Martin
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A related point to this is that every post-WW2 British civil servant and politician who revelled in Britain being “Greece to America’s Rome” should be dug up and hanged at Tyburn.
If you listen very carefully, you can hear Charles de Gaulle screaming I BLOODY TOLD YOU SO from some rural French cemetery.
January 17, 2026 at 6:58 PM
A related point to this is that every post-WW2 British civil servant and politician who revelled in Britain being “Greece to America’s Rome” should be dug up and hanged at Tyburn.
The Department for Transport have to keep this decision secret otherwise people will find out its advisory body NISTA is populated with people living in SE England.
#LeedsTram
www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/politic...
#LeedsTram
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'Delay' review into West Yorkshire mass transit project to be kept secret
An independent review into West Yorkshire’s mass transit system, which caused the scheme to be delayed to the late 2030s, will remain shrouded in secrecy, with the publication now restricted for legal...
www.yorkshirepost.co.uk
January 17, 2026 at 12:40 PM
The Department for Transport have to keep this decision secret otherwise people will find out its advisory body NISTA is populated with people living in SE England.
#LeedsTram
www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/politic...
#LeedsTram
www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/politic...
‘The Times’ used atrocious polling to support a biased story on #HS2
More evidence on how a Londoncentric media has despised vital national infrastructure for its own reasons.
www.pressjusticeproject.org/blog-posts/t...
More evidence on how a Londoncentric media has despised vital national infrastructure for its own reasons.
www.pressjusticeproject.org/blog-posts/t...
The Times Misreports on HS2 Poll — The Press Justice Project
The Press Justice Project Comment Ben Phillips highlights here how an article in The Times has profoundly misrepresented a poll on HS2, and contributed to misunderstandings among the public. Like ma...
www.pressjusticeproject.org
January 13, 2026 at 10:15 PM
‘The Times’ used atrocious polling to support a biased story on #HS2
More evidence on how a Londoncentric media has despised vital national infrastructure for its own reasons.
www.pressjusticeproject.org/blog-posts/t...
More evidence on how a Londoncentric media has despised vital national infrastructure for its own reasons.
www.pressjusticeproject.org/blog-posts/t...
I wouldn’t say “superb”, Duncan.
Yet again we have an #HS2 article that ignores the rampant appeasement of NIMBYs and BANANAs who drove up the cost with redesign, unnecessary tunnelling, “bat bridges”, judicial reviews etc
Yet again we have an #HS2 article that ignores the rampant appeasement of NIMBYs and BANANAs who drove up the cost with redesign, unnecessary tunnelling, “bat bridges”, judicial reviews etc
Superb and absolutely damning long read on HS2.
www.ft.com/content/3f73... How the UK ended up building the world’s most expensive railway
www.ft.com/content/3f73... How the UK ended up building the world’s most expensive railway
January 13, 2026 at 1:01 PM
I wouldn’t say “superb”, Duncan.
Yet again we have an #HS2 article that ignores the rampant appeasement of NIMBYs and BANANAs who drove up the cost with redesign, unnecessary tunnelling, “bat bridges”, judicial reviews etc
Yet again we have an #HS2 article that ignores the rampant appeasement of NIMBYs and BANANAs who drove up the cost with redesign, unnecessary tunnelling, “bat bridges”, judicial reviews etc
Spot the difference on views of London's safety between the people who get their information off our rubbish media, and those who actually live there.
January 10, 2026 at 4:02 PM
Spot the difference on views of London's safety between the people who get their information off our rubbish media, and those who actually live there.
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Reform UK's Tom Pickup, has been suspended by the party after posting in a far-right Whatsapp group where other members posted calls for Keir Starmer to be shot.
Don't just like it, share it.
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Don't just like it, share it.
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Reform Watch: Racism, racism and more racism
Each week we cast over eyes over what Reform have been up to – from bizarre proclamations to the detail of how their attempts to run councils are going.
national.thelead.uk
January 8, 2026 at 2:37 PM
Reform UK's Tom Pickup, has been suspended by the party after posting in a far-right Whatsapp group where other members posted calls for Keir Starmer to be shot.
Don't just like it, share it.
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Don't just like it, share it.
national.thelead.uk/p/reform-wat...
Completely unsurprising that Amanda - the ex-Metropolitan Police detective - spent weeks obsessing about an innocent woman being a traitor and became best mates with Rachel the traitor.
No wonder it’s one of the most incompetent and corrupt police forces in the country.
#TheTraitors
No wonder it’s one of the most incompetent and corrupt police forces in the country.
#TheTraitors
January 8, 2026 at 10:03 PM
Completely unsurprising that Amanda - the ex-Metropolitan Police detective - spent weeks obsessing about an innocent woman being a traitor and became best mates with Rachel the traitor.
No wonder it’s one of the most incompetent and corrupt police forces in the country.
#TheTraitors
No wonder it’s one of the most incompetent and corrupt police forces in the country.
#TheTraitors
An inspector for The Witness.
Well, now I'm an English professor...
December 30, 2025 at 10:22 PM
An inspector for The Witness.
“Rosemary Crackers“ - sounds like she opposes wind farms / solar farms / HS2 / anything that affects her view, and drives a ruddy great diesel 4x4.
December 29, 2025 at 7:54 AM
“Rosemary Crackers“ - sounds like she opposes wind farms / solar farms / HS2 / anything that affects her view, and drives a ruddy great diesel 4x4.
Speaks volumes when a national media joyfully prints negative commentary on one project designed to let the North receive benefits.
And can't be bothered to report the axing of another project designed to benefit the North.
No wonder places outside SE England are left to rot
#HS2 #LeedsTram #NPR
And can't be bothered to report the axing of another project designed to benefit the North.
No wonder places outside SE England are left to rot
#HS2 #LeedsTram #NPR
December 18, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Speaks volumes when a national media joyfully prints negative commentary on one project designed to let the North receive benefits.
And can't be bothered to report the axing of another project designed to benefit the North.
No wonder places outside SE England are left to rot
#HS2 #LeedsTram #NPR
And can't be bothered to report the axing of another project designed to benefit the North.
No wonder places outside SE England are left to rot
#HS2 #LeedsTram #NPR
And as with all the other Tory-created quangos that are just jobs-for-the-boys, we can expect OFCOM to report back in 18 months time with stern words and no actual actions.
Ofcom is reviewing how one major platform is dealing with hate crime - including antisemitism and anti-Muslim prejudice. It does not want to publicly say which platform. It is opaque as to whether all forms of racism have similar or assymetric levels of priority
www.politicshome.com/news/article...
www.politicshome.com/news/article...
Ofcom Launches Investigation Into Social Media Major Platforms Over Illegal Hate Content
Internet regulator Ofcom has launched a new investigation into whether social media platforms are doing enough to identify and take down illegal te...
www.politicshome.com
December 9, 2025 at 7:24 AM
And as with all the other Tory-created quangos that are just jobs-for-the-boys, we can expect OFCOM to report back in 18 months time with stern words and no actual actions.
French authorities act against Twitter / X due to it publishing Holocaust Denial.
British authority OFCOM does nothing about Twitter / X publishing racist content that breaks British law.
British authority OFCOM does nothing about Twitter / X publishing racist content that breaks British law.
French authorities are taking X to court because Grok is now doing straight up holocaust denial. Gas chambers intended for disinfection, cyanide residue tiny, ‘story’ persists because of taboo against critical examination. (Full translation in alt text)
November 20, 2025 at 2:04 PM
French authorities act against Twitter / X due to it publishing Holocaust Denial.
British authority OFCOM does nothing about Twitter / X publishing racist content that breaks British law.
British authority OFCOM does nothing about Twitter / X publishing racist content that breaks British law.
I’d make a comment about the Venn diagram of Walts and Reform supporters being a near circle, but if we’re being honest most Reform supporters won’t know what a Venn diagram is.
Remfakerance SHOCK.
BBC News - Man charged following suspected fake admiral at Remembrance event
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BBC News - Man charged following suspected fake admiral at Remembrance event
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Man charged after suspected fake navy admiral at Llandudno Remembrance event
Police said the incident at the Remembrance Sunday event caused "significant public concern".
www.bbc.com
November 14, 2025 at 8:15 PM
I’d make a comment about the Venn diagram of Walts and Reform supporters being a near circle, but if we’re being honest most Reform supporters won’t know what a Venn diagram is.
Lisa Nandy is so useless, I fully expect the new Director General of the BBC to become Paul Dacre.
November 10, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Lisa Nandy is so useless, I fully expect the new Director General of the BBC to become Paul Dacre.
Just heard a BBC Radio 3 presenter pronounce Harrogate “Harrowgate”.
This is far worse than the concocted Telegraph nonsense about Panorama.
This is far worse than the concocted Telegraph nonsense about Panorama.
November 10, 2025 at 8:36 AM
Just heard a BBC Radio 3 presenter pronounce Harrogate “Harrowgate”.
This is far worse than the concocted Telegraph nonsense about Panorama.
This is far worse than the concocted Telegraph nonsense about Panorama.
A film you’ve seen more than seven times with a gif
November 1, 2025 at 9:10 PM
A film you’ve seen more than seven times with a gif
Any Labour supporter who spent years dining out about how students were 'betrayed by the Lib Dems' has to shut the fuck up now and for ever.
#tuitionfees #studentloan
#tuitionfees #studentloan
University tuition fees to rise with inflation for another two years - then increases to be linked to meeting quality standards
www.gov.uk/government/n...
www.gov.uk/government/n...
Universities to deliver better outcomes in return for full fees
Post-16 Education and Skills White Paper to boost opportunity for disadvantaged students, hold universities to account and put sector on firm financial footing.
www.gov.uk
October 20, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Any Labour supporter who spent years dining out about how students were 'betrayed by the Lib Dems' has to shut the fuck up now and for ever.
#tuitionfees #studentloan
#tuitionfees #studentloan
“The rich man in his castle,
The poor man at his gate,
God made them, high or lowly,
And ordered their estate”
Know your place, peasants. No social mobility for you!
#ToryPartyConference
The poor man at his gate,
God made them, high or lowly,
And ordered their estate”
Know your place, peasants. No social mobility for you!
#ToryPartyConference
Breaking: Tories would slash university places by 100k.
Student numbers cap plan billed as saving £3 billion to invest in apprenticeship funding.
Tomorrow, Badenoch will unveil plans to limit student numbers across all subjects.
www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-p...
Student numbers cap plan billed as saving £3 billion to invest in apprenticeship funding.
Tomorrow, Badenoch will unveil plans to limit student numbers across all subjects.
www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-p...
Tories would slash university places by 100,000 - Research Professional News
Student numbers cap plan billed as saving £3 billion to invest in “doubled” apprenticeship funding
www.researchprofessionalnews.com
October 7, 2025 at 10:08 PM
“The rich man in his castle,
The poor man at his gate,
God made them, high or lowly,
And ordered their estate”
Know your place, peasants. No social mobility for you!
#ToryPartyConference
The poor man at his gate,
God made them, high or lowly,
And ordered their estate”
Know your place, peasants. No social mobility for you!
#ToryPartyConference
Ever notice when someone in Britain pops up to say "what's the problem with ID Cards?" that they are overwhemlingly white middle-aged males?
People whose concept of the relationship with the State only centres around their personal ease of use?
#DigitalID #IDcards #No2ID
People whose concept of the relationship with the State only centres around their personal ease of use?
#DigitalID #IDcards #No2ID
September 26, 2025 at 8:34 AM
Ever notice when someone in Britain pops up to say "what's the problem with ID Cards?" that they are overwhemlingly white middle-aged males?
People whose concept of the relationship with the State only centres around their personal ease of use?
#DigitalID #IDcards #No2ID
People whose concept of the relationship with the State only centres around their personal ease of use?
#DigitalID #IDcards #No2ID
Cleaning up brownfield needs some form of special measure.
As it's often urban and potentially prime real estate, perhaps cleanup can be financed by investment bond paid out from eventual transformation into a site of value.
As it's often urban and potentially prime real estate, perhaps cleanup can be financed by investment bond paid out from eventual transformation into a site of value.
Nothing in this acknowledges the economic reality of why many brownfield sites don’t get away as housing: they’re not financially viable unless someone (usually us, in some form) pays for them to be cleaned up and made ready
Almost 1.5m homes could be built on brownfield sites in England, report finds
September 24, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Cleaning up brownfield needs some form of special measure.
As it's often urban and potentially prime real estate, perhaps cleanup can be financed by investment bond paid out from eventual transformation into a site of value.
As it's often urban and potentially prime real estate, perhaps cleanup can be financed by investment bond paid out from eventual transformation into a site of value.
Reading this Q&A with Mark Radcliffe in the Guardian, and was surprised to see London journalist Stephen Bush in the focus group
September 11, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Reading this Q&A with Mark Radcliffe in the Guardian, and was surprised to see London journalist Stephen Bush in the focus group
Comparing a solar farm‘s (microscopically small) risk of fire to the Aberfan Disaster is more proof of the self-centred derangement of NIMBYs in the Home Counties.
A solar farm that could have powered “all the households in Witney” has been refused permission by West Oxfordshire District Council. Councillors were concerned about the risk of fire, one drawing parallels to the 1966 Aberfan disaster: “Until someone can guarantee it is safe, I can’t support it.”
September 9, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Comparing a solar farm‘s (microscopically small) risk of fire to the Aberfan Disaster is more proof of the self-centred derangement of NIMBYs in the Home Counties.
How the giddy fuck has the utterly useless Lisa Nandy retained her job???
She’s not fit to run a tombola, let alone a government department.
She’s not fit to run a tombola, let alone a government department.
Kyle is going to Business. Replacing Jonny Reynolds.
Incredibly Lisa Nandy is staying at DCMS - she was the one person everyone thought would be moved.
Incredibly Lisa Nandy is staying at DCMS - she was the one person everyone thought would be moved.
September 5, 2025 at 4:17 PM
How the giddy fuck has the utterly useless Lisa Nandy retained her job???
She’s not fit to run a tombola, let alone a government department.
She’s not fit to run a tombola, let alone a government department.
One instance of vandalism in 60+ years of “think tanks” meddling in public affairs, and one of their alumni thinks it’s a slam dunk reason for not naming anonymous donors.
Next time someone does the whole "why doesn't x think tank publish the names of its donors?" thing, remind them that there are organised groups of extremist yobs who use violent intimidation to try to shut down think tanks they disagree with.
August 31, 2025 at 11:05 AM
One instance of vandalism in 60+ years of “think tanks” meddling in public affairs, and one of their alumni thinks it’s a slam dunk reason for not naming anonymous donors.
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Sometimes I see people like 20 tweets deep into an argument with Grok. Like, what are you doing brother? You are trying to win an argument with a vending machine.
August 18, 2025 at 3:10 AM
Sometimes I see people like 20 tweets deep into an argument with Grok. Like, what are you doing brother? You are trying to win an argument with a vending machine.