Ioan Humphreys
@ioanhumphreys.bsky.social
Senior Research Officer in Swansea University. Writer and corresponding editor for Joyzine. Writer for Louder than War, GIITTV, Vive Le Rock mag and Hiapop. Frustrated artist. MD ANT https://ioanhumphreys.wordpress.com/
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You ever think the guy with the Tiny Desk just wants to get back to work?
December 1, 2025 at 1:08 PM
You ever think the guy with the Tiny Desk just wants to get back to work?
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A lot of journos got addicted to the years of chaos. It made for clicks and content and that's deeply fucking problematic if we want this country to actually work.
Yes - hold the government to account and do it robustly. But partisan news coverage has leaked into mainstream from the GB news sewer.
Yes - hold the government to account and do it robustly. But partisan news coverage has leaked into mainstream from the GB news sewer.
December 1, 2025 at 1:53 PM
A lot of journos got addicted to the years of chaos. It made for clicks and content and that's deeply fucking problematic if we want this country to actually work.
Yes - hold the government to account and do it robustly. But partisan news coverage has leaked into mainstream from the GB news sewer.
Yes - hold the government to account and do it robustly. But partisan news coverage has leaked into mainstream from the GB news sewer.
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The absolute state of the BBC news just now - which seems determined to drag the government down over the budget.
Where was all this attention to minute detail and concern for absolute accuracy when the Tories were lying their way through their chaotic reign for 14 years? It's frankly absurd.
Where was all this attention to minute detail and concern for absolute accuracy when the Tories were lying their way through their chaotic reign for 14 years? It's frankly absurd.
For all the focus on its supposed “left wing bias”, the BBC’s heavy coverage of Rachel Reeves Budget "lies" shows how its political coverage is still largely led by the right-wing press
bylinetimes.com/2025/12/01/r...
bylinetimes.com/2025/12/01/r...
Rachel Reeves and the Daily Mailification of the BBC
For all the focus on its supposed "left wing bias", the BBC's heavy coverage of Conservative allegations of dishonesty against Rachel Reeves shows how its political coverage is still largely led by th...
bylinetimes.com
December 1, 2025 at 1:39 PM
The absolute state of the BBC news just now - which seems determined to drag the government down over the budget.
Where was all this attention to minute detail and concern for absolute accuracy when the Tories were lying their way through their chaotic reign for 14 years? It's frankly absurd.
Where was all this attention to minute detail and concern for absolute accuracy when the Tories were lying their way through their chaotic reign for 14 years? It's frankly absurd.
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This is actually quite brilliant, up to and including the final sentence 🔥
December 1, 2025 at 11:09 AM
This is actually quite brilliant, up to and including the final sentence 🔥
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I donated.
Can you?
Every little helps to keep the bad guys at bay.
#HopeIsHere ✊💚
Link
www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/qr/Yy0G88Pn
Can you?
Every little helps to keep the bad guys at bay.
#HopeIsHere ✊💚
Link
www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/qr/Yy0G88Pn
Hope is here: help us deliver it
Hope is here. In just 5 hours, we hit our £100,000 target. We're upping our target. Let's take the fight to Reform in May.
www.crowdfunder.co.uk
December 1, 2025 at 11:43 AM
I donated.
Can you?
Every little helps to keep the bad guys at bay.
#HopeIsHere ✊💚
Link
www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/qr/Yy0G88Pn
Can you?
Every little helps to keep the bad guys at bay.
#HopeIsHere ✊💚
Link
www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/qr/Yy0G88Pn
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Gullis we've all heard of - but only because he made such a deeply unpleasant spectacle of himself.
The other two:
Lia Nici - Grimsby
Chris Green - Bolton West
Make up a 'Who, Who' of reject failed Tory MPs
The other two:
Lia Nici - Grimsby
Chris Green - Bolton West
Make up a 'Who, Who' of reject failed Tory MPs
December 1, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Gullis we've all heard of - but only because he made such a deeply unpleasant spectacle of himself.
The other two:
Lia Nici - Grimsby
Chris Green - Bolton West
Make up a 'Who, Who' of reject failed Tory MPs
The other two:
Lia Nici - Grimsby
Chris Green - Bolton West
Make up a 'Who, Who' of reject failed Tory MPs
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V good thread
This OBR/Treasury row on who said what, when... is very muddy and complicated.
A few points:
• idea that the OBR said on Oct 31 Reeves was already meeting her target by £4b isn't really the full picture - fcast excluded the welfare u-turns since March (some media have pointed that out, others not)
A few points:
• idea that the OBR said on Oct 31 Reeves was already meeting her target by £4b isn't really the full picture - fcast excluded the welfare u-turns since March (some media have pointed that out, others not)
November 30, 2025 at 9:03 AM
V good thread
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"There was truth and there was untruth, and if you clung to the truth even against the whole world, you were not mad."
This story is starting to make me feel I’m going slightly mad - maybe RR overdid the gloom, but the tax rises are paying for a) the welfare U-turns b) the £10bn-plus increase in headroom c) scrapping the two child limit d) bits of other spending eg higher local gov costs 🤷🏻♀️
December 1, 2025 at 9:19 AM
"There was truth and there was untruth, and if you clung to the truth even against the whole world, you were not mad."
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Absolutely perfect.
They've knocked this out of the park haven't they??
They've knocked this out of the park haven't they??
Ok so the Your Party Conference has ended with - and I promise you I am not making this up -
- With a man on stage singing Imagine.
- With a man on stage singing Imagine.
November 30, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Absolutely perfect.
They've knocked this out of the park haven't they??
They've knocked this out of the park haven't they??
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Your Party decides to call itself Your Party.
November 30, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Your Party decides to call itself Your Party.
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We have written a special report looking at the people behind Reform in Wales.
This was a bizarre piece to write.
willhaywardwales.substack.com/p/special-re...
This was a bizarre piece to write.
willhaywardwales.substack.com/p/special-re...
Special report: Who are Reform in Wales?
We dived into the wild world of Reform UK in Cymru
willhaywardwales.substack.com
November 30, 2025 at 9:13 AM
We have written a special report looking at the people behind Reform in Wales.
This was a bizarre piece to write.
willhaywardwales.substack.com/p/special-re...
This was a bizarre piece to write.
willhaywardwales.substack.com/p/special-re...
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Oh fuck off.
The economic damage Brexit has caused is undeniable - even Brexiteers are now admitting it.
https://www.thetimes.com/business/economics/article/we-brexiteers-must-acknowledge-the-costs-of-leaving-europe-p3mhqd66f
https://www.thetimes.com/business/economics/article/we-brexiteers-must-acknowledge-the-costs-of-leaving-europe-p3mhqd66f
We Brexiteers must acknowledge the costs of leaving Europe
Breaking free from the EU has undoubtedly deepened the UK’s malaise, and it’s no use denying it
www.thetimes.com
November 30, 2025 at 9:54 AM
Oh fuck off.
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"a gorgeous magical‑realist soundtrack"
Attila Peter reviews Jerkclub's new album 'Night Fishing on a Calm Lake' an "authentic and intriguing" album born of grief and old Hollywood classics.
Attila Peter reviews Jerkclub's new album 'Night Fishing on a Calm Lake' an "authentic and intriguing" album born of grief and old Hollywood classics.
ALBUM REVIEW: JERKCURB – NIGHT FISHING ON A CALM LAKE - Joyzine
Written in the aftermath of Jacob Read’s father’s death, “Night Fishing on a Calm Lake” is a nocturnal, cinematic dream-pop record where grief, doubt and hope coexist - the soundtrack for someone lear...
joyzine.org
November 29, 2025 at 5:24 PM
"a gorgeous magical‑realist soundtrack"
Attila Peter reviews Jerkclub's new album 'Night Fishing on a Calm Lake' an "authentic and intriguing" album born of grief and old Hollywood classics.
Attila Peter reviews Jerkclub's new album 'Night Fishing on a Calm Lake' an "authentic and intriguing" album born of grief and old Hollywood classics.
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"controlled chaos wrapped around delicate menace"
Hayley Foster da Silva reviews the "unfiltered, raw, immediate, and emotionally volatile" self-titled new album from Bristol's No Violet.
Hayley Foster da Silva reviews the "unfiltered, raw, immediate, and emotionally volatile" self-titled new album from Bristol's No Violet.
Album Review: No Violet- Self Titled - Joyzine
Bristol-based four-piece No Violet have unleashed their long-awaited self-titled debut album, and it’s every bit as dark, dirty, and deliciously unhinged as their reputation suggests.
joyzine.org
November 29, 2025 at 5:35 PM
"controlled chaos wrapped around delicate menace"
Hayley Foster da Silva reviews the "unfiltered, raw, immediate, and emotionally volatile" self-titled new album from Bristol's No Violet.
Hayley Foster da Silva reviews the "unfiltered, raw, immediate, and emotionally volatile" self-titled new album from Bristol's No Violet.
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Fascinated to find out how the latest Corbyn-led debacle/disaster/disgrace is ackchyually the fault of ‘centrists’.
November 29, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Fascinated to find out how the latest Corbyn-led debacle/disaster/disgrace is ackchyually the fault of ‘centrists’.
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Oh dear!
Ahahahahaha, local business that recorded themselves sticking a load of Union Jacks to lampposts all about town are currently pissing and moaning about finally Finding Out.
November 29, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Oh dear!
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They couldn't organise a revolution on a fairground waltzer
Zarah Sultana boycotts first day of Your Party conference over 'witch hunt' expulsions
Zarah Sultana boycotts first day of Your Party conference over 'witch hunt' expulsions
Zarah Sultana has boycotted day one of the Your Party Conference over the expulsion of members of left-wing groups.
news.sky.com
November 29, 2025 at 2:02 PM
They couldn't organise a revolution on a fairground waltzer
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This party is an extended prank, right? It has to be...
Zarah Sultana boycotts first day of Your Party conference over 'witch hunt' expulsions
Zarah Sultana boycotts first day of Your Party conference over 'witch hunt' expulsions
Zarah Sultana has boycotted day one of the Your Party Conference over the expulsion of members of left-wing groups.
news.sky.com
November 29, 2025 at 2:03 PM
This party is an extended prank, right? It has to be...
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Leave little Saruman alone.
Some of those dogs at the dog show are just obscene abominations unto the lord.
November 28, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Leave little Saruman alone.
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That photo was first used by the Telegraph 6 months ago. It's a Getty image.
November 29, 2025 at 9:32 AM
That photo was first used by the Telegraph 6 months ago. It's a Getty image.
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Tucker Carlson is a rightwing conspiracy theorist and Putin apologist who was sacked by FOX.... yes FOX
BUT The Spectator is happy to pay him to talk down our capital city... despite it thriving and crime falling.
Whose side are you on Mr Gove?
BUT The Spectator is happy to pay him to talk down our capital city... despite it thriving and crime falling.
Whose side are you on Mr Gove?
November 28, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Tucker Carlson is a rightwing conspiracy theorist and Putin apologist who was sacked by FOX.... yes FOX
BUT The Spectator is happy to pay him to talk down our capital city... despite it thriving and crime falling.
Whose side are you on Mr Gove?
BUT The Spectator is happy to pay him to talk down our capital city... despite it thriving and crime falling.
Whose side are you on Mr Gove?
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ACID HORSE 26 is launched!
Email acid horse wilts at gmail dot com to be added to the mail out. Please tag mates or give us a RT dear hearts.
Friday May 22 to Sunday May 24, at The Barge Inn, Honeystreet, Wiltshire. Two stages, family friendly, lots of food options.
And the line-up...
Email acid horse wilts at gmail dot com to be added to the mail out. Please tag mates or give us a RT dear hearts.
Friday May 22 to Sunday May 24, at The Barge Inn, Honeystreet, Wiltshire. Two stages, family friendly, lots of food options.
And the line-up...
November 29, 2025 at 8:57 AM
ACID HORSE 26 is launched!
Email acid horse wilts at gmail dot com to be added to the mail out. Please tag mates or give us a RT dear hearts.
Friday May 22 to Sunday May 24, at The Barge Inn, Honeystreet, Wiltshire. Two stages, family friendly, lots of food options.
And the line-up...
Email acid horse wilts at gmail dot com to be added to the mail out. Please tag mates or give us a RT dear hearts.
Friday May 22 to Sunday May 24, at The Barge Inn, Honeystreet, Wiltshire. Two stages, family friendly, lots of food options.
And the line-up...
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Fairly certain Kemi Badenoch is hoping that nobody has noticed this.
Pretty brazen...
Pretty brazen...
November 29, 2025 at 9:47 AM
Fairly certain Kemi Badenoch is hoping that nobody has noticed this.
Pretty brazen...
Pretty brazen...
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Incredible amateurishness
Reform UK Party Ltd spent £700,000 on a 2-page spread — one page being just an image of Farage and the other a letter, meaning he spent £350,000 on pictures of himself.
The average UK house price is £272,000.
Also, the ‘full English’ is badly photoshopped on — it's tiny!
The average UK house price is £272,000.
Also, the ‘full English’ is badly photoshopped on — it's tiny!
November 28, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Incredible amateurishness
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This looks like a fun game for (some of) the Riley crew over Christmas @marcrileydj.bsky.social
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"The Fall: 100 Songs" drawing by Jeffrey Lewis
Note: Shipping/packaging cost will be calculated/added at the end of the check-out process. An 11-inch by 17-inch full-color illustration by Jeffrey Lewis, depicting visual interpretations of 100 song...
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November 28, 2025 at 6:20 PM
This looks like a fun game for (some of) the Riley crew over Christmas @marcrileydj.bsky.social
the-jeffrey-lightning-lewis-store.myshopify.com/products/the...
the-jeffrey-lightning-lewis-store.myshopify.com/products/the...