Sorry, Trump's not on the verge of death - if he was there'd be huge movements in Polymarket due to all the insider trading.

I can only hope that HMRC are across the details on this transaction and that GB News will report the tax paid by both seller and buyer.... www.ft.com/content/8daf...

On average Dutch households are 100EUR better off each month heating with a heat pump than with a boiler.

Paging @sturdyalex.bsky.social this woman might be a listener to @quietriotpod.bsky.social .... Alas my BMI stops me being able to do the same should I encounter the FlagShaggers whilst out and about...

"In early 2024... the average NBA player made about $12 million... The average WNBA player made $118,000—less than one cent on the dollar... It isn’t just the biggest pay increase in U.S. league history. It is, as far as Goldin is aware, the biggest increase any union anywhere has ever negotiated."

One can only assume that given all the press coverage McSweeney thought that he did not need to tell them who he was, as they should have known how important he was.

An Interesting conversation about a "Wrong Un" from the past rather than a current MP in Reform or on the Conservative Front Bench..

2015 clip of Farage denying he would ever bring religion into politics.

i am not joking when i saw that this is the heart of what woke 2 is all about

Get in!!!!!! Kneecap: 3 Brit Govt: 0 The worlds biggest terrorists are the leaders of the British state. Free Palestine Free the 6 counties

Remembering Ornette Coleman on his birthday 🎂 📷 Lee Friedlander, 1960s "He was a musician-philosopher whose interests went well beyond jazz. He was seen as a native avant-gardist, personifying the American independent will as much as any artist of the last century." - Ben Ratliff

Bad Loss For Goodwin. Even his name is a lie.

If you have been hiding under a rock and thus missed discovering this podcast the strongest recommendation I can give you is that it is the only one that I do not play a 1.8x speed...

‘Caravaggio exploits dress not so much as a language, but as a way of posing the question: what is it we’re most susceptible to? A scrap of fur? A feather on a thigh? Hard, burnished armour?’ @erinmaglaque.bsky.social on Caravaggio’s clothes. www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

They are getting really close. 'Wait, we can make a law that stops someone from becoming King?...... so we can do this for all of them, no?'

FACT OF THE DAY. 21 February 1946. Aneurin Bevan announced the Labour Government’s proposals for a National Health Service. The service began on 5 July 1948. Its introduction represented one of the greatest social reforms in British History which helped every citizen.

"I'm 40 years old; I can't be dealing with this" is such a mood

Hard to believe that none of the Reform MPs turned up for the debate on Russian interference in our politics. Maybe they were visiting their former Kremlin talking points Welsh leader Nathan Gill in prison? Or en route to their next BBC interview to act as commentators on why Starmer should go?

It has been a while, but have posted something new on LinkedIn. Comments welcomed... www.linkedin.com/pulse/moral-...

⛓️ ‘Where jobs went, so did the things that held communities together' Poverty affects the whole of the UK, but it’s not distributed evenly. Our analyst @scothunter.bsky.social sets out where poverty is most acute, and the action needed for all communities to thrive, no matter where they are.

As always, cannot resist posting my personal favourite, which was aired on Turkish TV more than a decade ago now

🗣️ 'The government came to power with a commitment to end the need for food banks. This promise really matters.' Our Principal Policy Adviser @katieschmuecker.bsky.social sets out the implications of 6.8 million people living in very deep poverty at the time of the last general election 🔽

Once again was struck by how the BBC go about 'balance' on news programs listening to The Today Programme. Whilst they seem to be able to find time and space for the likes of Michael Gove they seem unable to source anyone who can say, 'what you have heard is mad/wrong because...'

The band is back together, talking about American politics. It is something to enjoy and share...

Chancellor Merz speech in Davos: "This new world of great powers is being built on power, on strength, and when it comes to it, on force... In the 20th century, my country, Germany, went down this road to its bitter end. It pulled the world into a black abyss." www.weforum.org/stories/2026...

This won’t work and it’s not the right solution. Regulate social media, not kids.

I don’t normally post street photos but I’m pretty sure DH Lawrence was in my tube carriage this morning

When are people going to be held accountable for the nonsense slop and puff they emit.

Ok, Mayor of London is just trolling him now ..

Well I’m (not) shocked. Economists’ predictions of disastrous economic impact of Brexit turn out to be true.

Latest #TopSecret photo of Danish defence strategy of Greenland released shows the us of a wall to stop US take over of territory....

The Dot LLM Era came out of thinking about expenditure in building infrastructure and computing needed by AI services, asking how it will be paid for and what it means for for business, consumers & investors. Please share if you would it interesting or useful. rcjp.substack.com/p/the-dot-ll...

A reminder - before Trump, MAGA, Musk and Fox rewrote history - that this is what the entire country agreed had happened five years ago today:

It surprises me that someone in news reporting hasn't felt to link that shortly after this was recorded UK & French jets bombed Syrian targets. Starmer would have know it was happening and thus decided it was better not to have a clip that could later be used against him...

…under-resourced the service for many years and then point fingers at others at every opportunity. If you’d like to understand what politicians are doing to the NHS, I write about it. Its desperately important 🚨💙: jujuliagrace.substack.com

Politicians tried to convince everyone that the NHS was about to collapse because of flu and strikes. Now the strikes have ended and the flu looks like it’s on the wane, and yet the service is under extraordinary pressure. Perhaps the real problem is the politicians 🚨- who have systematically…

This BBC kids tv advert from 1998 is still very impressive and very lovely

The public are nowhere near as consumed with anti-immigrant hatred as the political class believe, but if only one side is making an argument (and has most of the press onside and sets the agenda for the broadcasters) then what do you expect? www.ippr.org/articles/the...

Johnny Carson said of Chevy Chase: “He couldn't ad-lib a fart after a baked-bean dinner."

"And I never say no" We need to have a serious talk about the way "AI companion" apps not only prey on the vulnerable, but are priming their users to ignore consent and to conflate love with control. We need AI regulations across so many sectors, but this area is particularly horrifying.

On this day 29th December 1975 “Radical new legislation” introducing a woman's right to equal pay and status came into force in the UK (Picture: A Second Picture Dictionary, artist: Eric Winter)

Enjoyed this, not sure that I want to track down a copy of Rope to watch the film but intelligent conversation

I do hope that this take is correct, but so far to much of what comes out of the mouths of Starmer's people sounds like a plan by Baldrick's cunning plans.

When they called the party Reform was it done with the knowledge that they were going to be joined by ex-Conservatives that were too toxic for Thatcher's party?

This is worse than Panorama's drama because: (1) Trump is “the most openly corrupt president in American history” - beyond Nixon or Harding (2) Trump did incite the January 6th riot. Any country with a functioning legal system would've jailed him, like Bolsonaro www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...