Look at the size of this Tory

FT mag piece from me: Spent a long time looking into the Britannia hotel chain, beneficiaries of a vast amount of taxpayer money via the asylum system on.ft.com/47HEE46

Having a sub fielder sub in as wicketkeeper is a bit against the spirit of having a sub fielder, especially when you have another keeper who opens that you're trying to protect.

All nations & nationalisms are capable of wrong turns. But the sudden craze for Blood & Soil nationalism on the ultra-English right does seem quite a turn. One with huge consequences for the right & nature of politics. And in deliberate denial of what England & Englishness have been.

WHO REMEMBERS.... the Ukraine bounce

This is a very good article by @jonathanliew.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/football/202...

This is such an amazing album. Such a rich tapestry, it improves with every listen. Quite annoying it isn't on Spotify. www.youtube.com/watch?v=_LJi...

Reeves enshrined in law that the OBR has a veto over government fiscal policy 9 months ago. Not serious people.

Tony is known and loved by many at CCFC. Please email [email protected] if you know anything about his whereabouts 🙏🏻

Sir Kid Starver

One of the great literary segues here

This week in the UK's managed decline, ITV are just showing Sky's coverage of the League Cup Final, not even bothering to have their own commentary.

Congratulations here to Wes Streeting for condensing the essence of the Westminster Monoparty into just 23 seconds. Outstanding work.

For @londonermag.bsky.social weekend slot, I wrote about @claptoncfc.co.uk and how to foment revolutionary praxis at an east London, non-league football club. It's a great story, some of which is reported from Naples. www.the-londoner.co.uk/story-of-cla...

I wonder why this story received next to no media coverage.

Job vacancy: Bar manager at the Old Spotted Dog Ground, Clapton CFC's home www.oldspotted.dog/news/new-vac...

“It’s woke transport nonsense run amok.” The Telegraph has asked its readers to complain about potholes, and it has produced the most Telegraph set of quotes ever generated.

Nail on the head

👀 www.the-londoner.co.uk/a-government...

Having fun being back in Wigan so far.

Atkinson the executioner.

Had several Black Friday promotional emails from Stop The War Coalition bizarrely.

Why does he always pretend not to be a vegetarian, very weird behaviour.

A @poltheoryother.bsky.social starter pack of all the lovely people Alex has interviewed over the years - go and follow! go.bsky.app/TFxd9Yh

Been looking forward to the Forest Gate food guide for months. See you there.

They should have called this site AFC Twitter

This is happening all over London now, as people are no longer able to afford to start a family. For all the coverage of a tiny few paying more for private school fees, it would be good to read just a bit more about the far bigger pressures faced by everyone else greenwichwire.co.uk/2024/11/14/p...

Adam Tooze's article on the US Election is good www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...