Charles Beckett
@charlesbeckett.bsky.social
'These musings are as inadequately supported as they are gratuitous.'
(borrowed from: Sotomayor, Kagan, and Jackson, JJ.: Concurrence in Trump vs. Anderson, SCOTUS 23-719. March 4th, 2024.)
Londoner in Barcelona
(borrowed from: Sotomayor, Kagan, and Jackson, JJ.: Concurrence in Trump vs. Anderson, SCOTUS 23-719. March 4th, 2024.)
Londoner in Barcelona
Watch it, my Mum’s from Aberdare
December 1, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Watch it, my Mum’s from Aberdare
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December 1, 2025 at 4:34 PM
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So that, even when I can explain relative differences in scale between things like total government expenditure and, say, benefit fraud, it doesn't necessarily reduce their insistence on the importance of the latter as an issue for Govt to address.
December 1, 2025 at 4:29 PM
So that, even when I can explain relative differences in scale between things like total government expenditure and, say, benefit fraud, it doesn't necessarily reduce their insistence on the importance of the latter as an issue for Govt to address.
This this is of course partly a function of political discourse and how it's reported but also, more deeply, the way most people 'know' things about eg. the economy, the health service, public services, tax regimes, based entirely on their own, family or acquaintances' day to day experiences.
December 1, 2025 at 4:27 PM
This this is of course partly a function of political discourse and how it's reported but also, more deeply, the way most people 'know' things about eg. the economy, the health service, public services, tax regimes, based entirely on their own, family or acquaintances' day to day experiences.
I constantly struggle to illustrate - in political conversations with friends and family - the relative financial scale of the things that have salience for them, day to day, compared with things which have salience at a policy level.
December 1, 2025 at 4:23 PM
I constantly struggle to illustrate - in political conversations with friends and family - the relative financial scale of the things that have salience for them, day to day, compared with things which have salience at a policy level.
Not another soul for miles
December 1, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Not another soul for miles
Or, headed the ball through him, through Chalobah, through Sanchez, through the net, embedded it in the stand.
November 30, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Or, headed the ball through him, through Chalobah, through Sanchez, through the net, embedded it in the stand.
I like Timber. Great player. But I would have murdered him.
November 30, 2025 at 7:48 PM
I like Timber. Great player. But I would have murdered him.
Not much of an advertisement for the Premier League, to be honest.
November 30, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Not much of an advertisement for the Premier League, to be honest.
Hmmm. Not great. Not terrible. Chelsea were good today, even with ten men. Not a bad point overall.
November 30, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Hmmm. Not great. Not terrible. Chelsea were good today, even with ten men. Not a bad point overall.
Ødegaard is the difference. I could watch him all day long.
November 30, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Ødegaard is the difference. I could watch him all day long.
Great tackle from Hincapie on Neto. Perfectly timed.
November 30, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Great tackle from Hincapie on Neto. Perfectly timed.
Ødegaard, to Saka, to Merino. Boom
November 30, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Ødegaard, to Saka, to Merino. Boom
Here we go. Ødegaard coming on. Get the ball to him.
November 30, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Here we go. Ødegaard coming on. Get the ball to him.
All to do now for Arsenal
November 30, 2025 at 5:41 PM
All to do now for Arsenal
Well, well, well. Great delivery from the corner and Chalobah heads it in. Poor defending from Arsenal.
November 30, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Well, well, well. Great delivery from the corner and Chalobah heads it in. Poor defending from Arsenal.
Chelsea now desperately trying to get an Arsenal player sent off. Weak.
November 30, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Chelsea now desperately trying to get an Arsenal player sent off. Weak.
Wonderful flowing move from Arsenal started with another great tackle by Rice on Neto. Ends with Martinelli’s low drive. Palmed away.
November 30, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Wonderful flowing move from Arsenal started with another great tackle by Rice on Neto. Ends with Martinelli’s low drive. Palmed away.
Hincapie catches Chalobah with an elbow as they jump for the ball but I don’t think there was any intent.
November 30, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Hincapie catches Chalobah with an elbow as they jump for the ball but I don’t think there was any intent.
Good riddance. Horrible tackle, and then he faked an injury to try to distract the referee.
November 30, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Good riddance. Horrible tackle, and then he faked an injury to try to distract the referee.