Jamie Baxter
@jamiebaxter.bsky.social
Distiller and Distillery builder, Scotland Rugby fan, Cocker Spaniel slave
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Sky‑high living costs 💸🏙️
Childcare they can’t afford 👶💰❌
Burnout & poor work/life balance 😩💻⏰
Rising crime 🚨
Far‑right racism 😡
…and yes, the weather 🌧️☔🌪️
Notice what they didn't say:
❌Because taxes are too high
❌There’s too many immigrants
3/9
Childcare they can’t afford 👶💰❌
Burnout & poor work/life balance 😩💻⏰
Rising crime 🚨
Far‑right racism 😡
…and yes, the weather 🌧️☔🌪️
Notice what they didn't say:
❌Because taxes are too high
❌There’s too many immigrants
3/9
December 3, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Sky‑high living costs 💸🏙️
Childcare they can’t afford 👶💰❌
Burnout & poor work/life balance 😩💻⏰
Rising crime 🚨
Far‑right racism 😡
…and yes, the weather 🌧️☔🌪️
Notice what they didn't say:
❌Because taxes are too high
❌There’s too many immigrants
3/9
Childcare they can’t afford 👶💰❌
Burnout & poor work/life balance 😩💻⏰
Rising crime 🚨
Far‑right racism 😡
…and yes, the weather 🌧️☔🌪️
Notice what they didn't say:
❌Because taxes are too high
❌There’s too many immigrants
3/9
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Rather than report biased junk as many do, assuming the reason is whatever policy you don’t like, a reporter from the i Newspaper had the radical idea to actually ask those leaving why they're leaving.
inews.co.uk/inews-lifest...
What did they say? 👇2/9
inews.co.uk/inews-lifest...
What did they say? 👇2/9
I've interviewed expats all over the world - this is why people are leaving the UK
Living in Lisbon, my body is no longer in fight-or-flight mode. Other expats who have left London for warmer, safer climates feel the same
inews.co.uk
December 3, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Rather than report biased junk as many do, assuming the reason is whatever policy you don’t like, a reporter from the i Newspaper had the radical idea to actually ask those leaving why they're leaving.
inews.co.uk/inews-lifest...
What did they say? 👇2/9
inews.co.uk/inews-lifest...
What did they say? 👇2/9
How to get your sugar rush this Christmas
Cheers! The best Christmas drinks, from gingerbread rum to mulled rose
Cheers! The best Christmas drinks, from gingerbread rum to mulled rose
Our drinks expert rounded up her favourite festive tipples, including special-edition spirits, creamy pistachio liqueurs and celebratory fizz
www.theguardian.com
December 2, 2025 at 4:06 PM
How to get your sugar rush this Christmas
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David Miles (of the OBR) at the Treasury Select Committee: Reeves’ speech was not inconsistent with the OBR’s assessment.
December 2, 2025 at 10:20 AM
David Miles (of the OBR) at the Treasury Select Committee: Reeves’ speech was not inconsistent with the OBR’s assessment.
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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 8:13 AM
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
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Hey @erinbiba.bsky.social I hope this finds you
November 29, 2025 at 4:10 AM
Hey @erinbiba.bsky.social I hope this finds you
Murray knows far more about rugby than I do, but from my neutral’s point of view albeit one affected by watching the game in a raucous bar in Barcelona, the reason that Ireland stayed in that match was by repeated cynical infringements. I can’t blame the ref for giving cards, What else can he do?
Conor Murray: Rugby is in serious trouble unless match officials get a handle on decision-making process - The Irish Times (✍️@IrishTimesRugby) #Rugby #RugbyUnion #ConorMurray
Conor Murray: Rugby is in serious trouble unless match officials get a handle on decision-making process - The Irish Times
Conor Murray: Rugby is in serious trouble unless match officials get a handle on decision-making process The Irish Times
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November 28, 2025 at 10:39 AM
Murray knows far more about rugby than I do, but from my neutral’s point of view albeit one affected by watching the game in a raucous bar in Barcelona, the reason that Ireland stayed in that match was by repeated cynical infringements. I can’t blame the ref for giving cards, What else can he do?
My hot take is that people in UK are voting Reform because that is easier than admitting to themselves that the neoliberalism policies that we have followed since Thatcher was elected don’t work.
November 27, 2025 at 11:38 AM
My hot take is that people in UK are voting Reform because that is easier than admitting to themselves that the neoliberalism policies that we have followed since Thatcher was elected don’t work.
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Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
November 26, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
C’mon Scotland. Let’s boogie all night long
November 18, 2025 at 7:51 PM
C’mon Scotland. Let’s boogie all night long
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I'll share some more specific thoughts on it later, but please do have a look if you can.
It was an extremely DIY endeavour - lots of late nights spent wrangling charts, editing each other's prose, even learning how to build a website from scratch - so I hope it sparks plenty of debate!
It was an extremely DIY endeavour - lots of late nights spent wrangling charts, editing each other's prose, even learning how to build a website from scratch - so I hope it sparks plenty of debate!
Getting Britain out of the hole
A plan for the UK economy
getting-out-of-the-hole.uk
November 17, 2025 at 9:27 AM
I'll share some more specific thoughts on it later, but please do have a look if you can.
It was an extremely DIY endeavour - lots of late nights spent wrangling charts, editing each other's prose, even learning how to build a website from scratch - so I hope it sparks plenty of debate!
It was an extremely DIY endeavour - lots of late nights spent wrangling charts, editing each other's prose, even learning how to build a website from scratch - so I hope it sparks plenty of debate!
New business idea: safety deposit box scheme based in Calais
November 17, 2025 at 11:51 AM
New business idea: safety deposit box scheme based in Calais
This foul weather has meant that my boycott of American-made products until the numpty has gone has had to have a bit of a break
November 14, 2025 at 6:13 PM
This foul weather has meant that my boycott of American-made products until the numpty has gone has had to have a bit of a break
The main takeaway from these accidental prison releases is that the people of Finsbury Park are grasses
November 7, 2025 at 1:10 PM
The main takeaway from these accidental prison releases is that the people of Finsbury Park are grasses
“Trump represents a return to a past that Europe barely survived. We lost tens of millions of people learning that lesson.”
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Mamdani Proves That Americans Want What We in Europe Already Have
On the warning signs we recognize and the hope we share
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November 6, 2025 at 5:56 PM
“Trump represents a return to a past that Europe barely survived. We lost tens of millions of people learning that lesson.”
theplanet.substack.com/p/mamdani-pr...
theplanet.substack.com/p/mamdani-pr...
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The Pellicle Essential Guide to Pub Ettiquette!
Already noted as curmudgeonly by @boakandbailey.bsky.social, we prefer "righteously bothered."
Table rezzies, bogey-filled tissues in empty glasses, rounds and more, all documented for posterity.
www.pelliclemag.com/home/2025/10...
Already noted as curmudgeonly by @boakandbailey.bsky.social, we prefer "righteously bothered."
Table rezzies, bogey-filled tissues in empty glasses, rounds and more, all documented for posterity.
www.pelliclemag.com/home/2025/10...
The Essential Guide to Pub Etiquette — Pellicle
It was the writer and politician Hilaire Belloc (1870–1953) who famously said, “ Change your hearts or you will lose your inns and you will deserve to have lost them. But when you have lost your inns ...
www.pelliclemag.com
November 5, 2025 at 8:18 AM
The Pellicle Essential Guide to Pub Ettiquette!
Already noted as curmudgeonly by @boakandbailey.bsky.social, we prefer "righteously bothered."
Table rezzies, bogey-filled tissues in empty glasses, rounds and more, all documented for posterity.
www.pelliclemag.com/home/2025/10...
Already noted as curmudgeonly by @boakandbailey.bsky.social, we prefer "righteously bothered."
Table rezzies, bogey-filled tissues in empty glasses, rounds and more, all documented for posterity.
www.pelliclemag.com/home/2025/10...
With the success of Mamdani in New York and the rise in the polls of the Greens in UK are we seeing the tipping point in demographics where the young, more progressive voters, who have been ignored for years, now outnumber the older voters as this cohort dies out?
November 5, 2025 at 8:35 AM
With the success of Mamdani in New York and the rise in the polls of the Greens in UK are we seeing the tipping point in demographics where the young, more progressive voters, who have been ignored for years, now outnumber the older voters as this cohort dies out?
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What an absolute hero Samir Zitouni is - doubtless he saved lives that day
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Train hero who saved passengers during attack named
The rail worker credited with saving multiple lives is named as Samir Zitouni.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 4, 2025 at 11:36 AM
What an absolute hero Samir Zitouni is - doubtless he saved lives that day
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Look. The point I was making is that the English football team has gone DEI mad and is now unrepresentative of British society as a whole. There should be more overweight, middle-aged, unfit, clumsy, one-footed Scottish numpties like me
October 28, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Look. The point I was making is that the English football team has gone DEI mad and is now unrepresentative of British society as a whole. There should be more overweight, middle-aged, unfit, clumsy, one-footed Scottish numpties like me
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(If I were writing British politics as an episode of The West Wing, I'd have Starmer activate the "Hail Mary" option of saying he'll rejoin the EU in a second term. Re-polarise the electorate along Brexit lines and hope the shifts in demographics/material reality force a winning coalition.)
October 28, 2025 at 12:55 PM
(If I were writing British politics as an episode of The West Wing, I'd have Starmer activate the "Hail Mary" option of saying he'll rejoin the EU in a second term. Re-polarise the electorate along Brexit lines and hope the shifts in demographics/material reality force a winning coalition.)
That a judge feels the need to say this to a head of law enforcement shows how batshit mental America has become. Best stay clear and hope there is enough resistance to force a vote in 4 years time
"Kids dressed in halloween costumes walking to a parade" do not present an immediate threat to law enforcement officer and riot control measures may not be used, Ellis says.
October 28, 2025 at 3:56 PM
That a judge feels the need to say this to a head of law enforcement shows how batshit mental America has become. Best stay clear and hope there is enough resistance to force a vote in 4 years time
In fairness to Sarah Pochin it must have been very difficult for her to phrase her racist views less clumsily under the pressures of a live programme
October 27, 2025 at 2:42 PM
In fairness to Sarah Pochin it must have been very difficult for her to phrase her racist views less clumsily under the pressures of a live programme
Roasted a chicken for lunch and now the carcass is bubbling away to make a stock. I don’t know a more soothing smell
October 26, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Roasted a chicken for lunch and now the carcass is bubbling away to make a stock. I don’t know a more soothing smell
I’m not an expert in judge led inquiries but I note that the last one into child sexual abuse took over 8 years to conclude
October 22, 2025 at 5:10 PM
I’m not an expert in judge led inquiries but I note that the last one into child sexual abuse took over 8 years to conclude