Chris Weston
@chrisweston.bsky.social
A friend, most likely. Talking to interesting people weekly at wb40podcast.com for over 8 years. Midlander. Cricket tragic. Rent-a-quote. Techmonger/know it all
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Also Net Zero has been Labour's policy the entire time McSweeney has been there and they're spending tens of billions to achieve it...
Yes, god help we risk a floundering government that feels like no one is in charge.
February 8, 2026 at 5:41 PM
Also Net Zero has been Labour's policy the entire time McSweeney has been there and they're spending tens of billions to achieve it...
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Never Forget
February 10, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Never Forget
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February 8, 2026 at 6:01 PM
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i forget who made it but it cracks me up lol
February 8, 2026 at 10:54 AM
i forget who made it but it cracks me up lol
Important point. Nobody, statistically speaking, knows who he is and never will.
Man that hardly any ordinary person has ever heard of returns to obscurity
BREAKING: Morgan McSweeney quits as Keir Starmer's chief of staff amid fall-out from the Mandelson scandal
February 8, 2026 at 2:46 PM
Important point. Nobody, statistically speaking, knows who he is and never will.
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I warned Starmer about Mandelson.
My wife Bunty did
So did Dean our paperboy
Ramrod our Lab did.
Jill in the village shop baked some warning baps for him & Simple Sally, who helps Jill, warned him using dance & spit.
Ronnie Pickering warned him.
So did Chaka Demus.
And Pliers.
Why didn’t he LISTEN?🤦🏻♂️
My wife Bunty did
So did Dean our paperboy
Ramrod our Lab did.
Jill in the village shop baked some warning baps for him & Simple Sally, who helps Jill, warned him using dance & spit.
Ronnie Pickering warned him.
So did Chaka Demus.
And Pliers.
Why didn’t he LISTEN?🤦🏻♂️
February 8, 2026 at 12:03 PM
I warned Starmer about Mandelson.
My wife Bunty did
So did Dean our paperboy
Ramrod our Lab did.
Jill in the village shop baked some warning baps for him & Simple Sally, who helps Jill, warned him using dance & spit.
Ronnie Pickering warned him.
So did Chaka Demus.
And Pliers.
Why didn’t he LISTEN?🤦🏻♂️
My wife Bunty did
So did Dean our paperboy
Ramrod our Lab did.
Jill in the village shop baked some warning baps for him & Simple Sally, who helps Jill, warned him using dance & spit.
Ronnie Pickering warned him.
So did Chaka Demus.
And Pliers.
Why didn’t he LISTEN?🤦🏻♂️
Too long. Too boring. Too clever, perhaps.
Seems like a good time to reshare my Radio Four Infinite Jest documentary. We tried to make it so it gives you a decent idea whether or not you'd like the book.
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
February 8, 2026 at 2:42 PM
Too long. Too boring. Too clever, perhaps.
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Golfing hat, on loan to the museum from Peter Thiel.
February 8, 2026 at 2:28 PM
Golfing hat, on loan to the museum from Peter Thiel.
Mayyyyyybe
tbh i think this is fairly easy to answer: the sectors that birthed Corbynism in Old Labour vs Polanski's eco-populism come from very different class formations
Ex-Corbynites exuding schadenfreude at Starmer's self-inflicted disasters need to ask themselves why someone like Zack Polanski and before him Caroline Lucas when faced with the Labour establishment seems able to avoid all the traps that Corbyn and co so enthusiastically plunged into
February 8, 2026 at 2:41 PM
Mayyyyyybe
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Excellent work by Reform at Kent Council, who made a £40m saving by briefly proposing to spend £40m on something then deciding not to. Using this model, every Reform council can save £billions!
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
February 8, 2026 at 9:49 AM
Excellent work by Reform at Kent Council, who made a £40m saving by briefly proposing to spend £40m on something then deciding not to. Using this model, every Reform council can save £billions!
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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While there is justified outrage about Mandelson, Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor &others, the relentless media focus on Keir Starmer (who was NOT mentioned in any Epstein file) is overdone.
By contrast, no focus on Farage who WAS mentioned (and who, BTW, applauded the appointment of Mandelson)…
By contrast, no focus on Farage who WAS mentioned (and who, BTW, applauded the appointment of Mandelson)…
February 8, 2026 at 9:39 AM
While there is justified outrage about Mandelson, Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor &others, the relentless media focus on Keir Starmer (who was NOT mentioned in any Epstein file) is overdone.
By contrast, no focus on Farage who WAS mentioned (and who, BTW, applauded the appointment of Mandelson)…
By contrast, no focus on Farage who WAS mentioned (and who, BTW, applauded the appointment of Mandelson)…
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Since #bbclaurak is trending, let’s remind ourselves that ONE MONTH ago, the BBC invited Mandelson on for a soft-ball interview on her show. While HIS CLIENT , Palantir’s Louis Moseley appeared as a pundit
Both, as I wrote at time, were ‘abject failures of journalism’
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Both, as I wrote at time, were ‘abject failures of journalism’
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February 8, 2026 at 10:13 AM
Since #bbclaurak is trending, let’s remind ourselves that ONE MONTH ago, the BBC invited Mandelson on for a soft-ball interview on her show. While HIS CLIENT , Palantir’s Louis Moseley appeared as a pundit
Both, as I wrote at time, were ‘abject failures of journalism’
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Both, as I wrote at time, were ‘abject failures of journalism’
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Rate bit of good news here for Labour.
February 8, 2026 at 1:26 PM
Rate bit of good news here for Labour.
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The Telegrsph is an obscenity
February 7, 2026 at 2:21 PM
The Telegrsph is an obscenity
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After a certain point the sanity of Palantir's leadership does matter to the national security of the UK and other European states buying its software
February 8, 2026 at 12:14 PM
After a certain point the sanity of Palantir's leadership does matter to the national security of the UK and other European states buying its software
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"Tell me you know nothing about the Muppets without telling me you know nothing about the Muppets."
February 7, 2026 at 2:20 AM
"Tell me you know nothing about the Muppets without telling me you know nothing about the Muppets."
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There are like 4 band names in this headline
February 7, 2026 at 5:47 PM
There are like 4 band names in this headline
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Grammar school bans throwing snowballs to prevent possible injuries. This sort of woke nonsense would never have happened in the good old days. Oh, wait - this was 1954.
February 7, 2026 at 8:06 PM
Grammar school bans throwing snowballs to prevent possible injuries. This sort of woke nonsense would never have happened in the good old days. Oh, wait - this was 1954.
The winter Olympics should just be the normal Olympics but performed when it is bloody freezing.
February 7, 2026 at 10:23 AM
The winter Olympics should just be the normal Olympics but performed when it is bloody freezing.
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This came up in the Rest is Politics, where Stewart ended the episode by lamenting how MPs are in financial desperation, leading to corruption.
There may be a case for paying MPs more, but desperation? They’re highly paid. Again, just not as highly paid as some of the people they meet.
There may be a case for paying MPs more, but desperation? They’re highly paid. Again, just not as highly paid as some of the people they meet.
You could say he’s conflating the 1% with the 0.01%. The 0.01% of most high-profile people - eg Mandelson at the time - are generally in/close to the top 1% of incomes.
Their “misfortune” is that they see the 0.01% of super-rich close up. This may seem like hair-splitting, but I think it matters.
Their “misfortune” is that they see the 0.01% of super-rich close up. This may seem like hair-splitting, but I think it matters.
February 7, 2026 at 8:11 AM
This came up in the Rest is Politics, where Stewart ended the episode by lamenting how MPs are in financial desperation, leading to corruption.
There may be a case for paying MPs more, but desperation? They’re highly paid. Again, just not as highly paid as some of the people they meet.
There may be a case for paying MPs more, but desperation? They’re highly paid. Again, just not as highly paid as some of the people they meet.
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Rather typically Gordon Brown becomes the first person to have accepted responsibility for a consequence of the actions of the Jeffrey Epstein in the guardian/on radio 4
February 7, 2026 at 8:22 AM
Rather typically Gordon Brown becomes the first person to have accepted responsibility for a consequence of the actions of the Jeffrey Epstein in the guardian/on radio 4
He was about 50. Jesus H Corbett. I am so, so decrepit.
Yet, I pretend that I am not.
Yet, I pretend that I am not.
Gene Pitney's probably younger than you are here #totp
February 6, 2026 at 9:09 PM
He was about 50. Jesus H Corbett. I am so, so decrepit.
Yet, I pretend that I am not.
Yet, I pretend that I am not.