Ian Callaghan
@iancallaghan.net
Climate finance, UK Green Party, woodwork, welding, Liverpool FC, republic
I’m factoring in what I knew of Corbyn from my involvement in Islington Labour politics in the 1980s. It was the vanity of a man who above all loves campaigning and the sound of his own voice
December 10, 2025 at 9:48 AM
I’m factoring in what I knew of Corbyn from my involvement in Islington Labour politics in the 1980s. It was the vanity of a man who above all loves campaigning and the sound of his own voice
The Fixed Term Parliament Act required a ⅔ majority to overturn. That couldn’t have happened without Labour votes. So it wasn’t an election that was “happening anyway”
December 10, 2025 at 9:04 AM
The Fixed Term Parliament Act required a ⅔ majority to overturn. That couldn’t have happened without Labour votes. So it wasn’t an election that was “happening anyway”
He enabled the calling of the 2019 election when Johnson was on the ropes over Brexit. It was an act of vanity
December 10, 2025 at 7:37 AM
He enabled the calling of the 2019 election when Johnson was on the ropes over Brexit. It was an act of vanity
The number constituting the majority was probably actually dead before Brexit was even implemented
December 9, 2025 at 9:18 PM
The number constituting the majority was probably actually dead before Brexit was even implemented
Closed my accounts with AJ Bell recently for the same reason. Sadly they aren’t on here but please contact them if you are a user
December 7, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Closed my accounts with AJ Bell recently for the same reason. Sadly they aren’t on here but please contact them if you are a user
Closed my accounts with AJ Bell recently
December 7, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Closed my accounts with AJ Bell recently
Corbyn doesn’t do ‘team up’
December 7, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Corbyn doesn’t do ‘team up’
Puzzling that the values of the EBU don’t extend to countries continuing to commit genocide …
December 3, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Puzzling that the values of the EBU don’t extend to countries continuing to commit genocide …
Will the denoise feature in #Seestar50 take out those trails? My version of pretty much the same shot from a few days ago in the UK, with NGC3077 also in frame bottom left
December 1, 2025 at 5:30 AM
Will the denoise feature in #Seestar50 take out those trails? My version of pretty much the same shot from a few days ago in the UK, with NGC3077 also in frame bottom left
Got it nicely framed with two satellites Ms 110 and 32 the other night
November 30, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Got it nicely framed with two satellites Ms 110 and 32 the other night
Mine from the UK a couple of weeks back, also with a #seestar50 but only processed on my phone
November 29, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Mine from the UK a couple of weeks back, also with a #seestar50 but only processed on my phone
Yes but if I recall we were being caught by sloppy defending when 2-0 up, not this kind of complete confidence meltdown
November 26, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Yes but if I recall we were being caught by sloppy defending when 2-0 up, not this kind of complete confidence meltdown
Maybe Jurgen would come back for a season? He’s rumoured to be wanting to manage again
November 26, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Maybe Jurgen would come back for a season? He’s rumoured to be wanting to manage again
Who’s available tho?
November 26, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Who’s available tho?
Phew, just worked out what the acronym stands for; hadn’t thought we had a UK ICE!
November 24, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Phew, just worked out what the acronym stands for; hadn’t thought we had a UK ICE!
My view from Dorset, England a few nights ago, also with my #seestar. Read a piece a few days ago which said that latest research suggests the Seven Sisters have thousands of siblings strewn in a line across the galaxy as tidal forces have separated the original cluster over time
November 23, 2025 at 2:29 PM
My view from Dorset, England a few nights ago, also with my #seestar. Read a piece a few days ago which said that latest research suggests the Seven Sisters have thousands of siblings strewn in a line across the galaxy as tidal forces have separated the original cluster over time
Those Forest 0-3 blues are bad for sure …
November 22, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Those Forest 0-3 blues are bad for sure …
Hmmm, looks like they may have over extended themselves in markets that have since been affected by tariffs etc
November 22, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Hmmm, looks like they may have over extended themselves in markets that have since been affected by tariffs etc
And here is the whimsically named but aptly mysterious Soul Nebula, captured last night with my #seestar50
#astrophotography
#astrophotography
November 21, 2025 at 2:35 PM
And here is the whimsically named but aptly mysterious Soul Nebula, captured last night with my #seestar50
#astrophotography
#astrophotography
I don’t know actually. I hadn’t heard of problems
November 21, 2025 at 2:33 PM
I don’t know actually. I hadn’t heard of problems
Yes it definitely seems to have been a big extra dimension to all the other changes. But is carrying on with the 20th minute tribute helping or hindering?
November 19, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Yes it definitely seems to have been a big extra dimension to all the other changes. But is carrying on with the 20th minute tribute helping or hindering?