Alistair King
@alistairking.bsky.social
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Alistair King
@alistairking.bsky.social
· Nov 14
Nice to see my follower count rise. My policy is to follow back people I know from elsewhere and generally follow others after there's been a bit of interaction. If I haven't followed you back despite knowing you, it's probably because you're using a different photo. Just like this and I'll rectify.
Everyone's laying into guy - and, tbh, I can see why. What a twit.
Also, I know his style is 'high-energy scattergun list that's just separated by commas and without an "and" before the last item' but I'm enjoying reading 'and eggs' as though it IS a final item, rather than attached to 'eat steak'.
Also, I know his style is 'high-energy scattergun list that's just separated by commas and without an "and" before the last item' but I'm enjoying reading 'and eggs' as though it IS a final item, rather than attached to 'eat steak'.
January 29, 2026 at 12:52 PM
Everyone's laying into guy - and, tbh, I can see why. What a twit.
Also, I know his style is 'high-energy scattergun list that's just separated by commas and without an "and" before the last item' but I'm enjoying reading 'and eggs' as though it IS a final item, rather than attached to 'eat steak'.
Also, I know his style is 'high-energy scattergun list that's just separated by commas and without an "and" before the last item' but I'm enjoying reading 'and eggs' as though it IS a final item, rather than attached to 'eat steak'.
Gorton and Denton in the tarmac in Muswell Hill. Probably a sign of some sort.
Unless it’s Australia. Or possibly Guinea.
Unless it’s Australia. Or possibly Guinea.
January 29, 2026 at 10:55 AM
Gorton and Denton in the tarmac in Muswell Hill. Probably a sign of some sort.
Unless it’s Australia. Or possibly Guinea.
Unless it’s Australia. Or possibly Guinea.
Aldi own-brand tampons. Hats off to their branding team: this is a clever product name.
January 29, 2026 at 10:47 AM
Aldi own-brand tampons. Hats off to their branding team: this is a clever product name.
Everyone is sharing this but fuck me, I can see why - it's AMAZING.
Catchy upbeat major key; damning words.
If I lived in Minneapolis, I'd be weeping from the sense of heartfelt, angry solidarity that Springsteen is conveying. I mean, I'm genuinely crying a bit here in north London.
Catchy upbeat major key; damning words.
If I lived in Minneapolis, I'd be weeping from the sense of heartfelt, angry solidarity that Springsteen is conveying. I mean, I'm genuinely crying a bit here in north London.
Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen
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January 28, 2026 at 8:36 PM
Everyone is sharing this but fuck me, I can see why - it's AMAZING.
Catchy upbeat major key; damning words.
If I lived in Minneapolis, I'd be weeping from the sense of heartfelt, angry solidarity that Springsteen is conveying. I mean, I'm genuinely crying a bit here in north London.
Catchy upbeat major key; damning words.
If I lived in Minneapolis, I'd be weeping from the sense of heartfelt, angry solidarity that Springsteen is conveying. I mean, I'm genuinely crying a bit here in north London.
Another evening plodding on with tedious freelance work on my laptop in Wetherspoons, made more tolerable by a classical music mix.
I know this is quite a basic observation but how can we live in a world where something as beautiful as The Blue Danube can exist alongside something as ugly as Trump?
I know this is quite a basic observation but how can we live in a world where something as beautiful as The Blue Danube can exist alongside something as ugly as Trump?
January 28, 2026 at 7:08 PM
Another evening plodding on with tedious freelance work on my laptop in Wetherspoons, made more tolerable by a classical music mix.
I know this is quite a basic observation but how can we live in a world where something as beautiful as The Blue Danube can exist alongside something as ugly as Trump?
I know this is quite a basic observation but how can we live in a world where something as beautiful as The Blue Danube can exist alongside something as ugly as Trump?
Bowen therapy? No idea what this is but I bet it’s super, smashing, great.
January 28, 2026 at 4:59 PM
Bowen therapy? No idea what this is but I bet it’s super, smashing, great.
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Jewish descendent of holocaust victims and survivors here.
What he said was fine.
Neighbours hiding minority children from uniformed government thugs in service to a nativist agenda is bad enough.
I'm sure Anne would have preferred people spoke up BEFORE the Nazis got to the death camps stage.
What he said was fine.
Neighbours hiding minority children from uniformed government thugs in service to a nativist agenda is bad enough.
I'm sure Anne would have preferred people spoke up BEFORE the Nazis got to the death camps stage.
The Minnesota governor is getting widespread criticism for comparing children dealing with immigration enforcement to Holocaust victim Anne Frank.
Tim Walz condemned for comparing Minnesota children to Anne Frank
The Minnesota governor is getting widespread criticism for comparing children dealing with immigration enforcement to Holocaust victim Anne Frank.
bit.ly
January 28, 2026 at 12:06 PM
Jewish descendent of holocaust victims and survivors here.
What he said was fine.
Neighbours hiding minority children from uniformed government thugs in service to a nativist agenda is bad enough.
I'm sure Anne would have preferred people spoke up BEFORE the Nazis got to the death camps stage.
What he said was fine.
Neighbours hiding minority children from uniformed government thugs in service to a nativist agenda is bad enough.
I'm sure Anne would have preferred people spoke up BEFORE the Nazis got to the death camps stage.
With China (including Hong Kong) our third biggest trading partner, the US our second, and all that he’s doing to grease the wheels of free trade, I can’t wait to hear Keir Starmer’s plans for improving things with whichever is our first. I bet there are some quick wins to be had. #wato
January 28, 2026 at 1:24 PM
With China (including Hong Kong) our third biggest trading partner, the US our second, and all that he’s doing to grease the wheels of free trade, I can’t wait to hear Keir Starmer’s plans for improving things with whichever is our first. I bet there are some quick wins to be had. #wato
Kemi Badenoch was on Desert Island Discs the other day.
Despite some iffy tracks, and a lot of opinions I disagreed with or were straw men, she could've come across a lot worse, so I chalked it up as a PR win.
Why did she bother, now she's squandered it with, I'd guess, 95% of Radio 4's listeners?
Despite some iffy tracks, and a lot of opinions I disagreed with or were straw men, she could've come across a lot worse, so I chalked it up as a PR win.
Why did she bother, now she's squandered it with, I'd guess, 95% of Radio 4's listeners?
January 28, 2026 at 12:42 PM
Kemi Badenoch was on Desert Island Discs the other day.
Despite some iffy tracks, and a lot of opinions I disagreed with or were straw men, she could've come across a lot worse, so I chalked it up as a PR win.
Why did she bother, now she's squandered it with, I'd guess, 95% of Radio 4's listeners?
Despite some iffy tracks, and a lot of opinions I disagreed with or were straw men, she could've come across a lot worse, so I chalked it up as a PR win.
Why did she bother, now she's squandered it with, I'd guess, 95% of Radio 4's listeners?
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A cash prize for anyone who can identify a significant difference between the "new" Tories and Reform. Nobody's defecting on policy grounds
Badenoch is on now, and says: what would a Tory govt under her do? She says:
• Cut taxes
• End "welfare addiction"
• Curb immigration
• Anti-net zero
The message is, basically: we're Reform, but we've done our homework.
The message is, also: centrists are not welcome.
• Cut taxes
• End "welfare addiction"
• Curb immigration
• Anti-net zero
The message is, basically: we're Reform, but we've done our homework.
The message is, also: centrists are not welcome.
January 28, 2026 at 10:20 AM
A cash prize for anyone who can identify a significant difference between the "new" Tories and Reform. Nobody's defecting on policy grounds
Don’t know how this has happened but I seem to have reached the age at which, when idly scrolling through Facebook and seeing pics of kids posted by people from primary school you’ve not really kept in contact with, you’re not sure if your classmates are old first-time parents or young grandparents.
January 28, 2026 at 9:46 AM
Don’t know how this has happened but I seem to have reached the age at which, when idly scrolling through Facebook and seeing pics of kids posted by people from primary school you’ve not really kept in contact with, you’re not sure if your classmates are old first-time parents or young grandparents.
Radio 4’s More Or Less is excellent. But so much of it exists to debunk nonsense right-wing talking points. It’s a real shame its reach is dwarfed by the programmes on which these talking points are aired. These corrections and clarifications should feature on those or be put to future interviewees.
January 28, 2026 at 9:13 AM
Radio 4’s More Or Less is excellent. But so much of it exists to debunk nonsense right-wing talking points. It’s a real shame its reach is dwarfed by the programmes on which these talking points are aired. These corrections and clarifications should feature on those or be put to future interviewees.
I’m not saying we shouldn’t have as good a relationship with China as is possible and compatible with UK values, or that it’s not an important nation, but the original sin that’s made all this necessary and led to accusations Starmer is abroad too much is his refusal to be bolder on Europe. #r4today
January 28, 2026 at 8:18 AM
I’m not saying we shouldn’t have as good a relationship with China as is possible and compatible with UK values, or that it’s not an important nation, but the original sin that’s made all this necessary and led to accusations Starmer is abroad too much is his refusal to be bolder on Europe. #r4today
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“I just saw a boat full of scouts go speeding past”
“How many knots were they doing?”
“All of them”.
“How many knots were they doing?”
“All of them”.
January 27, 2026 at 9:15 PM
“I just saw a boat full of scouts go speeding past”
“How many knots were they doing?”
“All of them”.
“How many knots were they doing?”
“All of them”.
Two predictions with which you'll struggle to disagree:
1) Goodwin will lose in Gorton and Denton, and it probably won't even be that close
2) Because he'll still get a reasonable chunk of the vote, Reform will gloat and snipe at every party to their left, and much of the media will echo this shit
1) Goodwin will lose in Gorton and Denton, and it probably won't even be that close
2) Because he'll still get a reasonable chunk of the vote, Reform will gloat and snipe at every party to their left, and much of the media will echo this shit
January 27, 2026 at 8:20 PM
Two predictions with which you'll struggle to disagree:
1) Goodwin will lose in Gorton and Denton, and it probably won't even be that close
2) Because he'll still get a reasonable chunk of the vote, Reform will gloat and snipe at every party to their left, and much of the media will echo this shit
1) Goodwin will lose in Gorton and Denton, and it probably won't even be that close
2) Because he'll still get a reasonable chunk of the vote, Reform will gloat and snipe at every party to their left, and much of the media will echo this shit
Doing some boring work on my laptop and am trying to drown out the ambient sounds of the Wetherspoons I'm in. Trouble is it's not quite so brainless that I can listen to my favourite pop hits, which have distracting lyrics. So I've gone for classical. Tell you what, that Beethoven is good, isn't he?
January 27, 2026 at 7:19 PM
Doing some boring work on my laptop and am trying to drown out the ambient sounds of the Wetherspoons I'm in. Trouble is it's not quite so brainless that I can listen to my favourite pop hits, which have distracting lyrics. So I've gone for classical. Tell you what, that Beethoven is good, isn't he?
Refreshing honesty from Lee Anderson on Matthew Goodwin's efforts to become an elected wanker.
January 27, 2026 at 6:16 PM
Refreshing honesty from Lee Anderson on Matthew Goodwin's efforts to become an elected wanker.
Suggest a loft conversion (5)
January 27, 2026 at 9:32 AM
Suggest a loft conversion (5)
Altered quotes for ex-Tories, #1 in an ongoing series:
Better to remain in the wilderness and be thought an arsehole than to join Reform and remove all doubt.
Better to remain in the wilderness and be thought an arsehole than to join Reform and remove all doubt.
January 26, 2026 at 8:15 PM
Altered quotes for ex-Tories, #1 in an ongoing series:
Better to remain in the wilderness and be thought an arsehole than to join Reform and remove all doubt.
Better to remain in the wilderness and be thought an arsehole than to join Reform and remove all doubt.
Reform UK foreign class: he describes Farage and friends (7,9)
January 26, 2026 at 2:45 PM
Reform UK foreign class: he describes Farage and friends (7,9)
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Reform is basically a suburban petrol station's DVD bin of Tory politicians.
January 26, 2026 at 1:04 PM
Reform is basically a suburban petrol station's DVD bin of Tory politicians.
BREAKING: Braverman veers leftwards and joins Reform.
January 26, 2026 at 12:28 PM
BREAKING: Braverman veers leftwards and joins Reform.
Technology is a mixed blessing.
Despite being limited to a dumb phone, my 12-year-old daughter recently bought a new iPad with her savings, and she can send me messages from it.
Very, very lazy messages.
One of our cats is called fluffle, incidentally. Or Fluffle. I tend to capitalise names.
Despite being limited to a dumb phone, my 12-year-old daughter recently bought a new iPad with her savings, and she can send me messages from it.
Very, very lazy messages.
One of our cats is called fluffle, incidentally. Or Fluffle. I tend to capitalise names.
January 25, 2026 at 7:38 PM
Technology is a mixed blessing.
Despite being limited to a dumb phone, my 12-year-old daughter recently bought a new iPad with her savings, and she can send me messages from it.
Very, very lazy messages.
One of our cats is called fluffle, incidentally. Or Fluffle. I tend to capitalise names.
Despite being limited to a dumb phone, my 12-year-old daughter recently bought a new iPad with her savings, and she can send me messages from it.
Very, very lazy messages.
One of our cats is called fluffle, incidentally. Or Fluffle. I tend to capitalise names.
We’re missing #TheTraitors, as evidenced by my 12-year-old daughter drawing Claudia.
January 25, 2026 at 1:46 PM
We’re missing #TheTraitors, as evidenced by my 12-year-old daughter drawing Claudia.
From the Facebook archive. Haha.
January 24, 2026 at 9:01 PM
From the Facebook archive. Haha.