Mick Nagle
@mickn.bsky.social
No longer working, busier than ever
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Weird and almost universal revisionism today. Even at the time, it was pretty clear that Mandelson wasn't appointed *despite* his dodgy links but *because* of them. Trump's Washington is a dirty swamp. Mandelson was deemed a man able to swim in it. This wasn't a secret. Everybody said it out loud.
February 4, 2026 at 8:55 PM
Weird and almost universal revisionism today. Even at the time, it was pretty clear that Mandelson wasn't appointed *despite* his dodgy links but *because* of them. Trump's Washington is a dirty swamp. Mandelson was deemed a man able to swim in it. This wasn't a secret. Everybody said it out loud.
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Any excuse to repost this peerless thread.
As the World Snooker Championship draws to a close I thought I might recreate a thread I enjoyed putting together over on Twitter: snooker players as composers.
February 4, 2026 at 10:00 PM
Any excuse to repost this peerless thread.
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One lesson from the Epstein–Mandelson affair is that we need to stop routinely rehabilitating political careers after serious scandals.
When politicians knowingly engage in grave ethical wrongdoing, that should permanently end their political careers. Being "talented" should not override that.
When politicians knowingly engage in grave ethical wrongdoing, that should permanently end their political careers. Being "talented" should not override that.
February 4, 2026 at 1:08 PM
One lesson from the Epstein–Mandelson affair is that we need to stop routinely rehabilitating political careers after serious scandals.
When politicians knowingly engage in grave ethical wrongdoing, that should permanently end their political careers. Being "talented" should not override that.
When politicians knowingly engage in grave ethical wrongdoing, that should permanently end their political careers. Being "talented" should not override that.
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Nothing like enjoying your slightly cheaper pint while imagining the toddler crying from hunger that paid for it.
Reform UK says it would re-impose two-child benefit cap for most families to fund £3bn support package for pubs - www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
February 3, 2026 at 3:44 PM
Nothing like enjoying your slightly cheaper pint while imagining the toddler crying from hunger that paid for it.
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I cannot wait for the day when I no longer have to hear from, or about, Elon Musk. when I no longer have to see his stupid face, or screenshots of him doing epic clapbacks on his Nazi paedo app. I'll read exactly one article about his demise from ketamine-induced hyper diarrhoea, and that'll be it
January 31, 2026 at 10:28 AM
I cannot wait for the day when I no longer have to hear from, or about, Elon Musk. when I no longer have to see his stupid face, or screenshots of him doing epic clapbacks on his Nazi paedo app. I'll read exactly one article about his demise from ketamine-induced hyper diarrhoea, and that'll be it
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Lies about stand up:
- It’s about honesty
- It’s the only form of comedy
- It’s about jokes
- It’s dangerous
- Nothing is off limits
- If you have rules and limits, you’d have to ban all comedy
No art form attracts more obfuscatory bullshit from its practitioners (except maybe fine art.)
- It’s about honesty
- It’s the only form of comedy
- It’s about jokes
- It’s dangerous
- Nothing is off limits
- If you have rules and limits, you’d have to ban all comedy
No art form attracts more obfuscatory bullshit from its practitioners (except maybe fine art.)
January 29, 2026 at 9:42 AM
Lies about stand up:
- It’s about honesty
- It’s the only form of comedy
- It’s about jokes
- It’s dangerous
- Nothing is off limits
- If you have rules and limits, you’d have to ban all comedy
No art form attracts more obfuscatory bullshit from its practitioners (except maybe fine art.)
- It’s about honesty
- It’s the only form of comedy
- It’s about jokes
- It’s dangerous
- Nothing is off limits
- If you have rules and limits, you’d have to ban all comedy
No art form attracts more obfuscatory bullshit from its practitioners (except maybe fine art.)
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I don't exaggerate when I say that Andrew Wakefield should be tried for mass murder. We'll never know how many people have died or will die as a direct result of his fraudulent study.
This is the large domino, with the small domino being some random quack in the UK in 1998 trying to undermine the existing MMR vaccine so his business partner can swoop in with his own. Instead he lost his work credentials and now kids are dying needlessly all over the world, so great job everyone.
Austria loses its WHO status as measles-free, too, together with Armenia, Azerbaijan Uzbekistan and Spain. This comes as no surprise, considering the rise in numbers in recent years and the decline in MMR vaccine coverage
#VaccineHesitancy #PublicHealthImpact #AllChildrenNeedProtection
#VaccineHesitancy #PublicHealthImpact #AllChildrenNeedProtection
January 28, 2026 at 10:04 PM
I don't exaggerate when I say that Andrew Wakefield should be tried for mass murder. We'll never know how many people have died or will die as a direct result of his fraudulent study.
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It is genuinely astounding how Reform, Labour and the Tories have decided to fight tooth-and-nail for the votes of the same 30-35 percent of the electorate and completely ignore everyone else.
Badenoch's strategic genius on full display here, telling centrist voters to fuck off, including in the 60+ seats the party lost to the Lib Dems, so she can focus on competing with an extreme right party ahead of her in the polls.
January 28, 2026 at 12:40 PM
It is genuinely astounding how Reform, Labour and the Tories have decided to fight tooth-and-nail for the votes of the same 30-35 percent of the electorate and completely ignore everyone else.
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Me, doing some relatable William Blake (1757 – 1827) material in Dictionary Corner. Come and see me on tour: www.mickperrin.com/tours/alasdair-beckett-king-king-of-crumbs
January 26, 2026 at 4:31 PM
Me, doing some relatable William Blake (1757 – 1827) material in Dictionary Corner. Come and see me on tour: www.mickperrin.com/tours/alasdair-beckett-king-king-of-crumbs
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A reminder to the news media: “conflicting accounts” is what you say BEFORE the incontrovertible video evidence appears. After that, your job is to ask why one side is lying, not to repeat the lie and pretend no one knows the truth.
January 25, 2026 at 12:28 PM
A reminder to the news media: “conflicting accounts” is what you say BEFORE the incontrovertible video evidence appears. After that, your job is to ask why one side is lying, not to repeat the lie and pretend no one knows the truth.
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Great joke.
Old joke truer then ever
A large russian patrol is marching through the snowy woods near the border when they hear a voice shouting from behind a nearby snowbank:
"One Finnish soldier is better than ten russians!"
A large russian patrol is marching through the snowy woods near the border when they hear a voice shouting from behind a nearby snowbank:
"One Finnish soldier is better than ten russians!"
Exercise commanders had to ask 🇫🇮 reservists, the most formidable Arctic warriors, who were playing the role of invaders in the war games, to go easy on the Americans. “The Finns had to be told to stop beating the Americans as it was embarrassing and demoralising for them,” a mil source said.”
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January 23, 2026 at 8:45 PM
Great joke.
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Been trying to learn this on and off for about 35 years and I’m still only about 16 bars into it 😂
youtu.be/kt6ULcZxwRo?...
youtu.be/kt6ULcZxwRo?...
Minor Swing
YouTube video by Django Reinhardt - Topic
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January 23, 2026 at 12:38 PM
Been trying to learn this on and off for about 35 years and I’m still only about 16 bars into it 😂
youtu.be/kt6ULcZxwRo?...
youtu.be/kt6ULcZxwRo?...
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Cold War Steve:
January 23, 2026 at 1:27 PM
Cold War Steve:
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What’s testosterone got to do with it?? This is about her as a person with values as opposed to brexity Prue Leith.
January 22, 2026 at 1:46 PM
What’s testosterone got to do with it?? This is about her as a person with values as opposed to brexity Prue Leith.
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HUGE opportunity for comedians this week !
January 21, 2026 at 8:22 PM
HUGE opportunity for comedians this week !
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The Greatest Story Ever Told
The greatest story you’ll read today 😂😂🫡
Forward it on for the betterment of mankind & also to get me into heaven
Forward it on for the betterment of mankind & also to get me into heaven
January 22, 2026 at 12:57 PM
The Greatest Story Ever Told
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Every day we all have to think about one of the most irredeemable cunts in the history of the world. What’s he doing? What’s he said now? How will it affect your life? What will be left once he’s finished smashing it all up? It’s unconscionable
January 21, 2026 at 2:09 PM
Every day we all have to think about one of the most irredeemable cunts in the history of the world. What’s he doing? What’s he said now? How will it affect your life? What will be left once he’s finished smashing it all up? It’s unconscionable
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It's also all a bit...'Franz Ferdinand's assassination an embarrassment for the 'Visit Sarajevo' tourism campaign', it is certainly *true* but it is missing the point.
also, side note, but why are these deranged outbursts by a deranged racist & misogynist ‘embarrassing’ for Starmer, who’s trying to prop up a security alliance in the face of madness, and not ‘embarrassing’ for the journalists working on these stories who’ve done so much to sanewash Trump?
January 20, 2026 at 12:03 PM
It's also all a bit...'Franz Ferdinand's assassination an embarrassment for the 'Visit Sarajevo' tourism campaign', it is certainly *true* but it is missing the point.
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“Don’t ask”
From the Private Eye archive.
Issue 711, March 1989.
From the Private Eye archive.
Issue 711, March 1989.
January 18, 2026 at 5:54 PM
“Don’t ask”
From the Private Eye archive.
Issue 711, March 1989.
From the Private Eye archive.
Issue 711, March 1989.
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John Boorman is 93.
This anecdote about him & Lee Marvin has quite the punchline.
This anecdote about him & Lee Marvin has quite the punchline.
January 18, 2026 at 12:14 PM
John Boorman is 93.
This anecdote about him & Lee Marvin has quite the punchline.
This anecdote about him & Lee Marvin has quite the punchline.
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I am just so sick of having to hear about what the world’s oldest toddler & most brain-addled rapist has to say, pls just hurry up the inevitable death by golf cart
January 17, 2026 at 5:50 PM
I am just so sick of having to hear about what the world’s oldest toddler & most brain-addled rapist has to say, pls just hurry up the inevitable death by golf cart
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Heard a lad earlier talking about ‘Belgian whistles’
“A basic website costs 10k or 25k upwards if you want all the Belgian whistles”
BELGIAN WHISTLES
“A basic website costs 10k or 25k upwards if you want all the Belgian whistles”
BELGIAN WHISTLES
January 15, 2026 at 4:33 PM
Heard a lad earlier talking about ‘Belgian whistles’
“A basic website costs 10k or 25k upwards if you want all the Belgian whistles”
BELGIAN WHISTLES
“A basic website costs 10k or 25k upwards if you want all the Belgian whistles”
BELGIAN WHISTLES
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Right - here goes.
I've been thinking and reading quite a lot about Trump and the nature of the threat his regime poses, and how the UK and Europe can respond. Not sure I have any answers, but there are a number of dead ends to avoid. 🧵 1/14
I've been thinking and reading quite a lot about Trump and the nature of the threat his regime poses, and how the UK and Europe can respond. Not sure I have any answers, but there are a number of dead ends to avoid. 🧵 1/14
Good piece.
Now thinking about what a stronger European response should look like, beyond ‘being more forceful in speaking truth to power’.
Trust in Trump has (surely) long since gone. How to navigate him is a much harder question.
Now thinking about what a stronger European response should look like, beyond ‘being more forceful in speaking truth to power’.
Trust in Trump has (surely) long since gone. How to navigate him is a much harder question.
What unites Greenland, Venezuela and Ukraine? Trump's immoral lies and Europe's chronic weakness | Simon Tisdall
January 13, 2026 at 5:07 PM
Right - here goes.
I've been thinking and reading quite a lot about Trump and the nature of the threat his regime poses, and how the UK and Europe can respond. Not sure I have any answers, but there are a number of dead ends to avoid. 🧵 1/14
I've been thinking and reading quite a lot about Trump and the nature of the threat his regime poses, and how the UK and Europe can respond. Not sure I have any answers, but there are a number of dead ends to avoid. 🧵 1/14