John Whalley
@johnpaullviii.bsky.social
Family, art, music, books.
All the right notes, but not necessarily in the right order. My nose is against the window pane.
All the right notes, but not necessarily in the right order. My nose is against the window pane.
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Farage's arrogance - which will more likely than not ultimately prove his undoing - has scarcely been better illustrated than by his apparent belief that a cult of personality is divisible by five. Especially when four of them have at best adverse personalities and at worst none.
February 18, 2026 at 12:17 PM
Farage's arrogance - which will more likely than not ultimately prove his undoing - has scarcely been better illustrated than by his apparent belief that a cult of personality is divisible by five. Especially when four of them have at best adverse personalities and at worst none.
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Oblique Strategy of the Day… #BrianEno #PeterSchmidt
February 18, 2026 at 12:45 PM
Oblique Strategy of the Day… #BrianEno #PeterSchmidt
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"I think Donald Trump sees the writing on the wall here – he's going to lose big in November," Senator Mark Kelly tells Emily Maitlis and Jon Sopel.
Trump wants victory in the midterms, but how far will he go to make sure that happens?
www.thenewsagents.co.uk/article/will...
Trump wants victory in the midterms, but how far will he go to make sure that happens?
www.thenewsagents.co.uk/article/will...
Will Donald Trump change US law to swing 2026 midterms in his favour? | The News Agents
Arizona senator Mark Kelly tells The News Agents why he believes Donald Trump can’t let go of his 2020 election loss, and how likely his plans to influence the 2026 midterms for the Republicans are…
www.thenewsagents.co.uk
February 18, 2026 at 12:08 PM
"I think Donald Trump sees the writing on the wall here – he's going to lose big in November," Senator Mark Kelly tells Emily Maitlis and Jon Sopel.
Trump wants victory in the midterms, but how far will he go to make sure that happens?
www.thenewsagents.co.uk/article/will...
Trump wants victory in the midterms, but how far will he go to make sure that happens?
www.thenewsagents.co.uk/article/will...
“Reform is less a party than a mood board”
NEW - I'm thrilled to announce I was asked to interview Robert Jenrick at a car boot sale for the New Yorker.
open.substack.com/pub/mrhenrym...
open.substack.com/pub/mrhenrym...
Jenrick Among the Folding Tables
A New Yorker profile
open.substack.com
February 18, 2026 at 11:55 AM
“Reform is less a party than a mood board”
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NEW - I'm thrilled to announce I was asked to interview Robert Jenrick at a car boot sale for the New Yorker.
open.substack.com/pub/mrhenrym...
open.substack.com/pub/mrhenrym...
Jenrick Among the Folding Tables
A New Yorker profile
open.substack.com
February 18, 2026 at 11:15 AM
NEW - I'm thrilled to announce I was asked to interview Robert Jenrick at a car boot sale for the New Yorker.
open.substack.com/pub/mrhenrym...
open.substack.com/pub/mrhenrym...
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This is really important. Before you begin performing CPR on a woman, you must remove her bra as the wire can prevent effective compression. This immediately makes things awkward, especially if you a straight man, but there's no time to lose. More training & awareness is needed. Please sign.
Female mannequins for CPR training saves lives.
February 18, 2026 at 9:16 AM
This is really important. Before you begin performing CPR on a woman, you must remove her bra as the wire can prevent effective compression. This immediately makes things awkward, especially if you a straight man, but there's no time to lose. More training & awareness is needed. Please sign.
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delighted to find @lucyworsley.bsky.social on here. i thought she only lived on BBC iPlayer, in occasional period costume
February 17, 2026 at 11:05 PM
delighted to find @lucyworsley.bsky.social on here. i thought she only lived on BBC iPlayer, in occasional period costume
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February 18, 2026 at 8:07 AM
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#StrictlyInstrumental
18. Pet Sounds - The Beach Boys (1966)
there is a delicious irony that the title track to a masterpiece lp full of innocence and yearning happens to be an instrumental track that wouldn’t seem out of place on a 60s tv spy series. beautifully played
youtu.be/EeN_NytxKEc?...
18. Pet Sounds - The Beach Boys (1966)
there is a delicious irony that the title track to a masterpiece lp full of innocence and yearning happens to be an instrumental track that wouldn’t seem out of place on a 60s tv spy series. beautifully played
youtu.be/EeN_NytxKEc?...
Pet Sounds
YouTube video by The Beach Boys - Topic
youtu.be
February 18, 2026 at 8:38 AM
#StrictlyInstrumental
18. Pet Sounds - The Beach Boys (1966)
there is a delicious irony that the title track to a masterpiece lp full of innocence and yearning happens to be an instrumental track that wouldn’t seem out of place on a 60s tv spy series. beautifully played
youtu.be/EeN_NytxKEc?...
18. Pet Sounds - The Beach Boys (1966)
there is a delicious irony that the title track to a masterpiece lp full of innocence and yearning happens to be an instrumental track that wouldn’t seem out of place on a 60s tv spy series. beautifully played
youtu.be/EeN_NytxKEc?...
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#StandaloneSingles
18. I Second That Emotion - Japan (1982)
i’m not the biggest Japan fan in the world; Tin Drum is a fantastic lp, but their very early stuff i find appalling. this is a pretty cool cover version though, adding their personality onto a bonafide classic
youtu.be/yYrKe8K9lEY?...
18. I Second That Emotion - Japan (1982)
i’m not the biggest Japan fan in the world; Tin Drum is a fantastic lp, but their very early stuff i find appalling. this is a pretty cool cover version though, adding their personality onto a bonafide classic
youtu.be/yYrKe8K9lEY?...
Japan - I Second That Emotion
YouTube video by JapanVEVO
youtu.be
February 18, 2026 at 8:01 AM
#StandaloneSingles
18. I Second That Emotion - Japan (1982)
i’m not the biggest Japan fan in the world; Tin Drum is a fantastic lp, but their very early stuff i find appalling. this is a pretty cool cover version though, adding their personality onto a bonafide classic
youtu.be/yYrKe8K9lEY?...
18. I Second That Emotion - Japan (1982)
i’m not the biggest Japan fan in the world; Tin Drum is a fantastic lp, but their very early stuff i find appalling. this is a pretty cool cover version though, adding their personality onto a bonafide classic
youtu.be/yYrKe8K9lEY?...
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🚨 BREAKING: Nigel Farage has announced that Robert Jenrick will be Reform UK's Shadow Chancellor
February 18, 2026 at 8:48 AM
🚨 BREAKING: Nigel Farage has announced that Robert Jenrick will be Reform UK's Shadow Chancellor
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Unless you're a member of the official Opposition or you're Hank Marvin, Bruce Welch, Jet Harris or Tony Meehan you have no right to call yourself a Shadow.
Zia Yusuf is either deluded and/or thick. Neither is a good look.
Zia Yusuf is either deluded and/or thick. Neither is a good look.
February 18, 2026 at 8:46 AM
Unless you're a member of the official Opposition or you're Hank Marvin, Bruce Welch, Jet Harris or Tony Meehan you have no right to call yourself a Shadow.
Zia Yusuf is either deluded and/or thick. Neither is a good look.
Zia Yusuf is either deluded and/or thick. Neither is a good look.
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People know where the bodies are buried.
New Investigation Launched into Epstein's 7,600-Acre Zorro Ranch. Here's What We Know — TIME
Lawmakers will to attempt uncover what happened at Zorro ranch, where many women say abuse occurred.
apple.news
February 17, 2026 at 8:58 PM
People know where the bodies are buried.
Not so much an article sbout failed Conservative & Neo Liberalist policies, more a love letter to Reform UK.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Inside Horden, the County Durham town failed by politics
In Horden, County Durham, Westminster slogans have long been left unmet as the population has plummeted.
www.bbc.co.uk
February 18, 2026 at 8:51 AM
Not so much an article sbout failed Conservative & Neo Liberalist policies, more a love letter to Reform UK.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Suella Braverman was Attorney General when the Conservative Party “cancelled” 247 local elections in 2021.
These Reform UK MPs are hypocrites.
These Reform UK MPs are hypocrites.
February 17, 2026 at 9:01 AM
Suella Braverman was Attorney General when the Conservative Party “cancelled” 247 local elections in 2021.
These Reform UK MPs are hypocrites.
These Reform UK MPs are hypocrites.
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Happy 93rd Birthday to the mighty Yoko Ono.
‘I could have been squashed by that incredible amount of hatred. But then I found a way of transforming it into love.’
‘I could have been squashed by that incredible amount of hatred. But then I found a way of transforming it into love.’
February 18, 2026 at 8:15 AM
Happy 93rd Birthday to the mighty Yoko Ono.
‘I could have been squashed by that incredible amount of hatred. But then I found a way of transforming it into love.’
‘I could have been squashed by that incredible amount of hatred. But then I found a way of transforming it into love.’
Burger iconography.
February 18, 2026 at 8:34 AM
Burger iconography.
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Victoria Derbyshire allowing Zia Yusuf to tie himself in absolute knots by asking him simple questions about Reform policy.
A masterclass in quality journalism.
A masterclass in quality journalism.
"So will it be the same act but with a different label?"
Victoria Derbyshire humiliates Zia Yusuf on Reform UK's plan to scrap the Equalities Act, because, as she reads each of the things from the Equalities act he confirms they'll still be protected 🤷♂️
Victoria Derbyshire humiliates Zia Yusuf on Reform UK's plan to scrap the Equalities Act, because, as she reads each of the things from the Equalities act he confirms they'll still be protected 🤷♂️
February 17, 2026 at 11:11 PM
Victoria Derbyshire allowing Zia Yusuf to tie himself in absolute knots by asking him simple questions about Reform policy.
A masterclass in quality journalism.
A masterclass in quality journalism.
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"The Trump administration is seeking to expand and intensify this archipelago of torture," writes @moiradonegan.bsky.social.
"Mass illness, abuse, immiseration and death will be the inevitable result. How will we live with the shame?"
"Mass illness, abuse, immiseration and death will be the inevitable result. How will we live with the shame?"
ICE holds people in disgusting conditions. Now it’s turning warehouses into camps | Moira Donegan
The Trump administration has bought warehouses across the US that could hold thousands. But resistance is growing
www.theguardian.com
February 17, 2026 at 12:22 PM
"The Trump administration is seeking to expand and intensify this archipelago of torture," writes @moiradonegan.bsky.social.
"Mass illness, abuse, immiseration and death will be the inevitable result. How will we live with the shame?"
"Mass illness, abuse, immiseration and death will be the inevitable result. How will we live with the shame?"
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Ah how I long for the pancake days of old. Not pancakes flavoured with cardamom, hot honey or miso.
But good old fashioned ones made of eggs, coal & dust.
And do you remember when a young Margaret Thatcher & a group of young Tories chased a French crêpe out of Kent?
Happy days!🇬🇧
But good old fashioned ones made of eggs, coal & dust.
And do you remember when a young Margaret Thatcher & a group of young Tories chased a French crêpe out of Kent?
Happy days!🇬🇧
February 17, 2026 at 10:00 AM
Ah how I long for the pancake days of old. Not pancakes flavoured with cardamom, hot honey or miso.
But good old fashioned ones made of eggs, coal & dust.
And do you remember when a young Margaret Thatcher & a group of young Tories chased a French crêpe out of Kent?
Happy days!🇬🇧
But good old fashioned ones made of eggs, coal & dust.
And do you remember when a young Margaret Thatcher & a group of young Tories chased a French crêpe out of Kent?
Happy days!🇬🇧
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Insanity. They are laughing at us.
February 17, 2026 at 9:46 PM
Insanity. They are laughing at us.
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