Tom King
@tallgeekychap.bsky.social
Seeking a future that isn't the end-point of where we are.
I believe in a more generous society: generoussociety.com
Political consultant running a small firm after many years of working for others.
I believe in a more generous society: generoussociety.com
Political consultant running a small firm after many years of working for others.
Nah. If they offered anything it was legislation for a referendum on AV (which is the same as what the Tories then offered).
From here: www.theguardian.com/politics/201...
From here: www.theguardian.com/politics/201...
October 16, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Nah. If they offered anything it was legislation for a referendum on AV (which is the same as what the Tories then offered).
From here: www.theguardian.com/politics/201...
From here: www.theguardian.com/politics/201...
Many people are saying the BBC's news values are a bit skew-whiff.
October 16, 2025 at 10:40 AM
Many people are saying the BBC's news values are a bit skew-whiff.
If you see this, post a concert pic you took
September 24, 2025 at 12:57 PM
If you see this, post a concert pic you took
Welcome to the UK, a country where you can be sacked in disgrace however many times you like, but your position as a legislator for life is secure because it's too hard to remove you.
September 19, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Welcome to the UK, a country where you can be sacked in disgrace however many times you like, but your position as a legislator for life is secure because it's too hard to remove you.
imagine doing that when this is your own (very worthy, but definitely not entrepreneurial) career path!
September 19, 2025 at 10:24 AM
imagine doing that when this is your own (very worthy, but definitely not entrepreneurial) career path!
Business Secretary Peter Kyle thinks British students lack vigour and drive because they don't want to start businesses. Never mind that he's coming across like a particularly unhinged co-author of Britannia Unchained, here's his own career.
(It's a very worthy career too. Shame he despises it.)
(It's a very worthy career too. Shame he despises it.)
September 19, 2025 at 9:51 AM
Business Secretary Peter Kyle thinks British students lack vigour and drive because they don't want to start businesses. Never mind that he's coming across like a particularly unhinged co-author of Britannia Unchained, here's his own career.
(It's a very worthy career too. Shame he despises it.)
(It's a very worthy career too. Shame he despises it.)
Football hooligan reference/theft.
September 15, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Football hooligan reference/theft.
If you missed reading last night's piece on Scandalson and his mad 'beliefs': you should, if you can stomach it.
He appears to have completely ignored the dozens of victims that Epstein personally abused, which was at the core of his first conviction.
The wilful blindness is appalling.
He appears to have completely ignored the dozens of victims that Epstein personally abused, which was at the core of his first conviction.
The wilful blindness is appalling.
September 14, 2025 at 7:54 AM
If you missed reading last night's piece on Scandalson and his mad 'beliefs': you should, if you can stomach it.
He appears to have completely ignored the dozens of victims that Epstein personally abused, which was at the core of his first conviction.
The wilful blindness is appalling.
He appears to have completely ignored the dozens of victims that Epstein personally abused, which was at the core of his first conviction.
The wilful blindness is appalling.
I'm absolutely boggling at this in the Politico end of Friday newsletter. Just totally tone deaf, beyond comprehension.
September 12, 2025 at 4:40 PM
I'm absolutely boggling at this in the Politico end of Friday newsletter. Just totally tone deaf, beyond comprehension.
Important to share some of the arguments Kirk made, that Boris Johnson considers not extreme.
September 11, 2025 at 6:39 AM
Important to share some of the arguments Kirk made, that Boris Johnson considers not extreme.
An email sent by Peter Mandelson to Jeffrey Epstein in 2008, more than two years after he first faced charges over unlawful sex with minors, and almost two years after being arrested for procuring a minor for prostitution.
A best pal, indeed. Five years after that birthday book.
A best pal, indeed. Five years after that birthday book.
September 10, 2025 at 4:21 PM
An email sent by Peter Mandelson to Jeffrey Epstein in 2008, more than two years after he first faced charges over unlawful sex with minors, and almost two years after being arrested for procuring a minor for prostitution.
A best pal, indeed. Five years after that birthday book.
A best pal, indeed. Five years after that birthday book.
Lucy Powell has also entered the race to be Labour's deputy leader, after being sacked by Keir Starmer in the reshuffle.
September 9, 2025 at 10:51 AM
Lucy Powell has also entered the race to be Labour's deputy leader, after being sacked by Keir Starmer in the reshuffle.
He's famously relaxed about this history and shouldn't be asked about it ever again, as it's so irrelevant.
September 9, 2025 at 7:06 AM
He's famously relaxed about this history and shouldn't be asked about it ever again, as it's so irrelevant.
"It's an FT obsession and you can all fuck off."
September 9, 2025 at 7:05 AM
"It's an FT obsession and you can all fuck off."
Dunno about you but I would be interested in hearing more about this!
September 9, 2025 at 7:01 AM
Dunno about you but I would be interested in hearing more about this!
Imagine if people kept asking him about it. He's famously good at maintaining his composure in that situation.
September 9, 2025 at 7:01 AM
Imagine if people kept asking him about it. He's famously good at maintaining his composure in that situation.
Not sure Patrick's memory extends that far back, so
September 8, 2025 at 9:53 AM
Not sure Patrick's memory extends that far back, so
If I were in any position of any power or influence in either the government or the official opposition I would quite simply take the obvious lesson from this, which is: we either need to force our current leaders to adopt a totally different approach, or we need new leaders who will.
August 29, 2025 at 11:00 PM
If I were in any position of any power or influence in either the government or the official opposition I would quite simply take the obvious lesson from this, which is: we either need to force our current leaders to adopt a totally different approach, or we need new leaders who will.
Here he is, responding on his own terms, on his platform of choice:
August 29, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Here he is, responding on his own terms, on his platform of choice:
I mean, look at this kind of shit, if you can stomach it. It is literally every day.
Why do people persist in believing this guy is suddenly going to stand up in the Commons and say asylum seekers are vulnerable people worthy of compassion and care?
Why do people persist in believing this guy is suddenly going to stand up in the Commons and say asylum seekers are vulnerable people worthy of compassion and care?
August 29, 2025 at 10:19 AM
I mean, look at this kind of shit, if you can stomach it. It is literally every day.
Why do people persist in believing this guy is suddenly going to stand up in the Commons and say asylum seekers are vulnerable people worthy of compassion and care?
Why do people persist in believing this guy is suddenly going to stand up in the Commons and say asylum seekers are vulnerable people worthy of compassion and care?
Literally, the current Labour Prime Minister wrote this in an official policy document this year. In what world is he suddenly going to become a political leader capable of denouncing the far right?
August 20, 2025 at 11:12 AM
Literally, the current Labour Prime Minister wrote this in an official policy document this year. In what world is he suddenly going to become a political leader capable of denouncing the far right?
What I'm taking from this 'definition' is that skibidi is in fact a substitute swear word/expletive for kids unwilling to use real ones.
![The Cambridge Dictionary defines skibidi as "a word that can have different meanings such as 'cool' or 'bad', or can be used with no real meaning as a joke", [sic] an example of its use is: "What the skibidi are you doing?"](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:2k7g6uz4cugbsiux22s3vpb2/bafkreier5rmrrzkhhjfilchio3vu2svy6f4a2dbsdxkjab2dqhazamrqpa@jpeg)
August 18, 2025 at 8:54 AM
What I'm taking from this 'definition' is that skibidi is in fact a substitute swear word/expletive for kids unwilling to use real ones.
Journalists really ought to ask Mandelson about this a bit more. He's famously really good at answering questions about it.
July 28, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Journalists really ought to ask Mandelson about this a bit more. He's famously really good at answering questions about it.