Doug Baker
@dougbaker.bsky.social
Never Never, The Assembly
February 6, 2026 at 5:39 PM
Never Never, The Assembly
I think you are underestimating the benefits we all get from not knowing what other people are doing.
January 15, 2026 at 4:56 PM
I think you are underestimating the benefits we all get from not knowing what other people are doing.
Polite reminder that the BBC is about more than just the news.
January 1, 2026 at 12:54 PM
Polite reminder that the BBC is about more than just the news.
As with a lot of action movies enjoyment is much improved if you remember to take your brain out before it starts.
December 2, 2025 at 3:17 PM
As with a lot of action movies enjoyment is much improved if you remember to take your brain out before it starts.
I guess they ran out of youth clubs and school playing fields to sell and finally had to sell something the Boomers cared about. It is a shame those up in arms did not complain earlier.
August 6, 2025 at 10:55 AM
I guess they ran out of youth clubs and school playing fields to sell and finally had to sell something the Boomers cared about. It is a shame those up in arms did not complain earlier.
Sadly we need to keep it up for as long as he remains in the Lords.
June 24, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Sadly we need to keep it up for as long as he remains in the Lords.
More or Less should be essential listening, as with much of the longer format news coverage on the BBC it is excellent.
June 18, 2025 at 10:08 AM
More or Less should be essential listening, as with much of the longer format news coverage on the BBC it is excellent.
I think without the Covid excuse the damage being done by Brexit would have been more difficult to dismiss. He would then have found another way to blow up his career.
May 19, 2025 at 4:05 PM
I think without the Covid excuse the damage being done by Brexit would have been more difficult to dismiss. He would then have found another way to blow up his career.
There are legitimate reasons why women only safe spaces should exist. Not because trans people are bad but because far too many men are evil bastards.
April 16, 2025 at 7:09 PM
There are legitimate reasons why women only safe spaces should exist. Not because trans people are bad but because far too many men are evil bastards.
The thing which the Tories will eventually have to admit is as follows. At every stage they have selected the best available candidate for the job of leader, there just are not any good leaders left in the party.
April 1, 2025 at 1:20 PM
The thing which the Tories will eventually have to admit is as follows. At every stage they have selected the best available candidate for the job of leader, there just are not any good leaders left in the party.
I suspect the senior managers looking to make savings replacing their junior colleagues with AI might just have forgotten that the simple stuff was not so simple after all.
March 25, 2025 at 9:53 AM
I suspect the senior managers looking to make savings replacing their junior colleagues with AI might just have forgotten that the simple stuff was not so simple after all.
Some of the Conservatives would have gone for VAT on school fees as well www.thetimes.com/comment/arti...
Put VAT on school fees and soak the rich
There is one group of highly successful enterprises that is pretty much insulated from the present row about business rates. Our private schools. Because charities get an 80 per cent exemption from
www.thetimes.com
March 13, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Some of the Conservatives would have gone for VAT on school fees as well www.thetimes.com/comment/arti...
I suspect Russia would be pretty happy with that choice.
March 9, 2025 at 7:05 PM
I suspect Russia would be pretty happy with that choice.
Now I am going to need to buy some pringles to see if this is true.
February 17, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Now I am going to need to buy some pringles to see if this is true.
Far more damage has been done to the kids future prospects by their parents and grandparents having access to Social Media.
February 6, 2025 at 11:19 AM
Far more damage has been done to the kids future prospects by their parents and grandparents having access to Social Media.
Better to use it as an excuse to do ID cards properly as they are needed to implement freedom of movement properly.
February 1, 2025 at 7:16 AM
Better to use it as an excuse to do ID cards properly as they are needed to implement freedom of movement properly.
He is thinking ahead about what is needed to rejoin the single market and being able this time to implement free movement properly.
December 12, 2024 at 8:25 AM
He is thinking ahead about what is needed to rejoin the single market and being able this time to implement free movement properly.