It’s time

I keep worrying that these people think they are selling shovels in a gold rush and they're actually selling handles in a shovel rush

wondering how Farage would react if Labour said no new hospitals would be built in Reform constituencies?

That's the west coast mainline for you

For the next three minutes, you have more followers than the NYFed. Tell your friends (quickly)

Equity Research, Equity Trading, Equity Sales

Disappointed only Pill dissenting in BoE vote. Will have to save my ‘Pill popping at Greene Mann Festival’ headline for another day

Supreme Court Overturns ‘Right v. Wrong’ https://theonion.com/supreme-court-overturns-right-v-wrong-1819573211/

Just catching up with the Warsh testimony. Strong Captain Stentley vibes

It's going to be even worse the next time they appoint Peter Mandelson

MattGPT can't help but embarrass himself on social media

Rivacre Valley, Wirral #Bluebell Wood.

The more it SNOWS-tiddely-pom, The more it GOES-tiddely-pom The more it GOES-tiddely-pom On Snowing And nobody KNOWS-tiddely-pom, How cold my TOES-tiddely-pom How cold my TOES-tiddely-pom Are Growing.

Lovely people, these Reform UK candidates for the upcoming election, and great to know they're on our side.

If only they’d cut off the Liverpool PSG game instead. 10 mins in would have been fine

Mail is running a poll on whether the UK should rejoin the EU. Takes seconds to vote and it's going hilariously well... www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...

So then let’s get this thread started! Matthew Goodwin is speaking in Budapest at 17:00 CEST this evening, at this event hosted by MCC: mcc.hu/en/event/202... And I’m signed up to go. Updates in this thread The tag is: #BadLossBudapest

Anyone know when we’ll know the Hungary election result?

Congrats to @philipcoggan.bsky.social for the first ‘Bondi beached’ of the day

Well, after last night’s GBNews debate I no longer need to explain to students the risks of using AI to write papers since Matt G has done us all a favour by having a fever dream meltdown trying to justify it. And to think we thought his contributions to academia were over.

Guilty Plesiosaurs

the Norwegian campaign against enshittification is pretty great tbf vimeo.com/1168468796

#ReleasedToday #eufonia #Musicsky Soft Machine [UK] Thirteen (2026.03.13 - Dyad Records) Progressive. Jazz. Rock. 13th album, 13 songs from the unique band, after 60 years of making music. tidal.com/album/490168...

Someone tricked me into watching this, so now I’m inflicting it on all of you. Sorry. players.brightcove.net/409087662900...

which unnamed countries have done these things, guess we'll never know

Private Eye...

you know I would say her matching pink phone case really makes this, gives Goodwin a huge "sad loser man at the end of Legally Blonde" vibe

Illegal migrant in small boat stopped from entering sovereign territory without a permit.

This is good, read it!

Stumbled on what might be the inspiration for Cersei’s map terrace

This is the Gov looking for your input on the BBC. It takes a while to complete (15/20 mins) but it’s pretty comprehensive and covers most aspects. Please share. I’m surprised many people haven’t seen it yet. www.gov.uk/government/c...

The most positive read a feedback I ever got was for writing "Jamie Dimon thinks that offices are full of creative serendipity for the same reason the Queen thinks the whole world smells of fresh paint"

😂😂😂

Bebington befuddled by bin bog blight www.birkenhead.news/bebington-be...

Reassuring for the continuing existence of my job, less reassuring for a world being rebuilt on straw

I'm lucky enough to be reading the new, soon-to-be-published English language version of Aymeric Leroy's definitive survey of the Canterbury Scene, Legends In Their Own Lunchtime. It's the book Canterbury fans like me have been waiting for. www.mandai.be/leroy-aymeri...

This is surprisingly addictive but in a good way, I prefer to think

Am following because @paulisci.bsky.social told me to. Would very much like to visit one day

So very clear that these are the things he desires most in this world but has resigned himself to never achieving them.

Taking the recent reissue of Hatfield And The North’s deeply wonderful debut album for a spin

When did flying get so pretentious?

Excited to visit The Stables, Milton Keynes, to see the owner of this guitar. If you know, you know

People could soon be able to (legally!) 'blow a trumpet' on Wirral coast www.birkenhead.news/people-could...

Time for some Argent. 'Palace Theatre, New York, 1973', radio broadcast - Don Kirshner Rock Show (2024, CD). Like a lot of these broadcast recordings, hit and miss for the audio. This one is middle of that road, but the set-list is excellent, and who doesn't love Argent?

Good.