General Boles
@generalboles.bsky.social
Former MP, former Supreme Allied Commander #WarOnTheCountryside, above average satirical photoshopper & senior advisor to Sir Keir Starmer before he became unpopular
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"The Green Party has a habit of supporting things in principle and opposing them in practice. It wants environmentally friendly transport, then opposes HS2. It wants clean energy, but opposes wind farms locally. It supports affordable housing, but opposes almost every building project it sees."
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Green councillors are making North London housing even more expensive
capx.co
February 16, 2026 at 5:10 PM
"The Green Party has a habit of supporting things in principle and opposing them in practice. It wants environmentally friendly transport, then opposes HS2. It wants clean energy, but opposes wind farms locally. It supports affordable housing, but opposes almost every building project it sees."
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"A 25th anniversary 4K restoration of A Knight’s Tale opens in UK cinemas on 20 February." Oh God, book me in, it's not like I've done enough sobbing in the cinema this year. 😂
February 16, 2026 at 5:20 PM
"A 25th anniversary 4K restoration of A Knight’s Tale opens in UK cinemas on 20 February." Oh God, book me in, it's not like I've done enough sobbing in the cinema this year. 😂
GUYS!!! WE'RE ON RADIO 2!!! WE MADE IT
February 16, 2026 at 5:07 PM
GUYS!!! WE'RE ON RADIO 2!!! WE MADE IT
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the comments = that escalated quickly
February 16, 2026 at 4:38 PM
the comments = that escalated quickly
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It is so perfect, apart from the heroine is horrible so the romance doesn’t work. I wish he would bin her off and get with the hot lady blacksmith. But the rest of it is spectacular. Including the arse shot
February 16, 2026 at 4:12 PM
It is so perfect, apart from the heroine is horrible so the romance doesn’t work. I wish he would bin her off and get with the hot lady blacksmith. But the rest of it is spectacular. Including the arse shot
I love this film so much and not just because of the gratuitous Paul Bettany arse shot www.theguardian.com/film/2026/fe...
‘Heath Ledger knocked my tooth out jousting with a broom’: how we made A Knight’s Tale
‘The lances were made of balsa wood and filled with uncooked spaghetti – so that when they broke, there’d be an explosion of what looked like splinters’
www.theguardian.com
February 16, 2026 at 4:05 PM
I love this film so much and not just because of the gratuitous Paul Bettany arse shot www.theguardian.com/film/2026/fe...
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Matt Goodwin is currently running in a seat that is 43% non-white and three months ago shared a platform with a man who doesn't consider those people to be British.
This looks like one of those posters for a tour by one hit wonder bands from several decades ago, where a session musician who played on the B-side has the performance rights.
February 16, 2026 at 3:43 PM
Matt Goodwin is currently running in a seat that is 43% non-white and three months ago shared a platform with a man who doesn't consider those people to be British.
How did they get planning permission for the slope?
When ski jumping came to Hampstead Heath — in pictures
When ski jumping came to Hampstead Heath — in pictures
www.thetimes.com
February 16, 2026 at 1:21 PM
How did they get planning permission for the slope?
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really enjoy that the bloke who won two golds on the luge is someone who was a national level taekwondo fighter until he got injured and then a government figure stepped out the shadows and said "let me tell you about project going down a hill really fast"
February 16, 2026 at 1:01 PM
really enjoy that the bloke who won two golds on the luge is someone who was a national level taekwondo fighter until he got injured and then a government figure stepped out the shadows and said "let me tell you about project going down a hill really fast"
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New post out:
We have a guest post today from the excellent @dsquareddigest.bsky.social.
"Build the Rail! Save the snails!"
Or how we don't need to sacrifice the environment to speed up our mad planning processes.
(Free to read)
open.substack.com/pub/samf/p/b...
We have a guest post today from the excellent @dsquareddigest.bsky.social.
"Build the Rail! Save the snails!"
Or how we don't need to sacrifice the environment to speed up our mad planning processes.
(Free to read)
open.substack.com/pub/samf/p/b...
Build the Rail! Save the Snails!
How to speed up the planning system without trashing the environment
open.substack.com
February 16, 2026 at 8:32 AM
New post out:
We have a guest post today from the excellent @dsquareddigest.bsky.social.
"Build the Rail! Save the snails!"
Or how we don't need to sacrifice the environment to speed up our mad planning processes.
(Free to read)
open.substack.com/pub/samf/p/b...
We have a guest post today from the excellent @dsquareddigest.bsky.social.
"Build the Rail! Save the snails!"
Or how we don't need to sacrifice the environment to speed up our mad planning processes.
(Free to read)
open.substack.com/pub/samf/p/b...
To get ahead of a blanket social media ban, if you could all send me 2 dozen stamped addressed envelopes I will print off and send out bespoke satirical photoshops as and when the news demands it.
Subject to Royal Mail delivery schedules this should still be quicker than HIGNFY.
Subject to Royal Mail delivery schedules this should still be quicker than HIGNFY.
February 16, 2026 at 11:50 AM
To get ahead of a blanket social media ban, if you could all send me 2 dozen stamped addressed envelopes I will print off and send out bespoke satirical photoshops as and when the news demands it.
Subject to Royal Mail delivery schedules this should still be quicker than HIGNFY.
Subject to Royal Mail delivery schedules this should still be quicker than HIGNFY.
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Reforms endless confusion around whether or not it wants to pay people to have kids continues. The party initially supported the two child benefit cap, then u-turned and said the government should abolish it, then u-turned AGAIN and said they should keep it. Now...what?
February 16, 2026 at 10:32 AM
Reforms endless confusion around whether or not it wants to pay people to have kids continues. The party initially supported the two child benefit cap, then u-turned and said the government should abolish it, then u-turned AGAIN and said they should keep it. Now...what?
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When your dad's just told you he's signed power of attorney over to the woman from the alternative therapy shop.
February 15, 2026 at 7:27 PM
When your dad's just told you he's signed power of attorney over to the woman from the alternative therapy shop.
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Bath has now won more Winter Olympic golds than Canada
February 15, 2026 at 6:51 PM
Bath has now won more Winter Olympic golds than Canada
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UK far right lines up behind Rupert Lowe in challenge to Reform
UK far right lines up behind Rupert Lowe in challenge to Reform
MP who fell out with Nigel Farage and has backing of Elon Musk launches anti-immigration party in Great Yarmouth
www.theguardian.com
February 15, 2026 at 7:05 PM
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Britain have won more gold medals in the last few hours than they have ever won at any single Winter Olympics going back over a century
February 15, 2026 at 6:36 PM
Britain have won more gold medals in the last few hours than they have ever won at any single Winter Olympics going back over a century
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Two golds in one day for Team GB. Never done that before in a whole winter Olympics.
And two for Matt Weston who becomes the most successful male winter Olympian.
And two for Matt Weston who becomes the most successful male winter Olympian.
February 15, 2026 at 6:35 PM
Two golds in one day for Team GB. Never done that before in a whole winter Olympics.
And two for Matt Weston who becomes the most successful male winter Olympian.
And two for Matt Weston who becomes the most successful male winter Olympian.
She’s Flocked that tbh #TeamSkeleton
February 15, 2026 at 6:11 PM
She’s Flocked that tbh #TeamSkeleton
Even the dog doesn't want to be seen with Peter Mandelson
February 15, 2026 at 4:44 PM
Even the dog doesn't want to be seen with Peter Mandelson
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"He's not going to sell much ice cream going at that speed"
February 15, 2026 at 9:40 AM
"He's not going to sell much ice cream going at that speed"
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They're there to stop American athletes defecting
BREAKING: ICE agents will have a security role during the upcoming Winter Olympics, U.S. embassy sources confirm.
ICE agents will have a security role at Milan-Cortina Olympics, US sources say
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents will have a security role during the upcoming Milan Cortina Winter Games, according to sources at the U.S. embassy in Rome.
bit.ly
January 27, 2026 at 10:50 AM
They're there to stop American athletes defecting
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It is *very* funny that the UK (no snow) is now ahead of Canada, New Zealand, finland etc in the winter olympics medal table.
Come of the Great White North! Thought you were good at this stuff?!?
Come of the Great White North! Thought you were good at this stuff?!?
February 15, 2026 at 2:23 PM
It is *very* funny that the UK (no snow) is now ahead of Canada, New Zealand, finland etc in the winter olympics medal table.
Come of the Great White North! Thought you were good at this stuff?!?
Come of the Great White North! Thought you were good at this stuff?!?