Gary Williams
@garytomwilliams.bsky.social
Exiled scouser, makes music as truthscan.
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The Electoral Reform Society warns First Past the Post could hand Reform UK power on just 27% of the vote
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First Past the Post could catapult Reform UK into government, Electoral Reform Society warns
Reform could come close to winning a majority on as little as 27% of the national vote share
leftfootforward.org
October 3, 2025 at 9:44 AM
The Electoral Reform Society warns First Past the Post could hand Reform UK power on just 27% of the vote
leftfootforward.org/2025/10/firs...
leftfootforward.org/2025/10/firs...
I think Frankie's Welcome to the Pleasuredome album would have been much better if they'd dropped the three cover versions and much of the Trevor Horn noodling and just concentrated on the original songs. There's a brilliant single album in there. NB: this may not be a totally topical post.
October 3, 2025 at 4:13 PM
I think Frankie's Welcome to the Pleasuredome album would have been much better if they'd dropped the three cover versions and much of the Trevor Horn noodling and just concentrated on the original songs. There's a brilliant single album in there. NB: this may not be a totally topical post.
Just finished Prime Target on Apple+. Great series.
June 29, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Just finished Prime Target on Apple+. Great series.
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Climate stripes for the Arctic (land and seas poleward of 60ºN) since 1900. It could not be any more clear. #ShowYourStripes #ClimateChange #Arctic
June 21, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Climate stripes for the Arctic (land and seas poleward of 60ºN) since 1900. It could not be any more clear. #ShowYourStripes #ClimateChange #Arctic
One of the sanest things to do on a horribly hot day is go to the cinema, right? So today we enjoyed a self constructed double bill of Elio and 28 Years Later. Both great. I’m also garytomwilliams on Letterboxd if you would like to join me there also btw.
June 21, 2025 at 10:45 PM
One of the sanest things to do on a horribly hot day is go to the cinema, right? So today we enjoyed a self constructed double bill of Elio and 28 Years Later. Both great. I’m also garytomwilliams on Letterboxd if you would like to join me there also btw.
Getting an email from a restaurant booking app I use telling me 'they noticed' I visited a restaurant I didn't book through the app is not AT ALL fucking creepy behaviour is it!
June 20, 2025 at 8:35 AM
Getting an email from a restaurant booking app I use telling me 'they noticed' I visited a restaurant I didn't book through the app is not AT ALL fucking creepy behaviour is it!
A Friday 13th in Pride Month you say? Could do much worse than watching this great horror, which has an adorable couple of gay dads at the centre of the action.
June 13, 2025 at 6:45 PM
A Friday 13th in Pride Month you say? Could do much worse than watching this great horror, which has an adorable couple of gay dads at the centre of the action.
Pet Sounds playing in a million homes tonight. RIP.
June 11, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Pet Sounds playing in a million homes tonight. RIP.
Wonderful to see this photograph of @tomrobinson.com as part of Steve McQueen's "Resistance" exhibition at Margate's Turner Contemporary.
May 2, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Wonderful to see this photograph of @tomrobinson.com as part of Steve McQueen's "Resistance" exhibition at Margate's Turner Contemporary.
What a lovely thing the new series of pilgrimage is. Like a warm embrace. And I say that as a humanist who was brought up as a Catholic and who still finds himself romantically attached to the theatrical trappings of the church if not the paranormal aspects.
April 25, 2025 at 8:38 PM
What a lovely thing the new series of pilgrimage is. Like a warm embrace. And I say that as a humanist who was brought up as a Catholic and who still finds himself romantically attached to the theatrical trappings of the church if not the paranormal aspects.
Happy St George’s & Shakespeare Day. My annual suggestion: that we should reimagine the day as a folk holiday, with a focus on folk art. Imagine our town squares filled with folk song, dance and poetry and a celebration of local folk myth. And a heady mix of Shakespeare and folk horror on the telly!
April 23, 2025 at 8:34 AM
Happy St George’s & Shakespeare Day. My annual suggestion: that we should reimagine the day as a folk holiday, with a focus on folk art. Imagine our town squares filled with folk song, dance and poetry and a celebration of local folk myth. And a heady mix of Shakespeare and folk horror on the telly!
Couldn’t be happier for Newcastle.
March 16, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Couldn’t be happier for Newcastle.
Happy Ides of March.
March 15, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Happy Ides of March.
Still pondering Radio 4 Today Programme celebrating the 30th Anniversary of Radiohead's The Bends. It's an undeniably brilliant album but brilliant albums are having anniversaries every week. Why choose that one? And why the 30th rather than 25th anniversary? Seemed a bit random is all.
March 14, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Still pondering Radio 4 Today Programme celebrating the 30th Anniversary of Radiohead's The Bends. It's an undeniably brilliant album but brilliant albums are having anniversaries every week. Why choose that one? And why the 30th rather than 25th anniversary? Seemed a bit random is all.
I can't now turn on any social media without seeing a post about Tango Franco and it's getting me down. #TangoFranco
March 12, 2025 at 7:26 PM
I can't now turn on any social media without seeing a post about Tango Franco and it's getting me down. #TangoFranco
Is there a better ‘standalone singles’ (that is, singles that were not released on a studio album rather than a later compilation) band than The Smiths? I can’t name one. Can you? An honorable tradition that seems a bit lost in these streaming days.
March 12, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Is there a better ‘standalone singles’ (that is, singles that were not released on a studio album rather than a later compilation) band than The Smiths? I can’t name one. Can you? An honorable tradition that seems a bit lost in these streaming days.
Mickey 17 is brilliant. Go see.
March 9, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Mickey 17 is brilliant. Go see.
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I asked Chat GPT about Gibberlink AI interface seven times and seven times it contradicted itself. I then asked it to summarise its answers. Here are its conclusions. I’m still none the wiser!
March 4, 2025 at 11:10 PM
I asked Chat GPT about Gibberlink AI interface seven times and seven times it contradicted itself. I then asked it to summarise its answers. Here are its conclusions. I’m still none the wiser!
I asked Chat GPT about Gibberlink AI interface seven times and seven times it contradicted itself. I then asked it to summarise its answers. Here are its conclusions. I’m still none the wiser!
March 4, 2025 at 11:10 PM
I asked Chat GPT about Gibberlink AI interface seven times and seven times it contradicted itself. I then asked it to summarise its answers. Here are its conclusions. I’m still none the wiser!
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Congratulations to BRIT winners Charli XCX (Bishop's Stortford College, £38,319 per year), AG Cook (King Alfred School, £27,747) and The Last Dinner Party (Bedales, £52,075) for showing that people from ordinary backgrounds can reach the top in pop music, that most egalitarian of art forms.
March 2, 2025 at 9:03 AM
Congratulations to BRIT winners Charli XCX (Bishop's Stortford College, £38,319 per year), AG Cook (King Alfred School, £27,747) and The Last Dinner Party (Bedales, £52,075) for showing that people from ordinary backgrounds can reach the top in pop music, that most egalitarian of art forms.
A rare crashing of the pips on Radio 4 there.
February 20, 2025 at 7:01 AM
A rare crashing of the pips on Radio 4 there.
Just seen Trump blaming Ukraine for starting the war by not doing a deal three years ago to give away part of their land to Russia. Utterly despicable.
February 18, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Just seen Trump blaming Ukraine for starting the war by not doing a deal three years ago to give away part of their land to Russia. Utterly despicable.
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July 2024: Five UK climate protesters jailed for conspiracy to block major road
February 2025:
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February 10, 2025 at 8:54 PM
July 2024: Five UK climate protesters jailed for conspiracy to block major road
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I’m not impressed by MPs and commentators who were already declared as being against the Assisted Dying Bill wringing their hands over what I see as an improvement to the Bill by the introduction of the multi disciplinary panel.
February 11, 2025 at 8:06 AM
I’m not impressed by MPs and commentators who were already declared as being against the Assisted Dying Bill wringing their hands over what I see as an improvement to the Bill by the introduction of the multi disciplinary panel.
Do we really still need to say 'former Beatle'? It's been 55 years guys.
February 10, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Do we really still need to say 'former Beatle'? It's been 55 years guys.