Ian Watoop
@watoop.bsky.social
Inevitably will be posting about UK politics or board games.
Not a big fan of where the human race has taken the planet at the moment.
Trying hard to keep the lights on in dark times.
Not a big fan of where the human race has taken the planet at the moment.
Trying hard to keep the lights on in dark times.
It's actually pretty good. The Paul Grogan instructional video is decent.
November 22, 2025 at 2:56 PM
It's actually pretty good. The Paul Grogan instructional video is decent.
We've learned nothing from history. When will people realise this obvious scapegoating is just designed to distract and anger - while the real reasons why we have such inequality in our country are completely ignored.
November 19, 2025 at 12:32 PM
We've learned nothing from history. When will people realise this obvious scapegoating is just designed to distract and anger - while the real reasons why we have such inequality in our country are completely ignored.
I am genuinely astonished, Peter.
It's beyond anything I would have expected any Labour Govt to even consider.
It's beyond anything I would have expected any Labour Govt to even consider.
November 17, 2025 at 10:51 AM
I am genuinely astonished, Peter.
It's beyond anything I would have expected any Labour Govt to even consider.
It's beyond anything I would have expected any Labour Govt to even consider.
You put your finger on it exactly. Starmer just looks buffeted by events with little to no 'narrative' or 'through line' at all.
November 14, 2025 at 9:53 PM
You put your finger on it exactly. Starmer just looks buffeted by events with little to no 'narrative' or 'through line' at all.
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Some of the most powerful and well-paid people in the world don't understand a lesson that every schoolchild knows: if you surrender to bullies, they will only bully you more
November 10, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Some of the most powerful and well-paid people in the world don't understand a lesson that every schoolchild knows: if you surrender to bullies, they will only bully you more
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I do like how, in the bit of Prescott's memo where he criticises the BBC for editing together different parts of Trump's speech, his own quote of "what Trump actually said" is... edited together from different parts of his speech.
November 10, 2025 at 9:45 AM
I do like how, in the bit of Prescott's memo where he criticises the BBC for editing together different parts of Trump's speech, his own quote of "what Trump actually said" is... edited together from different parts of his speech.
BBC News itself (Radio 5 Live) had MacKenzie clipped up last night commenting on the 'crisis'.
November 10, 2025 at 10:59 AM
BBC News itself (Radio 5 Live) had MacKenzie clipped up last night commenting on the 'crisis'.