Nigel Leach
@nigelleach.com
Eventually Consistent.
Pretending to be a Northerner, stealthily seeking asylum in Cumbria.
Soft left socialist bookworm, still occasionally hobbling over the fells and around a squash court.
Very happily partnered btw.
Pretending to be a Northerner, stealthily seeking asylum in Cumbria.
Soft left socialist bookworm, still occasionally hobbling over the fells and around a squash court.
Very happily partnered btw.
Pinned
Nigel Leach
@nigelleach.com
· Nov 19
Douglas!
A sausage filled with love (only 5% bark).
Stubborn, proud, plucky, and a bit scared of the big wide world (and who wouldn't be).
A sausage filled with love (only 5% bark).
Stubborn, proud, plucky, and a bit scared of the big wide world (and who wouldn't be).
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A touching act of animal solidarity as an elephant saves a young deer ☺️
November 22, 2025 at 4:03 AM
A touching act of animal solidarity as an elephant saves a young deer ☺️
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Rachel was so great, I don’t quite know what The Observer will be without her
Wonderful and moving tribute by @timadamswrites.bsky.social to Rachel Cooke, the brilliant Observer journalist who also frequently lit up the pages of the Guardian Weekly, who has died at the age of 56.
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
Remembering Rachel Cooke | The Observer
observer.co.uk
November 14, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Rachel was so great, I don’t quite know what The Observer will be without her
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Here’s a link beyond the paywall. And a donate button, if you wish to support the Tribune.
www.sheffieldtribune.co.uk/a-london-law...
www.sheffieldtribune.co.uk/a-london-law...
November 9, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Here’s a link beyond the paywall. And a donate button, if you wish to support the Tribune.
www.sheffieldtribune.co.uk/a-london-law...
www.sheffieldtribune.co.uk/a-london-law...
The times are not a changin
He tells me also how the Duke of York is smitten in love with my Lady Chesterfield (a virtuous lady, daughter to my Lord of Ormond); and so much that the Duchess of York hath complained to the King and her father about it and my Lady Chesterfield is gone into the country for it.
November 3, 2025 at 9:51 AM
The times are not a changin
Storm Huntley is not a programme about a named meteorological event – this was news to be until today, I couldn’t understand why it was so repeated
October 28, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Storm Huntley is not a programme about a named meteorological event – this was news to be until today, I couldn’t understand why it was so repeated
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The hypocrisy of Reform going on TV to allege that certain groups are constantly over represented on TV is truly epic.
October 27, 2025 at 8:10 AM
The hypocrisy of Reform going on TV to allege that certain groups are constantly over represented on TV is truly epic.
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Funders of Trump's $300M ballroom and East Wing destruction include:
-Amazon
-Apple
-Coinbase
-Lockheed Martin
-Google
-Meta
-Microsoft
-Palantir
-Tobacco companies
-The Adelson family
Don't forget — they're not just buying a ballroom. They're buying Trump's favor.
-Amazon
-Apple
-Coinbase
-Lockheed Martin
-Meta
-Microsoft
-Palantir
-Tobacco companies
-The Adelson family
Don't forget — they're not just buying a ballroom. They're buying Trump's favor.
October 24, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Funders of Trump's $300M ballroom and East Wing destruction include:
-Amazon
-Apple
-Coinbase
-Lockheed Martin
-Google
-Meta
-Microsoft
-Palantir
-Tobacco companies
-The Adelson family
Don't forget — they're not just buying a ballroom. They're buying Trump's favor.
-Amazon
-Apple
-Coinbase
-Lockheed Martin
-Meta
-Microsoft
-Palantir
-Tobacco companies
-The Adelson family
Don't forget — they're not just buying a ballroom. They're buying Trump's favor.
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Wow, turns out the authorities who made this risk assessment did so with reference to evidence of the potential risk, who'd have thought it. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Intelligence on ‘extreme’ Maccabi fans with history of violence led to Villa Park ban
Exclusive: West Midlands police were told supporters randomly attacked Muslims in Amsterdam last year
www.theguardian.com
October 21, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Wow, turns out the authorities who made this risk assessment did so with reference to evidence of the potential risk, who'd have thought it. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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Mamdani is already getting the criminals out of NYC!
October 21, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Mamdani is already getting the criminals out of NYC!
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This you, Fred? 👀
BetFred may claim to have only made £500,000 in profits last year... but they had revenue of over £1 billion, and the owners' personal wealth grew by £500m.
They can find the money for the gambling tax.
BetFred may claim to have only made £500,000 in profits last year... but they had revenue of over £1 billion, and the owners' personal wealth grew by £500m.
They can find the money for the gambling tax.
October 20, 2025 at 11:34 AM
This you, Fred? 👀
BetFred may claim to have only made £500,000 in profits last year... but they had revenue of over £1 billion, and the owners' personal wealth grew by £500m.
They can find the money for the gambling tax.
BetFred may claim to have only made £500,000 in profits last year... but they had revenue of over £1 billion, and the owners' personal wealth grew by £500m.
They can find the money for the gambling tax.
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Louvre robbery. French police release image of suspect.
October 19, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Louvre robbery. French police release image of suspect.
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I am outraged that apparently jews are not welcome at football matches in Tel Aviv (am I doing this right?)
news.sky.com/story/tel-av...
news.sky.com/story/tel-av...
Tel Aviv football derby cancelled as 'violent riots' see nine arrested
Police said dozens of smoke grenades and pyrotechnic devices were thrown, injuring 12 civilians and three police officers.
news.sky.com
October 19, 2025 at 9:08 PM
I am outraged that apparently jews are not welcome at football matches in Tel Aviv (am I doing this right?)
news.sky.com/story/tel-av...
news.sky.com/story/tel-av...
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More than 100,000 people protested in New York City yesterday. Not s single arrest
October 19, 2025 at 2:13 PM
More than 100,000 people protested in New York City yesterday. Not s single arrest
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The Bridge at Trinquetaille - 1888
https://botfrens.com/collections/46/contents/14443
https://botfrens.com/collections/46/contents/14443
October 7, 2025 at 1:22 AM
The Bridge at Trinquetaille - 1888
https://botfrens.com/collections/46/contents/14443
https://botfrens.com/collections/46/contents/14443
oh dear, SMEG word soup
how to guarantee that I will not click on a link
how to guarantee that I will not click on a link
October 15, 2025 at 8:11 AM
oh dear, SMEG word soup
how to guarantee that I will not click on a link
how to guarantee that I will not click on a link
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Labour is telling you VERY LOUDLY who to vote for if you value human rights. And it's definitely NOT LABOUR.
Woah! So Labour's position really is, 'telling us off for breaching human rights undermines the case for human rights'? Proper Trumpian stuff from Labour's answer to Suella Braverman.
October 15, 2025 at 6:59 AM
Labour is telling you VERY LOUDLY who to vote for if you value human rights. And it's definitely NOT LABOUR.
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Indeed.
The government has chosen to prioritise reducing (skilled, legal, for work) migration over growth and hence over improving public services.
No economic rationale - but even worse, no political rationale either.
The government has chosen to prioritise reducing (skilled, legal, for work) migration over growth and hence over improving public services.
No economic rationale - but even worse, no political rationale either.
One mistake Labour made in their first year is loading quite a few new costs onto business all at once. They are risking doing something similar on immigration, I think.
October 14, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Indeed.
The government has chosen to prioritise reducing (skilled, legal, for work) migration over growth and hence over improving public services.
No economic rationale - but even worse, no political rationale either.
The government has chosen to prioritise reducing (skilled, legal, for work) migration over growth and hence over improving public services.
No economic rationale - but even worse, no political rationale either.
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In 2014, Hackney Council sold a property under Right to Buy for £95,050
In 2021, they bought it back off the ex-tenant for £365k
In ~6 yrs, the council lost £269,950 on a single property
It's not an isolated example. @bigissue.com has uncovered 100+ 'Yo-yo Homes'
www.bigissue.com/news/housing...
In 2021, they bought it back off the ex-tenant for £365k
In ~6 yrs, the council lost £269,950 on a single property
It's not an isolated example. @bigissue.com has uncovered 100+ 'Yo-yo Homes'
www.bigissue.com/news/housing...
How ex-council tenants make over £200k selling homes back to councils
Big Issue investigates the Right To Buy properties sold back to councils for massive profits, just years after being bought at a discount.
www.bigissue.com
October 13, 2025 at 9:24 AM
In 2014, Hackney Council sold a property under Right to Buy for £95,050
In 2021, they bought it back off the ex-tenant for £365k
In ~6 yrs, the council lost £269,950 on a single property
It's not an isolated example. @bigissue.com has uncovered 100+ 'Yo-yo Homes'
www.bigissue.com/news/housing...
In 2021, they bought it back off the ex-tenant for £365k
In ~6 yrs, the council lost £269,950 on a single property
It's not an isolated example. @bigissue.com has uncovered 100+ 'Yo-yo Homes'
www.bigissue.com/news/housing...
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Diane Keaton in her Manhattan apartment with Buster, an Abyssinian, photographed by Jill Krementz in 1977
October 12, 2025 at 1:33 AM
Diane Keaton in her Manhattan apartment with Buster, an Abyssinian, photographed by Jill Krementz in 1977
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“I’m old enough to remember when mainstream British politicians, who should know better, stirred up racial hatred as a path to power. You’re old enough to remember too because it was last Tuesday. And it was Robert Jenrick”
Cathartic anger at flag-flying racism.
www.thenerve.news/p/stewart-le...
Cathartic anger at flag-flying racism.
www.thenerve.news/p/stewart-le...
Stewart Lee: The thugs have taken my flag. So I’ve taken theirs
What do you do with a lot of cheap banners hanging from motorway bridges once you’ve torn them down?
www.thenerve.news
October 12, 2025 at 8:44 AM
“I’m old enough to remember when mainstream British politicians, who should know better, stirred up racial hatred as a path to power. You’re old enough to remember too because it was last Tuesday. And it was Robert Jenrick”
Cathartic anger at flag-flying racism.
www.thenerve.news/p/stewart-le...
Cathartic anger at flag-flying racism.
www.thenerve.news/p/stewart-le...