George Maddocks
@georgemaddocks.bsky.social
I design solutions for media and entertainment but I'm here for political news. I also enjoy powerlifting + getting loaded and listening to good music. No one who has ever employed me would let me express even the most trivial opinion on their behalf
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For some reason this tweet comes to mind today.
January 3, 2026 at 5:29 PM
For some reason this tweet comes to mind today.
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oh you’re in mensa? name 3 million times you’ve told someone about it
January 1, 2026 at 12:41 AM
oh you’re in mensa? name 3 million times you’ve told someone about it
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And, repeating myself just to be clear: The true story (Fraudsters stole money and pushed off accountability for a while by saying it was racist to probe it) is losing market share to a wilder, less true story (citizen journalists uncovered the scheme that Dems covered up to steal elections)
December 29, 2025 at 1:51 AM
And, repeating myself just to be clear: The true story (Fraudsters stole money and pushed off accountability for a while by saying it was racist to probe it) is losing market share to a wilder, less true story (citizen journalists uncovered the scheme that Dems covered up to steal elections)
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Stuff like this winds me up. The absurd noblesse oblige. “Social leadership is important”- noone asked you for it. Noone wants it. You think you should have it because you have land. Well good for you. But it’s not the 18th century. Just shuffle off into the night.
December 28, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Stuff like this winds me up. The absurd noblesse oblige. “Social leadership is important”- noone asked you for it. Noone wants it. You think you should have it because you have land. Well good for you. But it’s not the 18th century. Just shuffle off into the night.
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Relative independence 😂 yes because the hereditary peers have a real cross section of party affiliation and have no *quite literal* landed interest whatsoever.
Risible stuff.
Risible stuff.
December 28, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Relative independence 😂 yes because the hereditary peers have a real cross section of party affiliation and have no *quite literal* landed interest whatsoever.
Risible stuff.
Risible stuff.
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Sex is like pork. If you really like it, you'll eat the butt
December 24, 2025 at 1:46 AM
Sex is like pork. If you really like it, you'll eat the butt
Oh hell yeah. Daddy's getting some pudding in 2026
December 19, 2025 at 10:10 AM
Oh hell yeah. Daddy's getting some pudding in 2026
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Enough please of the "but Farage is a master politician/communicator" trope.
Sad truth is, there's always been a significant appetite for selfishness and bigotry. It just needed someone shameless and venal enough to pander to it. And a media shallow enough to prioritise the viewing figures.
Sad truth is, there's always been a significant appetite for selfishness and bigotry. It just needed someone shameless and venal enough to pander to it. And a media shallow enough to prioritise the viewing figures.
December 15, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Enough please of the "but Farage is a master politician/communicator" trope.
Sad truth is, there's always been a significant appetite for selfishness and bigotry. It just needed someone shameless and venal enough to pander to it. And a media shallow enough to prioritise the viewing figures.
Sad truth is, there's always been a significant appetite for selfishness and bigotry. It just needed someone shameless and venal enough to pander to it. And a media shallow enough to prioritise the viewing figures.
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It really is hard to overstate how amazing the Gameboy felt in 1989 as an 11 year old. Tetris, Super Mario World, the portability and battery life, all mind blowing for the time.
The few colour handhelds around the same time were impressive sure, but somehow just not it.
The few colour handhelds around the same time were impressive sure, but somehow just not it.
I didn't realize until recently that the original Game Boy came out in 1989 and wasn't succeeded by the Game Boy Color until goddamn 1998. That's roughly nine years of black and white portable gaming being the de facto standard!
And I thought the 3DS lasted too long.
And I thought the 3DS lasted too long.
December 6, 2025 at 1:00 PM
It really is hard to overstate how amazing the Gameboy felt in 1989 as an 11 year old. Tetris, Super Mario World, the portability and battery life, all mind blowing for the time.
The few colour handhelds around the same time were impressive sure, but somehow just not it.
The few colour handhelds around the same time were impressive sure, but somehow just not it.
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An elegant and splendlidly contemptuous swatting of the horribly contemptible and profoundly dishonest Farage - and a very good dig at Farage's Trumpian "lowest grade presenter" jibe at Ms Barnett for skewering him so effectively.
Well done, Alan Rusbridger!
Well done, Alan Rusbridger!
“Je suis Bernard Manning,” claims Nigel Farage. And so he is. But not quite in the way he meant. www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/uki...
Farage’s attack on the BBC tells us who he really is
His response to allegations of racist behaviour reveals more than we could have guessed—and why the Beeb needs to protect itself
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk
December 6, 2025 at 10:46 AM
An elegant and splendlidly contemptuous swatting of the horribly contemptible and profoundly dishonest Farage - and a very good dig at Farage's Trumpian "lowest grade presenter" jibe at Ms Barnett for skewering him so effectively.
Well done, Alan Rusbridger!
Well done, Alan Rusbridger!
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NGL, until y'day i thought the FIFA Peace Prize was an elaborate internet joke.
December 6, 2025 at 11:26 AM
NGL, until y'day i thought the FIFA Peace Prize was an elaborate internet joke.
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The Stone Roses - Fools Gold (Official Video)
YouTube video by StoneRosesVEVO
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November 20, 2025 at 5:23 PM
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now that it's back in the news, a reminder that Jeffrey Epstein: Bad Pedophile is such a satisfying mock-doc because it speaks more clearly about Trump/Epstein than basically any news coverage (even though it's joking) www.avclub.com/jeffrey-epst...
Jeffrey Epstein: Bad Pedophile writes a damning birthday note to the true-crime industry
The Onion mockumentary Jeffrey Epstein: Bad Pedophile asks and answers hard-hitting questions about a news cycle almost beyond parody.
www.avclub.com
November 12, 2025 at 5:22 PM
now that it's back in the news, a reminder that Jeffrey Epstein: Bad Pedophile is such a satisfying mock-doc because it speaks more clearly about Trump/Epstein than basically any news coverage (even though it's joking) www.avclub.com/jeffrey-epst...
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Very interesting piece, including the extract below which has the ring of truth
November 10, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Very interesting piece, including the extract below which has the ring of truth
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Public trust in media (Reuters/Oxford) 2024
reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/digital-news...
reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/digital-news...
November 10, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Public trust in media (Reuters/Oxford) 2024
reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/digital-news...
reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/digital-news...
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i literally went for a drink at the french house literally this afternoon what are we even doing here
November 10, 2025 at 6:48 PM
i literally went for a drink at the french house literally this afternoon what are we even doing here
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SUPERB and angrily unvarnished response, by former BBC chairman, Lord Patten.
"I don't think that we should allow ourselves to be bullied into thinking that the BBC is only any good, if it reflects the prejudice of the last person who shouted at it." ~AA
"I don't think that we should allow ourselves to be bullied into thinking that the BBC is only any good, if it reflects the prejudice of the last person who shouted at it." ~AA
November 10, 2025 at 6:40 PM
SUPERB and angrily unvarnished response, by former BBC chairman, Lord Patten.
"I don't think that we should allow ourselves to be bullied into thinking that the BBC is only any good, if it reflects the prejudice of the last person who shouted at it." ~AA
"I don't think that we should allow ourselves to be bullied into thinking that the BBC is only any good, if it reflects the prejudice of the last person who shouted at it." ~AA
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the right winger who was appointed to lead the BBC in the hope of appeasing right wingers has been driven out by right wingers for not appeasing right wingers enough and the BBC has the chance to do the funniest thing ever
November 9, 2025 at 6:38 PM
the right winger who was appointed to lead the BBC in the hope of appeasing right wingers has been driven out by right wingers for not appeasing right wingers enough and the BBC has the chance to do the funniest thing ever
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“Where’s your fucking poppy?”
November 8, 2025 at 9:54 PM
“Where’s your fucking poppy?”
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“Where’s your fucking poppy?”
November 8, 2025 at 6:59 PM
“Where’s your fucking poppy?”
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Cannot believe he said this under oath.
November 4, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Cannot believe he said this under oath.
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Well, there are some interesting details in this…
The men who raised the flags
Nigel Farage says this summer’s movement was led by ‘ordinary people’ expressing their patriotism. That’s not what we found
manchestermill.co.uk
November 1, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Well, there are some interesting details in this…
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On the left, the refurbished Lincoln bathroom. On the right, picture I took in Saddam Hussein's palace in Basra in 2005.
October 31, 2025 at 5:57 PM
On the left, the refurbished Lincoln bathroom. On the right, picture I took in Saddam Hussein's palace in Basra in 2005.
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This article was so bad the Times have removed it.
Totally untrue garbage from @thetimes.com & @dailymail.co.uk today - smear dressed up as journalism. Some facts:
- There is no “£900 desk”
- my constituency office has Ikea desks/chairs
- we significantly underspent the new MPs allowance to set up an office
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
- There is no “£900 desk”
- my constituency office has Ikea desks/chairs
- we significantly underspent the new MPs allowance to set up an office
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
Treasury minister leading budget plans spent £900 on desk
Torsten Bell, who is working with Rachel Reeves to fill a £30 billion hole in finances, also used his parliamentary expenses to claim £600 for three chairs
www.thetimes.com
October 27, 2025 at 8:34 PM
This article was so bad the Times have removed it.