History, as we know, repeats itself.

Ra Ra Trumputin! news.sky.com/story/trumps...

This Elon Musk chap seems like an upstanding, reliable, trustworthy individual.

A BBC gripe. On the 7am Today news there were two items - one straight after the other - about "Artificial Intelligence". First - about AI and various finance shenanigans. Second - about using AI to identify polyps connected with bowel cancer. These are not the same type of AI!!! Differentiate!!!!

Won't be watching them then. www.theguardian.com/football/202...

So here’s my pre-budget message to Rachel Reeves (pre-budget messaging being strangely in vogue this year): youtu.be/XWzzvnPOyTM?...

Give this a look … actionnetwork.org/petitions/bb...

Another anti-Semitic news story I see. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...

The Labour government need to be a bit more like this …

So one joyous scenario for the UK is that Labour carry on in government until 2029 in a similar way to now - playing perpetual ‘out-Reform Reform’, pleasing no-one, and achieving few of their promises, AND THEN a Reform /Tory coalition take us through to 2034 (😱) and totally ruin any last good bits.

8%. That’s one twelfth. One part in every twelve of the UK economy has been destroyed by Brexit. For one month every year Brexit switches this country off. From now until the week before Xmas - nothing.

The one indisputable fact about plastic in the environment is that next year there will be more. We need to ban single use plastic, and all plastic in packaging, now. Difficult? Yes. Necessary? Yes.Yes.Yes. Or shall we do it in 10 years time? Twenty? www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Some unintended consequences of a 20 yr hiatus for refugees: * there is less reason for people to integrate - socially, economically, language learning, or at community level; * racists are given an extra taunt - “How long before you’re kicked out then?“ * education, career & friendship disruption

Has the shredder done its job then? www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Shout out to whatsupco.uk and Jon Langford and Barclay McKay for a great evening of art, banter and choons.

This is definitely the first time I’ll have written this … I hope it’s not the last: Well done Fraser Nelson!

Train worker Samir Zitouni has been discharged from hospital after suffering critical injuries in the Huntingdon attack In a statement via the police,his family said: “We are so grateful for the outpouring of support from the public, and very touched by all the kind words about Sam’s brave actions"

You have to wonder what the Pope thinks about this sex-abuse-excusing drivel. www.catholicleague.org/megyn-kelly-...

Every single college and university should be taking care of its students in this way. Proud of my alma mater Bard College.

More austerity chickens coming home to roost. Save now, pay later. Many thanks to all Tory voters everywhere. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Stewart Lee, in @thenerve.news this week, suggests that Netflix and the others streamers fund the BBC (in recognition of what they get/take/steal from it) and thus replace the licence fee. “For once, let the parasites feed the host.“ he says. There are SO MANY other areas where this dictum works.

Jay Clayton’s full investigative playbook has been leaked … “So, Donny, who else was there? “

And illiterate.

Before a multi-day backpacking trip I do a lot of planning about my route, potential hazards, escape routes - all to ensure that I am fully prepared. Then I share my plans. I find that if I don't have a clear plan, more things are liable to go wrong. Just sayin'. www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...

Strong moves by the government to ensure that the budget avoids the fate of so many in the past which have unravelled within days. Not sure if making it unravel in advance is the best move though.

Imagine saying this about yourself - and in a TV interview! Such low esteem. Such low intelligence. He might as well have said: “I am proud to have outsourced my thinking“ .

Dammit. The Sarah McLachlan music got me right in the feels 😭

How to refer to Americans. Interviewer: “We“ American President: “You … You … You … You … You“ Spot the patriot. Putin would be proud.

Yorkshire Water - 1989 - public utility - no debt. It was then privatised. Yorkshire Water - today - a private company - &7 billion debt. And shitty rivers. And the counter-argument is ...................... yorkshirebylines.co.uk/region/yorks...

Make that man a member of the BBC's editorial guidelines and standard committee!!

Least trusted US president threatens to sue most trusted UK news organisation over lack of trust.

ICE disappear people off the streets with no warning and no explanation. I see that Sarah Kendzior has been disappeared from Bluesky with no warning and no explanation. ????!!!! en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarah_K...

Ayn Rand wrote NINE books!!!???

To be fair to Southern Water it must be very, very, very expensive to either maintain a filter, or install a back-up one - especially when there are shareholders and directors to think of. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Matt Goodwin stepping effortlessly into Toby Young's vacant (sic) shoes.

yup!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Meanwhile - in real news…

A pygmy clambering up onto the shoulders of giants.

Charles Moore doing a merry old right wing supermarket sweep on R4 Today this morning and piling all of his culture war top buys into his ‘BBC is biased basket’ - climate change and Black Lives Matter (it isn’t? they don’t?) were straight in there. Surprised he didn’t grab the National Trust as well

They got Monked again.

Maybe we need to give it a different name. We wouldn’t call bullying, and sexism, and racism, and blatant lying, and deliberately harming someone’s mental health ‘SOCIAL BEHAVIOUR’ - we’d call it ‘ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOUR. Social media? www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

Let’s further diminish the NHS eh? ankinlaw.com/life-saving-...

“ Think small “ www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Otley Science Festival (all next week) would have loved to host Rosalind Franklin I'm sure. James Watson not so much. otleysciencefestival.org.uk

Presumably none of them have children or grandchildren. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Common sense about prisons is a rare commodity so I thought I’d share this: davidallengreen.com/2025/11/the-...

Otley in the 1800s.

To be honest the wrongful prisoner release data doesn’t look good. Always a thing - yes. Worse recently - yes. There must be reasons for the latter.