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How Brexit drained the Tories’ talent pool

Mister F @misterf.bsky.social · 1d

How Brexit drained the Tories’ talent pool www.ft.com/content/a65f...

The party can’t keep expecting successful people to pretend that leaving the EU was a good idea

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Mister F @misterf.bsky.social · 1d

Why are both the UK’s major political parties running out of talent? www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/10...

Why are both the UK’s major political parties running out of talent?

People know that the politicians they are now being presented with, most especially by Labour and the Tories, are, by and large, useless, without an iota of talent for the tasks they take on in the…

www.taxresearch.org.uk

Mister F @misterf.bsky.social · 2d

Monday's Long Song ift.tt/sL6pTmk #music #27leggies

Monday's Long Song

I don't often participate in the multi-blog phenomenon that is Monday's Long Song, but I recently acquired a piece of music that I thought w...

How Mainstream Media Destroy Truth and Democracy through Both Sides Reporting

Mister F @misterf.bsky.social · 3d

How Mainstream Media Destroy Truth, Justice and Democracy through Both Sides Reporting

The role of a free press in democracy ought to be to report the truth so voters can make informed choices. In both government and the…

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Mister F @misterf.bsky.social · 4d

Wait... what?

Mister F @misterf.bsky.social · 5d

The pope has condemned clickbait

You won’t believe what degrading practice the pope just condemned

Communication must be freed from clickbait and misguided thinking, head of Catholic church tells journalists

A brief follow-up to my post on Colombian music earlier this week ( Part 7 of our El Dorado series). Here are a couple of songs that were o...

Mister F @misterf.bsky.social · 6d

Colombian Cover Up ift.tt/piubnmd #music #27leggies

Colombian Cover Up

The best gig I ever saw cost £4. Spiralling concert prices are a cultural disaster | John Harris

Mister F @misterf.bsky.social · 7d

The best gig I ever saw cost £4. Spiralling concert prices are a cultural disaster www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Tickets for big tours have vastly outstripped inflation, while smaller artists and venues struggle. The magic is in danger of being snuffed out entirely, says Guardian columnist John Harris

Ernie's El Dorado Part 7 - Colombia

Mister F @misterf.bsky.social · 8d

There are many reasons I would never vote Tory but closing paths to further education - which, of course, will mainly impact working class - is pretty high up my list.

Mister F @misterf.bsky.social · 8d

Ernie's El Dorado Part 7 - Colombia ift.tt/RnGf43H #music #27leggies

We are nearly a third of the way through our tour and we have arrived at a real musical hotspot. So hot that if you linger too you'll get th...

‘We can leave knowing we left a mark’: how Corsica Studios transformed London nightlife – and why it’s closing

Mister F @misterf.bsky.social · 8d

how Corsica Studios transformed London nightlife – and why it’s closing www.theguardian.com/music/2025/o...

The beloved south London club has announced it will shut next year as redevelopment of the site goes ahead. Founder Adrian Jones, DJs and promoters look back

That is a cleverer title than I suspect you are going to give it credit for. And that's a badly constructed sentence, as English teachers ou...

Mister F @misterf.bsky.social · 9d

So can't even enjoy Tories imploding

Mister F @misterf.bsky.social · 10d

The Great Dictator ift.tt/Ydw4voO #music #27leggies

The Great Dictator

Some 1980s Tamil film music for you today. Not that old chestnut, I hear you say. I'm afraid so. I was rooting around in the bargain bins o...

Mister F @misterf.bsky.social · 13d

Ilectro Boogie Woogie ift.tt/PRFcQqh #music #27leggies

Ilectro Boogie Woogie

Last Wednesday night found me and Mr F in the tiny upstairs room of the Betsey Trotwood public house in London's fashionable Clerkenwell for...

Mister F @misterf.bsky.social · 15d

Legendary Cowboys ift.tt/yRUNn8Y #music #27leggies

Legendary Cowboys

As already mentioned here and elsewhere the Danny Thompson left us last week. Danny was a man of both quality and quantity. Discogs lists ov...

Mister F @misterf.bsky.social · 16d

Danny Thompson RIP ift.tt/nQq6UId #music #27leggies

Danny Thompson RIP

Something inside so wrong: Labi Siffre tells Tommy Robinson to stop using anti-apartheid anthem

Mister F @misterf.bsky.social · 17d

Something inside so wrong: Labi Siffre tells Tommy Robinson to stop using anti-apartheid anthem www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Exclusive: UK singer, 80, says it is ‘absurd’ as a ‘positive atheist, homosexual black artist’ for far right to claim his work

Petition: Do not introduce Digital ID cards

Mister F @misterf.bsky.social · 17d

Over 2 million signatures ... and still rising

Mister F @misterf.bsky.social · 20d

Just imagine what a far-right government would use this for - there will be scope-creep so do not get taken in by promises that say it will never be used that way. Sign the petition petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...

We demand that the UK Government immediately commits to not introducing a digital ID cards. There are reports that this is being looked at.

petition.parliament.uk

This Moment Is Different To Any Before It

Mister F @misterf.bsky.social · 20d

This Moment Is Different To Any Before It ift.tt/XOwfo8k #music #27leggies

Last Saturday afternoon I was at the Queen Elizabeth Hall in London's fashionable South Bank for a celebration of the Incredible String Band...

Petition: Do not introduce Digital ID cards

Mister F @misterf.bsky.social · 20d

Just imagine what a far-right government would use this for - there will be scope-creep so do not get taken in by promises that say it will never be used that way. Sign the petition petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...

We demand that the UK Government immediately commits to not introducing a digital ID cards. There are reports that this is being looked at.

petition.parliament.uk

Mister F @misterf.bsky.social · 22d

Model Employees ift.tt/dFgKSEO #music #27leggies

Model Employees

Yesterday I visited Mannakin Hall near Grantham with the King of Cool himself, Mr John Medd . Why? To quote Gob Geldof, "what reason do you ...

We will confront Russian planes in Nato airspace, UK foreign secretary says, and warns Putin risks armed clash – Europe live

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Private Eye Magazine @privateeyenews.bsky.social · 27d

Everyone, from big business CEOs to small business owners to highly paid professionals and lowly paid service staff, has urged the Chancellor to tax someone else.

From the new Private Eye, out now.

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Mister F @misterf.bsky.social · 23d

We will confront Russian planes in Nato airspace, UK foreign secretary says, and warns Putin risks armed clash www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...

Yvette Cooper says Russia is undermining territorial integrity of sovereign nations with fighter jet incursions into European territory