Very strong showing by Virginia Woolf. www.theguardian.com/books/ng-int...

My favourite among the people who've been banned tomorrow is this guy who pretended to be a "pro MAGA African American woman" only to one day get his accounts muddled up.

"But many voters in Makerfield who have spoken to the BBC believe Burnham will face a difficult challenge this time round." [Reads article, finds that four of the five constituents they spoke to support Burnham] 🤷‍♂️ (I know the two statements aren't strictly incompatible, but it's an odd framing)

Daddy G (Massive Attack) enthusing about Andy Burnham opening-up a route to become PM - "Haven’t been a fan of Labour since killer Blair and Starmer started murdering innocent people. Surely Andy’s your best hope".

Reading about the constituency of Makerfield, starting to suspect this isn't a pro-Burnham move. It's a ruse so that John Harris can write his article again.

Starmer’s hubris prevented him from learning the right lessons from his victory. He had not received a huge mandate to revive Blair’s New Labour. He had won big on the back of voters’ anger with the Tories. His task was simple: make stuff affordable again. He failed. www.rosalux.de/en/news/id/5...

If Jess Phillips is the new Geoffrey Howe. I guess Burnham is Heseltine. Who's going to be John Major?

Nobody on TV or in media in the UK is mentioning how the jailing of people over cardboard signs has played into Stamers downfall (and messing with a massive section of his party) ….it’s mad.

Desperate Boyfriend Pleads Not To Get Dumped, Swears He Can Change

May 1986 - forty years ago this month I interviewed Dee Dee Ramone. I instigated a conversation about the Cold War. But the conversation floundered. Dee Dee couldn't remember the name of the President of the USSR. "What's his name? Breznikov?" But we found stuff to talk about. Like haircuts.

Completely unacceptable from the Board of Deputies. This nakedly partisan hypocrisy does not represent me or many other British Jews. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

Reform’s surge is the big story nationally, but here in Stockport, a politically unusual part of Greater Manchester, the council has gone Lib Dem and my own ward remains one of two all Green councillor zones in the town.

Rise of Reform rests squarely on Starmer's shoulders, who was given a huge political majority capable of drastically needed radical change to the UK, but who instead chose to perpetuate centrist neo-liberal misery and hopelessness

Flipping heck

30th July 1962: British fascist leader Sir Oswald Mosley knocked down by angry protestors at a public meeting held in Manchester. "We're not far right we're just right" bleated his 83 followers.

From 1969 to 1972, photographer Nick Hedges took pictures of life in Manchester, England. Nick was hired by housing charity Shelter. He was working up the road from where I Iived, and the accommodation wasn’t that much better. It does leave a mark on you.

University of Hertfordshire closes a swathe of Humanities courses, accelerating the sweeping tide against Human-centred disciples in the UK. Because understanding humans is so yesterday today. With such happy consequences, as we see when we look around us.

Decent coverage and analysis but maybe slightly downplaying the lack of disposable income out in the real world. Nightclubbing has gone from a way of life to an occasional treat, basically. www.theguardian.com/music/2026/m...

Decent coverage and analysis but maybe slightly downplaying the lack of disposable income out in the real world. Nightclubbing has gone from a way of life to an occasional treat, basically. www.theguardian.com/music/2026/m...

Most of the cruel, racist stereotypes now being propagated about Muslims and immigrants were originally crafted as antisemitic attacks on Jews. The language and sources are in some cases exactly the same. Prejudice against any minority endangers all minorities. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Full extended interview with Stephen Morris uploaded today - from deep in my interview archive.

My new book isn't out until October but online there's loads of info etc - this page includes a list of contents and all sorts indiepubs.co.uk/products/cre... A dozen events in the calendar (announced soon) and loads more to come!

My new book isn't out until October but online there's loads of info etc - this page includes a list of contents and all sorts indiepubs.co.uk/products/cre... A dozen events in the calendar (announced soon) and loads more to come!

1 May 1920 | A Polish woman, Stanisława Stopka, was born in Sucha. In #Auschwitz from 30 May 1942. No. 7579 She perished in the camp on 14 November 1942.

A group dedicated to removing flags put up by some racist nutters on lampposts in Shrewsbury have trained multi cultural squirrels to shimmy up poles and eat the offending articles.

The biggest economic migrants are rich people who move abroad to avoid paying taxes. That's all.

May Day Isn’t a Celebration. It’s a Reminder. Weekends weren’t given to you. Sick pay wasn’t given to you. Safety laws weren’t given to you. They were fought for, and they can be taken away. #JoinAUnion Protect what workers built. International Workers' Day

What a lovely article, really enjoyed it Dave, thank you!

I cannot overstate how completely insane this story is

Joy Division coming together, rehearsing, recording and then arriving at such a heartbreaking end. Newly uploaded from my archive - an extended interview from 2007. davehaslam.substack.com/p/stephen-mo...

17 June 1911, London - Suffragettes staged a Women’s Coronation Procession just before King George V's coronation, demanding votes for women. 40,000 attended. These suffragists have placards carrying the names of inspiring women...

The truth is any band, film, book etc you’ve ever liked has had some money thrown at it to get you to like it. The people throwing the money might not even like the thing they are promoting. I wouldn’t feel bad or surprised about it

Full extended interview with Stephen Morris uploaded today - from deep in my interview archive.

Joy Division coming together, rehearsing, recording and then arriving at such a heartbreaking end. Newly uploaded from my archive - an extended interview from 2007. davehaslam.substack.com/p/stephen-mo...

My forthcoming collection of interviews with musicians, artists, actors, writers.. davehaslam.substack.com/p/new-book-a...

My forthcoming collection of interviews with musicians, artists, actors, writers.. davehaslam.substack.com/p/new-book-a...

There's a place where you Know you've been before In another time Through another door www.youtube.com/watch?v=yB6t...

Ed Balls with his austerity-lite agenda was a disaster for the Labour Party at a time when the argument should have been made that “austerity” was a political choice not an economic necessity.

The rewriting of history carries on. It was the 2016 Brexit referendum that has crowded out more important issues from British political life. The single biggest cost of Brexit is its opportunity cost: all the things that could’ve happened between 2016-24. But sure, let’s talk about “SW1 pathology”.

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

Decided to start with the @stuhennigan.bsky.social

Buzzcocks outside the Free Trade Hall, corner of Peter St and Southmill St. 1978. Photo by Fin Costello.

Omce again we come back to Reform being the Dickheads Party - run for and by that boring bloke in the pub who thinks the rules should apply to someone else

I'm rewatching the Chernobyl series on HBO, and the opening voiceover from Legasov resonates: "What is the cost of lies? It's not that we'll mistake them for the truth. The real danger is that if we hear enough lies, then we no longer recognize the truth at all."

This, I regret to inform you, is absolutely real. True end times shit. I mean, what are we doing here?

22 tickets left for our Bournemouth show tomorrow Head here to get them thecharlatans.net

Nothing brightens my day, puts a spring in my step, has me whistling a jolly tune quite like this type of news. Rest in piss fuckface.