Phillip Tipton
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Eurovision, Linguistics, trains, maps, TV history.
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This feels like a crossing of the Rubicon. It is not an unconsidered expression of opinion by one journalist in the heat of the moment but a planned editorialising by the BBC, a passing of judgement on the government.
It is a grave mistake.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
It is a grave mistake.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Chris Mason: Why, in my judgement, Reeves was misleading on one specific point
The Chancellor chose not to share some information on tax receipts in an unusual press conference, given before the Budget.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 1, 2025 at 11:52 AM
This feels like a crossing of the Rubicon. It is not an unconsidered expression of opinion by one journalist in the heat of the moment but a planned editorialising by the BBC, a passing of judgement on the government.
It is a grave mistake.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
It is a grave mistake.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Chipsteaks! Unique and delicious, with tremendous protein value
November 28, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Chipsteaks! Unique and delicious, with tremendous protein value
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Headline on The World at One just now:
"Sir Keir Starmer has denied putting the Labour Party before the country by ending the two-child benefit cap".
Can we please go back to reporting the actual news, not someone's partisan take on it?
"Sir Keir Starmer has denied putting the Labour Party before the country by ending the two-child benefit cap".
Can we please go back to reporting the actual news, not someone's partisan take on it?
November 27, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Headline on The World at One just now:
"Sir Keir Starmer has denied putting the Labour Party before the country by ending the two-child benefit cap".
Can we please go back to reporting the actual news, not someone's partisan take on it?
"Sir Keir Starmer has denied putting the Labour Party before the country by ending the two-child benefit cap".
Can we please go back to reporting the actual news, not someone's partisan take on it?
Traitors, Reform celeb edition.
My attendance record in the European Parliament was the 4th worst out of 751 MEPs, yet I managed to turn up to vote AGAINST plans to tackle Russian misinformation.
Thankfully this is of no interest to the media.
Thankfully this is of no interest to the media.
November 25, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Traitors, Reform celeb edition.
Christmas is cancelled at WOKE UNIVERSITIES
November 25, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Christmas is cancelled at WOKE UNIVERSITIES
A great nugget of Commonwealth history is the 1956 referendum in Malta where voters approved the country's full integration with the UK. Just think, election nights would have had reports from the latest rumours regarding turnout in Gozo, and whether Valletta would once again be a bellweather seat.
November 25, 2025 at 11:22 AM
A great nugget of Commonwealth history is the 1956 referendum in Malta where voters approved the country's full integration with the UK. Just think, election nights would have had reports from the latest rumours regarding turnout in Gozo, and whether Valletta would once again be a bellweather seat.
This is because the 'news cycle' has been outsourced to X, which is nothing more than a manipulated cesspit of right-wing overlapping echo chambers. Nathan Gill and Covid failures would have been massive news just a few years ago; now they're just treated like an everyday news item.
It’s a sign of how insane the news cycle is these days that this historic failure of government policy got just one day of news coverage this week.
Not saying that’s right or wrong, but it’s astonishing how quickly the agenda moves on these days.
Not saying that’s right or wrong, but it’s astonishing how quickly the agenda moves on these days.
BREAKING: UK’s response to Covid was “too little too late”. Acting faster could have saved 23,000 lives in England according to the public inquiry.
Boris Johnson presided over a “toxic, sexist, chaotic culture” in No10, where rule-breaking seriously undermined public confidence.
Boris Johnson presided over a “toxic, sexist, chaotic culture” in No10, where rule-breaking seriously undermined public confidence.
November 23, 2025 at 6:48 PM
This is because the 'news cycle' has been outsourced to X, which is nothing more than a manipulated cesspit of right-wing overlapping echo chambers. Nathan Gill and Covid failures would have been massive news just a few years ago; now they're just treated like an everyday news item.
Teddy's promo shot for her new three-part ITV drama.
November 14, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Teddy's promo shot for her new three-part ITV drama.
I know I'm probably too emotionally detached, but why are people writing into radio stations saying that someone they don't know is making them cry because she's doing a lot of running? (Incidentally we need more critical engagement with the weirdness of dangerous/unpleasant activity for charity)
November 14, 2025 at 3:01 PM
I know I'm probably too emotionally detached, but why are people writing into radio stations saying that someone they don't know is making them cry because she's doing a lot of running? (Incidentally we need more critical engagement with the weirdness of dangerous/unpleasant activity for charity)
Dear Labour: please just increase my income tax. Don't fiddle with thresholds or the small number of employee perks I get because, if all that happens, there will be no good reason for me to work full time anymore.
November 14, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Dear Labour: please just increase my income tax. Don't fiddle with thresholds or the small number of employee perks I get because, if all that happens, there will be no good reason for me to work full time anymore.
Local independent cafés be like:
1. No we don't have our opening hours on our website. My mate's son made a WordPress site for us 3 years ago for £50 and we don't have the password.
2. We stop serving hot food at least 2 hours before close. Who are you monsters expecting us to cook after 1:30pm?
1. No we don't have our opening hours on our website. My mate's son made a WordPress site for us 3 years ago for £50 and we don't have the password.
2. We stop serving hot food at least 2 hours before close. Who are you monsters expecting us to cook after 1:30pm?
November 13, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Local independent cafés be like:
1. No we don't have our opening hours on our website. My mate's son made a WordPress site for us 3 years ago for £50 and we don't have the password.
2. We stop serving hot food at least 2 hours before close. Who are you monsters expecting us to cook after 1:30pm?
1. No we don't have our opening hours on our website. My mate's son made a WordPress site for us 3 years ago for £50 and we don't have the password.
2. We stop serving hot food at least 2 hours before close. Who are you monsters expecting us to cook after 1:30pm?
I have a brand new duvet and lovely new bed linen on my bed. Excited!
November 12, 2025 at 11:10 PM
I have a brand new duvet and lovely new bed linen on my bed. Excited!
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It's indicative of the way the British media establishment works, but the best chance for a reprieve for Modern Languages at Nottingham is the fact that lots of media types will have kids or friends with kids studying at Nottingham. No-one cared about Salford in 2013 when 50 years of provision died.
November 6, 2025 at 8:53 PM
It's indicative of the way the British media establishment works, but the best chance for a reprieve for Modern Languages at Nottingham is the fact that lots of media types will have kids or friends with kids studying at Nottingham. No-one cared about Salford in 2013 when 50 years of provision died.
Why is the BBC News website full of 'explainers' like 'What is a bus and why is everyone talking about them?' or 'Eating yoghurt is revolutionary but where does it come from?'
November 6, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Why is the BBC News website full of 'explainers' like 'What is a bus and why is everyone talking about them?' or 'Eating yoghurt is revolutionary but where does it come from?'
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Next time someone tells you that train drivers "just push buttons" show them this from the BBC
November 2, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Next time someone tells you that train drivers "just push buttons" show them this from the BBC
Sean in Classic Corrie explains Eurovision to the Rovers crowd.
October 30, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Sean in Classic Corrie explains Eurovision to the Rovers crowd.
Bonsoir, fans!
October 21, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Bonsoir, fans!
Fascinating thesis here by Chris Brady looking at the phenomenon of the 'Northern Fun Pub' 1973-1993 and its mainstreaming of queer culture. It seems that Disco Tango, the 1979 Danish Eurovision entry by Tommy Seebach, was apparently the most popular 'tambourine song' in the pubs all over the North.
October 15, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Fascinating thesis here by Chris Brady looking at the phenomenon of the 'Northern Fun Pub' 1973-1993 and its mainstreaming of queer culture. It seems that Disco Tango, the 1979 Danish Eurovision entry by Tommy Seebach, was apparently the most popular 'tambourine song' in the pubs all over the North.
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Milei looks like all the cast of Are You Being Served in one
October 14, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Milei looks like all the cast of Are You Being Served in one
Today I played my students, most of whom were born in around 2005, a Cissie and Ada sketch. I felt very old.
October 13, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Today I played my students, most of whom were born in around 2005, a Cissie and Ada sketch. I felt very old.
Teddy on her pouffe throne, surrounded by her favourite cardboard boxes.
October 13, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Teddy on her pouffe throne, surrounded by her favourite cardboard boxes.