Paul M 🇮🇪🇨🇦🇫🇷🇵🇸🚲🐟
@onebiskuit.bsky.social
Former tax partner at London Big 4 accounting firm, now retired.
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@onebiskuit.bsky.social
· Feb 17
So, nearly five years since my last cycle tour holiday - early in the pandemic in 2020, between lockdowns, from Bordeaux to Carcassonne - I’ve finally organised the next one. In May I’m going to cycle from Nevers in the upper Loire, following the river or its Lateral Canal down to Orléans
Hey @channel4news.bsky.social “evidence free accusation” is a rather long-winded way of saying “lie”, isn’t it?
January 28, 2026 at 7:25 PM
Hey @channel4news.bsky.social “evidence free accusation” is a rather long-winded way of saying “lie”, isn’t it?
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Poor Melanie. She is SO close to getting it.
No, it's no coincidence. Because violence flows directly from ICE and Democrat-run cities are where ICE has been sent to cause it. It's like observing that surfing is not popular in landlocked states or that intellectual rigour is rare at the Telegraph.
No, it's no coincidence. Because violence flows directly from ICE and Democrat-run cities are where ICE has been sent to cause it. It's like observing that surfing is not popular in landlocked states or that intellectual rigour is rare at the Telegraph.
We hear all the time about the damaging effect of social media. Less abt the radicalising & dehumanising effect of corporate right-wing media. An example: the increasingly deranged, dogmatic Melanie Phillips. How long can @thetimes.com continue to publish such rancid right-wing crap?
January 28, 2026 at 7:13 PM
Poor Melanie. She is SO close to getting it.
No, it's no coincidence. Because violence flows directly from ICE and Democrat-run cities are where ICE has been sent to cause it. It's like observing that surfing is not popular in landlocked states or that intellectual rigour is rare at the Telegraph.
No, it's no coincidence. Because violence flows directly from ICE and Democrat-run cities are where ICE has been sent to cause it. It's like observing that surfing is not popular in landlocked states or that intellectual rigour is rare at the Telegraph.
How it started. How it’s going.
January 28, 2026 at 6:49 PM
How it started. How it’s going.
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Westminster's Bayswater Rd scheme would deliver a safer continuous cycling connection linking Cycleways 3 and 27, as well as providing a direct east–west route along the north side of Hyde Park.
Last chance to have your say:
cmsbayswaterroad.commonplace.is
@citywestminster.bsky.social
Last chance to have your say:
cmsbayswaterroad.commonplace.is
@citywestminster.bsky.social
January 28, 2026 at 4:09 PM
Westminster's Bayswater Rd scheme would deliver a safer continuous cycling connection linking Cycleways 3 and 27, as well as providing a direct east–west route along the north side of Hyde Park.
Last chance to have your say:
cmsbayswaterroad.commonplace.is
@citywestminster.bsky.social
Last chance to have your say:
cmsbayswaterroad.commonplace.is
@citywestminster.bsky.social
Just goes to show that nobody* is all bad.
After all, even Richard Nixon extracted the US from Vietnam and founded the Environmental Protection Agency.
* alright, almost nobody. We’ll make an exception for donald trump.
After all, even Richard Nixon extracted the US from Vietnam and founded the Environmental Protection Agency.
* alright, almost nobody. We’ll make an exception for donald trump.
Former FIFA President Sepp Blatter backed a proposed fan boycott of World Cup matches in the United States because of the conduct of President Donald Trump and his administration at home and abroad. https://cnn.it/4ak0Q4X
January 28, 2026 at 2:05 PM
Just goes to show that nobody* is all bad.
After all, even Richard Nixon extracted the US from Vietnam and founded the Environmental Protection Agency.
* alright, almost nobody. We’ll make an exception for donald trump.
After all, even Richard Nixon extracted the US from Vietnam and founded the Environmental Protection Agency.
* alright, almost nobody. We’ll make an exception for donald trump.
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The corporation's political editor has penned another piece cheering on Reform after Suella Braverman defected to the party
✏️ Rats in a Sack 🐀
✏️ Rats in a Sack 🐀
Chris Mason, the BBC's Farage fanboy
The corporation's political editor has penned another piece cheering on Reform after Suella Braverman defected to the party
www.thenewworld.co.uk
January 28, 2026 at 11:16 AM
The corporation's political editor has penned another piece cheering on Reform after Suella Braverman defected to the party
✏️ Rats in a Sack 🐀
✏️ Rats in a Sack 🐀
Is putin paying trump a commission for this?
US ‘tells Ukraine that security guarantees will only be given in return for Donbas’
US ‘tells Ukraine that security guarantees will only be given in return for Donbas’
US ‘tells Ukraine that security guarantees will only be given in return for Donbas’
www.independent.co.uk
January 28, 2026 at 12:59 PM
Is putin paying trump a commission for this?
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"The tone President Donald Trump is changing in Minnesota is the tone he set," writes Stephen Collinson | Analysis https://cnn.it/4bnDsEJ
January 28, 2026 at 12:00 PM
"The tone President Donald Trump is changing in Minnesota is the tone he set," writes Stephen Collinson | Analysis https://cnn.it/4bnDsEJ
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One of the stories of British politics over last 15 years has been Conservatives and Labour valuing narrower and narrower ideological coherence over their historic, broad coalitions and then being astonished that their vote shares keep falling.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Centrist ideas no longer wanted in Conservative party, says Kemi Badenoch
Party leader tells MPs that one-nation Tories doubting her rightward direction ‘need to get out of the way’
www.theguardian.com
January 28, 2026 at 12:02 PM
One of the stories of British politics over last 15 years has been Conservatives and Labour valuing narrower and narrower ideological coherence over their historic, broad coalitions and then being astonished that their vote shares keep falling.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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He’s stepped straight out of the Dorothy Thompson essay into our contemporary reality.
I wager history will conclude that Goodwin became a fascist because he got rejected from Chairs at universities he saw as better than the one he was at. Very elitist and failed struggle for credentials ends with him posing as anti-elitist.
January 28, 2026 at 8:57 AM
He’s stepped straight out of the Dorothy Thompson essay into our contemporary reality.
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If Matthew Goodwin is the very best Reform can muster for an eminently winnable by-election, the unfeasibly warm welcomes for the worst of Johnson & Truss's flotsam & jetsam suddenly make much more sense.
January 28, 2026 at 8:58 AM
If Matthew Goodwin is the very best Reform can muster for an eminently winnable by-election, the unfeasibly warm welcomes for the worst of Johnson & Truss's flotsam & jetsam suddenly make much more sense.
This is one Brave woman. Not only did she stay to film and bear witness to the murder of Alex Pretti by CBP thugs in Minneapolis, she gave a formal witness statement, and was interviewed on US national TV about it, by CNN.
Stella Carlson had no way of knowing that she would soon watch a man die — or that her video of that fatal incident would serve as a crucial counter to the Trump administration's initial efforts to paint Alex Pretti as a wannabe assassin or domestic terrorist. https://cnn.it/4riaBXa
January 28, 2026 at 9:12 AM
This is one Brave woman. Not only did she stay to film and bear witness to the murder of Alex Pretti by CBP thugs in Minneapolis, she gave a formal witness statement, and was interviewed on US national TV about it, by CNN.
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Stella Carlson had no way of knowing that she would soon watch a man die — or that her video of that fatal incident would serve as a crucial counter to the Trump administration's initial efforts to paint Alex Pretti as a wannabe assassin or domestic terrorist. https://cnn.it/4riaBXa
January 28, 2026 at 9:00 AM
Stella Carlson had no way of knowing that she would soon watch a man die — or that her video of that fatal incident would serve as a crucial counter to the Trump administration's initial efforts to paint Alex Pretti as a wannabe assassin or domestic terrorist. https://cnn.it/4riaBXa
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Are you an American who wants your voice heard? Given the current situation, you can write under a pseudonym if you wish. Contact our MD Ben Dickenson, ben@bylinesnetworks.co.uk, who can direct you to one of our 10 UK national and regional citizen publications with a combined read of over 20m
January 27, 2026 at 10:42 PM
Are you an American who wants your voice heard? Given the current situation, you can write under a pseudonym if you wish. Contact our MD Ben Dickenson, ben@bylinesnetworks.co.uk, who can direct you to one of our 10 UK national and regional citizen publications with a combined read of over 20m
DINO
Democrat In Name Only.
Democrat In Name Only.
About 150 protesters gathered outside Sen. John Fetterman's office in Philadelphia Tuesday, urging him to not vote in favor of a bill that would provide more funding for the Department of Homeland Security, which oversees both ICE and the Border Patrol.
www.inquirer.com/politics/pen...
www.inquirer.com/politics/pen...
January 27, 2026 at 11:15 PM
DINO
Democrat In Name Only.
Democrat In Name Only.
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⏰⚠️⏰⚠️ ALERT! The Bayswater road consultation is under heavy threat despite the obvious benefits. The weekend saw 400+ responses and it's IMPERITIVE we show strong support ahead of the WEDS 28th DEADLINE. Please take a moment to add your voice here: cmsbayswaterroad.commonplace.is/en-GB/
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Cycle Movement Strategy Phase 3: Bayswater Road
The Bayswater Road Cycle Movement Strategy Phase 3 scheme looks to enhance cycling and pedestrian facilities in both directions along Bayswater Road, from Palace Court to Lancaster Terrace.
cmsbayswaterroad.commonplace.is
January 26, 2026 at 2:59 PM
⏰⚠️⏰⚠️ ALERT! The Bayswater road consultation is under heavy threat despite the obvious benefits. The weekend saw 400+ responses and it's IMPERITIVE we show strong support ahead of the WEDS 28th DEADLINE. Please take a moment to add your voice here: cmsbayswaterroad.commonplace.is/en-GB/
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“Gunfight”
If so, and Starmer doesn’t fuck it up again, it’s like a spud gun against a Vulcan Phalanx.
If so, and Starmer doesn’t fuck it up again, it’s like a spud gun against a Vulcan Phalanx.
British PM Keir Starmer has confirmed his government will cap ground rents at £250 a year. The move will please his backbenchers.
But it sets up Labour for a gunfight with professional landlords and investors.
London Playbook breaks it down 👇
But it sets up Labour for a gunfight with professional landlords and investors.
London Playbook breaks it down 👇
London Playbook: Red meat, hold the peppercorn sauce
What’s driving the day in Westminster. Politics and policymaking in the UK capital. By ANDREW MCDONALD with BETHANY DAWSON Send tips here | Subscribe for free | Listen to Playbook and view in…
www.politico.eu
January 27, 2026 at 9:56 AM
“Gunfight”
If so, and Starmer doesn’t fuck it up again, it’s like a spud gun against a Vulcan Phalanx.
If so, and Starmer doesn’t fuck it up again, it’s like a spud gun against a Vulcan Phalanx.
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Of the seven showings of Melania coming up later this week at the Vue in Westfield Stratford, just five tickets have been sold for three of the showings.
Four showings have no tickets sold.
One showing has just one ticket sold - in the VIP seating area.
Four showings have no tickets sold.
One showing has just one ticket sold - in the VIP seating area.
January 27, 2026 at 9:02 AM
Of the seven showings of Melania coming up later this week at the Vue in Westfield Stratford, just five tickets have been sold for three of the showings.
Four showings have no tickets sold.
One showing has just one ticket sold - in the VIP seating area.
Four showings have no tickets sold.
One showing has just one ticket sold - in the VIP seating area.
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Downfall Bovino Edition. You're welcome.
January 27, 2026 at 5:36 AM
Downfall Bovino Edition. You're welcome.
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Thanks to the Guardian for publishing this extract from my new book. It's about one of the many very bleak aspects of the global anti-money laundering system.
Access denied: why Muslims worldwide are being ‘debanked’ | Oliver Bullough
Access denied: why Muslims worldwide are being ‘debanked’ | Oliver Bullough
The long read: Innocent people are being frozen out of basic banking services – and it all traces back to reforms rushed through after 9/11
www.theguardian.com
January 27, 2026 at 9:14 AM
Thanks to the Guardian for publishing this extract from my new book. It's about one of the many very bleak aspects of the global anti-money laundering system.
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Did you know that when Kristi Noem was governor of South Dakota, she launched an anti-drug campaign with the tagline: “Meth: We’re on it.” 😹
As @edwardluce.bsky.social says Noem’s message control has not obviously sharpened as Trump’s homeland security secretary
www.ft.com/content/623d...
As @edwardluce.bsky.social says Noem’s message control has not obviously sharpened as Trump’s homeland security secretary
www.ft.com/content/623d...
ICE and America’s flailing autocrat
Easily discredited propaganda is undermining Trump’s assault on the constitution
www.ft.com
January 27, 2026 at 9:14 AM
Did you know that when Kristi Noem was governor of South Dakota, she launched an anti-drug campaign with the tagline: “Meth: We’re on it.” 😹
As @edwardluce.bsky.social says Noem’s message control has not obviously sharpened as Trump’s homeland security secretary
www.ft.com/content/623d...
As @edwardluce.bsky.social says Noem’s message control has not obviously sharpened as Trump’s homeland security secretary
www.ft.com/content/623d...
My Oxymoron of the Month for January - “president’s thoughts”.
Twenty-four hours inside the velvet rope reveal the president’s thoughts on the issues of our time: Nato, windmills and the works of Michael Bay
✏️ @mrhenrymorris.substack.com
✏️ @mrhenrymorris.substack.com
Trump at Davos: A 'New Yorker' profile
Twenty-four hours inside the velvet rope reveal the president’s thoughts on the issues of our time: Nato, windmills and the works of Michael Bay
www.thenewworld.co.uk
January 27, 2026 at 9:20 AM
My Oxymoron of the Month for January - “president’s thoughts”.
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Oh good. Labour are putting in place the apparatus of repressive state control, just in time to hand the keys over to Reform.
What could possibly go wrong?
What could possibly go wrong?
BREAKING: Facial recognition technology is to be rolled out across England and Wales, under sweeping reforms announced by the home secretary
January 26, 2026 at 10:37 PM
Oh good. Labour are putting in place the apparatus of repressive state control, just in time to hand the keys over to Reform.
What could possibly go wrong?
What could possibly go wrong?
Just seen on C4 news Sweller and Fuhrage kissy-kissy mwah! mwah!
Like Judas in the Garden of Gethsemane, except which one is the Judas? Or both?
Reform-Tory is a bit like The Internecine Project.
Like Judas in the Garden of Gethsemane, except which one is the Judas? Or both?
Reform-Tory is a bit like The Internecine Project.
January 26, 2026 at 7:25 PM
Just seen on C4 news Sweller and Fuhrage kissy-kissy mwah! mwah!
Like Judas in the Garden of Gethsemane, except which one is the Judas? Or both?
Reform-Tory is a bit like The Internecine Project.
Like Judas in the Garden of Gethsemane, except which one is the Judas? Or both?
Reform-Tory is a bit like The Internecine Project.