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Tom Roberts
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One of the most consistent principles in his life is to become unbelievably partisan in every conflict he encounters, and then to win the conflict using a barrage of extreme verbal force.

He/Him

https://www.instagram.com/tpgeats
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Going to keep plugging this for now, but after years of just food posting into the ether I have made an Instagram of my food pictures as well as tips for recipes etc.

www.instagram.com/tpgeats

Some example photos here, but please follow if of interest:
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i think the divide here between the anon cabinet minister and the actual country sums up Labour Party Brain Worms so perfectly
January 31, 2026 at 12:45 PM
Have we ever considered that he meant it as a compliment?
Elon Musk publicly slandering that cave diver as a "pedo guy" after he begged Jeffrey Epstein for island party invites is just incredible
January 31, 2026 at 12:40 PM
I do remember a friend saying, and me half agreeing "well, you have to realise, if there was anything that bad in the epstein files it would certainly have leaked by now" and yet, somehow, it continues to be worse than I had imagined?
January 31, 2026 at 11:43 AM
I'd find this more convincing as a claim if any class was a protected characteristic.
January 31, 2026 at 11:42 AM
Actually quite hard to put into words the levels of contempt and revulsion?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Epstein files photos appear to show Andrew on all fours over female
The photos put further pressure on Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor after years of scrutiny over his relationship with Epstein. He has always denied any wrongdoing.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 31, 2026 at 11:40 AM
What level of manufacturing consent is this?
Cool thoughts from Noam Chomsky
January 31, 2026 at 11:30 AM
A fun piece of trivia is that Get Out is exactly the same runtime as Melania.
way too niche to put in my review but: wow, if you enjoyed the pacing of the ending to The Return Of The King [Extended Edition], you're going to love Melania (2026)!
January 30, 2026 at 6:38 PM
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way too niche to put in my review but: wow, if you enjoyed the pacing of the ending to The Return Of The King [Extended Edition], you're going to love Melania (2026)!
January 30, 2026 at 5:15 PM
R.I.P. Catherine O'Hara, you taught me it was okay to never say baby correctly again.

www.independent.co.uk/arts-enterta...
Catherine O’Hara death: Schitt’s Creek and Home Alone star dead at 71
Canada-native comedy legend was also known for 'SCTV,' 'Best in Show' and 'The Studio'
www.independent.co.uk
January 30, 2026 at 6:28 PM
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and no I haven't put the Mandelson-Epstein-Reinaldo scoop on twitter

we journalists *can* make Bluesky the place to break news
January 30, 2026 at 6:03 PM
Transphobia, not even once.
Someone from the Tories’ Lords team really needs to change Sharron Davies’ X log in.

As an aside, how *would* 15 minute cities be “thrust on us overnight”?
January 30, 2026 at 6:04 PM
Why is it always osteopaths?
emails show da Silva emailing Epstein...asking for money to fund an osteopathy course and other related expenses. “I will wire your loan amount immediated’y [sic],” Epstein replied.

A few days later, da Silva sent Epstein email: “thank you for the money which arrived in my account this morning”.
January 30, 2026 at 5:03 PM
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Does Matthew Goodwin, Reform candidate for Gorton and Denton, really think that accepting that Marcus Rashford is English denies Mr Goodwin's national identity?

That would seem to be to be a crazily overtly racist position for a mainstream party to allow its candidates to adopt.
January 30, 2026 at 4:43 PM
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i am happy to fight for freedom with the libertarians but also, we don’t really need to *talk*
January 30, 2026 at 4:07 PM
Genuinely can't think of a worse day, you get arrested on trumped up charges for doing your job, posted all over social media, and then you get to jail, sit down in holding and the only person to talk to is Don Lemon.
Don Lemon is not the only reporter who was arrested by federal agents overnight — local independent journalist Georgia Fort just went live on FB to say federal agents were also at her door to take her into custody over her protest coverage in Minneapolis.
January 30, 2026 at 4:45 PM
You do see this and basically conclude "oh, they found the agency with the fewest safeguards and set about weaponising it into a private army."
Personally I think this is too much money for Donald trumps untrained heavily armed militia
January 30, 2026 at 4:43 PM
Cannot emphasise enough how bad Starmer's judgement was to bring Mandelson back.
I'm not prone to exaggeration but this is probably the biggest scoop I've ever been involved in

Mandelson's partner took £10,000 from Epstein to pay for his osteopath course while Mandelson was de facto UK deputy prime minister, according to new files

more to follow

www.ft.com/content/c950...
Jeffrey Epstein sent £10,000 to Mandelson’s husband, emails show
Epstein sent Reinaldo Avila da Silva payment in 2009
www.ft.com
January 30, 2026 at 4:40 PM
Not to disagree with Sunder, as he's right here, but I'm also genuinely curious why Kisin is on there at all having said that in his podcast!
It is quite striking that Konstantin Kisin simply denied (falsely) on BBC1 that he had said what he said, word for word, on his podcast.
Konstantin Kisin straight up lying on #bbcqt

Douglas Alexander: “When Fraser Nelson put it to you that Rishi Sunak is absolutely english… you said “he’s a brown Hindu, how is he english?”

Kisin: “No, that’s not what I said...”
January 30, 2026 at 4:16 PM
Cheers, Nandy's crying, nice one.
There are only seven cities in England: London, Birmingham, Manchester, Liverpool, Sheffield, Leeds and Newcastle. The other pretenders are just big towns.
January 30, 2026 at 4:12 PM
January 30, 2026 at 3:30 PM
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Tesla killed the prius? www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...
Tesla Just Killed the Most Important Car of the 21st Century
The Model S deserved better than this.
www.theatlantic.com
January 30, 2026 at 1:57 PM
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Another Gin and Tonic please for each of the Tims.
A Jägerbomb for Harry and a jug full of Pimms.
Then next slip up to Twickers where the totty will swoon
And our lower limbs all slathered in a sea of maroon
I wrote about declining sartorial standards in the wine trade. Tweed and cords are decline in favour of James May shirts, band T-shirts and the dreaded gilet. henryjeffreys.substack.com/p/keep-the-r...
Keep the Red Trousers Flying
On declining sartorial standards in the wine trade. Plus a new episode of Intoxicating History.
henryjeffreys.substack.com
January 30, 2026 at 11:58 AM
I don't necessarily think this is a problem exclusive to the right, but it is still astonishing to me how hollow all of the idealogues touched on in this piece are.

Maybe I am a cynic, but I'm just not convinced that "racism and shrugging at the economy" is an intellectual tour de force.
January 30, 2026 at 11:19 AM
Birmingham City Council v Abdulla and Others (2012)
Is it weird I never see bin women?

There’s lots of postwomen, but I’ve never seen a bin woman.

Is bin collecting the last great bastion of masculinity?

A lot of those guys seem really angry and frustrated though.
January 30, 2026 at 10:27 AM
That's a constitutional crisis, we count those.
The United States is not actually in a constitutional crisis. Our Constitution works just fine.

We are in a crisis of character — where nearly every single person who has sworn an oath to uphold our Constitution and enforce the law lacks the courage, moral fiber, and decency to do what is right.
the president of the united states should not be allowed to personally loot the treasury to the sum of ten billion dollars and that this is not resulting in immediate, unanimous impeachment is a dramatic indictment of what has become of our political system
January 30, 2026 at 9:33 AM