Padraig Reidy
@padraigreidy.bsky.social
Editor-at-large, the Lead; editorial director 89up; Little Atoms; Paul Foot Award; What Fresh Hell? Dance 10, looks 3
It’s entirely possible that there will be players at the 2030 World Cup who weren’t born the last time it was held in a functioning democracy
December 5, 2025 at 6:14 PM
It’s entirely possible that there will be players at the 2030 World Cup who weren’t born the last time it was held in a functioning democracy
Anyway, the All Ireland hurling final is set to clash with the world cup final, so I know which I’ll be watching
December 5, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Anyway, the All Ireland hurling final is set to clash with the world cup final, so I know which I’ll be watching
That’s too much soccer
There were 64 matches in the 2022 World Cup.
In 2026, the first 72 matches (12 groups of 4) will send 16 teams home, while 32 go through to the last 32 games that decide the World Cup
In 2026, the first 72 matches (12 groups of 4) will send 16 teams home, while 32 go through to the last 32 games that decide the World Cup
December 5, 2025 at 5:38 PM
That’s too much soccer
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Corbyn and Sultana's new party is likely to benefit from factors for which it can claim no credit.
New from David Renton on The Lead as he considers what next for Your Party
New from David Renton on The Lead as he considers what next for Your Party
Did Your Party's conference do enough to turn the tide of its disastrous beginnings?
Corbyn and Sultana's new party is likely to benefit from factors for which it can claim no credit.
national.thelead.uk
December 4, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Corbyn and Sultana's new party is likely to benefit from factors for which it can claim no credit.
New from David Renton on The Lead as he considers what next for Your Party
New from David Renton on The Lead as he considers what next for Your Party
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Finally home after > 27 hours of grindset creating shareholder value through AI agentic workflow and guiding a warrior-ethos meditation during my ketamine break.
My 8 year old dog: "Do you have to slay so hard because the villain misrepresented an OBR analysis to Parliament?"
Me: "Bitcoin."
My 8 year old dog: "Do you have to slay so hard because the villain misrepresented an OBR analysis to Parliament?"
Me: "Bitcoin."
December 4, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Finally home after > 27 hours of grindset creating shareholder value through AI agentic workflow and guiding a warrior-ethos meditation during my ketamine break.
My 8 year old dog: "Do you have to slay so hard because the villain misrepresented an OBR analysis to Parliament?"
Me: "Bitcoin."
My 8 year old dog: "Do you have to slay so hard because the villain misrepresented an OBR analysis to Parliament?"
Me: "Bitcoin."
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This mashup didn’t get enough praise on Instagram but BlueSky is famous for being way more into jokes
December 1, 2025 at 6:57 PM
This mashup didn’t get enough praise on Instagram but BlueSky is famous for being way more into jokes
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Stoppard with Havel ❤️
November 29, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Stoppard with Havel ❤️
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No one could write like Stoppard. No one had a sense of theatre like Stoppard. He was a man of tremendous principle who treasured both England and a particularly English form of personal liberty while remaining engaged by the fate of dissidents east of the Iron Curtain.
November 29, 2025 at 5:29 PM
No one could write like Stoppard. No one had a sense of theatre like Stoppard. He was a man of tremendous principle who treasured both England and a particularly English form of personal liberty while remaining engaged by the fate of dissidents east of the Iron Curtain.
Fucking Hell
Dublin’s Herzog Park set to be ‘denamed’ by city councillors over Israel connections
Dublin’s Herzog Park set to be ‘denamed’ by city councillors over Israel connections
Chief Rabbi says Jewish story deserves not to be ‘whitewashed or erased’
www.irishtimes.com
November 29, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Fucking Hell
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Emma does a great job debunking this BS claims. A further point is that's kind of incredible to see so many UK newspapers side with millionaires when most of the readers they need to reach live on low salaries and benefit from better funded public services
Wow - this guy must be really, REALLY bad with money if an extra £208 per month will “ruin” his retirement.
Let’s take a look at his situation based on what he told the @Telegraph
Because this does NOT add up!
No, this is not a “poor pensioner” scrabbling around for pennies…
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Let’s take a look at his situation based on what he told the @Telegraph
Because this does NOT add up!
No, this is not a “poor pensioner” scrabbling around for pennies…
🧵1/9
November 29, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Emma does a great job debunking this BS claims. A further point is that's kind of incredible to see so many UK newspapers side with millionaires when most of the readers they need to reach live on low salaries and benefit from better funded public services
One of the least appealing things about British Trotskyists is their bleating whenever people correctly identify their shenanigans. If there’s a witch hunt, it’s because your long tradition of damaging witchcraft suggests it might be necessary
Your Party member: "I used to help run Labour Against the Witch Hunt, which was directed against Jeremy Corbyn. Now Corbyn is running a witch hunt... is this ridiculous or what? we have to stand up and say, we're not. We're not going to take this"
Sultana supporters are v angry against ban on SWP
Sultana supporters are v angry against ban on SWP
November 28, 2025 at 10:57 PM
One of the least appealing things about British Trotskyists is their bleating whenever people correctly identify their shenanigans. If there’s a witch hunt, it’s because your long tradition of damaging witchcraft suggests it might be necessary
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I see our infiltrators at the Times are doing sterling work.
November 28, 2025 at 10:22 PM
I see our infiltrators at the Times are doing sterling work.
The other fun bit of Badenoch’s line about early Christian values is her suggestion that in those days there was no state
November 28, 2025 at 11:16 AM
The other fun bit of Badenoch’s line about early Christian values is her suggestion that in those days there was no state
Petition to ban all uses of the
term “Op-Ed”
term “Op-Ed”
November 27, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Petition to ban all uses of the
term “Op-Ed”
term “Op-Ed”
Saying you have a “surprising item in the baggage area” would be an excellent way of announcing a pregnancy
November 27, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Saying you have a “surprising item in the baggage area” would be an excellent way of announcing a pregnancy
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And that's before we get to the Deirdre's Photo Casebook photo.
November 26, 2025 at 10:18 PM
And that's before we get to the Deirdre's Photo Casebook photo.
This doesn’t feel like the kind of headline the BBC should be running with
November 26, 2025 at 10:13 PM
This doesn’t feel like the kind of headline the BBC should be running with
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Great analysis from @zoegrunewald.bsky.social for @theleaduk.bsky.social on today’s budget. Echoes my own thoughts about an overall sense of unambitious tinkering, despite some clear positives (2 child cap finally lifted)
national.thelead.uk/p/the-leads-...
national.thelead.uk/p/the-leads-...
The Lead's budget verdict: technocratic tweaks to a broken system
Lifting the two-child benefit is welcome, but Rachel Reeves' tax and spend plans fall far short of the financial shake up this country needs
national.thelead.uk
November 26, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Great analysis from @zoegrunewald.bsky.social for @theleaduk.bsky.social on today’s budget. Echoes my own thoughts about an overall sense of unambitious tinkering, despite some clear positives (2 child cap finally lifted)
national.thelead.uk/p/the-leads-...
national.thelead.uk/p/the-leads-...
Remember when Joshi Hermann accidentally broke the embargo for George Osborne’s budget by tweeting the Standard’s front page?
Mad that of all the things mentioned there, Joshi Herrmann is the one still standing
Mad that of all the things mentioned there, Joshi Herrmann is the one still standing
I cannot handle the incompetence at every level.
In newspapers, if you break an embargo (even a less serious one) you can end up in a disciplinary.
Why isn’t the government and its associated agencies taking the business of RUNNING THE COUNTRY more seriously than the work of bunch of hacks?
In newspapers, if you break an embargo (even a less serious one) you can end up in a disciplinary.
Why isn’t the government and its associated agencies taking the business of RUNNING THE COUNTRY more seriously than the work of bunch of hacks?
guys, guys, it's fine. the obr has taken the pdf offline. damage completely controlled
November 26, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Remember when Joshi Hermann accidentally broke the embargo for George Osborne’s budget by tweeting the Standard’s front page?
Mad that of all the things mentioned there, Joshi Herrmann is the one still standing
Mad that of all the things mentioned there, Joshi Herrmann is the one still standing
McSweeney, you crazy genius…
November 26, 2025 at 12:28 PM
McSweeney, you crazy genius…
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November 26, 2025 at 7:16 AM
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Just put some dried pasta in a Kilner jar. I am open to styling gigs and brand collabs
November 25, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Just put some dried pasta in a Kilner jar. I am open to styling gigs and brand collabs
No, Danny Kruger, humans aren’t pack animals. This isn’t what “pack animal” means
November 22, 2025 at 8:45 AM
No, Danny Kruger, humans aren’t pack animals. This isn’t what “pack animal” means