Angus Willson
@anguswillson.bsky.social
Free-range geography. From Ashford, Kent, UK, across the world.
"A writer, I think, is someone who pays attention to the world." Susan Sontag.
See http://pannage.com
At peace with finding joy in the mundane.
https://open.spotify.com/user/pannage
"A writer, I think, is someone who pays attention to the world." Susan Sontag.
See http://pannage.com
At peace with finding joy in the mundane.
https://open.spotify.com/user/pannage
Pinned
I have a website with a series of blog posts which has out-lasted a few social media accounts.
www.pannage.com/blog/
It's all me, me, me.
www.pannage.com/blog/
It's all me, me, me.
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February 12, 2026 at 9:02 AM
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Yesterday we were pleased to host the EU Commissioner for the Environment. You can read her speech on the importance of the circular economy here
ec.europa.eu/commission/p...
ec.europa.eu/commission/p...
February 12, 2026 at 9:08 AM
Yesterday we were pleased to host the EU Commissioner for the Environment. You can read her speech on the importance of the circular economy here
ec.europa.eu/commission/p...
ec.europa.eu/commission/p...
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On Radio 4, Angela Rayner said 'remember our values' and back Starmer
So will he
- reinstate his 10 leadership pledges
- stop arming genocidal Israel
- stop adopting Reform Ltd hate speech
- rescind anti-protest laws
- tax the rich, not attack disability income
- end NHS privatisation
I doubt it
So will he
- reinstate his 10 leadership pledges
- stop arming genocidal Israel
- stop adopting Reform Ltd hate speech
- rescind anti-protest laws
- tax the rich, not attack disability income
- end NHS privatisation
I doubt it
🚨 NEW: Angela Rayner has publicly backed Keir Starmer
February 9, 2026 at 4:17 PM
On Radio 4, Angela Rayner said 'remember our values' and back Starmer
So will he
- reinstate his 10 leadership pledges
- stop arming genocidal Israel
- stop adopting Reform Ltd hate speech
- rescind anti-protest laws
- tax the rich, not attack disability income
- end NHS privatisation
I doubt it
So will he
- reinstate his 10 leadership pledges
- stop arming genocidal Israel
- stop adopting Reform Ltd hate speech
- rescind anti-protest laws
- tax the rich, not attack disability income
- end NHS privatisation
I doubt it
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Why Is the Media Not Touching Jeffrey Epstein’s Clear Connection to Israel?
They’re instead focusing on the possibility that Epstein was a Russian asset, writes @premthakker.bsky.social.
Read now: zeteo.com/p/why-is-the...
They’re instead focusing on the possibility that Epstein was a Russian asset, writes @premthakker.bsky.social.
Read now: zeteo.com/p/why-is-the...
Why Is the Media Not Touching Jeffrey Epstein’s Clear Connection to Israel?
They’re instead focusing on the possibility that Epstein was a Russian asset.
zeteo.com
February 5, 2026 at 8:11 PM
Why Is the Media Not Touching Jeffrey Epstein’s Clear Connection to Israel?
They’re instead focusing on the possibility that Epstein was a Russian asset, writes @premthakker.bsky.social.
Read now: zeteo.com/p/why-is-the...
They’re instead focusing on the possibility that Epstein was a Russian asset, writes @premthakker.bsky.social.
Read now: zeteo.com/p/why-is-the...
#NowPlaying Superb singing and playing by
Mark Knopfler and Emmylou Harris, All The Road Running. Released 20 years ago!
open.spotify.com/track/1hiP9Z...
Mark Knopfler and Emmylou Harris, All The Road Running. Released 20 years ago!
open.spotify.com/track/1hiP9Z...
If This Is Goodbye - Live At Gibson Amphitheatre / June 28th 2006
open.spotify.com
February 4, 2026 at 2:17 PM
#NowPlaying Superb singing and playing by
Mark Knopfler and Emmylou Harris, All The Road Running. Released 20 years ago!
open.spotify.com/track/1hiP9Z...
Mark Knopfler and Emmylou Harris, All The Road Running. Released 20 years ago!
open.spotify.com/track/1hiP9Z...
I wrote about this small childhood possession in a series of posts about "stuff" I still own.
#memories
www.pannage.com/2026/02/arte...
#memories
www.pannage.com/2026/02/arte...
Artefact 57 - Pannage
Tin money box A childhood memory of birthday cash, a postal order and, later, a Premium Bond to the value of £2 (still in ownership). It’s practical and a symbol of childhood ownership – something exc...
www.pannage.com
February 4, 2026 at 9:06 AM
I wrote about this small childhood possession in a series of posts about "stuff" I still own.
#memories
www.pannage.com/2026/02/arte...
#memories
www.pannage.com/2026/02/arte...
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So his “lapse of judgement” seems to be that he said:
“we haven’t cut front-line services other than what the Conservatives had already planned to do”
So Kent-Dodge was itself a waste of money and effort? Everyone told them that before they started
“we haven’t cut front-line services other than what the Conservatives had already planned to do”
So Kent-Dodge was itself a waste of money and effort? Everyone told them that before they started
February 4, 2026 at 7:49 AM
So his “lapse of judgement” seems to be that he said:
“we haven’t cut front-line services other than what the Conservatives had already planned to do”
So Kent-Dodge was itself a waste of money and effort? Everyone told them that before they started
“we haven’t cut front-line services other than what the Conservatives had already planned to do”
So Kent-Dodge was itself a waste of money and effort? Everyone told them that before they started
#NowListening Peter Green Splinter Group, Soho Live at Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club, Recorded 1998.
open.spotify.com/album/1W5m7d...
open.spotify.com/album/1W5m7d...
Soho Live At Ronnie Scotts (Disc 1)
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February 3, 2026 at 7:28 PM
#NowListening Peter Green Splinter Group, Soho Live at Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club, Recorded 1998.
open.spotify.com/album/1W5m7d...
open.spotify.com/album/1W5m7d...
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Private train leasing companies have syphoned out £1.16 billion in dividends since 2022.
The Railways Bill won't change this. MADNESS!
Ask your MP to attend @weownit.org.uk's drop-in session to find out how the bill can deliver for passengers, not profiteers. weownit.org.uk/act-now/rail...
The Railways Bill won't change this. MADNESS!
Ask your MP to attend @weownit.org.uk's drop-in session to find out how the bill can deliver for passengers, not profiteers. weownit.org.uk/act-now/rail...
Make sure your MP knows how the Railways Bill can deliver for passengers - email your MP
Invite your MP to learn more about how they can fight to make sure the Railways Bill delivers for passengers.
weownit.org.uk
February 2, 2026 at 5:55 PM
Private train leasing companies have syphoned out £1.16 billion in dividends since 2022.
The Railways Bill won't change this. MADNESS!
Ask your MP to attend @weownit.org.uk's drop-in session to find out how the bill can deliver for passengers, not profiteers. weownit.org.uk/act-now/rail...
The Railways Bill won't change this. MADNESS!
Ask your MP to attend @weownit.org.uk's drop-in session to find out how the bill can deliver for passengers, not profiteers. weownit.org.uk/act-now/rail...
Another intelligent read on the failings of the rich and greedy and those who flatter themselves to work on their behalf.
1. In 2009 I wrote this. I argued that Peter Mandelson's department “functions as a fifth column within government, working for corporations to undermine democracy and the public interest.”
This thread explains what I saw, and reaches a startling conclusion.🧵
www.monbiot.com/2009/05/04/m...
This thread explains what I saw, and reaches a startling conclusion.🧵
www.monbiot.com/2009/05/04/m...
Mandelson’s Fifth Column
The British government’s business department exists to undermine democracy.
www.monbiot.com
February 3, 2026 at 12:55 PM
Another intelligent read on the failings of the rich and greedy and those who flatter themselves to work on their behalf.
A very worthwhile read about politics, relationships and personal weakness.
open.substack.com/pub/davidaar...
open.substack.com/pub/davidaar...
Oh Mandy
A fatal need to impress
open.substack.com
February 3, 2026 at 12:51 PM
A very worthwhile read about politics, relationships and personal weakness.
open.substack.com/pub/davidaar...
open.substack.com/pub/davidaar...
Margaret Thatcher: The pitiless PM who sold the country to get-rich predators
WHO BROKE BRITAIN? She destroyed our railways, water, and housing – and we're still paying for it
inews.co.uk/opinion/marg...
WHO BROKE BRITAIN? She destroyed our railways, water, and housing – and we're still paying for it
inews.co.uk/opinion/marg...
Margaret Thatcher: The pitiless PM who sold the country to get-rich predators
She destroyed our railways, water, and housing – and we're still paying for it
inews.co.uk
February 2, 2026 at 5:59 PM
Margaret Thatcher: The pitiless PM who sold the country to get-rich predators
WHO BROKE BRITAIN? She destroyed our railways, water, and housing – and we're still paying for it
inews.co.uk/opinion/marg...
WHO BROKE BRITAIN? She destroyed our railways, water, and housing – and we're still paying for it
inews.co.uk/opinion/marg...
In Maidstone last week, Chamberlain said there “just weren’t big cuts to make, because services had already been hacked away for years and years”. #REFUK #ToryCuts
So Reform didn't find waste at KCC.
How stupid would you have to be not to know that council funding has been cut to the bone for years on end.
Where did they expect this waste to be?
#Reform #KentCountyCouncil
www.ft.com/content/fc3c...
How stupid would you have to be not to know that council funding has been cut to the bone for years on end.
Where did they expect this waste to be?
#Reform #KentCountyCouncil
www.ft.com/content/fc3c...
Reform UK admits Kent council’s Musk-inspired cost-cutting drive found little waste
County councillors say former Conservative administration ‘weren’t crazy, they were business people’
www.ft.com
February 2, 2026 at 5:43 PM
To be fair, I can't remember $75,000 arriving in my bank account either.
#justsaying
#justsaying
February 1, 2026 at 5:20 PM
To be fair, I can't remember $75,000 arriving in my bank account either.
#justsaying
#justsaying
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This is what’s known as dodgy as fuck…
Farage is in hock to murky foreign billionaires, taking their money to prioritise their interests if they buy him power. He’s exploiting people’s racism and anger to pretend he’s on their side. But he’s already sold them out.
www.thetimes.com/article/660a...
Farage is in hock to murky foreign billionaires, taking their money to prioritise their interests if they buy him power. He’s exploiting people’s racism and anger to pretend he’s on their side. But he’s already sold them out.
www.thetimes.com/article/660a...
Churchwarden linked to foreign-born billionaire is behind £200k Reform gift
The man whose firm made the donations will not discuss where the money came from, nor his ties to wealthy Farage allies who may not hold citizenship
www.thetimes.com
February 1, 2026 at 9:20 AM
This is what’s known as dodgy as fuck…
Farage is in hock to murky foreign billionaires, taking their money to prioritise their interests if they buy him power. He’s exploiting people’s racism and anger to pretend he’s on their side. But he’s already sold them out.
www.thetimes.com/article/660a...
Farage is in hock to murky foreign billionaires, taking their money to prioritise their interests if they buy him power. He’s exploiting people’s racism and anger to pretend he’s on their side. But he’s already sold them out.
www.thetimes.com/article/660a...
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“What verdict will history render on those many moments of cowardice and silence from journalists who fell into line with the genocidaires? What will it mean to look in the mirror and realize that, when it mattered most, they chose career safety and complicity in genocide denial?”
Israel’s Military Now Accepts 70,000 Killed in Gaza – But Why Did Our Media Let Them Get Away With Denying It for So Long?
I have spent the past two years debating the credibility of the Gaza Health Ministry’s numbers with supporters of Israel. It turns out the Israeli military agrees with me, not them.
zeteo.com
January 31, 2026 at 4:27 PM
“What verdict will history render on those many moments of cowardice and silence from journalists who fell into line with the genocidaires? What will it mean to look in the mirror and realize that, when it mattered most, they chose career safety and complicity in genocide denial?”
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England: "There is no way we can mandate swift bricks in every new build because errrrr ummmm developers will complain?"
Scotland: "Hold my beer".
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Scotland: "Hold my beer".
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Swift bricks to be installed on all new buildings in Scotland as MSPs back law
Rest of UK has resisted calls to make builders install bricks that provide nesting for swifts and other endangered birds
www.theguardian.com
January 30, 2026 at 8:05 AM
England: "There is no way we can mandate swift bricks in every new build because errrrr ummmm developers will complain?"
Scotland: "Hold my beer".
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Scotland: "Hold my beer".
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Pay at the top of some multi-academy trusts has spiralled out of control. £220k salaries and £50k pensions cannot be justified while classrooms are under-resourced.
#EducationFirst #AcademyAccountability
#EducationFirst #AcademyAccountability
January 30, 2026 at 7:46 AM
Pay at the top of some multi-academy trusts has spiralled out of control. £220k salaries and £50k pensions cannot be justified while classrooms are under-resourced.
#EducationFirst #AcademyAccountability
#EducationFirst #AcademyAccountability
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January 29, 2026 at 9:42 AM
#NowListening
Genesis, Seconds Out, Live in Paris, 1977.
Live #music is the real deal.
open.spotify.com/album/0qikCz...
Genesis, Seconds Out, Live in Paris, 1977.
Live #music is the real deal.
open.spotify.com/album/0qikCz...
Seconds Out (Live)
open.spotify.com
January 28, 2026 at 4:52 PM
#NowListening
Genesis, Seconds Out, Live in Paris, 1977.
Live #music is the real deal.
open.spotify.com/album/0qikCz...
Genesis, Seconds Out, Live in Paris, 1977.
Live #music is the real deal.
open.spotify.com/album/0qikCz...
Rats in a sack fighting each other
Wow he is basically running the US for sleepy Trump.
If he's booted out who takes over?
Vance?
www.thedailybeast.com/stephen-mill...
If he's booted out who takes over?
Vance?
www.thedailybeast.com/stephen-mill...
Stephen Miller Iced Out of Trump’s DHS Cleanup
The president’s closest adviser was left out in the cold.
www.thedailybeast.com
January 28, 2026 at 3:03 PM
Rats in a sack fighting each other
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Auschwitz was at the end of a process. We must remember that it did not start from gas chambers.
This hatred gradually developed: from ideas, words, stereotypes & prejudice through legal exclusion, dehumanization & escalating violence... to systematic and industrial murder.
Auschwitz took time.
This hatred gradually developed: from ideas, words, stereotypes & prejudice through legal exclusion, dehumanization & escalating violence... to systematic and industrial murder.
Auschwitz took time.
January 27, 2026 at 11:00 AM
Auschwitz was at the end of a process. We must remember that it did not start from gas chambers.
This hatred gradually developed: from ideas, words, stereotypes & prejudice through legal exclusion, dehumanization & escalating violence... to systematic and industrial murder.
Auschwitz took time.
This hatred gradually developed: from ideas, words, stereotypes & prejudice through legal exclusion, dehumanization & escalating violence... to systematic and industrial murder.
Auschwitz took time.
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Chris Mason BBC Political Editor is paid circa £270,000 by licence payers. His expertise includes
Promoting Farage & Reform at any opportunity ✅
Avoiding challenging Farage/Reform re policies, funding, U-Turns, lies etc ✅
Producing negative PR on Govt/other parties✅
Amplifying Right Wing rhetoric ✅
Promoting Farage & Reform at any opportunity ✅
Avoiding challenging Farage/Reform re policies, funding, U-Turns, lies etc ✅
Producing negative PR on Govt/other parties✅
Amplifying Right Wing rhetoric ✅
January 27, 2026 at 10:13 AM
Chris Mason BBC Political Editor is paid circa £270,000 by licence payers. His expertise includes
Promoting Farage & Reform at any opportunity ✅
Avoiding challenging Farage/Reform re policies, funding, U-Turns, lies etc ✅
Producing negative PR on Govt/other parties✅
Amplifying Right Wing rhetoric ✅
Promoting Farage & Reform at any opportunity ✅
Avoiding challenging Farage/Reform re policies, funding, U-Turns, lies etc ✅
Producing negative PR on Govt/other parties✅
Amplifying Right Wing rhetoric ✅