Mr Pecksniff's Diary
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In which Mr Pecksniff lays before his readers for their approval certain observations and speculations reflecting on the political life. (DMs are open.) Email tips to: [email protected]
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Pecksniff: The end of the world is nigh. So what’s next?
In which Mr Pecksniff lays before his readers for their approval certain observations and speculations reflecting on the political life
eastangliabylines.co.uk
Britain’s urge to declare itself “world-leading” shows no sign of abating as Carney calls for honesty about power & vulnerability.
Nigel Farage was too ill for the BBC, but well enough for lunch & Davos & Badenoch is alleged to have nudged US Republicans over Chagos...
Too early for pub?
Nigel Farage was too ill for the BBC, but well enough for lunch & Davos & Badenoch is alleged to have nudged US Republicans over Chagos...
Too early for pub?
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‘The universities are the enemy … we have to honestly and aggressively attack the universities in this country’
--- J. D. Vance, 2021.
#HigherEd #edchat #EduSky #AcademicSky
#antifa #phdchat
--- J. D. Vance, 2021.
#HigherEd #edchat #EduSky #AcademicSky
#antifa #phdchat
In an era of populism, universities make an easy political target. Public opinion reflects a growing suspicion, with research-intensive universities distant from ‘left behind places’ .
A solid base of citizen support is urgently needed to survive.
A solid base of citizen support is urgently needed to survive.
Attacking Universities Is Now a Populist Position. We Must Redefine Their Moral Purpose
Britain's universities face an acute financial and moral crisis.
politicalquarterly.org.uk
January 29, 2026 at 7:47 AM
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Water stress - where water companies are always close to not having enough water to meet demand - results in the ever-present threat of a drought where firms have to take extra water from already low rivers - robbing wildlife of their homes.
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January 28, 2026 at 3:18 PM
Water stress - where water companies are always close to not having enough water to meet demand - results in the ever-present threat of a drought where firms have to take extra water from already low rivers - robbing wildlife of their homes.
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This is one of the reasons we should be *very* wary of things like digital ID, extended facial recognition and AI policing. These are tools we should not put in the hands of fascists.
The UK version of “Project 2025” by the Reform party includes a British ICE, a concentration camp for 24,000 people, mass surveillance and withdrawing from refugee, anti-torture and anti-trafficking conventions.
It’s on their website. That’s how comfortable fascists are in the UK today.
It’s on their website. That’s how comfortable fascists are in the UK today.
January 28, 2026 at 7:09 AM
This is one of the reasons we should be *very* wary of things like digital ID, extended facial recognition and AI policing. These are tools we should not put in the hands of fascists.
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🎵I think I’ve seen this film before, and I didn’t like the ending…🎶
The people who broke our country are the same people Nigel Farage is now relying on to fix it.
It couldn’t be clearer: Reform UK are simply the Conservatives with a new logo.
The people who broke our country are the same people Nigel Farage is now relying on to fix it.
It couldn’t be clearer: Reform UK are simply the Conservatives with a new logo.
January 27, 2026 at 1:16 PM
🎵I think I’ve seen this film before, and I didn’t like the ending…🎶
The people who broke our country are the same people Nigel Farage is now relying on to fix it.
It couldn’t be clearer: Reform UK are simply the Conservatives with a new logo.
The people who broke our country are the same people Nigel Farage is now relying on to fix it.
It couldn’t be clearer: Reform UK are simply the Conservatives with a new logo.
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Andy Burnham was spot on … always follow the money.
The story is the same.
#PostOfficeScandal
#BloodScandal
#ToryCovidCatastrophe etc
#FollowTheMoney
#CoverUp
The story is the same.
#PostOfficeScandal
#BloodScandal
#ToryCovidCatastrophe etc
#FollowTheMoney
#CoverUp
“The blame lies somewhere over there … in TheTreasury”.
YouTube video by Ady Bee
www.youtube.com
January 27, 2026 at 6:04 AM
Andy Burnham was spot on … always follow the money.
The story is the same.
#PostOfficeScandal
#BloodScandal
#ToryCovidCatastrophe etc
#FollowTheMoney
#CoverUp
The story is the same.
#PostOfficeScandal
#BloodScandal
#ToryCovidCatastrophe etc
#FollowTheMoney
#CoverUp
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Genuine question here: what demographic is this Beckham obsession aimed at? My daughter’s lot don’t even know who they are. My age don’t care.
January 27, 2026 at 7:56 AM
Genuine question here: what demographic is this Beckham obsession aimed at? My daughter’s lot don’t even know who they are. My age don’t care.
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Left: Nigel Farage suggests that Alex Pretti was openly carrying a gun
Right: Evidence shows Alex Pretti had a phone in one hand, and the other hand was empty
Right: Evidence shows Alex Pretti had a phone in one hand, and the other hand was empty
January 26, 2026 at 9:26 PM
Left: Nigel Farage suggests that Alex Pretti was openly carrying a gun
Right: Evidence shows Alex Pretti had a phone in one hand, and the other hand was empty
Right: Evidence shows Alex Pretti had a phone in one hand, and the other hand was empty
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Time to repost my (not entirely complimentary) assessment of Suella Braverman’s time as Her Majesty’s Attorney General. www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/388...
Suella Braverman has devalued her office
Three reforms could begin to repair the constitutional damage inflicted by the current attorney general
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk
January 26, 2026 at 7:20 PM
Time to repost my (not entirely complimentary) assessment of Suella Braverman’s time as Her Majesty’s Attorney General. www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/388...
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The EU back in the open after being hidden from sight, the fracturing of the rigid lines between political parties, and a sideswipe at Tory Kuensburg.
@pecksniffsdiary.bsky.social time
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After years of silence, Labour MPs have quietly been told they can talk about the EU again.
Mark Carney urges leaders to stop pretending & face reality.
Robert Jenrick launched his Reform career by missing his own press conference.
Pecksniff ends, as ever, in the pub – editor on the phone.
Mark Carney urges leaders to stop pretending & face reality.
Robert Jenrick launched his Reform career by missing his own press conference.
Pecksniff ends, as ever, in the pub – editor on the phone.
Pecksniff: The end of the world is nigh. So what’s next?
In which Mr Pecksniff lays before his readers for their approval certain observations and speculations reflecting on the political life
eastangliabylines.co.uk
January 26, 2026 at 5:22 PM
The EU back in the open after being hidden from sight, the fracturing of the rigid lines between political parties, and a sideswipe at Tory Kuensburg.
@pecksniffsdiary.bsky.social time
@pecksniffsdiary.bsky.social time
By the way, the other big story of today - bigger than the latest recruit to Reform, whatever Mr Mason thinks - is the launch of Prosper, a new moderate and pro-EU Tory group.
January 26, 2026 at 7:29 PM
By the way, the other big story of today - bigger than the latest recruit to Reform, whatever Mr Mason thinks - is the launch of Prosper, a new moderate and pro-EU Tory group.
If the week were to stop now, Pecksniff's Diary would already have enough. That's even without the thoughts of the wise men. And for once, we can talk about domestic and regional politics.
(But of course, we take Chris Mason to task.)
(But of course, we take Chris Mason to task.)
January 26, 2026 at 6:43 PM
If the week were to stop now, Pecksniff's Diary would already have enough. That's even without the thoughts of the wise men. And for once, we can talk about domestic and regional politics.
(But of course, we take Chris Mason to task.)
(But of course, we take Chris Mason to task.)
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Davos. Trump.
For those trying to understand the global reaction to Trump’s Davos speech, Andrew Levi offers a clear-eyed analysis of what comes next when an anchor power starts to drift.
For those trying to understand the global reaction to Trump’s Davos speech, Andrew Levi offers a clear-eyed analysis of what comes next when an anchor power starts to drift.
After Davos: a world unanchored
Donald Trump’s Davos speech revealed an increasingly unmoored US, forcing allies to confront dangers and to consider costly, overdue responses
eastangliabylines.co.uk
January 26, 2026 at 7:31 AM
Davos. Trump.
For those trying to understand the global reaction to Trump’s Davos speech, Andrew Levi offers a clear-eyed analysis of what comes next when an anchor power starts to drift.
For those trying to understand the global reaction to Trump’s Davos speech, Andrew Levi offers a clear-eyed analysis of what comes next when an anchor power starts to drift.
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Government admits it knows that multiple ecosystem collapses are now *likely*…
but it tried to bury its own intelligence report…
Great article by @eastangliabylines.co.uk
This is a massive issue,
@greenparty.org.uk
@adrianramsay.bsky.social
@zackpolanski.bsky.social
thoughts?
but it tried to bury its own intelligence report…
Great article by @eastangliabylines.co.uk
This is a massive issue,
@greenparty.org.uk
@adrianramsay.bsky.social
@zackpolanski.bsky.social
thoughts?
📣📣📣 A major warning has finally surfaced...
The UK government quietly published a shortened intelligence report revealing that global ecosystem collapse is now a direct threat to our national security.
Read more, by Rupert Read.
The UK government quietly published a shortened intelligence report revealing that global ecosystem collapse is now a direct threat to our national security.
Read more, by Rupert Read.
A suppressed warning finally appears: ecosystem collapse as a national security threat
A government report on the national security implications of ecosystem collapse is finally out, and it’s even more shocking than feared
eastangliabylines.co.uk
January 25, 2026 at 7:57 AM
Government admits it knows that multiple ecosystem collapses are now *likely*…
but it tried to bury its own intelligence report…
Great article by @eastangliabylines.co.uk
This is a massive issue,
@greenparty.org.uk
@adrianramsay.bsky.social
@zackpolanski.bsky.social
thoughts?
but it tried to bury its own intelligence report…
Great article by @eastangliabylines.co.uk
This is a massive issue,
@greenparty.org.uk
@adrianramsay.bsky.social
@zackpolanski.bsky.social
thoughts?
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Infantile look-at-me halfwitted bollocks. Typical Westminster.
Britain’s business secretary Peter Kyle has called for MPs’ pay to be directly linked to GDP, to incentivise Westminster into prioritising economic growth
www.ft.com/content/e401...
www.ft.com/content/e401...
Link MPs’ pay to GDP, says UK business secretary
Peter Kyle calls on government departments to do more to boost economic growth
www.ft.com
January 25, 2026 at 3:47 PM
Infantile look-at-me halfwitted bollocks. Typical Westminster.
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That NEC decision on Burnham was predictable, but also: cowardly, insecure, factional, long-term counter-strategic and symptomatic of administrative malaise.
January 25, 2026 at 3:50 PM
That NEC decision on Burnham was predictable, but also: cowardly, insecure, factional, long-term counter-strategic and symptomatic of administrative malaise.
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@chrisgrey.bsky.social superb on Trump, Brexit, Greenland and Nato.
It is a massive strategic crisis for the UK, more than it had to be because of Brexit.
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It is a massive strategic crisis for the UK, more than it had to be because of Brexit.
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January 25, 2026 at 1:26 PM
@chrisgrey.bsky.social superb on Trump, Brexit, Greenland and Nato.
It is a massive strategic crisis for the UK, more than it had to be because of Brexit.
1
It is a massive strategic crisis for the UK, more than it had to be because of Brexit.
1
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Not even 'both sides' here - the crucial bit is removed out from the parents' statement (giving the false impression that they did not rebut the administration's lies), while the administration's lie is presented without rebuttal. Truly appalling stuff.
January 25, 2026 at 12:40 PM
Not even 'both sides' here - the crucial bit is removed out from the parents' statement (giving the false impression that they did not rebut the administration's lies), while the administration's lie is presented without rebuttal. Truly appalling stuff.
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🗳 Until we have a PR voting system it’s advisable to use the Tactical Voting advice to Stop Reform U.K./Tories from blighting your local councils.
Check out this site for tactical advice for local council by-elections & the May 2026 Elections #LE2026
#StopReformUK
#StopTheTories
stopthetories.vote
Check out this site for tactical advice for local council by-elections & the May 2026 Elections #LE2026
#StopReformUK
#StopTheTories
stopthetories.vote
Stop the Tories and Reform
Your vote is your power. Use it tactically to get the Tories and Reform out, then influence your new MP and the next government.
stopthetories.vote
January 25, 2026 at 10:32 AM
🗳 Until we have a PR voting system it’s advisable to use the Tactical Voting advice to Stop Reform U.K./Tories from blighting your local councils.
Check out this site for tactical advice for local council by-elections & the May 2026 Elections #LE2026
#StopReformUK
#StopTheTories
stopthetories.vote
Check out this site for tactical advice for local council by-elections & the May 2026 Elections #LE2026
#StopReformUK
#StopTheTories
stopthetories.vote
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Am beyond furious at the BBC bothsiding the latest murder on American streets. There isn't a "war of words" or "finger pointing". Watch the fxxxing videos. One side is fxxxing lying. This is shameful
January 25, 2026 at 9:38 AM
Am beyond furious at the BBC bothsiding the latest murder on American streets. There isn't a "war of words" or "finger pointing". Watch the fxxxing videos. One side is fxxxing lying. This is shameful
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Shocking week for the world, but the perfect week for Pecksniff...
After years of silence, Labour MPs have quietly been told they can talk about the EU again.
Mark Carney urges leaders to stop pretending & face reality.
Robert Jenrick launched his Reform career by missing his own press conference.
Pecksniff ends, as ever, in the pub – editor on the phone.
Mark Carney urges leaders to stop pretending & face reality.
Robert Jenrick launched his Reform career by missing his own press conference.
Pecksniff ends, as ever, in the pub – editor on the phone.
Pecksniff: The end of the world is nigh. So what’s next?
In which Mr Pecksniff lays before his readers for their approval certain observations and speculations reflecting on the political life
eastangliabylines.co.uk
January 24, 2026 at 9:33 AM
Shocking week for the world, but the perfect week for Pecksniff...
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Insightful and delightful wordsmithery, as ever..
A highlight of my week,
highly recommended!
Insightful and delightful wordsmithery, as ever..
A highlight of my week,
highly recommended!
“As the world teeters on the brink, your weekly oracle paradoxically feels the unmistakable fizz of optimism. For the world we knew, this is apparently the end game. Time to find the courage to be honest with ourselves…”
Follow @pecksniffsdiary.bsky.social for his weekly view of the world.
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Pecksniff: The end of the world is nigh. So what’s next?
In which Mr Pecksniff lays before his readers for their approval certain observations and speculations reflecting on the political life
eastangliabylines.co.uk
January 25, 2026 at 8:31 AM
@pecksniffsdiary.bsky.social
Insightful and delightful wordsmithery, as ever..
A highlight of my week,
highly recommended!
Insightful and delightful wordsmithery, as ever..
A highlight of my week,
highly recommended!
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📣📣📣 A major warning has finally surfaced...
The UK government quietly published a shortened intelligence report revealing that global ecosystem collapse is now a direct threat to our national security.
Read more, by Rupert Read.
The UK government quietly published a shortened intelligence report revealing that global ecosystem collapse is now a direct threat to our national security.
Read more, by Rupert Read.
A suppressed warning finally appears: ecosystem collapse as a national security threat
A government report on the national security implications of ecosystem collapse is finally out, and it’s even more shocking than feared
eastangliabylines.co.uk
January 25, 2026 at 7:14 AM
📣📣📣 A major warning has finally surfaced...
The UK government quietly published a shortened intelligence report revealing that global ecosystem collapse is now a direct threat to our national security.
Read more, by Rupert Read.
The UK government quietly published a shortened intelligence report revealing that global ecosystem collapse is now a direct threat to our national security.
Read more, by Rupert Read.
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“As the world teeters on the brink, your weekly oracle paradoxically feels the unmistakable fizz of optimism. For the world we knew, this is apparently the end game. Time to find the courage to be honest with ourselves…”
Follow @pecksniffsdiary.bsky.social for his weekly view of the world.
Follow @pecksniffsdiary.bsky.social for his weekly view of the world.
Pecksniff: The end of the world is nigh. So what’s next?
In which Mr Pecksniff lays before his readers for their approval certain observations and speculations reflecting on the political life
eastangliabylines.co.uk
January 25, 2026 at 6:49 AM
“As the world teeters on the brink, your weekly oracle paradoxically feels the unmistakable fizz of optimism. For the world we knew, this is apparently the end game. Time to find the courage to be honest with ourselves…”
Follow @pecksniffsdiary.bsky.social for his weekly view of the world.
Follow @pecksniffsdiary.bsky.social for his weekly view of the world.