Alan Allport
@alanallport.bsky.social
Professor, historian, husband, dad, scouser, gobby. Author of Demobbed (2009), Browned Off & Bloody-Minded (2015), Britain at Bay (2020), Advance Britannia (2025). “Awesome but a bit boring” (RMP). Personal account.
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Excerpt from #AdvanceBritannia which is now available in the UK! North American release January 6. uk.bookshop.org/p/books/brit...
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Scientists recently combined DNA of a cheetah with the DNA of a crab.
It went sideways real fast.
It went sideways real fast.
November 22, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Scientists recently combined DNA of a cheetah with the DNA of a crab.
It went sideways real fast.
It went sideways real fast.
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A lovely piece from @murielzagha.bsky.social on the glories of I Know Where I'm Going.
The cult of Powell & Pressburger's I Know Where I'm Going!
I know where I’m going. I’m on the sleeper train chugging out of Euston and heading to Fort William. A wedding dress hangs on the wall in its transparent cover. I know from my printed itinerary that u...
www.spectator.co.uk
November 22, 2025 at 1:12 PM
A lovely piece from @murielzagha.bsky.social on the glories of I Know Where I'm Going.
Most middle aged blokes settle into sensible sad hobbies like Warhammer fantasy miniatures, home brewing, and/or Second World War history. Then there’s cunts like these.
November 22, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Most middle aged blokes settle into sensible sad hobbies like Warhammer fantasy miniatures, home brewing, and/or Second World War history. Then there’s cunts like these.
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My ambition is to read a news story that doesn't end "but they never expected six uniformed police officers to turn up at their door."
November 22, 2025 at 8:58 AM
My ambition is to read a news story that doesn't end "but they never expected six uniformed police officers to turn up at their door."
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Almost a year now since I received this absolutely classic burn from the Canadian government.
November 21, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Almost a year now since I received this absolutely classic burn from the Canadian government.
Military history is not just the history of formally designated armed forces.
“The annual funding bump is an unprecedented amount for ICE. It surpasses the annual military budgets of Iran, Turkey, Spain, Mexico, Iran, and at least 23 countries in the top 40 military spenders, according to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute.”
ICE is now richer than most of world’s militaries thanks to Trump’s new funding
ICE’s annual budget increased from $8.7 billion to $27.7 billion
www.independent.co.uk
November 22, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Military history is not just the history of formally designated armed forces.
My MTG take is that she’s got a better paying gig on the way.
Congress is a launching pad for an influencer/pundit career for these folks.
Will be genuinely surprised if she retreats into private life.
Congress is a launching pad for an influencer/pundit career for these folks.
Will be genuinely surprised if she retreats into private life.
November 22, 2025 at 12:47 PM
My MTG take is that she’s got a better paying gig on the way.
Congress is a launching pad for an influencer/pundit career for these folks.
Will be genuinely surprised if she retreats into private life.
Congress is a launching pad for an influencer/pundit career for these folks.
Will be genuinely surprised if she retreats into private life.
“I took that to be the point of Holocaust education. Not to exceptionalize Jewish suffering, but to activate solidarity. To recognize that there is a continuum of atrocity perpetrated by dominant classes against subjugated ones.” Powerful read.
www.forever-wars.com/sarah-hurwit...
www.forever-wars.com/sarah-hurwit...
Sarah Hurwitz Profanes the Holocaust
Holocaust education has worked too well for the Obama speechwriter, since when she rationalizes Israel's genocide, "I sound obscene." Maybe sit with that, Sarah
www.forever-wars.com
November 22, 2025 at 12:45 PM
“I took that to be the point of Holocaust education. Not to exceptionalize Jewish suffering, but to activate solidarity. To recognize that there is a continuum of atrocity perpetrated by dominant classes against subjugated ones.” Powerful read.
www.forever-wars.com/sarah-hurwit...
www.forever-wars.com/sarah-hurwit...
Harris felt that Bomber Command had been unnecessarily starved of resources in 1942 and had it received what it needed the results of 1944 could have been effected in 1943, making a land invasion of NW Europe unnecessary. 🤷♂️
If I recall correctly, wasn't Harris similarly upset by the thought that strategic bombing hadn't won the war in Europe?
November 21, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Harris felt that Bomber Command had been unnecessarily starved of resources in 1942 and had it received what it needed the results of 1944 could have been effected in 1943, making a land invasion of NW Europe unnecessary. 🤷♂️
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LeMay, haunted by the singular focus on the atomic bombs during two press conferences
L: An exchange with the US press corps upon his return to the US in Sept 45
R: His recollection of a press conference in Japan upon his return in 1964 to receive the Cordon of the Rising Sun
L: An exchange with the US press corps upon his return to the US in Sept 45
R: His recollection of a press conference in Japan upon his return in 1964 to receive the Cordon of the Rising Sun
November 21, 2025 at 10:51 PM
LeMay, haunted by the singular focus on the atomic bombs during two press conferences
L: An exchange with the US press corps upon his return to the US in Sept 45
R: His recollection of a press conference in Japan upon his return in 1964 to receive the Cordon of the Rising Sun
L: An exchange with the US press corps upon his return to the US in Sept 45
R: His recollection of a press conference in Japan upon his return in 1964 to receive the Cordon of the Rising Sun
Live from the Oval Office
November 21, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Live from the Oval Office
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to be clear I think it’s good when the good guys successfully manipulate the malevolent idiot king into doing marginally better things
November 21, 2025 at 9:47 PM
to be clear I think it’s good when the good guys successfully manipulate the malevolent idiot king into doing marginally better things
Trump will announce tonight that Mamdani talked him into proclaiming a wealth tax on the super rich and the 25th Amendment will be invoked ten minutes later.
November 21, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Trump will announce tonight that Mamdani talked him into proclaiming a wealth tax on the super rich and the 25th Amendment will be invoked ten minutes later.
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TRUMP [after spending 5 minutes with Zohran]: surplus value, it’s a very wonderful thing, very wonderful, and they’re stealing it. Can you believe that?
We’re going to be looking very strongly at the bourgeoisie, what they’re up to
We’re going to be looking very strongly at the bourgeoisie, what they’re up to
November 21, 2025 at 9:25 PM
TRUMP [after spending 5 minutes with Zohran]: surplus value, it’s a very wonderful thing, very wonderful, and they’re stealing it. Can you believe that?
We’re going to be looking very strongly at the bourgeoisie, what they’re up to
We’re going to be looking very strongly at the bourgeoisie, what they’re up to
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Mamdani going in there calling Trump sir a couple times and singing the 1-800-588-EMPIRE jingle with him and effortlessly turning him into a committed socialist.
it's so funny to watch the far right White House press pool try to bait Trump to say something nasty about Mamdani and every time he's just like "nah this guy rocks"
November 21, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Mamdani going in there calling Trump sir a couple times and singing the 1-800-588-EMPIRE jingle with him and effortlessly turning him into a committed socialist.
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Laughing at Donald Trump saying he'd definitely feel comfortable living in Zohran Mamdani's New York on the same day that half the consultant brain-poisoned Democratic party voted to condemn socialism
November 21, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Laughing at Donald Trump saying he'd definitely feel comfortable living in Zohran Mamdani's New York on the same day that half the consultant brain-poisoned Democratic party voted to condemn socialism
For about five minutes there Trump was a paid-up democratic socialist.
November 21, 2025 at 9:08 PM
For about five minutes there Trump was a paid-up democratic socialist.
Ok this is genuinely funny
Reporter: Are you affirming that you think the president is a fascist?
Mamdani: I've spoken about --
Trump: Just say yes, it's easier than explaining.
Mamdani: I've spoken about --
Trump: Just say yes, it's easier than explaining.
November 21, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Ok this is genuinely funny
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You don't hate the media enough.
November 21, 2025 at 9:28 AM
You don't hate the media enough.
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Social security, Medicare, and Medicaid had no comment at time of press.
BREAKING: The House of Representatives voted 285–98 in favor of a resolution condemning socialism.
Eighty-six Democrats joined Republicans in supporting the measure, including House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries.
Eighty-six Democrats joined Republicans in supporting the measure, including House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries.
November 21, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Social security, Medicare, and Medicaid had no comment at time of press.
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Word of the day is ‘quockerwodger’ (19th century): a puppet politician whose strings are pulled entirely by someone else.
November 21, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Word of the day is ‘quockerwodger’ (19th century): a puppet politician whose strings are pulled entirely by someone else.
Has there ever been a greater waste of skin and oxygen than this asshole
Mike Johnson on Trump calling for Democrats to be executed: "Attorneys have to parse the language and determine all that."
November 21, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Has there ever been a greater waste of skin and oxygen than this asshole
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Mike Johnson's official bio says he has "two decades of previous experience in Constitutional law." Yet, when Trump threatens to execute Democratic members of Congress, he suddenly has no opinion.
This is what shameful cowardice does to someone like Johnson and it is how he will be remembered.
This is what shameful cowardice does to someone like Johnson and it is how he will be remembered.
Mike Johnson on Trump calling for Democrats to be executed: "Attorneys have to parse the language and determine all that."
November 21, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Mike Johnson's official bio says he has "two decades of previous experience in Constitutional law." Yet, when Trump threatens to execute Democratic members of Congress, he suddenly has no opinion.
This is what shameful cowardice does to someone like Johnson and it is how he will be remembered.
This is what shameful cowardice does to someone like Johnson and it is how he will be remembered.