Martin Calladine
@uglygame.bsky.social
Writer of books, most recently: No Questions Asked: How Football Joined the Crypto Con (amzn.to/42aKE0w). Investigative pieces at http://theuglygame.wordpress.com/
I can only imagine how frustrating it must be for Labour that voters refuse to recognise the difference between the government's progressive, well-intentioned racism and the destructive, toxic racism of Reform and the far-right.
November 15, 2025 at 10:10 PM
I can only imagine how frustrating it must be for Labour that voters refuse to recognise the difference between the government's progressive, well-intentioned racism and the destructive, toxic racism of Reform and the far-right.
Wonderfully ironic column where a one-time Labour candidate, and self-proclaimed guide to smarter thinking, claims that the BBC's output is a product of institutionalisation, without recognising his own degraded and ever more rightwing output since he joined The Times.
November 9, 2025 at 9:37 AM
Wonderfully ironic column where a one-time Labour candidate, and self-proclaimed guide to smarter thinking, claims that the BBC's output is a product of institutionalisation, without recognising his own degraded and ever more rightwing output since he joined The Times.
We now go live to Professor Rentoul.
November 8, 2025 at 9:12 PM
We now go live to Professor Rentoul.
We now go live to Professor Rentoul.
November 8, 2025 at 5:48 PM
We now go live to Professor Rentoul.
Nick casts his final vote.
November 6, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Nick casts his final vote.
Nick closes in on the win.
November 6, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Nick closes in on the win.
Would-be Mayor of London unveils three-point plan:
1. Public should leave UK
2. Remaining people to travel in "armed big groups"
3. A tax strike to "restore safety"
Tragic events like this reveal the naked opportunism of so much of the far-right, but also sometimes their utter idiocy and inadequacy
1. Public should leave UK
2. Remaining people to travel in "armed big groups"
3. A tax strike to "restore safety"
Tragic events like this reveal the naked opportunism of so much of the far-right, but also sometimes their utter idiocy and inadequacy
November 2, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Would-be Mayor of London unveils three-point plan:
1. Public should leave UK
2. Remaining people to travel in "armed big groups"
3. A tax strike to "restore safety"
Tragic events like this reveal the naked opportunism of so much of the far-right, but also sometimes their utter idiocy and inadequacy
1. Public should leave UK
2. Remaining people to travel in "armed big groups"
3. A tax strike to "restore safety"
Tragic events like this reveal the naked opportunism of so much of the far-right, but also sometimes their utter idiocy and inadequacy
Man dismissed for being a paedophile to receive enhanced redundancy package from employer.
November 1, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Man dismissed for being a paedophile to receive enhanced redundancy package from employer.
Nothing says the magic of Boxing Day football like getting home on the 27th December.
November 1, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Nothing says the magic of Boxing Day football like getting home on the 27th December.
We now go live to Professor Rentoul.
October 31, 2025 at 9:34 AM
We now go live to Professor Rentoul.
It's not over for the Royal Family until they give a full account of when senior royals became aware Andrew was a sexual predator and what resources - financial and PR - were provided over the years to assist his efforts to avoid accountability.
![At the beginning of November, an insider at ABC News leaked a hot mic interview with Amy Robach, Good Morning America's co-host and Breaking News anchor at ABC, recorded three months earlier. The segment, passed to the investigative website Project Veritas, showed Robach venting her frustration to an off-camera producer about an interview she and a colleague Jim Hill had conducted with Virginia Giuffre in 2015, which was then squashed by the network.
I've had this interview with Virginia Roberts [now Virginia Giuffre] [alleged Epstein victim]. We would not put it on the air. Um, first of all, I was told, Who's Jeffrey Epstein? No one knows who that is. This is a stupid story. [Virginia] told me everything. She had pictures, she had everything. She was in hiding for 12 years, we convinced her to come out. We convinced her to talk to us. It was unbelievable what we had. Clinton. We had everything. I tried for three years to get it on to no avail. The Palace found out that we had her whole allegations about Prince Andrew and threatened us a million different ways.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:er4qp6hqar7bhyo455dsrv7j/bafkreig4t5tmy24e7ia3m5wwn64c55kraqdc5q6obdu26empcajar64g4u@jpeg)
October 30, 2025 at 10:15 PM
It's not over for the Royal Family until they give a full account of when senior royals became aware Andrew was a sexual predator and what resources - financial and PR - were provided over the years to assist his efforts to avoid accountability.
In the new Private Eye.
October 30, 2025 at 8:28 PM
In the new Private Eye.
All these great patriots getting a hard-on at the thought of blood flowing on the streets are going to end up hoping that their followers are all as incapable as this person, because asking who's willing to die for their country is, at best, wildly irresponsible.
October 30, 2025 at 11:20 AM
All these great patriots getting a hard-on at the thought of blood flowing on the streets are going to end up hoping that their followers are all as incapable as this person, because asking who's willing to die for their country is, at best, wildly irresponsible.
For an illustration of the crazed unreality of Twitter, he's the racist, islamophobic, Dubai resident, would-be Mayor of London proclaiming, seemingly in earnest, his willingness to fight and die on the streets.
Unless by "ultimate sacrifice," he means repaying the £1m+ he stiffed taxpayers out of.
Unless by "ultimate sacrifice," he means repaying the £1m+ he stiffed taxpayers out of.
October 30, 2025 at 11:02 AM
For an illustration of the crazed unreality of Twitter, he's the racist, islamophobic, Dubai resident, would-be Mayor of London proclaiming, seemingly in earnest, his willingness to fight and die on the streets.
Unless by "ultimate sacrifice," he means repaying the £1m+ he stiffed taxpayers out of.
Unless by "ultimate sacrifice," he means repaying the £1m+ he stiffed taxpayers out of.
"Even after OKX began requiring all customers to provide some KYC information to trade, OKX employees on certain occasions advised customers how to provide false information to circumvent the company's KYC process and official policy prohibiting U.S. customers."
October 30, 2025 at 8:21 AM
"Even after OKX began requiring all customers to provide some KYC information to trade, OKX employees on certain occasions advised customers how to provide false information to circumvent the company's KYC process and official policy prohibiting U.S. customers."
Avcording to the FBI: "In their failure to adhere to U.S. law, significant illicit transactions which furthered other criminal activity went undetected on their platform."
In other words, these were not minor process failings, but a deliberate disregard for laws designed to tackle organised crime.
In other words, these were not minor process failings, but a deliberate disregard for laws designed to tackle organised crime.
October 30, 2025 at 8:20 AM
Avcording to the FBI: "In their failure to adhere to U.S. law, significant illicit transactions which furthered other criminal activity went undetected on their platform."
In other words, these were not minor process failings, but a deliberate disregard for laws designed to tackle organised crime.
In other words, these were not minor process failings, but a deliberate disregard for laws designed to tackle organised crime.
Per the US DOJ: "For over seven years, OKX knowingly violated anti-money laundering laws. As a result, OKX was used to facilitate over five billion dollars' worth of suspicious transactions and criminal proceeds."
October 30, 2025 at 8:17 AM
Per the US DOJ: "For over seven years, OKX knowingly violated anti-money laundering laws. As a result, OKX was used to facilitate over five billion dollars' worth of suspicious transactions and criminal proceeds."
OKX is a long-time Man City sponsor. (From the new Private Eye.)
October 30, 2025 at 8:12 AM
OKX is a long-time Man City sponsor. (From the new Private Eye.)
Behold, he is risen.
October 29, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Behold, he is risen.
Racist, tax-dodging Dubai resident and would-be Mayor of London strongly agrees that Britain "has at least 3 million savages in it."
October 29, 2025 at 9:39 AM
Racist, tax-dodging Dubai resident and would-be Mayor of London strongly agrees that Britain "has at least 3 million savages in it."
Important to understand that this was not a slip of the tongue or something taken out of context. Hunt was offered the opportunity to correct what she said and she repeated her lie.
October 28, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Important to understand that this was not a slip of the tongue or something taken out of context. Hunt was offered the opportunity to correct what she said and she repeated her lie.