Mike Liggins aka Liggo
@mikeliggins.bsky.social
Freelance journalist
For work enquiries my email is m.liggins@btinternet.com
For work enquiries my email is m.liggins@btinternet.com
Julie Reinger said goodbye to the BBC today after 26 years. She had a very special rapport with the viewers ..and had lots of laughs together.
Go well Jules…
Go well Jules…
March 28, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Julie Reinger said goodbye to the BBC today after 26 years. She had a very special rapport with the viewers ..and had lots of laughs together.
Go well Jules…
Go well Jules…
Yes, this is superb and chilling in equal measure…
if you read one FT article this weekend make it this blistering piece by @edwardluce.bsky.social on Trump’s assault on democratic norms in America
www.ft.com/content/3741...
www.ft.com/content/3741...
March 22, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Yes, this is superb and chilling in equal measure…
“Football fans do not behave like rational customers. Millions of people pay a significant portion of their increasingly stretched incomes to watch a football team mostly not win, for ever.”
Genius writing from @jonathanliew.bsky.social
Genius writing from @jonathanliew.bsky.social
as the late economist Allen Sanderson put it: “if you want to inject money into the local economy, it would be better to drop it from a helicopter than invest it in a new ballpark”. column on the facts and the fictions of New Trafford www.theguardian.com/football/202...
A new Manchester United stadium isn’t about regeneration and never will be | Jonathan Liew
If ‘New Trafford’ is such a nailed-on wealth generator, then why aren’t Ratcliffe and the Glazers funding it themselves?
www.theguardian.com
March 18, 2025 at 1:09 PM
“Football fans do not behave like rational customers. Millions of people pay a significant portion of their increasingly stretched incomes to watch a football team mostly not win, for ever.”
Genius writing from @jonathanliew.bsky.social
Genius writing from @jonathanliew.bsky.social
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Thousands of people are ditching Tesla. Here’s one of them with a message you can see from space.
Location: Black Rock Sands, Wales, UK
Led By Donkeys is 100% funded by small donations.
Location: Black Rock Sands, Wales, UK
Led By Donkeys is 100% funded by small donations.
March 17, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Thousands of people are ditching Tesla. Here’s one of them with a message you can see from space.
Location: Black Rock Sands, Wales, UK
Led By Donkeys is 100% funded by small donations.
Location: Black Rock Sands, Wales, UK
Led By Donkeys is 100% funded by small donations.
Well ..yes, exactly
Today in 180AD Commodus succeeded his father, Marcus Aurlieus as Roman Emperor. He would go berserk, naming the city, months & legions after himself.
One contemporary wrote that he turned Rome "from a kingdom of gold to one of iron and rust".
One contemporary wrote that he turned Rome "from a kingdom of gold to one of iron and rust".
March 17, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Well ..yes, exactly
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Donald Trump is crashing the US economy - just one more consequence of him being trapped in a disinformation bubble. Latest column www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Why is Donald Trump crashing the US economy? Because he’s high on his own supply of fake news | Jonathan Freedland
Addicted to Fox News and outlets even more extreme, the president finds justification for actions disastrous to Americans and the world, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland
www.theguardian.com
March 14, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Donald Trump is crashing the US economy - just one more consequence of him being trapped in a disinformation bubble. Latest column www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Impossible to imagine what John Hunt has been through. His victim statement is extraordinary and if you haven’t read it - please do. It just so happens he’s one of the best commentators of this or any era…
John Hunt returns to Cheltenham days after brave victim statement
John Hunt returns to Cheltenham days after brave victim statement
* BBC commentator back in place for Gold Cup
* ‘I am thinking of those who illuminate this sport’
There was no braver sight at the Cheltenham Festival than the return of John Hunt to the BBC commentary box on Friday, just days after the man who…
www.theguardian.com
March 14, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Impossible to imagine what John Hunt has been through. His victim statement is extraordinary and if you haven’t read it - please do. It just so happens he’s one of the best commentators of this or any era…
Fascinating …and like everything associated with Trump - truly awful. Worth reading
I wrote a short explainer for my Substack of the biggest (but strangely under the radar) corruption of the Trump White House: the Trump crypto coin. A conduit for secret, shameless bribery of the President. www.chrismurphyct.com/p/trumps-big...
Trump’s Biggest Corruption is Flying Under the Radar
The scale of corruption in Trump’s White House has been stunning and unprecedented.
www.chrismurphyct.com
March 8, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Fascinating …and like everything associated with Trump - truly awful. Worth reading
Who doesn’t like bum based jokes?
Win my books …
There’s dogs, an insight into the inner workings of an animals’ mind, bum-based jokes, the lot …
@headofzeus.bsky.social
@bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social
There’s dogs, an insight into the inner workings of an animals’ mind, bum-based jokes, the lot …
@headofzeus.bsky.social
@bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social
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March 7, 2025 at 10:21 AM
Who doesn’t like bum based jokes?
Trump has opened Pandora’s box
U.S. Marshals have warned federal judges of unusually high threat levels as Elon Musk and other Trump administration allies ramp up efforts to discredit judges who stand in the way of White House efforts to slash federal jobs and programs. www.reuters.com/world/us/jud...
Exclusive: Judges face rise in threats as Musk blasts them over rulings
U.S. Marshals have warned federal judges of unusually high threat levels as tech billionaire Elon Musk and other Trump administration allies ramp up efforts to discredit judges who stand in the way of White House efforts to slash federal jobs and programs, said several judges with knowledge of the warnings.
www.reuters.com
March 5, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Trump has opened Pandora’s box
Special relationship is over for certain- but is the unthinkable happening? Is the US now Europe’s enemy?
NEW: JD Vance describes UK & French troops in Ukraine as “20,000 troops from some random country that hasn’t fought a war in 30 or 40 years”.
Spits in the face of UK & EU troops that died supporting the US in Iraq & Afghanistan.
So revealing. The Atlantic alliance & “special relationship” is dead.
Spits in the face of UK & EU troops that died supporting the US in Iraq & Afghanistan.
So revealing. The Atlantic alliance & “special relationship” is dead.
March 4, 2025 at 9:22 AM
Special relationship is over for certain- but is the unthinkable happening? Is the US now Europe’s enemy?
On occasion, impartiality serves the BBC very badly indeed. Both Chris Mason and Laura Kuensberg asking Zelensky if he’d care to apologise for events in the White House.
Read the room …
Read the room …
March 2, 2025 at 10:33 PM
On occasion, impartiality serves the BBC very badly indeed. Both Chris Mason and Laura Kuensberg asking Zelensky if he’d care to apologise for events in the White House.
Read the room …
Read the room …
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Tailoring fit for a King, President Zelensky 👌
March 2, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Tailoring fit for a King, President Zelensky 👌
Master stroke-
Ukraine's Zelenksy meets King at Sandringham
Ukraine's Zelenksy meets King at Sandringham
March 2, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Master stroke-
Ukraine's Zelenksy meets King at Sandringham
Ukraine's Zelenksy meets King at Sandringham
This ⬇️
Europe must assume the worst. Perhaps even a US/Russia alliance ..and work back from there. @lewisgoodall.com is all over this crisis…
Europe must assume the worst. Perhaps even a US/Russia alliance ..and work back from there. @lewisgoodall.com is all over this crisis…
As I argued some weeks ago, we have to listen to what Trump and Vance are telling us, as uncomfortable and even scary as it might be.
open.substack.com/pub/goodalla...
open.substack.com/pub/goodalla...
March 1, 2025 at 10:24 AM
This ⬇️
Europe must assume the worst. Perhaps even a US/Russia alliance ..and work back from there. @lewisgoodall.com is all over this crisis…
Europe must assume the worst. Perhaps even a US/Russia alliance ..and work back from there. @lewisgoodall.com is all over this crisis…
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For weeks, ministers and other British politicians have been trying to convince the rest of us and perhaps themselves that Trump is more normal than he is, that he cares about Ukraine and Europe more than he does and that is less inclined towards Putin than he is...
March 1, 2025 at 9:28 AM
For weeks, ministers and other British politicians have been trying to convince the rest of us and perhaps themselves that Trump is more normal than he is, that he cares about Ukraine and Europe more than he does and that is less inclined towards Putin than he is...
Just when you think Trump, Vance etc can’t get any more awful..they do. But I’m sorry to say - it will get worse.
The world needs to stop treating Trump like a normal person. He isn’t. He’s a narcissist- that’s the easy bit.
No, the question is more how disturbed is he? My guess is very….
The world needs to stop treating Trump like a normal person. He isn’t. He’s a narcissist- that’s the easy bit.
No, the question is more how disturbed is he? My guess is very….
February 28, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Just when you think Trump, Vance etc can’t get any more awful..they do. But I’m sorry to say - it will get worse.
The world needs to stop treating Trump like a normal person. He isn’t. He’s a narcissist- that’s the easy bit.
No, the question is more how disturbed is he? My guess is very….
The world needs to stop treating Trump like a normal person. He isn’t. He’s a narcissist- that’s the easy bit.
No, the question is more how disturbed is he? My guess is very….
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Slowly people around the world are waking up to what Trump is- insane.
Presumably this is the kind of thing going on inside his head?
Presumably this is the kind of thing going on inside his head?
Few things can capture the vanity and sheer depravity of Trump.
This video, he posted on his Truth Social account overnight, is as close as you’ll get.
It should greet him at the gates of hell.
This video, he posted on his Truth Social account overnight, is as close as you’ll get.
It should greet him at the gates of hell.
February 26, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Slowly people around the world are waking up to what Trump is- insane.
Presumably this is the kind of thing going on inside his head?
Presumably this is the kind of thing going on inside his head?
If you weren’t depressed enough already - read this.
It’s brilliant and very clear.
Anyone still believe in our ‘special relationship’ with the US?
It’s brilliant and very clear.
Anyone still believe in our ‘special relationship’ with the US?
Once again I am leaving the Munich Security Conference in a low mood. Amongst all the noise, the US signalled their plans for Europe, so things are becoming clearer. But things are clearly not good.
This is what we now know, and what we have to do about it:🧵1/17
This is what we now know, and what we have to do about it:🧵1/17
February 16, 2025 at 10:31 AM
If you weren’t depressed enough already - read this.
It’s brilliant and very clear.
Anyone still believe in our ‘special relationship’ with the US?
It’s brilliant and very clear.
Anyone still believe in our ‘special relationship’ with the US?
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History buffs will know that every authoritarian leader eventually converges on some version of: "I *am* the state. I can not break the law, I am the law, the law is instantiated in me."
Our march to authoritarianism so far has been excruciatingly by-the-book. Hitting every beat. No surprises.
Our march to authoritarianism so far has been excruciatingly by-the-book. Hitting every beat. No surprises.
February 15, 2025 at 7:03 PM
History buffs will know that every authoritarian leader eventually converges on some version of: "I *am* the state. I can not break the law, I am the law, the law is instantiated in me."
Our march to authoritarianism so far has been excruciatingly by-the-book. Hitting every beat. No surprises.
Our march to authoritarianism so far has been excruciatingly by-the-book. Hitting every beat. No surprises.
Are people still buying Tesla cars?
February 1, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Are people still buying Tesla cars?
Presumably half of Americans still aren’t worried…
This is a hostile takeover of the federal government by a private citizen of unlimited means with no restrictions and no transparency. Welcome to the Deep State www.reuters.com/world/us/mus...
Exclusive: Musk aides lock government workers out of computer systems at US agency, sources say
Aides to Elon Musk charged with running the U.S. government human resources agency have locked career civil servants out of computer systems that contain the personal data of millions of federal employees, according to two agency officials.
www.reuters.com
February 1, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Presumably half of Americans still aren’t worried…
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As tech barons dial up the spreading of lies, why is the BBC dialling down the reporting of truth? | John Harris
As tech barons dial up the spreading of lies, why is the BBC dialling down the reporting of truth? | John Harris
A damning report shows how local news cuts stymied coverage of the riots in Plymouth. What fills the vacuum? Misinformation
On 4 August 2024, the riots and disturbances that followed the killing of three children in Southport, on Merseyside, spread even…
www.theguardian.com
January 12, 2025 at 12:30 PM
As tech barons dial up the spreading of lies, why is the BBC dialling down the reporting of truth? | John Harris
Scary. Freedland articulates brilliantly how much shit we are in now…
Trump and his henchman Musk treat America’s oldest allies as enemies. Britain can’t face that threat alone | Jonathan Freedland
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Trump and his henchman Musk treat America’s oldest allies as enemies. Britain can’t face that threat alone | Jonathan Freedland
The president-elect’s hostility towards other democracies is already clear. There will be no special relationship with him: we should look to Europe , says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland
www.theguardian.com
January 10, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Scary. Freedland articulates brilliantly how much shit we are in now…