Is immigration really driving crime in the UK, or is that just a Facebook fairytale? The data tells a very different story. #Immigration #UKCrime #FactsOverFear #DataNotDrama #MigrationMyths #UKPolitics #CriticalThinking #SocialMediaLies #IndustrialEstateOfMind jon-chadwick.com/2025/11/22/d...

The Government’s NHS reforms 2025 are bigger, riskier and far less understood than anyone’s admitting — and the real consequences are only just beginning. jon-chadwick.com/2025/11/19/n...

Everyone says online speech is being “criminalised”. FOI data shows the opposite — prosecutions are falling, not rising. The free-speech panic isn’t about censorship. It’s about privilege. #FreeSpeech #OnlineSafetyAct #CPS #UKPolitics #IndustrialEstateOfMind jon-chadwick.com/2025/11/15/f...

Your Party was meant to build a new left. It’s turned into another ego-driven data-grab with £800k missing and everyone lawyering up. #Corbyn #ZarahSultana #yourparty #ukpolitics #leftwing #IndustrialEstateofMind jon-chadwick.com/2025/11/12/y...

A year into Trump’s second term, the world’s richest democracy looks like a failing state — run for the boss, not the people. #Trump #USEconomy #AmericanPolitics #Authoritarianism #CivicNationalism #IndustrialEstateOfMind jon-chadwick.com/2025/11/08/t...

From the 1980s to today, we’ve repeated the same mistakes — cut services, punish the vulnerable, and then act shocked when tragedy strikes. The mental health crisis Britain pretends not to see. #MentalHealthCrisis #NHS #Homelessness #WelfareReform #Politics jon-chadwick.com/2025/11/05/j...

Small boat crossings have fallen by nearly two-thirds since 2022 — but instead of celebrating, politicians are turning their anger on those who came here legally. The panic was never about boats. It was about who gets to belong. #Politics #Immigration #ReformUK jon-chadwick.com/2025/11/01/s...

Halloween horror special: What if Nigel Farage’s Reform UK actually won? Market meltdowns & strongman fantasies, two chilling tales of a Britain gone wrong. #ReformUK #NigelFarage #UKPolitics #GeneralElection #Authoritarianism #Disinformation #Halloween jon-chadwick.com/2025/10/30/n...

People aren’t angry about adverts — they’re angry about change. Diversity in advertising isn’t ideology, it’s economics. The outrage says more about us than the ads. #advertising #marketing #diversity #CultureWars #media #ukpolitics #socialmedia #representation jon-chadwick.com/2025/10/28/d...

October Quiz. The usual format. Lots of wrong answers, some right ones #quiz jon-chadwick.com/2025/10/25/q...

Katie Lam’s call to revoke settled status shows just how far the Conservatives have drifted from Britain’s tradition of privacy and liberty. #UKPolitics #Conservatives #ReformUK #KatieLam #Authoritarianism #Freedom #Privacy #Democracy #BritishValues jon-chadwick.com/2025/10/25/c...

The American right can’t cope with autism — because neurodiversity breaks their worldview. When your politics depend on hierarchy and blame, every difference looks like a defect. #Autism #Neurodiversity #Politics #RFKJr #CrankMedicine #IndustrialEstateOfMind jon-chadwick.com/2025/10/22/r...

Where did the money come from to bail out Prince Andrew? #princeandrew #epsteinfiles jon-chadwick.com/2022/02/19/p...

Former Reform UK leader Nathan Gill’s guilty plea exposes a deeper web of Russian money and influence running through Farage’s parties, GB News, and Britain’s populist right. #ReformUK #Farage #RussianInterference #UKPolitics #Disinformation #GBNews #Populism jon-chadwick.com/2025/10/19/r...

UK borrowing costs are rising even as interest rates fall. The reason lies less in Threadneedle Street and more in Washington DC. Here’s why markets are pushing up the price of government debt. #Economics #UKPolitics #Debt #InterestRates #BondMarkets #Inflation jon-chadwick.com/2025/10/15/u...

“Everything is fake but the hate is real.” Fake content, algorithms and nostalgia turns politics into performance, and breaks people. #FakeNews #FarRight #OnlineRadicalisation #UKPolitics #SocialMedia #Disinformation #ReformUK #Facebook #Democracy jon-chadwick.com/2025/10/11/f...

Labour, the Conservatives, and Reform all want to change Indefinite Leave to Remain — but their plans are radically different. Here’s what they really mean #Immigration #ILR #UKPolitics #Labour #Conservatives #ReformUK jon-chadwick.com/2025/10/09/t...

In 1977, Muhammad Ali came to South Shields. He toured the town, sparred with locals — and even held a wedding ceremony in the mosque. A forgotten story of British history. #MuhammadAli #BoxingHistory #SouthShields #BritishMuslims #CulturalHistory bbands.band/blogs/news/i...

The right once stood for “sound money.” Now it’s Trump coins, Melania coins, and crypto scams. Casino capitalism is the new Conservative ideology #Crypto #Politics #RightWing #DarkMoney #Trump #Farage #ReformUK jon-chadwick.com/2025/09/27/t...

And here it is, September’s quiz. Share the pain/pleasure with your friends and family #quiz jon-chadwick.com/2025/09/27/q...

AI is great at chasing the perfect answer—but terrible at knowing when “good enough” is better. Vinyl collecting taught me more about bounded rationality than ChatGPT ever could. 🎶🤖 #AI #BoundedRationality #Economics #BehaviouralEconomics #Vinyl #DouglasAdams jon-chadwick.com/2025/09/24/a...

Far right promised a “summer of riots.” Britain got protests smaller than a non-league football crowd — and one big Tommy Robinson march. Why are politicians and the press so keen to talk up violence? #UKPolitics #FarRight #CivilUnrest #NigelFarage #TommyRobinson jon-chadwick.com/2025/09/21/u...

America has entered its third great era of political violence. The lynchings after the Civil War, the assassinations of the 1960s — and now. Are we already seeing the first casualties of a new civil war? #America #CivilWar #Democracy #PoliticalViolence #charliekirk jon-chadwick.com/2025/09/20/a...

The legendary Blue Monkey nightclub in Sunderland is being reborn — not as a rave venue, but as the Redeemed Christian Church of God.” 
#Sunderland #BlueMonkey #RCCG #Immigration #LocalHistory #VenerableBede #NorthEast jon-chadwick.com/2025/09/16/s...

The Action: the 1960s mod band who never had a hit but inspired generations — from soul clubs to Sufi devotion. 
#TheAction #ModCulture #60sMusic #PaulWeller #SoulRock #MusicHistory #fileunderpopular #musichistory bbands.band/blogs/news/t...

@bobmort.bsky.social always pleases

Why do people hate woke? The backlash isn’t really about pronouns — it’s about class, globalisation, and who got left behind.
#WokeCulture #CultureWars #Globalisation #ClassPolitics #UKPolitics #IdentityPolitics jon-chadwick.com/2025/09/13/w...

#CharlieKirk . Trump removed a whole echelon of experienced agents in all branches of law enforcement and security and replaced them with inadequate yes men. Those who were left were moved to deport and target immigrants. This is the terrible consequence #CharlieKirkshot

Every September the press recycles the same nonsense: “100 languages in British schools.” It’s not about languages. It’s about immigration, fear & lazy journalism. #UKPolitics #Immigration #Education #MediaBias #LanguageMyths #BritishSchools jon-chadwick.com/2025/09/11/1...

UK private school fees jumped 22% after VAT, but enrolments barely shifted — proof that demand is far more inelastic than ministers expected.
#UKEducation #PrivateSchools #VAT #Economics #TaxPolicy #Elasticity jon-chadwick.com/2025/09/09/u...

Immigration in Britain has dominated headlines from Brexit to Reform UK.
But what do you think? We’re running a short survey — have your say #Immigration #UKPolitics #NetMigration #Brexit #Labour #Conservatives #ReformUK #MigrationDebate jon-chadwick.com/2025/09/06/c...

Italy’s €1 houses look like a dream — but they reveal the nightmare of ageing populations, immigration politics, and the future of rich economies. #Immigration #AgeingPopulation #Economics #UKPolitics #Italy #Migration #Demographics jon-chadwick.com/2025/09/04/c...

Green Party Leadership. Polanski wins #greenparty #zachpolanski jon-chadwick.com/2025/08/05/g...

Small boat crossings fell last month. The lowest August crossings for years. But that isn't what you will read about on-line or in the press. #smallboats #asylumseekers #UKpolitics #reformUK #nigelfarage #dailymail jon-chadwick.com/2025/09/02/t...

Sunday morning music blog. Why is it so hard to write about religion in music? What songs would you put on a religious music playlist? #musicblog #MusicHistory #religiousmusic #FileUnderPopular #soul #gospel #reggae #christiancountry bbands.band/blogs/news/p...

Wealth taxes are popular — until you realise they mostly hit pensioners. Reeves won’t wave a new magic wand, but she’ll quietly squeeze existing taxes. #WealthTax #ukpolitics #RachelReeves #taxpolicy #PublicFinances #LabourParty jon-chadwick.com/2025/08/30/w...

August Quiz. With a bonus football round to celebrate the new season #quiz #football #premierleague jon-chadwick.com/2025/08/30/q...

Farage’s Reform UK promises mass deportations and a new surveillance state — but the plans are illegal, unworkable, and would tear up our rights. #ReformUK #Farage #Immigration #DeportationPlans #ECHR #HumanRights #Brexit #UKPolitics #PrivacyRights jon-chadwick.com/2025/08/28/r...

Are we heading for an AI stock market crash? Valuations are sky-high, profits are scarce, and the dot-com ghosts are stirring again. #AI #StockMarketCrash #AIBubble #DotComCrash #Investing #Economics #Finance #TechStocks jon-chadwick.com/2025/08/26/a...

Not every “flag moment” belongs on a lamp-post near you. #EnglandFans #FootballCulture #FlagEtiquette #flags #flagshaggers jon-chadwick.com/2025/08/24/h...

Bank holiday weekend #movie #quiz jon-chadwick.com/2025/08/22/m...

We’re reading less, thinking less, and demanding ever simpler answers to complex problems. The decline of reading isn’t just cultural nostalgia — it’s a threat to democracy itself. #Democracy, #AttentionSpan, #ReadingCrisis, #LiteraryTradition, #CriticalThinking jon-chadwick.com/2025/08/23/d...

Why do Reform voters deny the reality of climate change? Why betray their children and grandchildren? #ReformUK #NigelFarage #climatechange #netzero jon-chadwick.com/2025/08/21/r...

The next Stephen Lawrence will be called Sajid, Salman or Sachin. Judges who side with racist mobs baying for ethnic cleansing bring that next murder closer #epping #eppinghotel #eppingprotest

Refugees, asylum seekers, ‘illegals’ — Britain blurs them all. Here’s what the data really says about UK asylum and immigration #Immigration #AsylumSeekers #UKPolitics #SmallBoats jon-chadwick.com/2025/08/19/a...

From Northern Soul swagger to Irish literary wit, Kevin Rowland’s music is a masterclass in authenticity — and why it still matters today. #MusicHistory #dexysmidnightrunners #kevinrowland #classicalbums #80smusic #BritishMusicHistory #ModCulture #FileUnderPopular bbands.band/blogs/news/s...

Sunderland’s back in the Premier League — but that’s not the only comeback. From new doctors to gourmet pies, the city is changing fast. The question is: which Sunderland will win? #Sunderland #PremierLeague #SunderlandAFC #LevellingUp #EconomicGrowth #SAFC jon-chadwick.com/2025/08/16/s...

People blame asylum seekers for putting pressure on the NHS. But is it true? #asylumseekers #refugees #smallboats #NHS #NHScrisis jon-chadwick.com/2025/08/14/a...

Climate change could wipe $1.4 trillion from global markets as stranded assets lose value—putting pensions, jobs, and economies at risk. #ClimateChange #StrandedAssets #GreenTransition #ClimateFinance #JustTransition #EnergyShift #ClimateRisk #RenewableEnergy jon-chadwick.com/2025/08/12/c...

Trump and Farage built their brands on fighting grooming gangs—so why do they fear laws that protect kids online? #FarRight #OnlineSafety #GroomingGangs #Trump #Farage #Disinformation #EstablishmentCoverUp #ChildProtection #Politics #QAnon jon-chadwick.com/2025/08/09/f...