G
@gneill.bsky.social
Fortysomething centrist dad. Proud owner of two Pavement t-shirts. From east Belfast to west Wales.
Everyone hates milkshake tax, the latest Labour policy that taxes milkshakes.
*Five seconds later*
We regret to inform you that the milkshake tax was a misleading headline.
*Five seconds later*
We regret to inform you that the milkshake tax was a misleading headline.
November 16, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Everyone hates milkshake tax, the latest Labour policy that taxes milkshakes.
*Five seconds later*
We regret to inform you that the milkshake tax was a misleading headline.
*Five seconds later*
We regret to inform you that the milkshake tax was a misleading headline.
I feel this is an underplayed part of the debate. Travelling across a sea via small boat must be *terrifying*. Why would you want to make that journey unless you were that determined to make your life better?
The best way to understand what is actually “driving the small boats” is “if something carried a one in a 100 risk of death, would you do it it it gave you ten more years of healthy life?”
Shabana Mahmood tells Sunday Times it should take 20 years for somebody granted refugee status in UK to secure permanent status (ie, reapply 6 times) if came without permission.
Paper says Denmark has toughest settlement timeline (8 years) but UK govt wants longer
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
Paper says Denmark has toughest settlement timeline (8 years) but UK govt wants longer
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
November 16, 2025 at 10:55 AM
I feel this is an underplayed part of the debate. Travelling across a sea via small boat must be *terrifying*. Why would you want to make that journey unless you were that determined to make your life better?
Aside from the man who pretended to be an admiral, this is the only news story bringing me any joy right now.
🤯🤯 The definitive Your Party weekend read from @siennarodgers.bsky.social www.politicshome.com/news/article...
The Corbyn-Sultana Power Struggle: How 'Your Party' Got Here And How It Ends
Ahead of its founding conference, Sienna Rodgers reports on the hostilities within the new left-wing project, Your Party, as Jeremy Corbyn and Zara...
www.politicshome.com
November 15, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Aside from the man who pretended to be an admiral, this is the only news story bringing me any joy right now.
Reboot Bond as a surfing dog who rolls dice before taking any decision. Q is a talking bookcase. Blofeld is a cloud that smells of slightly off ham. It's set in the 1530s and is written by a committee of six year olds.
November 11, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Reboot Bond as a surfing dog who rolls dice before taking any decision. Q is a talking bookcase. Blofeld is a cloud that smells of slightly off ham. It's set in the 1530s and is written by a committee of six year olds.
Remember that time the entire country was in lockdown and the BBC made a wealth of healthcare, education and entertainment content available and no other media organisation followed suit? It has its faults but COME ON. www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/...
BBC sets out plan to inform, educate and entertain during unprecedented times
Today the BBC is setting out how it will ensure it keeps the nation informed, educated, and entertained in unprecedented times.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 10, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Remember that time the entire country was in lockdown and the BBC made a wealth of healthcare, education and entertainment content available and no other media organisation followed suit? It has its faults but COME ON. www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/...
Mid-40s. Grime completely passed me by despite 00s UK being the peak of landfill indie.
What is your biggest musical blindspot for someone precisely your age?
For me - an elder millennial - it is that I have never knowingly listened to INCUBUS, nor could I name even one of their songs if you put a gun to my head.
For me - an elder millennial - it is that I have never knowingly listened to INCUBUS, nor could I name even one of their songs if you put a gun to my head.
November 10, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Mid-40s. Grime completely passed me by despite 00s UK being the peak of landfill indie.
[RANDOM CELEBRITY] and [RANDOM CELEBRITY]'s roadtrip to [RANDOM LOCATION].
If the BBC really is on its way out then we need to look at the positive. No more Now show or endless period sodding dramas.
November 9, 2025 at 10:38 PM
[RANDOM CELEBRITY] and [RANDOM CELEBRITY]'s roadtrip to [RANDOM LOCATION].
Truly wonderful to see Boris Johnson do his bit in holding someone to account for mendacity while in charge.
November 9, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Truly wonderful to see Boris Johnson do his bit in holding someone to account for mendacity while in charge.
I'll never forget the days when Bertie Ahern had to have his voice dubbed by an actor.
Our expectations were low but fucking hell. "The Irish", is it
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November 9, 2025 at 5:21 PM
I'll never forget the days when Bertie Ahern had to have his voice dubbed by an actor.
It's kinda reassuring how much of a fucking idiot David Olusuga has been throughout #celebritytraitors
November 6, 2025 at 10:03 PM
It's kinda reassuring how much of a fucking idiot David Olusuga has been throughout #celebritytraitors
Brilliant thread. Contains Galaxy Quest.
I probably would have voted for her in the leadership election, had the checkboxes not denied me access (because while I support Labour in concept I don’t agree with all current policies). This seems like a grab bag of wants without hows.
Lucy Powell says Labour must stand by promise not to raise key taxes
November 6, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Brilliant thread. Contains Galaxy Quest.
Absolutely loving John Lewis's "yes, but have you actually *seen* Aftersun?" Christmas advert this year.
November 4, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Absolutely loving John Lewis's "yes, but have you actually *seen* Aftersun?" Christmas advert this year.
Similarly: THE PENULTIMATE EPISODE OF A COMPETITION ON TV IS NOT THE SEMIFINAL.
A SEMIFINAL IS WHEN TWO SEPARATE MATCHES OF TWO TEAMS OR PEOPLE TAKE PLACE, WITH THE WINNERS OF EACH GOING THROUGH TO THE FINAL
A SEMIFINAL IS WHEN TWO SEPARATE MATCHES OF TWO TEAMS OR PEOPLE TAKE PLACE, WITH THE WINNERS OF EACH GOING THROUGH TO THE FINAL
I have been confronted with an ad for Advent calendars and so it is time for the annual PSA:
THE TWELVE DAYS OF CHRISTMAS BEGIN
ON
CHRISTMAS
THEY ARE NOT ANY OF THE DAYS LEADING UP TO CHRISTMAS
THAT IS ADVENT
WHICH BEGINS FOUR SUNDAYS BEFORE CHRISTMAS
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME
THE TWELVE DAYS OF CHRISTMAS BEGIN
ON
CHRISTMAS
THEY ARE NOT ANY OF THE DAYS LEADING UP TO CHRISTMAS
THAT IS ADVENT
WHICH BEGINS FOUR SUNDAYS BEFORE CHRISTMAS
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME
November 3, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Similarly: THE PENULTIMATE EPISODE OF A COMPETITION ON TV IS NOT THE SEMIFINAL.
A SEMIFINAL IS WHEN TWO SEPARATE MATCHES OF TWO TEAMS OR PEOPLE TAKE PLACE, WITH THE WINNERS OF EACH GOING THROUGH TO THE FINAL
A SEMIFINAL IS WHEN TWO SEPARATE MATCHES OF TWO TEAMS OR PEOPLE TAKE PLACE, WITH THE WINNERS OF EACH GOING THROUGH TO THE FINAL
One of the great underrated satisfactions of Halloween is stamping on a pumpkin before putting it in the recycling bin.
November 3, 2025 at 9:08 AM
One of the great underrated satisfactions of Halloween is stamping on a pumpkin before putting it in the recycling bin.
A friend texts from abroad this morning.
“What game do you want a sequel to?”
Three words:
Fallout: New Vegas
That’s what happened.
“What game do you want a sequel to?”
Three words:
Fallout: New Vegas
That’s what happened.
November 2, 2025 at 12:41 PM
A friend texts from abroad this morning.
“What game do you want a sequel to?”
Three words:
Fallout: New Vegas
That’s what happened.
“What game do you want a sequel to?”
Three words:
Fallout: New Vegas
That’s what happened.
Imagine X during The Troubles.
The screeching handbrake turn from Everyone Left Of Norman Tebbit Is A Fragile Snowflake to Don’t Go Outside, It’s Full Of Blacks And Crime has to be seen to be fully believed
November 2, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Imagine X during The Troubles.
Daniel Hannan: the Lennon and McCartney, Maradona, Pele, Scorcese, Spielberg, Joyce and Yeats combined of stupidity.
November 1, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Daniel Hannan: the Lennon and McCartney, Maradona, Pele, Scorcese, Spielberg, Joyce and Yeats combined of stupidity.
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Seeing the discourse on this and I’m sat here thinking “Why do you even need the Discover tab that much? Are the people you follow just not interesting enough to hold your attention?”
“As users ‘dislike’ posts, the system will learn what sort of content they want to see less of. This will help to inform more than just how content is ranked in feeds, but also reply rankings.”
Bluesky hits 40 million users, introduces 'dislikes' beta | TechCrunch
As users "dislike" posts, the system will learn what sort of content they want to see less of. This will help to inform more than just how content is ranked in feeds, but also reply rankings.
techcrunch.com
November 1, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Seeing the discourse on this and I’m sat here thinking “Why do you even need the Discover tab that much? Are the people you follow just not interesting enough to hold your attention?”
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And if we’re acclaiming masterpieces: Charles Addams’ marvellous cover for the Halloween 1963 cover of The New Yorker. (At first glance, I took that hunter’s expression for bafflement, but now I’m pretty sure he’s terrified. As he darn well should be.)
October 31, 2025 at 8:41 PM
And if we’re acclaiming masterpieces: Charles Addams’ marvellous cover for the Halloween 1963 cover of The New Yorker. (At first glance, I took that hunter’s expression for bafflement, but now I’m pretty sure he’s terrified. As he darn well should be.)
The Proms are shite, tbf.
The mystery of “what culture is she interested in?”. She did not go to a single Prom. She has no interest in who actually wins Baftas. She is not interested in the Mercury Prize.
The last Mercury Prize went to a lad from North Shields, you'd think she'd be all over that but nope, zero interest
October 31, 2025 at 2:10 PM
The Proms are shite, tbf.
A Irish gothic horror 19th century detective game, which has shades of Blue Prince but appears to be much fairer, couldn't be any more What I Want to Play in 2025 if it tried.
Could the thinning of the veil between the land and the living, known as the festival of Samhain, be the the reason for all the strange occurrences at Blake Manor? #FolkloreThursday
October 30, 2025 at 6:09 PM
A Irish gothic horror 19th century detective game, which has shades of Blue Prince but appears to be much fairer, couldn't be any more What I Want to Play in 2025 if it tried.
It's been a while since I've watched Too Many Cooks.
October 29, 2025 at 10:27 PM
It's been a while since I've watched Too Many Cooks.
Decoded: they're both absolute melters and game recognises game.
Back in the spotlight: decoding the Katy Perry and Justin Trudeau romance
Back in the spotlight: decoding the Katy Perry and Justin Trudeau romance
As the singer and former Canadian PM get together, we look at the history of romances between artists and politicians
www.theguardian.com
October 28, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Decoded: they're both absolute melters and game recognises game.
As I saw someone say on here, the best thing for 2027 Who would be to hand it to a writers room full of people who grew up on Eccleston/Tennant/Smith and keep it as far away from middle aged fan service types at possible.
October 28, 2025 at 5:13 PM
As I saw someone say on here, the best thing for 2027 Who would be to hand it to a writers room full of people who grew up on Eccleston/Tennant/Smith and keep it as far away from middle aged fan service types at possible.
I get *furious* every time I watch an advert that doesn't feature a 45 year old East Belfast man wondering whether he'll ever get that sequel to Fallout: New Vegas.
October 27, 2025 at 9:20 AM
I get *furious* every time I watch an advert that doesn't feature a 45 year old East Belfast man wondering whether he'll ever get that sequel to Fallout: New Vegas.