Angus Willson
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Angus Willson
@anguswillson.bsky.social
Free-range geography. From Ashford, Kent, UK, across the world.
"A writer, I think, is someone who pays attention to the world." Susan Sontag.
See http://pannage.com
At peace with finding joy in the mundane.
https://open.spotify.com/user/pannage
Pinned
I have a website with a series of blog posts which has out-lasted a few social media accounts.
www.pannage.com/blog/
It's all me, me, me.
"America. Where are you now?"
Know your history!
youtu.be/A-7uwshsfFI?...
Steppenwolf - Monster
YouTube video by Christian Larsen
youtu.be
January 9, 2026 at 3:23 PM
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Does anyone know of any industry the UK has privatised since Thatcher that hasn’t gone to shit, hasn’t been deemed a rip-off, or has actually worked in the taxpayers/customers favour?

Water, trains, schools - it’s all a fucking farce

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
School pool barricaded as repairs contract ends with work unfinished
A BBC investigation finds building issues across city schools after a firm contracted to carry out repairs went into liquidation.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 9, 2026 at 12:20 AM
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Anger as Kent County Council confirms plan to sell former Folkestone Library building in Grace Hill

www.kentonline.co.uk/folkestone/n...
‘This isn’t right’: Fury as historic library set to be sold off at auction
A historic library described as a town’s “most treasured community asset” is set to be sold off at auction, sparking fury among residents.
www.kentonline.co.uk
January 9, 2026 at 6:49 AM
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If Kent County Council is Nigel Farage’s “shop window”, it’s becoming clearer every day what Reform UK are selling: a familiar mixture of incompetence and cronyism.
https://goodlaw.social/kip5
Reform council that promised cuts delivers payday for party backer
Reform councils have increased spending and handed out a £30,000 contract to a company owned by a party supporter which was involved with 10 serious pollution incidents in 2024.
goodlaw.social
January 9, 2026 at 7:40 AM
Shame. Wrong person. #Traitors
January 8, 2026 at 8:51 PM
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This is the freedom you have in America, to be shot by 'Police' wearing masks, for no reason at all, and then to have your Government call you a terrorist and block any investigation into your Murder.

Truly one of the worst most unfree countries on the whole planet.
January 8, 2026 at 4:49 PM
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January 8, 2026 at 2:47 PM
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For those keeping score, Bellingcat, The New York Times Visual Investigation Team, & Washington Post's Visual Forensic team have all published analysis showing the ICE shooter wasn't in the path of Renee Nicole Good’s vehicle when he shot her, contradicting statements by the President & his cronies
January 8, 2026 at 3:35 PM
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"Israel Is Banning the 'Last Foreign Witnesses' to Its Genocide in Gaza"

In a likely deadly move, the Israeli government told 37 foreign aid groups, including Doctors Without Borders, they could no longer operate in Palestine. Where is the outrage, asks Diana Buttu for Zeteo?
Israel Is Banning the 'Last Foreign Witnesses' to Its Genocide in Gaza
In a likely deadly move, the Israeli government told 37 foreign aid groups, including Doctors Without Borders, they could no longer operate in Palestine. Where is the outrage?
zeteo.com
January 8, 2026 at 5:27 PM
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Technically the threshold for "bomb cyclogenesis" of an Atlantic storm is a 21mb drop over a 24 hour period, at our latitude of 50°N.

The pressure here has dropped 24 mb in 11 hours, from 730am. And it's still going down.

#StormGoretti
January 8, 2026 at 6:37 PM
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The only Reform Nigel & his plc mates want
is for corrupt government contracts
to go to corrupt Reform millionaire donors
rather than corrupt Labour of Tory millionaire donors
January 8, 2026 at 8:37 AM
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Reform duck a debate for the most bizarre of reasons
Reform duck a debate for the most bizarre of reasons
The party declined to put up a representative for the first broadcast debate of this year's vital Senedd election
www.thenewworld.co.uk
January 8, 2026 at 8:56 AM
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I understand the pressures on the BBC, but Radio 4's coverage of the Minneapolis shooting is an example of "bad balance".

It's all "the Trump regime says she was a terrorist, but Democrats say it was murder".

The BBC has the footage. It doesn't have to treat truth and falsehood as equally valid.
January 8, 2026 at 8:38 AM
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At the “Bring Back the Magic” event at Ashford this morning

It’s obvious Ashford ought to be re-opened. The question is who foots the costs, and whose trains will serve it (my bet it won’t be Eurostar)

#CrossChannelRail
January 8, 2026 at 9:09 AM
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In a likely deadly move, the Israeli government told 37 foreign aid groups, including Doctors Without Borders, they could no longer operate in Palestine. Where is the outrage?

Read the latest from @dianabuttu.bsky.social zeteo.com/p/israel-aid...
Israel Is Banning the 'Last Foreign Witnesses' to Its Genocide in Gaza
In a likely deadly move, the Israeli government told 37 foreign aid groups, including Doctors Without Borders, they could no longer operate in Palestine. Where is the outrage?
zeteo.com
January 7, 2026 at 9:19 PM
Would like share the whole article about asylum seekers with REFUK numpties.
liveapp.inews.co.uk/category/408...
January 7, 2026 at 4:53 PM
#NowListening Amy Winehouse, Back to Black.
Enjoyed the film the other night.
open.spotify.com/album/0E4xv5...
Back To Black (Deluxe Edition)
open.spotify.com
January 7, 2026 at 4:24 PM
Morning coffee in a converted #Kent oast house
January 7, 2026 at 3:22 PM
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🔎 NEW

Reform council that promised cuts has handed out a £30,000 contract to a company owned by a party supporter which was involved with 10 serious pollution incidents in 2024.

Investigation by @ollyhaynes.bsky.social:
https://goodlaw.social/kip5
Reform council that promised cuts delivers payday for party backer
Reform councils have increased spending and handed out a £30,000 contract to a company owned by a party supporter which was involved with 10 serious pollution incidents in 2024.
goodlaw.social
January 7, 2026 at 12:58 PM
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What was distinctive about 2025 for 20’s Plenty for Us was how the narrative developed from whether to introduce 20mph limits as an urban/village norm into how they should be implemented.
Will 2026 become the year that UK transitions to a de-facto 20mph norm for urban/village streets?
We support those communities that want 20mph where people are
www.20splenty.org
January 6, 2026 at 5:14 PM
Good coverage of right-wing REFUK's ideological assault on, er ideology in #Kent County Council.
January 7, 2026 at 8:04 AM
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Reform-run Derbyshire County Council set to roll out multiple years of maximum council tax increases - after pledging cuts

www.buxtonadvertiser.co.uk/news/people/...

#ReformTaxLies
Reform-run Derbyshire County Council set to roll out multiple years of maximum council tax increases - after pledging cuts
Reform-run Derbyshire County Council is set to roll out multiple years of maximum council tax increases.
www.buxtonadvertiser.co.uk
January 6, 2026 at 5:09 PM
Walking past a Primary school with children in the playground when a few flakes of snow resulted in spontaneous screaming.
Good luck teachers this afternoon.
January 6, 2026 at 1:34 PM
#NowListening Stevie Nicks, Belladonna, 1986
open.spotify.com/album/3S404O...
Bella Donna (Deluxe Edition)
open.spotify.com
January 4, 2026 at 7:54 PM