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Next up: Liz Truss
Man fined for dressing as fake admiral at Remembrance Sunday event
Man fined for dressing as fake admiral at Remembrance Sunday event
Jonathan Carley, 65, ordered to pay nearly £800 after pleading guilty to attending ceremony in Royal Navy uniform without permission
A man has been fined after he admitted dressing as an admiral without permission at a Remembrance Sunday event.
Jonathan Carley, 65, pleaded guilty to wearing uniform bearing the mark of his majesty’s forces without permission and was fined £500, and ordered to pay £85 costs and a £200 surcharge, at Llandudno magistrates court on Monday. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
January 5, 2026 at 6:31 PM
Next up: Liz Truss
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The Man U board have the opportunity to do the funniest thing.
Celtic manager Wilfried Nancy sacked after eight games in charge
Celtic manager Wilfried Nancy sacked after eight games in charge
Celtic manager Wilfried Nancy has been sacked after eight games in charge.
news.sky.com
January 5, 2026 at 3:48 PM
The Man U board have the opportunity to do the funniest thing.
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Another post on the new peace plan assessing how Ukraine should respond - don’t rush, don’t agree to a package and then wait for more Russians demands, keep up pressure, ask questions, cherry pick. (£/free trial), open.substack.com/pub/samf/p/h...?
How should Ukraine respond?
And more details on the "peace plan"
open.substack.com
November 22, 2025 at 9:59 AM
Another post on the new peace plan assessing how Ukraine should respond - don’t rush, don’t agree to a package and then wait for more Russians demands, keep up pressure, ask questions, cherry pick. (£/free trial), open.substack.com/pub/samf/p/h...?
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"Reform's highest score is with fans of horror" is almost too perfect.
The party also polls well with fans of "crime" and "fantasy".
(Let's not talk about readers of History here...)
The party also polls well with fans of "crime" and "fantasy".
(Let's not talk about readers of History here...)
📕 With the Booker Prize winner set to be announced tonight, how does voting intention vary by favourite book genre. Reform’s highest score is with fans of horror, while Labour enjoys a landslide lead among fans of self-help books. *Read* into that what you will.
November 11, 2025 at 6:46 PM
"Reform's highest score is with fans of horror" is almost too perfect.
The party also polls well with fans of "crime" and "fantasy".
(Let's not talk about readers of History here...)
The party also polls well with fans of "crime" and "fantasy".
(Let's not talk about readers of History here...)
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Once again the magisterial position of "don't know/don't care" on a pointless question commands a clear majority of the British public. cc @ciaranm.bsky.social
November 7, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Once again the magisterial position of "don't know/don't care" on a pointless question commands a clear majority of the British public. cc @ciaranm.bsky.social
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This debate always makes me worry there’s something a bit wrong with me in that I don’t think the past is something you should draw pride or shame from. I have benefited from the British empire more than most Brits, but ultimately I am *not* my maternal great-great-great-grandfather!
On binary questions about Britain's colonial past, the median is Neither/Don't Know. (There are more constructive conversations than this which can unlock 75% common ground: teach it all, including the complexity and controversy)
November 7, 2025 at 12:50 PM
This debate always makes me worry there’s something a bit wrong with me in that I don’t think the past is something you should draw pride or shame from. I have benefited from the British empire more than most Brits, but ultimately I am *not* my maternal great-great-great-grandfather!
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Gabrielius Landsbergis, Former Foreign Minister of Lithuania, said it plainly:
"Putin never escalates when we help Ukraine. He escalates when we don't help enough."
This isn't philosophy. It's a pattern. Weakness invites aggression. Support raises the cost. 👇
"Putin never escalates when we help Ukraine. He escalates when we don't help enough."
This isn't philosophy. It's a pattern. Weakness invites aggression. Support raises the cost. 👇
November 6, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Gabrielius Landsbergis, Former Foreign Minister of Lithuania, said it plainly:
"Putin never escalates when we help Ukraine. He escalates when we don't help enough."
This isn't philosophy. It's a pattern. Weakness invites aggression. Support raises the cost. 👇
"Putin never escalates when we help Ukraine. He escalates when we don't help enough."
This isn't philosophy. It's a pattern. Weakness invites aggression. Support raises the cost. 👇
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"Put another way, the cost of supporting Ukraine without America to the remaining members of nato will need to increase from about 0.2% of gdp to 0.4%"
Bargain.
www.economist.com/internationa...
From The Economist
Bargain.
www.economist.com/internationa...
From The Economist
What will it cost to make Vladimir Putin stop?
Europe must offer Ukraine a big enough financial package to deter the Kremlin
www.economist.com
November 4, 2025 at 8:37 AM
"Put another way, the cost of supporting Ukraine without America to the remaining members of nato will need to increase from about 0.2% of gdp to 0.4%"
Bargain.
www.economist.com/internationa...
From The Economist
Bargain.
www.economist.com/internationa...
From The Economist
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I'm quite happy to "take" a small contribution to stopping Ukrainian citizens being slaughtered in their hundreds of thousands.
There is always money for war, never for the poor.
Every penny spent on bombs, tanks and missiles is stolen from our homes, schools and hospitals.
We are not going to take it anymore.
Every penny spent on bombs, tanks and missiles is stolen from our homes, schools and hospitals.
We are not going to take it anymore.
October 28, 2025 at 8:12 AM
I'm quite happy to "take" a small contribution to stopping Ukrainian citizens being slaughtered in their hundreds of thousands.
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History has a funny way of proving who was right.
October 7, 2025 at 2:31 PM
History has a funny way of proving who was right.
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The real innovation would be if they invented something that went to Oxford and Cambridge and didn't keep going on about it
Flying electric taxis will be travelling between Oxford and Cambridge next year. A six-month pilot project (geddit) aims to prepare the infrastructure and develop a business case as a first step towards “commercially viable regional operations”.
October 1, 2025 at 3:50 PM
The real innovation would be if they invented something that went to Oxford and Cambridge and didn't keep going on about it
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The free weekend update is out. Starts with an update on the Ukrainian campaign against Russian oil production. More signs of its strategic impact--Russia will not be restarting refined oil exports in Oct. They need what they can for their own needs. This is good. open.substack.com/pub/phillips...
Weekend Update #152: Oil Production And Logistics
Trump Speaks The Truth But Offers Ukraine Nothing; A Note On Narratives
open.substack.com
September 28, 2025 at 8:47 AM
The free weekend update is out. Starts with an update on the Ukrainian campaign against Russian oil production. More signs of its strategic impact--Russia will not be restarting refined oil exports in Oct. They need what they can for their own needs. This is good. open.substack.com/pub/phillips...
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On the same day in the Telegraph:
![The Telegraph
Rayner tax scandal - £40k tax dodge - Statement
Angela Rayner dodges £40,000 stamp duty
Deputy Prime Minister reduces tax bill for Hove flat by declaring it as her main residence
[Photo: Angela Rayner pictured at the weekend in Hove, where she has just bought a flat Credit: Dan Charity/The Sun on Sunday]
Robert Mendick Chief Reporter. Amy Gibbons Political Correspondent
29 August 2025 8:57am BST](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:2kf2qj56o2vq7jfaq4x4ogp6/bafkreihe5mm7nwmwvzhtgadmsafyvsaxhrufuai2d2j2rju5zt6g2lytea@jpeg)
![The Telegraph
Money > Property > Second homes
How to avoid tax on your second home
From stamp duty to council tax, shield your wealth from Labour's tightening net
[Photo of houses around a bay - Areas such as Cornwall have added a premium to council tax bills for second homes Credit: iStockphoto]
Fran Ivens Senior Money Writer
29 August 2025 1:21pm BST](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:2kf2qj56o2vq7jfaq4x4ogp6/bafkreieuwgc2vsmyfcctmf4cnpcqckij2pqdk2gmzajpnihrsqyqmzyr5e@jpeg)
September 5, 2025 at 7:55 AM
On the same day in the Telegraph:
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The “problem” with vaccines? They so effective at preventing deaths that they create generations of people that question whether disease was a problem in the first place because they have never experienced the horrors of a world without vaccines.
September 4, 2025 at 7:44 PM
The “problem” with vaccines? They so effective at preventing deaths that they create generations of people that question whether disease was a problem in the first place because they have never experienced the horrors of a world without vaccines.
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Teachers are so often a glue that holds society together.
September 3, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Teachers are so often a glue that holds society together.
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Very sorry to hear about the death of Frank O'Gorman. His work made a huge impact on 18th-century political history and was required reading. He was also, as it happens, extremely kind and supportive and will be remembered with affection by many attendees of @bsecs.bsky.social conferences.
August 22, 2025 at 7:37 AM
Very sorry to hear about the death of Frank O'Gorman. His work made a huge impact on 18th-century political history and was required reading. He was also, as it happens, extremely kind and supportive and will be remembered with affection by many attendees of @bsecs.bsky.social conferences.
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Catastrophic subtitling on the 1941 movie "Love on the Dole".
(It should read "She's a strange lass, is our Sal"...)
(It should read "She's a strange lass, is our Sal"...)
August 3, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Catastrophic subtitling on the 1941 movie "Love on the Dole".
(It should read "She's a strange lass, is our Sal"...)
(It should read "She's a strange lass, is our Sal"...)
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"Toby Carvery owner toasts higher sales as pubs lead the way." How about matching your apology for the felling of an ancient oak in Enfield with a significant donation to the Woodland Trust for tree planting in the Borough?
May 22, 2025 at 10:07 PM
"Toby Carvery owner toasts higher sales as pubs lead the way." How about matching your apology for the felling of an ancient oak in Enfield with a significant donation to the Woodland Trust for tree planting in the Borough?
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Early exit polls suggest the new pope did particularly well with male voters aged 45-79.
May 8, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Early exit polls suggest the new pope did particularly well with male voters aged 45-79.
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Honestly, no one should be allowed a national newspaper column for more than a year. No one has more than 52 decent opinions (even that is a stretch) and after that it's all self-radicalisation for clicks.
1,075 articles attacking trans people from the Times, Telegraph, Mail and Guardian/Observer in the space of 365 days.
They've been doing joyous spite relentlessly for years.
They've been doing joyous spite relentlessly for years.
The state of the newspapers this morning: a near-universal attack on trans people, most of it grossly exaggerating the implication of yesterday's ruling. Almost joyous in its spite.
April 17, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Honestly, no one should be allowed a national newspaper column for more than a year. No one has more than 52 decent opinions (even that is a stretch) and after that it's all self-radicalisation for clicks.
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Guardian 'Dining across the divide' classic
March 22, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Guardian 'Dining across the divide' classic
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I first thought it was Dominic Cumming’s sticking his head through one of those face in the hole boards
March 13, 2025 at 7:24 PM
I first thought it was Dominic Cumming’s sticking his head through one of those face in the hole boards