Tom Callighan
@tomcallighan.bsky.social
Accountant by trade. Dad to ND & NT boys. Rugby League, NFL, Politics, Music.
The Anglo-Australian drift - on.ft.com/47WytJc via @FT
Would disagree that we are a nation of one sport. We have a media that follows one sport.
Would disagree that we are a nation of one sport. We have a media that follows one sport.
The Anglo-Australian drift
Two increasingly different countries are contesting the Ashes
on.ft.com
November 23, 2025 at 9:40 AM
The Anglo-Australian drift - on.ft.com/47WytJc via @FT
Would disagree that we are a nation of one sport. We have a media that follows one sport.
Would disagree that we are a nation of one sport. We have a media that follows one sport.
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This week is Road Safety Week & a chance to talk about Barbara Castle!
Barbara was Transport Minister for three years yet she was able to introduce the Breathalyzer, a proper integrated transport strategy & more!
This was done despite fierce opposition.
📸 Photo from the Parliamentary Achieve
Barbara was Transport Minister for three years yet she was able to introduce the Breathalyzer, a proper integrated transport strategy & more!
This was done despite fierce opposition.
📸 Photo from the Parliamentary Achieve
November 19, 2025 at 1:59 PM
This week is Road Safety Week & a chance to talk about Barbara Castle!
Barbara was Transport Minister for three years yet she was able to introduce the Breathalyzer, a proper integrated transport strategy & more!
This was done despite fierce opposition.
📸 Photo from the Parliamentary Achieve
Barbara was Transport Minister for three years yet she was able to introduce the Breathalyzer, a proper integrated transport strategy & more!
This was done despite fierce opposition.
📸 Photo from the Parliamentary Achieve
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The Pennines are an unbroken chain of upland areas from near Stoke to Scotland.
But looking closely at a map of protected landscapes like national parks – the chain is broken between the Peaks and the Dales.
Why is this one area not protected - and should it be?
Short 🧵
1/3
But looking closely at a map of protected landscapes like national parks – the chain is broken between the Peaks and the Dales.
Why is this one area not protected - and should it be?
Short 🧵
1/3
October 30, 2025 at 8:47 AM
The Pennines are an unbroken chain of upland areas from near Stoke to Scotland.
But looking closely at a map of protected landscapes like national parks – the chain is broken between the Peaks and the Dales.
Why is this one area not protected - and should it be?
Short 🧵
1/3
But looking closely at a map of protected landscapes like national parks – the chain is broken between the Peaks and the Dales.
Why is this one area not protected - and should it be?
Short 🧵
1/3
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Love this new video from @johnharris1969.bsky.social - perfectly captures the beautiful spirit of a town I know so well from childhood. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The Welsh town that saw off Nigel Farage – video
In last week's byelection in the Welsh constituency of Caerphilly, Reform UK were the hot favourites, and the focus of huge attention. But as John Harris and John Domokos saw close-up, a Reform win fa...
www.theguardian.com
October 27, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Love this new video from @johnharris1969.bsky.social - perfectly captures the beautiful spirit of a town I know so well from childhood. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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On the morning of Keir Starmer's conference speech here's a new post on an odd psychopathology in British politics - our main parties don't like the people who vote for them - the dreaded Professional Managerial Class. And so they are acting out like a divorced dad seeking cooler voters. 1/n
British Politics' Midlife Crisis
Why British Parties Can't Make Peace with Their Actual Voters
benansell.substack.com
September 30, 2025 at 6:40 AM
On the morning of Keir Starmer's conference speech here's a new post on an odd psychopathology in British politics - our main parties don't like the people who vote for them - the dreaded Professional Managerial Class. And so they are acting out like a divorced dad seeking cooler voters. 1/n
#NRLTitansStorm that shamozzle just about sums this game up. Storm rewarded for being ugly in the PTB then score. Titans backline need therapy to get over their fear of the ball.
May 31, 2025 at 6:34 AM
#NRLTitansStorm that shamozzle just about sums this game up. Storm rewarded for being ugly in the PTB then score. Titans backline need therapy to get over their fear of the ball.
Dont see Journos complaining about the state of AI slob also complaining about the "10 top tip" articles in the publications that employ them.
May 28, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Dont see Journos complaining about the state of AI slob also complaining about the "10 top tip" articles in the publications that employ them.
#NRL #NRLRaidersBulldogs Crichton taken the half time spray to heart and activated god mode
May 10, 2025 at 6:26 AM
#NRL #NRLRaidersBulldogs Crichton taken the half time spray to heart and activated god mode
#NRL #NRLRaidersBulldogs would not want to be one of the Doggies players with the spray they're about to get. Raiders setting a high water mark with that first half.
May 10, 2025 at 5:54 AM
#NRL #NRLRaidersBulldogs would not want to be one of the Doggies players with the spray they're about to get. Raiders setting a high water mark with that first half.
#NRL #NRLRaidersBulldogs nice Raiders try. Had no issue with previous no try call apart from how long it took.
May 10, 2025 at 5:25 AM
#NRL #NRLRaidersBulldogs nice Raiders try. Had no issue with previous no try call apart from how long it took.
Less George Graham more Arsene Wenger please, Kier.
May 2, 2025 at 6:39 AM
Less George Graham more Arsene Wenger please, Kier.
Steely Dan, Two Against Nature
here's a fun game if you're a music dork: what is the best album released by a music act at least 15 years after its debut album?
May 1, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Steely Dan, Two Against Nature
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This looks to me like letting the Nazis win! What is going on here Melbourne Storm? 😳
April 25, 2025 at 11:33 AM
This looks to me like letting the Nazis win! What is going on here Melbourne Storm? 😳
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“Overdiagnosis” is another thing fashionable among centrist journalists even as it is clearly being weaponised by the hard right
Farage claims doctors 'massively over-diagnosing' children with Send and mental health conditions - www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
Farage claims doctors ‘massively over-diagnosing’ children with Send and mental health conditions – UK politics live
Reform UK leader claims he is ‘not being heartless, I’m being frank’ as he states rising number of diagnoses is a ‘massive problem’
www.theguardian.com
April 24, 2025 at 12:46 PM
“Overdiagnosis” is another thing fashionable among centrist journalists even as it is clearly being weaponised by the hard right
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Really important and moving account of state failure in this weekend's @financialtimes.com that is free to read for all here:
My brother, the NHS and the inquest into a needless death
My brother spent the last hours of his life trying in vain to get basic help from the NHS. Why?
www.ft.com
February 22, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Really important and moving account of state failure in this weekend's @financialtimes.com that is free to read for all here:
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Dazed and Confused was released in 1993, about a day in 1976. A comparable movie released in 2025 would be set in . . . 2008
February 14, 2025 at 4:32 AM
Dazed and Confused was released in 1993, about a day in 1976. A comparable movie released in 2025 would be set in . . . 2008
So pleased for Mike Evans, great scenes.
January 5, 2025 at 9:20 PM
So pleased for Mike Evans, great scenes.
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anchovies are the fuck-me heels of pizza toppings
January 5, 2025 at 2:41 AM
anchovies are the fuck-me heels of pizza toppings
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About a 10th of the number of Ukrainian refugee children state schools took in without any panicked coverage.
Such nonsense.
Such nonsense.
There are more than 10m children in school in the UK…but, per Times, 3,000 might move to state sector because of VAT rise…so Whitehall is “braced” 😲😲😲
Says a lot about UK media bubble, the way this story is reported.
You pay VAT on luxuries. Private schooling is that.
Says a lot about UK media bubble, the way this story is reported.
You pay VAT on luxuries. Private schooling is that.
December 26, 2024 at 9:15 AM
About a 10th of the number of Ukrainian refugee children state schools took in without any panicked coverage.
Such nonsense.
Such nonsense.
10/10 for Tiddler. Running it back!!
December 25, 2024 at 3:05 PM
10/10 for Tiddler. Running it back!!
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This is a terrible example of "party brain" at work.
The question isn't "how do you beat Reform?" - which would be a wholly illegitimate way to make this decision.
It's "how do we stop foreign (& indeed domestic) money from subverting our democracy?"
That's much bigger than the fate of one party
December 21, 2024 at 10:44 PM
This is a terrible example of "party brain" at work.
The question isn't "how do you beat Reform?" - which would be a wholly illegitimate way to make this decision.
It's "how do we stop foreign (& indeed domestic) money from subverting our democracy?"
That's much bigger than the fate of one party