Mike Young
@mancmike.bsky.social
This is such a weak look
December 18, 2025 at 6:08 PM
This is such a weak look
Down 15% means still very expensive. 30% would be better, as would 50%
December 17, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Down 15% means still very expensive. 30% would be better, as would 50%
I believe chasing the right on immigration is an international phenomenon? Must be a common explanation.
November 16, 2025 at 9:16 PM
I believe chasing the right on immigration is an international phenomenon? Must be a common explanation.
Could argue that all our political problems stem from the failures in how media cover it
October 23, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Could argue that all our political problems stem from the failures in how media cover it
"After a four year pause" ffs
October 8, 2025 at 8:17 PM
"After a four year pause" ffs
There are no snails on the site, according to this substack.com/inbox/post/1...
Planet of the Snails
The Chancellor and her war on gastropods
substack.com
October 8, 2025 at 9:57 AM
There are no snails on the site, according to this substack.com/inbox/post/1...
Thatcher is the original sin but Howard is the last one not to actively make things worse
October 6, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Thatcher is the original sin but Howard is the last one not to actively make things worse
Fair point. Think your qu is incredibly important, those were my best offers but would love to see better explanations
October 4, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Fair point. Think your qu is incredibly important, those were my best offers but would love to see better explanations
Yeah it's not hard and should be expected of MPs that they know, as part of the job, but I fear at least some of them are pretty ignorant, right to the top
October 4, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Yeah it's not hard and should be expected of MPs that they know, as part of the job, but I fear at least some of them are pretty ignorant, right to the top
Possibly many of them don’t know (i), also possible many of them have much more right wing views than they care to admit to
October 4, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Possibly many of them don’t know (i), also possible many of them have much more right wing views than they care to admit to
See also match of the day punditry
August 27, 2025 at 6:46 PM
See also match of the day punditry
No excuse for serious media giving this guy any further publicity after this
August 24, 2025 at 5:00 PM
No excuse for serious media giving this guy any further publicity after this
I'd never heard of this guy until a few months ago, now he's (a) saying stuff like this and (b) ubiquitous. How our media works
August 16, 2025 at 9:27 AM
I'd never heard of this guy until a few months ago, now he's (a) saying stuff like this and (b) ubiquitous. How our media works
They have managed to lose half of the tiny number of Reform voters who liked Starmer, great job guys
May 16, 2025 at 9:04 AM
They have managed to lose half of the tiny number of Reform voters who liked Starmer, great job guys
This seems obvious, so, genuine question, why is it being suggested? Where is this coming from?
May 2, 2025 at 7:58 PM
This seems obvious, so, genuine question, why is it being suggested? Where is this coming from?
Even if this is right, which it may well be, it still makes no sense
April 27, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Even if this is right, which it may well be, it still makes no sense
On the one hand, yes, amazing. On the other hand not as he is just behaving exactly the same way as he has for many years. Can’t keep being amazed by the same thing
April 24, 2025 at 6:34 PM
On the one hand, yes, amazing. On the other hand not as he is just behaving exactly the same way as he has for many years. Can’t keep being amazed by the same thing
Sidelining the OBR worked great for Truss
April 5, 2025 at 8:33 AM
Sidelining the OBR worked great for Truss
"Corruption disqualifies you from public office" seems to me almost self-evident, far from being a hard call. Democracy has to be protected, and that needs actions. 5 years is way too lenient
April 2, 2025 at 10:36 AM
"Corruption disqualifies you from public office" seems to me almost self-evident, far from being a hard call. Democracy has to be protected, and that needs actions. 5 years is way too lenient
She can play the game again in just 5 years. Why not a life ban?
April 2, 2025 at 10:31 AM
She can play the game again in just 5 years. Why not a life ban?
No10 figures believe something that was obviously, unmissably true several years ago
April 1, 2025 at 10:46 PM
No10 figures believe something that was obviously, unmissably true several years ago
And yet she can run for office again in 5 years. Like, in 5 years time she will once again be a fit person to run for office. What would you have to do to get a life ban?
April 1, 2025 at 9:22 AM
And yet she can run for office again in 5 years. Like, in 5 years time she will once again be a fit person to run for office. What would you have to do to get a life ban?
I feel like it's mainly they hate everything with a side order of Europe isn't a nation state which is the only political entity that their ossified minds can understand
March 25, 2025 at 11:09 PM
I feel like it's mainly they hate everything with a side order of Europe isn't a nation state which is the only political entity that their ossified minds can understand
There are no other options surely
February 28, 2025 at 7:56 PM
There are no other options surely
Threaten to cancel it and see what you can get
February 28, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Threaten to cancel it and see what you can get