David Morton
@dhmorton.bsky.social
“An aged man is but a paltry thing,
A tattered coat upon a stick, unless
Soul clap its hands and sing”
A tattered coat upon a stick, unless
Soul clap its hands and sing”
I should probably get up.
February 10, 2026 at 11:28 AM
I should probably get up.
"La crisi consiste appunto nel fatto che il vecchio muore e il nuovo non può nascere: in questo interregno si verificano i fenomeni morbosi più svariati."
Oh for the Halcyon days when people thought that a collective nervous breakdown was a Tory-specific phenomenon.
BREAKING: Wes Streeting publishes his private WhatsApp messages with Peter Mandelson in apparent attempt to draw a line under their friendship. They reveal:
:: He feared being “toast at the next election” in his Ilford North seat, adding: “There isn’t a clear answer to the question: why Labour?”.
:: He feared being “toast at the next election” in his Ilford North seat, adding: “There isn’t a clear answer to the question: why Labour?”.
February 9, 2026 at 7:04 PM
"La crisi consiste appunto nel fatto che il vecchio muore e il nuovo non può nascere: in questo interregno si verificano i fenomeni morbosi più svariati."
As candidates manoeuvre for the labour leadership keep in mind that when you type “lickspittle cunt” into a search engine Wes Streeting tops the results.
February 9, 2026 at 4:48 PM
As candidates manoeuvre for the labour leadership keep in mind that when you type “lickspittle cunt” into a search engine Wes Streeting tops the results.
Now would be an appropriate time to remember what John Kenneth Galbraith called 'Galbraith’s Law’ which states that “anyone who says he won't resign four times, will.”
February 9, 2026 at 3:41 PM
Now would be an appropriate time to remember what John Kenneth Galbraith called 'Galbraith’s Law’ which states that “anyone who says he won't resign four times, will.”
Andrew Graham-Dixon’s new biography of Johannes Vermeer is superb.
February 9, 2026 at 2:09 PM
Andrew Graham-Dixon’s new biography of Johannes Vermeer is superb.
Someone with a terrible reputation for indecisiveness promoting both deputy Chiefs of Staff to joint Chief of Staff is objectively hilarious.
February 9, 2026 at 2:04 PM
Someone with a terrible reputation for indecisiveness promoting both deputy Chiefs of Staff to joint Chief of Staff is objectively hilarious.
I’m still holding on to some hope for this:
My theory of how this plays out:
• Starmer tires of all the backstabbing and resigns
• The rest recognise that the PM position is a poisoned chalice and decline to stand
• After decades of neglect Parliament finally burns down
• The UK continues—later thrives—as an anarcho-syndicalist collective
• Starmer tires of all the backstabbing and resigns
• The rest recognise that the PM position is a poisoned chalice and decline to stand
• After decades of neglect Parliament finally burns down
• The UK continues—later thrives—as an anarcho-syndicalist collective
February 9, 2026 at 1:42 PM
I’m still holding on to some hope for this:
I accidentally saw some news headlines and:
February 8, 2026 at 10:41 AM
I accidentally saw some news headlines and:
Once again I’m proving difficult to start this morning.
February 8, 2026 at 10:23 AM
Once again I’m proving difficult to start this morning.
I’m going to have to get this place fumigated since my letterbox and doormat have been contaminated by a Reform campaign leaflet.
One redeeming feature: it had two pictures of the odious Farage; I got to watch him descend into my shredder feet first, recalling the wood-chipper scene in Fargo.
One redeeming feature: it had two pictures of the odious Farage; I got to watch him descend into my shredder feet first, recalling the wood-chipper scene in Fargo.
February 7, 2026 at 12:30 PM
I’m going to have to get this place fumigated since my letterbox and doormat have been contaminated by a Reform campaign leaflet.
One redeeming feature: it had two pictures of the odious Farage; I got to watch him descend into my shredder feet first, recalling the wood-chipper scene in Fargo.
One redeeming feature: it had two pictures of the odious Farage; I got to watch him descend into my shredder feet first, recalling the wood-chipper scene in Fargo.
Even inanimate objects have been conspiring against me today. Fuckers.
February 6, 2026 at 6:39 PM
Even inanimate objects have been conspiring against me today. Fuckers.
TIL there’s a prison for male sex offenders about an hour’s drive from Sandringham.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Andrew moves out of Royal Lodge home after latest Epstein files
The former prince's move to a temporary property on the Sandringham Estate follows the latest disclosure of Jeffrey Epstein files.
www.bbc.co.uk
February 4, 2026 at 5:17 PM
TIL there’s a prison for male sex offenders about an hour’s drive from Sandringham.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Sell tech stocks and bulk buy pitchforks.
February 4, 2026 at 1:24 PM
Sell tech stocks and bulk buy pitchforks.
I’ve been reading @brookenewman.bsky.social’s The Crown’s Silence and it’s so good I’ll probably be shouting READ THIS BOOK at passing strangers.
#AbolishTheMonarchy isn’t enough. We also need to expropriate their inherited blood money to fund reparations.
harpercollins.co.uk/products/the...
#AbolishTheMonarchy isn’t enough. We also need to expropriate their inherited blood money to fund reparations.
harpercollins.co.uk/products/the...
The Crown’s Silence: The Hidden History of Slavery and the British Monarchy
A ground-breaking and essential work of history – the first of its kind to closely examine the British Royal Family’s connection with the transatlantic slave trade The Crown's Silence is the untold st...
harpercollins.co.uk
February 4, 2026 at 12:18 PM
I’ve been reading @brookenewman.bsky.social’s The Crown’s Silence and it’s so good I’ll probably be shouting READ THIS BOOK at passing strangers.
#AbolishTheMonarchy isn’t enough. We also need to expropriate their inherited blood money to fund reparations.
harpercollins.co.uk/products/the...
#AbolishTheMonarchy isn’t enough. We also need to expropriate their inherited blood money to fund reparations.
harpercollins.co.uk/products/the...
Imagine the senior officers at the Met tonight: typing prompts into their evil Palantir AI hoping it’ll write them a convincing case for not investigating Mandelson and Nonce Andrew.
February 2, 2026 at 11:39 PM
Imagine the senior officers at the Met tonight: typing prompts into their evil Palantir AI hoping it’ll write them a convincing case for not investigating Mandelson and Nonce Andrew.
On the subject of the House of Lords: Do we have an estimate of how much it weighs, complete with contents? China’s Long March 9 has a projected payload of 150 metric tons. How many would we need to strap to each corner to be entirely rid of the place?
February 2, 2026 at 6:49 PM
On the subject of the House of Lords: Do we have an estimate of how much it weighs, complete with contents? China’s Long March 9 has a projected payload of 150 metric tons. How many would we need to strap to each corner to be entirely rid of the place?
I’m depressed about the state of the world (and the people who run it), but I’m even more depressed about the first and second derivatives of the state of the world.
February 2, 2026 at 6:43 PM
I’m depressed about the state of the world (and the people who run it), but I’m even more depressed about the first and second derivatives of the state of the world.
And again. I probably shouldn’t make this a habit.
Some mornings require a second breakfast.
January 31, 2026 at 12:05 PM
And again. I probably shouldn’t make this a habit.
Since we're at least…what…three months into 2026, shouldn't it be getting warmer by now?
January 30, 2026 at 4:05 PM
Since we're at least…what…three months into 2026, shouldn't it be getting warmer by now?
I *like* Jeremy. I voted for him to be my MP more than once. But this strategy means YP fights the 2029 General Election with an octogenarian leader.
Do we know a song about that? I think we might…
magazine.newstatesman.com/2026/01/30/c...
Do we know a song about that? I think we might…
magazine.newstatesman.com/2026/01/30/c...
Corbyn’s slate must win election for Your Party to survive, allies warn
Exclusive: The MP for Islington North will be the party’s parliamentary leader if his slate wins
magazine.newstatesman.com
January 30, 2026 at 3:55 PM
I *like* Jeremy. I voted for him to be my MP more than once. But this strategy means YP fights the 2029 General Election with an octogenarian leader.
Do we know a song about that? I think we might…
magazine.newstatesman.com/2026/01/30/c...
Do we know a song about that? I think we might…
magazine.newstatesman.com/2026/01/30/c...
Interesting contrast to the UK's "give absolutely everything—including the crown jewels—to Palantir" approach.
www.euronews.com/next/2026/01...
www.euronews.com/next/2026/01...
France to replace US's Teams and Zoom for 'sovereign control'
France announced that it will roll out the Visio platform across all government departments by 2027.
www.euronews.com
January 27, 2026 at 8:28 PM
Interesting contrast to the UK's "give absolutely everything—including the crown jewels—to Palantir" approach.
www.euronews.com/next/2026/01...
www.euronews.com/next/2026/01...
Some mornings require a second breakfast.
January 25, 2026 at 11:22 AM
Some mornings require a second breakfast.
The design of his grave is going to be a fluid management problem on the scale of the Three Gorges Dam.
January 23, 2026 at 4:27 PM
The design of his grave is going to be a fluid management problem on the scale of the Three Gorges Dam.
