John Thornton
@jmcthornton.bsky.social
UK, NY, and Shanghai.
A lifetime irradiating people and things ☢️
Physicist, crystal surfaces, radiotherapy, linacs, synchrotrons, and cyclotrons.
Supporter of Claire House Children's Hospice.
www.clairehouse.org.uk/
A lifetime irradiating people and things ☢️
Physicist, crystal surfaces, radiotherapy, linacs, synchrotrons, and cyclotrons.
Supporter of Claire House Children's Hospice.
www.clairehouse.org.uk/
Loud gurgling sound as we circle the plug-hole.
November 18, 2025 at 5:45 AM
Loud gurgling sound as we circle the plug-hole.
Reform council cuts back on litter picking and gardening in bid to fill shortfall on.ft.com/3JUruXW
Reform council cuts back on litter picking and gardening in bid to fill shortfall
The measures underline the financial realities facing the party after its first six months in local government
on.ft.com
November 18, 2025 at 5:38 AM
It's hard to see how they think that this policy will win right-wing votes (it won't), or hold Labour votes (it won't). What are their advisors saying to convince them that political seppuku is the only possible choice?
November 17, 2025 at 9:39 AM
It's hard to see how they think that this policy will win right-wing votes (it won't), or hold Labour votes (it won't). What are their advisors saying to convince them that political seppuku is the only possible choice?
I want to be a front bencher,
Of a hit show on Whitehall,
I want to be a front bencher,
Though the party soon will fall...
Of a hit show on Whitehall,
I want to be a front bencher,
Though the party soon will fall...
November 16, 2025 at 8:30 AM
I want to be a front bencher,
Of a hit show on Whitehall,
I want to be a front bencher,
Though the party soon will fall...
Of a hit show on Whitehall,
I want to be a front bencher,
Though the party soon will fall...
Yet another victim of the river of evil slime running beneath the Home Office. Seriously, how does working there have this effect?
November 16, 2025 at 8:22 AM
Yet another victim of the river of evil slime running beneath the Home Office. Seriously, how does working there have this effect?
When That Man starts shilling for Worthington E and Double Diamond it's all over.
November 16, 2025 at 8:13 AM
When That Man starts shilling for Worthington E and Double Diamond it's all over.
Ah yes, it was so clean and tidy that there was no need for Keep Britain Tidy to issue threats. There was no end of dog turds and fag-ends everywhere. What nonsense.
November 14, 2025 at 9:41 AM
Ah yes, it was so clean and tidy that there was no need for Keep Britain Tidy to issue threats. There was no end of dog turds and fag-ends everywhere. What nonsense.
Since it's unlikely that he ever buys his own, I wonder whose money he's pissing up the wall?
November 14, 2025 at 7:50 AM
Since it's unlikely that he ever buys his own, I wonder whose money he's pissing up the wall?
After all the trampling of the constitution, now he's concerned about housing "by right".
November 14, 2025 at 7:45 AM
After all the trampling of the constitution, now he's concerned about housing "by right".
Oh, Danny Boy, the pipes, the pipes are calling...
November 13, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Oh, Danny Boy, the pipes, the pipes are calling...
A million points for whoever asks him what colour bikini he was wearing.
November 13, 2025 at 6:03 AM
A million points for whoever asks him what colour bikini he was wearing.
Presumably no insurance companies pay into any PACS he benefits from.
November 10, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Presumably no insurance companies pay into any PACS he benefits from.
Schumer is the master of implausible deniability.
November 10, 2025 at 7:44 AM
Schumer is the master of implausible deniability.
That's the next step up on the bags of beer in Qingdao.
November 9, 2025 at 6:05 PM
That's the next step up on the bags of beer in Qingdao.
Supplies have run out around here. No more until the end of the month, so book now.
November 9, 2025 at 8:52 AM
Supplies have run out around here. No more until the end of the month, so book now.
Who exactly doesn't have "low trust issues" with BBC news? Why do they only care about the opinion of Faragists?
November 4, 2025 at 10:25 AM
Who exactly doesn't have "low trust issues" with BBC news? Why do they only care about the opinion of Faragists?