@jonclarkesw17.bsky.social
@stephenkb.bsky.social Thanks so much for recommending The Americans. I’ve just finished it. What a great series it was. So good about life as a parent in the country you are trying to bring down.
February 7, 2026 at 2:49 AM
@stephenkb.bsky.social Thanks so much for recommending The Americans. I’ve just finished it. What a great series it was. So good about life as a parent in the country you are trying to bring down.
@lmtpod.city Did City swap Ederson for Donnarumma because teams had stopped being lured in by E but will definitely try to press D? 😏
February 5, 2026 at 5:47 PM
@lmtpod.city Did City swap Ederson for Donnarumma because teams had stopped being lured in by E but will definitely try to press D? 😏
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Ian McKellen performs “The Strangers’ Case” speech from “Sir Thomas More” on Colbert.
February 5, 2026 at 1:07 PM
Ian McKellen performs “The Strangers’ Case” speech from “Sir Thomas More” on Colbert.
Can someone provide a list of the people in the Davos audience who stood to applaud that?
January 21, 2026 at 2:53 PM
Can someone provide a list of the people in the Davos audience who stood to applaud that?
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One of the great derby goals. A complete pisstake in the corner with Marsh and Summerbee. Book makes the break and Bell makes it tell.
Bobby Charlton fuming throughout.
Bobby Charlton fuming throughout.
January 17, 2026 at 8:28 AM
One of the great derby goals. A complete pisstake in the corner with Marsh and Summerbee. Book makes the break and Bell makes it tell.
Bobby Charlton fuming throughout.
Bobby Charlton fuming throughout.
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It is completely glorious how shit this looks. Just magnificent work. Slightly different lettering. A bit wonky. Didn’t even remove “THE” at the beginning of the second line. Chef’s kiss.
December 19, 2025 at 9:02 PM
It is completely glorious how shit this looks. Just magnificent work. Slightly different lettering. A bit wonky. Didn’t even remove “THE” at the beginning of the second line. Chef’s kiss.
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Second anniversary of our Apple TV’s spectacular attempt to understand me asking for “Hercule Poirot’s Christmas”
December 23, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Second anniversary of our Apple TV’s spectacular attempt to understand me asking for “Hercule Poirot’s Christmas”
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And what, pray tell, have Labour strategists done? Why, they have made the debate around immigration salient, through draconian new restrictions and breaking promises made to existing immigrants. An issue that splits the left bloc and where Reform, not Labour, ‘own’ the issue. Genius. 9/n
December 15, 2025 at 1:06 PM
And what, pray tell, have Labour strategists done? Why, they have made the debate around immigration salient, through draconian new restrictions and breaking promises made to existing immigrants. An issue that splits the left bloc and where Reform, not Labour, ‘own’ the issue. Genius. 9/n
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No one who has ever used the term "cultural erasure" has ever meant anything more complicated or less racist than "get rid of the brown people".
December 15, 2025 at 1:50 PM
No one who has ever used the term "cultural erasure" has ever meant anything more complicated or less racist than "get rid of the brown people".
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A simple approach would be to tell Mr Cole that he can choose to interview the most overt racists in our country (a man who'd chuck 90 MPs out of our parliament out on racist grounds & ban them from being civil servants) or to ask to interview government ministers - but that he can't do both.
December 15, 2025 at 12:23 AM
A simple approach would be to tell Mr Cole that he can choose to interview the most overt racists in our country (a man who'd chuck 90 MPs out of our parliament out on racist grounds & ban them from being civil servants) or to ask to interview government ministers - but that he can't do both.
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Labour Cabinet Ministers should cease to appear on Harry Cole's slot while he and Talk TV clearly plan to invite back an overt racist who advocates banning Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood and Leader of the Opposition Kemi Badenoch from parliament & all ethnic/faith minorities from public service
December 14, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Labour Cabinet Ministers should cease to appear on Harry Cole's slot while he and Talk TV clearly plan to invite back an overt racist who advocates banning Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood and Leader of the Opposition Kemi Badenoch from parliament & all ethnic/faith minorities from public service
@davidmooney.co.uk How good was Gvardiol’s jump to get out of the way of Foden’s second?
November 29, 2025 at 10:46 PM
@davidmooney.co.uk How good was Gvardiol’s jump to get out of the way of Foden’s second?
@stephenkb.bsky.social Had a lovely meal at Wild Flor in Hove last night. Thanks to you and readers for the recommendation.
November 26, 2025 at 7:48 AM
@stephenkb.bsky.social Had a lovely meal at Wild Flor in Hove last night. Thanks to you and readers for the recommendation.
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Still reeling from the Stanford report on Brexit. Reduced GDP by up to 8% and investment by as much as 18%. The UK Treasury would have £40 billion more each year if Britain had remained in the EU. Devastating self-immolation.
The Economic Impact of Brexit
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siepr.stanford.edu
November 24, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Still reeling from the Stanford report on Brexit. Reduced GDP by up to 8% and investment by as much as 18%. The UK Treasury would have £40 billion more each year if Britain had remained in the EU. Devastating self-immolation.
observer.co.uk/news/sport/a...
Love reading Gideon Haigh, even when England are doing badly, but especially when they’re doing well. 🤞
Love reading Gideon Haigh, even when England are doing badly, but especially when they’re doing well. 🤞
England’s pace attack prepares to bring the storm to Australia | The Observer
observer.co.uk
November 20, 2025 at 3:09 PM
observer.co.uk/news/sport/a...
Love reading Gideon Haigh, even when England are doing badly, but especially when they’re doing well. 🤞
Love reading Gideon Haigh, even when England are doing badly, but especially when they’re doing well. 🤞
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This is true in Britain also. Many such cases! Twitter weirdos are just that - weirdos! Stop treating them as the voice of a generation!
Those claiming Dems should retreat on racial justice aren't hard-headed realists, they're pushing against the electoral tide rather than leaning into it. The story of Gen Z isn't about racist backlash or red-pilled young men. It's the most racially progressive generation in American history. 🧵
November 14, 2025 at 11:37 PM
This is true in Britain also. Many such cases! Twitter weirdos are just that - weirdos! Stop treating them as the voice of a generation!
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To get the policy and politics right means being the party of control, compassion and international cooperation - for voters looking for the viable alternative to Farage, not an implausible imitation and echo.
Focus on what can reduce flows - scale controlled routes to return those outside them
Focus on what can reduce flows - scale controlled routes to return those outside them
November 14, 2025 at 7:55 AM
To get the policy and politics right means being the party of control, compassion and international cooperation - for voters looking for the viable alternative to Farage, not an implausible imitation and echo.
Focus on what can reduce flows - scale controlled routes to return those outside them
Focus on what can reduce flows - scale controlled routes to return those outside them
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"The most common response among men aged 18-25, as with their female peers, is to state that they would never consider voting for Reform."
Stuart Turnbull-Dugarte & Emilia Belknap argue that most British young men reject the right
https://ukandeu.ac.uk/most-british-young-men-reject-the-far-right/
Stuart Turnbull-Dugarte & Emilia Belknap argue that most British young men reject the right
https://ukandeu.ac.uk/most-british-young-men-reject-the-far-right/
Most British young men reject the far right - UK in a changing Europe
Emilia Belknap and Stuart Turnbull-Dugarte explain their analysis on the demographics of Reform UK voters in the UK. They argue that while the dominant narrative is that young men are the most likely to turn to the party, the evidence does not support this.
ukandeu.ac.uk
November 1, 2025 at 4:25 PM
"The most common response among men aged 18-25, as with their female peers, is to state that they would never consider voting for Reform."
Stuart Turnbull-Dugarte & Emilia Belknap argue that most British young men reject the right
https://ukandeu.ac.uk/most-british-young-men-reject-the-far-right/
Stuart Turnbull-Dugarte & Emilia Belknap argue that most British young men reject the right
https://ukandeu.ac.uk/most-british-young-men-reject-the-far-right/
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Though the report contains the facts, this headline and standfirst misreport what happened. The junior whip Katie Lam correctly stated the policy: revoking ILR retrospectively was Tory policy from May 5th to yesterday. The leader has ditched that policy.
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
Shadow minister spoke ‘imprecisely’ about Tory settled status plans – Badenoch
Katie Lam appeared to indicate that some people already granted indefinite leave to remain in Britain could have their residency taken away.
www.independent.co.uk
October 30, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Though the report contains the facts, this headline and standfirst misreport what happened. The junior whip Katie Lam correctly stated the policy: revoking ILR retrospectively was Tory policy from May 5th to yesterday. The leader has ditched that policy.
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
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Almost nobody in the Cons Party or beyond it had noticed that the Shadow Home Secretary with two other frontbenchers and 5 backbenchers tabled a bill in May to deport 3 million people - stripping almost every pensioner, parent or nurse who did not take out citizenship of their right to live here
October 23, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Almost nobody in the Cons Party or beyond it had noticed that the Shadow Home Secretary with two other frontbenchers and 5 backbenchers tabled a bill in May to deport 3 million people - stripping almost every pensioner, parent or nurse who did not take out citizenship of their right to live here
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I know statistics are poorly understood and are misused. But facts matter
Between the 1991, 2001, 2011 and 2021 Census *every* ethnic group in the UK has become *less* geographically segregated and *all* groups, majority and minorities, are more likely to interact with people not like them
Between the 1991, 2001, 2011 and 2021 Census *every* ethnic group in the UK has become *less* geographically segregated and *all* groups, majority and minorities, are more likely to interact with people not like them
October 7, 2025 at 6:24 PM
I know statistics are poorly understood and are misused. But facts matter
Between the 1991, 2001, 2011 and 2021 Census *every* ethnic group in the UK has become *less* geographically segregated and *all* groups, majority and minorities, are more likely to interact with people not like them
Between the 1991, 2001, 2011 and 2021 Census *every* ethnic group in the UK has become *less* geographically segregated and *all* groups, majority and minorities, are more likely to interact with people not like them
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The Bishop of Birmingham has written to the Shadow Justice Secretary Robert Jenrick about his comments about Handsworth
October 7, 2025 at 6:56 PM
The Bishop of Birmingham has written to the Shadow Justice Secretary Robert Jenrick about his comments about Handsworth
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On Yom Kippur many Jewish people in Britain have their phones off to mark the holy day.
As it ends at 723pm, some will hear the tragic Manchester news for the first time.
At that time, please join many of us to send a message of solidarity to British Jews.Thanks Together coalition for proposing.
As it ends at 723pm, some will hear the tragic Manchester news for the first time.
At that time, please join many of us to send a message of solidarity to British Jews.Thanks Together coalition for proposing.
October 2, 2025 at 4:06 PM
On Yom Kippur many Jewish people in Britain have their phones off to mark the holy day.
As it ends at 723pm, some will hear the tragic Manchester news for the first time.
At that time, please join many of us to send a message of solidarity to British Jews.Thanks Together coalition for proposing.
As it ends at 723pm, some will hear the tragic Manchester news for the first time.
At that time, please join many of us to send a message of solidarity to British Jews.Thanks Together coalition for proposing.
What revenge might Trump take on the US Ryder Cup team if they turn out to be “losers”?
September 27, 2025 at 10:31 PM
What revenge might Trump take on the US Ryder Cup team if they turn out to be “losers”?