An underappreciated truth on US military infrastructure in Europe.

Amorim sacked by United. A club fighting with Avanti and the government to be the least functional organisation in the UK.

Trump ordered the attack on Venezuela during a LAN party in Mar-a-Lago.

Pew pew

Gabriel - what an answer! And Madueke is absolutely incredible.

One of the first things I did in 2026: Educating people about off-tastes in wine.

Regular reminder that this is 1) perverse in every sense of the word and 2) a societal choice.

A room with a view.

What IS it with tech bros and Tolkien? You could name your company anything, but you choose a) an embodiment of evil b) that gets defeated by a gang of plucky hobbits. Also, which client thinks "Who should I choose to protect my assets? I know, Sauron!"?

I left mainstream photojournalism after a career of almost 50 years to work on my personal archive and share some moments of social history on film… Luke Kelly leaves the stage (right) after a Dubliners gig in Dublin in the 1970s… from my old negatives

An IC train in Belgium. 📸

Bruxelles-Nord

Labour does so badly in this poll mainly because, as the tables show, they lose 29% of their 2024 vote to the Lib Dems and Greens. Only 8% goes to Reform, just ahead of the 6% to the Cons. Those Lab–Con switchers push the Tories over 20%, despite them losing a quarter of their 2024 vote to Reform.

Why is so much sweet wine sold as dry wine in the UK? Some so-called dry red and white wines are as sweet as a milkshake. New World wines are the worst offenders. People can drink whatever they like, but the labels should be clearer.

🚨 SCOOP: “I’m a Labour donor” Ben Howlett is an ex-Tory MP, owner of influential PoliticsUK account, and the fixer we exposed selling access to Westminster Turns out he's also involved in Labour fundraising, and discussing donations with Labour MPs democracyforsale.substack.com/p/im-a-labou...

It’s a shame that this is what most “socialist” discourse looks like in the UK. No grounding in reality, no attempt to engage with expert discourse, just lazy contrarianism to drum up clicks.

"Joining the Customs Union would most likely be good for growth. But if we think it will save us from economic stagnation, we are suffering from a very British form of exceptionalism." David Lawrence of @britishprogress.org argues that a Customs Union is not a cure-all for growth

Trump should start wearing a fantasy military uniform and lots of fake medals.

Why do people who post the most extreme racist garbage on Facebook always use blurry images? Modern mobile phones ensure that your images always come out looking OK, but these people still manage to circumvent that somehow.

my latest

The 4.5% of Labour Members who voted for Liz Kendall in 2015 think Wes Streeting is the best candidate to save the Labour party.

Just found out the football game I wanted to watch is on TNT Sports, therefore I won't watch it.

Interesting insights into the Blairite perspective. They really think Streeting could save the Labour party. www.globalplayer.com/podcasts/epi...

The United States is drifting closer to its next Forever War, one whose impact can't be kept away from its homeland borders, in the dumbest possible way

Does anyone know any UK-based academics who are doing interesting work in the area of immigration, integration and social trust?

Donaldson worked for Feltham so he's not going to say anything is he. They didn't even give us a send off meeting at Catford . They let Wimbledon go. Anything he says will be bollocks. Too many people in the sport have their own bank balance as the only thing that matters.

Quite breathtaking story - military grade drones at Dublin airport which flew on the path Zelensky's plane took. The drones reached the flight path of his plane exactly the time it should have been there, but just missed it because Zelensky arrived ahead of schedule:

This is good, reasonable, and a massive improvement. It used to be two years. www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

I think I won.

Finally home after > 27 hours of grindset creating shareholder value through AI agentic workflow and guiding a warrior-ethos meditation during my ketamine break. My 8 year old dog: "Do you have to slay so hard because the villain misrepresented an OBR analysis to Parliament?" Me: "Bitcoin."

Why should the EU even consider the idea of the UK rejoining when Farage is leading the polls? And with a crackpot Conservative party led by Badenoch?

Russia is operating in Ukraine in a "surgical manner" - this is not a war in the literal sense of this word (Putin) The surgical manner

Watching Father Ted’s a Christmassy Ted and remembered this nugget of pop trivia, the priest with the most boring voice Father Fitzgerald (Sean Barrett) in Ireland's largest lingeree section was the cover star of The Smith's single "How Soon is Now" a still from the 1958 film "Dunkirk".

Colonel Mustard with the lead pipe in the Mudroom.

Looks increasingly like Reform is 2019 Boris 2.0.

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Oh wow, that's awkward. #Gullis

Cucurella. You just got to love him.

People who're that naive shouldn't be in a leadership position.

My neighbours are doing everything they can to spread the word that this year's fireworks season is far from over! In Catford, it lasts until the end of April. At least.

I'm glad the fever has passed, but last night's Indian takeaway was apparently from a restaurant with rather relaxed ideas about food hygiene. Blimey!

I don't mind matcha, as long as it's the traditional Japanese tea. Tea. Nothing else. No frothy, milky, Dubai chocolate infested pint of a sugary drink with a green tinge. But I get why people with the taste buds of children like it. But what's this?

I don't think that means you need to have "read all the books". It's enough to have a clear idea of what you want to do, have a sense of right and wrong, and not be totally batshit Starmer falls down on the first two and Badenoch on the third

I caught the flu twice within a fortnight. Skills.

I think more than anything else AI feels like a miracle to people with questionable literacy because it can read and write for you, and a lot of us who are highly literate underestimate how many of our society's leaders, esp in business, struggle with literacy.

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Splash Damage places entire studio into consultation ahead of redundancies https://www.newsbeep.com/uk/284795/ Splash Damage has announced a consultation process affecting all staff at the Bromley-based studio, which will conclude with…

You have to wonder what happens to UK government tax and housing strategies if it turns out that property prices have been underpinned by unsustainable financial market bubbles