Flintlock
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You think I'm proud of this?
Well maybe, but the shame you never lose
Well maybe, but the shame you never lose
I think perhaps the more interesting question is not why there were anti ICE chants at a wrestling show, but why I've not heard of any ICE chants happening at the opera or a classical music concert.
#indywrestling
#indywrestling
February 10, 2026 at 1:33 AM
I think perhaps the more interesting question is not why there were anti ICE chants at a wrestling show, but why I've not heard of any ICE chants happening at the opera or a classical music concert.
#indywrestling
#indywrestling
One of my favourite things about Pop Will Eat Itself is the difficulty in telling whether something is an insult from a music journalist or merely something the band choose to put in one of their songs.
"Very much like scruffy pigs to look at"
"Very much like scruffy pigs to look at"
February 9, 2026 at 11:20 PM
One of my favourite things about Pop Will Eat Itself is the difficulty in telling whether something is an insult from a music journalist or merely something the band choose to put in one of their songs.
"Very much like scruffy pigs to look at"
"Very much like scruffy pigs to look at"
1/ Amusing story on this. I'm volunteering at Oxfam and on Wednesdays (when all the guys in their 40s come in to buy vinyl) I'm allowed to dictate what music is on in the shop.
This particular day I'm playing some Turkish punk my mum picked up on holiday.
A middle aged chap walks up.
This particular day I'm playing some Turkish punk my mum picked up on holiday.
A middle aged chap walks up.
Long experience of running songs not in English against songs in English in pop polls has taught me to be very sceptical of "oh lyrics don't matter to me" claims in general, but personally lyrics matter a lot *less* to me now than they ever did, and sometimes they're an absolute menace
February 9, 2026 at 9:58 PM
1/ Amusing story on this. I'm volunteering at Oxfam and on Wednesdays (when all the guys in their 40s come in to buy vinyl) I'm allowed to dictate what music is on in the shop.
This particular day I'm playing some Turkish punk my mum picked up on holiday.
A middle aged chap walks up.
This particular day I'm playing some Turkish punk my mum picked up on holiday.
A middle aged chap walks up.
I wish to retract. Don't defect to the SNP, Anas. Join the Yorps.
Meanwhile Ash Reagan can become the leader of Scottish Labour. Transphobic and right wing. They'll love her.
Meanwhile Ash Reagan can become the leader of Scottish Labour. Transphobic and right wing. They'll love her.
February 9, 2026 at 5:30 PM
I wish to retract. Don't defect to the SNP, Anas. Join the Yorps.
Meanwhile Ash Reagan can become the leader of Scottish Labour. Transphobic and right wing. They'll love her.
Meanwhile Ash Reagan can become the leader of Scottish Labour. Transphobic and right wing. They'll love her.
Defect to the SNP, Anas.
Sarwar’s Gamble | Unless something dramatic changes in the next few days, it seems that Anas Sarwar has gambled everything in the most astonishing act of political misjudgment possible. It may be that it is he and not Keir Starmer who will have to resign. bellacaledonia.org.uk/2026/02/09/s...
February 9, 2026 at 5:25 PM
Defect to the SNP, Anas.
This is a fantastic article on the appeal of #indywrestling.
I think the one bit I disagree with is that there aren't casual wrestling fans any more. From a UK perspective at least, they're everywhere and it's great.
I think the one bit I disagree with is that there aren't casual wrestling fans any more. From a UK perspective at least, they're everywhere and it's great.
first post is up and it focuses on a recent Beyond Wrestling show and what I enjoy these days about professional wrestling swimmingh-in-trash.ghost.io/beyond-big-b...
Beyond Big-Budget Wrestling
It's an odd time to start a blog about stuff that most people view as Trash, given everything else currently going on in the world. But I have missed blogs as a space that is distinct from social medi...
swimmingh-in-trash.ghost.io
February 9, 2026 at 3:55 PM
This is a fantastic article on the appeal of #indywrestling.
I think the one bit I disagree with is that there aren't casual wrestling fans any more. From a UK perspective at least, they're everywhere and it's great.
I think the one bit I disagree with is that there aren't casual wrestling fans any more. From a UK perspective at least, they're everywhere and it's great.
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The Starmerites are funny.
"The left should fuck off"
"Ok, we're taking our votes with us"
*Shocked Pikachu Face*
"The left should fuck off"
"Ok, we're taking our votes with us"
*Shocked Pikachu Face*
July 8, 2025 at 8:19 PM
The Starmerites are funny.
"The left should fuck off"
"Ok, we're taking our votes with us"
*Shocked Pikachu Face*
"The left should fuck off"
"Ok, we're taking our votes with us"
*Shocked Pikachu Face*
I can't link to it for you because I'd get blocked, but I highly recommend finding the thread where Starmer cultists solemnly reassure each other that it's not a cult, they just really love Starmer in a parasocial way.
Absolute fucking scenes. I give it a few days before the poetry starts.
Absolute fucking scenes. I give it a few days before the poetry starts.
February 9, 2026 at 2:30 PM
I can't link to it for you because I'd get blocked, but I highly recommend finding the thread where Starmer cultists solemnly reassure each other that it's not a cult, they just really love Starmer in a parasocial way.
Absolute fucking scenes. I give it a few days before the poetry starts.
Absolute fucking scenes. I give it a few days before the poetry starts.
"I want us to be popular, not unpopular".
Sarwar is truly a great strategic brain.
Sarwar is truly a great strategic brain.
When I interviewed Anas Sarwar, he told me he'd warned Starmer: “I want to go into 2026 in the midterm of a popular Labour government, not the midterm of an unpopular”
Also warned: “I want us not to say, ‘Elect Labour so we can be better managers than the Tories or the SNP.’”
Also warned: “I want us not to say, ‘Elect Labour so we can be better managers than the Tories or the SNP.’”
“Independence is one of those issues that will never go away”: Anas Sarwar on the fight over Scotland
The Scottish Labour leader on Brexit, trans rights and how Keir Starmer can win the next election.
www.newstatesman.com
February 9, 2026 at 2:20 PM
"I want us to be popular, not unpopular".
Sarwar is truly a great strategic brain.
Sarwar is truly a great strategic brain.
"Do you want Farage to get in?"
What's the specific tradeoff we're talking about here? Resisting Reform (who are likely to be incompetent) for four years while doing to Labour what Reform have done to the Labour Party?
What's the specific tradeoff we're talking about here? Resisting Reform (who are likely to be incompetent) for four years while doing to Labour what Reform have done to the Labour Party?
February 8, 2026 at 11:57 PM
"Do you want Farage to get in?"
What's the specific tradeoff we're talking about here? Resisting Reform (who are likely to be incompetent) for four years while doing to Labour what Reform have done to the Labour Party?
What's the specific tradeoff we're talking about here? Resisting Reform (who are likely to be incompetent) for four years while doing to Labour what Reform have done to the Labour Party?
1/ Recent exchanges do however give me a chance to share one of my favourite anti fascist anecdotes ever. (Not mine, nicked it off a RA comrade).
Waterloo station. Perhaps the biggest clash between Anti Fascist Action and the far right (specifically Blood and Honour).
Waterloo station. Perhaps the biggest clash between Anti Fascist Action and the far right (specifically Blood and Honour).
February 8, 2026 at 8:52 PM
1/ Recent exchanges do however give me a chance to share one of my favourite anti fascist anecdotes ever. (Not mine, nicked it off a RA comrade).
Waterloo station. Perhaps the biggest clash between Anti Fascist Action and the far right (specifically Blood and Honour).
Waterloo station. Perhaps the biggest clash between Anti Fascist Action and the far right (specifically Blood and Honour).
First RPG review up tomorrow!
February 8, 2026 at 8:39 PM
First RPG review up tomorrow!
I think there is probably a long term space in Scottish politics for a new left party but Yorp so aren't it. (Essentially, you'd need to be able to tap into the younger Extinction Rebellion types and the older non SSP ex RiC people. Can't see this managing either).
What's the point? The Scottish Greens already exist, and the Scottish Socialist Party isn't doing so well nowadays
BREAKING: Your Party Scotland has voted to officially become a pro-independence party
More to follow
More to follow
February 8, 2026 at 7:01 PM
I think there is probably a long term space in Scottish politics for a new left party but Yorp so aren't it. (Essentially, you'd need to be able to tap into the younger Extinction Rebellion types and the older non SSP ex RiC people. Can't see this managing either).
Yorp don't really deserve any votes, but it would still be funny as fuck if they get more votes than Alba.
Updated Scots poll tracker, with a method update detailed at the end.
SNP 6 short of a majority.
Pro-indy majority of 9.
Lab & Cons facing their worst results in in ScotParl history.
Seats (+/- 2021)
SNP: 59 (-5)
Ref: 22 (+22)
Lab: 17 (-5)
LD: 11 (+7)
Grn: 10 (+2)
Con: 10 (-21)
Alba: 0 (-)
1/3
SNP 6 short of a majority.
Pro-indy majority of 9.
Lab & Cons facing their worst results in in ScotParl history.
Seats (+/- 2021)
SNP: 59 (-5)
Ref: 22 (+22)
Lab: 17 (-5)
LD: 11 (+7)
Grn: 10 (+2)
Con: 10 (-21)
Alba: 0 (-)
1/3
February 8, 2026 at 4:15 PM
Yorp don't really deserve any votes, but it would still be funny as fuck if they get more votes than Alba.
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"In the short term" lads the election is in 3 months
🔴Scottish Labour update:
- MSPs/MPs invited to Number 11 Downing St on Monday
- Scottish MPs invited to Number 10 on Tuesday for election meeting
- Party sources say Mandelson scandal coming up all the time on the doors
- They fear poll gap with SNP could widen in short term
- MSPs/MPs invited to Number 11 Downing St on Monday
- Scottish MPs invited to Number 10 on Tuesday for election meeting
- Party sources say Mandelson scandal coming up all the time on the doors
- They fear poll gap with SNP could widen in short term
February 8, 2026 at 12:11 PM
"In the short term" lads the election is in 3 months
kunt and the gang - you brought a pedo to 5 a side
YouTube video by Yorkshire
www.youtube.com
February 8, 2026 at 3:04 PM
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February 8, 2026 at 2:53 PM
When it comes to by elections, a good rule of thumb is *always* take the bookies over the pollsters. By definition, the bookies only interest is making sure they get the odds right and make as much money as possible.
February 8, 2026 at 2:40 PM
When it comes to by elections, a good rule of thumb is *always* take the bookies over the pollsters. By definition, the bookies only interest is making sure they get the odds right and make as much money as possible.
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Right that the prime minister has resigned. His successor, Keir Starmer, has a very difficult inheritance.
Morgan McSweeney resigns as Downing Street chief of staff
Exit of Mandelson protégé comes as Sir Keir Starmer seeks to stave off leadership speculation
www.ft.com
February 8, 2026 at 2:33 PM
Right that the prime minister has resigned. His successor, Keir Starmer, has a very difficult inheritance.
One thing about this is it's also a really good indicator that they aren't involved in liberal antifascism either. You'll notice that Hope Not Hate wouldn't dream of describing themselves thus, because they're actually aware it's from a different tradition.
I *really* wish we'd cracked down harder on the "antifa just means antifascist" stuff from centrists when they started stealing the term for themselves.
February 8, 2026 at 12:19 PM
One thing about this is it's also a really good indicator that they aren't involved in liberal antifascism either. You'll notice that Hope Not Hate wouldn't dream of describing themselves thus, because they're actually aware it's from a different tradition.
WWE Fans - You suck! You suck!
#indywrestling fans - He's a wanker, a mighty wanker, his name is Spike Trivet.
#indywrestling fans - He's a wanker, a mighty wanker, his name is Spike Trivet.
February 8, 2026 at 2:36 AM
WWE Fans - You suck! You suck!
#indywrestling fans - He's a wanker, a mighty wanker, his name is Spike Trivet.
#indywrestling fans - He's a wanker, a mighty wanker, his name is Spike Trivet.
Still my best contribution to the "should you recommend old fantasy to children" argument.
I'm not recommending Rivers of London to a kid, John. Too much shagging.
Over on Reddit someone is asking for science fiction for their precocious young reader and the people there are suggesting books that were old when that kid's grandparents were the same age as the kid, for fuck's sake if you didn't know any SF books from this millennium maybe sit this question out
February 8, 2026 at 2:24 AM
Still my best contribution to the "should you recommend old fantasy to children" argument.
If you want a serious answer, it's almost certainly Johnson or Cameron.
"While at Oxford University, Ghislaine Maxwell attended Balliol College with Boris Johnson, who flirted with her. She mixed, too, with former prime minister David Cameron." - Nigel Hawthorne
"While at Oxford University, Ghislaine Maxwell attended Balliol College with Boris Johnson, who flirted with her. She mixed, too, with former prime minister David Cameron." - Nigel Hawthorne
Isn't it common knowledge that Major was the dirtiest ex Prime Minister?
There are no good mental images here. Do not set forth upon that road.
February 8, 2026 at 2:17 AM
If you want a serious answer, it's almost certainly Johnson or Cameron.
"While at Oxford University, Ghislaine Maxwell attended Balliol College with Boris Johnson, who flirted with her. She mixed, too, with former prime minister David Cameron." - Nigel Hawthorne
"While at Oxford University, Ghislaine Maxwell attended Balliol College with Boris Johnson, who flirted with her. She mixed, too, with former prime minister David Cameron." - Nigel Hawthorne
Isn't it common knowledge that Major was the dirtiest ex Prime Minister?
There are no good mental images here. Do not set forth upon that road.
February 8, 2026 at 2:12 AM
Isn't it common knowledge that Major was the dirtiest ex Prime Minister?