Brian
@brianscant.bsky.social
Politics, yes. But also film, theatre, music etc.
Scary stuff. How has it come to this? And should risk assessors have raised the issues sooner?
#visa #mastercard
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
#visa #mastercard
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
UK bank bosses plan to set up Visa and Mastercard alternative amid Trump fears
Exclusive: First meeting to be held over domestic payments system aimed at reducing reliance on US networks
www.theguardian.com
February 16, 2026 at 8:56 PM
Scary stuff. How has it come to this? And should risk assessors have raised the issues sooner?
#visa #mastercard
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
#visa #mastercard
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Orban winning is only vital for Russian national interests.
But since Russia owns the Trump administration, Russian and American interests are the same.
#Magyarorszag #Ukraine #Rubio #Orban
But since Russia owns the Trump administration, Russian and American interests are the same.
#Magyarorszag #Ukraine #Rubio #Orban
February 16, 2026 at 5:11 PM
Orban winning is only vital for Russian national interests.
But since Russia owns the Trump administration, Russian and American interests are the same.
#Magyarorszag #Ukraine #Rubio #Orban
But since Russia owns the Trump administration, Russian and American interests are the same.
#Magyarorszag #Ukraine #Rubio #Orban
‘If Donald Trump had been the president of the United States this war (in Ukraine) wouldn’t have broken out,” Orban Victor told journalists.
This Trump lie makes me see red.
Orban repeats it.
And it seems he is on track for another election win. What is wrong with you, Hungary?
#Ukraine
This Trump lie makes me see red.
Orban repeats it.
And it seems he is on track for another election win. What is wrong with you, Hungary?
#Ukraine
February 16, 2026 at 11:29 AM
‘If Donald Trump had been the president of the United States this war (in Ukraine) wouldn’t have broken out,” Orban Victor told journalists.
This Trump lie makes me see red.
Orban repeats it.
And it seems he is on track for another election win. What is wrong with you, Hungary?
#Ukraine
This Trump lie makes me see red.
Orban repeats it.
And it seems he is on track for another election win. What is wrong with you, Hungary?
#Ukraine
Truss on Savile: "Used to see Jimmy Savile at the Flying Pizza on Street Lane, Roundhay. Always in good spirits. RIP.”
She does love a wrong ‘un, does Liz.
#LizTruss
She does love a wrong ‘un, does Liz.
#LizTruss
February 15, 2026 at 10:45 PM
Truss on Savile: "Used to see Jimmy Savile at the Flying Pizza on Street Lane, Roundhay. Always in good spirits. RIP.”
She does love a wrong ‘un, does Liz.
#LizTruss
She does love a wrong ‘un, does Liz.
#LizTruss
'Today, children, we are going to visit Nigel Farage.'
February 15, 2026 at 4:43 PM
'Today, children, we are going to visit Nigel Farage.'
'If the song of the swallow
Could reveal my sorrow
Then my dear, he would sing just for you
And tonight you would hear
The saddest song of the year
And you'd be mine once again
Come tomorrow'
#ManfredMann #PaulJones
youtu.be/tBQ_nJGXaB0?...
Could reveal my sorrow
Then my dear, he would sing just for you
And tonight you would hear
The saddest song of the year
And you'd be mine once again
Come tomorrow'
#ManfredMann #PaulJones
youtu.be/tBQ_nJGXaB0?...
Manfred Mann - Come Tomorrow
YouTube video by thecatkeaton
youtu.be
February 15, 2026 at 4:17 PM
'If the song of the swallow
Could reveal my sorrow
Then my dear, he would sing just for you
And tonight you would hear
The saddest song of the year
And you'd be mine once again
Come tomorrow'
#ManfredMann #PaulJones
youtu.be/tBQ_nJGXaB0?...
Could reveal my sorrow
Then my dear, he would sing just for you
And tonight you would hear
The saddest song of the year
And you'd be mine once again
Come tomorrow'
#ManfredMann #PaulJones
youtu.be/tBQ_nJGXaB0?...
'They didn't come for the rhythm
They didn't come for the beat
The people of the town
Came just to stand around
And see the singer lookin' sweet
(They couldn't have!)'
youtu.be/XepPtPGzW3g?...
#ManfredMann
They didn't come for the beat
The people of the town
Came just to stand around
And see the singer lookin' sweet
(They couldn't have!)'
youtu.be/XepPtPGzW3g?...
#ManfredMann
Manfred Mann - The One In The Middle ( Original Footage 1965 Rebroadcast 192 TV )
YouTube video by Golden Decades
youtu.be
February 15, 2026 at 4:04 PM
'They didn't come for the rhythm
They didn't come for the beat
The people of the town
Came just to stand around
And see the singer lookin' sweet
(They couldn't have!)'
youtu.be/XepPtPGzW3g?...
#ManfredMann
They didn't come for the beat
The people of the town
Came just to stand around
And see the singer lookin' sweet
(They couldn't have!)'
youtu.be/XepPtPGzW3g?...
#ManfredMann
Restore Britain
Advance UK
Reform UK
Patriotic Alternative
UKIP
So many far right parties to choose from!
How do the cunts who vote for this shit make their minds up?
#FarRight
#AdvanceUK #ReformUK #RestoreBritain #PatrioticAlternative #UKIP
Advance UK
Reform UK
Patriotic Alternative
UKIP
So many far right parties to choose from!
How do the cunts who vote for this shit make their minds up?
#FarRight
#AdvanceUK #ReformUK #RestoreBritain #PatrioticAlternative #UKIP
February 15, 2026 at 1:17 PM
Restore Britain
Advance UK
Reform UK
Patriotic Alternative
UKIP
So many far right parties to choose from!
How do the cunts who vote for this shit make their minds up?
#FarRight
#AdvanceUK #ReformUK #RestoreBritain #PatrioticAlternative #UKIP
Advance UK
Reform UK
Patriotic Alternative
UKIP
So many far right parties to choose from!
How do the cunts who vote for this shit make their minds up?
#FarRight
#AdvanceUK #ReformUK #RestoreBritain #PatrioticAlternative #UKIP
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Yes! And doesn't Richard Wilson look the part? With Rumpole, I think it equipped young sprogs with everything needed to conduct their own defence in cases of shoplifted Blackjack or Fruit Salad chews.
ALLEGEDLY 😬
ALLEGEDLY 😬
February 15, 2026 at 11:10 AM
Yes! And doesn't Richard Wilson look the part? With Rumpole, I think it equipped young sprogs with everything needed to conduct their own defence in cases of shoplifted Blackjack or Fruit Salad chews.
ALLEGEDLY 😬
ALLEGEDLY 😬
Reposted by Brian
Good call, it was top notch and the opening theme was well chosen.
Play for Today, also from the 70s, was a great watch. There's an episode on iPlayer with a very young Alison Steadman, Nuts in May, really funny.
www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
Play for Today, also from the 70s, was a great watch. There's an episode on iPlayer with a very young Alison Steadman, Nuts in May, really funny.
www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
Play for Today - Series 6: Nuts in May
Director Mike Leigh’s iconic tale of camping holidays and all the hazards involved. Keith and Candice Marie arrive at a Dorset campground for ten nights of idyllic bliss.
www.bbc.co.uk
February 15, 2026 at 10:36 AM
Good call, it was top notch and the opening theme was well chosen.
Play for Today, also from the 70s, was a great watch. There's an episode on iPlayer with a very young Alison Steadman, Nuts in May, really funny.
www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
Play for Today, also from the 70s, was a great watch. There's an episode on iPlayer with a very young Alison Steadman, Nuts in May, really funny.
www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
Listening to Janacek’s Sinfonietta - and what a wonderful piece of music that is - I was reminded it was used as the opening theme tune for Crown Court.
Anyone else watched that as a kid? Great tv and introduction to the justice system. In childhood when it was easier to believe in justice.
Anyone else watched that as a kid? Great tv and introduction to the justice system. In childhood when it was easier to believe in justice.
February 15, 2026 at 10:13 AM
Listening to Janacek’s Sinfonietta - and what a wonderful piece of music that is - I was reminded it was used as the opening theme tune for Crown Court.
Anyone else watched that as a kid? Great tv and introduction to the justice system. In childhood when it was easier to believe in justice.
Anyone else watched that as a kid? Great tv and introduction to the justice system. In childhood when it was easier to believe in justice.
‘Behind me the town curves, with its parapeted edge,
With its burnt look, guards toward the river.
The worry about money, the eyeless work
Of those who do not believe, real poverty,
The sour doorways of the poor’
Allotments: April (Bernard Spencer 1936)
With its burnt look, guards toward the river.
The worry about money, the eyeless work
Of those who do not believe, real poverty,
The sour doorways of the poor’
Allotments: April (Bernard Spencer 1936)
February 15, 2026 at 10:00 AM
‘Behind me the town curves, with its parapeted edge,
With its burnt look, guards toward the river.
The worry about money, the eyeless work
Of those who do not believe, real poverty,
The sour doorways of the poor’
Allotments: April (Bernard Spencer 1936)
With its burnt look, guards toward the river.
The worry about money, the eyeless work
Of those who do not believe, real poverty,
The sour doorways of the poor’
Allotments: April (Bernard Spencer 1936)
“For I will pour water on the thirsty land, and streams on the dry ground; I will pour out my Spirit on your offspring, and my blessing on your descendants.”
Thank you, Lord, but that’s maybe enough for the moment.
Thank you, Lord, but that’s maybe enough for the moment.
February 15, 2026 at 8:59 AM
“For I will pour water on the thirsty land, and streams on the dry ground; I will pour out my Spirit on your offspring, and my blessing on your descendants.”
Thank you, Lord, but that’s maybe enough for the moment.
Thank you, Lord, but that’s maybe enough for the moment.
'Without your love
I only see the drifting shadows
Of the losers and the lost
And now it's all
Big talk, big name, big noise, New York'
youtu.be/eKpWM1XFiXE?...
I only see the drifting shadows
Of the losers and the lost
And now it's all
Big talk, big name, big noise, New York'
youtu.be/eKpWM1XFiXE?...
Donald Fagen - Big Noise New York
YouTube video by Steely Dan - Unofficial Channel
youtu.be
February 14, 2026 at 9:58 PM
'Without your love
I only see the drifting shadows
Of the losers and the lost
And now it's all
Big talk, big name, big noise, New York'
youtu.be/eKpWM1XFiXE?...
I only see the drifting shadows
Of the losers and the lost
And now it's all
Big talk, big name, big noise, New York'
youtu.be/eKpWM1XFiXE?...
I hold thee nothing dearer than the rest.
Nay, tell me not thy strong young heart will break
If to thy prayer such cold response I make;
It will not break -- hearts cannot break, I know,
Or this weak heart had broken long ago.
Ah no! I would not love thee, if I could;’
Constance Naden
Nay, tell me not thy strong young heart will break
If to thy prayer such cold response I make;
It will not break -- hearts cannot break, I know,
Or this weak heart had broken long ago.
Ah no! I would not love thee, if I could;’
Constance Naden
February 14, 2026 at 7:32 PM
I hold thee nothing dearer than the rest.
Nay, tell me not thy strong young heart will break
If to thy prayer such cold response I make;
It will not break -- hearts cannot break, I know,
Or this weak heart had broken long ago.
Ah no! I would not love thee, if I could;’
Constance Naden
Nay, tell me not thy strong young heart will break
If to thy prayer such cold response I make;
It will not break -- hearts cannot break, I know,
Or this weak heart had broken long ago.
Ah no! I would not love thee, if I could;’
Constance Naden
‘And it takes a lot of whiskey
To make these nightmares go away
And I cut my bleedin' heart out every night
And I'm going to die a little more on each St. Valentine’s Day’
To make these nightmares go away
And I cut my bleedin' heart out every night
And I'm going to die a little more on each St. Valentine’s Day’
February 14, 2026 at 8:04 AM
‘And it takes a lot of whiskey
To make these nightmares go away
And I cut my bleedin' heart out every night
And I'm going to die a little more on each St. Valentine’s Day’
To make these nightmares go away
And I cut my bleedin' heart out every night
And I'm going to die a little more on each St. Valentine’s Day’
‘All I did was talk about you Hear your name and I'd start to cry There's just no getting over you... oh, no...’
February 12, 2026 at 9:55 PM
‘All I did was talk about you Hear your name and I'd start to cry There's just no getting over you... oh, no...’
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British psychedelic masterpiece!😎😎
British psychedelic masterpiece!😎😎
The Factory - Path Through The Forest
YouTube video by heavenlyblueorange
youtu.be
February 12, 2026 at 11:51 AM
youtu.be/1USsnnFzsI0?...
British psychedelic masterpiece!😎😎
British psychedelic masterpiece!😎😎
Great live songs from mid 70s on this single-shaped cd set.
Just on a fashion note, I like the t-shirt and denim waistcoat combo.
And the the scarf / wrist bands with the double denim.
The leather waistcoat and bare chest is cool.
And the short length tight waist band jacket is classic.
#Quo
Just on a fashion note, I like the t-shirt and denim waistcoat combo.
And the the scarf / wrist bands with the double denim.
The leather waistcoat and bare chest is cool.
And the short length tight waist band jacket is classic.
#Quo
February 12, 2026 at 10:31 AM
Great live songs from mid 70s on this single-shaped cd set.
Just on a fashion note, I like the t-shirt and denim waistcoat combo.
And the the scarf / wrist bands with the double denim.
The leather waistcoat and bare chest is cool.
And the short length tight waist band jacket is classic.
#Quo
Just on a fashion note, I like the t-shirt and denim waistcoat combo.
And the the scarf / wrist bands with the double denim.
The leather waistcoat and bare chest is cool.
And the short length tight waist band jacket is classic.
#Quo
Saw this tonight. Really good. Smart direction and great performances. A labour of love, I think.
#Miles
southwarkplayhouse.co.uk/productions/...
#Miles
southwarkplayhouse.co.uk/productions/...
Miles. - Southwark Playhouse Borough
Trace the life and legacy of jazz icon Miles Davis through a powerful play blending live music, projection and puppetry. Featuring trumpet star, Jay Phelps.
southwarkplayhouse.co.uk
February 11, 2026 at 9:57 PM
Saw this tonight. Really good. Smart direction and great performances. A labour of love, I think.
#Miles
southwarkplayhouse.co.uk/productions/...
#Miles
southwarkplayhouse.co.uk/productions/...
'At the third turn of the waltz
We’re finally waltzing, all three of us
At the third turn of the waltz
There’s you, there’s love and there’s me
And Paris that keeps the time'
#Brel
youtu.be/Z08T8hNQMPw?...
We’re finally waltzing, all three of us
At the third turn of the waltz
There’s you, there’s love and there’s me
And Paris that keeps the time'
#Brel
youtu.be/Z08T8hNQMPw?...
Jacques Brel, La valse à mille temps, live
YouTube video by Enrico de Angelis
youtu.be
February 11, 2026 at 3:30 PM
'At the third turn of the waltz
We’re finally waltzing, all three of us
At the third turn of the waltz
There’s you, there’s love and there’s me
And Paris that keeps the time'
#Brel
youtu.be/Z08T8hNQMPw?...
We’re finally waltzing, all three of us
At the third turn of the waltz
There’s you, there’s love and there’s me
And Paris that keeps the time'
#Brel
youtu.be/Z08T8hNQMPw?...
Good cover of the Beefheart song. Certainly better than the awful EBTG cover of it.
youtu.be/NzLKKM_vGBM?...
youtu.be/NzLKKM_vGBM?...
The Tubes My Head Is My Only House Unless It Rains with Lyrics in Description
YouTube video by Southern Rocker
youtu.be
February 11, 2026 at 3:11 PM
Good cover of the Beefheart song. Certainly better than the awful EBTG cover of it.
youtu.be/NzLKKM_vGBM?...
youtu.be/NzLKKM_vGBM?...