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New post just out:
Why the criminal justice system should be top of No. 10's "shit list".
No part of the public sector is more broken or brings with it greater political risk. As we saw these past two weeks.
It desperately needs a new approach.
(£/free trial)
open.substack.com/pub/samf/p/f...
Why the criminal justice system should be top of No. 10's "shit list".
No part of the public sector is more broken or brings with it greater political risk. As we saw these past two weeks.
It desperately needs a new approach.
(£/free trial)
open.substack.com/pub/samf/p/f...
Flashing Red
Why the criminal justice system should be top of No. 10's "shit list"
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November 8, 2025 at 8:56 AM
New post just out:
Why the criminal justice system should be top of No. 10's "shit list".
No part of the public sector is more broken or brings with it greater political risk. As we saw these past two weeks.
It desperately needs a new approach.
(£/free trial)
open.substack.com/pub/samf/p/f...
Why the criminal justice system should be top of No. 10's "shit list".
No part of the public sector is more broken or brings with it greater political risk. As we saw these past two weeks.
It desperately needs a new approach.
(£/free trial)
open.substack.com/pub/samf/p/f...
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October 31, 2025 at 9:23 PM
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The German company that makes the mechanical ladder used in the Louvre heist has used the image to advertise, with the text 'When you need to move fast'
10/10 response, no notes
10/10 response, no notes
October 24, 2025 at 8:27 AM
The German company that makes the mechanical ladder used in the Louvre heist has used the image to advertise, with the text 'When you need to move fast'
10/10 response, no notes
10/10 response, no notes
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Every photo my wife takes of me on holiday, I look like I'm trying to pitch for a BBC4 documentary. Every picture I take of her makes her look like she's running for a populist party.
October 25, 2025 at 10:59 AM
Every photo my wife takes of me on holiday, I look like I'm trying to pitch for a BBC4 documentary. Every picture I take of her makes her look like she's running for a populist party.
@zackpolanski.bsky.social just joined the party as I love what you all are doing and stand for! Why does your introductory email have a Twitter (currently x) link, but no Bluesky though?
October 18, 2025 at 10:54 PM
@zackpolanski.bsky.social just joined the party as I love what you all are doing and stand for! Why does your introductory email have a Twitter (currently x) link, but no Bluesky though?
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A stale, taxing take on M&S’s viral strawberry ‘sando’
[FREE TO READ] VAT’s all, folks
on.ft.com
July 31, 2025 at 8:07 AM
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The Mona Lisa of shithousery
england led for one [ONE] minute of the knockout stages
July 27, 2025 at 7:13 PM
The Mona Lisa of shithousery
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So far this article is aging like the fine wines Trump is about to make significantly more expensive.
Despite being the only white man in his 30's without a Substack, I still wanted to write something long-form about why I think the Trump administration's trade strategy is struggling to extract meaningful ransoms.
Hope you find it interesting!
www.explaintrade.com/resources/tr...
Hope you find it interesting!
www.explaintrade.com/resources/tr...
Trump’s Trade Threats: Why Isn't This Working? | ExplainTrade
KAMEHAME… huh?
www.explaintrade.com
July 12, 2025 at 3:48 PM
So far this article is aging like the fine wines Trump is about to make significantly more expensive.
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A classic. 2 years old and has aged perfectly.
June 29, 2025 at 7:44 PM
A classic. 2 years old and has aged perfectly.
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This is good. Reminds me of my favorite alignment chart, from here:
www.reddit.com/r/AlignmentC...
www.reddit.com/r/AlignmentC...
June 26, 2025 at 4:57 PM
This is good. Reminds me of my favorite alignment chart, from here:
www.reddit.com/r/AlignmentC...
www.reddit.com/r/AlignmentC...
Greens at net zero is nice
Latest political net favourability ratings (15-16 June 2025)
Party leaders
Farage: -31
Starmer: -34
Badenoch: -34
Davey: -5 (41% DK)
Denyer: -6 (76% DK)
Ramsay: -8 (81% DK)
Other high-profile politicians
Rayner: -26
Johnson: -35
Corbyn: -38
Reeves: -42
yougov.co.uk/politics/art...
Party leaders
Farage: -31
Starmer: -34
Badenoch: -34
Davey: -5 (41% DK)
Denyer: -6 (76% DK)
Ramsay: -8 (81% DK)
Other high-profile politicians
Rayner: -26
Johnson: -35
Corbyn: -38
Reeves: -42
yougov.co.uk/politics/art...
June 18, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Greens at net zero is nice
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“A deranged maniac impersonated a police officer and killed lawmakers but if you’re an immigrant be sure you immediately comply with plain clothes people who won’t identify themselves telling you to get in a van”, what a fuckin country
June 14, 2025 at 4:33 PM
“A deranged maniac impersonated a police officer and killed lawmakers but if you’re an immigrant be sure you immediately comply with plain clothes people who won’t identify themselves telling you to get in a van”, what a fuckin country
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Margaret Thatcher and Indira Gandhi have entered the chat.
I think it would be good to get some women in charge of the countries that have nuclear weapons. Women talk to each other. Women can be reasonable. Enough with the macho men and swinging dicks.
June 14, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Margaret Thatcher and Indira Gandhi have entered the chat.
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And wouldn't have happened without backbencher pressure - always good for them to remember that they do hold power and the government is reliant on them, not the other way round. A healthy parliament is not a rubber stamping chamber.
Keir Starmer backs end of two child benefit cap and tells Treasury to find the money - my story for @theobserveruk.bsky.social observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
Starmer to scrap two-child benefit cap as Treasury told to find money | The Observer
Policy change following concern among cabinet MPs will lift hundreds of thousands of children out of poverty
observer.co.uk
May 24, 2025 at 6:24 PM
And wouldn't have happened without backbencher pressure - always good for them to remember that they do hold power and the government is reliant on them, not the other way round. A healthy parliament is not a rubber stamping chamber.
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Setu Kamal is a tax barrister who makes £1m+ a year facilitating abusive tax avoidance schemes.
We reported on one dodgy scheme he backs. His response is amazing…
He doesn't just want me to take our report down. He's demanding I say he's the UK's leading tax barrister:
We reported on one dodgy scheme he backs. His response is amazing…
He doesn't just want me to take our report down. He's demanding I say he's the UK's leading tax barrister:
May 23, 2025 at 7:42 AM
Setu Kamal is a tax barrister who makes £1m+ a year facilitating abusive tax avoidance schemes.
We reported on one dodgy scheme he backs. His response is amazing…
He doesn't just want me to take our report down. He's demanding I say he's the UK's leading tax barrister:
We reported on one dodgy scheme he backs. His response is amazing…
He doesn't just want me to take our report down. He's demanding I say he's the UK's leading tax barrister:
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This piece is bonkers and you should read it.
It's by @bryce.lol obv
It's by @bryce.lol obv
Some good olive oil tips in here!
Also, “Backers are asked to believe that OpenAI is the most responsible guardian of The Dangerous Majick, while also understanding that the urgency of AI’s arms race frees it from all obligation to act responsibly.” www.ft.com/content/b180...
Also, “Backers are asked to believe that OpenAI is the most responsible guardian of The Dangerous Majick, while also understanding that the urgency of AI’s arms race frees it from all obligation to act responsibly.” www.ft.com/content/b180...
Three things we learned about Sam Altman by scoping his kitchen
All Drizzle, no sizzle
www.ft.com
May 11, 2025 at 12:09 PM
This piece is bonkers and you should read it.
It's by @bryce.lol obv
It's by @bryce.lol obv
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Will the detective investigating your murder be sad?
October 7, 2023 at 5:22 PM
Will the detective investigating your murder be sad?
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America got rid of kings only to replace them with elected monarchs. That's a big problem for them, and another is that they turned their constitution into an immutable faith.
Place chaotic actors into that mix and you're fucked.
What was good for 1776 isn't necessarily going to function in 2025
Place chaotic actors into that mix and you're fucked.
What was good for 1776 isn't necessarily going to function in 2025
April 5, 2025 at 9:42 PM
America got rid of kings only to replace them with elected monarchs. That's a big problem for them, and another is that they turned their constitution into an immutable faith.
Place chaotic actors into that mix and you're fucked.
What was good for 1776 isn't necessarily going to function in 2025
Place chaotic actors into that mix and you're fucked.
What was good for 1776 isn't necessarily going to function in 2025
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![Cartoon by Stephen Collins for The Guardian. Script as follows:
[scene is Winston Churchill in a bbc studio, giving his 'finest hour' speech]
1
CHURCHILL:
The whole fury and might of the enemy must very soon be turned on us.
2
CHURCHILL:
Hitler knows that he will have to break us in this Island or lose the war.
3
CHURCHILL:
If we can stand up to him, all Europe may be free
and the life of the world may move forward into broad, sun-
BBC PRESENTER:
Thank you prime minister
4
BBC PRESENTER:
Mr hitler, your response?
5
HITLER [in the studio]:
Vell zis is hysterical woke nonsense as usual from mr Churchill
6
HITLER:
What we are proposing -
CHURCHILL:
Hang on
7
HITLER:
Let me finish - what we are proposing eez a simple power-sharing arrangement -
8
CHURCHILL:
What's he doing here
BBC PRESENTER:
It's important we hear both sides of the debate
9
CHURCHILL:
This isn't a debate
You don't debate fascists
10
HITLER:
Oh here we go with ze Godwins law!
11
HITLER:
Why must you people always compare ze things you don't like to 'fascists, Nazis, Hitler'...
CHURCHILL:
Because you are a fascist Nazi Hit-
12
HITLER [standing up, saluting]:
RAUSS!
BBC PRESENTER:
*Please* Mr Churchill let him speak
[ends]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:4m3we4apbjayclzcnhwe3pfp/bafkreibw4ldc3fhslbvxgy2oqrof2oys5kpgh7zu6a5f3usmx3lf4547qm@jpeg)
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whoever is doing this poster campaign in London well bloody done 🙌
March 6, 2025 at 11:38 PM
whoever is doing this poster campaign in London well bloody done 🙌
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If young Bruce Wayne was scared of Peacocks instead of bats he would have been way more FABULOUS
March 2, 2025 at 12:30 PM
If young Bruce Wayne was scared of Peacocks instead of bats he would have been way more FABULOUS
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Challenge accepted!
🎤I am the very model of a modern crashed economy
I've underperformed vegetables like lettuces and broccoli
I know the cheese of England, and I want a Keir apology
From pork markets to pensions too, my life is tragicomedy
🎤I am the very model of a modern crashed economy
I've underperformed vegetables like lettuces and broccoli
I know the cheese of England, and I want a Keir apology
From pork markets to pensions too, my life is tragicomedy
When you put it like that, it sounds like a Gilbert and Sullivan plot
January 10, 2025 at 9:15 AM
Challenge accepted!
🎤I am the very model of a modern crashed economy
I've underperformed vegetables like lettuces and broccoli
I know the cheese of England, and I want a Keir apology
From pork markets to pensions too, my life is tragicomedy
🎤I am the very model of a modern crashed economy
I've underperformed vegetables like lettuces and broccoli
I know the cheese of England, and I want a Keir apology
From pork markets to pensions too, my life is tragicomedy
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When known sexual predators go after trans people, there are two potential reactions
One is to lie to yourself and believe the predators weren't so bad after all
The other is to wonder whether the attacks on trans people aren't really about protecting women
One is to lie to yourself and believe the predators weren't so bad after all
The other is to wonder whether the attacks on trans people aren't really about protecting women
February 8, 2025 at 9:13 AM
When known sexual predators go after trans people, there are two potential reactions
One is to lie to yourself and believe the predators weren't so bad after all
The other is to wonder whether the attacks on trans people aren't really about protecting women
One is to lie to yourself and believe the predators weren't so bad after all
The other is to wonder whether the attacks on trans people aren't really about protecting women
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This blows me away. @stephaniekelton.bsky.social asked the hottest AI, Deepseek, to model the impact on the Canadian economy of a U.S. Tariff for 25%.
The Impact of 25% Tariffs on Canadian GDP open.substack.com/pub/stephani...
The Impact of 25% Tariffs on Canadian GDP open.substack.com/pub/stephani...
The Impact of 25% Tariffs on Canadian GDP
The Bank of Canada vs Deepseek
open.substack.com
January 27, 2025 at 8:30 PM
This blows me away. @stephaniekelton.bsky.social asked the hottest AI, Deepseek, to model the impact on the Canadian economy of a U.S. Tariff for 25%.
The Impact of 25% Tariffs on Canadian GDP open.substack.com/pub/stephani...
The Impact of 25% Tariffs on Canadian GDP open.substack.com/pub/stephani...