Will Goddard
@willpaddyg.bsky.social
26 year old interested in interesting things. Chinese and Arabic graduate, general language nerd, former teacher, now cabin crew.
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love every single time the camera cuts to Stephen’s face #TheTraitors
January 14, 2026 at 9:01 PM
love every single time the camera cuts to Stephen’s face #TheTraitors
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I maintain that "Randy Fine" is what you get when your ardour isn't concerning enough to merit Horny Jail.
Rep. Randy Fine on his bill to make Greenland the 51st state: "We need to make sure we assert our dominance over the Western Hemisphere ... the last thing we need is Greenland to become another Venezuela where we have huge problems we have to deal with in the future."
January 13, 2026 at 1:05 PM
I maintain that "Randy Fine" is what you get when your ardour isn't concerning enough to merit Horny Jail.
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Think he nailed that TBH. Very telling that he does it from a location that isn’t the sitting room at Buck House. Also noted the footage from Canada and having the Ukrainian Choir.
December 25, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Think he nailed that TBH. Very telling that he does it from a location that isn’t the sitting room at Buck House. Also noted the footage from Canada and having the Ukrainian Choir.
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You'd think she'd at least have someone in her life who could step in and stop this.
Some people might say she couldn't sink any lower but I have faith in her - you go Liz, plumb those depths www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
December 19, 2025 at 3:58 PM
You'd think she'd at least have someone in her life who could step in and stop this.
I now have some Christmas cards (limited in number) so I guess if you do want one, send a DM
I fancy writing some Christmas cards, does anyone want one?
December 2, 2025 at 8:46 PM
I now have some Christmas cards (limited in number) so I guess if you do want one, send a DM
I fancy writing some Christmas cards, does anyone want one?
November 20, 2025 at 3:59 PM
I fancy writing some Christmas cards, does anyone want one?
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PCCs were originally proposed by Daniel Hannan and Douglas Carswell in 2008's The Plan which you can still buy on Amazon for £3.48 on Kindle.
November 13, 2025 at 11:40 AM
PCCs were originally proposed by Daniel Hannan and Douglas Carswell in 2008's The Plan which you can still buy on Amazon for £3.48 on Kindle.
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Opposing NATO expansion is a nonsensical policy. If countries want to join it, they can. Nobody's twisting their arms. Not sure what "non-militarised" security involves
The Green Party condemns Russia’s invasion, backs Ukraine’s sovereignty, and urges peace talks. It opposes NATO expansion and supports replacing NATO with a cooperative, non-militarised European security framework 💚
November 3, 2025 at 11:12 AM
Opposing NATO expansion is a nonsensical policy. If countries want to join it, they can. Nobody's twisting their arms. Not sure what "non-militarised" security involves
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incredible two paragraphs where he denies being a paid KGB informer, apart from taking all that money from the KGB.
November 2, 2025 at 10:32 PM
incredible two paragraphs where he denies being a paid KGB informer, apart from taking all that money from the KGB.
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If you're in need of positive and rather wholesome news, there's a high school teacher named Bryan who took a ton of freely licensed celebrity headshots at the New York Film Festival last month for Wikipedia, and I truly can't believe how drastic the upgrade is for some articles (thread)
November 1, 2025 at 1:21 PM
If you're in need of positive and rather wholesome news, there's a high school teacher named Bryan who took a ton of freely licensed celebrity headshots at the New York Film Festival last month for Wikipedia, and I truly can't believe how drastic the upgrade is for some articles (thread)
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The first (1955) Danish edition of Ray Bradbury’s FAHRENHEIT 451. Later editions did not convert the title, so this is the only SI-compatible edition! 🎢
November 1, 2025 at 7:55 PM
The first (1955) Danish edition of Ray Bradbury’s FAHRENHEIT 451. Later editions did not convert the title, so this is the only SI-compatible edition! 🎢
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police refusal to act on stuff like this - stolen phones in central london, buried in a known location daily to be retrieved later - is really corrosive to any sense of public trust.
The fun thing about having a small team working with you is you can say "hey you're spending this week digging for stolen mobile phones in London flowerbeds, I promise you it's a thing". www.londoncentric.media/p/london-pho...
London's thieves are burying phones in flowerbeds
The police don't take much interest in returning the stolen devices when they're dug up — so London Centric decided to do it.
www.londoncentric.media
October 30, 2025 at 6:53 PM
police refusal to act on stuff like this - stolen phones in central london, buried in a known location daily to be retrieved later - is really corrosive to any sense of public trust.
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recently discovered that wikipedia volunteers have a hilariously high bar for what constitutes "unusual death"
October 27, 2025 at 12:38 PM
recently discovered that wikipedia volunteers have a hilariously high bar for what constitutes "unusual death"
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Found out about this one from the Labour press release condemning it, and it was a real trip to learn that this wasn’t “a Labour staffer with a tape recorder at a private event” story but a “she just said it on national TV” story.
The quotes in this are so fucking bad I had to check several times it wasn’t a deep fake
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
Reform UK MP says seeing adverts 'full of Black people' drives her 'mad'
Sarah Pochin was responding to a question about whether her party will do anything about the 'representation of demographics in TV adverts', and claimed white people were 'demonised'
www.mirror.co.uk
October 25, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Found out about this one from the Labour press release condemning it, and it was a real trip to learn that this wasn’t “a Labour staffer with a tape recorder at a private event” story but a “she just said it on national TV” story.
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I have to admit that I do admire how low-budget the Irish Presidential election all is. It might be at Dublin Castle but this is still just up from having it at a leisure centre in Basingstoke.
October 25, 2025 at 6:24 PM
I have to admit that I do admire how low-budget the Irish Presidential election all is. It might be at Dublin Castle but this is still just up from having it at a leisure centre in Basingstoke.
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Always enjoy talking to Hannah on here, but this observation in particular is a real missing tooth of a “I really wish I’d thought of this and written it”, on how Brexit accelerated so many parliamentary careers.
Wheras for Badenoch ten more years would have either put paid to her via a dumb scandal or have seen here consigned to the fringe, and Starmer would have never risen beyond cabinet minister.
This is all still the echoing consequences of one bad vote in 2016.
This is all still the echoing consequences of one bad vote in 2016.
October 24, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Always enjoy talking to Hannah on here, but this observation in particular is a real missing tooth of a “I really wish I’d thought of this and written it”, on how Brexit accelerated so many parliamentary careers.
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Among the many possibilities for the next few years, the scenario of swapping one pair of dominant parties (Lab and Con) for another (Reform and LD) is intriguing, under-discussed and, in English elections, not entirely implausible either (several county councils made this leap in May)
Aggregate Result of the 122 Council By-Elections (for 125 Seats) since the 2025 Local Elections:
RFM: 47 (+40)
LDM: 32 (+10)
CON: 13 (-15)
LAB: 12 (-30)
GRN: 11 (+3)
Ind: 5 (-4)
Local: 3 (-3)
SNP: 1 (-1)
PLC: 1 (=)
Explore: electionmaps.uk/byelections-...
RFM: 47 (+40)
LDM: 32 (+10)
CON: 13 (-15)
LAB: 12 (-30)
GRN: 11 (+3)
Ind: 5 (-4)
Local: 3 (-3)
SNP: 1 (-1)
PLC: 1 (=)
Explore: electionmaps.uk/byelections-...
October 10, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Among the many possibilities for the next few years, the scenario of swapping one pair of dominant parties (Lab and Con) for another (Reform and LD) is intriguing, under-discussed and, in English elections, not entirely implausible either (several county councils made this leap in May)
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I'd rather have 20,000 more families in homes even if it's market rate then some whirlpool ramshorn snails i am sorry.
We always knew that Labour cares about little else other than keeping private developers happy.
But here's proof showing off to JP Morgan despite destruction of some of the "rarest creatures in our country."
Let's make that description Labour votes.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
But here's proof showing off to JP Morgan despite destruction of some of the "rarest creatures in our country."
Let's make that description Labour votes.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Rachel Reeves clears planning blockage amid ‘good relationship’ with developer
Exclusive: Chancellor says 20,000 homes were being held up due to ‘some snails that are a protected species or something’
www.theguardian.com
October 7, 2025 at 10:04 PM
I'd rather have 20,000 more families in homes even if it's market rate then some whirlpool ramshorn snails i am sorry.
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Think an underpriced 2029 scenario is "ungovernable mess".
Four parties within a 5 point swing of first place and five parties on 12% plus.
This would be pure chaos under first past the post.
This would be pure chaos under first past the post.
Westminster Voting Intention:
RFM: 27% (-2)
LAB: 20% (-2)
CON: 17% (+1)
LDM: 17% (+2)
GRN: 12% (+1)
SNP: 4% (+1)
Via @yougov.co.uk, 5-6 Oct.
Changes w/ 28-29 Sep.
RFM: 27% (-2)
LAB: 20% (-2)
CON: 17% (+1)
LDM: 17% (+2)
GRN: 12% (+1)
SNP: 4% (+1)
Via @yougov.co.uk, 5-6 Oct.
Changes w/ 28-29 Sep.
October 8, 2025 at 6:11 AM
Think an underpriced 2029 scenario is "ungovernable mess".
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Kemi Badenoch’s weird inability to remember the war in Ukraine, the biggest issue on which a) she has a wedge with Farage and b) the country thinks the Tories did a good job is, well, weird.
Kemi Badenoch repeatedly refuses to say whether she admires Nigel Farage
The Tory leader says she believes her party's fortunes "always would get worse before they got better" as she rejects suggestions of a Reform pact.
news.sky.com
October 7, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Kemi Badenoch’s weird inability to remember the war in Ukraine, the biggest issue on which a) she has a wedge with Farage and b) the country thinks the Tories did a good job is, well, weird.