Steve Williams
@iloatheskies.bsky.social
I'm @i_loathe_tweets at the other place.
Just walked around the 'Princess Diana Memorial Fountain', and I have to say, of all the great shrines that have been built to commemorate the lives of the fallen lovers of magnificent Kings across the world . . . this was not one of them.
January 31, 2026 at 12:43 PM
Just walked around the 'Princess Diana Memorial Fountain', and I have to say, of all the great shrines that have been built to commemorate the lives of the fallen lovers of magnificent Kings across the world . . . this was not one of them.
Me when people question how much of my food shopping is done at the garden centre:
January 31, 2026 at 11:04 AM
Me when people question how much of my food shopping is done at the garden centre:
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31st January 2026 09.41
January 31, 2026 at 9:45 AM
31st January 2026 09.41
I asked ChatGPT about a headline in today's Daily Express, whose website it cannot access directly, using neutral language and no prompt, and the context you get back is better than the BBC's 'summarising the front pages' segments. No wonder Brits who get news from AI end up better informed.
January 31, 2026 at 9:55 AM
I asked ChatGPT about a headline in today's Daily Express, whose website it cannot access directly, using neutral language and no prompt, and the context you get back is better than the BBC's 'summarising the front pages' segments. No wonder Brits who get news from AI end up better informed.
Lots of people responding to this with comments like 'uhh, aren't you forgetting Southampton??'
Yes! Everybody forgets Southampton, that's why it's not on the list.
Yes! Everybody forgets Southampton, that's why it's not on the list.
There are only seven cities in England: London, Birmingham, Manchester, Liverpool, Sheffield, Leeds and Newcastle. The other pretenders are just big towns.
January 30, 2026 at 4:17 PM
Lots of people responding to this with comments like 'uhh, aren't you forgetting Southampton??'
Yes! Everybody forgets Southampton, that's why it's not on the list.
Yes! Everybody forgets Southampton, that's why it's not on the list.
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The entire political architecture of the British Right is disappearing into a terminally online vortex of incomprehensible racism
January 30, 2026 at 12:38 AM
The entire political architecture of the British Right is disappearing into a terminally online vortex of incomprehensible racism
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Unlike Palestine Action activists, this guy who planted a homemade bomb in a public place was granted bail.
"Rees told jurors he joined “anti-Ulez” Facebook groups and pages out of “boredom” and because it provided him with a sense of community."
63 yo blew up a ulez camera, endangering people around it, after getting radicalised with conspiracy theories on Facebook
63 yo blew up a ulez camera, endangering people around it, after getting radicalised with conspiracy theories on Facebook
Not enough coverage in the UK media about the 63 year old who blew up a Ulez camera in London using a homemade bomb. www.cps.gov.uk/cps/news/man...
January 29, 2026 at 10:23 AM
Unlike Palestine Action activists, this guy who planted a homemade bomb in a public place was granted bail.
Finding myself hoping the Goodwin gets some real traction on X The Everything App so it can win some money off Americans and/or finance bros on Betfair
New Swingometer! The Gorton and Denton By-election: A tale of Two Manchesters
open.substack.com/pub/swingome...
open.substack.com/pub/swingome...
The Gorton and Denton by-election: a tale of two Manchesters?
Unpopular incumbent + fragmented opposition + unusual seat = unpredictable contest
open.substack.com
January 28, 2026 at 11:01 PM
Finding myself hoping the Goodwin gets some real traction on X The Everything App so it can win some money off Americans and/or finance bros on Betfair
lol what, did she heck
January 28, 2026 at 9:53 AM
lol what, did she heck
This house must get constantly soaked every time it rains, but these are mere details and I sacrifice I'll make if necessary
Yayoi House in Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan by Takeshi Hosaka r/brutalism
January 28, 2026 at 7:22 AM
This house must get constantly soaked every time it rains, but these are mere details and I sacrifice I'll make if necessary
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Just managed to lose a game of chess in which my opponent had taken 4 pawns and nothing else (I'd taken the same number plus Knight, rook and bishop) . . . Call the ambulance and it's very much for me
January 27, 2026 at 11:25 PM
Just managed to lose a game of chess in which my opponent had taken 4 pawns and nothing else (I'd taken the same number plus Knight, rook and bishop) . . . Call the ambulance and it's very much for me
FWIW Yglesias writes sincere things on his blog and uses his X account almost exclusively for trolling, you don't actually need to rise to obvious bait
January 27, 2026 at 11:22 PM
FWIW Yglesias writes sincere things on his blog and uses his X account almost exclusively for trolling, you don't actually need to rise to obvious bait
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Busted
Matt Goodwin makes a living out of railing against university educated elites & his whole schtick is "he was the first person in his family to go to university", which is a bit weird given that his Dad, now being heavily invoked for his Manchester connection, appears to have a string of degrees.
January 27, 2026 at 6:13 PM
Busted
His previous viewpoint - which he said was "not hard" - was that Britishness is a nationality but Englishness is an ethnicity. This is also Braverman's opinion AIUI. But this seems to contradict that?
Reform byelection candidate refuses to disown claim that people born in UK not necessarily British
Reform byelection candidate refuses to disown claim that people born in UK not necessarily British
Matthew Goodwin, who is standing in Gorton and Denton, said UK-born people from minority ethnic backgrounds were not always British
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UK politics live – latest updates
The Reform UK candidate in the Gorton and Denton byelection has refused to disown his claim that UK-born people from minority ethnic backgrounds are not necessarily British.
Matthew Goodwin, a hard-right activist, was unveiled on Tuesday as the party’s candidate in the demographically diverse seat in south-east Manchester. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
January 27, 2026 at 6:08 PM
His previous viewpoint - which he said was "not hard" - was that Britishness is a nationality but Englishness is an ethnicity. This is also Braverman's opinion AIUI. But this seems to contradict that?
Oh, someone worked out that Simon Danczuk wouldn't be a good idea did they?
Shame.
Shame.
January 27, 2026 at 3:31 PM
Oh, someone worked out that Simon Danczuk wouldn't be a good idea did they?
Shame.
Shame.
A lot of people seem weirdly ungrateful to have been present for the full debut of one of the Oxbridge academy's promising young bigots. But will she go on to fulfil her promise?
January 27, 2026 at 1:54 PM
A lot of people seem weirdly ungrateful to have been present for the full debut of one of the Oxbridge academy's promising young bigots. But will she go on to fulfil her promise?
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Looking to speak to people whose parents have been radicalised online into conspiracy theorists/anti-vaxxers/far right enthusiasts/all the above in the UK mainly but also globally.
Please drop me an email at jude@judeinlondon.com. Names can be changed.
Please drop me an email at jude@judeinlondon.com. Names can be changed.
January 25, 2026 at 11:28 PM
Looking to speak to people whose parents have been radicalised online into conspiracy theorists/anti-vaxxers/far right enthusiasts/all the above in the UK mainly but also globally.
Please drop me an email at jude@judeinlondon.com. Names can be changed.
Please drop me an email at jude@judeinlondon.com. Names can be changed.
82 Lib Dems =/= 82 'left of centre' MPs
Logic dictates that the Lib Dems will need to break their 2024 alignment with Labour before the 2029. Since KB has vacated the space for a 'pro business' party that performs some anti-Americanism and avoiding culture wars, that's their most likely position.
Logic dictates that the Lib Dems will need to break their 2024 alignment with Labour before the 2029. Since KB has vacated the space for a 'pro business' party that performs some anti-Americanism and avoiding culture wars, that's their most likely position.
This would result in a Parliament with 322 right-of-centre MPs and 320 left-of-centre MPs...
January 27, 2026 at 10:12 AM
82 Lib Dems =/= 82 'left of centre' MPs
Logic dictates that the Lib Dems will need to break their 2024 alignment with Labour before the 2029. Since KB has vacated the space for a 'pro business' party that performs some anti-Americanism and avoiding culture wars, that's their most likely position.
Logic dictates that the Lib Dems will need to break their 2024 alignment with Labour before the 2029. Since KB has vacated the space for a 'pro business' party that performs some anti-Americanism and avoiding culture wars, that's their most likely position.
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This is funny. Harman fixed a seat that was due to be an all-women shortlist so her husband could be the candidate.
Andy Burnham 'not entitled' to a seat in parliament, Harriet Harman says
Andy Burnham 'not entitled' to a seat in parliament, Harriet Harman says
Andy Burnham is not "entitled" to a seat in parliament, Harriet Harman has said.
news.sky.com
January 27, 2026 at 9:30 AM
This is funny. Harman fixed a seat that was due to be an all-women shortlist so her husband could be the candidate.
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May you go into the new day with as much confidence as this lad who's debating with Ross Barkley about the terms of his own contract
[with credit to @thomastparker.bsky.social at X]
[with credit to @thomastparker.bsky.social at X]
January 27, 2026 at 1:11 AM
May you go into the new day with as much confidence as this lad who's debating with Ross Barkley about the terms of his own contract
[with credit to @thomastparker.bsky.social at X]
[with credit to @thomastparker.bsky.social at X]
Well reading the quotes is certainly a refutation of the text in the tweet. You sometimes see people hoping they can just recreate the pre-polarisation media culture through force of will, and lol no you can't.
From the Editorial Board: You don’t need to share the Vances’ political views to be happy for them.
Editorial: A baby at 1 Observatory Circle
A new life is a reason for hope, a moment that invites optimism about the future. We wish Usha and the Vance family well.
trib.al
January 27, 2026 at 7:43 AM
Well reading the quotes is certainly a refutation of the text in the tweet. You sometimes see people hoping they can just recreate the pre-polarisation media culture through force of will, and lol no you can't.
May you go into the new day with as much confidence as this lad who's debating with Ross Barkley about the terms of his own contract
[with credit to @thomastparker.bsky.social at X]
[with credit to @thomastparker.bsky.social at X]
January 27, 2026 at 1:11 AM
May you go into the new day with as much confidence as this lad who's debating with Ross Barkley about the terms of his own contract
[with credit to @thomastparker.bsky.social at X]
[with credit to @thomastparker.bsky.social at X]
This post has literally no positive responses. Interesting gap between intelligentsia view and large part of the public imo (tbc, I agree that part of the public are wrong on the merits but they definitely exist in significant numbers)
I’ve joined over 100 MPs calling on the Government to finally do the right thing for WASPI women. Women born in the 1950s were harmed by pension changes made without proper notice. Despite the Ombudsman’s findings, ministers are still delaying fair compensation.
I will keep pushing for justice.
I will keep pushing for justice.
January 27, 2026 at 12:35 AM
This post has literally no positive responses. Interesting gap between intelligentsia view and large part of the public imo (tbc, I agree that part of the public are wrong on the merits but they definitely exist in significant numbers)