Charlie Massey
@charliecoffee.bsky.social
Long term runner & spaniel chaser, A314875. Dartmoorphile, Mountain dreamer. Retired real coffee and real bread business owner, now a Rutland allotmenteer. Following QPR since 1966. Family man with a son in 🇨🇭 and daughter an NHS surgeon
Sounds like 12 seconds from Panorama a year ago is the least imaginable damage on the orange one's impeccable reputation.
Jeffrey Epstein mentioned Trump multiple times in private emails to Ghislaine Maxwell and an author in Trump's orbit, newly released records show.
https://cnn.it/480M2WS
https://cnn.it/480M2WS
November 12, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Sounds like 12 seconds from Panorama a year ago is the least imaginable damage on the orange one's impeccable reputation.
I peeled, cored chopped and froze another 2 kgs of these beauties this morning. We've given away over a hundred and there's over a hundred to go. Two trees. An amazing and scrumptious harvest this year.
November 12, 2025 at 1:42 PM
I peeled, cored chopped and froze another 2 kgs of these beauties this morning. We've given away over a hundred and there's over a hundred to go. Two trees. An amazing and scrumptious harvest this year.
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I've no more interest in what unnamed sources have to say than I have in what Tufton Street grifters have to say, 2 cheeks of the same arse.
November 12, 2025 at 11:14 AM
I've no more interest in what unnamed sources have to say than I have in what Tufton Street grifters have to say, 2 cheeks of the same arse.
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Each time I see a proudly flown Union Jack or St George's flag, I see, as well as aggression, ignorance & self-delusion. People telling themselves a tale about a make-believe past whose sporadic positive aspects weren't what the tellers believe. Squalid fingernails clinging to an idiot's fairy tale.
November 12, 2025 at 9:14 AM
Each time I see a proudly flown Union Jack or St George's flag, I see, as well as aggression, ignorance & self-delusion. People telling themselves a tale about a make-believe past whose sporadic positive aspects weren't what the tellers believe. Squalid fingernails clinging to an idiot's fairy tale.
Not sure our "tidier manure heaps" will cut it here in Oakham, but proud of our rose, salvia and daffodil planting scheme on plot borders. Guaranteed seasonal colour.
Brookfield Allotment Association team has already completed some work to improve the site and attract more tenants: a new BBQ and seating area, more planters and boxes, a new pond area and more than 100 trees planted to create a natural woodland 👏👏
thenantwichnews.co.uk/2025/11/11/n...
thenantwichnews.co.uk/2025/11/11/n...
Nantwich Town Council backs scheme to tackle allotment flooding
Volunteers behind a scheme to resolve flooding on a Nantwich allotment site have received extra backing from town councillors.
thenantwichnews.co.uk
November 12, 2025 at 9:27 AM
Not sure our "tidier manure heaps" will cut it here in Oakham, but proud of our rose, salvia and daffodil planting scheme on plot borders. Guaranteed seasonal colour.
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Brookfield Allotment Association team has already completed some work to improve the site and attract more tenants: a new BBQ and seating area, more planters and boxes, a new pond area and more than 100 trees planted to create a natural woodland 👏👏
thenantwichnews.co.uk/2025/11/11/n...
thenantwichnews.co.uk/2025/11/11/n...
Nantwich Town Council backs scheme to tackle allotment flooding
Volunteers behind a scheme to resolve flooding on a Nantwich allotment site have received extra backing from town councillors.
thenantwichnews.co.uk
November 12, 2025 at 8:07 AM
Brookfield Allotment Association team has already completed some work to improve the site and attract more tenants: a new BBQ and seating area, more planters and boxes, a new pond area and more than 100 trees planted to create a natural woodland 👏👏
thenantwichnews.co.uk/2025/11/11/n...
thenantwichnews.co.uk/2025/11/11/n...
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The reaction to the Panorama edit has been nothing short of hysterical. Yes the BBC has some impartiality problems. But its biggest isn't the one you think.
New piece from me.
open.substack.com/pub/goodalla...
New piece from me.
open.substack.com/pub/goodalla...
The truth about impartiality at the BBC
And the hysteria of the current "crisis"
open.substack.com
November 10, 2025 at 7:22 PM
The reaction to the Panorama edit has been nothing short of hysterical. Yes the BBC has some impartiality problems. But its biggest isn't the one you think.
New piece from me.
open.substack.com/pub/goodalla...
New piece from me.
open.substack.com/pub/goodalla...
This is very insightful. From one who knows the BBC better than most. I agree that their UK and US current affairs content has become turgid and unimaginative. Bias is not the issue.
The reaction to the Panorama edit has been nothing short of hysterical. Yes the BBC has some impartiality problems. But its biggest isn't the one you think.
New piece from me.
open.substack.com/pub/goodalla...
New piece from me.
open.substack.com/pub/goodalla...
The truth about impartiality at the BBC
And the hysteria of the current "crisis"
open.substack.com
November 10, 2025 at 11:37 PM
This is very insightful. From one who knows the BBC better than most. I agree that their UK and US current affairs content has become turgid and unimaginative. Bias is not the issue.
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I’ve written to Keir Starmer, Kemi Badenoch and Nigel Farage urging them to condemn Donald Trump’s attack on the BBC.
The BBC belongs to Britain, not Trump. We must defend it together.
The BBC belongs to Britain, not Trump. We must defend it together.
November 10, 2025 at 11:29 AM
I’ve written to Keir Starmer, Kemi Badenoch and Nigel Farage urging them to condemn Donald Trump’s attack on the BBC.
The BBC belongs to Britain, not Trump. We must defend it together.
The BBC belongs to Britain, not Trump. We must defend it together.
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Everything on our news agenda is being driven by a corrupted disinformation machine, run by a billionaire who sponsors Tommy Robinson and who keeps trying to foment civil war in the UK.
And incredibly our MPs & news providers stay there.
THAT is the problem. Not some bad editing choice on the BBC.
And incredibly our MPs & news providers stay there.
THAT is the problem. Not some bad editing choice on the BBC.
November 10, 2025 at 9:18 AM
Everything on our news agenda is being driven by a corrupted disinformation machine, run by a billionaire who sponsors Tommy Robinson and who keeps trying to foment civil war in the UK.
And incredibly our MPs & news providers stay there.
THAT is the problem. Not some bad editing choice on the BBC.
And incredibly our MPs & news providers stay there.
THAT is the problem. Not some bad editing choice on the BBC.
A week of mostly moving moist manure between showers methinks. 💩🧑🌾🥬🥕🥒🥔 #allotmentlife
November 10, 2025 at 11:23 AM
A week of mostly moving moist manure between showers methinks. 💩🧑🌾🥬🥕🥒🥔 #allotmentlife
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Note from my notebook (2018). Still relevant.
November 9, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Note from my notebook (2018). Still relevant.
Apparently the remembrance poppy is being weaponised by the far right like the St George's flag. So here's a 70 year old absolute weapon sporting the poppy at parkrun on remembrance weekend. #oblivious 😆
November 8, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Apparently the remembrance poppy is being weaponised by the far right like the St George's flag. So here's a 70 year old absolute weapon sporting the poppy at parkrun on remembrance weekend. #oblivious 😆
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I was only 30 something when I helmed The Enterprise.
November 6, 2025 at 8:00 PM
I was only 30 something when I helmed The Enterprise.
Future task inevitability. A mercurial genius on our allotments site designed, installed and maintained a well water storage and distribution system using scavenged materials. He has passed away suddenly and I think I will have to become de facto hydrologist. OMG 😳
November 6, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Future task inevitability. A mercurial genius on our allotments site designed, installed and maintained a well water storage and distribution system using scavenged materials. He has passed away suddenly and I think I will have to become de facto hydrologist. OMG 😳
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Vital piece of investigative reporting from Sky. They've uncovered the X algorithm which feeds users extremist right wing material from the moment they join the site. It is a far-right radicalisation engine, by design.
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
Elon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows how
Elon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows how
news.sky.com
November 6, 2025 at 7:23 AM
Vital piece of investigative reporting from Sky. They've uncovered the X algorithm which feeds users extremist right wing material from the moment they join the site. It is a far-right radicalisation engine, by design.
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
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Amazing news for ex- postmaster 92 year old Betty Brown - FINALLY she has been awarded close to 100% of financial redress after losing £50k thro Post Office Horizon IT scandal
We’ve followed her story on #Newsnight & she wanted to be live on the show tonight so that’s what’s happening :)
We’ve followed her story on #Newsnight & she wanted to be live on the show tonight so that’s what’s happening :)
November 5, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Amazing news for ex- postmaster 92 year old Betty Brown - FINALLY she has been awarded close to 100% of financial redress after losing £50k thro Post Office Horizon IT scandal
We’ve followed her story on #Newsnight & she wanted to be live on the show tonight so that’s what’s happening :)
We’ve followed her story on #Newsnight & she wanted to be live on the show tonight so that’s what’s happening :)
Mamdani is another gooner! 😲
Democrat candidate Zohran Mamdani is the new mayor of New York.
Last month, the 34-year-old spoke to @adamcrafton.bsky.social to discuss World Cup ticket prices, the Premier League title race and his love of Arsenal.
🔗 www.nytimes.com/athletic/673...
Last month, the 34-year-old spoke to @adamcrafton.bsky.social to discuss World Cup ticket prices, the Premier League title race and his love of Arsenal.
🔗 www.nytimes.com/athletic/673...
November 5, 2025 at 9:09 AM
Mamdani is another gooner! 😲
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Huge wins for the Democrats in state elections across the US last night.
Chaotic authoritarianism is not popular.
Chaotic authoritarianism is not popular.
A 15-point win for VA gov. A 5-point win for VA AG in a race he was expected to lose. A 13-point win for NJ gov, in a race that was expected to be close. An outright majority in NYC in a three-way race. A 30-point win for Prop 50 in CA. #BlueWave #Election2025
November 5, 2025 at 7:29 AM
Huge wins for the Democrats in state elections across the US last night.
Chaotic authoritarianism is not popular.
Chaotic authoritarianism is not popular.
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Anyway, we need some joy, so here's the Egyptian foreign minister being given a Lego Pyramid by the Danish foreign minister.
November 3, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Anyway, we need some joy, so here's the Egyptian foreign minister being given a Lego Pyramid by the Danish foreign minister.
This sort of expensive nonsense is everywhere on the HS2 Phase 1 route. I'm so glad I moved from Buckinghamshire before the juggernaut really got going. Failure at every level of government and governance. No public good whatsoever for any element of it.
My latest: Move over bat tunnel, here’s the wild story of how HS2 were forced to build a multi-million pound bridge for a road that… doesn’t actually exist.
How HS2 built a bridge to nowhere
A state-of-the-art road bridge has been built deep in the heart of rural Buckinghamshire. Designed to carry traffic over the HS2 railway, there's just one tiny problem - there's no actual road.
martinrobbins.substack.com
November 3, 2025 at 9:15 AM
This sort of expensive nonsense is everywhere on the HS2 Phase 1 route. I'm so glad I moved from Buckinghamshire before the juggernaut really got going. Failure at every level of government and governance. No public good whatsoever for any element of it.
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Will the RW media remember the driver and conductor of the Huntingdon attack, and how many lives they saved, the next time train companies try to eliminate staff and they strike, citing passenger safety?
November 3, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Will the RW media remember the driver and conductor of the Huntingdon attack, and how many lives they saved, the next time train companies try to eliminate staff and they strike, citing passenger safety?
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This man is clearly deranged
Elon Musk, "These lovely small towns in England, Scotland and Ireland, they've been living their lives quietly. They're like hobbits"
"And so one day, 1,000 people show up in your village of 500 and start raping the kids"
"This has now happened, God knows how many times in Britain"
"And so one day, 1,000 people show up in your village of 500 and start raping the kids"
"This has now happened, God knows how many times in Britain"
November 2, 2025 at 8:28 PM
This man is clearly deranged
19:29 Train leaves Peterborough
19:39 First 999 call.
Driver acts
Signal staff act
19:44 Train stops in Huntingdon
19:49 Armed police arrest suspects.
The speed of the LNER staff, the Network Rail Staff and the Cambridgeshire police response was astonishing. Extraordinary professionalism.
19:39 First 999 call.
Driver acts
Signal staff act
19:44 Train stops in Huntingdon
19:49 Armed police arrest suspects.
The speed of the LNER staff, the Network Rail Staff and the Cambridgeshire police response was astonishing. Extraordinary professionalism.
November 2, 2025 at 10:27 PM
19:29 Train leaves Peterborough
19:39 First 999 call.
Driver acts
Signal staff act
19:44 Train stops in Huntingdon
19:49 Armed police arrest suspects.
The speed of the LNER staff, the Network Rail Staff and the Cambridgeshire police response was astonishing. Extraordinary professionalism.
19:39 First 999 call.
Driver acts
Signal staff act
19:44 Train stops in Huntingdon
19:49 Armed police arrest suspects.
The speed of the LNER staff, the Network Rail Staff and the Cambridgeshire police response was astonishing. Extraordinary professionalism.