James
@velovangelist.bsky.social
A middle-aged Mancunian cycling lover. Ex BMX racer, now competing in CX and other drop bar disciplines.
Primary school teaching assistant and former cycling coach. Lefty (wing, not handed.)
He/him.
Primary school teaching assistant and former cycling coach. Lefty (wing, not handed.)
He/him.
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2025 is set to be the UK's hottest since records began.
Scientists are clear that changes to our climate are unprecedented and the result of burning fossil fuels.
The government's climate policies must be led by the science, not by climate deniers and their friends from the fossil-fuel lobby.
Scientists are clear that changes to our climate are unprecedented and the result of burning fossil fuels.
The government's climate policies must be led by the science, not by climate deniers and their friends from the fossil-fuel lobby.
December 23, 2025 at 12:30 PM
2025 is set to be the UK's hottest since records began.
Scientists are clear that changes to our climate are unprecedented and the result of burning fossil fuels.
The government's climate policies must be led by the science, not by climate deniers and their friends from the fossil-fuel lobby.
Scientists are clear that changes to our climate are unprecedented and the result of burning fossil fuels.
The government's climate policies must be led by the science, not by climate deniers and their friends from the fossil-fuel lobby.
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I was due on Have I got News for You.
Question Time invited me to immigration special in Dover.
We spoke to HIGNFY producers. "Makes total sense! Come on in 2026 instead!"
Ian Hislop probably didn't hear that but just for the record on the facts!
youtu.be/EMvOblrK2fk?...
Question Time invited me to immigration special in Dover.
We spoke to HIGNFY producers. "Makes total sense! Come on in 2026 instead!"
Ian Hislop probably didn't hear that but just for the record on the facts!
youtu.be/EMvOblrK2fk?...
Ian Hislop Gets Zack Polanski BADLY Wrong
YouTube video by Antony Jones
youtu.be
December 21, 2025 at 11:28 AM
I was due on Have I got News for You.
Question Time invited me to immigration special in Dover.
We spoke to HIGNFY producers. "Makes total sense! Come on in 2026 instead!"
Ian Hislop probably didn't hear that but just for the record on the facts!
youtu.be/EMvOblrK2fk?...
Question Time invited me to immigration special in Dover.
We spoke to HIGNFY producers. "Makes total sense! Come on in 2026 instead!"
Ian Hislop probably didn't hear that but just for the record on the facts!
youtu.be/EMvOblrK2fk?...
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Cycling Weekly's review of the year issue is excellent reading. We should cherish and support the print magazines that we still have. Proud to have contributed to this issue. My favourite article is the inside (and comical) story of the Vuelta podium.
Buy here: www.magazine.co.uk/magazines/cy...
Buy here: www.magazine.co.uk/magazines/cy...
December 18, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Cycling Weekly's review of the year issue is excellent reading. We should cherish and support the print magazines that we still have. Proud to have contributed to this issue. My favourite article is the inside (and comical) story of the Vuelta podium.
Buy here: www.magazine.co.uk/magazines/cy...
Buy here: www.magazine.co.uk/magazines/cy...
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The story of Farage and Putin, told by British-Ukrainian soldier Shaun Pinner on a destroyed apartment block in Kyiv.
December 19, 2025 at 4:54 PM
The story of Farage and Putin, told by British-Ukrainian soldier Shaun Pinner on a destroyed apartment block in Kyiv.
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'I have things that I need to work on, but I am good enough to be here' - meet Britain's best domestic female cyclo-crosser
www.cyclingweekly.com/racing/i-hav...
www.cyclingweekly.com/racing/i-hav...
'I have things that I need to work on, but I am good enough to be here' - meet Britain's best domestic female cyclo-crosser
With one race still to go, Ffion Drake is the 2025-2026 overall winner of the British National Trophy Series
www.cyclingweekly.com
December 16, 2025 at 5:34 PM
'I have things that I need to work on, but I am good enough to be here' - meet Britain's best domestic female cyclo-crosser
www.cyclingweekly.com/racing/i-hav...
www.cyclingweekly.com/racing/i-hav...
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Flipping through what I have and saw Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip sitting there. Popped on that first episode and despite my having watched it three previous times, it still hits every single moment with me.
I love this show.
I adore this cast.
We were robbed only getting one season.
I love this show.
I adore this cast.
We were robbed only getting one season.
"Studio 60 On The Sunset Strip" - Official Trailer
YouTube video by David Schumann
youtu.be
December 14, 2025 at 12:55 AM
Flipping through what I have and saw Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip sitting there. Popped on that first episode and despite my having watched it three previous times, it still hits every single moment with me.
I love this show.
I adore this cast.
We were robbed only getting one season.
I love this show.
I adore this cast.
We were robbed only getting one season.
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Why are Labours attacks misfiring?
Because Labour support genocide.
Labour protect the power & wealth of the super rich.
And all they do is attack the Green Party.
Help us take the actual fight to Reform: join.greenparty.org.uk
Because Labour support genocide.
Labour protect the power & wealth of the super rich.
And all they do is attack the Green Party.
Help us take the actual fight to Reform: join.greenparty.org.uk
December 8, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Why are Labours attacks misfiring?
Because Labour support genocide.
Labour protect the power & wealth of the super rich.
And all they do is attack the Green Party.
Help us take the actual fight to Reform: join.greenparty.org.uk
Because Labour support genocide.
Labour protect the power & wealth of the super rich.
And all they do is attack the Green Party.
Help us take the actual fight to Reform: join.greenparty.org.uk
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This is now by far my most read and commented post. My farewell to telly.
open.substack.com/pub/nedboult...
open.substack.com/pub/nedboult...
Goodbye telly.
I think I'm done.
open.substack.com
December 4, 2025 at 2:34 PM
This is now by far my most read and commented post. My farewell to telly.
open.substack.com/pub/nedboult...
open.substack.com/pub/nedboult...
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As a Brit, I knew nothing of this story/scandal, but it doesn't matter, because everyone loves a funny hatchet job, right? Read it and howl. Funny funny.
www.theringer.com/2025/11/25/n...
www.theringer.com/2025/11/25/n...
The Olivia Nuzzi and RFK Jr. Affair Is Messier Than We Ever Could Have Imagined
Inside the most important, and also least important, story of our time
www.theringer.com
December 4, 2025 at 8:10 PM
As a Brit, I knew nothing of this story/scandal, but it doesn't matter, because everyone loves a funny hatchet job, right? Read it and howl. Funny funny.
www.theringer.com/2025/11/25/n...
www.theringer.com/2025/11/25/n...
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Bill increases of nearly a third for millions of ordinary people have helped Thames Water's profits soar to over £400 million. Foreign hedge fund lenders want more power to pollute our waters and raise our bills. Privatised water is a scam. Let's bring it back into public hands.
December 4, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Bill increases of nearly a third for millions of ordinary people have helped Thames Water's profits soar to over £400 million. Foreign hedge fund lenders want more power to pollute our waters and raise our bills. Privatised water is a scam. Let's bring it back into public hands.
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I hope someone draws this wonderful story about Tom Stoppard's Arcadia and the power of the arts to help us see things differently, to the attention of our Education Secretary. Do read it, it will lift your spirits.
December 2, 2025 at 10:59 AM
I hope someone draws this wonderful story about Tom Stoppard's Arcadia and the power of the arts to help us see things differently, to the attention of our Education Secretary. Do read it, it will lift your spirits.
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We kept the receipts. These comments, taken together, paint a picture of the man he is today.
December 1, 2025 at 12:01 PM
We kept the receipts. These comments, taken together, paint a picture of the man he is today.
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Hope is here.
Help us beat Reform in May. Donate today ⤵️
Help us beat Reform in May. Donate today ⤵️
November 28, 2025 at 7:31 AM
Hope is here.
Help us beat Reform in May. Donate today ⤵️
Help us beat Reform in May. Donate today ⤵️
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The latest NSF is ALL about Pog - except when we talk about Glastonbury Tor. @Andymcgra joins me in my living room to talk about his latest, very fine book.
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/n...
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/n...
UNSTOPPABLE: THE NEW POGOGRAPHY BY ALAN MCGRATH
Podcast Episode · NEVER STRAYS FAR · 26/11/2025 · 1h 7m
podcasts.apple.com
November 26, 2025 at 5:14 PM
The latest NSF is ALL about Pog - except when we talk about Glastonbury Tor. @Andymcgra joins me in my living room to talk about his latest, very fine book.
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/n...
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/n...
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November 26, 2025 at 3:35 PM
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'Writing this book was emotional and at times difficult' – Philippa York and David Walsh win William Hill Sports Book of the Year 2025
www.cyclingweekly.com/news/writing...
www.cyclingweekly.com/news/writing...
'Writing this book was emotional and at times difficult' – Philippa York and David Walsh win William Hill Sports Book of the Year 2025
Pair win prestigious sports book award for The Escape: The Tour, the Cyclist and Me
www.cyclingweekly.com
November 26, 2025 at 3:13 PM
'Writing this book was emotional and at times difficult' – Philippa York and David Walsh win William Hill Sports Book of the Year 2025
www.cyclingweekly.com/news/writing...
www.cyclingweekly.com/news/writing...
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The end of our yesterdays
November 25, 2025 at 2:03 PM
The end of our yesterdays
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What would the Green Party do at the Budget?
💡 Cut energy bills by ending profiteering
🚰 Cut water bills by bringing water into public hands
🏠 Give councils the power to control rents
🚸 Lift the two-child benefit cap and extend free school meals to all
Cut Bills. Tax Billionaires.
💡 Cut energy bills by ending profiteering
🚰 Cut water bills by bringing water into public hands
🏠 Give councils the power to control rents
🚸 Lift the two-child benefit cap and extend free school meals to all
Cut Bills. Tax Billionaires.
November 24, 2025 at 6:00 PM
What would the Green Party do at the Budget?
💡 Cut energy bills by ending profiteering
🚰 Cut water bills by bringing water into public hands
🏠 Give councils the power to control rents
🚸 Lift the two-child benefit cap and extend free school meals to all
Cut Bills. Tax Billionaires.
💡 Cut energy bills by ending profiteering
🚰 Cut water bills by bringing water into public hands
🏠 Give councils the power to control rents
🚸 Lift the two-child benefit cap and extend free school meals to all
Cut Bills. Tax Billionaires.
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"I always believed in working with people to achieve the best for our city..."
@russell-moyle.co.uk on the reason he decided to leave the Labour Party for the Green Party.
@russell-moyle.co.uk on the reason he decided to leave the Labour Party for the Green Party.
November 20, 2025 at 6:01 PM
"I always believed in working with people to achieve the best for our city..."
@russell-moyle.co.uk on the reason he decided to leave the Labour Party for the Green Party.
@russell-moyle.co.uk on the reason he decided to leave the Labour Party for the Green Party.
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Entitled to lower bills.
Entitled to a liveable planet.
Entitled to make hope normal again.
Know your entitlement. Know our collective power.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
Entitled to a liveable planet.
Entitled to make hope normal again.
Know your entitlement. Know our collective power.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
November 20, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Entitled to lower bills.
Entitled to a liveable planet.
Entitled to make hope normal again.
Know your entitlement. Know our collective power.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
Entitled to a liveable planet.
Entitled to make hope normal again.
Know your entitlement. Know our collective power.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
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squirrel: *points gun*
me: what do you want me to do?
squirrel: *gestures at sign*
me: alright, i get it *opens book drop*
squirrel: *makes hurry-up motion*
me: NOT A SQUIRREL!
squirrel: *disappears into book drop*
me: *whispers* forgive me, keith
me: what do you want me to do?
squirrel: *gestures at sign*
me: alright, i get it *opens book drop*
squirrel: *makes hurry-up motion*
me: NOT A SQUIRREL!
squirrel: *disappears into book drop*
me: *whispers* forgive me, keith
November 19, 2025 at 1:41 PM
squirrel: *points gun*
me: what do you want me to do?
squirrel: *gestures at sign*
me: alright, i get it *opens book drop*
squirrel: *makes hurry-up motion*
me: NOT A SQUIRREL!
squirrel: *disappears into book drop*
me: *whispers* forgive me, keith
me: what do you want me to do?
squirrel: *gestures at sign*
me: alright, i get it *opens book drop*
squirrel: *makes hurry-up motion*
me: NOT A SQUIRREL!
squirrel: *disappears into book drop*
me: *whispers* forgive me, keith
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The real BBC bias story, narrated by Anna Ford
November 19, 2025 at 12:12 PM
The real BBC bias story, narrated by Anna Ford
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Ahead of next week's Budget, the Green Party is calling for immediate cost of living measures to cut bills by hundreds of pounds, and for fair taxes on extreme wealth to raise over £30 billion a year.
Cut Bills. Tax Billionaires.
Cut Bills. Tax Billionaires.
November 19, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Ahead of next week's Budget, the Green Party is calling for immediate cost of living measures to cut bills by hundreds of pounds, and for fair taxes on extreme wealth to raise over £30 billion a year.
Cut Bills. Tax Billionaires.
Cut Bills. Tax Billionaires.
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If you get to a trillion dollars you should have to start the game over from the beginning at a higher difficulty like your parents not owning a bunch of emerald mines or whatever idk that’s just a random example
November 17, 2025 at 6:50 PM
If you get to a trillion dollars you should have to start the game over from the beginning at a higher difficulty like your parents not owning a bunch of emerald mines or whatever idk that’s just a random example