Alistair King
@alistairking.bsky.social
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Alistair King
@alistairking.bsky.social
· Nov 14
Nice to see my follower count rise. My policy is to follow back people I know from elsewhere and generally follow others after there's been a bit of interaction. If I haven't followed you back despite knowing you, it's probably because you're using a different photo. Just like this and I'll rectify.
A Facebook memory from nine years ago. Haha.
December 8, 2025 at 8:56 PM
A Facebook memory from nine years ago. Haha.
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Beyond chilling. Beyond travesty.
The number of global deaths of children under-5 is projected to increase this year (from 4.6m to 4.8m) for the first time this century. (FT)
The price of aid cuts.
The price of aid cuts.
December 8, 2025 at 9:55 AM
Beyond chilling. Beyond travesty.
A former US ambassador to the EU on #r4today just now claims Trump can’t be a fascist because “his children and grandchildren are Jewish”. If we ignore the fact that ONE of his children is a Jewish convert, it’s just her children that are Jewish, and fascists target other minorities, he has a point.
December 8, 2025 at 8:23 AM
A former US ambassador to the EU on #r4today just now claims Trump can’t be a fascist because “his children and grandchildren are Jewish”. If we ignore the fact that ONE of his children is a Jewish convert, it’s just her children that are Jewish, and fascists target other minorities, he has a point.
I don’t want to be mean about our new downstairs neighbour, who seems very nice, but I can’t help thinking her wreath looks like it was made by Benson & Hedges.
December 6, 2025 at 8:20 PM
I don’t want to be mean about our new downstairs neighbour, who seems very nice, but I can’t help thinking her wreath looks like it was made by Benson & Hedges.
All Nigel Farage needs to say is “yeah, I was an insufferable little racist shit at school but I’ve learnt from it and have devoted the best years of my life to stoking ethnic division and scapegoating immigrants so my rich frien…”
Actually, yeah, now I think about it, he *is* in a bit of a pickle.
Actually, yeah, now I think about it, he *is* in a bit of a pickle.
December 6, 2025 at 5:28 PM
All Nigel Farage needs to say is “yeah, I was an insufferable little racist shit at school but I’ve learnt from it and have devoted the best years of my life to stoking ethnic division and scapegoating immigrants so my rich frien…”
Actually, yeah, now I think about it, he *is* in a bit of a pickle.
Actually, yeah, now I think about it, he *is* in a bit of a pickle.
This article doesn’t answer this question. It just asks it. But it’s not a bad write-up. Farage continues to be rattled, which, to me, suggests he knows it’s bad for his chances.
Fuck his it’s “politically motivated” defence, though. Of *course* it’s politically motivated. That’s fine if it’s true.
Fuck his it’s “politically motivated” defence, though. Of *course* it’s politically motivated. That’s fine if it’s true.
news.sky.com
December 6, 2025 at 3:11 PM
This article doesn’t answer this question. It just asks it. But it’s not a bad write-up. Farage continues to be rattled, which, to me, suggests he knows it’s bad for his chances.
Fuck his it’s “politically motivated” defence, though. Of *course* it’s politically motivated. That’s fine if it’s true.
Fuck his it’s “politically motivated” defence, though. Of *course* it’s politically motivated. That’s fine if it’s true.
Often said to flirting couples around Moorgate (3,1,4)
December 6, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Often said to flirting couples around Moorgate (3,1,4)
Tommy Cooper up to his antisocial old tricks again, I see.
December 6, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Tommy Cooper up to his antisocial old tricks again, I see.
To lighten the mood, isn’t it mildly amusing - or at least diverting - that the second syllable in each of the components of ‘Dulwich College’ can be spelt so differently but pronounced the same?
I realise, of course, that odd spelling in English is something of which you’ll already have knowlwich.
I realise, of course, that odd spelling in English is something of which you’ll already have knowlwich.
December 5, 2025 at 8:19 PM
To lighten the mood, isn’t it mildly amusing - or at least diverting - that the second syllable in each of the components of ‘Dulwich College’ can be spelt so differently but pronounced the same?
I realise, of course, that odd spelling in English is something of which you’ll already have knowlwich.
I realise, of course, that odd spelling in English is something of which you’ll already have knowlwich.
Facebook is serving me up a right load of old shit these days. Also, Lee, the BBC isn’t demanding apologies. It’s reporting. Your leader, however, is absurdly demanding apologies from the BBC.
I should probably unfriend him, thinking about it.
I should probably unfriend him, thinking about it.
December 5, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Facebook is serving me up a right load of old shit these days. Also, Lee, the BBC isn’t demanding apologies. It’s reporting. Your leader, however, is absurdly demanding apologies from the BBC.
I should probably unfriend him, thinking about it.
I should probably unfriend him, thinking about it.
Trying to craft a joke in which ‘Fi’ can in some way mean ‘pro’ or ‘for’ so I can contrast Fifa with Antifa but I’m struggling and, tbh, I suspect that even if I nailed it, it wouldn’t bring about Trump’s downfall, the collapse of the Maga movement or even likes in double figures, so I admit defeat.
December 5, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Trying to craft a joke in which ‘Fi’ can in some way mean ‘pro’ or ‘for’ so I can contrast Fifa with Antifa but I’m struggling and, tbh, I suspect that even if I nailed it, it wouldn’t bring about Trump’s downfall, the collapse of the Maga movement or even likes in double figures, so I admit defeat.
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Former Dulwich college pupil alleges Farage told him ‘that’s the way back to Africa’
Former Dulwich college pupil alleges Farage told him ‘that’s the way back to Africa’
Exclusive: Yinka Bankole compelled to speak out after Reform leader’s attempts to dismiss hurt of alleged targets
A former Dulwich college pupil who claims a teenage Nigel Farage told him “that’s the way back to Africa” has said he felt compelled to speak out after the Reform leader’s attempt at “denying or dismissing” the hurt of his alleged targets.
Yinka Bankole, who claims he had just started at the school when a 17-year-old Farage singled him out for abuse, said he had decided to tell his story in full after watching the Reform leader’s press conference on Thursday. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
December 5, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Former Dulwich college pupil alleges Farage told him ‘that’s the way back to Africa’
If I wanted to privatise our health service, this story would be at the centre of my campaign.
Man hospitalised after 2kg steak challenge at Devon restaurant
Doctors found he had eaten so much his stomach had given up and stopped processing food
www.devonlive.com
December 5, 2025 at 5:11 PM
If I wanted to privatise our health service, this story would be at the centre of my campaign.
I challenge you to watch these three short clips, the end of the last one of which will leave you laughing out loud, and come away feeling anything other than complete admiration for this man's sincerity and bravery - and yes, bravery; he's made himself a target for the worst of Farage's supporters.
“Is the person who said these things a fit person to be our prime minister?"
Peter Ettedgui tells @mrjamesob.bsky.social why he ‘didn’t hesitate’ to go public with his accusations against his former classmate Nigel Farage.
Peter Ettedgui tells @mrjamesob.bsky.social why he ‘didn’t hesitate’ to go public with his accusations against his former classmate Nigel Farage.
December 5, 2025 at 4:42 PM
I challenge you to watch these three short clips, the end of the last one of which will leave you laughing out loud, and come away feeling anything other than complete admiration for this man's sincerity and bravery - and yes, bravery; he's made himself a target for the worst of Farage's supporters.
Anyone aware of this stat who's not super-rich and thinks Reform has their interests at heart is, I'm afraid, very foolish indeed.
🔴 Nigel Farage’s Reform is more reliant on super-rich backers than any major party in modern British political history
75% of *all* Reform donations *ever* have come from just three rich men
Is this what democracy looks like?
New on Democracy for Sale
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/75-of-refo...
75% of *all* Reform donations *ever* have come from just three rich men
Is this what democracy looks like?
New on Democracy for Sale
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/75-of-refo...
75% of Reform UK’s donations have come from just three rich men
Calls grow for donation caps as Democracy for Sale research reveals that three-quarters of Reform’s funding comes from a trio of wealthy donors
democracyforsale.substack.com
December 5, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Anyone aware of this stat who's not super-rich and thinks Reform has their interests at heart is, I'm afraid, very foolish indeed.
I’m not defending the British empire but you have to question the intent behind a map like this in which Iceland has been included, presumably because of the Cod Wars…
December 5, 2025 at 9:47 AM
I’m not defending the British empire but you have to question the intent behind a map like this in which Iceland has been included, presumably because of the Cod Wars…
Very clever clue in today’s Minute Cryptic. I solved it from the cryptic bit before working out what it meant from the supposedly straight bit, and then it dawned on me. Good work, Liam! www.minutecryptic.com
Minute Cryptic
Solve a clue with a hidden meaning
www.minutecryptic.com
December 5, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Very clever clue in today’s Minute Cryptic. I solved it from the cryptic bit before working out what it meant from the supposedly straight bit, and then it dawned on me. Good work, Liam! www.minutecryptic.com
Something being ‘politically motivated’ shouldn’t undermine it if it’s true. It explains it. If I overhear Dave at the Crown being racist, I’ll pick him up on it if I’m brave but I won’t tell the press. If I experienced it at the hands of someone wanting to be PM and I think he shouldn’t be, I will.
December 5, 2025 at 8:56 AM
Something being ‘politically motivated’ shouldn’t undermine it if it’s true. It explains it. If I overhear Dave at the Crown being racist, I’ll pick him up on it if I’m brave but I won’t tell the press. If I experienced it at the hands of someone wanting to be PM and I think he shouldn’t be, I will.
Farage wants this to go away.
It shouldn’t. His character is fundamental if he wants to be PM, and it must be exposed.
It can only go away once he’s given an acceptable response:
1) A mea culpa, and I’ve learnt from this and changed; or
2) Convincing, consistent evidence 20-odd people are lying
It shouldn’t. His character is fundamental if he wants to be PM, and it must be exposed.
It can only go away once he’s given an acceptable response:
1) A mea culpa, and I’ve learnt from this and changed; or
2) Convincing, consistent evidence 20-odd people are lying
December 5, 2025 at 8:45 AM
Farage wants this to go away.
It shouldn’t. His character is fundamental if he wants to be PM, and it must be exposed.
It can only go away once he’s given an acceptable response:
1) A mea culpa, and I’ve learnt from this and changed; or
2) Convincing, consistent evidence 20-odd people are lying
It shouldn’t. His character is fundamental if he wants to be PM, and it must be exposed.
It can only go away once he’s given an acceptable response:
1) A mea culpa, and I’ve learnt from this and changed; or
2) Convincing, consistent evidence 20-odd people are lying
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Exculpation plan:
1. BBC broadcast B&W Minstrel show
2. ?????
3. Therefore, racist bullying at school was just harmless fun.
1. BBC broadcast B&W Minstrel show
2. ?????
3. Therefore, racist bullying at school was just harmless fun.
December 5, 2025 at 8:33 AM
Exculpation plan:
1. BBC broadcast B&W Minstrel show
2. ?????
3. Therefore, racist bullying at school was just harmless fun.
1. BBC broadcast B&W Minstrel show
2. ?????
3. Therefore, racist bullying at school was just harmless fun.
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Not for the first time, I’m being told that attacking Farage for his boyhood racism is futile. The opposite is the case, as you can see from how rattled he is by it.
And no, it’s not about persuading Farage fans anything, it’s about mobilising the non-voters and encouraging tactical voting.
And no, it’s not about persuading Farage fans anything, it’s about mobilising the non-voters and encouraging tactical voting.
December 4, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Not for the first time, I’m being told that attacking Farage for his boyhood racism is futile. The opposite is the case, as you can see from how rattled he is by it.
And no, it’s not about persuading Farage fans anything, it’s about mobilising the non-voters and encouraging tactical voting.
And no, it’s not about persuading Farage fans anything, it’s about mobilising the non-voters and encouraging tactical voting.
What, apart from a Reform government that he thinks will serve his interests?
December 4, 2025 at 5:40 PM
What, apart from a Reform government that he thinks will serve his interests?
Good work from Emma Barnett on #r4today in skewering Reform’s Richard Tice over Nigel Farage’s alleged racism. In one breath, as she points out, he highlights his and Farage’s supposed fight against antisemitism; in another, he simply dismisses the account of a Jewish man who says he was a victim.
December 4, 2025 at 7:23 AM
Good work from Emma Barnett on #r4today in skewering Reform’s Richard Tice over Nigel Farage’s alleged racism. In one breath, as she points out, he highlights his and Farage’s supposed fight against antisemitism; in another, he simply dismisses the account of a Jewish man who says he was a victim.
Astonishing and appalling.
I haven’t used X - by which I mean post, reply, like or interact - since January. But I haven’t deleted the app.
I took a five-minute look at the replies and quote-posts to this guy’s post just now and >80% *SUPPORT* him.
As @jim.londoncentric.media says, boiled frogs…
I haven’t used X - by which I mean post, reply, like or interact - since January. But I haven’t deleted the app.
I took a five-minute look at the replies and quote-posts to this guy’s post just now and >80% *SUPPORT* him.
As @jim.londoncentric.media says, boiled frogs…
GB News now broadcasting calls to remove the ethnic minority MPs from parliament
December 3, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Astonishing and appalling.
I haven’t used X - by which I mean post, reply, like or interact - since January. But I haven’t deleted the app.
I took a five-minute look at the replies and quote-posts to this guy’s post just now and >80% *SUPPORT* him.
As @jim.londoncentric.media says, boiled frogs…
I haven’t used X - by which I mean post, reply, like or interact - since January. But I haven’t deleted the app.
I took a five-minute look at the replies and quote-posts to this guy’s post just now and >80% *SUPPORT* him.
As @jim.londoncentric.media says, boiled frogs…
This Guardian headline reads like a cryptic crossword clue. Not sure how you'd back-rationalise it but I'm pretty sure the solution is 'cunt' or 'cunts'.
December 3, 2025 at 6:46 PM
This Guardian headline reads like a cryptic crossword clue. Not sure how you'd back-rationalise it but I'm pretty sure the solution is 'cunt' or 'cunts'.