Wulf Sternhammer
@tarielcell.bsky.social
Be kind. Be cheerful. Be bold.
The bombing will continue until polling improves
February 18, 2026 at 6:57 PM
The bombing will continue until polling improves
It sounds like they would remove sections 158 (positive action: general) and section 159 (positive action: recruitment and promotional) from the Equalities Act and give the Act a different name.
February 18, 2026 at 9:10 AM
It sounds like they would remove sections 158 (positive action: general) and section 159 (positive action: recruitment and promotional) from the Equalities Act and give the Act a different name.
February 17, 2026 at 10:44 PM
The units on the right look … odd
February 17, 2026 at 8:22 PM
The units on the right look … odd
“My third question relates to your own school experience Mr Farage. Numerous former schoolmates have said that you were a racist knobhead. Would you like to respond to those allegations?”
February 17, 2026 at 7:20 PM
“My third question relates to your own school experience Mr Farage. Numerous former schoolmates have said that you were a racist knobhead. Would you like to respond to those allegations?”
Reform appears to have made camp on the peak of Mount Stupid.
February 17, 2026 at 2:09 PM
Reform appears to have made camp on the peak of Mount Stupid.
Whatever gives you that idea?
February 17, 2026 at 8:52 AM
Whatever gives you that idea?
He’s not talking about you. He’s not even talking about Liam Neeson. His beef is with Jean-Claude Van Daimler.
February 17, 2026 at 7:30 AM
He’s not talking about you. He’s not even talking about Liam Neeson. His beef is with Jean-Claude Van Daimler.
Followed by an extraordinary interview with Gisèle Pelicot. What an incredible woman.
Congratulations @bbcnewsnight.bsky.social and @vicderbyshire.bsky.social. Phenomenally good work.
Congratulations @bbcnewsnight.bsky.social and @vicderbyshire.bsky.social. Phenomenally good work.
February 16, 2026 at 11:03 PM
Followed by an extraordinary interview with Gisèle Pelicot. What an incredible woman.
Congratulations @bbcnewsnight.bsky.social and @vicderbyshire.bsky.social. Phenomenally good work.
Congratulations @bbcnewsnight.bsky.social and @vicderbyshire.bsky.social. Phenomenally good work.
eg Mortgage deregulation pumps demand. The state stops building. Rising home ownership creates a political constituency for building restriction, empowered by the legal system and tighter planning regs. And a consolidated private construction sector with no incentive to build at the volumes needed.
February 16, 2026 at 10:25 PM
eg Mortgage deregulation pumps demand. The state stops building. Rising home ownership creates a political constituency for building restriction, empowered by the legal system and tighter planning regs. And a consolidated private construction sector with no incentive to build at the volumes needed.
Good point, and the UK also did lots of post-war demolition. However, John’s chart suggests *something* happened ~1980 to cause the Anglosphere to diverge from rotw. No doubt planning law plays a role, but we didn’t all switch our legal systems at that time so what might other potential factors be?
February 16, 2026 at 10:18 PM
Good point, and the UK also did lots of post-war demolition. However, John’s chart suggests *something* happened ~1980 to cause the Anglosphere to diverge from rotw. No doubt planning law plays a role, but we didn’t all switch our legal systems at that time so what might other potential factors be?
I just wanted to share the source for the chart rather than endorsing the headline but your comment chimes with my (rather outdated) experience. I visited UK friends in Germany 30 years ago. Their neighbours would react with indignant fury if their baby cried after 9pm.
February 16, 2026 at 9:57 PM
I just wanted to share the source for the chart rather than endorsing the headline but your comment chimes with my (rather outdated) experience. I visited UK friends in Germany 30 years ago. Their neighbours would react with indignant fury if their baby cried after 9pm.
And let not women's weapons, water-drops,
Stain my man's cheeks! No, you unnatural hags,
I will have such revenges on you both,
That all the world shall -- I will do such things, --
What they are, yet I know not: but they shall be
The terrors of the earth.
Stain my man's cheeks! No, you unnatural hags,
I will have such revenges on you both,
That all the world shall -- I will do such things, --
What they are, yet I know not: but they shall be
The terrors of the earth.
February 16, 2026 at 2:53 PM
And let not women's weapons, water-drops,
Stain my man's cheeks! No, you unnatural hags,
I will have such revenges on you both,
That all the world shall -- I will do such things, --
What they are, yet I know not: but they shall be
The terrors of the earth.
Stain my man's cheeks! No, you unnatural hags,
I will have such revenges on you both,
That all the world shall -- I will do such things, --
What they are, yet I know not: but they shall be
The terrors of the earth.
The chart below illustrates this collapse in housebuilding in E&W, though the chart and article it comes from makes a convincing case that the decline in UK housebuilding started long before 1980.
www.centreforcities.org/reader/the-h...
www.centreforcities.org/reader/the-h...
February 16, 2026 at 2:00 PM
The chart below illustrates this collapse in housebuilding in E&W, though the chart and article it comes from makes a convincing case that the decline in UK housebuilding started long before 1980.
www.centreforcities.org/reader/the-h...
www.centreforcities.org/reader/the-h...
Chart from this article.
The UK flattening of dwelling stock per capita in the 1980s coincides with Thatcherism and a collapse in public house building. Was this replicated in other anglophone countries? Could that be an alternative/additional explanation?
www.ft.com/content/dca3...
The UK flattening of dwelling stock per capita in the 1980s coincides with Thatcherism and a collapse in public house building. Was this replicated in other anglophone countries? Could that be an alternative/additional explanation?
www.ft.com/content/dca3...
The Anglosphere needs to learn to love apartment living
Housebuilding rates in English-speaking states have fallen behind the rest of the developed world
www.ft.com
February 16, 2026 at 12:23 PM
Chart from this article.
The UK flattening of dwelling stock per capita in the 1980s coincides with Thatcherism and a collapse in public house building. Was this replicated in other anglophone countries? Could that be an alternative/additional explanation?
www.ft.com/content/dca3...
The UK flattening of dwelling stock per capita in the 1980s coincides with Thatcherism and a collapse in public house building. Was this replicated in other anglophone countries? Could that be an alternative/additional explanation?
www.ft.com/content/dca3...
He appears to be separated from his wife. This has the feel of a domestic argument that has spilled out into the papers.
February 16, 2026 at 11:09 AM
He appears to be separated from his wife. This has the feel of a domestic argument that has spilled out into the papers.
If your previous restore point was in 1945 you might be missing some essential updates
February 14, 2026 at 10:25 PM
If your previous restore point was in 1945 you might be missing some essential updates
Renovate UK
a man in a red shirt measures a window with a tape measure
ALT: a man in a red shirt measures a window with a tape measure
media.tenor.com
February 14, 2026 at 2:47 PM
Renovate UK
Patronising comment.
Framing of debate as prelude to preordained conclusion.
Preordained conclusion.
Framing of debate as prelude to preordained conclusion.
Preordained conclusion.
February 14, 2026 at 2:22 PM
Patronising comment.
Framing of debate as prelude to preordained conclusion.
Preordained conclusion.
Framing of debate as prelude to preordained conclusion.
Preordained conclusion.
For naught so vile that on the earth doth live
But to the earth some special good doth give.
Nor aught so good but, strained from that fair use
Revolts from true birth, stumbling on abuse.
Virtue itself turns vice, being misapplied,
And vice sometime by action dignified.
But to the earth some special good doth give.
Nor aught so good but, strained from that fair use
Revolts from true birth, stumbling on abuse.
Virtue itself turns vice, being misapplied,
And vice sometime by action dignified.
February 14, 2026 at 10:25 AM
For naught so vile that on the earth doth live
But to the earth some special good doth give.
Nor aught so good but, strained from that fair use
Revolts from true birth, stumbling on abuse.
Virtue itself turns vice, being misapplied,
And vice sometime by action dignified.
But to the earth some special good doth give.
Nor aught so good but, strained from that fair use
Revolts from true birth, stumbling on abuse.
Virtue itself turns vice, being misapplied,
And vice sometime by action dignified.
“… like another hole in the head”
February 13, 2026 at 6:11 PM
“… like another hole in the head”
You all know the drill. When your number is called, step forward and repeat the phrase you've been given.
Number 1, step forward.
"Pay your taxes you fucking cocksucker."
Number 1, step forward.
"Pay your taxes you fucking cocksucker."
February 13, 2026 at 3:43 PM
You all know the drill. When your number is called, step forward and repeat the phrase you've been given.
Number 1, step forward.
"Pay your taxes you fucking cocksucker."
Number 1, step forward.
"Pay your taxes you fucking cocksucker."