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The very juvenile one I remember from school was "would you rather sleep with an alive Margaret Thatcher or a recently deceased Britney Spears?"
Yes I went to an all boys school
Yes I went to an all boys school
December 18, 2025 at 11:18 AM
The very juvenile one I remember from school was "would you rather sleep with an alive Margaret Thatcher or a recently deceased Britney Spears?"
Yes I went to an all boys school
Yes I went to an all boys school
It'll make his flat cap spin in anger
December 18, 2025 at 8:47 AM
It'll make his flat cap spin in anger
There's a fair chance I'm being delusional but it feels like this was all completely avoidable if Labour had been moderately brave and moderately progressive across the board - as opposed to chasing Reform votes from the right.
December 17, 2025 at 8:07 AM
There's a fair chance I'm being delusional but it feels like this was all completely avoidable if Labour had been moderately brave and moderately progressive across the board - as opposed to chasing Reform votes from the right.
A lot of people have been due a smiting for a while but this feels like standing at the foot of Olympus loudly insulting Zeus's power, during a storm.
December 16, 2025 at 7:07 PM
A lot of people have been due a smiting for a while but this feels like standing at the foot of Olympus loudly insulting Zeus's power, during a storm.
Best start hoarding
December 16, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Best start hoarding
Monitors next!
December 16, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Monitors next!
We still use lines first laid down over a hundred years ago.
December 16, 2025 at 10:12 AM
We still use lines first laid down over a hundred years ago.
Improved rail capacity meaning more commuter trains and more freight, meaning less traffic. A generational construction opportunity that's being used to train up thousands of young people. A three to one tree replacement programme. Connecting up the UK.
December 16, 2025 at 10:11 AM
Improved rail capacity meaning more commuter trains and more freight, meaning less traffic. A generational construction opportunity that's being used to train up thousands of young people. A three to one tree replacement programme. Connecting up the UK.
It's so deeply embarrassing how much of a priority we give to the staggeringly small amount of impact given the tremendous scale of the project, and not for example the two technical colleges purpose built to help train a future generation of engineers.
December 16, 2025 at 10:06 AM
It's so deeply embarrassing how much of a priority we give to the staggeringly small amount of impact given the tremendous scale of the project, and not for example the two technical colleges purpose built to help train a future generation of engineers.
Zach isn't wrong.
A vast majority of the problems of delivery came from a cowardly and lazy Tory government that wanted to pause and review every 15 minutes.
We can't preserve the country in aspic, we need to build. If not this, then what?
A vast majority of the problems of delivery came from a cowardly and lazy Tory government that wanted to pause and review every 15 minutes.
We can't preserve the country in aspic, we need to build. If not this, then what?
December 16, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Zach isn't wrong.
A vast majority of the problems of delivery came from a cowardly and lazy Tory government that wanted to pause and review every 15 minutes.
We can't preserve the country in aspic, we need to build. If not this, then what?
A vast majority of the problems of delivery came from a cowardly and lazy Tory government that wanted to pause and review every 15 minutes.
We can't preserve the country in aspic, we need to build. If not this, then what?
The real cost of HS2 is not getting the eff on with it.
How are we ever going to do or be anything if any action for the wider country is a referendum on local impact.
How are we ever going to do or be anything if any action for the wider country is a referendum on local impact.
December 16, 2025 at 9:55 AM
The real cost of HS2 is not getting the eff on with it.
How are we ever going to do or be anything if any action for the wider country is a referendum on local impact.
How are we ever going to do or be anything if any action for the wider country is a referendum on local impact.
I don't think anyone, ever, in the history of time could believably accuse Robin Ince of chasing fashion.
Maybe, just maybe, a man whose been trying to pump a little goodness into the world for decades might get a sliver of the benefit of the doubt.
Maybe, just maybe, a man whose been trying to pump a little goodness into the world for decades might get a sliver of the benefit of the doubt.
December 15, 2025 at 9:37 PM
I don't think anyone, ever, in the history of time could believably accuse Robin Ince of chasing fashion.
Maybe, just maybe, a man whose been trying to pump a little goodness into the world for decades might get a sliver of the benefit of the doubt.
Maybe, just maybe, a man whose been trying to pump a little goodness into the world for decades might get a sliver of the benefit of the doubt.
If a strike doesn't cause an impact it can be ignored. The general public isn't the audience.
If you ban doctors from acting to improving their working conditions they'll be squeezed until no one wants to do it as a job. We're not exactly afloat with a glut of young doctors are we?
If you ban doctors from acting to improving their working conditions they'll be squeezed until no one wants to do it as a job. We're not exactly afloat with a glut of young doctors are we?
December 15, 2025 at 4:29 PM
If a strike doesn't cause an impact it can be ignored. The general public isn't the audience.
If you ban doctors from acting to improving their working conditions they'll be squeezed until no one wants to do it as a job. We're not exactly afloat with a glut of young doctors are we?
If you ban doctors from acting to improving their working conditions they'll be squeezed until no one wants to do it as a job. We're not exactly afloat with a glut of young doctors are we?
Fortunately if they push too far, people will simply not need doctors.
Truly incredible insight here.
Truly incredible insight here.
December 15, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Fortunately if they push too far, people will simply not need doctors.
Truly incredible insight here.
Truly incredible insight here.
Why are so committed to defending someone quite clearly not doing a very good job? Like what's in it for you?
I can't possibly imagine what objective metric you're using to get you there
I can't possibly imagine what objective metric you're using to get you there
December 10, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Why are so committed to defending someone quite clearly not doing a very good job? Like what's in it for you?
I can't possibly imagine what objective metric you're using to get you there
I can't possibly imagine what objective metric you're using to get you there
Are you old enough to remember when taking your talking points for the far right was bad?
December 10, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Are you old enough to remember when taking your talking points for the far right was bad?
But he's not very good. And we have quite a lot of problems not.
Economic and moral timidity do not great leaders make
Economic and moral timidity do not great leaders make
December 10, 2025 at 3:10 PM
But he's not very good. And we have quite a lot of problems not.
Economic and moral timidity do not great leaders make
Economic and moral timidity do not great leaders make
Is it pro or anti advertising
December 9, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Is it pro or anti advertising
Doing the wrong thing for the wrong reasons is a fascinating approach to government
December 9, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Doing the wrong thing for the wrong reasons is a fascinating approach to government
That's the most incredible stat
December 8, 2025 at 1:22 PM
That's the most incredible stat
"Please buy shares in our lose-making technology that only survives on the largesse of venture capital, which doesn't understand the technology."
Sounds like a rock solid investment
Sounds like a rock solid investment
December 3, 2025 at 3:15 PM
"Please buy shares in our lose-making technology that only survives on the largesse of venture capital, which doesn't understand the technology."
Sounds like a rock solid investment
Sounds like a rock solid investment
So they're using a product that costs their company money to increase their productivity at a company that loses money for each new user?
I wish I was this good at business
I wish I was this good at business
December 2, 2025 at 10:33 PM
So they're using a product that costs their company money to increase their productivity at a company that loses money for each new user?
I wish I was this good at business
I wish I was this good at business
Sorry, what the fuck after you talking about?
December 1, 2025 at 9:15 AM
Sorry, what the fuck after you talking about?
Well done everyone
November 29, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Well done everyone
Completely agree. It shouldn't be the preserve of the 'blood and soil' crowd to talk about society encouraging and supporting younger people in having and raising the future generations.
November 26, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Completely agree. It shouldn't be the preserve of the 'blood and soil' crowd to talk about society encouraging and supporting younger people in having and raising the future generations.