now. I hope that will give some cause to reflect. They really need to. I wish @thehuwedwards well. pic.twitter.com/H3rN3bhE1U
— Jon Sopel (@jonsopel) July 12, 2023
Last but not least, Corbynite luvvie Owen Jones posted a moving defence that hasn’t aged well:
The Sun is a disgusting rag and they have to pay for what they’ve done to Huw Edwards.
They tried to destroy someone’s life with false claims of illegality involving a minor.
We know now there was no criminality, and The Sun have driven a vulnerable man into medical care.
— Owen Jones (@OwenJones84) July 12, 2023
They’re not leaping to his aid anymore…
Jon Sopel apologises to Nigel Farage and throws some shade on the BBC…
Dear Nigel,
Always believed when I get things wrong, I own up to it. I got it wrong. Sorry. That will teach me to trust reporting of my old employer 😉 If your political views were even part of the reason why account was suspended from Coutts that is totally reprehensible.
Jon
Lucy Powell on LBC, asked by Tom Swarbrick for her reaction to Labour MP Samantha Niblett’s call for a ‘summer of sex’ debate in Parliament: “I personally don’t own any sex toys, but each to their own… I’m not really sure that’s the right place for it, no.”