Patrick
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Good news for anyone in the market for a dented Corsa.
Zipcar is shutting down its UK operations, basically the only car club that worked in London. Massive kick to anyone who tries to live in capital without owning a car. Having been a customer for 17 years and used Zipvans to move house repeatedly, this is.... very bad! (Zipcar is owned by Avis)
December 1, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Good news for anyone in the market for a dented Corsa.
There isn’t a single thick person’s opinion that she doesn’t hold.
November 23, 2025 at 1:13 PM
There isn’t a single thick person’s opinion that she doesn’t hold.
There is so much crap looking low density 80s housing in places like Bermondsey, Rotherhithe and Surrey Quays. It’s got to be replaced.
V good this. Would add: we also need to demolish more!
British cities are too flat — and it’s holding back housing supply.
Our new blog shows a big density gap with France and Japan, driven by missing mid-rise homes.
Read more 👉 buff.ly/mm3GBRX
Our new blog shows a big density gap with France and Japan, driven by missing mid-rise homes.
Read more 👉 buff.ly/mm3GBRX
November 20, 2025 at 2:52 PM
There is so much crap looking low density 80s housing in places like Bermondsey, Rotherhithe and Surrey Quays. It’s got to be replaced.
Absolutely classic BlueSky in response to this. People with no sense of humour just whingeing about twitter users. Anyway, my irritation is when a goal is scored but immediately bounces out of the net because it hits the camera so you think it hasn’t actually gone in!
Since "X" is down, I must turn to Bluesky to ask for your niche/irrational/highly-specific football fascinations and irritations for tomorrow's recording of the Listeners' Mesut Haaland Dicks.
Email a 30-second voicenote to [email protected] and we'll pick the best six!
Email a 30-second voicenote to [email protected] and we'll pick the best six!
November 18, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Absolutely classic BlueSky in response to this. People with no sense of humour just whingeing about twitter users. Anyway, my irritation is when a goal is scored but immediately bounces out of the net because it hits the camera so you think it hasn’t actually gone in!
Unfortunately nothing can be done about this because Labour MPs will rebel. This also applies to every other problem we have.
In other news look at councils projected cumulative deficit just on special needs costs over the next few years. Yikes.
November 17, 2025 at 10:47 AM
Unfortunately nothing can be done about this because Labour MPs will rebel. This also applies to every other problem we have.
This is exactly what I voted for.
Watching Labour MPs take a wrecking ball to nature makes me so angry & so sad. Their action tonight voting down amendments to the #PlanningBill intended to protect wildlife & habitats from destruction is so reckless & so counterproductive. People didn’t vote Labour for this 👇
Housing secretary tells Labour MPs to vote down planning bill amendment
Amendment restricts protection for animals to allow faster house building
www.theguardian.com
November 14, 2025 at 9:05 PM
This is exactly what I voted for.
And there’s no fare evasion or associated anti social behaviour on public transport in New York as a result!
At least they are getting coverage for once. Good for them.
Fares are expensive and people will find ways to avoid them no matter how theatrical you make the barriers.
I'd prefer to see a single flat fare paid on entry like the NY system (something they get right).
Fares are expensive and people will find ways to avoid them no matter how theatrical you make the barriers.
I'd prefer to see a single flat fare paid on entry like the NY system (something they get right).
fuck's sake www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
November 14, 2025 at 9:03 PM
And there’s no fare evasion or associated anti social behaviour on public transport in New York as a result!
He’s done it again!
Tax policy on the British left is pure "anti-bedtime left". Bizarre idea that you can have a big social democratic welfare state without everyone contributing properly www.economist.com/britain/2025...
November 6, 2025 at 11:19 AM
He’s done it again!
People get really worked up about “misinformation” when it comes to climate change but they only ever identify it in one direction.
I've read this story five times and I literally do not know what it is trying to say.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Britain one of least ‘nature-connected’ nations in world – with Nepal the most
Others languishing near bottom of 61-country study include Canada, Germany, Israel, Japan and Spain
www.theguardian.com
November 1, 2025 at 9:39 PM
People get really worked up about “misinformation” when it comes to climate change but they only ever identify it in one direction.
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Businesses have noticed this is a leftwing government. Farmers have noticed. The globally mobile rich have noticed. Basically the only people who don’t think this is a leftwing government are the people who want one.
October 29, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Businesses have noticed this is a leftwing government. Farmers have noticed. The globally mobile rich have noticed. Basically the only people who don’t think this is a leftwing government are the people who want one.
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Column on the government’s Buckaroo! strategy - keep piling obligations and charges on certain sectors and hope they don’t kick you in the head. Housing, energy, pharma, immigrants…
economist.com/britain/2025...
economist.com/britain/2025...
Buckaroo! The British government’s favourite game
Heaping burdens on business works. Until business begins to buck
economist.com
October 23, 2025 at 6:23 AM
Column on the government’s Buckaroo! strategy - keep piling obligations and charges on certain sectors and hope they don’t kick you in the head. Housing, energy, pharma, immigrants…
economist.com/britain/2025...
economist.com/britain/2025...
Good win for Arsenal yesterday 👍🏻
September 29, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Good win for Arsenal yesterday 👍🏻
RT if you want these two legends to come back and sort out American cultural hegemony.
September 26, 2025 at 9:25 AM
RT if you want these two legends to come back and sort out American cultural hegemony.
I think that prison officers are morally superior to violent criminals.
September 14, 2025 at 6:53 PM
I think that prison officers are morally superior to violent criminals.
Listened to an interview with Zack Polanski where he said GDP wasn’t a good measure of economic growth and that people’s mental health would be better. These people are nuts!
September 3, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Listened to an interview with Zack Polanski where he said GDP wasn’t a good measure of economic growth and that people’s mental health would be better. These people are nuts!
For all people whinge about the Home Office the idea that a court should demand this guy be released is just nuts. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Yvette Cooper ordered to end detention of asylum seeker with schizophrenia
Home secretary could face legal action over decision to keep 25-year-old man from Nigeria in prison
www.theguardian.com
September 1, 2025 at 10:30 AM
For all people whinge about the Home Office the idea that a court should demand this guy be released is just nuts. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Not wrong but what are these bold and imaginative ideas?
Other than the usual "Keir Starmer" problem, I think we have to be blunt that Yvette Cooper is a terrible choice as Home Secretary, because the role of heading up a long-term failing department like the Home Office requires boldness and imagination and Cooper has never displayed any of either.
People are gonna care about small boats regardless of what government does. The BBC has a small boats correspondent, TikTok is awash with it.
The government’s blunder has been trying to use legal migration to fix its small boats problem. Has made public finances and inflation worse to no good end.
The government’s blunder has been trying to use legal migration to fix its small boats problem. Has made public finances and inflation worse to no good end.
August 22, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Not wrong but what are these bold and imaginative ideas?
Girona, London City, Luton, Knock.
Actually, you know what? Let’s stop complaining for a second. QT this with a GOOD airport. Defend that title as much or as little as you like. But let’s hear about airports that don’t suck.
August 14, 2025 at 10:42 AM
Girona, London City, Luton, Knock.
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A good excuse for my favourite 'Conservatism in the UK in 2025' image: first story is from 2022, second is from autumn of last year.
August 10, 2025 at 10:44 PM
A good excuse for my favourite 'Conservatism in the UK in 2025' image: first story is from 2022, second is from autumn of last year.
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He's one of Britain's richest men. So why does Asif Aziz's property company keep leasing London gift shops to overseas students based in abandoned offices or flytipped car parks — before vanishing without paying millions of pounds in taxes? www.londoncentric.media/p/asf-aziz-l...
The billionaire and the tax evading gift shops
Asif Aziz's Criterion Capital manages a row of high-profile shops at Piccadilly Circus. So why does his team keeping renting them to students who vanish without paying millions of pounds in taxes?
www.londoncentric.media
July 22, 2025 at 6:48 AM
He's one of Britain's richest men. So why does Asif Aziz's property company keep leasing London gift shops to overseas students based in abandoned offices or flytipped car parks — before vanishing without paying millions of pounds in taxes? www.londoncentric.media/p/asf-aziz-l...
This Charli XCX set is genuinely a disgrace. Women of a certain age who are in a parasocial relationship with her are loving it of course.
June 28, 2025 at 10:17 PM
This Charli XCX set is genuinely a disgrace. Women of a certain age who are in a parasocial relationship with her are loving it of course.
No Vladimir! Have you not seen Top Gear or Doctor Who? Have you thought about visiting Harry Potter World?
Note to Starmer and the other sabre-rattlers. Why spend billions on weapons – soft power would keep us safe | Simon Jenkins
Note to Starmer and the other sabre-rattlers. Why spend billions on weapons – soft power would keep us safe | Simon Jenkins
With hawks on one side and doves on the other, we ignore the obvious fact that engagement is the best defence against conflict, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins
www.theguardian.com
June 26, 2025 at 6:18 PM
No Vladimir! Have you not seen Top Gear or Doctor Who? Have you thought about visiting Harry Potter World?
Absolute lol if you don’t think the same “imperilling democracy” reasoning wouldn’t be used against cycle lines. It’s just usual mentalist Monbiot nonsense.
June 24, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Absolute lol if you don’t think the same “imperilling democracy” reasoning wouldn’t be used against cycle lines. It’s just usual mentalist Monbiot nonsense.