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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Reform UK Review 2025:
The man no one in Reform UK claimed to know that turned out to be a close friend of Nigel Farage and colleague of Richard Tice was found guilty of 8 charges of taking Russian Bribes.
Nathan Gill, Leader of Reform UK Wales.
#ReformRussianBribes
The man no one in Reform UK claimed to know that turned out to be a close friend of Nigel Farage and colleague of Richard Tice was found guilty of 8 charges of taking Russian Bribes.
Nathan Gill, Leader of Reform UK Wales.
#ReformRussianBribes
December 26, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Reform UK Review 2025:
The man no one in Reform UK claimed to know that turned out to be a close friend of Nigel Farage and colleague of Richard Tice was found guilty of 8 charges of taking Russian Bribes.
Nathan Gill, Leader of Reform UK Wales.
#ReformRussianBribes
The man no one in Reform UK claimed to know that turned out to be a close friend of Nigel Farage and colleague of Richard Tice was found guilty of 8 charges of taking Russian Bribes.
Nathan Gill, Leader of Reform UK Wales.
#ReformRussianBribes
"Why #NigelFarage is our Rat of the Year
The Reform leader has beaten off stiff opposition to be named the very worst of Westminster in 2025" #REFUK
www.thenewworld.co.uk/rats-in-a-sa...
The Reform leader has beaten off stiff opposition to be named the very worst of Westminster in 2025" #REFUK
www.thenewworld.co.uk/rats-in-a-sa...
Why Nigel Farage is our Rat of the Year
The Reform leader has beaten off stiff opposition to be named the very worst of Westminster in 2025
www.thenewworld.co.uk
December 23, 2025 at 5:05 PM
"Why #NigelFarage is our Rat of the Year
The Reform leader has beaten off stiff opposition to be named the very worst of Westminster in 2025" #REFUK
www.thenewworld.co.uk/rats-in-a-sa...
The Reform leader has beaten off stiff opposition to be named the very worst of Westminster in 2025" #REFUK
www.thenewworld.co.uk/rats-in-a-sa...
More evidence for my view that the computer industry is a massive con trick in terms of stability and security.
As Tes reveals that Ofsted inspectors are recording evidence in Word documents due to tech issues, unions call for the watchdog to assure schools that personal data will be ‘completely secure’ and for it to seek a long-term solution
Ofsted inspectors to use Word documents for recording evidence
The watchdog will temporarily use Microsoft Word documents to gather inspection evidence as electronic system continues to malfunction
www.tes.com
December 23, 2025 at 1:29 PM
More evidence for my view that the computer industry is a massive con trick in terms of stability and security.
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This parasitic organism sucks hundreds of millions from the pockets of ordinary people once more this year
This is where tax rises should be falling, not on the millions already struggling
Such capital gains should be taxed at 90% - at least
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
This is where tax rises should be falling, not on the millions already struggling
Such capital gains should be taxed at 90% - at least
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Bet365 boss receives at least £280m in pay and dividends despite profit slump
Denise Coates’s gambling empire reports turnover of £4bn in year to March 2025, up from £3.7bn
www.theguardian.com
December 23, 2025 at 11:47 AM
This parasitic organism sucks hundreds of millions from the pockets of ordinary people once more this year
This is where tax rises should be falling, not on the millions already struggling
Such capital gains should be taxed at 90% - at least
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
This is where tax rises should be falling, not on the millions already struggling
Such capital gains should be taxed at 90% - at least
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
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England water company CEO says long-term water security is under threat.
Customers already paid, companies didn't build reservoirs, dumped sewage in rivers, neglected investment, paid dividends
Now want to charge customers again, not raising capital from shareholders.
End the scam. Nationalise.
Customers already paid, companies didn't build reservoirs, dumped sewage in rivers, neglected investment, paid dividends
Now want to charge customers again, not raising capital from shareholders.
End the scam. Nationalise.
Suffolk water boss says new reservoirs needed to address demand
Water company says it needs two new reservoirs and a recycling plant to cope with demand in Suffolk.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 22, 2025 at 9:04 AM
England water company CEO says long-term water security is under threat.
Customers already paid, companies didn't build reservoirs, dumped sewage in rivers, neglected investment, paid dividends
Now want to charge customers again, not raising capital from shareholders.
End the scam. Nationalise.
Customers already paid, companies didn't build reservoirs, dumped sewage in rivers, neglected investment, paid dividends
Now want to charge customers again, not raising capital from shareholders.
End the scam. Nationalise.
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Is the government going to sit and watch while the #PalestineAction hunger strikers die? Is most of the media going to carry on ignoring them? Just how callous has the Establishment become?
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Families of Palestine Action hunger strikers seek urgent meeting with Lammy
Justice secretary urged to ‘show a bit of humanity’ with protesters severely ill after refusing food for weeks
www.theguardian.com
December 23, 2025 at 7:58 AM
Is the government going to sit and watch while the #PalestineAction hunger strikers die? Is most of the media going to carry on ignoring them? Just how callous has the Establishment become?
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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We can't let Thames Water get away with this!
Follow @weownit.org.uk for more on how to get involved
Follow @weownit.org.uk for more on how to get involved
December 22, 2025 at 4:56 PM
We can't let Thames Water get away with this!
Follow @weownit.org.uk for more on how to get involved
Follow @weownit.org.uk for more on how to get involved
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He’s the antithesis of a decent Englishman.
He’s sly, he’s divisive, he has, at best, a tenuous relationship with the truth.
His avarice for wealth and power knows no bounds.
Many of his acquaintances have friends who wish this country ill.
Yet, the ignorant fawn over him.
He’s sly, he’s divisive, he has, at best, a tenuous relationship with the truth.
His avarice for wealth and power knows no bounds.
Many of his acquaintances have friends who wish this country ill.
Yet, the ignorant fawn over him.
December 21, 2025 at 7:19 PM
He’s the antithesis of a decent Englishman.
He’s sly, he’s divisive, he has, at best, a tenuous relationship with the truth.
His avarice for wealth and power knows no bounds.
Many of his acquaintances have friends who wish this country ill.
Yet, the ignorant fawn over him.
He’s sly, he’s divisive, he has, at best, a tenuous relationship with the truth.
His avarice for wealth and power knows no bounds.
Many of his acquaintances have friends who wish this country ill.
Yet, the ignorant fawn over him.
#NowListening Another 50th anniversary release. This one, the third of the ditch trilogy, was marmite but is deeply embedded in my soul from living in a cold, dirty student flat. Also introduced, to us, Nils Lofgren. #music
Neil Young, Tonight's The Night, 1975
open.spotify.com/album/4DFwTj...
Neil Young, Tonight's The Night, 1975
open.spotify.com/album/4DFwTj...
Spotify – Web Player
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December 21, 2025 at 12:29 PM
#NowListening Another 50th anniversary release. This one, the third of the ditch trilogy, was marmite but is deeply embedded in my soul from living in a cold, dirty student flat. Also introduced, to us, Nils Lofgren. #music
Neil Young, Tonight's The Night, 1975
open.spotify.com/album/4DFwTj...
Neil Young, Tonight's The Night, 1975
open.spotify.com/album/4DFwTj...
#NowListening Christmas Folk
Bryony Griffith and Alice Jones, Wesselbobs, 2023
(It doesn't have to be Roy Wood, Slade, Wham...)
open.spotify.com/album/68lysA...
Bryony Griffith and Alice Jones, Wesselbobs, 2023
(It doesn't have to be Roy Wood, Slade, Wham...)
open.spotify.com/album/68lysA...
Wesselbobs
open.spotify.com
December 20, 2025 at 5:08 PM
#NowListening Christmas Folk
Bryony Griffith and Alice Jones, Wesselbobs, 2023
(It doesn't have to be Roy Wood, Slade, Wham...)
open.spotify.com/album/68lysA...
Bryony Griffith and Alice Jones, Wesselbobs, 2023
(It doesn't have to be Roy Wood, Slade, Wham...)
open.spotify.com/album/68lysA...
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The Epstein case didn’t just expose a criminal. It exposed a system willing to bend, hide, and protect itself. What Americans learned watching that unfold can’t be unlearned...and it explains everything that came after.👇
www.jackhopkinsnow.com
www.jackhopkinsnow.com
December 20, 2025 at 7:22 AM
The Epstein case didn’t just expose a criminal. It exposed a system willing to bend, hide, and protect itself. What Americans learned watching that unfold can’t be unlearned...and it explains everything that came after.👇
www.jackhopkinsnow.com
www.jackhopkinsnow.com
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The story of Farage and Putin, told by British-Ukrainian soldier Shaun Pinner on a destroyed apartment block in Kyiv.
December 19, 2025 at 4:54 PM
The story of Farage and Putin, told by British-Ukrainian soldier Shaun Pinner on a destroyed apartment block in Kyiv.
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Brilliant cartoon by Glen Le Lievre
December 19, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Brilliant cartoon by Glen Le Lievre
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Today's message from
Nigel Farage
Nigel Farage
December 20, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Today's message from
Nigel Farage
Nigel Farage
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👌🏼👌🏼The brilliant Cher gives the vacuous Karoline Leavitt a broadside she’d never get over.. if she were intelligent enough to understand it 😁
I have always liked Cher, and she has now gone up in my rankings.
December 20, 2025 at 2:51 PM
👌🏼👌🏼The brilliant Cher gives the vacuous Karoline Leavitt a broadside she’d never get over.. if she were intelligent enough to understand it 😁
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🎄Sanctuary
Our print edition editorial, without a paywall, to celebrate the season, with @peterjukes.bsky.social @hardeepmatharu.bsky.social, and the Dean of Southwark Cathedral on hope in dark times
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Our print edition editorial, without a paywall, to celebrate the season, with @peterjukes.bsky.social @hardeepmatharu.bsky.social, and the Dean of Southwark Cathedral on hope in dark times
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Editorial - Sanctuary – Byline Times Digital / Print Edition
It seems quintessentially English. Though most of our subscribers are not London-based, and we have a readership from across the world, Southwark Cathedral is in effect the parish church for the area ...
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December 19, 2025 at 5:19 PM
🎄Sanctuary
Our print edition editorial, without a paywall, to celebrate the season, with @peterjukes.bsky.social @hardeepmatharu.bsky.social, and the Dean of Southwark Cathedral on hope in dark times
subscribe.bylinetimes.com/edition/81/e...
Our print edition editorial, without a paywall, to celebrate the season, with @peterjukes.bsky.social @hardeepmatharu.bsky.social, and the Dean of Southwark Cathedral on hope in dark times
subscribe.bylinetimes.com/edition/81/e...
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The White House has been caught.
The administration inserted a photo of Bill Clinton, Michael Jackson, and Diana Ross into the Epstein files and falsely implied it showed them with victims.
In reality, it’s a publicly available fundraiser photo featuring Jackson and Ross’s own children.
The administration inserted a photo of Bill Clinton, Michael Jackson, and Diana Ross into the Epstein files and falsely implied it showed them with victims.
In reality, it’s a publicly available fundraiser photo featuring Jackson and Ross’s own children.
December 20, 2025 at 12:33 PM
The White House has been caught.
The administration inserted a photo of Bill Clinton, Michael Jackson, and Diana Ross into the Epstein files and falsely implied it showed them with victims.
In reality, it’s a publicly available fundraiser photo featuring Jackson and Ross’s own children.
The administration inserted a photo of Bill Clinton, Michael Jackson, and Diana Ross into the Epstein files and falsely implied it showed them with victims.
In reality, it’s a publicly available fundraiser photo featuring Jackson and Ross’s own children.
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Brexit is still severely damaging Britain.
We must rejoin our neighbours and most important trading partners, and get rid of the Brexit red tape.
Brexit red tape is utterly destroying the British economy.
We must rejoin our neighbours and most important trading partners, and get rid of the Brexit red tape.
Brexit red tape is utterly destroying the British economy.
December 19, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Brexit is still severely damaging Britain.
We must rejoin our neighbours and most important trading partners, and get rid of the Brexit red tape.
Brexit red tape is utterly destroying the British economy.
We must rejoin our neighbours and most important trading partners, and get rid of the Brexit red tape.
Brexit red tape is utterly destroying the British economy.
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The managing director of Teesside airport is running the publicly owned business while holding a remarkable conflict of interest: he’s also on the books of an investor who tried to buy the airport and has snaffled up a large swathe of adjacent land.
Full story in the new Private Eye, out now.
Full story in the new Private Eye, out now.
December 20, 2025 at 8:54 AM
The managing director of Teesside airport is running the publicly owned business while holding a remarkable conflict of interest: he’s also on the books of an investor who tried to buy the airport and has snaffled up a large swathe of adjacent land.
Full story in the new Private Eye, out now.
Full story in the new Private Eye, out now.
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Not a conspiracy theory - a conspiracy fact
"Mapped: Pro-Trump Heartland Institute’s European Network"
'The U.S. climate science denial group is attempting to forge a global anti-green alliance'
via @desmog.com
www.desmog.com/2025/12/10/m...
"Mapped: Pro-Trump Heartland Institute’s European Network"
'The U.S. climate science denial group is attempting to forge a global anti-green alliance'
via @desmog.com
www.desmog.com/2025/12/10/m...
Mapped: Pro-Trump Heartland Institute’s European Network
A year ago, as the world convulsed from Donald Trump’s victory in the U.S. presidential election, his allies were already identifying their next frontier. In December, the Heartland Institute hosted a...
www.desmog.com
December 20, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Not a conspiracy theory - a conspiracy fact
"Mapped: Pro-Trump Heartland Institute’s European Network"
'The U.S. climate science denial group is attempting to forge a global anti-green alliance'
via @desmog.com
www.desmog.com/2025/12/10/m...
"Mapped: Pro-Trump Heartland Institute’s European Network"
'The U.S. climate science denial group is attempting to forge a global anti-green alliance'
via @desmog.com
www.desmog.com/2025/12/10/m...
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Reform UK’s flagship Kent Council is a shitshow.
Video exposes Leader Linden Kemkaran as out of control and angry.
DOGE in Kent failed.
Multiple councillors sacked or defected.
Threats of violence by councillor.
Deficit widening under Reform UK in Kent.
#KemkaranMustGo
Video exposes Leader Linden Kemkaran as out of control and angry.
DOGE in Kent failed.
Multiple councillors sacked or defected.
Threats of violence by councillor.
Deficit widening under Reform UK in Kent.
#KemkaranMustGo
December 19, 2025 at 6:57 AM
Reform UK’s flagship Kent Council is a shitshow.
Video exposes Leader Linden Kemkaran as out of control and angry.
DOGE in Kent failed.
Multiple councillors sacked or defected.
Threats of violence by councillor.
Deficit widening under Reform UK in Kent.
#KemkaranMustGo
Video exposes Leader Linden Kemkaran as out of control and angry.
DOGE in Kent failed.
Multiple councillors sacked or defected.
Threats of violence by councillor.
Deficit widening under Reform UK in Kent.
#KemkaranMustGo
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Plans show £60m ‘gap’ in Reform UK’s flagship Kent council’s budget even with council tax increase
Plans show £60m ‘gap’ in Reform council’s budget even with council tax increase
Kent County Council was won by Reform at local elections in May, when their candidates promised to cut council spending and keep taxes low.
www.expressandstar.com
December 19, 2025 at 8:09 AM
Plans show £60m ‘gap’ in Reform UK’s flagship Kent council’s budget even with council tax increase
#NowListening A good repackaging of my favourite album of all time: Pink Floyd, Wish You Were Here 50, 2025.
Musical memories: man, I missed her.
Solid drumming / percussion on the demos and love the "new" live album.
open.spotify.com/album/3jlnaV...
Musical memories: man, I missed her.
Solid drumming / percussion on the demos and love the "new" live album.
open.spotify.com/album/3jlnaV...
Wish You Were Here 50
open.spotify.com
December 18, 2025 at 12:58 PM
#NowListening A good repackaging of my favourite album of all time: Pink Floyd, Wish You Were Here 50, 2025.
Musical memories: man, I missed her.
Solid drumming / percussion on the demos and love the "new" live album.
open.spotify.com/album/3jlnaV...
Musical memories: man, I missed her.
Solid drumming / percussion on the demos and love the "new" live album.
open.spotify.com/album/3jlnaV...
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Nirvana's 'MTV Unplugged' performance at Sony Music Studios in New York City first aired on the network 32 years ago on December 16, 1993 | Listen to the album (released in 1994) + revisit our tribute here: album.ink/NirvanaUnpNY
Rediscover Nirvana’s ‘MTV Unplugged in New York’ (1994) | Tribute
That ‘MTV Unplugged in New York’ was a huge hit should come as no surprise, as it showcased the expert musicianship of the band as well as Cobain’s powerful songwriting and performance.
album.ink
December 17, 2025 at 3:08 AM
Nirvana's 'MTV Unplugged' performance at Sony Music Studios in New York City first aired on the network 32 years ago on December 16, 1993 | Listen to the album (released in 1994) + revisit our tribute here: album.ink/NirvanaUnpNY