Neil Meadows
@neilmeadows.bsky.social
Brit. Blessed to have seen the Holy Trinity in their championship pomp.
Charitably, Harborne expects nothing in return for his £9m, according to Farage who has shamelessly plugged this guy's crypto. Right.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Christopher Harborne, the ‘intensely private’ mega-donor bankrolling Reform UK
He has made an immense fortune in crypto and – from his Thai retreat – is putting it at the service of Nigel Farage after a flirtation with the Tories
www.theguardian.com
December 5, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Charitably, Harborne expects nothing in return for his £9m, according to Farage who has shamelessly plugged this guy's crypto. Right.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Very sad news of Robin Smith being called back to the pavilion, one of the three centurions in the Lord's test 1990 against India. Gooch rightly took the plaudits but Lamb & Smith plundered the bowling. Fortunate to occupy a ringside seat by the Tavern on the second day.
December 2, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Very sad news of Robin Smith being called back to the pavilion, one of the three centurions in the Lord's test 1990 against India. Gooch rightly took the plaudits but Lamb & Smith plundered the bowling. Fortunate to occupy a ringside seat by the Tavern on the second day.
Hitchens on Orwell. No explanation or comment necessary, other than relevancy.
youtu.be/iPytZsF2Kew?...
youtu.be/iPytZsF2Kew?...
Christopher Hitchens on George Orwell
YouTube video by Abradacamera2
youtu.be
November 27, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Hitchens on Orwell. No explanation or comment necessary, other than relevancy.
youtu.be/iPytZsF2Kew?...
youtu.be/iPytZsF2Kew?...
Middle of redecs, so the Len Deighton collection has had to come off the shelves. Not complete (Airshipwreck & Fighter, Ipcress on another shelf, tut).
The sheer weight of his output. Pick one: despite the extraordinary achievement of the Samson roman a fleuve, The Ipcress File. Bloody minded.
The sheer weight of his output. Pick one: despite the extraordinary achievement of the Samson roman a fleuve, The Ipcress File. Bloody minded.
November 26, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Middle of redecs, so the Len Deighton collection has had to come off the shelves. Not complete (Airshipwreck & Fighter, Ipcress on another shelf, tut).
The sheer weight of his output. Pick one: despite the extraordinary achievement of the Samson roman a fleuve, The Ipcress File. Bloody minded.
The sheer weight of his output. Pick one: despite the extraordinary achievement of the Samson roman a fleuve, The Ipcress File. Bloody minded.
Blessed to have seen Jimmy in concert twice.
November 24, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Blessed to have seen Jimmy in concert twice.
Nice interview of a few years back with the late Colin Addison & the history he created. Condolences to his family & the people of Hereford who have lost a favoured son.
youtu.be/RNsirlsqgWo?...
youtu.be/RNsirlsqgWo?...
Colin Addison Interview
YouTube video by Catcher Media Social
youtu.be
October 31, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Nice interview of a few years back with the late Colin Addison & the history he created. Condolences to his family & the people of Hereford who have lost a favoured son.
youtu.be/RNsirlsqgWo?...
youtu.be/RNsirlsqgWo?...
Often wondered what this might once have been. Turns out it's a spigot mortar emplacement (not a popular weapon apparently). A bloke called Colin in the Pillbox Study Group has penned some interesting lines (I thought so anyway) on the topic.
www.pillbox-study-group.org.uk/spigot-mortar/
www.pillbox-study-group.org.uk/spigot-mortar/
October 26, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Often wondered what this might once have been. Turns out it's a spigot mortar emplacement (not a popular weapon apparently). A bloke called Colin in the Pillbox Study Group has penned some interesting lines (I thought so anyway) on the topic.
www.pillbox-study-group.org.uk/spigot-mortar/
www.pillbox-study-group.org.uk/spigot-mortar/
Nigel Farage: The Russian Rover (Political Spoof Song)
YouTube video by A Different Bias
youtu.be
October 17, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Let it never be forgotten that it was Cameron who elevated Mone to the HoL. Another egregious example of Dave's sheer bloody incompetence.
October 1, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Let it never be forgotten that it was Cameron who elevated Mone to the HoL. Another egregious example of Dave's sheer bloody incompetence.
You really do have to be delighted for Rashford.
September 18, 2025 at 9:16 PM
You really do have to be delighted for Rashford.
@governor.ca.gov
That offensive fascist trope now hanging outside the Dept of Labor needs denouncing.
That offensive fascist trope now hanging outside the Dept of Labor needs denouncing.
August 28, 2025 at 2:39 PM
@governor.ca.gov
That offensive fascist trope now hanging outside the Dept of Labor needs denouncing.
That offensive fascist trope now hanging outside the Dept of Labor needs denouncing.
For Leeds? Why Dominic, it profit a man nothing to give his soul for the whole world. . . but for Leeds?
(With apologies to Robert Bolt)
(With apologies to Robert Bolt)
August 13, 2025 at 11:38 AM
For Leeds? Why Dominic, it profit a man nothing to give his soul for the whole world. . . but for Leeds?
(With apologies to Robert Bolt)
(With apologies to Robert Bolt)
The tiresome 'barmy army' render the radio coverage of the test match unlistenable.
July 3, 2025 at 1:41 PM
The tiresome 'barmy army' render the radio coverage of the test match unlistenable.
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📢New Video
Now & Then at Verdun
Some really haunting images from around the battlefield
Thank you to @ChristinaNoyes8 & @stug75020 for providing photos to make this the best video yet
Link below on Youtube
youtu.be/0ZpciGd6AXU
Now & Then at Verdun
Some really haunting images from around the battlefield
Thank you to @ChristinaNoyes8 & @stug75020 for providing photos to make this the best video yet
Link below on Youtube
youtu.be/0ZpciGd6AXU
Verdun: Trenches to Tranquility: WWI Now & Then
YouTube video by 315e RI
youtu.be
June 5, 2025 at 2:13 PM
📢New Video
Now & Then at Verdun
Some really haunting images from around the battlefield
Thank you to @ChristinaNoyes8 & @stug75020 for providing photos to make this the best video yet
Link below on Youtube
youtu.be/0ZpciGd6AXU
Now & Then at Verdun
Some really haunting images from around the battlefield
Thank you to @ChristinaNoyes8 & @stug75020 for providing photos to make this the best video yet
Link below on Youtube
youtu.be/0ZpciGd6AXU
Reposted by Neil Meadows
We recorded this pod about 20 hours ago to help folks understand the consequences of tariffs. And so of course there have been big changes since.
But it likely will become relevant again next week, when the administration re-imposes tariffs using a new (maybe legit, maybe not) legal authority.
But it likely will become relevant again next week, when the administration re-imposes tariffs using a new (maybe legit, maybe not) legal authority.
May 29, 2025 at 2:21 PM
We recorded this pod about 20 hours ago to help folks understand the consequences of tariffs. And so of course there have been big changes since.
But it likely will become relevant again next week, when the administration re-imposes tariffs using a new (maybe legit, maybe not) legal authority.
But it likely will become relevant again next week, when the administration re-imposes tariffs using a new (maybe legit, maybe not) legal authority.
@mickpuck.bsky.social Terrifically memorable concert tonight before a (frankly, near delirious) crowd at Guildford's Glive. A band of superb musicians and the warmest of hosts. Will ye no come back again.
May 27, 2025 at 11:00 PM
@mickpuck.bsky.social Terrifically memorable concert tonight before a (frankly, near delirious) crowd at Guildford's Glive. A band of superb musicians and the warmest of hosts. Will ye no come back again.
Right now would be a good time for Starmer to close trade deals with Mexico & Canada. Everyone benefits in demonstrating that life beyond Trump exists.
March 4, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Right now would be a good time for Starmer to close trade deals with Mexico & Canada. Everyone benefits in demonstrating that life beyond Trump exists.
We so miss Bill McLaren at times like these to say "16-15, what a score!". #CalcuttaCup
February 22, 2025 at 6:40 PM
We so miss Bill McLaren at times like these to say "16-15, what a score!". #CalcuttaCup
Reunited after 55 years. My baptism at a mist blanketed Goodison & the Gwladys to see the Toffees dispatch Ipswich 3-0. (My uncle offered to get the original signed by the team & needless to say, never seen again.) Saw the following match at The Dell where Mick Channon danced on mud to score twice.
February 20, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Reunited after 55 years. My baptism at a mist blanketed Goodison & the Gwladys to see the Toffees dispatch Ipswich 3-0. (My uncle offered to get the original signed by the team & needless to say, never seen again.) Saw the following match at The Dell where Mick Channon danced on mud to score twice.
Stuart Pearce's word mangling & glottal stops inflicting great damage on my ears. Makes one almost wish for Clinton 'to be fair' Morrison.
February 12, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Stuart Pearce's word mangling & glottal stops inflicting great damage on my ears. Makes one almost wish for Clinton 'to be fair' Morrison.
Arne Slot's very own Barry Endean moment. By my calcs, Hardie's goal will be talked about in 2080. These things just have a life of their own.
February 9, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Arne Slot's very own Barry Endean moment. By my calcs, Hardie's goal will be talked about in 2080. These things just have a life of their own.
@rthonwesstreeting.bsky.social
Pritchard isn't up to the job of running the NHS if she can't be straight with the SC. Shades of Vennells & the Post Office, where it seems that yet another insider is promoted to the level of their incompetence. Maybe get someone else who can be less dissembling.
Pritchard isn't up to the job of running the NHS if she can't be straight with the SC. Shades of Vennells & the Post Office, where it seems that yet another insider is promoted to the level of their incompetence. Maybe get someone else who can be less dissembling.
January 29, 2025 at 6:16 PM
@rthonwesstreeting.bsky.social
Pritchard isn't up to the job of running the NHS if she can't be straight with the SC. Shades of Vennells & the Post Office, where it seems that yet another insider is promoted to the level of their incompetence. Maybe get someone else who can be less dissembling.
Pritchard isn't up to the job of running the NHS if she can't be straight with the SC. Shades of Vennells & the Post Office, where it seems that yet another insider is promoted to the level of their incompetence. Maybe get someone else who can be less dissembling.
Reposted by Neil Meadows
THE MOST important legal analysis I have read on the Trump presidency.
It offers a unifying theory of the administration's unprecedented claims to extreme executive power.
The claimed power to override Congress at a policy whim.
By two brilliant scholars. Trevor Morrison and @adambcox.bsky.social
It offers a unifying theory of the administration's unprecedented claims to extreme executive power.
The claimed power to override Congress at a policy whim.
By two brilliant scholars. Trevor Morrison and @adambcox.bsky.social
Trump’s Dictatorial Theory of Presidential Power - What the Executive Orders, in the Aggregate, Tell Us
Trump's recent actions appear to assert an authority to override or ignore federal legislation whenever it interferes with his policy aims.
www.justsecurity.org
January 28, 2025 at 3:15 PM
THE MOST important legal analysis I have read on the Trump presidency.
It offers a unifying theory of the administration's unprecedented claims to extreme executive power.
The claimed power to override Congress at a policy whim.
By two brilliant scholars. Trevor Morrison and @adambcox.bsky.social
It offers a unifying theory of the administration's unprecedented claims to extreme executive power.
The claimed power to override Congress at a policy whim.
By two brilliant scholars. Trevor Morrison and @adambcox.bsky.social
The thing about Denis Law was that yes, he was a great footballer, but he was, far more importantly, a great man. Condolences to his family.
January 17, 2025 at 10:01 PM
The thing about Denis Law was that yes, he was a great footballer, but he was, far more importantly, a great man. Condolences to his family.
Radio 5 footy commentary is a hard listen for anyone who affectionately recalls Jones & Butler.
January 8, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Radio 5 footy commentary is a hard listen for anyone who affectionately recalls Jones & Butler.