Martin
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Just heard a BBC Radio 3 presenter pronounce Harrogate “Harrowgate”.
This is far worse than the concocted Telegraph nonsense about Panorama.
This is far worse than the concocted Telegraph nonsense about Panorama.
November 10, 2025 at 8:36 AM
Just heard a BBC Radio 3 presenter pronounce Harrogate “Harrowgate”.
This is far worse than the concocted Telegraph nonsense about Panorama.
This is far worse than the concocted Telegraph nonsense about Panorama.
A film you’ve seen more than seven times with a gif
November 1, 2025 at 9:10 PM
A film you’ve seen more than seven times with a gif
Any Labour supporter who spent years dining out about how students were 'betrayed by the Lib Dems' has to shut the fuck up now and for ever.
#tuitionfees #studentloan
#tuitionfees #studentloan
University tuition fees to rise with inflation for another two years - then increases to be linked to meeting quality standards
www.gov.uk/government/n...
www.gov.uk/government/n...
Universities to deliver better outcomes in return for full fees
Post-16 Education and Skills White Paper to boost opportunity for disadvantaged students, hold universities to account and put sector on firm financial footing.
www.gov.uk
October 20, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Any Labour supporter who spent years dining out about how students were 'betrayed by the Lib Dems' has to shut the fuck up now and for ever.
#tuitionfees #studentloan
#tuitionfees #studentloan
“The rich man in his castle,
The poor man at his gate,
God made them, high or lowly,
And ordered their estate”
Know your place, peasants. No social mobility for you!
#ToryPartyConference
The poor man at his gate,
God made them, high or lowly,
And ordered their estate”
Know your place, peasants. No social mobility for you!
#ToryPartyConference
Breaking: Tories would slash university places by 100k.
Student numbers cap plan billed as saving £3 billion to invest in apprenticeship funding.
Tomorrow, Badenoch will unveil plans to limit student numbers across all subjects.
www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-p...
Student numbers cap plan billed as saving £3 billion to invest in apprenticeship funding.
Tomorrow, Badenoch will unveil plans to limit student numbers across all subjects.
www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-p...
Tories would slash university places by 100,000 - Research Professional News
Student numbers cap plan billed as saving £3 billion to invest in “doubled” apprenticeship funding
www.researchprofessionalnews.com
October 7, 2025 at 10:08 PM
“The rich man in his castle,
The poor man at his gate,
God made them, high or lowly,
And ordered their estate”
Know your place, peasants. No social mobility for you!
#ToryPartyConference
The poor man at his gate,
God made them, high or lowly,
And ordered their estate”
Know your place, peasants. No social mobility for you!
#ToryPartyConference
Ever notice when someone in Britain pops up to say "what's the problem with ID Cards?" that they are overwhemlingly white middle-aged males?
People whose concept of the relationship with the State only centres around their personal ease of use?
#DigitalID #IDcards #No2ID
People whose concept of the relationship with the State only centres around their personal ease of use?
#DigitalID #IDcards #No2ID
September 26, 2025 at 8:34 AM
Ever notice when someone in Britain pops up to say "what's the problem with ID Cards?" that they are overwhemlingly white middle-aged males?
People whose concept of the relationship with the State only centres around their personal ease of use?
#DigitalID #IDcards #No2ID
People whose concept of the relationship with the State only centres around their personal ease of use?
#DigitalID #IDcards #No2ID
Cleaning up brownfield needs some form of special measure.
As it's often urban and potentially prime real estate, perhaps cleanup can be financed by investment bond paid out from eventual transformation into a site of value.
As it's often urban and potentially prime real estate, perhaps cleanup can be financed by investment bond paid out from eventual transformation into a site of value.
Nothing in this acknowledges the economic reality of why many brownfield sites don’t get away as housing: they’re not financially viable unless someone (usually us, in some form) pays for them to be cleaned up and made ready
Almost 1.5m homes could be built on brownfield sites in England, report finds
September 24, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Cleaning up brownfield needs some form of special measure.
As it's often urban and potentially prime real estate, perhaps cleanup can be financed by investment bond paid out from eventual transformation into a site of value.
As it's often urban and potentially prime real estate, perhaps cleanup can be financed by investment bond paid out from eventual transformation into a site of value.
Reading this Q&A with Mark Radcliffe in the Guardian, and was surprised to see London journalist Stephen Bush in the focus group
September 11, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Reading this Q&A with Mark Radcliffe in the Guardian, and was surprised to see London journalist Stephen Bush in the focus group
Comparing a solar farm‘s (microscopically small) risk of fire to the Aberfan Disaster is more proof of the self-centred derangement of NIMBYs in the Home Counties.
A solar farm that could have powered “all the households in Witney” has been refused permission by West Oxfordshire District Council. Councillors were concerned about the risk of fire, one drawing parallels to the 1966 Aberfan disaster: “Until someone can guarantee it is safe, I can’t support it.”
September 9, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Comparing a solar farm‘s (microscopically small) risk of fire to the Aberfan Disaster is more proof of the self-centred derangement of NIMBYs in the Home Counties.
How the giddy fuck has the utterly useless Lisa Nandy retained her job???
She’s not fit to run a tombola, let alone a government department.
She’s not fit to run a tombola, let alone a government department.
Kyle is going to Business. Replacing Jonny Reynolds.
Incredibly Lisa Nandy is staying at DCMS - she was the one person everyone thought would be moved.
Incredibly Lisa Nandy is staying at DCMS - she was the one person everyone thought would be moved.
September 5, 2025 at 4:17 PM
How the giddy fuck has the utterly useless Lisa Nandy retained her job???
She’s not fit to run a tombola, let alone a government department.
She’s not fit to run a tombola, let alone a government department.
One instance of vandalism in 60+ years of “think tanks” meddling in public affairs, and one of their alumni thinks it’s a slam dunk reason for not naming anonymous donors.
Next time someone does the whole "why doesn't x think tank publish the names of its donors?" thing, remind them that there are organised groups of extremist yobs who use violent intimidation to try to shut down think tanks they disagree with.
August 31, 2025 at 11:05 AM
One instance of vandalism in 60+ years of “think tanks” meddling in public affairs, and one of their alumni thinks it’s a slam dunk reason for not naming anonymous donors.
Reposted by Martin
Sometimes I see people like 20 tweets deep into an argument with Grok. Like, what are you doing brother? You are trying to win an argument with a vending machine.
August 18, 2025 at 3:10 AM
Sometimes I see people like 20 tweets deep into an argument with Grok. Like, what are you doing brother? You are trying to win an argument with a vending machine.
More proof (it it were actually needed) that the Right are only interested in the English working class if they can be stormtroopers for Farage etc.
A vignette. Yesterday I saw one rightwing commentator say the failure for there to be much of a show at a far right demo in Bristol was because both the city's football teams were playing and therefore the "working class" part of Bristol was distracted.
August 10, 2025 at 7:52 PM
More proof (it it were actually needed) that the Right are only interested in the English working class if they can be stormtroopers for Farage etc.
“Right wing, not far right” says this bloke on Facebook.
Who took the SS Totenkopf and shrink wrapped it in the Union Jack 🤔
Who took the SS Totenkopf and shrink wrapped it in the Union Jack 🤔
August 1, 2025 at 12:27 PM
“Right wing, not far right” says this bloke on Facebook.
Who took the SS Totenkopf and shrink wrapped it in the Union Jack 🤔
Who took the SS Totenkopf and shrink wrapped it in the Union Jack 🤔
Two month old account with 15,000+ followers and an AI-generated profile pic.
One of many reasons Twitter/X isn’t trustworthy.
One of many reasons Twitter/X isn’t trustworthy.
July 24, 2025 at 7:22 AM
Two month old account with 15,000+ followers and an AI-generated profile pic.
One of many reasons Twitter/X isn’t trustworthy.
One of many reasons Twitter/X isn’t trustworthy.
Same reason why in Britain the newspaper paying the best salaries to its journalists is the Daily Mail.
The reason so few elected conservatives or senior staff blab about how shitty the right wing is that there's a fountain of cash for those who keep their mouths shut. Especially if you have a sexual harassment or discrimination complaint to file
July 12, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Same reason why in Britain the newspaper paying the best salaries to its journalists is the Daily Mail.
NYT Games today featuring Lancashire’s weird names for food
June 18, 2025 at 11:33 AM
NYT Games today featuring Lancashire’s weird names for food
This has to be a subtle dig at “Britain’s Strictest Headmaster”
Has to be.
newsthump.com/2025/06/18/n...
Has to be.
newsthump.com/2025/06/18/n...
Nursery school teacher says woke brigade ‘has gone too far’ after toddler identifies as a little teapot
A nursery school teacher has been left stunned and confused after a small child declared themselves to be a little teapot, short and stout.
newsthump.com
June 18, 2025 at 11:30 AM
This has to be a subtle dig at “Britain’s Strictest Headmaster”
Has to be.
newsthump.com/2025/06/18/n...
Has to be.
newsthump.com/2025/06/18/n...
I have no idea if this person recommending pizza toppings is being genuine or is a monster who just wants to watch the world burn.
And if you don’t have pineapple canned mandarins are really good with pepperoni
June 16, 2025 at 1:29 PM
I have no idea if this person recommending pizza toppings is being genuine or is a monster who just wants to watch the world burn.
Ozzy Osbourne …or is it Bobcat Goldthwaite? #totp
a man in a police uniform has a badge that says ' justice ' on it
ALT: a man in a police uniform has a badge that says ' justice ' on it
media.tenor.com
June 13, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Ozzy Osbourne …or is it Bobcat Goldthwaite? #totp
A ‘decade of deceit’ from the Tories and HM Treasury has cost the North dearly
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
North of England lost out on £140bn for transport in ‘decade of deceit’ – study
Thinktank calls on ministers to close investment gap after ‘hollow’ promises from previous governments
www.theguardian.com
June 9, 2025 at 7:27 AM
A ‘decade of deceit’ from the Tories and HM Treasury has cost the North dearly
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Daily Mail columnist Sarah Vine here, inadvertently proving that she is a raging narcissist.
May 21, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Daily Mail columnist Sarah Vine here, inadvertently proving that she is a raging narcissist.
Jesus. Awful behaviour from Rupert Murdoch’s protege Rebekah Brooks (who continues to avoid prison for her crimes)
We so need #Leveson2
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/m...
We so need #Leveson2
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/m...
Rebekah Brooks ‘took concerning interest’ in Tom Watson, court documents claim
Exclusive: Sun reporter also wrote that former MP ‘must die’, according to claims in newly disclosed document
www.theguardian.com
May 1, 2025 at 6:21 AM
Jesus. Awful behaviour from Rupert Murdoch’s protege Rebekah Brooks (who continues to avoid prison for her crimes)
We so need #Leveson2
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/m...
We so need #Leveson2
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/m...
Meanwhile, drivers who kill pedestrians only get
6 points on their licence / a fine / suspended sentences
In Britain, if you want to kill someone and get away with it then use a car.
www.theguardian.com/news/2025/ap...
6 points on their licence / a fine / suspended sentences
In Britain, if you want to kill someone and get away with it then use a car.
www.theguardian.com/news/2025/ap...
Cyclists who kill pedestrians could be jailed for life under new law in England and Wales
Reckless cycling is currently prosecuted under legislation from the 1860s, with a maximum two-year jail sentence
www.theguardian.com
April 25, 2025 at 8:10 AM
Meanwhile, drivers who kill pedestrians only get
6 points on their licence / a fine / suspended sentences
In Britain, if you want to kill someone and get away with it then use a car.
www.theguardian.com/news/2025/ap...
6 points on their licence / a fine / suspended sentences
In Britain, if you want to kill someone and get away with it then use a car.
www.theguardian.com/news/2025/ap...
For the life of me, I can't figure out what it was in this post that got me blocked.
A pathological hatred of Handel's Messiah, perhaps?
A pathological hatred of Handel's Messiah, perhaps?
April 23, 2025 at 8:17 AM
For the life of me, I can't figure out what it was in this post that got me blocked.
A pathological hatred of Handel's Messiah, perhaps?
A pathological hatred of Handel's Messiah, perhaps?