Rick
@flipchartrick.bsky.social
Nottingham-born West Londoner. Author of Flip Chart Fairy Tales blog. Patient #NFFC supporter.
Very funny! (HT @libdemalastair.bsky.social).
January 20, 2026 at 7:37 AM
Very funny! (HT @libdemalastair.bsky.social).
Farage is Trump’s man.
January 18, 2026 at 2:17 PM
Farage is Trump’s man.
More from the Quislingraph.
January 18, 2026 at 8:54 AM
More from the Quislingraph.
The Quislingraph is on the case.
January 18, 2026 at 8:38 AM
The Quislingraph is on the case.
Now that the government has decided it’s OK to criticise Trump, can we have a full-on attack on Reform?
The line is very simple: Farage is Trump’s man.
The line is very simple: Farage is Trump’s man.
January 18, 2026 at 7:56 AM
Now that the government has decided it’s OK to criticise Trump, can we have a full-on attack on Reform?
The line is very simple: Farage is Trump’s man.
The line is very simple: Farage is Trump’s man.
The same survey published last week. Geoeconomics right at the top.
www.weforum.org/publications...
www.weforum.org/publications...
January 17, 2026 at 9:52 AM
The same survey published last week. Geoeconomics right at the top.
www.weforum.org/publications...
www.weforum.org/publications...
The World Economic Forum pre-Davos survey, published in January 2022, 6 weeks before Russia invaded Ukraine. www.weforum.org/publications...
January 17, 2026 at 9:48 AM
The World Economic Forum pre-Davos survey, published in January 2022, 6 weeks before Russia invaded Ukraine. www.weforum.org/publications...
Indeed and the military has seen climate change as a risk for years.
Something I wrote in 2014.
Something I wrote in 2014.
January 17, 2026 at 8:10 AM
Indeed and the military has seen climate change as a risk for years.
Something I wrote in 2014.
Something I wrote in 2014.
What? Integrate the tech into your operating model, like every business that has ever successfully exploited IT?
Oh Sarah, how boring! It’s much more fun to just throw it at people and see what happens.
(Good read by @sarahoconnorft.ft.com)
www.ft.com/content/2480...
Oh Sarah, how boring! It’s much more fun to just throw it at people and see what happens.
(Good read by @sarahoconnorft.ft.com)
www.ft.com/content/2480...
January 17, 2026 at 7:51 AM
What? Integrate the tech into your operating model, like every business that has ever successfully exploited IT?
Oh Sarah, how boring! It’s much more fun to just throw it at people and see what happens.
(Good read by @sarahoconnorft.ft.com)
www.ft.com/content/2480...
Oh Sarah, how boring! It’s much more fun to just throw it at people and see what happens.
(Good read by @sarahoconnorft.ft.com)
www.ft.com/content/2480...
I’ve just awarded Clovis the Nobel Peace Prize.
Utterly inappropriate because he’s a complete thug but….
Utterly inappropriate because he’s a complete thug but….
January 15, 2026 at 10:18 PM
I’ve just awarded Clovis the Nobel Peace Prize.
Utterly inappropriate because he’s a complete thug but….
Utterly inappropriate because he’s a complete thug but….
This section jumped off the page at me.
January 15, 2026 at 7:32 AM
This section jumped off the page at me.
January 15, 2026 at 7:19 AM
But why the hell is the ONS (and the rest of the government) still on X?
January 15, 2026 at 7:15 AM
But why the hell is the ONS (and the rest of the government) still on X?
January 12, 2026 at 2:16 PM
Came across this 2012 @chrisdillow.bsky.social piece when I was looking for something else.
Did social democracy contribute to productivity growth?
(You can still find Chris's old posts on the Wayback machine.) web.archive.org/web/20250213...
Did social democracy contribute to productivity growth?
(You can still find Chris's old posts on the Wayback machine.) web.archive.org/web/20250213...
January 10, 2026 at 2:05 PM
Came across this 2012 @chrisdillow.bsky.social piece when I was looking for something else.
Did social democracy contribute to productivity growth?
(You can still find Chris's old posts on the Wayback machine.) web.archive.org/web/20250213...
Did social democracy contribute to productivity growth?
(You can still find Chris's old posts on the Wayback machine.) web.archive.org/web/20250213...
This, also by @pollymackenzie.bsky.social, is also an excellent piece.
I love the idea of ‘finding useful enemies’.
bsky.app/profile/poll...
I love the idea of ‘finding useful enemies’.
bsky.app/profile/poll...
January 9, 2026 at 7:35 AM
This, also by @pollymackenzie.bsky.social, is also an excellent piece.
I love the idea of ‘finding useful enemies’.
bsky.app/profile/poll...
I love the idea of ‘finding useful enemies’.
bsky.app/profile/poll...
Military support for a president who threatens Europe on several fronts, citing an alliance and ‘special relationship’ that clearly no longer exists, posted on a platform owned by a billionaire who has called for the overthrow of the British government.
Our defence dilemma in one tweet.
Our defence dilemma in one tweet.
January 8, 2026 at 5:54 AM
Military support for a president who threatens Europe on several fronts, citing an alliance and ‘special relationship’ that clearly no longer exists, posted on a platform owned by a billionaire who has called for the overthrow of the British government.
Our defence dilemma in one tweet.
Our defence dilemma in one tweet.
Spot on section of a good piece on this by @rafaelbehr.bsky.social.
I can understand why Starmer is doing what he’s doing but I’d like to think there is a plan to get us out of this mess.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
I can understand why Starmer is doing what he’s doing but I’d like to think there is a plan to get us out of this mess.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
January 7, 2026 at 8:11 AM
Spot on section of a good piece on this by @rafaelbehr.bsky.social.
I can understand why Starmer is doing what he’s doing but I’d like to think there is a plan to get us out of this mess.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
I can understand why Starmer is doing what he’s doing but I’d like to think there is a plan to get us out of this mess.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Well that’s a lesson for next time.
If we’re still around for next time.
If we’re still around for next time.
January 6, 2026 at 10:36 PM
Well that’s a lesson for next time.
If we’re still around for next time.
If we’re still around for next time.
I’m seeing this cited as ‘what Starmer should have said but @iaindale.bsky.social has done some editing and splicing here.
It’s from a radio phone-in and, if you read the whole thing, it’s not the unequivocal condemnation that appears in the edit.
www.margaretthatcher.org/document%2F1...
It’s from a radio phone-in and, if you read the whole thing, it’s not the unequivocal condemnation that appears in the edit.
www.margaretthatcher.org/document%2F1...
January 4, 2026 at 1:04 PM
I’m seeing this cited as ‘what Starmer should have said but @iaindale.bsky.social has done some editing and splicing here.
It’s from a radio phone-in and, if you read the whole thing, it’s not the unequivocal condemnation that appears in the edit.
www.margaretthatcher.org/document%2F1...
It’s from a radio phone-in and, if you read the whole thing, it’s not the unequivocal condemnation that appears in the edit.
www.margaretthatcher.org/document%2F1...
Isn’t this another of those complaints about the hoi polloi doing what the aristocracy have always done? (E.g. divorce, adultery, drugs, abandoning childcare to teachers.)
In this case, finding the right ear, having a word and flexing a bit of political muscle.
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
In this case, finding the right ear, having a word and flexing a bit of political muscle.
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
January 4, 2026 at 9:36 AM
Isn’t this another of those complaints about the hoi polloi doing what the aristocracy have always done? (E.g. divorce, adultery, drugs, abandoning childcare to teachers.)
In this case, finding the right ear, having a word and flexing a bit of political muscle.
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
In this case, finding the right ear, having a word and flexing a bit of political muscle.
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
Bit late to this ‘stakeholder state’ thing but haven’t we always had a stakeholder state?
Couldn’t something similar to this be said about all governments over the centuries?
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Couldn’t something similar to this be said about all governments over the centuries?
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
January 4, 2026 at 9:16 AM
Bit late to this ‘stakeholder state’ thing but haven’t we always had a stakeholder state?
Couldn’t something similar to this be said about all governments over the centuries?
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Couldn’t something similar to this be said about all governments over the centuries?
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Meanwhile, back at poodle obedience school….
January 3, 2026 at 5:43 PM
Meanwhile, back at poodle obedience school….
Wasn’t expecting this.
Then again, being a US poodle wouldn’t play well with French voters. Not even the fat right ones.
Then again, being a US poodle wouldn’t play well with French voters. Not even the fat right ones.
January 3, 2026 at 5:15 PM
Wasn’t expecting this.
Then again, being a US poodle wouldn’t play well with French voters. Not even the fat right ones.
Then again, being a US poodle wouldn’t play well with French voters. Not even the fat right ones.