David Chance
@davidchance.bsky.social
‘Resting’ journalist. Cat is Bob and we live in Liverpool. He likes chasing things, eating and sleeping. I like LFC, The Archers and making my way round on a bike. 🚲
Morning Star nails it, not a phrase I thought I would find myself saying.
‘… the “middle ground” doesn’t exist like it used to because demands for better wages or public services can’t be easily satisfied without redistribution in a stagnating economy.’
Why is Starmer unpopular? The answer’s obvious, but it mystifies the media
ALL the “serious” media pundits are working on “Why is Keir Starmer so unpopular” columns. The one thing the pundits won’t say is “He is so unpopular because we told him to be.”Media commentators can’...
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January 4, 2026 at 11:07 AM
Morning Star nails it, not a phrase I thought I would find myself saying.
A friend is a Seahawks and Arsenal fan (he’s from Seattle and oh well…).
In the event of an unlikely double, I am trying to convince him it will be the year of the Seagoon. As an American, this opens up vast new cultural vistas for him, I explain.
In the event of an unlikely double, I am trying to convince him it will be the year of the Seagoon. As an American, this opens up vast new cultural vistas for him, I explain.
January 4, 2026 at 10:53 AM
A friend is a Seahawks and Arsenal fan (he’s from Seattle and oh well…).
In the event of an unlikely double, I am trying to convince him it will be the year of the Seagoon. As an American, this opens up vast new cultural vistas for him, I explain.
In the event of an unlikely double, I am trying to convince him it will be the year of the Seagoon. As an American, this opens up vast new cultural vistas for him, I explain.
Nicolás Maduro says he now realises that dating site was scam.
January 4, 2026 at 9:03 AM
Nicolás Maduro says he now realises that dating site was scam.
Keir Starmer, wasn’t he keen on due process and human rights at some stage?
January 3, 2026 at 9:40 PM
Keir Starmer, wasn’t he keen on due process and human rights at some stage?
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Almost 40 years now and still mesmerising.
Almost 40 years now and still mesmerising.
Blue Velvet
When the discovery of a severed ear in a field leads a small-town college student to a bewitching nightclub singer, he finds himself lost in a dark underworld of fear and depravity.
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January 3, 2026 at 9:33 PM
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Almost 40 years now and still mesmerising.
Almost 40 years now and still mesmerising.
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Churches are rubbish at hide & seek 🙄
January 3, 2026 at 2:28 PM
Churches are rubbish at hide & seek 🙄
I am looking forward to reading the 10,000 word NYT/ReuterBerg/RollingStone/NewYorker special report on the countdown to the strike… It was no ordinary Thursday in Mar a Lago when Colonel James Foxx… etc.
January 3, 2026 at 11:35 AM
I am looking forward to reading the 10,000 word NYT/ReuterBerg/RollingStone/NewYorker special report on the countdown to the strike… It was no ordinary Thursday in Mar a Lago when Colonel James Foxx… etc.
www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
I love this film.
I love this film.
Funeral in Berlin
Harry Palmer is sent to Berlin with instructions to assist Colonel Stok, the Russian head of security for the Berlin Wall, who is eager to defect to the West.
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January 2, 2026 at 10:04 PM
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I love this film.
I love this film.
I don’t think Marky’s favoured weapon is a bottle of Chardonnay. #TheArchers
January 2, 2026 at 7:07 PM
I don’t think Marky’s favoured weapon is a bottle of Chardonnay. #TheArchers
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Nigel Farage & compliant right wing media are directly responsible for this surge in crime.
www.theguardian.com/society/2026...
www.theguardian.com/society/2026...
Racial and religious hate crime on UK public transport is growing, data shows
Anti-racism groups warn some people are avoiding public transport or limiting their use of it for fear of abuse
www.theguardian.com
January 2, 2026 at 8:21 AM
Nigel Farage & compliant right wing media are directly responsible for this surge in crime.
www.theguardian.com/society/2026...
www.theguardian.com/society/2026...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/01/s...
The most interesting - and fun - article you will read today. Unlocked copy.
The most interesting - and fun - article you will read today. Unlocked copy.
This Diminutive Reptile Plays Rock-Paper-Scissors
www.nytimes.com
January 2, 2026 at 10:19 AM
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/01/s...
The most interesting - and fun - article you will read today. Unlocked copy.
The most interesting - and fun - article you will read today. Unlocked copy.
He racially abused Trust manager in an email.
He sent a strongly worded email to his manager, part of which said: “Still no reply, acknowledgement, let alone thanks from the Oirish [sic] Dame on over 400 hours spent on her crappy not fit for purpose webs--
He sent a strongly worded email to his manager, part of which said: “Still no reply, acknowledgement, let alone thanks from the Oirish [sic] Dame on over 400 hours spent on her crappy not fit for purpose webs--
January 2, 2026 at 9:59 AM
He racially abused Trust manager in an email.
He sent a strongly worded email to his manager, part of which said: “Still no reply, acknowledgement, let alone thanks from the Oirish [sic] Dame on over 400 hours spent on her crappy not fit for purpose webs--
He sent a strongly worded email to his manager, part of which said: “Still no reply, acknowledgement, let alone thanks from the Oirish [sic] Dame on over 400 hours spent on her crappy not fit for purpose webs--
Good to see record-setting #NUFC owners. Heads off for the lads.
Almost one a day.
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
Almost one a day.
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
Executions in Saudi Arabia hit highest number on record in 2025
Analysts attribute increase to kingdom’s ‘war on drugs’ as authorities kill 356 people by death penalty
www.theguardian.com
January 2, 2026 at 9:33 AM
Good to see record-setting #NUFC owners. Heads off for the lads.
Almost one a day.
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
Almost one a day.
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
Unlike a drunk howling for booze at 3am, a cat will never fall asleep and go quiet. 🐈
January 2, 2026 at 9:02 AM
Unlike a drunk howling for booze at 3am, a cat will never fall asleep and go quiet. 🐈
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/25/b...
The NYT does a very superior obituary. See also Ms Bardot.
I do wonder what they have prewritten for Trump, D. who’s aged 79 and clearly senile and losing control of his bodily functions.
The NYT does a very superior obituary. See also Ms Bardot.
I do wonder what they have prewritten for Trump, D. who’s aged 79 and clearly senile and losing control of his bodily functions.
John Carey, Literary Eminence Who Excoriated Snobbery, Dies at 91
www.nytimes.com
January 1, 2026 at 9:05 PM
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/25/b...
The NYT does a very superior obituary. See also Ms Bardot.
I do wonder what they have prewritten for Trump, D. who’s aged 79 and clearly senile and losing control of his bodily functions.
The NYT does a very superior obituary. See also Ms Bardot.
I do wonder what they have prewritten for Trump, D. who’s aged 79 and clearly senile and losing control of his bodily functions.
And to think people used to complain that it wasn’t silage season in #TheArchers and now we have… people will be writing in.
January 1, 2026 at 7:36 PM
And to think people used to complain that it wasn’t silage season in #TheArchers and now we have… people will be writing in.
They’re going to have to get Benoit in to sift all the potential suspects for who hit George
#TheArchers
#TheArchers
January 1, 2026 at 7:13 PM
They’re going to have to get Benoit in to sift all the potential suspects for who hit George
#TheArchers
#TheArchers
Keira has been turned into a zombie. #TheArchers
January 1, 2026 at 7:11 PM
Keira has been turned into a zombie. #TheArchers
I must say. Palpitations. #TheArchers
January 1, 2026 at 7:05 PM
I must say. Palpitations. #TheArchers
Only Old Etonians should be allowed to appear on the Beeb.
I suppose lady actors might have to come from somewhere else, Cheltenham Ladies College, perhaps.
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I suppose lady actors might have to come from somewhere else, Cheltenham Ladies College, perhaps.
www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
The Night Manager - Series 2: Episode 1
Pine’s past resurfaces after a chance sighting. He’s pulled into a deadly conspiracy reaching from Colombia’s jungles to the heart of MI6.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 1, 2026 at 6:39 PM
Only Old Etonians should be allowed to appear on the Beeb.
I suppose lady actors might have to come from somewhere else, Cheltenham Ladies College, perhaps.
www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
I suppose lady actors might have to come from somewhere else, Cheltenham Ladies College, perhaps.
www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
You have no idea how disappointed I am - as I prepare for an Italian exam on January 6 - to discover that Christina Rossetti made up the word ‘Uommibatto’.
It was to have been my pièce de résistance, as it were, to clothe the skimpiness of my revision.
It was to have been my pièce de résistance, as it were, to clothe the skimpiness of my revision.
January 1, 2026 at 3:40 PM
You have no idea how disappointed I am - as I prepare for an Italian exam on January 6 - to discover that Christina Rossetti made up the word ‘Uommibatto’.
It was to have been my pièce de résistance, as it were, to clothe the skimpiness of my revision.
It was to have been my pièce de résistance, as it were, to clothe the skimpiness of my revision.
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2.15 Snapshots into the lives of those in tonight's 7.15 drama
2.55 Brad
4.00 Hannah
5.00 Lillian
6.13 Harrison
7.00 Brian
7.15 Truth & Lies 45mins #TheArchers
2.15 Snapshots into the lives of those in tonight's 7.15 drama
2.55 Brad
4.00 Hannah
5.00 Lillian
6.13 Harrison
7.00 Brian
7.15 Truth & Lies 45mins #TheArchers
January 1, 2026 at 11:24 AM
Details not showing on BBC Sounds. This taken from Radio Times:
2.15 Snapshots into the lives of those in tonight's 7.15 drama
2.55 Brad
4.00 Hannah
5.00 Lillian
6.13 Harrison
7.00 Brian
7.15 Truth & Lies 45mins #TheArchers
2.15 Snapshots into the lives of those in tonight's 7.15 drama
2.55 Brad
4.00 Hannah
5.00 Lillian
6.13 Harrison
7.00 Brian
7.15 Truth & Lies 45mins #TheArchers
