#Bluesky- home of #TheArchers.

Grace must be getting tired of Peter Mandelson falling from her time and again.

London’s “worst mass eviction in recent history” is underway; hundreds of households across London told to get out of their homes this week by the same landlord, ahead of the renters rights act. The landlord? Billionaire Asif Aziz’s Criterion Capital. www.londoncentric.media/p/asif-aziz-...

Take a seat #tariffrefund

This is excellent from @iandunt.bsky.social on the government's proposals on settlement: unsupported by evidence, counterproductive on integration, cohesion and economic growth. As Ian says not too late for government to think again. iandunt.substack.com/p/can-we-ext...

I wanted to abolish the monarchy before it became fashionable.

NEW Misconducting in public office An ancient offence in the news - and how it usually is used only for junior officials By me emptycity.substack.com/p/misconduct...

And #TeamMouat make the final #curling #WinterOlympics #Scotland

The #curling has been far too exciting and time consuming so far with more to come tonight. Good job there is nothing else going on.... #WinterOlympics.

2026 basically

He has such thin skin, Farage. Reporters could peel it off in strips. But what if they lost access?

Am reminded of this bit of satire (which I cowrote) 15 or so years ago.

I still have my copy I bought from him in the mid 80s around somewhere IIRC the latter pages had been updated to rail against the insidious machinations of Princess Di

‘I wouldn’t touch a Jewish woman’: Meet the Reform team in Gorton and Denton manchestermill.co.uk/goodwins-gan...

From "It Can't Happen Here" (Zappa) - The Mothers of Invention - "Freak Out" - 1966. Who could imagine that they would freak out somewhere in Minnesota? (Mi-mi-mi-mi-mi-mi-mi-mi-mi-mi-mi-mi-mi Mi-mi-mi-mi-mi-mi-mi-mi-mi-mi-mi-mi...)

Same, Lady Gaga. Same.

“Disobedience, in the eyes of anyone who has read history, is man’s original virtue. It is through disobedience that progress has been made, through disobedience and through rebellion” Oscar Wilde

this feels like a spoof from The Day Today

Baffle Meta's Smart Glasses facial recognition technology with our Even Smarter Glasses TM. You'll look less of a twat too.

NEW What the Palestine Action judgment means - and what it does not mean How the High Court ruled against the government, but not with enthusiasm By me: emptycity.substack.com/p/what-the-p... (A follow up to my Prospect post this morning.)

The BBC boycott is going well then… @mrjamesob.bsky.social

Still life, train station

This has been an incredible spot on the @mrjamesob.bsky.social show this week with the excellent @henryriley1.bsky.social showing just a glimpse of what it would be like if the media gave Reform the same coverage (for negative stories, not just Farage puff pieces) as they did the left.

Came out of hibernation today, the first bright, sunny day in a long time. #Ayr #Arran #Coastline #castles #Snowdrops #Photos

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... #Ayr #Scotland #CommunityPower

This is really encouraging. It's not too late to stop this.

🚨Rail fares on ScotRail services are set to be frozen for the next year following a £4.3 million subsidy from the Scottish Government Read more: www.thenational.scot/news/2...

This is really disgraceful.

Munich, of course, famously a great place for British PMs to get an easy win that saves their career.

Who am I to judge Scottish politics but the idea that Scottish voters would just run towards Labour, immediately after a massive internal Labour drama brings down the Prime Minister, strikes me as … odd.

This is absolutely insane. The sort of Kafka-esque nightmare you would find in a Philip K Dick book set far in the dystopian future. A window on America tumbling into autocracy. www.irishtimes.com/world/us/202...

The daft thing is that with Proportional Representation there'd be no need for this self-destructive war within Labour. It could split into its component parts - left and right - and people could vote for what they wanted. It's only First-Past-the-Post that forces these irreconcilables together.

Just beyond parody at this point

I'm about to play "where is the #curling ?" as #Iplayer doesn't update. #bbc

Recent #art workshop attempts #abstract #Mixedmedia

Photos from trip to #Quebec province last September. #photos Very strong anti #Trump vibes.

Imagine being so “powerful” that you can’t enjoy an ossobuco and a glass of Barolo but have to make do with a scrotumburger and a Coors Light

ICE has grabbed so many people from their vehicles that there are abandoned cars across Minnesota. This tow truck driver returns the cars for free as a public service, and he’s been getting death threats. They hate the helpers. Which is why must keep helping.

BREAKING: Peter Mandelson just sent this secret notice to all UK media, demanding they leave him alone. He uses IPSO clauses designed to support grieving families in a bid to stop scrutiny of his relationship with Epstein We have published it in full. www.thenational.scot/news/2583451...

💥 GOOD. Because that £240 million contract gifted to Palantir, with no competition… …after Starmer had an off-the-books meeting with Mandelson and Palantir… …while Mandelson was officially LOBBYING FOR Palantir and so personally financially benefiting from such links and contracts… Stinks.

And then you discover that Sihanouk himself invented the Golden Aspara and staged the Phnom Penh International Film festival where it was awarded to him... for a film he starred in, wrote and directed and wrote the music for.... and then you think MELANIA.... and how long til it gets a Troscar

My "American Week" for @tomswarbrick.bsky.social's programme on the UK's @lbc.co.uk. This week: Trump threatens to rig the midterms Epstein documents cause fresh fury for victims U.S. can't even enjoy a Super Bowl halftime show any more 🎧: audioboom.com/posts/885826... #Trump #Epstein #BadBunny

Who would choose to serve America now?

On Epstein, Mandelson and Starmer - and the argument that the PM won't make. Latest column www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Someone tell me this is a windup Please