Sulky teenage years.

@mrjamesob.bsky.social Brexit in the Epstein files. Something for a phone-in?

@mrjamesob.bsky.social Literally what you were discussing yesterday.

I was watching The Eagle Has Landed this evening and I recognised an actress. I googled to check the cast and was immensely surprised to see Benito Mussolini was in the film.

Anyone able to advise if this is a good cookbook?

Little kitty looking very relaxed tonight.

Was out last night instead of tonight. So watching my favourite NYE film, This Time Next Year.

@samfr.bsky.social any explanation on Iran from your dad? I keep seeing varying accounts saying its going to collapse, these are old protests, russia will prop them up. Which is it?

This stuff is amazing.

Politicians are terrified of an electorate they think is far more authoritarian and angry and right wing than it actually is, because they are out of touch because the literal media - the thing that mediates between public and polity - is corrupted

"Farage and Badenoch are free to offer up an explanation as to why Connolly should be able to incite violence without consequence, while el-Fattah should face extrajudicial punishment for it. Until they do so, there is an all too obvious one: they are openly pandering to racists."

@mrjamesob.bsky.social My 22yo just came back from a night out with old school mates. All 8 have degrees, 3 of them are doing Masters but not 1 has a "proper" job. Ie bit of shop work, bit of Amazon etc etc just trying to make ends meet but just can't get a job. And this is London.

Imagine being this stupid.

Chatted to my great uncle yesterday – a northern, working-class guy, not that political. I told him my job involved exposing Farage. His first question was: “who funds him?” Investigations into Farage’s donors can have a major impact on Reform’s support – as this research has already shown 👇

16 portions of root vegetable soup from cheap 15p bags of Xmas veg and the left over dribble of cream.

Spent the day and evening in Central London. It is ridiculously busy with people just walking around, shopping, eating safely. To be honest, way too many people and £30 for a beer, Rum & coke and large wine off Bond Street -ooof.

Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania have withdrawn from the Ottawa Convention banning anti-personnel mines, with Finland and Poland set to follow.

Sat on a train in front of 2 South Africans. Farage is a write off. He won't last until the next election. Tice is thick. Zia Yusuf is intelligent so why is he in that party. Zara Sultana and Your Party are a joke. Always interesting to hear what others think.

My son born in 2003 watched Love Actually made in 2003 for the 1st time and enjoyed it. So sad to see how crap the UK has become since then though.

Anyone with a rescue cat able to explain why my cat has no facial expressions, no tells that she is happy or annoyed or anything, completelyunreadable? I've had several but from young not an older kitten.

Have you ever seen far-right political content on TikTok? You’re not alone. We wanted to find out whether radical right-wing content is being pushed on the platform. Here’s what we found. https://bestforbritain.substack.com/p/we-went-undercover-on-far-right-tiktok

We've always had these dead-eyed socipaths around. It's just a few years ago they were ignored and now they're "senior fellow" at places funded by evil millionaires + going on podcasts with a brain-rotted ex-PM.

I love watching 4 weddings and a funeral until they get to the funeral part, with is filmed in the area I grew up in.

@mrjamesob.bsky.social Apologies but Im listening on catch-up from last week but David Frost should be known as "Frosty the No Man"

"The problem is that recovering a decent chunk of those losses would require the UK to jettison its red lines on customs unions, the single market and the free movement of people." John Springford on the economic impact of Brexit https://ukandeu.ac.uk/the-continuing-search-for-a-workable-brexit/

Nigel Farage used an LBC appearance in September to accuse the Bank of England of being “dinosaurs” for seeking to place restrictions on the use of Stablecoins by crypto firms like Tether. He did not declare that Reform had just received a £9 million donation from one of its biggest investors

Before the Budget I told you the Chancellor was going to do 3 things with it: 💷 Tacking the cost of living ✂️ Cutting NHS waiting lists 📉 Driving down borrowing and debt How did I know? Because if you ignore the media and listen to what the government said, they told us. And she delivered all 3.

My first attempt at a Far Breton. Rather nice.

Boris Johnson didn't apologise to me when he whacked me with his bike. So I called him a wanker.

Oh. Someone's not happy @mrjamesob.bsky.social

The perfect pancake.

You called it @mrjamesob.bsky.social

The former leader of Reform UK in Wales, Nathan Gill, has pleaded guilty to eight bribery charges while being an elected member of the European Parliament. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Anyone able to advise restaurants and things to see in Hamburg?

Unpopular opinion: 1)What is happening in America is hugely concerning. 2) It is in both Britain‘s and Europe's interest to work closely together. 3) Neither Brits nor Europeans can afford to openly break with the US right now. 4) Making the most of that impossible situation is very hard.

“We’ve done a big piece of work segmenting the Reform voter base. We found five distinct groups. Immigration ties them all together, but they differ widely in other areas, especially tax and spend, which creates some very difficult traps for Farage,” @pimlicat.bsky.social says.

Last November Farage told Sky News: “I’ve just exchanged contracts on the house that I’ll be living there in – is that good enough?… *I’ve bought a house in Clacton* What more do you want me to do?” Oh, I dunno Nigel. Tell the truth? www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Some pretty grim fringe sponsors at Reform UK conference this weekend. Big tobacco, climate deniers and more. Oh and the Telegraph of course.

The Oncologist is talking about stopping my mums chemo as she is finding it hard due to her age. Shes had 1 session, shes said she'll do session 2, if they agree shes strong enough at the weekend. She was due to have 6, then 4, then 3, now it looks like it might only be 1 or 2???

The chemo effects have hit my mum, and it's so annoying that there's nothing i can do to fix it.

Fantastic news. My mum only needs 3 chemo treatments, not 6.

Man. I just had 2 teeth implants put in. It feels like I've done several rounds with Mike Tyson.

Anyone have any experience of an octogenarian having chemo? How did it effect them?

@mrjamesob.bsky.social listening to your 7/7 show now on catch-up. I worked on the 30th Floor of the Canary Wharf Tower. At 9am we had a fire test. evacuated via the stairs and then walked back up again. Got to my desk and we were evacuated again back down and back up again.

She died in 2021. Suggesting this is anything to do with Reeves is disgusting

The moment Biscuit became Crackers. #OnTheWeed

@mrjamesob.bsky.social My mum is a pensioner with limited mobility. She has just been diagnosed with cancer and had surgery. The hospital is £100 each way in a taxi and not accessible via public transport. She doesn't receive pip to cover her transport costs.

@sturdyalex.bsky.social @pimlicat.bsky.social @quietriotpod.bsky.social You said this would happen.

Important story this, for both London and UK politics: