Chairman Moët
@chairmanmoet.bsky.social
Champagne socialist. UK politics, foreign affairs & overreacting to stuff we'll all have forgotten about in a week.
Maybe just me but hard not to think about new munitions factories opening without wondering if they'll be new pubs springing up to serve them called something like The Artillery Arms, The Gunmakers or The Bombardier.
LIVE: UK announces plan to build new munitions factories
www.youtube.com/live/PiYU0yc...
www.youtube.com/live/PiYU0yc...
LIVE: UK announces plan to build new munitions factories
YouTube video by Reuters
www.youtube.com
November 19, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Maybe just me but hard not to think about new munitions factories opening without wondering if they'll be new pubs springing up to serve them called something like The Artillery Arms, The Gunmakers or The Bombardier.
struck by a line in a New York Post article and now imagining someone updating their LinkedIn profile with "released a tell-all book on my racy sexting affair"
November 18, 2025 at 2:10 PM
struck by a line in a New York Post article and now imagining someone updating their LinkedIn profile with "released a tell-all book on my racy sexting affair"
When, years from now, they make the multi-part documentaries about this period, Musk's trillion dollar pay deal, which happened with a surprising lack of outcry or high profile commentary, will be seen as a major inflection point.
November 18, 2025 at 10:44 AM
When, years from now, they make the multi-part documentaries about this period, Musk's trillion dollar pay deal, which happened with a surprising lack of outcry or high profile commentary, will be seen as a major inflection point.
Brilliant clue today.
Minute Cryptic - 18 November, 2025
"Shape of _ountain" (4)
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Minute Cryptic - 18 November, 2025
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November 18, 2025 at 8:41 AM
Brilliant clue today.
Minute Cryptic - 18 November, 2025
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Minute Cryptic - 18 November, 2025
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After 90 minutes or so sat at my desk, cats coming and going, I slump back in my chair and stare at what I've achieved: my open browser tabs down to a much more respectable, less insane, more manageable, forty seven.
November 17, 2025 at 8:39 PM
After 90 minutes or so sat at my desk, cats coming and going, I slump back in my chair and stare at what I've achieved: my open browser tabs down to a much more respectable, less insane, more manageable, forty seven.
Already regretting my complaints last week about how unseasonably warm it was for November
November 17, 2025 at 8:46 AM
Already regretting my complaints last week about how unseasonably warm it was for November
Sunday is the best day to eat a huge meal washed down by bottles of wine and Monday is the worst day to wake up feeling slightly groggy.
November 17, 2025 at 7:51 AM
Sunday is the best day to eat a huge meal washed down by bottles of wine and Monday is the worst day to wake up feeling slightly groggy.
A selling point of Labour and a part of their growth plan,was 5 years of stability so people could plan long term investments. But even without the leadership stuff there's been so much speculation and change of direction around the budgets that people still can't confidently plan ahead.
November 17, 2025 at 6:54 AM
A selling point of Labour and a part of their growth plan,was 5 years of stability so people could plan long term investments. But even without the leadership stuff there's been so much speculation and change of direction around the budgets that people still can't confidently plan ahead.
I see Starmer's plan to survive as leader is to simply let those looking to replace him pitch their policy ideas. Very smart.
November 16, 2025 at 9:41 PM
I see Starmer's plan to survive as leader is to simply let those looking to replace him pitch their policy ideas. Very smart.
Morgan McSweeney spending time with Maurice Glasman, commits to helping him have sex with his wife.
November 16, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Morgan McSweeney spending time with Maurice Glasman, commits to helping him have sex with his wife.
Only just catching up with the last few episode of Celebrity Traitors and notable how before you announce a radical or unpopular proposal for traitor at the round table you have to test that idea with fellow contestants first. An idea so simple even non politicians can grasp it.
More Labour MPs starting to express public unease at these proposals. Lots more saying so privately...
The Prime Minister said in September that we are at a fork in the road. These asylum proposals suggest we have taken the wrong turning.
The idea that recognised refugees need to be deported is wrong.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
The idea that recognised refugees need to be deported is wrong.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
November 16, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Only just catching up with the last few episode of Celebrity Traitors and notable how before you announce a radical or unpopular proposal for traitor at the round table you have to test that idea with fellow contestants first. An idea so simple even non politicians can grasp it.
Starmer has to be at least seen to be attempting to deal with this stuff. If only to maintain some sense of national dignity. My approach: "Mr President, with all due respect, if you carry on with shit like this I'm walking down to Menwith Hill myself, like an angry Dad, and turning it all off"
Donald Trump’s administration is considering offering political asylum to British “thought criminals”, The Telegraph understands.
Read more here ⬇️
www.telegraph.co.uk/bluesky-tmg/trump-thought-criminals/
Read more here ⬇️
www.telegraph.co.uk/bluesky-tmg/trump-thought-criminals/
November 16, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Starmer has to be at least seen to be attempting to deal with this stuff. If only to maintain some sense of national dignity. My approach: "Mr President, with all due respect, if you carry on with shit like this I'm walking down to Menwith Hill myself, like an angry Dad, and turning it all off"
Got WhatsApped about 20 photos the 12 year old had taken of one of the cats. They were all random and taken without thought and then among them this image jumped out.
November 16, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Got WhatsApped about 20 photos the 12 year old had taken of one of the cats. They were all random and taken without thought and then among them this image jumped out.
An email arrives from a luxury brand detailing their latest advent calendar where behind each door is another advent calendar and behind their doors the same and so on until the purchaser is neck-deep in advent calendars, slowly drowning and wishing they'd never started. Only £275.
November 16, 2025 at 11:54 AM
An email arrives from a luxury brand detailing their latest advent calendar where behind each door is another advent calendar and behind their doors the same and so on until the purchaser is neck-deep in advent calendars, slowly drowning and wishing they'd never started. Only £275.
My less out there, longstanding conspiracy theory is that Trump was actually hit by a small shard of glass that spun towards his face when the gunman's bullet grazed one of his his teleprompters. He was still in potential danger but they overplayed by how much.
The Crane lowering the flag. To set the stage is very important evidence, 2 Trump supporters died for a staged campaign photo.
3 days before the Republican National Convention.
No medical report.
3 days before the Republican National Convention.
No medical report.
November 15, 2025 at 8:35 PM
My less out there, longstanding conspiracy theory is that Trump was actually hit by a small shard of glass that spun towards his face when the gunman's bullet grazed one of his his teleprompters. He was still in potential danger but they overplayed by how much.
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Went to a care home with Angela Rayner to talk about what's next, Labour infighting, and boosting pay for carers
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
Angela Rayner makes vow to Brits in first interview since losing Deputy PM job
The former Deputy Labour Leader slapped down the infighting that engulfed Labour this week, condemning it as 'arrogant tittle tattle', and called for a focus on the issues
www.mirror.co.uk
November 15, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Went to a care home with Angela Rayner to talk about what's next, Labour infighting, and boosting pay for carers
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
Back from the town's Christmas light switch on. It was like the Wicker Man but with more food vendors and plastic accessories for the kids.
November 15, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Back from the town's Christmas light switch on. It was like the Wicker Man but with more food vendors and plastic accessories for the kids.
"Learn to let go of what it is no longer needed like one of your husband's uncles"
The Princess of Wales has spoken of “learning to let go of what is no longer needed” and “embracing change” with “hope”
Kate posts autumn video embracing change and ‘letting go’
www.thetimes.com
November 15, 2025 at 3:24 PM
"Learn to let go of what it is no longer needed like one of your husband's uncles"
Ed Miliband should draw up plans for a massive onshore windfarm that involves compulsory purchasing parts of Turnberry golf course and every time Trump attacks the UK Starmer waves it through to the next stage, only pausing it if he then gets the desired result.
November 15, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Ed Miliband should draw up plans for a massive onshore windfarm that involves compulsory purchasing parts of Turnberry golf course and every time Trump attacks the UK Starmer waves it through to the next stage, only pausing it if he then gets the desired result.
The Economist tells me that Wegovy, Ozempic, Mounjaro, Zepbound "are the most famous drugs since Prozac" which is clearly, and I imagine demonstrably, untrue.
November 15, 2025 at 12:13 PM
The Economist tells me that Wegovy, Ozempic, Mounjaro, Zepbound "are the most famous drugs since Prozac" which is clearly, and I imagine demonstrably, untrue.
Really don't understand bond markets. They make money by buying govt debt but hate it when govts look like they might need to borrow more. Like a cobbler who charges you £25 for a pair of shoes but if you come back a week later with another pair it's "£95 and could you walk barefoot in future?"
November 15, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Really don't understand bond markets. They make money by buying govt debt but hate it when govts look like they might need to borrow more. Like a cobbler who charges you £25 for a pair of shoes but if you come back a week later with another pair it's "£95 and could you walk barefoot in future?"
Minute Cryptic - 15 November, 2025
"Warm fluid, cold air" (7)
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November 15, 2025 at 8:13 AM
Minute Cryptic - 15 November, 2025
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Who exactly is this photo supposed to appeal to? Sexually confused white nationalists?
November 14, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Who exactly is this photo supposed to appeal to? Sexually confused white nationalists?
I don't want to get all Lebowski on you but, like, isn't all data backward looking man?
Fed's Miran: It's a mistake to make policy on backward-looking data.
November 14, 2025 at 7:11 PM
I don't want to get all Lebowski on you but, like, isn't all data backward looking man?
A babysitter for bees is called a hive mind
November 14, 2025 at 5:43 PM
A babysitter for bees is called a hive mind