Iain Aitch
@iainaitch.bsky.social
Author, journalist, thought leadership, copywriter, ghost, PR ideas man, artistic working class histories, subculture, THFC fan. Trouble caused or solved. VG+, some surface noise. https://www.iainaitch.com & https://thisidea.co.uk/ London via Margate
Remember, when your right wing nana drops off, don’t disturb her, just put a blanket over her knee.
December 11, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Remember, when your right wing nana drops off, don’t disturb her, just put a blanket over her knee.
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As someone who is currently immunocompromised (as are many), I’m wearing a mask in crowded areas. It’d be ever so nice if you were to do the same if you’ve got something nasty like flu or Covid or a bad cold. It just seems like basic politeness to me but what do I know.
December 11, 2025 at 12:33 PM
As someone who is currently immunocompromised (as are many), I’m wearing a mask in crowded areas. It’d be ever so nice if you were to do the same if you’ve got something nasty like flu or Covid or a bad cold. It just seems like basic politeness to me but what do I know.
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“Working-class people are being pushed out of culture. It’s becoming a middle-class profession, because you can’t be a breadwinner and work at the library.”
graceblakeley.substack.com/p/you-should...
graceblakeley.substack.com/p/you-should...
“You Should Be Honoured to Work Here”: British Library Staff are Striking for Pay, Conditions, and Respect
A battle over pay has become a fight over who Britain's cultural institutions are really for.
graceblakeley.substack.com
December 11, 2025 at 12:34 PM
“Working-class people are being pushed out of culture. It’s becoming a middle-class profession, because you can’t be a breadwinner and work at the library.”
graceblakeley.substack.com/p/you-should...
graceblakeley.substack.com/p/you-should...
I see Ben Bradley has defected to Reform
a woman sitting at a table with the word schitts creek on the bottom right
Alt: a woman sitting at a table saying whaaaat, whooooo?
media.tenor.com
December 11, 2025 at 10:05 AM
I see Ben Bradley has defected to Reform
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The opening of my book Men At War interrogates the teenage fascination with the Second World War, its machines, violence, etc. Yes, a lot of us *were* obsessed with Hitler, but in the sense of "these aircraft and ships destroyed his evil plan" and "imagine shooting him!", not Nigel's "he was right"
So we've gone from "he never said anything Nazi" to "well he might have said something Nazi but not in a hurtful way" to "well okay he probably did say something Nazi in a hurtful way, but didn't we all?"
December 10, 2025 at 10:15 AM
The opening of my book Men At War interrogates the teenage fascination with the Second World War, its machines, violence, etc. Yes, a lot of us *were* obsessed with Hitler, but in the sense of "these aircraft and ships destroyed his evil plan" and "imagine shooting him!", not Nigel's "he was right"
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For the avoidance of doubt, the flag will still be up in the stadium but not in its usual place where it fits so well
December 9, 2025 at 3:19 PM
For the avoidance of doubt, the flag will still be up in the stadium but not in its usual place where it fits so well
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@theextrainch.bsky.social in case you haven’t seen this just in from @proudlilywhites.bsky.social
Deeply upsetting that, at a time when putting *up* flags on lampposts and roundabouts is being argued as patriotic, we’re taking ours down to appease racists, homophobes and transphobes 😔
Deeply upsetting that, at a time when putting *up* flags on lampposts and roundabouts is being argued as patriotic, we’re taking ours down to appease racists, homophobes and transphobes 😔
December 9, 2025 at 2:54 PM
@theextrainch.bsky.social in case you haven’t seen this just in from @proudlilywhites.bsky.social
Deeply upsetting that, at a time when putting *up* flags on lampposts and roundabouts is being argued as patriotic, we’re taking ours down to appease racists, homophobes and transphobes 😔
Deeply upsetting that, at a time when putting *up* flags on lampposts and roundabouts is being argued as patriotic, we’re taking ours down to appease racists, homophobes and transphobes 😔
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I was going to post a joke about expecting better of Michael Crawford, thinking it couldn't possibly be him, but IT ACTUALLY IS.
"Ooh Betty, I just blew up a boat full of fishermen."
"Ooh Betty, I just blew up a boat full of fishermen."
December 7, 2025 at 2:07 PM
I was going to post a joke about expecting better of Michael Crawford, thinking it couldn't possibly be him, but IT ACTUALLY IS.
"Ooh Betty, I just blew up a boat full of fishermen."
"Ooh Betty, I just blew up a boat full of fishermen."
Sad to hear that photographer Martin Parr has died. Loved doing this piece with him. Below is a pic I took of him in his style.
So many people told me I wouldn’t get along with him, but I found him to be generous, funny and self-deprecating.
www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/33282...
So many people told me I wouldn’t get along with him, but I found him to be generous, funny and self-deprecating.
www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/33282...
December 7, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Sad to hear that photographer Martin Parr has died. Loved doing this piece with him. Below is a pic I took of him in his style.
So many people told me I wouldn’t get along with him, but I found him to be generous, funny and self-deprecating.
www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/33282...
So many people told me I wouldn’t get along with him, but I found him to be generous, funny and self-deprecating.
www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/33282...
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On the @talkingpicturestv.bsky.social channel at 10.10pm, Fenella Fielding & Kenneth Williams star in Carry On's pastiche of Hammer horror films, "Carry On Screaming". artandhue.com/carryon
December 5, 2025 at 6:01 PM
On the @talkingpicturestv.bsky.social channel at 10.10pm, Fenella Fielding & Kenneth Williams star in Carry On's pastiche of Hammer horror films, "Carry On Screaming". artandhue.com/carryon
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wtf is a FIFA peace prize? that's like being an NFL laureate in physics
December 5, 2025 at 7:21 PM
wtf is a FIFA peace prize? that's like being an NFL laureate in physics
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Anyway, FIFA gonna FIFA
December 5, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Anyway, FIFA gonna FIFA
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Hope they get Village People to do In the Navy for the opening of Pete Hegseth’s war crimes trial
December 5, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Hope they get Village People to do In the Navy for the opening of Pete Hegseth’s war crimes trial
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You know how the 1934 World Cup was held in Fascist Italy and totally nobbled by Mussolini? It was less embarrassing than all this #WorldCupDraw
December 5, 2025 at 5:34 PM
You know how the 1934 World Cup was held in Fascist Italy and totally nobbled by Mussolini? It was less embarrassing than all this #WorldCupDraw
Infantino not mentioning the crying mothers of those Venezuelan civilians killed in a war crime by the US
December 5, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Infantino not mentioning the crying mothers of those Venezuelan civilians killed in a war crime by the US
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The most revealing thing about the FIFA draw broadcast is that the billionaire class creating it will genuinely think it's good
December 5, 2025 at 5:33 PM
The most revealing thing about the FIFA draw broadcast is that the billionaire class creating it will genuinely think it's good
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Great trophy. Grasping hands throttling the planet.
December 5, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Great trophy. Grasping hands throttling the planet.
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If it wasn't so utterly shameful it would be hilarious. Disgraceful.
December 5, 2025 at 5:31 PM
If it wasn't so utterly shameful it would be hilarious. Disgraceful.
This is like a child being on Jim’ll Fix It. And he gets a certificate. #fifaworldcupdraw
December 5, 2025 at 5:32 PM
This is like a child being on Jim’ll Fix It. And he gets a certificate. #fifaworldcupdraw
“Now welcome 4 Marines from the newly christened Department of War…” FIFA
December 5, 2025 at 5:31 PM
“Now welcome 4 Marines from the newly christened Department of War…” FIFA
New levels stooped to by FIFA in this film about Trump and peace. What a joke
December 5, 2025 at 5:30 PM
New levels stooped to by FIFA in this film about Trump and peace. What a joke
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It's revealing about taboos around racism that the visceral bullying racism of schoolboy Farage cuts through while the much more consequential thinly veiled racism of adult Farage doesn't. Many people need that veil and flinch when it's removed. You can advocate racist policies but not say the words
December 5, 2025 at 9:57 AM
It's revealing about taboos around racism that the visceral bullying racism of schoolboy Farage cuts through while the much more consequential thinly veiled racism of adult Farage doesn't. Many people need that veil and flinch when it's removed. You can advocate racist policies but not say the words