JasonJawando
@jasondj.bsky.social
International man of mystery, Wolverhampton.
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My publications: a non-exhaustive list
I was recently talking to an acquaintance who wanted to read something I’d written. I directed them to this site, only to find that it’s not that there isn’t a comprehensive list.…
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My publications, a non-exhaustive list: jasonjawando.wordpress.com/2021/01/21/m...
My first week at the VAT office was in 1996 just before the budget. One morning, we were told to keep an eye out for the budget notices that were sent in advance. They were highly confidential and had been sent recorded delivery. They were to be handed to the boss unopened.
November 26, 2025 at 6:25 PM
My first week at the VAT office was in 1996 just before the budget. One morning, we were told to keep an eye out for the budget notices that were sent in advance. They were highly confidential and had been sent recorded delivery. They were to be handed to the boss unopened.
If he didn't try to hurt anyone (and presumably thought that what he said wasn't hurtful), that suggests that he didn't consider the feelings of the people on the receiving end.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Nigel Farage responds to racism claims saying he never ‘tried to hurt anybody’
Reform leader denies racist or antisemitic behaviour ‘with intent’ at school, but says he can’t remember everything from 49 years ago
www.theguardian.com
November 24, 2025 at 9:30 PM
If he didn't try to hurt anyone (and presumably thought that what he said wasn't hurtful), that suggests that he didn't consider the feelings of the people on the receiving end.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Not that I would have any influence on this matter, but this would be a most wonderful thing.
The campaign starts here! Stewart Lee for DG…
Traitors on the inside, Trump on the outside ... who’d want to run the BBC now? Actually, I would
This week’s column by Stewart Lee
www.thenerve.news/p/stewart-le...
This week’s column by Stewart Lee
www.thenerve.news/p/stewart-le...
November 16, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Not that I would have any influence on this matter, but this would be a most wonderful thing.
Left Edinburgh (the first time) at 16:52 on Friday, arrived in Wolverhampton at 02:20 on Saturday. In almost 40 years of travelling by train under my own steam I'm pretty sure that's a record.
To be fair, I doubt it's a record for Network Rail or Avanti West Coast.
To be fair, I doubt it's a record for Network Rail or Avanti West Coast.
November 1, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Left Edinburgh (the first time) at 16:52 on Friday, arrived in Wolverhampton at 02:20 on Saturday. In almost 40 years of travelling by train under my own steam I'm pretty sure that's a record.
To be fair, I doubt it's a record for Network Rail or Avanti West Coast.
To be fair, I doubt it's a record for Network Rail or Avanti West Coast.
Finally revealed, draft chapters from Boris Johnson's book about Shakespeare.
October 26, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Finally revealed, draft chapters from Boris Johnson's book about Shakespeare.
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NEWS! Woman whose party couldn't spell 'Britain' decides English degrees are a 'rip-off' newsthump.com/2025/10/08/w...
Woman whose party couldn’t spell ‘Britain’ decides English degrees are a ‘rip-off’
Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch has today announced plans to reduce student numbers taking worthless degrees ‘like English’, just 24 hours after her party spectacularly failed to spel…
newsthump.com
October 8, 2025 at 12:43 PM
NEWS! Woman whose party couldn't spell 'Britain' decides English degrees are a 'rip-off' newsthump.com/2025/10/08/w...
This seems to have gone missing in today's madness, but Kemi Badenoch says she lobbied for immigration controls while she was *business* secretary.
October 7, 2025 at 5:28 PM
This seems to have gone missing in today's madness, but Kemi Badenoch says she lobbied for immigration controls while she was *business* secretary.
Fantastic programme, loved the bit where Stewart Lee gets tetchy with Mathew Parris:
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Great Lives - Comedian Stewart Lee on Derek Bailey - BBC Sounds
Stewart Lee chooses guitarist Derek Bailey.
www.bbc.co.uk
September 16, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Fantastic programme, loved the bit where Stewart Lee gets tetchy with Mathew Parris:
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Eight months ago ...
Mandelson has always struck me as the kind of person who will get his friends into trouble.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
High profile, high risk: could Mandelson help tame Donald Trump?
Labour veteran Peter Mandelson is the first political appointment as ambassador to Washington in 50 years
www.theguardian.com
September 10, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Eight months ago ...
Wonder if I'll get a response to my offer - tenner for the lot:
www.morrisseycentral.com/messagesfrom...
www.morrisseycentral.com/messagesfrom...
NOTICE - MESSAGES FROM MORRISSEY - MORRISSEY CENTRAL - NOTICE
MESSAGES FROM MORRISSEY
www.morrisseycentral.com
September 7, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Wonder if I'll get a response to my offer - tenner for the lot:
www.morrisseycentral.com/messagesfrom...
www.morrisseycentral.com/messagesfrom...
Bluesky has just scanned my face to verify that I'm an adult. The program estimated my age, but hasn't shared that estimate with me. I'm not sure whether to be pleased about this or not.
July 24, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Bluesky has just scanned my face to verify that I'm an adult. The program estimated my age, but hasn't shared that estimate with me. I'm not sure whether to be pleased about this or not.
If there was anything to implicate Trump in the Epstein files it will have quietly disappeared years ago (likewise rich and powerful Democrats). This smacks of a confected row, although to what purpose I'm not sure.
July 16, 2025 at 8:30 PM
If there was anything to implicate Trump in the Epstein files it will have quietly disappeared years ago (likewise rich and powerful Democrats). This smacks of a confected row, although to what purpose I'm not sure.
Reposted by JasonJawando
No commitment to scrap two-child benefit cap until funding is clear – UK minister.
But there is no shortage to fund corporate welfare, foreign wars and tax perks for corporations and the rich.
Poverty is a political choice.
Tax the rich.
But there is no shortage to fund corporate welfare, foreign wars and tax perks for corporations and the rich.
Poverty is a political choice.
Tax the rich.
No commitment to scrap two-child benefit cap until funding is clear – minister
Work and pensions minister Alison McGovern said the Government would not commit to any policy without knowing how it would be paid for.
www.standard.co.uk
July 16, 2025 at 6:59 AM
No commitment to scrap two-child benefit cap until funding is clear – UK minister.
But there is no shortage to fund corporate welfare, foreign wars and tax perks for corporations and the rich.
Poverty is a political choice.
Tax the rich.
But there is no shortage to fund corporate welfare, foreign wars and tax perks for corporations and the rich.
Poverty is a political choice.
Tax the rich.
On the one hand this is the Kier Starmer being outflanked on the left by Reform; on the other, this is (one member of) Reform realising (sort of) that restricting immigration might not be as straightforward as they think. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Reform council leader urges Labour to reconsider curbs on care worker visas
Kent’s Linden Kemkaran writes to government to express ‘grave concern’ about possible exodus of overseas care staff
www.theguardian.com
July 14, 2025 at 7:11 PM
On the one hand this is the Kier Starmer being outflanked on the left by Reform; on the other, this is (one member of) Reform realising (sort of) that restricting immigration might not be as straightforward as they think. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
I'm guessing she isn't keen on using 'differently abled' instead. Perhaps she's thinking about more old-fashioned terms.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Term ‘disabled’ in danger of losing all meaning, says Badenoch
Tory party leader used speech to criticise size of welfare state and call for restrictions on disability benefits
www.theguardian.com
July 10, 2025 at 5:46 PM
I'm guessing she isn't keen on using 'differently abled' instead. Perhaps she's thinking about more old-fashioned terms.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
This could well be the first time Grant Shapps and 'useful information' have appeared in such close proximity.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Man told fake Russian spies he had ‘useful’ information on Grant Shapps, jury hears
Howard Phillips claimed to undercover officers he had met then defence secretary on several occasions, court told
www.theguardian.com
July 10, 2025 at 3:43 PM
This could well be the first time Grant Shapps and 'useful information' have appeared in such close proximity.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
I was gutted when I found out the The Lord of the Rings (film and book) had fictitious elements: www.theguardian.com/film/2025/ju...
The Salt Path is a box office hit. Will its takings – and its Oscar hopes – now fall off a cliff?
The film adaptation of Winn’s book, starring Gillian Anderson and Jason Isaacs, quickly became the third most successful UK movie of the year. What happens now?
www.theguardian.com
July 8, 2025 at 7:38 PM
I was gutted when I found out the The Lord of the Rings (film and book) had fictitious elements: www.theguardian.com/film/2025/ju...
Edgbaston Reservoir and the Two Towers.
July 5, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Edgbaston Reservoir and the Two Towers.
Surprised I didn't notice this sooner.
July 4, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Surprised I didn't notice this sooner.
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What should you do today? Why, submit to Thin Skin, of course!
July 1, 2025 at 6:51 AM
What should you do today? Why, submit to Thin Skin, of course!
When I was eighteen, my parents rearranged a holiday so that I wouldn't be in charge of the house for a few days. To be fair that might have been more about me than eighteen year olds in general.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Reform Warwickshire council head quits after five weeks, leaving 18-year-old in charge
Rob Howard says ‘health challenges’ are behind resignation and teenage deputy George Finch will lead until replacement found
www.theguardian.com
June 26, 2025 at 4:30 PM
When I was eighteen, my parents rearranged a holiday so that I wouldn't be in charge of the house for a few days. To be fair that might have been more about me than eighteen year olds in general.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
I don't think Trump will know what he's decided until Vladimir tells him: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Trump denies report that he has approved US attack plans against Iran
US president says Wall Street Journal ‘has no idea’ what his thoughts are on Israel-Iran conflict
www.theguardian.com
June 19, 2025 at 6:18 PM
I don't think Trump will know what he's decided until Vladimir tells him: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
People with whom I avoid getting into a conversation (in reverse order):
3. Drunks at the bus stop
2. Trolls on Twitter
1. Chat bots
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
3. Drunks at the bus stop
2. Trolls on Twitter
1. Chat bots
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
‘It’s terrifying’: WhatsApp AI helper mistakenly shares user’s number
Chatbot tries to change subject after serving up unrelated user’s mobile to man asking for rail firm helpline
www.theguardian.com
June 18, 2025 at 4:56 PM
People with whom I avoid getting into a conversation (in reverse order):
3. Drunks at the bus stop
2. Trolls on Twitter
1. Chat bots
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
3. Drunks at the bus stop
2. Trolls on Twitter
1. Chat bots
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...