#BBC News correspondents reporting on the Labour Party’s situation and making their unbiased lucid pronouncements without hyperbole or hysteria
February 10, 2026 at 5:58 PM
#BBC News correspondents reporting on the Labour Party’s situation and making their unbiased lucid pronouncements without hyperbole or hysteria
The trend for nostalgia is fascinating
The new teenage TikTok trend … covers of Second World War songs
The new teenage TikTok trend … covers of Second World War songs
www.thetimes.com
February 10, 2026 at 10:57 AM
The trend for nostalgia is fascinating
What a beautiful world this will be
What a glorious time to be free
What a beautiful world this will be
What a glorious time to be free
What a glorious time to be free
What a beautiful world this will be
What a glorious time to be free
February 9, 2026 at 3:29 PM
What a beautiful world this will be
What a glorious time to be free
What a beautiful world this will be
What a glorious time to be free
What a glorious time to be free
What a beautiful world this will be
What a glorious time to be free
IGY: Donald Fagen, sums up the time when optimism was part of life and culture, until it wasn't
"Get your ticket to that wheel in space
While there's time
The fix is in
You'll be a witness to that game of chance in the sky
You know we've got to win
"Get your ticket to that wheel in space
While there's time
The fix is in
You'll be a witness to that game of chance in the sky
You know we've got to win
February 9, 2026 at 3:29 PM
IGY: Donald Fagen, sums up the time when optimism was part of life and culture, until it wasn't
"Get your ticket to that wheel in space
While there's time
The fix is in
You'll be a witness to that game of chance in the sky
You know we've got to win
"Get your ticket to that wheel in space
While there's time
The fix is in
You'll be a witness to that game of chance in the sky
You know we've got to win
Lord Haw Haw: but can the Prime Minister survive
February 9, 2026 at 12:41 PM
Lord Haw Haw: but can the Prime Minister survive
Irrespective of the politics, watching the UK political correspondents visibly wetting themselves over Starmer [as they did about Rayner] while not applying themselves to equally to other parties.
February 9, 2026 at 11:32 AM
Irrespective of the politics, watching the UK political correspondents visibly wetting themselves over Starmer [as they did about Rayner] while not applying themselves to equally to other parties.
Reposted by Matthew Chattle
Here we go…
FT exclusive:
“The US state department is set to fund Maga-aligned think-tanks and charities across Europe to disseminate Washington’s policy positions and challenge perceived threats to free speech.”
via @annasophiegross.bsky.social and colleagues
“The US state department is set to fund Maga-aligned think-tanks and charities across Europe to disseminate Washington’s policy positions and challenge perceived threats to free speech.”
via @annasophiegross.bsky.social and colleagues
February 6, 2026 at 11:32 AM
Here we go…
Washington Post. We're all fired... #washingtonpost #allthepresidentsmen
February 6, 2026 at 3:11 PM
Washington Post. We're all fired... #washingtonpost #allthepresidentsmen
www.thecanary.co/opinion/2026...
Noam Chomsky betrayed everything he ever stood for in his friendship with Epstein
Noam Chomsky betrayed everything he ever stood for in his friendship with Epstein
Noam Chomsky betrayed everything he ever stood for in his friendship with Epstein
Chomsky was revered as an anti-establishment academic but his close personal relationship with Epstein defended the paedophile's abuse
www.thecanary.co
February 5, 2026 at 6:18 PM
www.thecanary.co/opinion/2026...
Noam Chomsky betrayed everything he ever stood for in his friendship with Epstein
Noam Chomsky betrayed everything he ever stood for in his friendship with Epstein
The UK #university sector: massive student debts, graduate entry level jobs down 33% and universities cutting 15,000 jobs in 24-25 and impending financial crisis.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Thousands more university jobs cut as financial crisis deepens
University workers will vote on national strike action this month over a 1.4% pay offer made in the summer.
www.bbc.co.uk
February 5, 2026 at 12:14 PM
The UK #university sector: massive student debts, graduate entry level jobs down 33% and universities cutting 15,000 jobs in 24-25 and impending financial crisis.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Reposted by Matthew Chattle
lads I don't want anyone to panic but I am writing up quite the scorchio take for tomorrow's newsletter
February 5, 2026 at 11:17 AM
lads I don't want anyone to panic but I am writing up quite the scorchio take for tomorrow's newsletter
Social media is the glue that holds stupid people’s brains together
January 27, 2026 at 10:22 AM
Social media is the glue that holds stupid people’s brains together
And not using excessive force isn’t the same thing as not using force at all #trump #greenland
January 21, 2026 at 3:25 PM
And not using excessive force isn’t the same thing as not using force at all #trump #greenland
Watching a fare dodger barge through the barrier at Piccadilly Circus station while four members of staff were standing next to it
January 21, 2026 at 3:16 PM
Watching a fare dodger barge through the barrier at Piccadilly Circus station while four members of staff were standing next to it
#Trump is using the old gangster thug style of negotiations. You don’t give me what I want and I could get violent. It’s your fault for making me do that. I don’t want to use excessive force against you so negotiate immediately on #Greenland
January 21, 2026 at 2:31 PM
#Trump is using the old gangster thug style of negotiations. You don’t give me what I want and I could get violent. It’s your fault for making me do that. I don’t want to use excessive force against you so negotiate immediately on #Greenland
January 21, 2026 at 9:03 AM
Trump’s Board of Peace really should be called the Bored of Peace because he really is #boardofpeace
January 20, 2026 at 10:38 PM
Trump’s Board of Peace really should be called the Bored of Peace because he really is #boardofpeace
Remember that Hitler was plainly physically and mentally unfit during his time in power but no one absolutely nobody did anything about it whatsoever
Nobody
They were too far gone and entrenched in it to turn back. #MAGA is there or near #trump #greenland #nato
Nobody
They were too far gone and entrenched in it to turn back. #MAGA is there or near #trump #greenland #nato
January 20, 2026 at 8:29 PM
Remember that Hitler was plainly physically and mentally unfit during his time in power but no one absolutely nobody did anything about it whatsoever
Nobody
They were too far gone and entrenched in it to turn back. #MAGA is there or near #trump #greenland #nato
Nobody
They were too far gone and entrenched in it to turn back. #MAGA is there or near #trump #greenland #nato
Unfortunately for the people who want the end of #NATO the actual implications could be far more militarisation in #Europe than less. Careful what you wish for #trump #greenland because Europe will also be more unstable and dangerous than it is now
January 20, 2026 at 8:15 PM
Unfortunately for the people who want the end of #NATO the actual implications could be far more militarisation in #Europe than less. Careful what you wish for #trump #greenland because Europe will also be more unstable and dangerous than it is now