They said they’d burn everything down. Well they meant it.

If this is happening at the Centre for Disease Control and military troops are going to foodbanks, imagine the condition US government agencies are in that are tasked with managing financial market risks

in 2011, the president of antifa hired me to give fashion consultancy to the organization. i recommended everyone wear navy suits with tan shoes, dress sneakers, and golf polos with slim chinos. if you arrested everyone today wearing these things, you'd destroy antifa

Being a member of the EU was always an advantage for the UK in exports to the rest of the world outside the EU.

The former prime minister hosted the financier, subsequently a convicted sex offender, after lobbying by Lord Mandelson, who said he was ‘safe’

Living in Dubai is like living in Bicester Shopping Village only with more Irish gangsters.

I have never known a government as unimaginitive, and with such low self esteem as Starmer’s Labour. Always treading on eggshells, fretting about enemies who now have full time occupancy of their heads. It is ridiculous.

Where have all the MMT fans gone?

Dubai is super great guys…. ….would I lie to you? Especially if you have a bit of money, and no actual soul.

How many Republican senators would it take to end the madness of King Donald? Asking for a country on the verge of a nervous breakdown.

We are going to have to organise an academic version of kindertransport for US intelligencia to flee to Europe / Canada / AusNZ before the wall finally comes down.

An expert on anti-fascist groups who teaches at New Jersey’s flagship state university is moving his family overseas.

Whatever happened to nuanced debate? I know Bluesky is miles better than the other place. And there are great, reasonable people on here. But, by and large, you are either a good person (your position aligns with mine) or spawn of the devil (your position differs to mine)

In other news Charlie Redmayne, the long serving CEO of HC in the UK, resigned yesterday.

Are we in a hospitality transition? From: poor pay, cheap staffing almost everyone can afford to go out To: Well paid, smaller hospitality sector for the well off consumer.

Shades of: Victorian Gin palaces push to stay open longer to increase productivity.

If the government really wants to scrap degrees which deliver no value to the UK and indeed have led to £ billions in damage to the economy and culture of the UK then it just needs to scrap the Oxford PPE degree and arrest everyone who has taken it.

THIS IS ON STARMER. Making good people do bad things.

Just keep watching.

The Geat X-Tinction. From an in-house chat app to the most dangerous social media site in history. The magical flight and tragic decline of twitter. And why I left. bylinetimes.com/2025/10/07/t...

All these foreigners in their religious head coverings makes me want to vote Reform…. ….wait a bit, that’s my Gran!

"Never before have we issued a joint public warning like this." The latest from former U.S. surgeons general Jerome Adams, Richard Carmona, Joycelyn Elders, Vivek Murthy, Antonia Novello and David Satcher:

Don't forget that 41 Tory MPs in the last government took Russian donations. That might account for media reticence to report on the Nathan Gill case.

Governor notices what the rest of the world has been gawping at in disbelief for 7 months!

Dad’s books are full of empathy, common sense, and a healthy suspicion of the powerful. But at its heart his work is also about how systems keep people poor while pretending it’s their own fault. So I hope Kemi’s taking notes as well as reading the jokes.

If only there had been a way to avoid this. It’s a poser….. …..I wonder if Farage or Johnson have anything to say?😂

You don't have to shop Amazon Big Deal Days to save on WIRED-approved favorites.

You are probably too young to remember when all buses were operated by Manchester Corporation Larry, in a standard livery, including the remaining trolley bus fleet. Liverpool, Chester & other cities had the same schemes. Liverpool were dark green & Chester maroon & cream.

This might get me kicked off Bluesky. But. The trans “debate” always looks like men shouting at women because they’re outraged at being excluded from a club.

It’s like having a bunch of 19th C explorers / anthropologists visiting our city…. ….they’re very bold. 😂

It helps to be able to spell the country you say only you are competent enough to run.

After a trip across Ukraine on trains that keep running in spite of Russian air raids, nothing says welcome home quite like those three magical words: Rail Replacement Bus

Farage wants to bring this to our country! How can we resist?

I’ve just had the realisation that the next time I sit in the garden for breakfast will probably be March! I am suddenly deeply unhappy.

I love the idea that elite University students need an “escape”! How out of touch do you need to be to think “let’s tell people about it” is a great idea?

On the one hand I’m annoyed that drone sightings can turn off our ability to travel. On the other hand. We fly too much (guilty!) and anything that makes it less convenient has to be a motivation to change habits.

This is all authors. Unless we post about our books, you don't know they exist. And unless happy readers recommend us, our books die. And we don't eat. There is no "marketing dept". Algorithms favour the megastars, so they're no help. Anyway. I'm sorry for being repetitive. I have no option.

Want HS2 built? Make Parliament sit in Manchester for 6 months of the year. You won’t believe how quickly major infrastructure can be built.

Indeed!

I will go to the BBC for factual reporting, though I know the facts are reported selectively. I will not go to the BBC for analysis or commentary because of Overton Window shift within the corporation. Anyone else?

Just heard Chris Philp on BBC’s Today programme explaining why the Tories want to leave the ECHR. He claimed ECHR isn’t mentioned in Belfast Agreement - which is simply untrue. The UK govt agreed to incorporate it into NI law & give direct access to the courts (Strand 3). Why no BBC fact-check?

What corporations need: 8 billion customers. What’s corporations need: 7,000 workers. Square that circle.

The US has been annexed by 7 corporations. What’s the UK’s strategy to avoid this?

🇬🇧 🇫🇷 Many people assume Brits get 2 x 90 days in France each year after Brexit. But they *only* get that if they stay away from *every* other Schengen country. Which means no business trips to Germany. No conferences in Brussels, no holidays in Greece, no visiting children living in Spain. 🇩🇪 🇧🇪 🇬🇷 🇪🇸

This story is now big news all over the world... except in the UK.

Ha! 😂 America you were ridiculous. Now, the shark is jumped. USA laughing stock.

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Putin must be very pleased about the effect of Russia flying toy planes into W Europe.

Of course, I have been reliably informed, the best place for coffee in Cheadle is not marked on this map! 😁

Reports of the death of eating / drinking out has been, I feel, very much exaggerated. I give you, the coffee shops of Cheadle village.