MUFC supporters group The 1958 call him “an incompetent clown” He championed Brexit which has made the country poorer, he lives in Monaco to avoid tax, his company INEOS is £18billion in debt (banks knocking on his door). And he's used imaginary figures to bolster his racist claim about immigrants.

Feb 12th 1976, fifty years ago this evening - Sex Pistols performed at the Marquee; this was the NME review. "We're into chaos".

This Spurs new manager every few minutes story is like the conveyor belt of underwhelming items on the Generation Game. Might as well give the job to a Goblin teasmade or a nest of tables.

This is actually quite brilliant, up to and including the final sentence 🔥

It’s not even close to when Tiswas was head to head with Swap Shop on Saturday morning telly.

Put your scissors away lad.

£240m. With no tender. Palantir. I wrote to Wes Streeting last week demanding answers. Every day without any transparency deepens the scandal. Palantir out.

We had such a brilliant chatter. davehaslam.substack.com/p/nile-rodge...

We had such a brilliant chatter. davehaslam.substack.com/p/nile-rodge...

Ex-Prince Andrew shared confidential information with Jeffrey Epstein from his official work as trade envoy in 2010 and 2011, according to material in the latest release of files in the US seen by the BBC

A hideous episode; Mandelson got trounced by poet Lemn Sissay in the vote to be Chancellor of the University of Manchester (vote by staff and students), so Mandelson went down the road to the neighbouring Manchester Metropolitan University and management rolled out the red carpet for him.

I don’t want to laugh at a small business but also VERY funny

"It would make more sense for Starmer to have an advisor more closely aligned to his own politics. The problem is, it's not clear what his own politics are." @adambienkov.bsky.social @handle.invalid @goldbergradio.bsky.social @bylinetimes.bsky.social podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/w...

Oswald Mosley, leader of the British Union of Fascists, in a pub in Dalston, 1954.

youtu.be/7hQfvAPZstY Another version of PIL's Public Image by co-writer. @jahwobble.bsky.social I have to say that as much I like original with John and missing Keith Levine, I often listen to this one, full of emotion. They are my people, my generation and my mindset @punkrockhistory.bsky.social

A hideous episode; Mandelson got trounced by poet Lemn Sissay in the vote to be Chancellor of the University of Manchester (vote by staff and students), so Mandelson went down the road to the neighbouring Manchester Metropolitan University and management rolled out the red carpet for him.

Feb 4th #otd 1983, the Smiths played at the Hacienda for the first time. The show was recorded and tapes were made and sent out to a few people. #Morrissey added the address of the management to the letter accompanying the mail out…

1 And lo, there came upon the land a time of great Noticing, and many things were Noticed which had gone unseen 2 And the Hacks spake, saying, Whom could’ve known the taking bribes and wrecking his party with bullshit terror adviser guy was a Mandelson plant 3 And, it is a show, that is made of shit

Charlie "Leech" banned from central Manchester. Excellent news. Charlie Veitch has been charged with a Section 4A public order offence. He is set to appear at Manchester Magistrates' Court on 30 June 2026. His bail conditions that include not entering Manchester city centre inside the ring road.

Ricky Gervais: fascism enabler.

1. In 2009 I wrote this. I argued that Peter Mandelson's department “functions as a fifth column within government, working for corporations to undermine democracy and the public interest.” This thread explains what I saw, and reaches a startling conclusion.🧵 www.monbiot.com/2009/05/04/m...

3rd Feb #otd in 1978 The sublime 'What Do I Get?' by @buzzcocks.com was released. This live recording of the song at the Electric Circus from a few months earlier is amazingly good, when Pete says "Tricky guitar solo" your heart will melt. youtu.be/oJL2AVKLP0Q

Starmer now all outraged and demanding Mandelson is removed from the Lords. He either ignored the evidence that M wasn’t a fit and proper person for the Ambassador role or the vetting and intel on M by his team was woeful.

Feb 2nd. Happy birthday James Joyce, the greatest fiction writer who ever lived; shown here teaching himself to play the opening chords of Boston's 'More Than a Feeling'.

The first coupons for the acclaimed and influential NME/Rough Trade C81 cassette were in NME issue dated 31st January #otd 1981.

A sworn FBI tip alleges Donald Donald Trump threatened to “disappear” a girl and have her family killed—testimony given under penalty of perjury, not a tweet. Democracy demands scrutiny of power; silence protects predators. Law, not intimidation, must rule. #EpsteinFiles #AccountabilityNow

The first coupons for the acclaimed and influential NME/Rough Trade C81 cassette were in NME issue dated 31st January #otd 1981.

Say hello to Hannah Spencer—councillor, plumber, greyhound lover and your Green Party candidate for Gorton and Denton 💚

Trackie McLeod. Artist. Born Glasgow, 1993. Loved doing this interview - open.substack.com/pub/davehasl...

Trackie McLeod. Artist. Born Glasgow, 1993. Loved doing this interview - open.substack.com/pub/davehasl...

My thoughts on why today’s decision by the Labour NEC was short sighted and will likely only hasten Starmer’s design (Btw this is an opinion, lots of people have them, you don’t have to be angry if you don’t share it) www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpo...

No 10 have chosen factionalism over what’s right for the party and in all probability handed Gorton to Reform. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

I'm not American. Nobody needs my commentary on MN today I am British, though. And our soft-serve-the-fascism, both-sides-at-all-costs-and-fuck-the-evidence national broadcaster is a fucking disgrace

Kare 11 local news just read, in full, this statement from Michael and Susan Pretti, the parents of Alex Pretti. "Please get the truth out about our son."

The footage taken by the woman in the pink coat of the man murdered in Minnesota has now been released and is, if anything, even more horrific than the initial footage. He's trying to protect somebody ICE, for no reason, shoves to the ground and they beat him up before executing him.

This is extrajudicial murder. It’s a paramilitary execution of an unarmed civilian in cold blood. Horrifying.

Venezuelan family seeking asylum -- entered legally, both parents with college degrees -- took their 7-year-old to the ER for a nosebleed and fever. ICE, which is now targeting hospitals as well as churches schools, blocked the child from getting care and detained them instead

Eight years gone. But no chance of being forgotten. Mark E Smith; 5th March 1957 - 24th January 2018.

We can all get things wrong, but if I had been this consistently and catastrophically wrong about such important issues I don't think I could carry on publishing my opinions every week. I'd want to go away and think about how I'd so badly misunderstood the things I write about.

This is the first example I’ve seen of an American government using AI to meaningfully misrepresent actual events with the intent to deceive the public. We are at Stalinesque levels of propaganda. donmoynihan.substack.com/p/past-the-b...

Okay mate, you explain that to angry voters. They'll see your true colours.

January 24, 2026, a horse called New Order (trained by Charlie Longsdon, ridden by David Bass) is running at Doncaster in the 14:05 Virgin Bet Great Yorkshire Chase. The eight-year-old has been in good form, with recent performances including a close second at Sandown. Odds around 11/1 #NewOrder

Gramsci had great hair. "The challenge of modernity is to live without illusions and without becoming disillusioned" Antonio Gramsci (born #otd 22nd January 1891, died 27th April 1937).

let's check in on that 'ceasefire'

Gramsci had great hair. "The challenge of modernity is to live without illusions and without becoming disillusioned" Antonio Gramsci (born #otd 22nd January 1891, died 27th April 1937).