Alastair McWhirter
@exexexexcc.bsky.social
Ex-dustman, ex-teacher, ex-police officer, ex- health service, ex- foster carer and now ex-chief constable by five successors! But loving being a grandparent!
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Free speechwriting tip for the PM: www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...
December 4, 2025 at 9:33 AM
Free speechwriting tip for the PM: www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...
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I remember the first time I saw this, many years ago. I laughed so much it felt like I was going to die. What a way to go. The thread it's from is wonderful btw!
It has just been brought to my attention that the greatest ever video in this genre is, in fact, cat jump fail vs Sail by AWOLNATION...
December 4, 2025 at 4:02 PM
I remember the first time I saw this, many years ago. I laughed so much it felt like I was going to die. What a way to go. The thread it's from is wonderful btw!
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The letter the BBC could send back to Trump
A proposal for a reply to his $1bn claim
By me. Enjoy.
emptycity.substack.com/p/the-letter...
The letter the BBC could send back to Trump
A proposal for a reply to his $1bn claim
By me. Enjoy.
emptycity.substack.com/p/the-letter...
The letter the BBC could send back to Trump
A proposal for a reply to his $1bn claim
emptycity.substack.com
November 12, 2025 at 12:00 PM
NEW
The letter the BBC could send back to Trump
A proposal for a reply to his $1bn claim
By me. Enjoy.
emptycity.substack.com/p/the-letter...
The letter the BBC could send back to Trump
A proposal for a reply to his $1bn claim
By me. Enjoy.
emptycity.substack.com/p/the-letter...
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ladies if he’s a matador that is a huge red flag
September 24, 2025 at 6:57 PM
ladies if he’s a matador that is a huge red flag
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I trust steak tartare from a food truck with no refrigerator in August more than Ghislaine Maxwell
August 24, 2025 at 7:33 PM
I trust steak tartare from a food truck with no refrigerator in August more than Ghislaine Maxwell
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Mathematicians get their kicks on 8.1240384
August 8, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Mathematicians get their kicks on 8.1240384
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It’s Mary Anning’s birthday, so time to share @katebeaton.bsky.social’s brilliant cartoon again.
May 21, 2025 at 11:31 AM
It’s Mary Anning’s birthday, so time to share @katebeaton.bsky.social’s brilliant cartoon again.
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The BSL during Finland was sensational #Eurovision
May 17, 2025 at 8:23 PM
The BSL during Finland was sensational #Eurovision
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Mike Waltz has left the chat.
May 1, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Mike Waltz has left the chat.
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Huge if true! 🤪
April 21, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Huge if true! 🤪
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“We will deport you if we have evidence against you, and deport you if we do not”
On an extraordinary witness statement from the US government - and how it has adopted the logic of the Ducking Stool
By me, at @prospectmagazine.co.uk
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/law/th...
“We will deport you if we have evidence against you, and deport you if we do not”
On an extraordinary witness statement from the US government - and how it has adopted the logic of the Ducking Stool
By me, at @prospectmagazine.co.uk
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/law/th...
March 20, 2025 at 10:51 AM
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“We will deport you if we have evidence against you, and deport you if we do not”
On an extraordinary witness statement from the US government - and how it has adopted the logic of the Ducking Stool
By me, at @prospectmagazine.co.uk
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/law/th...
“We will deport you if we have evidence against you, and deport you if we do not”
On an extraordinary witness statement from the US government - and how it has adopted the logic of the Ducking Stool
By me, at @prospectmagazine.co.uk
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/law/th...
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Join Andrea Jenkyns on her march against solar panels today!
Just a note team.
Steer clear of the ones with a plaque reading:
“This solar panel represents the 16,120 solar panels that provide solar electricity directly to Wakefield Manufacturing Site. Opened by Andrea Jenkyns MP 8 September 2017”
Just a note team.
Steer clear of the ones with a plaque reading:
“This solar panel represents the 16,120 solar panels that provide solar electricity directly to Wakefield Manufacturing Site. Opened by Andrea Jenkyns MP 8 September 2017”
March 15, 2025 at 7:14 AM
Join Andrea Jenkyns on her march against solar panels today!
Just a note team.
Steer clear of the ones with a plaque reading:
“This solar panel represents the 16,120 solar panels that provide solar electricity directly to Wakefield Manufacturing Site. Opened by Andrea Jenkyns MP 8 September 2017”
Just a note team.
Steer clear of the ones with a plaque reading:
“This solar panel represents the 16,120 solar panels that provide solar electricity directly to Wakefield Manufacturing Site. Opened by Andrea Jenkyns MP 8 September 2017”
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And yet, even this daily unscientific encouragement of gambling is always more dignified and coherent than Thought for the Day.
Just heard the racing tips on Radio 4. A touching British eccentricity that the national broadcaster takes on the role of advising the nation every single day of which horses to bet on.
March 13, 2025 at 6:42 AM
And yet, even this daily unscientific encouragement of gambling is always more dignified and coherent than Thought for the Day.
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“illegally and collusively boycott”
March 11, 2025 at 5:48 AM
“illegally and collusively boycott”
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Superb spot from the estimable @eliothiggins.bsky.social
Let's see how much of a Randian businessman Musk is in this moment.
March 11, 2025 at 6:58 AM
Superb spot from the estimable @eliothiggins.bsky.social
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March 2, 2025 at 9:17 AM
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Can’t believe the knives are already out in the stores. The Ides of March gets more commercialized every year.
February 24, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Can’t believe the knives are already out in the stores. The Ides of March gets more commercialized every year.
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This is fun - imagining how Elon's coup would be covered by US journalists if it it was happening in another country (HT @jjn1.bsky.social )
www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/musk-s-jun...
www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/musk-s-jun...
Musk's Junta Establishes Him as Head of Government
Imagining how we'd cover overseas what's happening to the U.S. right now
www.doomsdayscenario.co
February 7, 2025 at 9:25 AM
This is fun - imagining how Elon's coup would be covered by US journalists if it it was happening in another country (HT @jjn1.bsky.social )
www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/musk-s-jun...
www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/musk-s-jun...
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This is truly inspirational. It’s what we need to hear right now. Thank you Bishop Mariann Budde ❤️
Wow. Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde fearlessly calls out Trump and Vance to their faces. This is heroic.
(posting in 3 parts due to Bluesky's 1 minute limit)
(posting in 3 parts due to Bluesky's 1 minute limit)
January 21, 2025 at 7:28 PM
This is truly inspirational. It’s what we need to hear right now. Thank you Bishop Mariann Budde ❤️
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For all the doubters, how are these not the same?
January 21, 2025 at 2:15 PM
For all the doubters, how are these not the same?
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Transitioning … first post! Finding old friends
November 13, 2024 at 10:01 PM
Transitioning … first post! Finding old friends
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Hello everyone. I am now on this platform for social media. Do please repost this message so that more people can find me!
November 13, 2024 at 11:26 AM
Hello everyone. I am now on this platform for social media. Do please repost this message so that more people can find me!