William Brierty
@williambrierty.bsky.social
F1 and politics uber-nerd. Browbeaten fact-based pedant and belated refuge from the Muskite hellscape.
Author of the Major Misgivings Substack: https://substack.com/@williambrierty
Author of the Major Misgivings Substack: https://substack.com/@williambrierty
Fifty Shades of Farage?!
C’mon @mrjamesob.bsky.social, some of us are trying to quietly edit their pieces about Roman military strategy when all of a sudden I am doubled back crying with laughter.
I also blame Keith for his liberal use of ‘Je t’aime…’ youtu.be/Z-Lf-y2gDl8?...
C’mon @mrjamesob.bsky.social, some of us are trying to quietly edit their pieces about Roman military strategy when all of a sudden I am doubled back crying with laughter.
I also blame Keith for his liberal use of ‘Je t’aime…’ youtu.be/Z-Lf-y2gDl8?...
James O'Brien reads the latest erotica novel from a Reform politician
YouTube video by LBC
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December 3, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Fifty Shades of Farage?!
C’mon @mrjamesob.bsky.social, some of us are trying to quietly edit their pieces about Roman military strategy when all of a sudden I am doubled back crying with laughter.
I also blame Keith for his liberal use of ‘Je t’aime…’ youtu.be/Z-Lf-y2gDl8?...
C’mon @mrjamesob.bsky.social, some of us are trying to quietly edit their pieces about Roman military strategy when all of a sudden I am doubled back crying with laughter.
I also blame Keith for his liberal use of ‘Je t’aime…’ youtu.be/Z-Lf-y2gDl8?...
As much as I love Interstellar for Zimmer’s transcendent score and Nolan’s existential gravitas, I am rather perturbed by quite how popular the film is amongst self-serious pseudo-intellectuals.
Can I truly allow myself to enjoy Chris Williamson’s favourite film? youtu.be/Eu1kHIztT24
Can I truly allow myself to enjoy Chris Williamson’s favourite film? youtu.be/Eu1kHIztT24
The Hidden Art Of Reinventing Yourself - Matthew McConaughey (4K)
YouTube video by Chris Williamson
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December 2, 2025 at 11:07 PM
As much as I love Interstellar for Zimmer’s transcendent score and Nolan’s existential gravitas, I am rather perturbed by quite how popular the film is amongst self-serious pseudo-intellectuals.
Can I truly allow myself to enjoy Chris Williamson’s favourite film? youtu.be/Eu1kHIztT24
Can I truly allow myself to enjoy Chris Williamson’s favourite film? youtu.be/Eu1kHIztT24
November 29, 2025 at 8:22 PM
What extraordinary show.
All the usual realism and gravitas from the BBC Natural History Unit, but with unquestionably the greatest VFX creatures ever created.
I think that you could take a screenshot at random and most people would believe that they are real animals tv.apple.com/gb/show/preh...
All the usual realism and gravitas from the BBC Natural History Unit, but with unquestionably the greatest VFX creatures ever created.
I think that you could take a screenshot at random and most people would believe that they are real animals tv.apple.com/gb/show/preh...
Watch Prehistoric Planet - Apple TV
Experience the wonders of our world like never before in this epic series from Jon Favreau and the producers of Planet Earth. Travel back to a time wh…
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November 29, 2025 at 11:39 AM
What extraordinary show.
All the usual realism and gravitas from the BBC Natural History Unit, but with unquestionably the greatest VFX creatures ever created.
I think that you could take a screenshot at random and most people would believe that they are real animals tv.apple.com/gb/show/preh...
All the usual realism and gravitas from the BBC Natural History Unit, but with unquestionably the greatest VFX creatures ever created.
I think that you could take a screenshot at random and most people would believe that they are real animals tv.apple.com/gb/show/preh...
“What’s the most adorable way to troll flat-earthers…?” www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Search for missing Walhampton School teddy bear after space flight
The school uniform-wearing bear was attached to a weather balloon and launched from the New Forest.
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November 24, 2025 at 4:38 PM
“What’s the most adorable way to troll flat-earthers…?” www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
As ever, my thanks to Bernie Collins for her truly superb insight throughout the weekend on @skyf1.bsky.social
Bernie was a softly-spoken, detail-oriented lifeline amid the headache-inducing abyss of vacuous stupidity that is the #VegasGP
#F1
Bernie was a softly-spoken, detail-oriented lifeline amid the headache-inducing abyss of vacuous stupidity that is the #VegasGP
#F1
November 23, 2025 at 4:37 PM
As ever, my thanks to Bernie Collins for her truly superb insight throughout the weekend on @skyf1.bsky.social
Bernie was a softly-spoken, detail-oriented lifeline amid the headache-inducing abyss of vacuous stupidity that is the #VegasGP
#F1
Bernie was a softly-spoken, detail-oriented lifeline amid the headache-inducing abyss of vacuous stupidity that is the #VegasGP
#F1
Almost completely empty grandstands…
…welcome to the VIP-Tacky-Corporate-Vacuous-Celebrity-Vulgar-Bullshit-Influencer Grand Prix liiiiiive from my bespokely tailored vision of hell: Las fucking Vegas
#F1
…welcome to the VIP-Tacky-Corporate-Vacuous-Celebrity-Vulgar-Bullshit-Influencer Grand Prix liiiiiive from my bespokely tailored vision of hell: Las fucking Vegas
#F1
November 21, 2025 at 10:21 AM
Almost completely empty grandstands…
…welcome to the VIP-Tacky-Corporate-Vacuous-Celebrity-Vulgar-Bullshit-Influencer Grand Prix liiiiiive from my bespokely tailored vision of hell: Las fucking Vegas
#F1
…welcome to the VIP-Tacky-Corporate-Vacuous-Celebrity-Vulgar-Bullshit-Influencer Grand Prix liiiiiive from my bespokely tailored vision of hell: Las fucking Vegas
#F1
Down with faux-Tolkienism and rampant autocracy.
Predictably well-articulated by the face of thoughtful soft-right institutionalism. Chapeau, Rory 👏
Predictably well-articulated by the face of thoughtful soft-right institutionalism. Chapeau, Rory 👏
November 18, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Down with faux-Tolkienism and rampant autocracy.
Predictably well-articulated by the face of thoughtful soft-right institutionalism. Chapeau, Rory 👏
Predictably well-articulated by the face of thoughtful soft-right institutionalism. Chapeau, Rory 👏
October 26, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Political demolition
October 20, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Political demolition
“She gave me a kiss and said “Oh, I’m glad you got that out of your system”…”
My utter thanks to Neil Kinnock and @lewisgoodall.com for genuinely one of the most absorbingly beautiful podcasts I’ve ever listened to pca.st/episode/81a3...
My utter thanks to Neil Kinnock and @lewisgoodall.com for genuinely one of the most absorbingly beautiful podcasts I’ve ever listened to pca.st/episode/81a3...
Neil Kinnock on the speech that changed the Labour Party
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October 14, 2025 at 3:47 PM
“She gave me a kiss and said “Oh, I’m glad you got that out of your system”…”
My utter thanks to Neil Kinnock and @lewisgoodall.com for genuinely one of the most absorbingly beautiful podcasts I’ve ever listened to pca.st/episode/81a3...
My utter thanks to Neil Kinnock and @lewisgoodall.com for genuinely one of the most absorbingly beautiful podcasts I’ve ever listened to pca.st/episode/81a3...
Now for the litmus test: just how much hate will MAGA direct towards the woman who beat their beloved “peace president” to the NPP?
Such peace-loving people…
Such peace-loving people…
María Corina Machado of Venezuela, the opposition leader who built a powerful social movement challenging President Nicolás Maduro and has been living in hiding since last year, was awarded the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize. Here's what to know: nyti.ms/47iFxzh
October 10, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Now for the litmus test: just how much hate will MAGA direct towards the woman who beat their beloved “peace president” to the NPP?
Such peace-loving people…
Such peace-loving people…
The salve of Heseltinian clarity: the ultimate Jenrick antidote…
October 7, 2025 at 9:46 PM
The salve of Heseltinian clarity: the ultimate Jenrick antidote…
Ideological chameleons with a taste for power have often proven the most corrosive figures in politics.
In that vein, former Cameronite and erstwhile Remainer Robert Jenrick strikes me as the most dangerous man in British politics.
In that vein, former Cameronite and erstwhile Remainer Robert Jenrick strikes me as the most dangerous man in British politics.
"What I want is the removal of activist judges we have in our country right now."
Robert Jenrick tells Emily Maitlis 'activist judges’ are bringing the UK’s legal system into “disrepute”.
Is this, as the Lib Dems say, a ‘Trumpian purge?’
Robert Jenrick tells Emily Maitlis 'activist judges’ are bringing the UK’s legal system into “disrepute”.
Is this, as the Lib Dems say, a ‘Trumpian purge?’
Robert Jenrick denies 'Trumpian purge' after conference attack on ‘activist judges’ | The News Agents
Shadow justice secretary Robert Jenrick tells Emily Maitlis 'activist judges’ are bringing the UK’s legal system into “disrepute” and vows to make appointments a political decision under a future…
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October 7, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Ideological chameleons with a taste for power have often proven the most corrosive figures in politics.
In that vein, former Cameronite and erstwhile Remainer Robert Jenrick strikes me as the most dangerous man in British politics.
In that vein, former Cameronite and erstwhile Remainer Robert Jenrick strikes me as the most dangerous man in British politics.
Every time this remarkable gentleman writes or says anything, I feel my populist-addled sanity click back into place.
A hero and a titan.
A hero and a titan.
"The overwhelming majority of asylum seekers want to share in our standards and escape from persecution or civil war. To describe them as thieves or rapists is not just dishonest but encourages the worst sort of prejudice in our communities," writes Michael Heseltine.
https://bit.ly/4mUIeM
https://bit.ly/4mUIeM
The Conservatives must never have any part in Farage’s po...
To describe asylum seekers as thieves or rapists encourages the worst sort of prejudice. We don’t need Trump’s mouthpiece anywhere near No 10
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October 6, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Every time this remarkable gentleman writes or says anything, I feel my populist-addled sanity click back into place.
A hero and a titan.
A hero and a titan.
Absolutely not.
Cameron has always been the yardstick for just how far the Tories have fallen and of how inarticulate, ineffective and inelegant British politics has become as a whole.
Cameron has always been the yardstick for just how far the Tories have fallen and of how inarticulate, ineffective and inelegant British politics has become as a whole.
October 6, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Absolutely not.
Cameron has always been the yardstick for just how far the Tories have fallen and of how inarticulate, ineffective and inelegant British politics has become as a whole.
Cameron has always been the yardstick for just how far the Tories have fallen and of how inarticulate, ineffective and inelegant British politics has become as a whole.
A rare sighting of the critically endangered Torius cognizantus
There is just a few breeding pairs left in the wild due to feral Brexitus deludens overpopulation
There is just a few breeding pairs left in the wild due to feral Brexitus deludens overpopulation
October 6, 2025 at 2:53 PM
A rare sighting of the critically endangered Torius cognizantus
There is just a few breeding pairs left in the wild due to feral Brexitus deludens overpopulation
There is just a few breeding pairs left in the wild due to feral Brexitus deludens overpopulation
It appears that #F1 is now so populist that the feed is literally prioritising close-ups of the driver’s girlfriends over showing the actual racing.
Completely unacceptable TV direction by FOM. youtu.be/GeDPIKZq0eg?...
Completely unacceptable TV direction by FOM. youtu.be/GeDPIKZq0eg?...
These battles in 2025 Singapore were totally ignored on live broadcast
YouTube video by yelistener
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October 6, 2025 at 10:48 AM
It appears that #F1 is now so populist that the feed is literally prioritising close-ups of the driver’s girlfriends over showing the actual racing.
Completely unacceptable TV direction by FOM. youtu.be/GeDPIKZq0eg?...
Completely unacceptable TV direction by FOM. youtu.be/GeDPIKZq0eg?...
I differ from @owenjones.bsky.social politically, but I think it’s pretty telling that only Chris Bryant had the intellectual self-confidence to discuss Gaza in anything than polyfiller platitudes.
Jones’ expulsion speaks of a govt brittle to all but total acquiescence youtu.be/RLApab1L1-E?...
Jones’ expulsion speaks of a govt brittle to all but total acquiescence youtu.be/RLApab1L1-E?...
They Kicked Me Out For THIS? Owen Jones Visits LABOUR CONFERENCE
YouTube video by Owen Jones
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October 1, 2025 at 4:01 PM
I differ from @owenjones.bsky.social politically, but I think it’s pretty telling that only Chris Bryant had the intellectual self-confidence to discuss Gaza in anything than polyfiller platitudes.
Jones’ expulsion speaks of a govt brittle to all but total acquiescence youtu.be/RLApab1L1-E?...
Jones’ expulsion speaks of a govt brittle to all but total acquiescence youtu.be/RLApab1L1-E?...
Verstappen’s lines, commitment and track usage are unsurprisingly impeccable.
Truly indistinguishable from a GT3 professional or a Nordschleife stalwart. youtu.be/9GaMD3FhTIQ?...
Truly indistinguishable from a GT3 professional or a Nordschleife stalwart. youtu.be/9GaMD3FhTIQ?...
Nürburgring Nordschleife onboard (full lap) | Fastest Lap NLS9
YouTube video by Max Verstappen
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September 30, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Verstappen’s lines, commitment and track usage are unsurprisingly impeccable.
Truly indistinguishable from a GT3 professional or a Nordschleife stalwart. youtu.be/9GaMD3FhTIQ?...
Truly indistinguishable from a GT3 professional or a Nordschleife stalwart. youtu.be/9GaMD3FhTIQ?...