Andrew Ridgeley has the best life in the world because he was kind to the fat kid at school. We should all recall that.

This lovely bit of writing by the smashing @probablydrunk.bsky.social is very good indeed and well worth five minutes of your time open.substack.com/pub/probably...

One from the vaults - Ever wonder what goes on in the trenches of the welfare tent at your favorite festival? I tell all. open.substack.com/pub/probably...

Boris Johnson's slurs are one thing. Keir Starmer overseeing the introduction of a new Section 28 in schools for trans and non-binary people, supporting segregation and backing Wes Streeting as he drives kids to suicide after stripping them of their healthcare is on a whole other level.

Farage: "there are people who don't think i'm racist but they go to ̶ ̷a̷n̷o̷t̷h̷e̷r̷ the same school"

I wonder how different this week would have been if the Girl Guides' statement had said "we're closing the Girl Guides with immediate effect due to legal threats by transphobic organisations funded by JK Rowling, which we cannot afford to contest". Could have been the moment the tide turned.

"There's a billionaire threatening to sue the WI through her proxies if they don't throw out their trans members" makes you sound like a lunatic but that is in fact what's happening. Is that good or bad? I think a simple question.

Speaking as the president of an NGO and as a trans woman: when orgs decide to abandon a group, to sacrifice them, it is not that group’s job to “understand how hard it would have been to fight.” If trans people hope to survive, it is our job to make that abandonment costly as hell. Make them hurt.

This part is *infuriating*. This cis woman heard an 80 year old trans woman say, 'This is the only place I've been respected as a woman IN MY LIFE.' And did not immediately think, 'I will fight every inch like a dying badger to keep her in my organization.' Absolutely pathetic.

"“My hope is that the message that the transgender community gets from this is not one of betrayal, but is one of our desire to continue to maintain those friendships and that support,...when that anger subsides the transgender community will know that we stand with them." Nope, it's betrayal.

And do follow, and purchase and read the books of, @jasonkpargin.bsky.social.

Your annual reminder.

The problem with that Whamageddon thing is that Last Christmas is a stone cold banger and trying to avoid it proves that you don't truly understand the meaning of the season, to celebrate our Lord and Savior, Saint George Michael.

We found some copies of 101 Things Birmingham Gave The World at the back of a cupboard full of Ozzy the Bull baubles and Roy Wood Christmas wigs. We are posting paperbacks for £7, or treat yourself and add an ebook for an extra £3. paradisecircus.com/2025/11/25/s...

Over at @paradisecircus.com we’ve got an ideal Secret Santa gift for anyone in your office who is best defined as “a Brummie” paradisecircus.com/2025/11/25/s... (It’s our book, delivered within the UK—and Manchester!—for seven quid)

I agree, and in particular I would look at things like: It could not possibly have been more obvious that Johnson’s “levelling up” plan was back-of-a-fag-packet bullshit and an insult to the public, the second it was announced. Was it received and explained as a pitch black fraud and an affront?

Next up on my Substack is a short piece of a potential series about loving a city that dies in the Winter. open.substack.com/pub/probably... Please tell me what you think Also if you're feeling flush you can support my writing for less than the price a pint.

I remember this time distinctly, watching the Prime Minister on holiday while many of us were looking at infection rising in other countries, aware that something needed to be done as a matter of extreme urgency. It was incredibly frustrating. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Between Running Man, One Battle and Long Walk we're def getting a lot of movies whose theme seems to be "someone's probably going to have to shoot some of these rich guys in the face to literally save the Earth soon, so we better start normalizing that behavior."

People can more easily imagine the end of the world than the end of capitalism.

If i say what i think should happen to the likes of Wes Streeting (and yhr current labour government in general) i will be banned from bluesky.

A simple and efficient strategy

Nice one, Zadie Smith.

Wes Streeting looks like Pinocchio if, instead of becoming a real boy, he’d turned into an Assistant Manager at a branch of Currys.

Happy There Is A Circulatory System Walking Through The Kitchen Day to all who celebrate.

All four parts of my epic into the Heart of Marxness A full weekend report of this years #greenparty Confrence. I worked really hard on this so please check it. Share if you like x open.substack.com/pub/probably... open.substack.com/pub/probably...

Dear GOD if you want to save money in the asylum system 1. LET ASYLUM SEEKERS WORK 2. FAST TRACK STATUS FOR EVERYONE FROM CLEARLY UNDAFE COUNTRIES like Sudan, Syria, etc 3. Run an asylum accommodation system that is NOT FOR PROFIT #r4today

Nuremburg trials is the moderate position

Green party has had a dizzying couple of months, I was there near the start, at the conference. Read part four now. probablydrunk.substack.com/p/the-only-p...

Green party has had a dizzying couple of months, I was there near the start, at the conference. Read part four now. probablydrunk.substack.com/p/the-only-p...

sure boss, got that picture of The Captain, looks like he’s tripping fucking balls just like you asked

Familiarise yourself with these terverts for identification in the field and the protection of your children

“i’ve got a letter here from joe maplin…”

Zack Polanski and the Green Party are everywhere, I went into the heart of marxness at the Green Party conference Part three is out now open.substack.com/pub/probably... Please share I worked really hard on this

watching the UKs green party elect an actual unafraid leftist into leadership and see party membership double in under a month is once again endless proof that if you stand up for leftist causes and treat the electorate like adults, you’ll win people over easily

Part two of my adventure at the #greenparty conference is now live. Consider subscribing and even choosing a paid subscription. Or not. Just reading and sharing would help a lot. open.substack.com/pub/probably...

Part one of my Green Party adventure is up. Check it out. Consider supporting me. Or at least share this about a bit? open.substack.com/pub/probably...

Part one of my Green Party adventure is up. Check it out. Consider supporting me. Or at least share this about a bit? open.substack.com/pub/probably...

So if I’ve grasped the galaxy-brained strategy here, it’s: ✅ Day 1: reassure target voters that migrants are a problem & you’re ready to make them suffer ✅ Day 2: tell target voters their ideas are racist ✅ Day 3: reassure target voters that migrants are a problem & you’re ready to make them suffer

The Greens are currently the only party willing to say this; it's a lonely landscape out there.

JUST NOW AT THE UN…

The “thin blue line” refers to the blue sharpie cops carry around to write left wing slogans on shell casings found near mass shootings.

‘I’m not far right but I went to a rally organised by Tommy Robinson’ is a pretty unconvincing position.

man they really didn't give a shit about that guy. as soon as it was clear they couldn't use his death to launch a purge they started to treat it like a nothingburger

The assassination of Charlie Kirk makes we worry we can no longer have peaceful discussions of whether gays should be stoned to death or civil and collegial debates about whether black people are inherently inferior. Our culture will suffer. New York Times tomorrow

The real irony is the size of his head and the shooter got him in the neck

every time there's political violence discourse i think about how jo cox was assassinated in broad daylight by a fascist who shouted "britain first" as he shot her, and now nine years later her party is dedicating every moment in power to placating the ideology of her murderer