Alan Allport
@alanallport.bsky.social
Professor, historian, husband, dad, scouser, gobby. Author of Demobbed (2009), Browned Off & Bloody-Minded (2015), Britain at Bay (2020), Advance Britannia (2025). “Awesome but a bit boring” (RMP). Personal account.
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Excerpt from #AdvanceBritannia which is now available in the UK! North American release January 6. uk.bookshop.org/p/books/brit...
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Long live the Stuart Constitution.
JUSTICE DEPARTMENT OFFICIAL CONFIRMS FBI HAS REQUESTED INTERVIEWS WITH SIX U.S. LAWMAKERS WHO WARNED ABOUT ILLEGAL MILITARY ORDERS
November 25, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Long live the Stuart Constitution.
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A package hasn't "shipped" if you've only "created the label"
November 25, 2025 at 3:02 PM
A package hasn't "shipped" if you've only "created the label"
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Wasn’t the original Fight Club all about a bunch of guys beating the shit out of each other?
Wow — Senators Van Hollen, Smith, Murphy, Sanders, Warren, Markey, Merkley, Heinrich have created an official internal "Fight Club."
They're challenging Schumer & Gillibrand's leadership, arguing the party is using an old, corporate-friendly playbook insufficient to take on Trump or win elections.
They're challenging Schumer & Gillibrand's leadership, arguing the party is using an old, corporate-friendly playbook insufficient to take on Trump or win elections.
Chuck Schumer Faces Pushback From a ‘Fight Club’ of Senate Democrats
www.nytimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Wasn’t the original Fight Club all about a bunch of guys beating the shit out of each other?
Breaking: Trump switches parties.
BESSENT SAYS MAMDANI IS CLEARLY THE LEADER OF DEMOCRATIC PARTY NOW
November 25, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Breaking: Trump switches parties.
Trump will deny that he’s ever heard of him or he ever had anything to do with the pardon and the MSM will just shrug as though that’s a perfectly reasonable response for the President of the United States to make in such a situation.
Billionaire Binance founder Changpeng Zhao, pardoned by Donald Trump, has been accused of facilitating millions of dollars’ worth of payments to Hamas in the wake of its attack on Israel on October 7 2023. Zhao also financed the Trump family's entrance into the cryptocurrency market.
Binance founder Changpeng Zhao accused of facilitating payments to Hamas
Crypto tycoon pardoned by Donald Trump faces US court complaint from families of victims of October 7 attack
www.ft.com
November 25, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Trump will deny that he’s ever heard of him or he ever had anything to do with the pardon and the MSM will just shrug as though that’s a perfectly reasonable response for the President of the United States to make in such a situation.
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Cannot overstate how, from my perch as a national-security reporter, this would have been an earth-shattering scandal in a prior era.
Billionaire Binance founder Changpeng Zhao, pardoned by Donald Trump, has been accused of facilitating millions of dollars’ worth of payments to Hamas in the wake of its attack on Israel on October 7 2023. Zhao also financed the Trump family's entrance into the cryptocurrency market.
Binance founder Changpeng Zhao accused of facilitating payments to Hamas
Crypto tycoon pardoned by Donald Trump faces US court complaint from families of victims of October 7 attack
www.ft.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:33 AM
Cannot overstate how, from my perch as a national-security reporter, this would have been an earth-shattering scandal in a prior era.
Was under the impression that USG’s *administration* was wildly corrupt but that the POTUS personally was not, and that its corruption was a reflection of his inadequate grip on things and poor judge of character rather than any personal vice.
Ulysses Grant was phenomenally corrupt, although still not as "openly" corrupt as Trump.
November 25, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Was under the impression that USG’s *administration* was wildly corrupt but that the POTUS personally was not, and that its corruption was a reflection of his inadequate grip on things and poor judge of character rather than any personal vice.
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Morning.
Pompeii, 100 AD.
Pompeii, 100 AD.
November 16, 2025 at 9:17 AM
Morning.
Pompeii, 100 AD.
Pompeii, 100 AD.
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Yes, HID headlights are very bright but the bigger problem is the proliferation of gargantuan vehicles with 5’+ hood heights so that if you’re driving a normal sized car their headlights are at your eye level rather than seat level like they’re supposed to be.
November 25, 2025 at 5:21 AM
Yes, HID headlights are very bright but the bigger problem is the proliferation of gargantuan vehicles with 5’+ hood heights so that if you’re driving a normal sized car their headlights are at your eye level rather than seat level like they’re supposed to be.
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Our wildlife deserves better.
November 25, 2025 at 4:58 AM
Our wildlife deserves better.
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The working classes are cursed to forever carry the ghosts of the rich on their backs
November 24, 2025 at 7:16 PM
The working classes are cursed to forever carry the ghosts of the rich on their backs
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Thanksgiving is not a colonial/Pilgrim holiday. It’s a Civil War holiday. & we think otherwise in part because of the Lost Cause. 🗃️
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www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8UrgXv1/
Let’s talk the real #history of #Thanksgiving & the #LostCause history of the #CivilWar Follow @karencoxhistorian “Forgotten America” is available on @thegreatcourses plus & @Audible
TikTok video by PhDRachel
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November 25, 2025 at 2:04 AM
Thanksgiving is not a colonial/Pilgrim holiday. It’s a Civil War holiday. & we think otherwise in part because of the Lost Cause. 🗃️
www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8UrgXv1/
www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8UrgXv1/
@cguyver.bsky.social last time I was in Paris I took great pleasure in standing in the same spot as KC here with Notre Dame behind me saying “but what is Civilisation?” in an effortless patrician drawl.
November 25, 2025 at 12:16 PM
@cguyver.bsky.social last time I was in Paris I took great pleasure in standing in the same spot as KC here with Notre Dame behind me saying “but what is Civilisation?” in an effortless patrician drawl.
Tbh “the conspicuous consumption of the well-connected ultra-rich takes place alongside widespread systemic poverty” probably isn’t the attack line against North Korea we need. www.thetimes.com/world/asia/a...
North Korean elite wear fur coats and luxury brands as poor freeze
The country’s small trading class is increasingly allowing itself conspicuous displays of wealth while the majority of citizens struggle for food and warmth
www.thetimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Tbh “the conspicuous consumption of the well-connected ultra-rich takes place alongside widespread systemic poverty” probably isn’t the attack line against North Korea we need. www.thetimes.com/world/asia/a...
Does Kenneth Clark ever wear a trilby in Civilisation?
OMG. The Guardian have confused Kenneth Clark, presenter of the 1969 series 'Civilisation' with Tory ex-MP & former Chancellor Kenneth Clarke in their review of the new BBC series 'Civilisations:Rise & Fall'
November 25, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Does Kenneth Clark ever wear a trilby in Civilisation?
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On this day in 1120, the White Ship sank en route from Barfleur to Southampton. William Ætheling, King Henry I’s only legitimate son and heir to the throne, drowned whilst trying to save his half-sister, Matilda of Perche, who also perished.
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November 25, 2025 at 9:10 AM
On this day in 1120, the White Ship sank en route from Barfleur to Southampton. William Ætheling, King Henry I’s only legitimate son and heir to the throne, drowned whilst trying to save his half-sister, Matilda of Perche, who also perished.
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Quite apart from anything else, surely this is a straightforwardly factual statement.
I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
November 25, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Quite apart from anything else, surely this is a straightforwardly factual statement.
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The truly wild thing is this isn’t even true, a shit-ton of their oil reserves on paper are heavy tar sands and every US oil company will take one look at that at $80/bbl and walk away because it isn’t close to economically viable.
Rep. Salazar on Venezuela: "We're about to go in ... we need to go in ... Venezuela for the American oil companies will be a field day"
November 24, 2025 at 9:26 PM
The truly wild thing is this isn’t even true, a shit-ton of their oil reserves on paper are heavy tar sands and every US oil company will take one look at that at $80/bbl and walk away because it isn’t close to economically viable.
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We should have listened when the modems screamed at us.
July 22, 2025 at 2:30 PM
We should have listened when the modems screamed at us.
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not sure how i'm supposed to be taking the Star Wars movie ranking discourse seriously when Wrath of Khan doesn't seem to have made ANY of the major lists
November 24, 2025 at 8:29 PM
not sure how i'm supposed to be taking the Star Wars movie ranking discourse seriously when Wrath of Khan doesn't seem to have made ANY of the major lists
“All my racial abuse has been indirect” is a flex.
Nigel Farage says he's 'never directly racially abused anybody'
Nigel Farage says he's 'never directly racially abused anybody'
The Reform UK leader was responding to reports he made racist remarks to his peers in school in the 1970s.
www.bbc.com
November 24, 2025 at 9:25 PM
“All my racial abuse has been indirect” is a flex.
How do you put your feet on the chair ahead of you on a plane?
Duffy on his demand that air travelers not wear slippers or pajamas: "It honors our country ... don't take your shoes off and put your feet on the chair ahead of you"
November 24, 2025 at 9:22 PM
How do you put your feet on the chair ahead of you on a plane?
But think of the social media content it will generate
Really looks like the United States is about to launch a regime change war against Venezuela with:
-No casus belli
-No authorization from Congress
-No allies or international support
-No plan for a post-Maduro Venezuela
-No preparation for any sort of stabilization or containment of the fallout
-No casus belli
-No authorization from Congress
-No allies or international support
-No plan for a post-Maduro Venezuela
-No preparation for any sort of stabilization or containment of the fallout
November 24, 2025 at 4:50 PM
But think of the social media content it will generate
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The US has fought wars for bad reasons, but this would be the first time we fought a war for no reason.
Really looks like the United States is about to launch a regime change war against Venezuela with:
-No casus belli
-No authorization from Congress
-No allies or international support
-No plan for a post-Maduro Venezuela
-No preparation for any sort of stabilization or containment of the fallout
-No casus belli
-No authorization from Congress
-No allies or international support
-No plan for a post-Maduro Venezuela
-No preparation for any sort of stabilization or containment of the fallout
November 24, 2025 at 4:16 PM
The US has fought wars for bad reasons, but this would be the first time we fought a war for no reason.