Larry Ogden
@hifilarry.bsky.social
Owner of HiFi businesses in South Manchester. European. Visit London a lot. Boring centrist.
Fascinated by music, wine, food, theatre, & beer.
Feel the world should be nudged into better, not lambasted.
HiFi people follow @theaudioworks on BlueSky
Fascinated by music, wine, food, theatre, & beer.
Feel the world should be nudged into better, not lambasted.
HiFi people follow @theaudioworks on BlueSky
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There were 93 homicides in London last year: population 9 million
In New York - population 8.5 million - there were
391.
London's homicide figure is 6 times lower than LA, 9 times lower than Miami, 17 times lower than Chicago.
And it's falling year on year despite the population increasing
In New York - population 8.5 million - there were
391.
London's homicide figure is 6 times lower than LA, 9 times lower than Miami, 17 times lower than Chicago.
And it's falling year on year despite the population increasing
November 16, 2025 at 5:28 PM
There were 93 homicides in London last year: population 9 million
In New York - population 8.5 million - there were
391.
London's homicide figure is 6 times lower than LA, 9 times lower than Miami, 17 times lower than Chicago.
And it's falling year on year despite the population increasing
In New York - population 8.5 million - there were
391.
London's homicide figure is 6 times lower than LA, 9 times lower than Miami, 17 times lower than Chicago.
And it's falling year on year despite the population increasing
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I do hope those sensibles telling me that Labour's new policy was fair and sensible are enjoying Tommy Robinson's endorsement of it this morning.
That's who you've joined.
Tommy Robinson.
That's who you've joined.
Tommy Robinson.
November 16, 2025 at 10:13 AM
I do hope those sensibles telling me that Labour's new policy was fair and sensible are enjoying Tommy Robinson's endorsement of it this morning.
That's who you've joined.
Tommy Robinson.
That's who you've joined.
Tommy Robinson.
If you can’t make people better off, find a defenceless scapegoat. U.K. politics in the 2020’s.
November 16, 2025 at 9:58 AM
If you can’t make people better off, find a defenceless scapegoat. U.K. politics in the 2020’s.
Do you have to be English, and of a certain age to consider Binge’s Elizabethan Serenade to be one of the most perfect musical compositions?
November 16, 2025 at 9:54 AM
Do you have to be English, and of a certain age to consider Binge’s Elizabethan Serenade to be one of the most perfect musical compositions?
As nutty as Nigel….
“it’s important that we send a...clear signal to those people who are ...looking to get on a boat in the north of France: this is not a journey worth making.” They're risking their lives already. I struggle to see how these rules changes will alter that calculation www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
Shabana Mahmood: ‘Illegal migration is tearing Britain apart’
The home secretary is planning to introduce a 20-year wait for permanent stay to end a ‘golden ticket’ for asylum seekers
www.thetimes.com
November 16, 2025 at 9:21 AM
As nutty as Nigel….
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CH Precision C1.2 DAC now on demonstration.
Outstanding.
Outstanding.
November 15, 2025 at 9:48 PM
CH Precision C1.2 DAC now on demonstration.
Outstanding.
Outstanding.
Extortion?
Maduro secretly offered the US a large share of Venezuela's 300 bn barrel oil reserves to prevent a military clash, NYT reports.
Trump turned it down. Talks could still be ongoing though, with the aircraft carrier deployment aimed at pressuring Maduro for better terms.
Reposted for clarity.
Trump turned it down. Talks could still be ongoing though, with the aircraft carrier deployment aimed at pressuring Maduro for better terms.
Reposted for clarity.
November 15, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Extortion?
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THIS!
THIS!
November 15, 2025 at 10:27 AM
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THIS!
THIS!
Turns out Johnson wasn’t Churchill after all, but Lord Haw Haw?
Temerko, a Soviet-born oligarch and a major Conservative donor, told Belton that he and Johnson spent time… plotting the overthrow May. According to Temerko, Johnson had finally been persuaded to back Brexit in 2016 by a group of “eastern European businessmen”.
bylinetimes.com/2023/01/19/l...
bylinetimes.com/2023/01/19/l...
Landmark Ruling in Strasbourg as MPs Challenge UK Government over Failure to Investigate Russian Interference in Brexit
'Nothing less than the future of democracy is at stake' says Caroline Lucas as a cross-party coalition and The Citizens win an unprecedented hearing over electoral safety and national security
bylinetimes.com
November 15, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Turns out Johnson wasn’t Churchill after all, but Lord Haw Haw?
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NEW - we've data showing huge numbers of people reducing their income to avoid high marginal income tax rates. Not just at the £100k point (as previously reported). But at the £50k point:
November 14, 2025 at 12:47 PM
NEW - we've data showing huge numbers of people reducing their income to avoid high marginal income tax rates. Not just at the £100k point (as previously reported). But at the £50k point:
Think the Post Office scandal is an isolated case of public sector immunity from scrutiny of its cock ups?
They are endless. Nobody will be held to account.
Another one on BBC Radio 4 now.
They are endless. Nobody will be held to account.
Another one on BBC Radio 4 now.
November 11, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Think the Post Office scandal is an isolated case of public sector immunity from scrutiny of its cock ups?
They are endless. Nobody will be held to account.
Another one on BBC Radio 4 now.
They are endless. Nobody will be held to account.
Another one on BBC Radio 4 now.
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◾ >9 years since Tees Valley voted for supposed benefits of Brexit
◾ >8 since Houchen was elected Mayor of Tees Valley
◾ >6 since Johnson promised to level up left-behind areas
...Middlesbrough remains the local authority with the highest proportion of most deprived neighbourhoods in England.
◾ >8 since Houchen was elected Mayor of Tees Valley
◾ >6 since Johnson promised to level up left-behind areas
...Middlesbrough remains the local authority with the highest proportion of most deprived neighbourhoods in England.
Houchen’s deprivation failure exposed – official
Middlesbrough remains the local authority with the highest proportion of most deprived neighbourhoods in England
northeastbylines.co.uk
November 11, 2025 at 9:38 AM
◾ >9 years since Tees Valley voted for supposed benefits of Brexit
◾ >8 since Houchen was elected Mayor of Tees Valley
◾ >6 since Johnson promised to level up left-behind areas
...Middlesbrough remains the local authority with the highest proportion of most deprived neighbourhoods in England.
◾ >8 since Houchen was elected Mayor of Tees Valley
◾ >6 since Johnson promised to level up left-behind areas
...Middlesbrough remains the local authority with the highest proportion of most deprived neighbourhoods in England.
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NB if you would like to understand why the edit is a big deal, this is the Panorama clip vs the original www.theguardian.com/media/video/...
Side-by-side comparison of BBC-edited Trump speech from day of Capitol attack with original – video
A selectively edited clip by Panorama has resulted in the BBC being accused of making it appear clearer that the US president encouraged the Capitol attack
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 4:49 PM
NB if you would like to understand why the edit is a big deal, this is the Panorama clip vs the original www.theguardian.com/media/video/...
Important information re BBC.
I've been talking to BBC insiders about why the Director General resigned and whether the talk of a 'coup' has any basis - here's my latest markurban.substack.com/p/the-bbc-is...
The BBC is Deep in Crisis
Some inside scoop on what's happened and why
markurban.substack.com
November 10, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Important information re BBC.
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“This weight presses on me every day. I am flooded with stories. There are so many I cannot remember them all; cannot keep straight who was gassed, beaten, abducted, or shot. I write to leave a record, to stare at the track of the tornado. I write to leave a warning. I write to call for help.”
Kyle Kingsbury is not a journalist. He is not an op-ed writer.
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
November 10, 2025 at 1:24 PM
“This weight presses on me every day. I am flooded with stories. There are so many I cannot remember them all; cannot keep straight who was gassed, beaten, abducted, or shot. I write to leave a record, to stare at the track of the tornado. I write to leave a warning. I write to call for help.”
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It seems that Banksy has just appeared in Lviv
We already know that in these difficult times, the world's most famous street artist has chosen Ukraine.
Art as resistance. Art as solidarity. Art as voice.
When the world watches, artists speak.
What's your message? 🇺🇦
We already know that in these difficult times, the world's most famous street artist has chosen Ukraine.
Art as resistance. Art as solidarity. Art as voice.
When the world watches, artists speak.
What's your message? 🇺🇦
November 10, 2025 at 1:17 PM
It seems that Banksy has just appeared in Lviv
We already know that in these difficult times, the world's most famous street artist has chosen Ukraine.
Art as resistance. Art as solidarity. Art as voice.
When the world watches, artists speak.
What's your message? 🇺🇦
We already know that in these difficult times, the world's most famous street artist has chosen Ukraine.
Art as resistance. Art as solidarity. Art as voice.
When the world watches, artists speak.
What's your message? 🇺🇦
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Good news for a change.
Train hero Samir Zitouni wakes in hospital and speaks to wife
The injured crew member is credited with saving multiple lives during a mass stabbing incident.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 10, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Good news for a change.
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‘Gibb’s supporters say he is trying to save the BBC from itself; he was also heard last year to say that if he didn’t get his way, he would “blow the place up”.’
“a group of politically-appointed directors has forced the hand of Samir Shah,the chair, and the departure of the two most senior people in the organisation. Their resignations should be called out for what they are: political interference..”1/
The Observer view: political interference at the BBC | The Observer
observer.co.uk
November 10, 2025 at 10:29 AM
‘Gibb’s supporters say he is trying to save the BBC from itself; he was also heard last year to say that if he didn’t get his way, he would “blow the place up”.’
Yes, Prime Minister.
Is the government hostage to the Civil Service?
Numbers of CS are up, yet again, but, grade inflation is costing us billions a year too.
I agree we need more public spending. But it’s got to be efficient.
Is the government hostage to the Civil Service?
Numbers of CS are up, yet again, but, grade inflation is costing us billions a year too.
I agree we need more public spending. But it’s got to be efficient.
November 10, 2025 at 8:58 AM
Yes, Prime Minister.
Is the government hostage to the Civil Service?
Numbers of CS are up, yet again, but, grade inflation is costing us billions a year too.
I agree we need more public spending. But it’s got to be efficient.
Is the government hostage to the Civil Service?
Numbers of CS are up, yet again, but, grade inflation is costing us billions a year too.
I agree we need more public spending. But it’s got to be efficient.
So. Can someone explain to a Brit why if the filibuster goes, Trump has said GOP and he will never lose an election again?
November 9, 2025 at 3:35 PM
So. Can someone explain to a Brit why if the filibuster goes, Trump has said GOP and he will never lose an election again?
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Tees Valley mayor Lord (Ben) Houchen promised renewal. Instead, Britain’s biggest regeneration project has turned into a taxpayer-funded scandal - enriching a few local businessmen while leaving public bodies on the brink.
Watch the latest episode of Page 94, The Private Eye Podcast, on YouTube.
Watch the latest episode of Page 94, The Private Eye Podcast, on YouTube.
November 8, 2025 at 10:42 AM
Tees Valley mayor Lord (Ben) Houchen promised renewal. Instead, Britain’s biggest regeneration project has turned into a taxpayer-funded scandal - enriching a few local businessmen while leaving public bodies on the brink.
Watch the latest episode of Page 94, The Private Eye Podcast, on YouTube.
Watch the latest episode of Page 94, The Private Eye Podcast, on YouTube.
Appropriately of this. I have just tried to do the new required ID check for company directors. I started at Companies House, I was transferred to Gov.uk website , I was advised to download the Gov.uk app, which mentioned the Gov.uk ID app, dutifully downloaded.
Then it put me in a doom loop.
Then it put me in a doom loop.
November 5, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Why we don’t want to pay more tax. This unfortunately is not an outlier in the carelessness, and lack of regard civil servants have for vast sums of the public’s money.
UK agri dept spent hundreds of millions upgrading to Windows 10 – just in time for end of support
UK agri dept spent hundreds of millions upgrading to Windows 10 – just in time for end of support
After a £312M upgrade to the retiring OS, Defra still has 24,000 devices to replace
The UK's Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (Defra) has spent £312 million (c $407 million) modernizing its IT estate, including replacing tens of thousands of Windows 7 laptops with Windows 10 – which officially reached end of support last month.…
dlvr.it
November 5, 2025 at 9:35 AM
Why we don’t want to pay more tax. This unfortunately is not an outlier in the carelessness, and lack of regard civil servants have for vast sums of the public’s money.
Nice to see Eric & Ernie enjoying themselves.
Two men sunbathing, August bank holiday, Blackpool, 1971, by Don McPhee.
November 5, 2025 at 9:11 AM
Nice to see Eric & Ernie enjoying themselves.