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December 16, 2025 at 9:38 PM
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It might get me labeled as a Crazy Bluesky Radical, but I don’t think it’s great that our nuclear arsenal is at the disposal of a demented old man who’s just an exposed nerve of grievances and hatreds with absolutely no impulse control.
December 17, 2025 at 12:15 AM
It might get me labeled as a Crazy Bluesky Radical, but I don’t think it’s great that our nuclear arsenal is at the disposal of a demented old man who’s just an exposed nerve of grievances and hatreds with absolutely no impulse control.
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Hardly a surprise. Any ‘agreement’ with Trump is just the start of attempts to extort more, as his various tariffs on Canada & Mexico have shown. In that respect, his approach to negotiations is similar to Putin’s. Deals are essentially worthless.
The US has suspended the technology deal with the UK that was signed during Donald Trump's state visit
www.ft.com/content/afd4...
www.ft.com/content/afd4...
US suspends technology deal with the UK
Washington pushes for concessions from London on the broader trade relationship
www.ft.com
December 16, 2025 at 6:59 AM
Hardly a surprise. Any ‘agreement’ with Trump is just the start of attempts to extort more, as his various tariffs on Canada & Mexico have shown. In that respect, his approach to negotiations is similar to Putin’s. Deals are essentially worthless.
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Regarding Reiner, I have known a lot of musicians and been in bands myself. I can’t overstate the importance of This Is Spinal Tap in adjusting the self-importance of musicians. Everyone knows the movie, everyone has identified Spinal Tap moments, everyone is humbler and funnier as a result.
December 16, 2025 at 1:14 AM
Regarding Reiner, I have known a lot of musicians and been in bands myself. I can’t overstate the importance of This Is Spinal Tap in adjusting the self-importance of musicians. Everyone knows the movie, everyone has identified Spinal Tap moments, everyone is humbler and funnier as a result.
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The Home Office can get screwed
Talk to my mum’s Nigerian carers about the promises they were given, the tax/NI/Council Tax they pay & how they now feel about their life here
Talk to my mum’s Nigerian carers about the promises they were given, the tax/NI/Council Tax they pay & how they now feel about their life here
Home Office Ministers state publicly, on the record, that they are deliberately making life worse for older people and people with disabilities who depend on care services, but it's worth it because it reduces net migration.
December 10, 2025 at 8:09 AM
The Home Office can get screwed
Talk to my mum’s Nigerian carers about the promises they were given, the tax/NI/Council Tax they pay & how they now feel about their life here
Talk to my mum’s Nigerian carers about the promises they were given, the tax/NI/Council Tax they pay & how they now feel about their life here
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Interesting that the BBC will call National Rally "Far Right" (in an article about Bardella meeting Farage) - when they would never use that term for Reform. Their policies are very similar. If anything Reform's are more authoritarian.
December 9, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Interesting that the BBC will call National Rally "Far Right" (in an article about Bardella meeting Farage) - when they would never use that term for Reform. Their policies are very similar. If anything Reform's are more authoritarian.
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EZ PZ
December 7, 2025 at 2:17 AM
EZ PZ
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Elon Musk is pushing a Russian talking point about the dissolution of the European Union on X.
(The man agreeing with him is a former president of Russia and current deputy chair of the Security Council of the Russian Federation.)
(The man agreeing with him is a former president of Russia and current deputy chair of the Security Council of the Russian Federation.)
December 6, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Elon Musk is pushing a Russian talking point about the dissolution of the European Union on X.
(The man agreeing with him is a former president of Russia and current deputy chair of the Security Council of the Russian Federation.)
(The man agreeing with him is a former president of Russia and current deputy chair of the Security Council of the Russian Federation.)
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This whole "you're not mentally ill you're just weak" bollocks being pumped out by the BBC this morning is really really dangerous.
If you're finding life hard to handle, please please please seek help.
Your GP won't be one of the anonymous wankers telling the BBC that you're wasting their time.
If you're finding life hard to handle, please please please seek help.
Your GP won't be one of the anonymous wankers telling the BBC that you're wasting their time.
December 6, 2025 at 8:21 AM
This whole "you're not mentally ill you're just weak" bollocks being pumped out by the BBC this morning is really really dangerous.
If you're finding life hard to handle, please please please seek help.
Your GP won't be one of the anonymous wankers telling the BBC that you're wasting their time.
If you're finding life hard to handle, please please please seek help.
Your GP won't be one of the anonymous wankers telling the BBC that you're wasting their time.
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“We’re beginning to glimpse what fascism looks like amid the wreckage of history, with all its ironies and absurdities. But an urgent question remains unanswered: what, in that same wreckage, might antifascism look like?”
December 3, 2025 at 8:48 PM
“We’re beginning to glimpse what fascism looks like amid the wreckage of history, with all its ironies and absurdities. But an urgent question remains unanswered: what, in that same wreckage, might antifascism look like?”
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Not sure she had the lead role in her penultimate year primary nativity either, as claimed. Yes she was Mary but that year the narrator had more lines and thus was quite clearly the lead, not Reeves.
December 2, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Not sure she had the lead role in her penultimate year primary nativity either, as claimed. Yes she was Mary but that year the narrator had more lines and thus was quite clearly the lead, not Reeves.
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My mum's done over 38 years for GirlGuiding. A Queen's Guide, she ran Brownie troupes, was a commissioner, even had her Brownie troupe at her wedding.
Tonight, bc of this decision, she has requested immediate removal of her membership because she stands with ALL women and girls, not just cis ones.
Tonight, bc of this decision, she has requested immediate removal of her membership because she stands with ALL women and girls, not just cis ones.
December 2, 2025 at 7:06 PM
My mum's done over 38 years for GirlGuiding. A Queen's Guide, she ran Brownie troupes, was a commissioner, even had her Brownie troupe at her wedding.
Tonight, bc of this decision, she has requested immediate removal of her membership because she stands with ALL women and girls, not just cis ones.
Tonight, bc of this decision, she has requested immediate removal of her membership because she stands with ALL women and girls, not just cis ones.
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Don't be like Liam, the miserable old bore sat counting his dynamically-price-gouged Oasis tour coin like Smaug the dragon on his mountain of gold – get stuck into the joy of the new in tQ's albums of 2025:
thequietus.com/tq-charts/al...
thequietus.com/tq-charts/al...
December 2, 2025 at 10:11 AM
Don't be like Liam, the miserable old bore sat counting his dynamically-price-gouged Oasis tour coin like Smaug the dragon on his mountain of gold – get stuck into the joy of the new in tQ's albums of 2025:
thequietus.com/tq-charts/al...
thequietus.com/tq-charts/al...
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If only UK media, including the BBC, had been 0.1% as critical of the Tories over their 14 years in power as it is over Labour, which has so far had only 1 year to clear up the mess it Inherited.
December 1, 2025 at 10:20 AM
If only UK media, including the BBC, had been 0.1% as critical of the Tories over their 14 years in power as it is over Labour, which has so far had only 1 year to clear up the mess it Inherited.
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No, ChatGPT is not conscious. Are the journalists who keep writing these fucking articles?
November 25, 2025 at 10:27 PM
No, ChatGPT is not conscious. Are the journalists who keep writing these fucking articles?
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On budget day, here's a timely reminder of the vital public services we've lost over the past 15 years through government cuts.
November 26, 2025 at 9:16 AM
On budget day, here's a timely reminder of the vital public services we've lost over the past 15 years through government cuts.
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Look forward to seeing how the markets behave in the weeks running up to the next general election....
We are moving inexorably to the end point of electoral chaos - five parties all tied on 19% in the polls, election to be decided by blindfolded chimps chucking coloured darts at a constituency map
Westminster Voting Intention:
RFM: 25% (-2)
LAB: 19% (=)
CON: 18% (+1)
GRN: 16% (-1)
LDM: 15% (+2)
SNP: 3% (=)
Via @yougov.co.uk, 23-24 Nov.
Changes w/ 16-17 Nov.
RFM: 25% (-2)
LAB: 19% (=)
CON: 18% (+1)
GRN: 16% (-1)
LDM: 15% (+2)
SNP: 3% (=)
Via @yougov.co.uk, 23-24 Nov.
Changes w/ 16-17 Nov.
November 26, 2025 at 8:48 AM
Look forward to seeing how the markets behave in the weeks running up to the next general election....
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Small price to pay to fully empower the UK Parliament, Britain's most trusted institution filled with its most beloved and inspiring leaders.
Still reeling from the Stanford report on Brexit. Reduced GDP by up to 8% and investment by as much as 18%. The UK Treasury would have £40 billion more each year if Britain had remained in the EU. Devastating self-immolation.
The Economic Impact of Brexit
Other
siepr.stanford.edu
November 25, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Small price to pay to fully empower the UK Parliament, Britain's most trusted institution filled with its most beloved and inspiring leaders.
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pretty much every long-time Labour volunteer I know is seriously considering whether to vote Green or Lib Dem.
It is amazingly horrifying in how little Labour leaders have zero, even negative faith in the values that their party's supposed to stand for. I have the deepest sympathies for the party ground floor workers and supporters who're disgusted by this grotesque betrayal of their values. It's despairing.
November 25, 2025 at 8:53 PM
pretty much every long-time Labour volunteer I know is seriously considering whether to vote Green or Lib Dem.
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Here is my peace plan for Ukraine/Russia.
1. Russia gets the fuck out of Ukraine.
2. Putin goes on trial in the Hague.
3. Russia pays everyone for everything.
4. Trump gets impeached, convicted, and sent to jail.
Thanks for your attention to this matter.
1. Russia gets the fuck out of Ukraine.
2. Putin goes on trial in the Hague.
3. Russia pays everyone for everything.
4. Trump gets impeached, convicted, and sent to jail.
Thanks for your attention to this matter.
November 24, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Here is my peace plan for Ukraine/Russia.
1. Russia gets the fuck out of Ukraine.
2. Putin goes on trial in the Hague.
3. Russia pays everyone for everything.
4. Trump gets impeached, convicted, and sent to jail.
Thanks for your attention to this matter.
1. Russia gets the fuck out of Ukraine.
2. Putin goes on trial in the Hague.
3. Russia pays everyone for everything.
4. Trump gets impeached, convicted, and sent to jail.
Thanks for your attention to this matter.
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Brilliant thecritic.co.uk/auntie-in-th...
November 24, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Brilliant thecritic.co.uk/auntie-in-th...
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This is exactly what the recent Trump-BBC 'scandal' was designed to achieve. The BBC is now self-censoring criticisms of Trump in the name of "impartiality"
I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
November 25, 2025 at 10:26 AM
This is exactly what the recent Trump-BBC 'scandal' was designed to achieve. The BBC is now self-censoring criticisms of Trump in the name of "impartiality"