Patrick Lappin
@patricklappin.bsky.social
Writer, former retweeter, internet enthusiast, Aston Villa fan (doesn't want to talk about it). Thank you, and sorry.
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In the latest Guardian Blind Date: 'he stayed behind to pick at the cold leftovers'
My review:
My review:
Sarah and Russell
A couple of things we need to get through before we wade in with our knockoff Hunters that we got from the car boot sale from the man who has L-V-O-E tattooed on his left knuckles: THE GLORIOUS DEA…
theguyliner.com
November 29, 2025 at 11:14 AM
In the latest Guardian Blind Date: 'he stayed behind to pick at the cold leftovers'
My review:
My review:
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Weird the way the entire world went mad and only the creator of the IT Crowd was unaffected.
November 28, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Weird the way the entire world went mad and only the creator of the IT Crowd was unaffected.
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I shot a man in ##user_city## just to see him #end_function#
November 28, 2025 at 2:16 PM
I shot a man in ##user_city## just to see him #end_function#
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There was no state. Who does she think crucified him, an anarchist collective?
November 28, 2025 at 11:22 AM
There was no state. Who does she think crucified him, an anarchist collective?
It's not Proustian, it was just a different Nando's.
November 27, 2025 at 7:54 PM
It's not Proustian, it was just a different Nando's.
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This is also the potential tragedy of the United Kingdom
The great tragedy of Eastern Europe was that ethnonationalists looked at these diverse societies, proclaimed them to be impossible, and then worked to make these sordid proclamations a reality.
It is obviously affirmatively possible to have multiethnic and multireligious states in Eastern Europe, because they exist. All of them are in fact multiethnic and multireligious. Sometimes, percentagewise, actually moreso than certain Western countries.
November 27, 2025 at 11:41 AM
This is also the potential tragedy of the United Kingdom
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Serious howls of outrage in the media this morning at what is a relatively modest Budget from Labour that does nothing more than fiddle around the margins.
It does highlight the missed opportunity. If you’re going to get this reaction anyway, why not at least get it for attempting a big swing?
It does highlight the missed opportunity. If you’re going to get this reaction anyway, why not at least get it for attempting a big swing?
November 27, 2025 at 7:41 AM
Serious howls of outrage in the media this morning at what is a relatively modest Budget from Labour that does nothing more than fiddle around the margins.
It does highlight the missed opportunity. If you’re going to get this reaction anyway, why not at least get it for attempting a big swing?
It does highlight the missed opportunity. If you’re going to get this reaction anyway, why not at least get it for attempting a big swing?
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Sorry, no, Motability was not about 'helping the most vulnerable' - it was about providing people who need modified vehicles modified vehicles!
November 26, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Sorry, no, Motability was not about 'helping the most vulnerable' - it was about providing people who need modified vehicles modified vehicles!
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The new SENET hit my doormat this morning. It has much to recommend it but *also* includes a Saashi & Saashi review, a big feature on party games & a piece on healthy competitiveness, all by me. Some terrific illustrations (not by me!) accompany the latter two pieces. You should grab a copy!
November 26, 2025 at 4:05 PM
The new SENET hit my doormat this morning. It has much to recommend it but *also* includes a Saashi & Saashi review, a big feature on party games & a piece on healthy competitiveness, all by me. Some terrific illustrations (not by me!) accompany the latter two pieces. You should grab a copy!
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And honestly I don't give a fuck if it's popular or not. It's going to make a lot of kids' lives better. That's the point of government. Not an opinion poll.
November 26, 2025 at 1:12 PM
And honestly I don't give a fuck if it's popular or not. It's going to make a lot of kids' lives better. That's the point of government. Not an opinion poll.
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Do not - I repeat - do NOT, even out of curiosity, pull the handle on the side of your toilet. I just did, and a gush of water’s erased everything. A lifetime’s turd collection, gone.
December 12, 2024 at 4:17 PM
Do not - I repeat - do NOT, even out of curiosity, pull the handle on the side of your toilet. I just did, and a gush of water’s erased everything. A lifetime’s turd collection, gone.
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Happy to discuss the many faults in the media, but I'm begging people who post this stuff to actually engage with the reality that the actual Chancellor of the exchequer held a press conference just a few weeks ago and hinted throughout that taxes were going up.
Political 'journalists' no longer report on the facts and truth.
They share gossip and speculation.
And when the facts are know they move on to the next round of speculation and gossip.
I can guarantee you before the end of today, many in the media will be speculating about the next Budget!
They share gossip and speculation.
And when the facts are know they move on to the next round of speculation and gossip.
I can guarantee you before the end of today, many in the media will be speculating about the next Budget!
November 26, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Happy to discuss the many faults in the media, but I'm begging people who post this stuff to actually engage with the reality that the actual Chancellor of the exchequer held a press conference just a few weeks ago and hinted throughout that taxes were going up.
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One of our generation’s greatest achievements is to apply anything we disagree with to Orwell’s 1984.
November 26, 2025 at 8:44 AM
One of our generation’s greatest achievements is to apply anything we disagree with to Orwell’s 1984.
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Just do 1p on the basic rate of Income Tax. No one would notice after six months. I beg.
November 25, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Just do 1p on the basic rate of Income Tax. No one would notice after six months. I beg.
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I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
November 25, 2025 at 9:26 AM
I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
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14 words and not a single one wasted 👏👏👏
November 24, 2025 at 7:41 PM
14 words and not a single one wasted 👏👏👏
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ME: wanna hear a joke
BSKY REPLY PERSON: a what
BSKY REPLY PERSON: a what
January 18, 2025 at 3:32 AM
ME: wanna hear a joke
BSKY REPLY PERSON: a what
BSKY REPLY PERSON: a what
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Armchair critics and door knockers
November 24, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Armchair critics and door knockers
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Become an indentured labourer?
Dubai on a budget: How to visit the winter sun destination for less
Dubai on a budget: How to visit the winter sun destination for less
Dubai on a budget: How to visit the winter sun destination for less
www.independent.co.uk
November 24, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Become an indentured labourer?
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The fact that in both 2019 and 2024, the winning party did so with a set of manifesto promises that could not be kept and dissolved upon contact with actual office is something that as an industry we should be much more bothered by than we are.
November 23, 2025 at 12:35 PM
The fact that in both 2019 and 2024, the winning party did so with a set of manifesto promises that could not be kept and dissolved upon contact with actual office is something that as an industry we should be much more bothered by than we are.
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This is bizarre. Like the editor of the guardian or mail or any other paper complaining repeatedly about the front page lead they decided to run with.
Very good example of what's wrong with broadcast news - they've given up deciding for themselves what is or isn't news and what the priorities are
Very good example of what's wrong with broadcast news - they've given up deciding for themselves what is or isn't news and what the priorities are
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 12:26 PM
This is bizarre. Like the editor of the guardian or mail or any other paper complaining repeatedly about the front page lead they decided to run with.
Very good example of what's wrong with broadcast news - they've given up deciding for themselves what is or isn't news and what the priorities are
Very good example of what's wrong with broadcast news - they've given up deciding for themselves what is or isn't news and what the priorities are
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"We grant people different rights based on their genetic heritage and on which scrap of land they happened to be born on. That’s mad, isn’t it?"
I just think, when debating immigration and so on, that we should try not to lose sight of the fact that "nationality" is a made up thing.
I just think, when debating immigration and so on, that we should try not to lose sight of the fact that "nationality" is a made up thing.
Why does nationality matter, anyway?
Deciding someone's legal rights based on a nebulous combination of birthplace and parentage is a bit weird
www.newstatesman.com
November 23, 2025 at 11:33 AM
"We grant people different rights based on their genetic heritage and on which scrap of land they happened to be born on. That’s mad, isn’t it?"
I just think, when debating immigration and so on, that we should try not to lose sight of the fact that "nationality" is a made up thing.
I just think, when debating immigration and so on, that we should try not to lose sight of the fact that "nationality" is a made up thing.
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You see this also with the “we have to reduce immigration or racism will get worse”. The average person who thinks immigration is too high does not think that makes gutter racism ok and does not agree with, e.g. “let’s do a Partition scale ethnic cleansing in the UK”.
Sorry to keep banging on about it but it's literally *they are on Twitter and think it's the majority view*
This is pretty striking and makes me wonder exactly what Labour have been up to in making policy seemingly in response to / fear of the former rather than the middle group.
November 22, 2025 at 8:17 PM
You see this also with the “we have to reduce immigration or racism will get worse”. The average person who thinks immigration is too high does not think that makes gutter racism ok and does not agree with, e.g. “let’s do a Partition scale ethnic cleansing in the UK”.