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“God damn them all.”
January 8, 2026 at 1:35 PM
“God damn them all.”
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Kuroki Neko (Black Cat) | Hishida Shunso
January 7, 2026 at 6:39 PM
Kuroki Neko (Black Cat) | Hishida Shunso
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So, my article posted today about Londoners not needing Leila Cunningham’s pity is doing immensely well - surprisingly so!
Thanks to everyone for all the amazing comments, emails, coffees and just in general really positive reception.
You all make doing this whole writing malarkey so worth it.
Thanks to everyone for all the amazing comments, emails, coffees and just in general really positive reception.
You all make doing this whole writing malarkey so worth it.
Apparently, I’m Supposed to be Pitied for Living in London
A Londoner’s response to Reform UK’s weirdly patronising pitch to the capital
open.substack.com
January 8, 2026 at 2:40 PM
So, my article posted today about Londoners not needing Leila Cunningham’s pity is doing immensely well - surprisingly so!
Thanks to everyone for all the amazing comments, emails, coffees and just in general really positive reception.
You all make doing this whole writing malarkey so worth it.
Thanks to everyone for all the amazing comments, emails, coffees and just in general really positive reception.
You all make doing this whole writing malarkey so worth it.
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Day 1288 of #IansDailyPhotoChallenge and "Cheers for asking, I would love to be included in your book. This is definitely my best side thank you"
🤗📖🐮🐄📷 #inspiringnature #wildlife #naturephotography #MentalHealthMatters
#365DaysWild
🤗📖🐮🐄📷 #inspiringnature #wildlife #naturephotography #MentalHealthMatters
#365DaysWild
January 8, 2026 at 2:37 PM
Day 1288 of #IansDailyPhotoChallenge and "Cheers for asking, I would love to be included in your book. This is definitely my best side thank you"
🤗📖🐮🐄📷 #inspiringnature #wildlife #naturephotography #MentalHealthMatters
#365DaysWild
🤗📖🐮🐄📷 #inspiringnature #wildlife #naturephotography #MentalHealthMatters
#365DaysWild
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Rather than shouting betrayal, why doesn’t Farage list some of the benefits of the Brexit he championed?
Oh wait… because they don’t exist
Oh wait… because they don’t exist
January 8, 2026 at 11:21 AM
Rather than shouting betrayal, why doesn’t Farage list some of the benefits of the Brexit he championed?
Oh wait… because they don’t exist
Oh wait… because they don’t exist
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Jeremy Bowen really is an outstanding broadcaster. He's a reminder that public service broadcasting can be objective and impartial without needing to be balanced - indeed that balance makes objectivity impossible. I imagine they'll get rid of him soon.
January 8, 2026 at 8:20 AM
Jeremy Bowen really is an outstanding broadcaster. He's a reminder that public service broadcasting can be objective and impartial without needing to be balanced - indeed that balance makes objectivity impossible. I imagine they'll get rid of him soon.
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This felt inevitable from day after the budget tbh - and follows big lobbying campaign by pubs industry and real concern among Labour MPs, many of them subsequently barred from their local 👇
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Labour to announce pub business rates U-turn after industry outcry
Change likely to be welcomed by pub trade and opposition but will represent yet another government climbdown
www.theguardian.com
January 8, 2026 at 2:46 PM
This felt inevitable from day after the budget tbh - and follows big lobbying campaign by pubs industry and real concern among Labour MPs, many of them subsequently barred from their local 👇
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
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Reform this morning tried to paint London as a lawless dystopia. The data does not support this.
Yes, there are challenges to solve, but their fear mongering does nothing to help solve them.
Yes, there are challenges to solve, but their fear mongering does nothing to help solve them.
January 7, 2026 at 12:17 PM
Reform this morning tried to paint London as a lawless dystopia. The data does not support this.
Yes, there are challenges to solve, but their fear mongering does nothing to help solve them.
Yes, there are challenges to solve, but their fear mongering does nothing to help solve them.
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Rather than do his f*cking job or go to parliament, Farage will do a podcast during PMQs because he thinks he’ll have no right of reply in PMQs, despite politicians always asking questions. Always disingenuous grifting clown.
January 7, 2026 at 2:08 PM
Rather than do his f*cking job or go to parliament, Farage will do a podcast during PMQs because he thinks he’ll have no right of reply in PMQs, despite politicians always asking questions. Always disingenuous grifting clown.
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Antisemites have long depicted Jews as members of an urban, elite social class.
So when Farage dismisses accusations of antisemitism as the exclusive concern of a London-based “upper middle class”, he’s deliberately invoking that dog-whistle stereotype.
So when Farage dismisses accusations of antisemitism as the exclusive concern of a London-based “upper middle class”, he’s deliberately invoking that dog-whistle stereotype.
January 7, 2026 at 1:48 PM
Antisemites have long depicted Jews as members of an urban, elite social class.
So when Farage dismisses accusations of antisemitism as the exclusive concern of a London-based “upper middle class”, he’s deliberately invoking that dog-whistle stereotype.
So when Farage dismisses accusations of antisemitism as the exclusive concern of a London-based “upper middle class”, he’s deliberately invoking that dog-whistle stereotype.
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How much of the equipment of the US armed forces would be destroyed in the first 48 hours of a war with Europe given it would sit inside 'enemy' territory once war was declared?
January 7, 2026 at 2:49 PM
How much of the equipment of the US armed forces would be destroyed in the first 48 hours of a war with Europe given it would sit inside 'enemy' territory once war was declared?
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wow i just did something i didn't know was biologically possible! check this out...ok...I raised my eyebrows so high that they just kept going, up the forehead, over the head, through the ceiling, through the roof of the house and they're floating somewhere in the ozone layer now, wow!
Farage tells @hugorifkind.bsky.social that accusations that he hissed gas sounds at Jewish students at school are a concern of "those that live in London and the upper middle classes".
January 7, 2026 at 1:00 PM
wow i just did something i didn't know was biologically possible! check this out...ok...I raised my eyebrows so high that they just kept going, up the forehead, over the head, through the ceiling, through the roof of the house and they're floating somewhere in the ozone layer now, wow!
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Wrote this last January about Trump and Greenland. Feels like it’s where we are heading. Too many Europeans just haven’t been listening to them because it’s been too disturbing to confront the potential reality.
open.substack.com/pub/goodalla...
open.substack.com/pub/goodalla...
Why we should take Trump seriously on Greenland
How the UK is deluding itself.
open.substack.com
January 6, 2026 at 8:35 AM
Wrote this last January about Trump and Greenland. Feels like it’s where we are heading. Too many Europeans just haven’t been listening to them because it’s been too disturbing to confront the potential reality.
open.substack.com/pub/goodalla...
open.substack.com/pub/goodalla...
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Most importantly, Miller is wrong. Plenty of stable societies existed that did not conform to his "iron laws". Such "laws" might apply, however, to centralised, hierarchical political systems, especially those dominated by psychopaths like Stephen Miller.
"We live in a world, in the real world … that is governed by strength, that is governed by force, that is governed by power. These are the iron laws of the world since the beginning of time."
And with these words, Stephen Miller damns his soul to hell for all eternity.
And with these words, Stephen Miller damns his soul to hell for all eternity.
January 6, 2026 at 8:43 AM
Most importantly, Miller is wrong. Plenty of stable societies existed that did not conform to his "iron laws". Such "laws" might apply, however, to centralised, hierarchical political systems, especially those dominated by psychopaths like Stephen Miller.
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January 6, 2026 at 8:49 AM
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The Utrecht morning rush hour in the snow did not disappoint!
January 5, 2026 at 7:26 AM
The Utrecht morning rush hour in the snow did not disappoint!
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My niece in Stonehaven, near Aberdeen, has made a snow dalek that's featured in the Aberdeen Press and Journal. #proudaunt
January 5, 2026 at 7:50 AM
My niece in Stonehaven, near Aberdeen, has made a snow dalek that's featured in the Aberdeen Press and Journal. #proudaunt
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The Daily Mail: a daily drag on the nation’s sanity, dignity and prosperity. Rocking back and forward in the corner shouting that Brexit was a win and improving on our relationship with the EU is a BeTRaYaL of all the special things it cannot name.
Subverting failure. How very dare we.
Subverting failure. How very dare we.
January 6, 2026 at 7:28 AM
The Daily Mail: a daily drag on the nation’s sanity, dignity and prosperity. Rocking back and forward in the corner shouting that Brexit was a win and improving on our relationship with the EU is a BeTRaYaL of all the special things it cannot name.
Subverting failure. How very dare we.
Subverting failure. How very dare we.
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This portrait of the artist Eileen Mayo (1936) by Edith Lawrence was a rare depiction for its day, of a female artist by another female artist. Both were alumnae of the Grosvenor School as well as the Slade having studied there alongside David Bomberg and Stanley Spencer.
December 30, 2025 at 5:10 PM
This portrait of the artist Eileen Mayo (1936) by Edith Lawrence was a rare depiction for its day, of a female artist by another female artist. Both were alumnae of the Grosvenor School as well as the Slade having studied there alongside David Bomberg and Stanley Spencer.
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Citizenship stripping has become a political tool for authoritarians to signal their credentials.
No matter how abhorrent someone’s tweets, or views, the idea REMOVING THEIR CITIZENSHIP should be the response is deranged.
Philp & the right in general have lost the plot. #r4today
No matter how abhorrent someone’s tweets, or views, the idea REMOVING THEIR CITIZENSHIP should be the response is deranged.
Philp & the right in general have lost the plot. #r4today
December 29, 2025 at 7:44 AM
Citizenship stripping has become a political tool for authoritarians to signal their credentials.
No matter how abhorrent someone’s tweets, or views, the idea REMOVING THEIR CITIZENSHIP should be the response is deranged.
Philp & the right in general have lost the plot. #r4today
No matter how abhorrent someone’s tweets, or views, the idea REMOVING THEIR CITIZENSHIP should be the response is deranged.
Philp & the right in general have lost the plot. #r4today
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What happened to the execs who ruined lives during the Post Office scandal?
Fujitsu execs, accountants, lawyers also made millions from the scandal.
All living in comfort. None fined, prosecuted. Even when that happens, litigation will last for years.
The UK legal system doesn't deliver justice.
Fujitsu execs, accountants, lawyers also made millions from the scandal.
All living in comfort. None fined, prosecuted. Even when that happens, litigation will last for years.
The UK legal system doesn't deliver justice.
What happened to execs who ruined lives during Post Office scandal
Next year's final report from the Post Office Horizon IT Inquiry is expected to find failings of senior management, while a criminal police operation is gathering pace.
www.dailymail.co.uk
December 29, 2025 at 9:40 AM
What happened to the execs who ruined lives during the Post Office scandal?
Fujitsu execs, accountants, lawyers also made millions from the scandal.
All living in comfort. None fined, prosecuted. Even when that happens, litigation will last for years.
The UK legal system doesn't deliver justice.
Fujitsu execs, accountants, lawyers also made millions from the scandal.
All living in comfort. None fined, prosecuted. Even when that happens, litigation will last for years.
The UK legal system doesn't deliver justice.
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There are suckers…and there are MAGA suckers. That’s a whole new level of sucker! 🤣🤣
December 17, 2025 at 5:56 PM
There are suckers…and there are MAGA suckers. That’s a whole new level of sucker! 🤣🤣
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