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Retired - English; left leaning; indie guitar music; PNEFC; dogs
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I think the White House badly underestimates the strength of the pan-European folk memory of 1930s appeasement, and how deep it still cuts. I suppose this is what happens when you learn in school that WW2 started in 1941 in Hawaii.
January 18, 2026 at 1:04 PM
I think the White House badly underestimates the strength of the pan-European folk memory of 1930s appeasement, and how deep it still cuts. I suppose this is what happens when you learn in school that WW2 started in 1941 in Hawaii.
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It’s a real shame that Nigel Farage is too unwell to do interviews the morning after Donald Trump threatens us with sanctions.
Here he is with “the bravest man he ever met”. He campaigned to make Trump President, and has spent the last year enjoying all the chaos he has caused.
Here he is with “the bravest man he ever met”. He campaigned to make Trump President, and has spent the last year enjoying all the chaos he has caused.
January 18, 2026 at 10:51 AM
It’s a real shame that Nigel Farage is too unwell to do interviews the morning after Donald Trump threatens us with sanctions.
Here he is with “the bravest man he ever met”. He campaigned to make Trump President, and has spent the last year enjoying all the chaos he has caused.
Here he is with “the bravest man he ever met”. He campaigned to make Trump President, and has spent the last year enjoying all the chaos he has caused.
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It will not surprise you to learn that Toby Youngs 'Free Speech Union' has obtained a High Court injunction banning the publication of a list of its donors open.substack.com/pub/democrac...
Who funds the Free Speech Union?
Toby Young’s outfit went to court to hide its donors. Today we reveal that funders include US anti-abortion groups, Brexit politicians and Tufton Street insiders.
open.substack.com
January 17, 2026 at 8:45 AM
It will not surprise you to learn that Toby Youngs 'Free Speech Union' has obtained a High Court injunction banning the publication of a list of its donors open.substack.com/pub/democrac...
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Get your Yaxley-Lennon/Tommy Robinson Grindr account name by combining a biblical character with a type of bread. I’m Peter Pumpernickel.
January 16, 2026 at 8:32 PM
Get your Yaxley-Lennon/Tommy Robinson Grindr account name by combining a biblical character with a type of bread. I’m Peter Pumpernickel.
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Praise be! It is the 277th anniversary of the ‘appearance’ of the Bottle Conjuror at London’s Haymarket. He promised to insert himself into a quart (two pint) bottle, and didn’t turn up, leading to a riot in which the theatre’s fixtures and fittings were torn out and thrown on a bonfire 🧵
January 16, 2026 at 10:06 AM
Praise be! It is the 277th anniversary of the ‘appearance’ of the Bottle Conjuror at London’s Haymarket. He promised to insert himself into a quart (two pint) bottle, and didn’t turn up, leading to a riot in which the theatre’s fixtures and fittings were torn out and thrown on a bonfire 🧵
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"And we now have María on the line who would like to swap a Nobel Peace Prize for the presidency of Venezuela..."
January 16, 2026 at 10:29 AM
"And we now have María on the line who would like to swap a Nobel Peace Prize for the presidency of Venezuela..."
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Reform reveal their new branding….
It’s clear: Nigel Farage’s Reform is just the same old Conservatives that ruined the country in the first place.
It’s clear: Nigel Farage’s Reform is just the same old Conservatives that ruined the country in the first place.
January 16, 2026 at 2:19 PM
Reform reveal their new branding….
It’s clear: Nigel Farage’s Reform is just the same old Conservatives that ruined the country in the first place.
It’s clear: Nigel Farage’s Reform is just the same old Conservatives that ruined the country in the first place.
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Is this Nigel’s house in Clacton is trending
January 15, 2026 at 10:14 PM
Is this Nigel’s house in Clacton is trending
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We now go live to Chris Mason...
January 15, 2026 at 11:51 AM
We now go live to Chris Mason...
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Columbo in his first episode looks like a dog that's just come back from the groomer
October 14, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Columbo in his first episode looks like a dog that's just come back from the groomer
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Keir Starmer on the Conservatives, "On consistency, don't get me started" #PMQs
"5 Prime Ministers
6 Chancellors
8 Home Secretaries
16 Housing Ministers"
"They had more positions in 14 years than the Karma Sutra"
"No wonder they're knackered"
"And they left the country screwed"
"5 Prime Ministers
6 Chancellors
8 Home Secretaries
16 Housing Ministers"
"They had more positions in 14 years than the Karma Sutra"
"No wonder they're knackered"
"And they left the country screwed"
January 14, 2026 at 4:53 PM
Keir Starmer on the Conservatives, "On consistency, don't get me started" #PMQs
"5 Prime Ministers
6 Chancellors
8 Home Secretaries
16 Housing Ministers"
"They had more positions in 14 years than the Karma Sutra"
"No wonder they're knackered"
"And they left the country screwed"
"5 Prime Ministers
6 Chancellors
8 Home Secretaries
16 Housing Ministers"
"They had more positions in 14 years than the Karma Sutra"
"No wonder they're knackered"
"And they left the country screwed"
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Happy birthday Dave Grohl
January 14, 2026 at 8:35 AM
Happy birthday Dave Grohl
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"I said Nadhim Zahawi is a respected statesman who will bring invaluable experience to Reform. What did I say Roy?"
"You said he's a tax-dodging piece of shit"
"You said he's a tax-dodging piece of shit"
January 13, 2026 at 8:00 PM
"I said Nadhim Zahawi is a respected statesman who will bring invaluable experience to Reform. What did I say Roy?"
"You said he's a tax-dodging piece of shit"
"You said he's a tax-dodging piece of shit"
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this, from West Ham's Freddie Potts, is the single worst "five famous people you'd invite to dinner" I've ever seen
January 13, 2026 at 6:24 PM
this, from West Ham's Freddie Potts, is the single worst "five famous people you'd invite to dinner" I've ever seen
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This sums up yesterday's Zahawi news.
January 13, 2026 at 9:02 AM
This sums up yesterday's Zahawi news.
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‘Help, I’ve gone on a white supremacist dating website by mistake!’
Reform UK councillor exposed in racist dating site leak says he would ‘never have knowingly chosen to be a member’
Reform UK councillor exposed in racist dating site leak says he would ‘never have knowingly chosen to be a member’
Reform UK councillor exposed in racist dating site leak says he would ‘never have knowingly chosen to be a member’
Gavin Beales says he 'cannot recall the details' after he is exposed by a national newspaper as a former user of a white supremacist dating site.
www.nnjournal.co.uk
January 13, 2026 at 9:14 AM
‘Help, I’ve gone on a white supremacist dating website by mistake!’
Reform UK councillor exposed in racist dating site leak says he would ‘never have knowingly chosen to be a member’
Reform UK councillor exposed in racist dating site leak says he would ‘never have knowingly chosen to be a member’
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Still, nice day for it.
January 13, 2026 at 9:50 AM
Still, nice day for it.