JoelTaylorhack
@joeltaylorhack.bsky.social
Ink-stained hack, writer, dad
Politics, cricket, music, food, travel, books… not necessarily in that order
Bird hellsite - @JoelTaylorhack
Substack - https://joelbtaylor.substack.com
Politics, cricket, music, food, travel, books… not necessarily in that order
Bird hellsite - @JoelTaylorhack
Substack - https://joelbtaylor.substack.com
A very good point, re Sir Jim Ratcliffe
Where would Manchester United be without all their immigrants?
Where would Manchester United be without all their immigrants?
How many of the Man Utd team are non-Brits?
February 11, 2026 at 6:40 PM
A very good point, re Sir Jim Ratcliffe
Where would Manchester United be without all their immigrants?
Where would Manchester United be without all their immigrants?
What on earth does ‘Tropical Ice’ mean?
Tobacco companies used to be good at advertising
Tobacco companies used to be good at advertising
February 11, 2026 at 2:33 PM
What on earth does ‘Tropical Ice’ mean?
Tobacco companies used to be good at advertising
Tobacco companies used to be good at advertising
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Re-upping this for the Monday crowd... I think my favourite, most revealing detail is that the guy seems to not realise he's in trouble because London Centric's reporting didn't hit anything like his view counts, so therefore it can't really matter.
Hate-filled fake videos about London are everywhere. We've obtained a recording of a TikToker confessing to secretly filming Londoners in their homes for clicks.
He says it's not political. He just wants to make money from far-right anger.
Read what he says: www.londoncentric.media/p/london-tik...
He says it's not political. He just wants to make money from far-right anger.
Read what he says: www.londoncentric.media/p/london-tik...
February 9, 2026 at 9:42 AM
Re-upping this for the Monday crowd... I think my favourite, most revealing detail is that the guy seems to not realise he's in trouble because London Centric's reporting didn't hit anything like his view counts, so therefore it can't really matter.
What a thug
Jeremy Kyle is interviewing Reform MPs at a live press conference
Discussing who might take over from Keir Starmer as PM, Kyle just said: "She's had a makeover, Angela"
Lee Anderson: "She's throwing her money away, isn't she, to be honest with you"
*applause from the audience*
Discussing who might take over from Keir Starmer as PM, Kyle just said: "She's had a makeover, Angela"
Lee Anderson: "She's throwing her money away, isn't she, to be honest with you"
*applause from the audience*
February 9, 2026 at 5:15 PM
What a thug
Despite claiming otherwise, this hysterical piece is full of sneering snobbery and historical idiocy
February 9, 2026 at 4:51 PM
Despite claiming otherwise, this hysterical piece is full of sneering snobbery and historical idiocy
Perhaps counterintuitively, I think Anas Sarwar's intervention has helped Starmer's chances of survival in the short term
It's forced cabinet ministers out to back the PM and considering no one has paid much attention to Sarwar before, why should they bother now?
It's forced cabinet ministers out to back the PM and considering no one has paid much attention to Sarwar before, why should they bother now?
February 9, 2026 at 3:47 PM
Perhaps counterintuitively, I think Anas Sarwar's intervention has helped Starmer's chances of survival in the short term
It's forced cabinet ministers out to back the PM and considering no one has paid much attention to Sarwar before, why should they bother now?
It's forced cabinet ministers out to back the PM and considering no one has paid much attention to Sarwar before, why should they bother now?
When Starmer resigns - as he surely must very soon - @number10cat.bsky.social will have outlasted six prime ministers
February 9, 2026 at 2:39 PM
When Starmer resigns - as he surely must very soon - @number10cat.bsky.social will have outlasted six prime ministers
Crossing a road near Victoria when a chap, who looks and sounds like a European tourist, approaches and says
'You look interesting, can I have your number and maybe we can got for a walk and chat later?'
Er, no
Wallet? Check
Phone? Check
'You look interesting, can I have your number and maybe we can got for a walk and chat later?'
Er, no
Wallet? Check
Phone? Check
February 9, 2026 at 1:35 PM
Crossing a road near Victoria when a chap, who looks and sounds like a European tourist, approaches and says
'You look interesting, can I have your number and maybe we can got for a walk and chat later?'
Er, no
Wallet? Check
Phone? Check
'You look interesting, can I have your number and maybe we can got for a walk and chat later?'
Er, no
Wallet? Check
Phone? Check
Somehow ended up here
In a scratch choir, performing Mozart’s Requiem
In a scratch choir, performing Mozart’s Requiem
February 7, 2026 at 2:04 PM
Somehow ended up here
In a scratch choir, performing Mozart’s Requiem
In a scratch choir, performing Mozart’s Requiem
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If every Republican elected official does not condemn the truth social post of Trump they should be seen as likewise racist sacks of shit and will be shunned in history.
February 6, 2026 at 2:12 PM
If every Republican elected official does not condemn the truth social post of Trump they should be seen as likewise racist sacks of shit and will be shunned in history.
Part of me is quite pleased Trump has shared that Obama video
It confirms him as a massive racist & exposes anyone who still supports him as racist apologists
There is just no excuse
It confirms him as a massive racist & exposes anyone who still supports him as racist apologists
There is just no excuse
February 6, 2026 at 1:56 PM
Part of me is quite pleased Trump has shared that Obama video
It confirms him as a massive racist & exposes anyone who still supports him as racist apologists
There is just no excuse
It confirms him as a massive racist & exposes anyone who still supports him as racist apologists
There is just no excuse
Every time I go on the old bird site now - sadly for work reasons - I feel sullied
February 5, 2026 at 9:06 AM
Every time I go on the old bird site now - sadly for work reasons - I feel sullied
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This is unbelievable. By which I don’t mean that I don’t believe it, just that I think it’s beyond the scope of what should be considered doable.
A publisher who lays off a reporter whose pen is freezing because she's covering a frigid war zone while dodging missiles is not an editor you want to work for, in a more perfect world
February 4, 2026 at 5:25 PM
This is unbelievable. By which I don’t mean that I don’t believe it, just that I think it’s beyond the scope of what should be considered doable.
Dropped into a pub briefly last night and a landlord was putting up a notice advertising a Valentine's Night Karaoke event
I told the landlord he was asking for trouble and it strikes me as being a terrible concept, almost as bad as thinking seeing the Wuthering Heights film that evening
I told the landlord he was asking for trouble and it strikes me as being a terrible concept, almost as bad as thinking seeing the Wuthering Heights film that evening
February 4, 2026 at 3:23 PM
Dropped into a pub briefly last night and a landlord was putting up a notice advertising a Valentine's Night Karaoke event
I told the landlord he was asking for trouble and it strikes me as being a terrible concept, almost as bad as thinking seeing the Wuthering Heights film that evening
I told the landlord he was asking for trouble and it strikes me as being a terrible concept, almost as bad as thinking seeing the Wuthering Heights film that evening
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Instead of conferring titles, gongs and baubles and then demanding those titles, gongs and baubles be removed…
…perhaps as a modern, mature polity we should have far fewer titles, gongs and baubles in the first place.
…perhaps as a modern, mature polity we should have far fewer titles, gongs and baubles in the first place.
February 2, 2026 at 11:28 PM
Instead of conferring titles, gongs and baubles and then demanding those titles, gongs and baubles be removed…
…perhaps as a modern, mature polity we should have far fewer titles, gongs and baubles in the first place.
…perhaps as a modern, mature polity we should have far fewer titles, gongs and baubles in the first place.
How do 21% of Americans think Trump behaves "ethically" in office?
How on earth is that possible?
www.pewresearch.org/politics/202...
How on earth is that possible?
www.pewresearch.org/politics/202...
Confidence in Trump Dips, and Fewer Now Say They Support His Policies and Plans
Only 27% of Americans say they support all or most of Trump's policies – down since last year, with the change coming entirely among Republicans.
www.pewresearch.org
February 3, 2026 at 7:59 AM
How do 21% of Americans think Trump behaves "ethically" in office?
How on earth is that possible?
www.pewresearch.org/politics/202...
How on earth is that possible?
www.pewresearch.org/politics/202...
With Mandelson, there’s never any clues
Like Zahawi or Farage
Like Zahawi or Farage
February 1, 2026 at 11:04 PM
With Mandelson, there’s never any clues
Like Zahawi or Farage
Like Zahawi or Farage
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And 25k is basically minimum wage for a full time job!
Marginal tax rates for graduates with student loans – add interest and another 6% for postgrads.
£25,000: 37%
£50,270: 51%
£100,000: 71%
£25,000: 37%
£50,270: 51%
£100,000: 71%
February 1, 2026 at 3:37 PM
And 25k is basically minimum wage for a full time job!
In other news, I dropped into this pub in Wolverhampton today and it’s marvellous
February 1, 2026 at 11:01 PM
In other news, I dropped into this pub in Wolverhampton today and it’s marvellous
Did anyone not lend Mandelson money?
February 1, 2026 at 10:58 PM
Did anyone not lend Mandelson money?
Bravo to @pickardje.bsky.social for a wonderful detail that few will appreciate
apart from anything else he was on a leave of absence from House of Lords and therefore wasn’t taking the Labour whip
February 1, 2026 at 10:57 PM
Bravo to @pickardje.bsky.social for a wonderful detail that few will appreciate
Few more wretched sights than seeing a homeless women shivering in a Herne Hill alley in this hideous weather
And I know people say don’t give to the individual, but frankly, in many circumstances that’s bollocks
And I know people say don’t give to the individual, but frankly, in many circumstances that’s bollocks
February 1, 2026 at 7:38 PM
Few more wretched sights than seeing a homeless women shivering in a Herne Hill alley in this hideous weather
And I know people say don’t give to the individual, but frankly, in many circumstances that’s bollocks
And I know people say don’t give to the individual, but frankly, in many circumstances that’s bollocks
Travelling from Shrewsbury to Wolverhampton
Hit a ticket for £8.90 from the ticket office
Cheapest available on a machine (this one a @transportforwales.bsky.social version) £13.30
That ticket machines do not automatically offer their cheapest ticket is crazy
Hit a ticket for £8.90 from the ticket office
Cheapest available on a machine (this one a @transportforwales.bsky.social version) £13.30
That ticket machines do not automatically offer their cheapest ticket is crazy
February 1, 2026 at 2:26 PM
Travelling from Shrewsbury to Wolverhampton
Hit a ticket for £8.90 from the ticket office
Cheapest available on a machine (this one a @transportforwales.bsky.social version) £13.30
That ticket machines do not automatically offer their cheapest ticket is crazy
Hit a ticket for £8.90 from the ticket office
Cheapest available on a machine (this one a @transportforwales.bsky.social version) £13.30
That ticket machines do not automatically offer their cheapest ticket is crazy