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Shit. Guess I have to start boycotting Fullers pubs now. Damn, no more £8 pints of Asahi for me.
Fullers Chair backs Reform's pubs 'plan'. Is the Beerage lurching rightwards?
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Pint of Reputational Damage please as Fullers Chair backs Reform ‘plan’ for pubs
The Executive Chair of pub group Fullers Simon Emeny has backed Reform’s plan for pubs in an interview with the Daily Telegraph (7th February) Nigel Farage and Lee Anderson announced the plan…
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February 8, 2026 at 9:21 AM
Shit. Guess I have to start boycotting Fullers pubs now. Damn, no more £8 pints of Asahi for me.
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The cover of tomorrow’s Charlie Hebdo.
January 28, 2026 at 4:43 PM
The cover of tomorrow’s Charlie Hebdo.
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Amazingly, Zahawi only got round to deleting the below after the press conference announcing his defection to Reform.
January 12, 2026 at 12:09 PM
Amazingly, Zahawi only got round to deleting the below after the press conference announcing his defection to Reform.
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🔴Nigel Farage’s Russian Influence Advent Calendar
Byline Times has compiled a festive offering of the prize moments when the Reform leader has gifted the political agenda to Vladimir Putin and Russia
bylinetimes.com/2025/12/10/n...
Byline Times has compiled a festive offering of the prize moments when the Reform leader has gifted the political agenda to Vladimir Putin and Russia
bylinetimes.com/2025/12/10/n...
Nigel Farage's Russian Influence Advent Calendar
Byline Times has compiled a festive offering of the prize moments when the Reform leader has gifted the political agenda to Vladimir Putin and Russia
bylinetimes.com
December 10, 2025 at 2:44 PM
🔴Nigel Farage’s Russian Influence Advent Calendar
Byline Times has compiled a festive offering of the prize moments when the Reform leader has gifted the political agenda to Vladimir Putin and Russia
bylinetimes.com/2025/12/10/n...
Byline Times has compiled a festive offering of the prize moments when the Reform leader has gifted the political agenda to Vladimir Putin and Russia
bylinetimes.com/2025/12/10/n...
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This is actually quite brilliant, up to and including the final sentence 🔥
December 1, 2025 at 11:09 AM
This is actually quite brilliant, up to and including the final sentence 🔥
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Minority representation on TV causes outrage
From the new Private Eye, in shops now.
From the new Private Eye, in shops now.
October 29, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Minority representation on TV causes outrage
From the new Private Eye, in shops now.
From the new Private Eye, in shops now.
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How is this repeatedly made into a policy issue - by *all* parties - when the blunt fact of the matter is that grown adults who are obliged to pay for their own education, and relentlessly pursued to repay their loans, should be able to study whatever the fuck they want.
October 8, 2025 at 8:20 AM
How is this repeatedly made into a policy issue - by *all* parties - when the blunt fact of the matter is that grown adults who are obliged to pay for their own education, and relentlessly pursued to repay their loans, should be able to study whatever the fuck they want.
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“People have a right to peaceful protest. It is core to our country’s values” the prime minister said in a statement to the Guardian.
theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
But not this sort of peaceful protest obv.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
But not this sort of peaceful protest obv.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Four arrested after images of Trump and Epstein projected on to Windsor Castle ahead of president’s visit
Trump arrived in Britain late on Tuesday for an unprecedented second state visit in which he will be hosted by King Charles
www.theguardian.com
September 17, 2025 at 6:37 AM
“People have a right to peaceful protest. It is core to our country’s values” the prime minister said in a statement to the Guardian.
theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
But not this sort of peaceful protest obv.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
But not this sort of peaceful protest obv.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Here is Danny Kruger MP in Parliament, as a Tory MP before defecting today, berating Reform UK for "simply replacing the words Conservative Party with the words Reform Party... in a desperate search for relevance", then warning they would "spend money like drunken sailors". ~AA
September 15, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Here is Danny Kruger MP in Parliament, as a Tory MP before defecting today, berating Reform UK for "simply replacing the words Conservative Party with the words Reform Party... in a desperate search for relevance", then warning they would "spend money like drunken sailors". ~AA
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Charlie Kirk in his own words: ‘prowling Blacks’ and ‘the great replacement strategy’
Charlie Kirk in his own words: ‘prowling Blacks’ and ‘the great replacement strategy’
The far-right commentator didn’t pull his punches when discussing his bigoted views on current events
www.theguardian.com
September 12, 2025 at 6:45 AM
Charlie Kirk in his own words: ‘prowling Blacks’ and ‘the great replacement strategy’
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4. Failing to clear out the Tories’ highly political appointments to the BBC. They should be replaced immediately with independent people. Until that happens, it will remain a public relations outfit for the hard right and far right.
September 7, 2025 at 4:49 PM
4. Failing to clear out the Tories’ highly political appointments to the BBC. They should be replaced immediately with independent people. Until that happens, it will remain a public relations outfit for the hard right and far right.
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Elon Musk will be championing the Tommy Robinson 13/9 rally, on grounds that Nigel Farage is "weak sauce" on mass deportation and too soft on Islam
Govt not even reviewing its use of X since 2022 shows different rules apply to Elon Musk than we expect of every school-child on British values
Govt not even reviewing its use of X since 2022 shows different rules apply to Elon Musk than we expect of every school-child on British values
September 1, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Elon Musk will be championing the Tommy Robinson 13/9 rally, on grounds that Nigel Farage is "weak sauce" on mass deportation and too soft on Islam
Govt not even reviewing its use of X since 2022 shows different rules apply to Elon Musk than we expect of every school-child on British values
Govt not even reviewing its use of X since 2022 shows different rules apply to Elon Musk than we expect of every school-child on British values
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YouTube is secretly using AI to edit people's videos
• Skin is being smoothed or sharpened
• Features like ears are being altered
• YouTube confirmed there's an 'experiment' on Shorts to 'unblur' and 'improve' clarity
• There's currently no way to opt out
(via BBC)
• Skin is being smoothed or sharpened
• Features like ears are being altered
• YouTube confirmed there's an 'experiment' on Shorts to 'unblur' and 'improve' clarity
• There's currently no way to opt out
(via BBC)
August 25, 2025 at 10:46 PM
YouTube is secretly using AI to edit people's videos
• Skin is being smoothed or sharpened
• Features like ears are being altered
• YouTube confirmed there's an 'experiment' on Shorts to 'unblur' and 'improve' clarity
• There's currently no way to opt out
(via BBC)
• Skin is being smoothed or sharpened
• Features like ears are being altered
• YouTube confirmed there's an 'experiment' on Shorts to 'unblur' and 'improve' clarity
• There's currently no way to opt out
(via BBC)
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Arresting 400+ people for the "terrorist" offence of protesting against mass murder while large segments of the right are openly encouraging riots against immigrants is a tale of a very unhappy country and government.
August 10, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Arresting 400+ people for the "terrorist" offence of protesting against mass murder while large segments of the right are openly encouraging riots against immigrants is a tale of a very unhappy country and government.
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Arguably the greatest thing ever committed to print
August 4, 2025 at 8:36 AM
Arguably the greatest thing ever committed to print
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This is not caused primarily by "screen time".
It's been caused by the mass eradication of third places for young people in basically every city over the past three decades - and a society that's hostile to the concept of teens socialising in public spaces.
www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
It's been caused by the mass eradication of third places for young people in basically every city over the past three decades - and a society that's hostile to the concept of teens socialising in public spaces.
www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
‘Worrying’ levels of screen time means young people losing confidence to socialise in person, minister warns – UK politics live
Culture secretary Lisa Nandy says ‘majority of young people spend all, or almost all, of their free time alone in their bedrooms, online’
www.theguardian.com
August 6, 2025 at 8:46 AM
This is not caused primarily by "screen time".
It's been caused by the mass eradication of third places for young people in basically every city over the past three decades - and a society that's hostile to the concept of teens socialising in public spaces.
www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
It's been caused by the mass eradication of third places for young people in basically every city over the past three decades - and a society that's hostile to the concept of teens socialising in public spaces.
www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
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There is understandable concern following this news report.
Let’s try to break down what has happened. 🧵
Let’s try to break down what has happened. 🧵
August 6, 2025 at 3:45 PM
There is understandable concern following this news report.
Let’s try to break down what has happened. 🧵
Let’s try to break down what has happened. 🧵
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Sloane Square, the Bloody Bridge and King’s Private Road - today’s new post at alondoninheritance.com
July 27, 2025 at 7:55 AM
Sloane Square, the Bloody Bridge and King’s Private Road - today’s new post at alondoninheritance.com
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The Telegraph slammed the BBC for “championing” Bob Vylan….
But the Telegraph forgot to mention it gave Bob Vylan a glowing four-star review last year and trumpeted that they “had somehow established a mood of feel-good catharsis."
Full story in the new Private Eye, out now.
But the Telegraph forgot to mention it gave Bob Vylan a glowing four-star review last year and trumpeted that they “had somehow established a mood of feel-good catharsis."
Full story in the new Private Eye, out now.
July 9, 2025 at 5:03 PM
The Telegraph slammed the BBC for “championing” Bob Vylan….
But the Telegraph forgot to mention it gave Bob Vylan a glowing four-star review last year and trumpeted that they “had somehow established a mood of feel-good catharsis."
Full story in the new Private Eye, out now.
But the Telegraph forgot to mention it gave Bob Vylan a glowing four-star review last year and trumpeted that they “had somehow established a mood of feel-good catharsis."
Full story in the new Private Eye, out now.
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Pre-war view of St. Paul’s from the south side of Cannon Street at the corner of Friday Street showing how the view of the Cathedral was obscured, from the 1944 report Reconstruction in the City of London, explored in my post at alondoninheritance.com/london-books...
July 9, 2025 at 10:22 AM
Pre-war view of St. Paul’s from the south side of Cannon Street at the corner of Friday Street showing how the view of the Cathedral was obscured, from the 1944 report Reconstruction in the City of London, explored in my post at alondoninheritance.com/london-books...