Angus French
@angusjfrench.bsky.social
Likes chess, reading, music, cooking and watching #SurreyCricket.
Streatham, SW London.
Streatham, SW London.
The latest podcast from @zaphmann.bsky.social before a well-deserved break: inmemoryofjohnpeel.com/2025/11/02/t.... Has, for my money at least, four really good, if not outstanding, tracks.
The Beat Goes On – 20251101 036 – Podcast & Playlist
Episode 1036: Battling through the studio meltdown to bring you the latest great or merely fascinating music Listen to > THIS EPISODE < (Playlist below) Unfolding by Jessica Moss the best new…
inmemoryofjohnpeel.com
November 7, 2025 at 9:15 PM
The latest podcast from @zaphmann.bsky.social before a well-deserved break: inmemoryofjohnpeel.com/2025/11/02/t.... Has, for my money at least, four really good, if not outstanding, tracks.
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Ed Luce watching democracy die in the United States of America
October 24, 2025 at 6:53 AM
Ed Luce watching democracy die in the United States of America
I wondered if any academic economists had a take on Tom Calver's recent piece in the Sunday Times (archive.ph/Sf8L9) on the impact to the UK economy of Brexit? @sjwrenlewis.bsky.social or @jdportes.bsky.social perhaps? I note Simon's piece from last year (mainlymacro.blogspot.com/2024/04/the-....
October 28, 2025 at 3:11 PM
I wondered if any academic economists had a take on Tom Calver's recent piece in the Sunday Times (archive.ph/Sf8L9) on the impact to the UK economy of Brexit? @sjwrenlewis.bsky.social or @jdportes.bsky.social perhaps? I note Simon's piece from last year (mainlymacro.blogspot.com/2024/04/the-....
Theme for Great Cities - Simple Minds cover by Open Mind: www.youtube.com/watch?v=B_s5...
Theme for Great Cities - Simple Minds cover by Open Mind
YouTube video by OpenMindNL
www.youtube.com
October 25, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Theme for Great Cities - Simple Minds cover by Open Mind: www.youtube.com/watch?v=B_s5...
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Deal 🤝 inktober day 18
October 18, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Deal 🤝 inktober day 18
107 days, zero ideas:
www.persuasion.community/p/107-days-z...
HT John Naughton (memex.naughtons.org/friday-17-oc...).
www.persuasion.community/p/107-days-z...
HT John Naughton (memex.naughtons.org/friday-17-oc...).
107 Days, Zero Ideas
Kamala Harris’s new book proves she fell far short of being the candidate Democrats needed.
www.persuasion.community
October 18, 2025 at 8:30 PM
107 days, zero ideas:
www.persuasion.community/p/107-days-z...
HT John Naughton (memex.naughtons.org/friday-17-oc...).
www.persuasion.community/p/107-days-z...
HT John Naughton (memex.naughtons.org/friday-17-oc...).
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Great write up of IfG's findings on local government by the Guardian
EXC: English councils will still be poorer in 2029 than they were in 2010, according to the IfG.
Report finds councils are increasingly providing social care and little else. Libraries, youth services, parks, all falling by the wayside.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Report finds councils are increasingly providing social care and little else. Libraries, youth services, parks, all falling by the wayside.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
English councils to remain poorer than in 2010 despite funding rise, says report
Exclusive: Impact of austerity cannot be undone by end of parliament despite above-inflation funding, analysis finds
www.theguardian.com
October 15, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Great write up of IfG's findings on local government by the Guardian
Watch this! It's fantastic and made me cry. www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
Storyville - Mr Nobody Against Putin
A Storyville documentary that follows a Russian schoolteacher as he risks everything to expose rising militarism in his classroom.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 14, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Watch this! It's fantastic and made me cry. www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
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Heavy 🎈 inktober day 9
October 9, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Heavy 🎈 inktober day 9
Just listening to Radio 4 and a woman is talking about swifts. And I thought: I recognise those words... Katherine Rundell on the Swift: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/.... There's a fuller version: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4....
A Carnival of Animals - The Swift - BBC Sounds
Katherine Rundell explores wonderful stories of 20 astonishing but endangered animals.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 8, 2025 at 10:08 AM
Just listening to Radio 4 and a woman is talking about swifts. And I thought: I recognise those words... Katherine Rundell on the Swift: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/.... There's a fuller version: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4....
"Don't you try to bully me, you shameful, cowardly bastard", says the Aussie Bloke.
Was that Nick Cave to Roger Waters?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=hMCu...
Was that Nick Cave to Roger Waters?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=hMCu...
“Complete Pr**k”: Roger Waters DESTROYS Bono Over Israel
YouTube video by Katie Halper
www.youtube.com
October 6, 2025 at 8:54 PM
"Don't you try to bully me, you shameful, cowardly bastard", says the Aussie Bloke.
Was that Nick Cave to Roger Waters?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=hMCu...
Was that Nick Cave to Roger Waters?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=hMCu...
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As well as the fantasy £234 bn, journalists should also be clear Farage's claims most new migrants don't work, and those who do are on low wages, are entirely false.
In fact, 1.8 million recent migrants are on payrolls (others will be self employed).
migrationobservatory.ox.ac.uk/resources/co...
In fact, 1.8 million recent migrants are on payrolls (others will be self employed).
migrationobservatory.ox.ac.uk/resources/co...
September 22, 2025 at 12:43 PM
As well as the fantasy £234 bn, journalists should also be clear Farage's claims most new migrants don't work, and those who do are on low wages, are entirely false.
In fact, 1.8 million recent migrants are on payrolls (others will be self employed).
migrationobservatory.ox.ac.uk/resources/co...
In fact, 1.8 million recent migrants are on payrolls (others will be self employed).
migrationobservatory.ox.ac.uk/resources/co...
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Good reporting here by @annasophiegross.bsky.social of Farage's nonsense numbers.
www.ft.com/content/4e16...
www.ft.com/content/4e16...
Nigel Farage vows to ditch indefinite leave to remain for migrants
Reform UK leader says people with settled status would be forced to reapply for a new visa after five years
www.ft.com
September 22, 2025 at 9:07 AM
Good reporting here by @annasophiegross.bsky.social of Farage's nonsense numbers.
www.ft.com/content/4e16...
www.ft.com/content/4e16...
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More good news from around the world + sources! (3/3)
September 20, 2025 at 5:52 PM
More good news from around the world + sources! (3/3)
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UK living standards have collapsed while govt after govt have sat on their hands.
Now the vacuum they left is being filled by fascist agitators like Tommy Robinson and super-rich big-business-backed politicians like Farage.
There is an alternative–and we can all play our part in fighting for it.
Now the vacuum they left is being filled by fascist agitators like Tommy Robinson and super-rich big-business-backed politicians like Farage.
There is an alternative–and we can all play our part in fighting for it.
September 16, 2025 at 4:20 PM
UK living standards have collapsed while govt after govt have sat on their hands.
Now the vacuum they left is being filled by fascist agitators like Tommy Robinson and super-rich big-business-backed politicians like Farage.
There is an alternative–and we can all play our part in fighting for it.
Now the vacuum they left is being filled by fascist agitators like Tommy Robinson and super-rich big-business-backed politicians like Farage.
There is an alternative–and we can all play our part in fighting for it.
Surrey cricket Chair Oli Slipper in conversation with Dan Norcross about the options for the format of the county championship next year and going forward: www.youtube.com/watch?v=2m-k....
#SurreyCricket
#SurreyCricket
Surrey Chair Oli Slipper talks through the proposed change to the County Championship schedule
YouTube video by Surrey County Cricket Club
www.youtube.com
September 12, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Surrey cricket Chair Oli Slipper in conversation with Dan Norcross about the options for the format of the county championship next year and going forward: www.youtube.com/watch?v=2m-k....
#SurreyCricket
#SurreyCricket
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we revealed in FT two years ago that Mandelson stayed at Epstein's luxury house in Manhattan while the financier was in jail for soliciting a minor
he was deputy prime minister at the time
always seemed weird that broadcasters didn't really pick this up at the time
www.ft.com/content/0723...
he was deputy prime minister at the time
always seemed weird that broadcasters didn't really pick this up at the time
www.ft.com/content/0723...
Links between Peter Mandelson and Jeffrey Epstein detailed in JPMorgan report
Emails indicate then UK business secretary stayed at New York house while disgraced financier was in prison
www.ft.com
September 10, 2025 at 4:48 PM
we revealed in FT two years ago that Mandelson stayed at Epstein's luxury house in Manhattan while the financier was in jail for soliciting a minor
he was deputy prime minister at the time
always seemed weird that broadcasters didn't really pick this up at the time
www.ft.com/content/0723...
he was deputy prime minister at the time
always seemed weird that broadcasters didn't really pick this up at the time
www.ft.com/content/0723...
Streatham Free Film Festival - runs, I think, from 9 September to 4 October: freefilmfestivals.org/filmfestival...
#SFFF10
#SFFF10
Streatham Free Film Festival
After a successful first Streatham Free Film Festival in 2015, we're now planning the next festival for this September. Everyone welcome to get involved.
freefilmfestivals.org
September 7, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Streatham Free Film Festival - runs, I think, from 9 September to 4 October: freefilmfestivals.org/filmfestival...
#SFFF10
#SFFF10
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For over a decade, The Clink Charity has helped prisoners retrain in catering, upskilling them and reducing reoffending.
With its flagship restaurant at HMP Brixton facing closure, I've written to @MoJGovUK urging them to give full and fair consideration to their renewal bid.
With its flagship restaurant at HMP Brixton facing closure, I've written to @MoJGovUK urging them to give full and fair consideration to their renewal bid.
September 4, 2025 at 5:21 PM
For over a decade, The Clink Charity has helped prisoners retrain in catering, upskilling them and reducing reoffending.
With its flagship restaurant at HMP Brixton facing closure, I've written to @MoJGovUK urging them to give full and fair consideration to their renewal bid.
With its flagship restaurant at HMP Brixton facing closure, I've written to @MoJGovUK urging them to give full and fair consideration to their renewal bid.
I'm not understanding why FA staff including the CEO, Mark Bullingham, aren't losing their jobs over this. It seems a serious misjudgement to have brought the case and there have been serious impacts for the player and the club.
The Guardian's Matt Hughes on the Regulatory Commission's report on the spot-fixing case the FA brought against Lucas Paqueta: www.theguardian.com/football/202...
FA criticised for ‘obvious flaw’ in spot-fixing case of West Ham’s Lucas Paquetá
The commission’s 314-page report was damning about the lack of expert witness and said FA appeared to be ‘not certain what case it was presenting’
www.theguardian.com
September 5, 2025 at 8:20 PM
I'm not understanding why FA staff including the CEO, Mark Bullingham, aren't losing their jobs over this. It seems a serious misjudgement to have brought the case and there have been serious impacts for the player and the club.
The Guardian's Matt Hughes on the Regulatory Commission's report on the spot-fixing case the FA brought against Lucas Paqueta: www.theguardian.com/football/202...
FA criticised for ‘obvious flaw’ in spot-fixing case of West Ham’s Lucas Paquetá
The commission’s 314-page report was damning about the lack of expert witness and said FA appeared to be ‘not certain what case it was presenting’
www.theguardian.com
September 5, 2025 at 10:56 AM
The Guardian's Matt Hughes on the Regulatory Commission's report on the spot-fixing case the FA brought against Lucas Paqueta: www.theguardian.com/football/202...
They're often referred to as illegal migrants and yet "Between 2018 and 2024, the asylum grant rate for people who arrived by small boat was 68%".
Source: migrationobservatory.ox.ac.uk/resources/br...
Source: migrationobservatory.ox.ac.uk/resources/br...
People crossing the English Channel in small boats - Migration Observatory
This briefing examines the phenomenon of people crossing the English Channel in small boats.
migrationobservatory.ox.ac.uk
August 23, 2025 at 1:49 PM
They're often referred to as illegal migrants and yet "Between 2018 and 2024, the asylum grant rate for people who arrived by small boat was 68%".
Source: migrationobservatory.ox.ac.uk/resources/br...
Source: migrationobservatory.ox.ac.uk/resources/br...
Please don't describe yourselves as left-wing. Say instead what you stand for: fairness and equality, kindness, education, peace, addressing climate change, taking responsibility...
This is just the start.
We’re not here to beg for crumbs.
We’re coming for the lot.
Join us: yourparty.uk
We’re not here to beg for crumbs.
We’re coming for the lot.
Join us: yourparty.uk
August 20, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Please don't describe yourselves as left-wing. Say instead what you stand for: fairness and equality, kindness, education, peace, addressing climate change, taking responsibility...
"Shave your legs - I'm coming home...
You show me your face, you show me your eyes
You give me the waves, oh you give me life
You show me your arms, you show me your legs
You give me the ocean, oh don't give me the rest, the rest
Save me, save me
Save me, save me".
You show me your face, you show me your eyes
You give me the waves, oh you give me life
You show me your arms, you show me your legs
You give me the ocean, oh don't give me the rest, the rest
Save me, save me
Save me, save me".
The Wolfgang Press:
- in 1985 - I'm Coming Home Mama: www.youtube.com/watch?v=dnUM...
- in 2024 - The Garden of Eden (with reference to Greta Thunberg?): www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZPpb...
- in 1985 - I'm Coming Home Mama: www.youtube.com/watch?v=dnUM...
- in 2024 - The Garden of Eden (with reference to Greta Thunberg?): www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZPpb...
The Wolfgang Press - I'm Coming Home (Mama)
YouTube video by Claudio Del Bravo
www.youtube.com
August 20, 2025 at 8:15 PM
"Shave your legs - I'm coming home...
You show me your face, you show me your eyes
You give me the waves, oh you give me life
You show me your arms, you show me your legs
You give me the ocean, oh don't give me the rest, the rest
Save me, save me
Save me, save me".
You show me your face, you show me your eyes
You give me the waves, oh you give me life
You show me your arms, you show me your legs
You give me the ocean, oh don't give me the rest, the rest
Save me, save me
Save me, save me".