Ben A
@ukbababa.bsky.social
Finds things like yield curves interesting, needs to get out more
I do think a party needs to reflect on what went so wrong if it thinks reaching for an Emergency Burnham is the answer.
January 23, 2026 at 5:26 PM
I do think a party needs to reflect on what went so wrong if it thinks reaching for an Emergency Burnham is the answer.
Remember when illegal waste dumps were viewed as symbolic of southern Italy’s unsolvable corruption and state failure?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Supersized illegal waste dumps hidden across English countryside
A BBC investigation uncovers how criminals are operating huge illegal rubbish tips across the country.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 23, 2026 at 7:34 AM
Remember when illegal waste dumps were viewed as symbolic of southern Italy’s unsolvable corruption and state failure?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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And we're back. The moment the danger passes, people rush to pretend everything is alright again. It isn't and will not be.
DAVOS - GERMANY'S MERZ: DESPITE FRUSTRATION, ANGER OF RECENT MONTHS, LET US NOT BE TOO QUICK TO WRITE OFF THE TRANSATLANTIC PARTNERSHIP
January 22, 2026 at 8:58 AM
And we're back. The moment the danger passes, people rush to pretend everything is alright again. It isn't and will not be.
#TheTraitors listening in to the faithfuls’ theories
January 21, 2026 at 8:13 PM
#TheTraitors listening in to the faithfuls’ theories
For all the bluster: Denmark and allies moving troops worked.
January 21, 2026 at 2:28 PM
For all the bluster: Denmark and allies moving troops worked.
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Another way of looking at this is that tripwire forces work and this one has Gone Horribly Right in smoking out US intentions and raising US costs. www.ft.com/content/80d6...
How the Greenland deployment of a few European troops enraged Donald Trump
Military exercise was ostensibly to show support for Arctic security, but US president saw it as a provocation
www.ft.com
January 20, 2026 at 1:44 PM
Another way of looking at this is that tripwire forces work and this one has Gone Horribly Right in smoking out US intentions and raising US costs. www.ft.com/content/80d6...
“I no longer feel an obligation to think of peace”
January 19, 2026 at 7:40 PM
“I no longer feel an obligation to think of peace”
“I regret to inform you that your bed has been shat again”
guys guys the Americans are waking up. Everyone act normal and maybe they'll follow our lead. maybe.
good morning, americans
good morning, americans
January 19, 2026 at 1:05 PM
“I regret to inform you that your bed has been shat again”
Goodbye Lenin, but it’s a fake Norwegian conference centre holding a medal ceremony.
January 19, 2026 at 9:10 AM
Goodbye Lenin, but it’s a fake Norwegian conference centre holding a medal ceremony.
Not joking when I say I hope somebody is hiding the nuclear football.
Didn’t believe this was true but have checked and am told it was sent to the Norwegian government yesterday.
mad king moment
from the PBS Newshour correspondent
from the PBS Newshour correspondent
January 19, 2026 at 7:32 AM
Not joking when I say I hope somebody is hiding the nuclear football.
About the only upside of the Greenland thing is that Europe might be able to treat US Techcos as any other company that markets a dangerous product.
No point tiptoeing around to keep now non-existent security guarantees.
No point tiptoeing around to keep now non-existent security guarantees.
once again this just reads like a horror story
January 18, 2026 at 11:06 AM
About the only upside of the Greenland thing is that Europe might be able to treat US Techcos as any other company that markets a dangerous product.
No point tiptoeing around to keep now non-existent security guarantees.
No point tiptoeing around to keep now non-existent security guarantees.
I win the series when the other contestants fall into a coma as I describe the tax benefits of low-coupon gilts
god I'd have such a boring answer if I were a contestant and asked what I'd do with the money: "um, I'd stick it all in my pension fund". #TheTraitors
January 16, 2026 at 9:15 PM
I win the series when the other contestants fall into a coma as I describe the tax benefits of low-coupon gilts
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Guehi takes City to almost half a billion net spend since Dec 2024, when 115/130 hearing ended
Sources say it could take at least another year - with no one knowing when the 3 judges will have the initial judgment - provoking core Qs about this process
www.independent.co.uk/sport/footba...
Sources say it could take at least another year - with no one knowing when the 3 judges will have the initial judgment - provoking core Qs about this process
www.independent.co.uk/sport/footba...
The unthinkable consequence and five vital questions over Man City case
City strongly maintain their innocence, with further delays adding tension, as Miguel Delaney details the important issues provoked by the wait for a verdict
www.independent.co.uk
January 16, 2026 at 3:55 PM
Guehi takes City to almost half a billion net spend since Dec 2024, when 115/130 hearing ended
Sources say it could take at least another year - with no one knowing when the 3 judges will have the initial judgment - provoking core Qs about this process
www.independent.co.uk/sport/footba...
Sources say it could take at least another year - with no one knowing when the 3 judges will have the initial judgment - provoking core Qs about this process
www.independent.co.uk/sport/footba...
Trying to find a new NHS dentist
January 16, 2026 at 11:28 AM
Trying to find a new NHS dentist
Proper Thick of It vibes.
Farage is going to turn up to announce that he isn't announcing anything.
Farage is going to turn up to announce that he isn't announcing anything.
Nigel Farage says “hand on heart” he wasn’t going to unveil Robert Jenrick as a defector at his second press conference of the day, planned at 430.
January 15, 2026 at 1:08 PM
Proper Thick of It vibes.
Farage is going to turn up to announce that he isn't announcing anything.
Farage is going to turn up to announce that he isn't announcing anything.
Reform candidates
🤝
Conservationists
Unhealthily frequent use of the term ‘indigenous’
🤝
Conservationists
Unhealthily frequent use of the term ‘indigenous’
Another Merseyside Reform UK defection just announced
This time it is a St Helens councillor joining Nigel Farage's Party from the Greens...
www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpo...
This time it is a St Helens councillor joining Nigel Farage's Party from the Greens...
www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpo...
Another Merseyside Reform win as councillor joins from Greens
Nigel Farage's party has already announced the arrival of three Wirral councillors this morning
www.liverpoolecho.co.uk
January 14, 2026 at 12:05 PM
Reform candidates
🤝
Conservationists
Unhealthily frequent use of the term ‘indigenous’
🤝
Conservationists
Unhealthily frequent use of the term ‘indigenous’
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In parallel to this the government should also invest in community spaces for under 16s, unless you want kids on Roblox all day instead.
Many Labour MPs back an Australian led ban on social media for under 16s.
The UK Government should give it full consideration.
The UK Government should give it full consideration.
Sensible safeguarding
January 14, 2026 at 10:08 AM
In parallel to this the government should also invest in community spaces for under 16s, unless you want kids on Roblox all day instead.
If your a minister worried about how a nationalisation of Thames Water might go, how about a doing a trial run with a smaller candidate…
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c7...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c7...
South East Water: Major incident declared as thousands across Kent and Sussex without water
South East Water has blamed the freezing weather as customers have been left with no supply or low pressure.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 12, 2026 at 1:30 PM
If your a minister worried about how a nationalisation of Thames Water might go, how about a doing a trial run with a smaller candidate…
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c7...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c7...
I wonder if this morning’s Full Erdogan Experience might get us closer to that.
(Though I note who the current ruler of Turkey still is)
(Though I note who the current ruler of Turkey still is)
Something will be done” when enough Americans feel poorer.
January 12, 2026 at 7:27 AM
I wonder if this morning’s Full Erdogan Experience might get us closer to that.
(Though I note who the current ruler of Turkey still is)
(Though I note who the current ruler of Turkey still is)
“Wine Mums. Thousands of ‘em”
January 11, 2026 at 11:06 PM
“Wine Mums. Thousands of ‘em”
Trying to work out which flavour stock pot this is, as from the picture it appears to be Dog
January 11, 2026 at 5:42 PM
Trying to work out which flavour stock pot this is, as from the picture it appears to be Dog
