Gabriel Milland
@gabrielmilland.bsky.social
Research and policy. Former senior UK government comms official and adviser. Happiest in a focus group. Once a journalist. Further back, a historian of the media, war and public opinion. Halberdier. Bristol City FC.
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The Secretary of Defense, ladies and gentlemen
November 25, 2025 at 1:23 PM
The Secretary of Defense, ladies and gentlemen
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BREAKING
The Defense Department says it may recall Senator Mark Kelly, a retired Navy Captain and astronaut, and refer him to court martial proceedings for appearing in a video where he urged service members not to follow unlawful orders.
The Defense Department says it may recall Senator Mark Kelly, a retired Navy Captain and astronaut, and refer him to court martial proceedings for appearing in a video where he urged service members not to follow unlawful orders.
November 24, 2025 at 5:34 PM
BREAKING
The Defense Department says it may recall Senator Mark Kelly, a retired Navy Captain and astronaut, and refer him to court martial proceedings for appearing in a video where he urged service members not to follow unlawful orders.
The Defense Department says it may recall Senator Mark Kelly, a retired Navy Captain and astronaut, and refer him to court martial proceedings for appearing in a video where he urged service members not to follow unlawful orders.
A whole new twist on "Kakania".
An imperial and royal laxative...
Zeitungswerbung 1906 ;-)
November 24, 2025 at 2:14 PM
A whole new twist on "Kakania".
The stuff on X about disinfo accounts reminds me of the time I tried to get a Cybernat account which was obviously Russian or something to say which was their favourite sketch character on "Naked Video" - something which any true Scot would be able to do but this particular account couldn't.
November 24, 2025 at 12:58 PM
The stuff on X about disinfo accounts reminds me of the time I tried to get a Cybernat account which was obviously Russian or something to say which was their favourite sketch character on "Naked Video" - something which any true Scot would be able to do but this particular account couldn't.
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Trump had found an issue more unpopular than his handling of inflation - attacking Venezuela:
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November 23, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Trump had found an issue more unpopular than his handling of inflation - attacking Venezuela:
www.cbsnews.com/feature/cbs-...
www.cbsnews.com/feature/cbs-...
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If you are freakishly hungry and have some time on your hands St Austell in Cornwall is very much the place to be.
November 23, 2025 at 7:41 PM
If you are freakishly hungry and have some time on your hands St Austell in Cornwall is very much the place to be.
Arsenal-Tottenham isn't just the North London derby. I reckon it's *the* London derby. I can't shake the sense that Chelsea are basically parvenus.
November 23, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Arsenal-Tottenham isn't just the North London derby. I reckon it's *the* London derby. I can't shake the sense that Chelsea are basically parvenus.
Think the Prem bottom three as of this afternoon are probably the bottom three at the end of the season. Wolves, Burnley, Leeds.
November 23, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Think the Prem bottom three as of this afternoon are probably the bottom three at the end of the season. Wolves, Burnley, Leeds.
Donald Tusk. What a guy. Hard. As. Nails.
November 23, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Donald Tusk. What a guy. Hard. As. Nails.
This is obviously what's going on.
I think this clip is the key to understanding why Trump acted the way he did with Mamdani. His world revolves around TV ratings.
"I tell you, the press has eaten this thing up."
"I tell you, the press has eaten this thing up."
November 21, 2025 at 10:53 PM
This is obviously what's going on.
Nathan Gill is lucky that the charge was not treason.
November 21, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Nathan Gill is lucky that the charge was not treason.
Employers! Avoid this problem by simply not firing someone an hour after they start a job you have presumably selected them for.
The Employment Rights Bill could allow one to start a job at 9 a.m. and claim unfair dismissal an hour later.
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✍️ Michael Simmons
The greatest threat to the economy? The Employment Rights Bill
On Monday night, former England manager Gareth Southgate joined MPs and philanthropists for an event in Westminster described as ‘the Oscars of the charity world’. Cabinet ministers Lisa Nandy and...
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November 20, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Employers! Avoid this problem by simply not firing someone an hour after they start a job you have presumably selected them for.
London is vastly oversupplied with low density Victorian railway suburb housing that is going to have to be renewed at some point. Our war cry should be: "Add another story at Tooting Broadway! Mitcham must be mid-rised!"
V good this. Would add: we also need to demolish more!
British cities are too flat — and it’s holding back housing supply.
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November 20, 2025 at 12:38 PM
London is vastly oversupplied with low density Victorian railway suburb housing that is going to have to be renewed at some point. Our war cry should be: "Add another story at Tooting Broadway! Mitcham must be mid-rised!"
He wants to make Ukraine a desert and call it peace.
Trump: "I've settled eight wars ... one war -- 36 years. I got it done in one day."
November 19, 2025 at 6:03 PM
He wants to make Ukraine a desert and call it peace.
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Evacuees in Montgomeryshire, Wales, 9 September 1939, photo by Geoff Charles, 1909-2002 (National Library of Wales).
November 18, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Evacuees in Montgomeryshire, Wales, 9 September 1939, photo by Geoff Charles, 1909-2002 (National Library of Wales).
Well what did anyone expect?
Trump suggests Khashoggi had it coming: "You're mentioning someone that was extremely controversial. A lot of people didn't like that gentleman that you're talking about. Whether you like him or didn't like him, things happen. But he knew nothing about it. You don't have to embarrass our guest."
November 18, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Well what did anyone expect?
And if there are successful objections to development next to commuter stations then simply reduce the number of trains that stop there by one per hour until the objections cease.
November 18, 2025 at 10:50 AM
And if there are successful objections to development next to commuter stations then simply reduce the number of trains that stop there by one per hour until the objections cease.
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WARSAW, Poland (AP) - Polish prime minister says weekend rail line explosion near Warsaw was act of 'sabotage'
November 17, 2025 at 9:17 AM
WARSAW, Poland (AP) - Polish prime minister says weekend rail line explosion near Warsaw was act of 'sabotage'
Lee Dixon betraying his ultra-tankie views.
"Hoxha's the one for Albania."
"Hoxha's the one for Albania."
November 16, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Lee Dixon betraying his ultra-tankie views.
"Hoxha's the one for Albania."
"Hoxha's the one for Albania."
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“You drive, I’m tired.”
November 16, 2025 at 4:26 PM
“You drive, I’m tired.”
Up yours, Viktor Orban.
Ireland book World Cup play-off place with sensational 3-2 win against Hungary
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Hungary face Ireland as both teams bid to secure a place in the play-offs.
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November 16, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Up yours, Viktor Orban.
Portugal 1, Armenia 1 at 18 mins before ending 9-1 may be the ultimate "don't make them angry" result.
November 16, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Portugal 1, Armenia 1 at 18 mins before ending 9-1 may be the ultimate "don't make them angry" result.
35 years later and this stuff looks over-priced even before factoring in inflation. I doubt many people currently spend more than £400 on a TV at current prices.
Nov 1990: Philips 21" FST Fastext TV and Video Package ad from Currys
(+Hitachi 28" FST NICAM* Stereo TV; Hitachi 25" FST NICAM* Stereo TV; Sony 25" FST NICAM* Stereo TV; Matsui 28" FST NICAM* Stereo TV; Hitachi 25" FST Fastext TV; Sony 21" FST NICAM* Stereo TV, and more)
(+Hitachi 28" FST NICAM* Stereo TV; Hitachi 25" FST NICAM* Stereo TV; Sony 25" FST NICAM* Stereo TV; Matsui 28" FST NICAM* Stereo TV; Hitachi 25" FST Fastext TV; Sony 21" FST NICAM* Stereo TV, and more)
November 16, 2025 at 12:53 PM
35 years later and this stuff looks over-priced even before factoring in inflation. I doubt many people currently spend more than £400 on a TV at current prices.
Even my bit of SW London already chocka with Brazil fans en route to the match at the Emirates. World in a city.
November 15, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Even my bit of SW London already chocka with Brazil fans en route to the match at the Emirates. World in a city.
Whatever one thinks about the current PM, this "crisis of rhetoric" cuts across politics.
The first Thatcher govt had a majority of just 43.
Thatcher, like Starmer, was not a natural orator, but she recognised that the battle of ideas mattered.
She saw it as part of her job to go out & win the argument: to shape public opinion, not just react to it.
That's almost wholly missing today.
Thatcher, like Starmer, was not a natural orator, but she recognised that the battle of ideas mattered.
She saw it as part of her job to go out & win the argument: to shape public opinion, not just react to it.
That's almost wholly missing today.
Has a government with a large majority ever *tried* less to impose itself and change the terms of debate?
November 15, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Whatever one thinks about the current PM, this "crisis of rhetoric" cuts across politics.