Carl Difford
@carldifford.bsky.social
Journalist; fencer; cat-lover; sports fan; trivia gatherer; husband; father; survivor (not necessarily in that order). All views personal.
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Nathan Gill's social media bio...
They claim to love the country they would sell down the river for a stuffed brown envelope.
He was the head of Reform in Wales.
How do you think Reform would react if any other party leader had been found to have committed such crimes?
They claim to love the country they would sell down the river for a stuffed brown envelope.
He was the head of Reform in Wales.
How do you think Reform would react if any other party leader had been found to have committed such crimes?
November 21, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Nathan Gill's social media bio...
They claim to love the country they would sell down the river for a stuffed brown envelope.
He was the head of Reform in Wales.
How do you think Reform would react if any other party leader had been found to have committed such crimes?
They claim to love the country they would sell down the river for a stuffed brown envelope.
He was the head of Reform in Wales.
How do you think Reform would react if any other party leader had been found to have committed such crimes?
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How have Labour watched the Tories spend 2-3 years parroting Farage then lose an election badly and conclude a similar strategy is the best course of action?
I. Really. Genuinely. Do Not. Get. It.
I. Really. Genuinely. Do Not. Get. It.
Just another of those days when I hate this government
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Asylum system in UK ‘out of control’ and dividing country, home secretary says
Shabana Mahmood to unveil new proposals modelled on Denmark’s controversial system
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November 16, 2025 at 8:50 PM
How have Labour watched the Tories spend 2-3 years parroting Farage then lose an election badly and conclude a similar strategy is the best course of action?
I. Really. Genuinely. Do Not. Get. It.
I. Really. Genuinely. Do Not. Get. It.
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Not happy with #sainsburys tonight - forgot both phone (app) when shopping and it cost nearly £5 more than it should have due to loss of #nectar prices. Can’t be applied retrospectively, apparently. Daresay other supermarkets have similar scams, but I’m searching for one that doesn’t.
November 8, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Not happy with #sainsburys tonight - forgot both phone (app) when shopping and it cost nearly £5 more than it should have due to loss of #nectar prices. Can’t be applied retrospectively, apparently. Daresay other supermarkets have similar scams, but I’m searching for one that doesn’t.
“He will be a hard act to follow. I will never fill his shoes. But I promise you, I will walk the same path that he did. And I can pay no finer tribute to an excellent man.”
Lindsay Whittle’s speech after the count, paying tribute to his predecessor, Hefin David. Heart in the right place, I believe.
Lindsay Whittle’s speech after the count, paying tribute to his predecessor, Hefin David. Heart in the right place, I believe.
Caerphilly, Senedd constituency by-election result:
PC: 47.4% (+19.0)
REF: 36.0% (+34.2)
LAB: 11.0% (-34.9)
CON: 2.0% (-15.3)
GRN: 1.5% (+1.5)
LDEM: 1.5% (-1.2)
GWL: 0.3% (+0.3)
UKIP: 0.2% (+0.2)
Plaid Cymru GAIN from Labour.
PC: 47.4% (+19.0)
REF: 36.0% (+34.2)
LAB: 11.0% (-34.9)
CON: 2.0% (-15.3)
GRN: 1.5% (+1.5)
LDEM: 1.5% (-1.2)
GWL: 0.3% (+0.3)
UKIP: 0.2% (+0.2)
Plaid Cymru GAIN from Labour.
October 24, 2025 at 8:27 AM
“He will be a hard act to follow. I will never fill his shoes. But I promise you, I will walk the same path that he did. And I can pay no finer tribute to an excellent man.”
Lindsay Whittle’s speech after the count, paying tribute to his predecessor, Hefin David. Heart in the right place, I believe.
Lindsay Whittle’s speech after the count, paying tribute to his predecessor, Hefin David. Heart in the right place, I believe.
Liverpool poet Brian Patten dies at 79
Still my favourite, more than 40 years on:
Still my favourite, more than 40 years on:
September 30, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Liverpool poet Brian Patten dies at 79
Still my favourite, more than 40 years on:
Still my favourite, more than 40 years on:
Liverpool poet Brian Patten dies at 79
Still my favourite, more than 40 years on:
Still my favourite, more than 40 years on:
September 30, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Liverpool poet Brian Patten dies at 79
Still my favourite, more than 40 years on:
Still my favourite, more than 40 years on:
For the same reason he was quoted on THREE separate stories on BBC’s 10 o’clock news last night, presumably.
Why did the BBC broadcast Nigel Farage uninterrupted for 56 minutes this morning?
Nobody wants this, he has 4 seats, does any other party gets this coverage?
The biased people at the BBC putting Nigel Farage on day after day need to be removed.
Nobody wants this, he has 4 seats, does any other party gets this coverage?
The biased people at the BBC putting Nigel Farage on day after day need to be removed.
September 23, 2025 at 7:17 AM
For the same reason he was quoted on THREE separate stories on BBC’s 10 o’clock news last night, presumably.
"We firmly believe that open dialogue is vital to a healthy democracy”
…until you say something we don’t agree with, then we will silence you.
When they come for you, who will speak out for you?
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…until you say something we don’t agree with, then we will silence you.
When they come for you, who will speak out for you?
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Reform UK Nottinghamshire council leader bans local newspaper's reporters
The Nottingham Post describes the ban as
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August 29, 2025 at 6:34 AM
"We firmly believe that open dialogue is vital to a healthy democracy”
…until you say something we don’t agree with, then we will silence you.
When they come for you, who will speak out for you?
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…until you say something we don’t agree with, then we will silence you.
When they come for you, who will speak out for you?
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"i asked grok" "i asked chatgpt" yeah well i asked carl sagan and he said the greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance but the illusion of knowledge 🧪
July 18, 2025 at 4:12 AM
"i asked grok" "i asked chatgpt" yeah well i asked carl sagan and he said the greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance but the illusion of knowledge 🧪
A warning to news organisations everywhere.
Next cost-cutting step may well be to not have the corrections but to move on with the next churning of inaccurate information.
Next cost-cutting step may well be to not have the corrections but to move on with the next churning of inaccurate information.
I note that the piece by @theguardian.com has now corrected these errors. I also note that it has not, in this particular instance, recorded the correction of these errors at the bottom of its article, in accordance with its usual practice.
Reservoir Dogs was 1992, not 1994. Pulp Fiction was 2 years later, not 11 years later. Jesus Christ, @theguardian.com, whatever wretched AI rubbish you’re using in place of proper journalists, it ain’t working. Switch it off.
July 4, 2025 at 8:21 AM
A warning to news organisations everywhere.
Next cost-cutting step may well be to not have the corrections but to move on with the next churning of inaccurate information.
Next cost-cutting step may well be to not have the corrections but to move on with the next churning of inaccurate information.
Is he really doing anything other than making the markets yo-yo and rife for insider trading on a grand scale?
NEW YORK (AP) - US stocks open sharply higher after Trump eases concerns over the trade war and says he won't try to fire Powell.
April 23, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Is he really doing anything other than making the markets yo-yo and rife for insider trading on a grand scale?
Fortunately we don’t live in the USA, where the sort of behaviour alleged here is apparently applauded, especially if done on a grand scale.
Thomas James, the director of the Welsh Conservatives, among those charged today with betting offences, alongside MS for Montgomeryshire Russell George and ex-MP Craig Williams
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Election betting: Three Welsh Conservatives among 15 charged
A Tory member of the Senedd, the party's Welsh director and an ex-MP charged with betting offences.
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April 14, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Fortunately we don’t live in the USA, where the sort of behaviour alleged here is apparently applauded, especially if done on a grand scale.
Reading it now. A proper page-turner. A snip at 99p!
A Sunday Times Book of the Month. A Thriller of the Year in the Washington Post. A Waterstones Thriller of the Month. Currently up for Thriller of the Year at the British Book Awards.
You can get it for 99p here: bit.ly/4chjsSE
I'm crying.
You can get it for 99p here: bit.ly/4chjsSE
I'm crying.
April 1, 2025 at 9:27 AM
Reading it now. A proper page-turner. A snip at 99p!
Flying home from Tenerife can have its compensations.
March 23, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Flying home from Tenerife can have its compensations.
Can someone come up with an easy way to explain that a reduction of an ingredient from 33% of the product to 27% is an 18% reduction and not a 6% reduction, because nobody in my household believes me?
February 27, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Can someone come up with an easy way to explain that a reduction of an ingredient from 33% of the product to 27% is an 18% reduction and not a 6% reduction, because nobody in my household believes me?
