As Orwellian in its context as the first manned US space mission, which sent military personnel on a Cold War stunt in a craft called Friendship theguardian.com/science/2026...

Rumours that the special relationship may be at an end are clearly premature, as His Majesty's Government has happily joined the Trumpster and his head-tribble in yet another assault on Britain's enemies in the public sector thecurmudgeonly.blogspot.com/2026/04/heal...

The passion of the Christ, with robots thecurmudgeonly.blogspot.com/2016/04/a-pl... Reviewed numinousbookofreview.blogspot.com/2015/06/a-pl...

Bad vibes. New post on my Brexit & Brexitism Blog looking at how discussion of Brexit and the reset is still saturated with dishonesty, and the latest episodes in the 'vibe politics' that have embedded that dishonesty in British politics: chrisgreybrexitblog.blogspot.com/2026/04/bad-...

Several people and Sir Edward Davey have noted the likely severe consequences of the Persian Crusade for the global economy, and have accused Team Starmer of failing to make due provision thecurmudgeonly.blogspot.com/2026/04/cons...

The United Arab Emirates, whose human rights violations are of the tolerable-to-meritorious variety so often found on the Arabian peninsula, have imprisoned several British citizens and a few dozen nonentities thecurmudgeonly.blogspot.com/2026/04/shar...

Looking forward to Pete Hegseth proclaiming that Italy's World Cup humiliation is God's judgement on those who pretend to proper fascism yet fail to join the Persian Crusade

Such is Team Starmer's reverence for Britain's plucky little servicepersons that it is dispatching the head of state for a rah-and-blah with the Trumpster and his head-tribble thecurmudgeonly.blogspot.com/2026/03/we-s...

Team Starmer here, not letting Britain get drawn in www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...

Not the least significant of the Trumpster administration's achievements: inducing a mainstream news outlet to refer to Chinese military capacity as defensive

A rather new and dim lone star in the Texas house of representatives has proposed annexing some counties from the neighbouring state of New Mexico thecurmudgeonly.blogspot.com/2026/03/stat...

The passion of the Christ, with robots thecurmudgeonly.blogspot.com/2016/04/a-pl... Reviewed numinousbookofreview.blogspot.com/2015/06/a-pl...

Never let it be said that the middle management drones at Farage Falange, Inc. are less perceptive than middle management drones at other corporate poisoners of the air thecurmudgeonly.blogspot.com/2026/03/marg...

No doubt the differences between Tory cripple-kicking and the Team Starmer brand are genuine and significant www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Farage Falange middle management warn that the corporation must dissociate itself from the likes of Yaxleyson and Tate and stick with sensible moderates such as Jenrick, Braverman, Zahawi and The Nigel www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Typical Muslimic deceptivity from the mad mullahs. Only the most blinkered fanatic could accuse the Trumpster regime of secrecy on this

It seems the mayor of London, having accomplished three consecutive electoral victories, has no plans to jump aboard Team Starmer thecurmudgeonly.blogspot.com/2026/03/refu...

It's a jolly good thing neither the Farage Falange nor Team Starmer cares much about mere evidence, or else this might give them considerable pause www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

That would be Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, the well-known moderate, would it? www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...

"It’s important to remember that Picasso’s Guernica itself could not have existed without African sculpture" www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...

Anthropomorphic hysteria on the increase in media, journalist demonstrates www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

Since there are now only a few billion human beings too many, a small portion of the excess has naturally been looking into how best we may export our overpopulation to other worlds thecurmudgeonly.blogspot.com/2026/03/up-f...

India's Muslim-baiting government bids fair to surpass even Team Starmer in sycophancy towards Israel, as the Central Board of Film Certification has blocked the release of a film about the cleansing of Gaza thecurmudgeonly.blogspot.com/2026/03/gagg...

RIP Valerie Perrine, who clearly deserved to be far better known and whose surname I have been mispronouncing for several decades www.theguardian.com/film/2026/ma...

We didn't vote for a climate-denying chancer just so he could behave like a climate-denying chancer www.theguardian.com/environment/...

They found a bullet and a coin, but frustratingly no mention of a swash, whether buckled or otherwise www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...

gosh reely? www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

A further problem with the suggestion that King Harold sailed his army to Hastings: www.marcmorris.org.uk/2026/03/king...

America being a Christian country and thus enamoured of graven images, the grounds of the remains of the White House have been graced with the remains of a statue thecurmudgeonly.blogspot.com/2026/03/his-...

Sir Edward Davey earned his knighthood as a Cabinet colleague of David "strivers and shirkers" Cameron and Theresa "hostile environment" May www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

"It then went on to caution that 'if you need to cite it academically, avoid using the quote as a direct citation'. That suggests that ChatGPT has a more stringent approach to referencing than the former professor"

Better late than never, I suppose. Finally got round to writing about Angela Rayner's speech.

The Financial Conduct Authority is going to spend the next three months throwing taxpayers' money at Palantir in return for the privilege of giving Palantir access to some eminently saleable information thecurmudgeonly.blogspot.com/2026/03/what...

Good to see we've learned all the right lessons from the Post Office scandal www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

Timothy Garton Ash, in the place where facts are sacred

Government to accept and facilitate profiteering by energy companies while shaking its head sadly

Every lever except nationalisation, wealth taxes, a universal basic income, or landlord control www.theguardian.com/business/202...

So - ground invasion by Thursday it is, then

Few measures are more suited to Team Starmer policy than hopelessly diluted versions of those which should have been implemented decades ago thecurmudgeonly.blogspot.com/2026/03/extr...

Seems appropriate enough for peers appointed by the laziest prime minister in living memory www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Appointing a supermarket chairman to give advice on whether the plebs are poor enough is such a Team Starmer thing to do www.theguardian.com/money/2026/m...

Working hard and playing by the rules still doesn't make you quite good enough www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

Not even Brexit can keep British values out of Brussels www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...

despite, prep. (Middle High Journalese) thanks to; owing to; because the CV included www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

In NATO and the special relationship alike, America's military subordinates are still scrambling to formulate their responses to the Persian Crusade thecurmudgeonly.blogspot.com/2026/03/bree...

Perhaps a few of us are old enough to remember how the liberal, democratic Graun reacted to certain depictions of Netanyahu by Steve Bell www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...

"Reis supported the official version: that the three young women had confused a scrawny man with an alien as he sought sanctuary from the rain" www.theguardian.com/science/2026...

Baron Ahmad has been in the Conservative Party for thirty-odd years, including those of Howard, IDS, May, Truss and Johnson, and claims to have known Nick Timothy a long time. I'm sure we all envy him that, but why has he only just noticed the racism? www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Beware of titles with exclamation marks bucktheorem.blogspot.com/2026/03/the-...

Team Starmer are so angry about the US assault on Iran that they're stepping up their collaboration with it www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...