@donmercutio.bsky.social
'Our time is on loan, only us to borrow
An' I know
But I can't be today, I can be tomorrow
Yea, all I see, the more I know
The more I know, the less I understand'
Ask for me tomorrow, and you'll find me a grave man.
An' I know
But I can't be today, I can be tomorrow
Yea, all I see, the more I know
The more I know, the less I understand'
Ask for me tomorrow, and you'll find me a grave man.
Pinned
No one owns A Cat.
A Cat might condescend to live with you, albeit on Their Own Terms & provided there is adequate food of tolerable quality & sufficient warm comfortable sleeping arrangements, but make no mistake, A Cat is not owned.
Sometimes companionable, often worshiped always their own Cat.
A Cat might condescend to live with you, albeit on Their Own Terms & provided there is adequate food of tolerable quality & sufficient warm comfortable sleeping arrangements, but make no mistake, A Cat is not owned.
Sometimes companionable, often worshiped always their own Cat.
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Exclusive: Reform’s flagship Kent administration is planning to shut down multiple council committees as it struggles to fill posts after losing nine of its own councillors
Reform Council in Chaos as It Prepares to Slash Scrutiny Committees Following Wave of Councillor Suspensions
EXCLUSIVE: Reform's flagship Kent administration is planning to shut down multiple council committees as it struggles to fill posts after suspending nine of its own councillors
bylinetimes.com
November 12, 2025 at 9:51 AM
Exclusive: Reform’s flagship Kent administration is planning to shut down multiple council committees as it struggles to fill posts after losing nine of its own councillors
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NEW
The letter the BBC could send back to Trump
A proposal for a reply to his $1bn claim
By me. Enjoy.
emptycity.substack.com/p/the-letter...
The letter the BBC could send back to Trump
A proposal for a reply to his $1bn claim
By me. Enjoy.
emptycity.substack.com/p/the-letter...
The letter the BBC could send back to Trump
A proposal for a reply to his $1bn claim
emptycity.substack.com
November 12, 2025 at 12:00 PM
NEW
The letter the BBC could send back to Trump
A proposal for a reply to his $1bn claim
By me. Enjoy.
emptycity.substack.com/p/the-letter...
The letter the BBC could send back to Trump
A proposal for a reply to his $1bn claim
By me. Enjoy.
emptycity.substack.com/p/the-letter...
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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...
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In these times of rancour & division, it’s comforting to find things on which we can all agree: Kent County Council, for example, really does provide a perfect illustration of how well Reform would run the country. I agree with Nigel!
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Kent fire authority 'in disarray' amid Reform UK video leak row
A firefighters union claims Reform UK suspending councillors is impacting the local fire authority.
www.bbc.com
November 11, 2025 at 4:55 PM
In these times of rancour & division, it’s comforting to find things on which we can all agree: Kent County Council, for example, really does provide a perfect illustration of how well Reform would run the country. I agree with Nigel!
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Honestly, I did NOT have "punching the air and going HELL YES to Chris Patten" on my bingo card today. But what he says is SO rarely said and needed saying SO badly!
"How shall we treat Mr Farage's concerns? Shall we hail Brexit a tremendous success? Something that has cost the country billions?"
"How shall we treat Mr Farage's concerns? Shall we hail Brexit a tremendous success? Something that has cost the country billions?"
SUPERB and angrily unvarnished response, by former BBC chairman, Lord Patten.
"I don't think that we should allow ourselves to be bullied into thinking that the BBC is only any good, if it reflects the prejudice of the last person who shouted at it." ~AA
"I don't think that we should allow ourselves to be bullied into thinking that the BBC is only any good, if it reflects the prejudice of the last person who shouted at it." ~AA
November 10, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Honestly, I did NOT have "punching the air and going HELL YES to Chris Patten" on my bingo card today. But what he says is SO rarely said and needed saying SO badly!
"How shall we treat Mr Farage's concerns? Shall we hail Brexit a tremendous success? Something that has cost the country billions?"
"How shall we treat Mr Farage's concerns? Shall we hail Brexit a tremendous success? Something that has cost the country billions?"
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The Telegraph had to correct its multiple lies about "illegal immigrants" in London at least three separate times.
It takes an obscene amount of hubris to lecture the BBC when you have The Telegraph’s record on truth-telling.
Some of the paper’s errors this year are so bad they’re almost laughable 👇🏻
Some of the paper’s errors this year are so bad they’re almost laughable 👇🏻
The Telegraph’s BBC hypocrisy
A paper that knows a thing or two about editorial f*ck-ups...
writesbright.substack.com
November 10, 2025 at 8:06 PM
The Telegraph had to correct its multiple lies about "illegal immigrants" in London at least three separate times.
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Seeing so many posts about who “Starmer and Nandy” will appoint as director general. Easy mistake but the government does not appoint the director general! The BBC board, whose members are appointed for rolling terms by the culture secretary, appoints the director general.
November 9, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Seeing so many posts about who “Starmer and Nandy” will appoint as director general. Easy mistake but the government does not appoint the director general! The BBC board, whose members are appointed for rolling terms by the culture secretary, appoints the director general.
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The more the media pursue the Government for yet another mishap within a public organisation, the more I realise the total shitshow inherited by Labour was worse than we could possibly have known - because the media didn't do anything like their job for at least 9 years.
November 9, 2025 at 12:04 AM
The more the media pursue the Government for yet another mishap within a public organisation, the more I realise the total shitshow inherited by Labour was worse than we could possibly have known - because the media didn't do anything like their job for at least 9 years.
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The PR company for Reform UK Ltd is not supposed to be the BBC - TetleysTLDR
9th Nov 25: Reform UK are a minority party. They have 5 MPs, yet if you listened to the BBC you'd think they were the Government in waiting. This has to stop.
www.tetleystldr.com
November 9, 2025 at 7:32 AM
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Sweet sustenance and symbol: Rosemary Remembrance Cake is #RecipeOfTheDay www.nigella.com/recipes/rose...
Rosemary Remembrance Cake
The food we eat connects us so deeply to those we love and, perhaps, especially so when they are no longer with us. And this recipe is really in honour of my maternal grandmother, and not just because...
www.nigella.com
November 9, 2025 at 10:40 AM
Sweet sustenance and symbol: Rosemary Remembrance Cake is #RecipeOfTheDay www.nigella.com/recipes/rose...
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Performing desirable behaviour and "virtue signalling" is also absolutely core to human society.
It's why we tell kids that stealing is wrong, rather than just that it's illegal and punishable by law.
Living in a place where people only treat each other well when forced to by rules would be AWFUL.
It's why we tell kids that stealing is wrong, rather than just that it's illegal and punishable by law.
Living in a place where people only treat each other well when forced to by rules would be AWFUL.
Performative decency is actually *so* important for this reason.
It tricks the 10% of ghouls into thinking that there are only 1% of ghouls.
And it makes the 30% of people that don't care one way or another follow the mostly decent crowd
It tricks the 10% of ghouls into thinking that there are only 1% of ghouls.
And it makes the 30% of people that don't care one way or another follow the mostly decent crowd
November 8, 2025 at 10:32 AM
Performing desirable behaviour and "virtue signalling" is also absolutely core to human society.
It's why we tell kids that stealing is wrong, rather than just that it's illegal and punishable by law.
Living in a place where people only treat each other well when forced to by rules would be AWFUL.
It's why we tell kids that stealing is wrong, rather than just that it's illegal and punishable by law.
Living in a place where people only treat each other well when forced to by rules would be AWFUL.
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"Seizing Brexit opportunities to deregulate" was mostly unspecified magic fairy pixie bullshit then, and it's not going to get any more realistic in the hands of a bunch of Reform clowns who don't know how anything works, don't care to learn and disdain anyone that might.
November 8, 2025 at 9:18 AM
"Seizing Brexit opportunities to deregulate" was mostly unspecified magic fairy pixie bullshit then, and it's not going to get any more realistic in the hands of a bunch of Reform clowns who don't know how anything works, don't care to learn and disdain anyone that might.
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After a monumental 18 hour final sprint, three days running, I just finished writing the sequel to #BabysBreath.
The first book took me 19 days.
This one took me 32.
(Are you listening, George R. R. Martin?)
Next week: deep read by my better half. Hopefully the week after: published.
The first book took me 19 days.
This one took me 32.
(Are you listening, George R. R. Martin?)
Next week: deep read by my better half. Hopefully the week after: published.
November 7, 2025 at 6:42 PM
After a monumental 18 hour final sprint, three days running, I just finished writing the sequel to #BabysBreath.
The first book took me 19 days.
This one took me 32.
(Are you listening, George R. R. Martin?)
Next week: deep read by my better half. Hopefully the week after: published.
The first book took me 19 days.
This one took me 32.
(Are you listening, George R. R. Martin?)
Next week: deep read by my better half. Hopefully the week after: published.
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Oh look, Robert Jenrick.
November 7, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Oh look, Robert Jenrick.
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The brass neck is pretty incredible.
November 7, 2025 at 1:46 PM
The brass neck is pretty incredible.
Oh good grief. Lee Anderson given unchallenged air time for more of his opinions on radio 4 with Evan Davis chuckling along.
Depressingly unsurprising bias.
Depressingly unsurprising bias.
November 7, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Oh good grief. Lee Anderson given unchallenged air time for more of his opinions on radio 4 with Evan Davis chuckling along.
Depressingly unsurprising bias.
Depressingly unsurprising bias.
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Chris Mason is what happens when a Hospital Radio DJ, whose sole qualification appears to be a sort of soporific inoffensiveness, is somehow promoted to BBC Politics Editor - a position that demands unflinching insight, objectivity, and sharpness. It's like a puddle trying to be the ocean.
November 7, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Chris Mason is what happens when a Hospital Radio DJ, whose sole qualification appears to be a sort of soporific inoffensiveness, is somehow promoted to BBC Politics Editor - a position that demands unflinching insight, objectivity, and sharpness. It's like a puddle trying to be the ocean.
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A magnificent piece of work. Comprehesive, revelatory & shocking. Journalism this good is always rare & precious but never moreso than at times like this. Latter day Lord Haw Haws being plumped, preened & delivered to your doorstep in plain sight by a Nazi-saluting goon
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 9:16 AM
A magnificent piece of work. Comprehesive, revelatory & shocking. Journalism this good is always rare & precious but never moreso than at times like this. Latter day Lord Haw Haws being plumped, preened & delivered to your doorstep in plain sight by a Nazi-saluting goon
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
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The US under Trump is no longer a reliable partner - and the world needs to find solutions fast.
European negotiators were personally targeted by their American counterparts during a brutal negotiation over green shipping rules, European Commission officials told POLITICO.
This highly unusual gambit left diplomats shaken after the meeting.
This highly unusual gambit left diplomats shaken after the meeting.
US accused of threatening EU diplomats during bid to kill green shipping rules
Negotiators at shipping talks in London were told both they and their countries could be punished unless they voted with the U.S.
www.politico.eu
November 4, 2025 at 7:15 AM
The US under Trump is no longer a reliable partner - and the world needs to find solutions fast.
Apparently research has discovered the more unhappy you are the more likely you are to vote right wing.
I wonder if it is also the world view. Those of the right believe 'you make your own luck', 'striving' & punishing 'the undeserving'.
Whereas the left is much more their but for grace etc
I wonder if it is also the world view. Those of the right believe 'you make your own luck', 'striving' & punishing 'the undeserving'.
Whereas the left is much more their but for grace etc
November 2, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Apparently research has discovered the more unhappy you are the more likely you are to vote right wing.
I wonder if it is also the world view. Those of the right believe 'you make your own luck', 'striving' & punishing 'the undeserving'.
Whereas the left is much more their but for grace etc
I wonder if it is also the world view. Those of the right believe 'you make your own luck', 'striving' & punishing 'the undeserving'.
Whereas the left is much more their but for grace etc
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🚨If you are one of nearly 14 million adults unable to access NHS dentistry in England sign this URGENT call for action to the Government, NOW
you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/fu...
you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/fu...
November 2, 2025 at 8:31 AM
🚨If you are one of nearly 14 million adults unable to access NHS dentistry in England sign this URGENT call for action to the Government, NOW
you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/fu...
you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/fu...
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Partner sits watching reels nonstop on their phone while giving their narrative opinion on what I'm watching on TV. Result? Constant rewinding to actually hear what I've missed and the overwhelming desire to microwave their fucking phone.
October 30, 2025 at 9:20 AM
Partner sits watching reels nonstop on their phone while giving their narrative opinion on what I'm watching on TV. Result? Constant rewinding to actually hear what I've missed and the overwhelming desire to microwave their fucking phone.
Check out this episode of The News Agents on Global Player - share-gp.globalplayer.com/podcasts/epi...
Why is Sudan not covered more on the news?
I think might be they are brown people...
Why is Sudan not covered more on the news?
I think might be they are brown people...
The News Agents - Podcast Episode | Global Player
Is a British arms deal helping to fuel the Sudan genocide?
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October 31, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Check out this episode of The News Agents on Global Player - share-gp.globalplayer.com/podcasts/epi...
Why is Sudan not covered more on the news?
I think might be they are brown people...
Why is Sudan not covered more on the news?
I think might be they are brown people...