Rob Blundell
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Legal stuff. Wind farms. Biotech. Sometimes agriculture.
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Put it this way: if you are trying to predict Trump's actions, "what would a committed racist/minsogynst do?" will get you about a 95% hit rate. "What would a desperately insecure narcissist who is deeply afraid of weakness & drawn to bullying strength do?" will get you 100%.
February 12, 2026 at 9:14 PM
Put it this way: if you are trying to predict Trump's actions, "what would a committed racist/minsogynst do?" will get you about a 95% hit rate. "What would a desperately insecure narcissist who is deeply afraid of weakness & drawn to bullying strength do?" will get you 100%.
Ooooh. I sorted my handle.
Not sure why I bothered, but hey.
Not sure why I bothered, but hey.
February 12, 2026 at 2:41 PM
Ooooh. I sorted my handle.
Not sure why I bothered, but hey.
Not sure why I bothered, but hey.
In this article is a picture of Starmer looking awkward pulling a pint. I know it's a photo op, but why do it wearing a suit?
Actually this rant isn't about pubs. It's politicians and suits. I fucking hate suits and their daft impracticality, which is only accentuated if behind a bar.
Actually this rant isn't about pubs. It's politicians and suits. I fucking hate suits and their daft impracticality, which is only accentuated if behind a bar.
February 12, 2026 at 9:48 AM
In this article is a picture of Starmer looking awkward pulling a pint. I know it's a photo op, but why do it wearing a suit?
Actually this rant isn't about pubs. It's politicians and suits. I fucking hate suits and their daft impracticality, which is only accentuated if behind a bar.
Actually this rant isn't about pubs. It's politicians and suits. I fucking hate suits and their daft impracticality, which is only accentuated if behind a bar.
Is the announcement "We are buying a watch, so when we promise an announcement at 9am we keep to that time"?
🚨MAJOR ANNOUNCEMENT from Deputy Leader @LibDemDaisy.bsky.social
Dropping tomorrow at 9am.
Watch this space.
Dropping tomorrow at 9am.
Watch this space.
February 11, 2026 at 9:16 AM
Is the announcement "We are buying a watch, so when we promise an announcement at 9am we keep to that time"?
You just know how he said "Chi-na" when dictating this. In your mind you read it in his voice.
February 10, 2026 at 8:21 AM
You just know how he said "Chi-na" when dictating this. In your mind you read it in his voice.
February 9, 2026 at 10:31 PM
Watch the video at the end of this link where all the powers that be (who know it is impossible) still clap and cheer the leader on. No one outside believes, and so everyone outside the bubble simply can't take the country seriously.
[Yes, looking at you now, USA.]
[Yes, looking at you now, USA.]
Good excuse to reshare one of my favourite pieces from last year: this brilliantly written and illustrated piece on the folly of “The Line”, which was oddly, hauntingly sad:
End of The Line: how Saudi Arabia’s Neom dream unravelled
Mohammed bin Salman’s utopian city was undone by the laws of physics and finance
ig.ft.com
February 7, 2026 at 1:32 PM
Watch the video at the end of this link where all the powers that be (who know it is impossible) still clap and cheer the leader on. No one outside believes, and so everyone outside the bubble simply can't take the country seriously.
[Yes, looking at you now, USA.]
[Yes, looking at you now, USA.]
Oh nearly forgot, I encountered a person today called Stewart Stewart.
Was impressed.
Was impressed.
February 2, 2026 at 11:09 PM
Oh nearly forgot, I encountered a person today called Stewart Stewart.
Was impressed.
Was impressed.
This is how to write up a judgment (date typo excepted). For those that find legal cases a bit dry, this (from a US district judge) is a very manageable two pages of anger followed by a flourishing sign off to ram the point home.
Judge Biery signed the order with a photo of Liam and two bible verses: The first is "But Jesus said, Suffer little children, and forbid them not, to come unto me: for of such is the kingdom of heaven." The second is simply "Jesus wept."
Astonishing thing for a judge to do.
Astonishing thing for a judge to do.
January 31, 2026 at 9:07 PM
This is how to write up a judgment (date typo excepted). For those that find legal cases a bit dry, this (from a US district judge) is a very manageable two pages of anger followed by a flourishing sign off to ram the point home.
Contract Law
Property Law
Constitutional and Administrative Law
Tort Law
oh, and History of the Algerian War.
Property Law
Constitutional and Administrative Law
Tort Law
oh, and History of the Algerian War.
Never mind jobs you had, tell me five classes you took at university
1. Moral philosophy
2. Mathematical logic
3. Kant
4. American political institutions
5. Introduction to set theory
1. Moral philosophy
2. Mathematical logic
3. Kant
4. American political institutions
5. Introduction to set theory
January 31, 2026 at 8:48 AM
Contract Law
Property Law
Constitutional and Administrative Law
Tort Law
oh, and History of the Algerian War.
Property Law
Constitutional and Administrative Law
Tort Law
oh, and History of the Algerian War.
Just listened to Matt Forde's interview with the 19 year old Reform leader of Warwickshire council.
The lad's an idiot, and a gobshite. There, I saved you the fuss of listening.
The lad's an idiot, and a gobshite. There, I saved you the fuss of listening.
January 30, 2026 at 12:35 PM
Just listened to Matt Forde's interview with the 19 year old Reform leader of Warwickshire council.
The lad's an idiot, and a gobshite. There, I saved you the fuss of listening.
The lad's an idiot, and a gobshite. There, I saved you the fuss of listening.
I was pissed off with the ppi refunds shenanigans as it was fucking obvious at the time it was a scam so I didn't partake. Pleased that I have since spent loads more in insurance to compensate the credulous.
In other news...
In other news...
Waspi women compensation bid rejected again after government review
Waspi women compensation bid rejected again after government review
The government has restated its rejection of the campaign from women who claimed they were owed billions after their state pensions age was changed.
news.sky.com
January 29, 2026 at 12:50 PM
I was pissed off with the ppi refunds shenanigans as it was fucking obvious at the time it was a scam so I didn't partake. Pleased that I have since spent loads more in insurance to compensate the credulous.
In other news...
In other news...
Glad to see that my MP is continuing his standard operating mode of shouting about matters where he wasn't there, and has questionable half-baked views.
Also beggars belief when he suggests that police round our way wouldn't be used to "typical" families as he put it.
Also beggars belief when he suggests that police round our way wouldn't be used to "typical" families as he put it.
Message this sends to the public is: if you suspect a child is suffering neglect or abuse, keep it to yourself
www.thetimes.com/uk/crime/art...
www.thetimes.com/uk/crime/art...
Police criticised for welfare check on children during burglary callout
North Yorkshire officers were investigating a break-in at a farmhouse when they decided that sticky floors could be a sign of youngsters at risk
www.thetimes.com
January 29, 2026 at 8:18 AM
Glad to see that my MP is continuing his standard operating mode of shouting about matters where he wasn't there, and has questionable half-baked views.
Also beggars belief when he suggests that police round our way wouldn't be used to "typical" families as he put it.
Also beggars belief when he suggests that police round our way wouldn't be used to "typical" families as he put it.
My "MY PARTY IS FOR SERIOUS
PEOPLE AND NOT DRAMA QUEENS" t-shirt has people asking a lot of questions already answered by my t-shirt
PEOPLE AND NOT DRAMA QUEENS" t-shirt has people asking a lot of questions already answered by my t-shirt
Daily Express: KEMI: MY PARTY IS FOR SERIOUS
PEOPLE AND NOT DRAMA QUEENS #TomorrowsPapersToday
PEOPLE AND NOT DRAMA QUEENS #TomorrowsPapersToday
January 28, 2026 at 10:01 PM
My "MY PARTY IS FOR SERIOUS
PEOPLE AND NOT DRAMA QUEENS" t-shirt has people asking a lot of questions already answered by my t-shirt
PEOPLE AND NOT DRAMA QUEENS" t-shirt has people asking a lot of questions already answered by my t-shirt
Honestly though. What is the point of being one of the top table billionaires in this World if your legacy is to be such a gimp?
Surely the whole point of that wealth is that you can swagger and do what you want? So why choose to be a "Tim"?
Surely the whole point of that wealth is that you can swagger and do what you want? So why choose to be a "Tim"?
Apple workers are upset that their CEO turned out to be another craven bootlicker.
Apple Workers Are Livid That Tim Cook Saw “Melania” Movie Hours After CBP Killed Pretti
Internal Slack logs shared with The Intercept show outrage over Cook’s coziness with Trump and Apple's silence on Pretti's death.
theintercept.com
January 28, 2026 at 9:20 PM
Honestly though. What is the point of being one of the top table billionaires in this World if your legacy is to be such a gimp?
Surely the whole point of that wealth is that you can swagger and do what you want? So why choose to be a "Tim"?
Surely the whole point of that wealth is that you can swagger and do what you want? So why choose to be a "Tim"?
I don't know. Usually he is rambling and incoherent, but oddly this is one area where he sounds like what he actually is at core - a real estate developer (albeit a shit one). I have worked with developers of big real estate in London and they do all obsess over things like "dependent on finishes".
His words have literally the same argument to be applied against them as AI: why should I take the trouble to think about speech which the speaker put no conscious thought into in the first place?
i ain't reading all that
i'm happy for you tho
or sorry that happened
i'm happy for you tho
or sorry that happened
January 28, 2026 at 6:15 PM
I don't know. Usually he is rambling and incoherent, but oddly this is one area where he sounds like what he actually is at core - a real estate developer (albeit a shit one). I have worked with developers of big real estate in London and they do all obsess over things like "dependent on finishes".
My train just stopped at Newark.
Yes, I flicked the Vs out the window.
Yes, I flicked the Vs out the window.
Newark. One of those places that I've driven past hundreds of times and never stopped. Sometimes wondered what goes on there. Now I know.
“Kemi might have thought she bounced me into this - she was wrong. I have never felt more certain or stronger about anything I have done.”
Robert Jenrick on stage in Newark:
Robert Jenrick on stage in Newark:
January 28, 2026 at 10:47 AM
My train just stopped at Newark.
Yes, I flicked the Vs out the window.
Yes, I flicked the Vs out the window.
So York station has new signage with little man signing. Overheard someone (man of certain age, presumably Reform) call it "Diversity gone mad".
What a plank.
What a plank.
January 28, 2026 at 10:07 AM
So York station has new signage with little man signing. Overheard someone (man of certain age, presumably Reform) call it "Diversity gone mad".
What a plank.
What a plank.
Listening to a science podcast, and I know they need the cash, but adverts read out by a famous ex footballer for a health drink using the most "bioavailable ingredients to help fill common nutrient gaps"..?!
And don't get me on to the complimentary steel tumbler "worth £38"!! Smells like snakeoil.
And don't get me on to the complimentary steel tumbler "worth £38"!! Smells like snakeoil.
January 28, 2026 at 9:38 AM
Listening to a science podcast, and I know they need the cash, but adverts read out by a famous ex footballer for a health drink using the most "bioavailable ingredients to help fill common nutrient gaps"..?!
And don't get me on to the complimentary steel tumbler "worth £38"!! Smells like snakeoil.
And don't get me on to the complimentary steel tumbler "worth £38"!! Smells like snakeoil.
Why yes, I am a qualified solicitor, yet have had to go through the Gov.uk Identification and filing process on Companies House so am about to commit random acts of violence as it happens.
How people can invent a system that actively works against anything intuitive is quite special.
How people can invent a system that actively works against anything intuitive is quite special.
January 27, 2026 at 10:31 AM
Why yes, I am a qualified solicitor, yet have had to go through the Gov.uk Identification and filing process on Companies House so am about to commit random acts of violence as it happens.
How people can invent a system that actively works against anything intuitive is quite special.
How people can invent a system that actively works against anything intuitive is quite special.
Today I am mostly working in an office underneath a large velux window. I'm going to make a workplace injuries claim for tinnitus.
January 27, 2026 at 10:03 AM
Today I am mostly working in an office underneath a large velux window. I'm going to make a workplace injuries claim for tinnitus.
Guys Guys! I've got the banner wording for the next Prosper UK Meet Up!
A mixed bag to be sure, but largely aligned with sanity.
January 26, 2026 at 5:46 PM
Guys Guys! I've got the banner wording for the next Prosper UK Meet Up!
I remember back when all the podcast advert breaks were for mattresses.
January 26, 2026 at 9:49 AM
I remember back when all the podcast advert breaks were for mattresses.
Saw a trailer for this the other night in the cinema.
I literally cannot comprehend the mindset of anyone in this country who would think "Yeah, I know what I want to watch this evening: a sycophantic documentary about a cat in a wind tunnel."
I literally cannot comprehend the mindset of anyone in this country who would think "Yeah, I know what I want to watch this evening: a sycophantic documentary about a cat in a wind tunnel."
On tonight’s White House agenda:
Trump and guests will get a private screening of MELANIA, the documentary about the First Lady, @thr.com reports.
Attendees include Apple CEO Tim Cook, Amazon CEO Andy Jassy, Mike Tyson, per the article.
Trump and guests will get a private screening of MELANIA, the documentary about the First Lady, @thr.com reports.
Attendees include Apple CEO Tim Cook, Amazon CEO Andy Jassy, Mike Tyson, per the article.
January 25, 2026 at 10:59 AM
Saw a trailer for this the other night in the cinema.
I literally cannot comprehend the mindset of anyone in this country who would think "Yeah, I know what I want to watch this evening: a sycophantic documentary about a cat in a wind tunnel."
I literally cannot comprehend the mindset of anyone in this country who would think "Yeah, I know what I want to watch this evening: a sycophantic documentary about a cat in a wind tunnel."
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