Rick
@flipchartrick.bsky.social
Nottingham-born West Londoner. Author of Flip Chart Fairy Tales blog. Patient #NFFC supporter.
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The way things are going, there’s a fair chance ICE will just grab him on arrival and throw him in the gulag with all the other “enemy aliens”.
January 17, 2026 at 10:25 AM
The way things are going, there’s a fair chance ICE will just grab him on arrival and throw him in the gulag with all the other “enemy aliens”.
The facial expression is a bit Trumpish.
January 17, 2026 at 10:20 AM
The facial expression is a bit Trumpish.
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...
To clarify, Janan Ganesh wasn’t advocating a ‘United States of Europe’ position. He was saying it is a discernible direction of travel on the right.
I’m less convinced. It will take the right in the UK some time to get there, if they ever do.
I’m less convinced. It will take the right in the UK some time to get there, if they ever do.
January 17, 2026 at 8:32 AM
To clarify, Janan Ganesh wasn’t advocating a ‘United States of Europe’ position. He was saying it is a discernible direction of travel on the right.
I’m less convinced. It will take the right in the UK some time to get there, if they ever do.
I’m less convinced. It will take the right in the UK some time to get there, if they ever do.
British conservatives, with their Atlanticist and/or Little Englander biases, are one of the main reasons why this never happened. Our Conservative Party has a long way to go before moving to the “United States of Europe position” suggested by Janan Ganesh. Other European parties may be quicker.
January 17, 2026 at 8:15 AM
British conservatives, with their Atlanticist and/or Little Englander biases, are one of the main reasons why this never happened. Our Conservative Party has a long way to go before moving to the “United States of Europe position” suggested by Janan Ganesh. Other European parties may be quicker.
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.
Around 1990, as the Single Market approached, Marxism Today warned of a more integrated ‘heavily armed Europe’.
At the time I thought ‘they make that sound like a bad thing’. Given where we are now I wish they’d been right. I’ve long been of the view that the UK took a wrong turn after Suez.
At the time I thought ‘they make that sound like a bad thing’. Given where we are now I wish they’d been right. I’ve long been of the view that the UK took a wrong turn after Suez.
January 17, 2026 at 8:05 AM
Around 1990, as the Single Market approached, Marxism Today warned of a more integrated ‘heavily armed Europe’.
At the time I thought ‘they make that sound like a bad thing’. Given where we are now I wish they’d been right. I’ve long been of the view that the UK took a wrong turn after Suez.
At the time I thought ‘they make that sound like a bad thing’. Given where we are now I wish they’d been right. I’ve long been of the view that the UK took a wrong turn after Suez.
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Ok, here's a different proposal: a zany Film 4 comedy about a bunch of hipsters trying to make a film about this story just before it falls in the sea, risking their lives to film on the actual site and get trapped there. Simon Pegg, Simon Farnaby, and some other Simon who was on TV 25 years ago.
January 17, 2026 at 7:52 AM
Ok, here's a different proposal: a zany Film 4 comedy about a bunch of hipsters trying to make a film about this story just before it falls in the sea, risking their lives to film on the actual site and get trapped there. Simon Pegg, Simon Farnaby, and some other Simon who was on TV 25 years ago.
Or a British Conservative Prime Minister! www.ft.com/content/8075...
Boris Johnson’s Brexit explosion ruins Tory business credentials
The foreign secretary’s outburst reveals commerce has lost out to nationalism
www.ft.com
January 17, 2026 at 6:54 AM
Or a British Conservative Prime Minister! www.ft.com/content/8075...
There’s already a petition against it. you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ca...
Call off the King’s visit to the US for the 250th anniversary of America's independence
With the current political chaos in the US and Trump’s failure to adhere to international norms, and given his apparent obsession with the Monarchy, calling off this visit would send a powerful messag...
you.38degrees.org.uk
January 17, 2026 at 6:43 AM
There’s already a petition against it. you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ca...