William Brierty
@williambrierty.bsky.social
F1 and politics uber-nerd. Browbeaten fact-based pedant and belated refuge from the Muskite hellscape.
Author of the Major Misgivings Substack: https://substack.com/@williambrierty
Author of the Major Misgivings Substack: https://substack.com/@williambrierty
Down with faux-Tolkienism and rampant autocracy.
Predictably well-articulated by the face of thoughtful soft-right institutionalism. Chapeau, Rory 👏
Predictably well-articulated by the face of thoughtful soft-right institutionalism. Chapeau, Rory 👏
November 18, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Down with faux-Tolkienism and rampant autocracy.
Predictably well-articulated by the face of thoughtful soft-right institutionalism. Chapeau, Rory 👏
Predictably well-articulated by the face of thoughtful soft-right institutionalism. Chapeau, Rory 👏
Political demolition
October 20, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Political demolition
The salve of Heseltinian clarity: the ultimate Jenrick antidote…
October 7, 2025 at 9:46 PM
The salve of Heseltinian clarity: the ultimate Jenrick antidote…
Absolutely not.
Cameron has always been the yardstick for just how far the Tories have fallen and of how inarticulate, ineffective and inelegant British politics has become as a whole.
Cameron has always been the yardstick for just how far the Tories have fallen and of how inarticulate, ineffective and inelegant British politics has become as a whole.
October 6, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Absolutely not.
Cameron has always been the yardstick for just how far the Tories have fallen and of how inarticulate, ineffective and inelegant British politics has become as a whole.
Cameron has always been the yardstick for just how far the Tories have fallen and of how inarticulate, ineffective and inelegant British politics has become as a whole.
A rare sighting of the critically endangered Torius cognizantus
There is just a few breeding pairs left in the wild due to feral Brexitus deludens overpopulation
There is just a few breeding pairs left in the wild due to feral Brexitus deludens overpopulation
October 6, 2025 at 2:53 PM
A rare sighting of the critically endangered Torius cognizantus
There is just a few breeding pairs left in the wild due to feral Brexitus deludens overpopulation
There is just a few breeding pairs left in the wild due to feral Brexitus deludens overpopulation
Au revoir, adieu et merci pour les souvenirs, le Phénix 👏
September 26, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Au revoir, adieu et merci pour les souvenirs, le Phénix 👏
He is a Frankenstein of human awfulness to such an extent that it requires sustained, conscious effort to remind oneself that he is an actual real person.
September 21, 2025 at 10:22 AM
He is a Frankenstein of human awfulness to such an extent that it requires sustained, conscious effort to remind oneself that he is an actual real person.
Inasmuch as I detest his presence, there is something superbly British about taking the tangerine chimp and presenting him with a kindly old man who likes gardening and feeding him chicken ballotine as Ave Maria plays mellifluously in the background.
Civility in the populist age.
Civility in the populist age.
September 17, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Inasmuch as I detest his presence, there is something superbly British about taking the tangerine chimp and presenting him with a kindly old man who likes gardening and feeding him chicken ballotine as Ave Maria plays mellifluously in the background.
Civility in the populist age.
Civility in the populist age.
To those mythologising Charlie Kirk as a democratic fellow-traveler and purveyor of vanilla, mainstream conservatism (those like Boris Johnson no less), may I present the views of Charlie Kirk:
September 12, 2025 at 6:36 PM
To those mythologising Charlie Kirk as a democratic fellow-traveler and purveyor of vanilla, mainstream conservatism (those like Boris Johnson no less), may I present the views of Charlie Kirk:
It’s been three months, and I still cannot comprehend the complete and utter genius of this move.
Genuinely one of the most impressive things I’ve seen anyone do with a racing car. When he keeps his petulance in check, Verstappen is a total freak.
#F1
Genuinely one of the most impressive things I’ve seen anyone do with a racing car. When he keeps his petulance in check, Verstappen is a total freak.
#F1
August 23, 2025 at 6:59 PM
It’s been three months, and I still cannot comprehend the complete and utter genius of this move.
Genuinely one of the most impressive things I’ve seen anyone do with a racing car. When he keeps his petulance in check, Verstappen is a total freak.
#F1
Genuinely one of the most impressive things I’ve seen anyone do with a racing car. When he keeps his petulance in check, Verstappen is a total freak.
#F1
Could this in fact be the most pathetic spectacle in the history of representative government?
August 19, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Could this in fact be the most pathetic spectacle in the history of representative government?
A Testudo of the Willing…
August 17, 2025 at 9:29 PM
A Testudo of the Willing…
This is painful to watch.
What was meant to be a fresh start in 2025 has only worsened Hamilton’s decline since the ground-effect cars were introduced in 2022. All hopes rest on the 2026 regulation reset to salvage a fading career and delay the prospect of losing a true great from the sport. #F1
What was meant to be a fresh start in 2025 has only worsened Hamilton’s decline since the ground-effect cars were introduced in 2022. All hopes rest on the 2026 regulation reset to salvage a fading career and delay the prospect of losing a true great from the sport. #F1
August 2, 2025 at 8:27 PM
This is painful to watch.
What was meant to be a fresh start in 2025 has only worsened Hamilton’s decline since the ground-effect cars were introduced in 2022. All hopes rest on the 2026 regulation reset to salvage a fading career and delay the prospect of losing a true great from the sport. #F1
What was meant to be a fresh start in 2025 has only worsened Hamilton’s decline since the ground-effect cars were introduced in 2022. All hopes rest on the 2026 regulation reset to salvage a fading career and delay the prospect of losing a true great from the sport. #F1
Only a truly blinkered cultist could walk into the liberal, educated, enlightened #F1 paddock and fail to see the rolling eyes and stony faces…
July 24, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Only a truly blinkered cultist could walk into the liberal, educated, enlightened #F1 paddock and fail to see the rolling eyes and stony faces…
Thus far the #SpanishGP feels like an unlikely quest to find someone in the #F1 paddock that Nico Rosberg hasn’t alienated. No luck as of yet.
Nice to be reminded why there were precisely zero cries of anguish when Nico announced his shock retirement…
Nice to be reminded why there were precisely zero cries of anguish when Nico announced his shock retirement…
May 31, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Thus far the #SpanishGP feels like an unlikely quest to find someone in the #F1 paddock that Nico Rosberg hasn’t alienated. No luck as of yet.
Nice to be reminded why there were precisely zero cries of anguish when Nico announced his shock retirement…
Nice to be reminded why there were precisely zero cries of anguish when Nico announced his shock retirement…
Washed out a bit through Mirabeau and caught the curb awkwardly and was late to throttle in the second part of the swimming pool…
…definitely the lap of Lando’s season so far, but neither McLaren driver got as much out of their package as Leclerc did. #F1
…definitely the lap of Lando’s season so far, but neither McLaren driver got as much out of their package as Leclerc did. #F1
May 24, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Washed out a bit through Mirabeau and caught the curb awkwardly and was late to throttle in the second part of the swimming pool…
…definitely the lap of Lando’s season so far, but neither McLaren driver got as much out of their package as Leclerc did. #F1
…definitely the lap of Lando’s season so far, but neither McLaren driver got as much out of their package as Leclerc did. #F1
Absolute cinema 😍
…I will never forget just what an utter maestro Sebastian Vettel was in an exhaust-blown F1 car.
…I will never forget just what an utter maestro Sebastian Vettel was in an exhaust-blown F1 car.
May 20, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Absolute cinema 😍
…I will never forget just what an utter maestro Sebastian Vettel was in an exhaust-blown F1 car.
…I will never forget just what an utter maestro Sebastian Vettel was in an exhaust-blown F1 car.
Oh, yes please…
…petrolhead paradise incoming 😍
(if you’re one of the tiresome Monaco GP detractors, we can’t be friends)
…petrolhead paradise incoming 😍
(if you’re one of the tiresome Monaco GP detractors, we can’t be friends)
May 20, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Oh, yes please…
…petrolhead paradise incoming 😍
(if you’re one of the tiresome Monaco GP detractors, we can’t be friends)
…petrolhead paradise incoming 😍
(if you’re one of the tiresome Monaco GP detractors, we can’t be friends)
You have to be kidding me…
…I remain to be convinced that Verstappen is actually human…
…I remain to be convinced that Verstappen is actually human…
May 18, 2025 at 9:18 PM
You have to be kidding me…
…I remain to be convinced that Verstappen is actually human…
…I remain to be convinced that Verstappen is actually human…