🏴 Lord Goulding of Penylan
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Cyclist, guitarist, programmer, bon-viveur. 🏴
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Dear tv and radio producers. Thankyou for the invitation. But, no, I do not want to appear on your show to defend the idea that I am English, after 50 years of living and working here, because the increasingly feral right want to turn this into a "debate" and you cannot see how you're being played
October 9, 2026 at 2:59 PM
Dear tv and radio producers. Thankyou for the invitation. But, no, I do not want to appear on your show to defend the idea that I am English, after 50 years of living and working here, because the increasingly feral right want to turn this into a "debate" and you cannot see how you're being played
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This is a really good point.
So are Ofcom just going to sit back and let US techbros live stream an execution to the UK in December?
What does Burnham have to say about it?
What does Burnham have to say about it?
October 9, 2026 at 7:40 AM
This is a really good point.
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This is absolutely damning. A must-read.
Kemi Badenoch wants to exempt the family home from inheritance tax.
But that creates a perverse incentive for elderly people to *upsize* to save IHT.
That could double the cost of the policy, and push £100bn+ from savings into housing.
A 🧵 on bad tax cuts.
But that creates a perverse incentive for elderly people to *upsize* to save IHT.
That could double the cost of the policy, and push £100bn+ from savings into housing.
A 🧵 on bad tax cuts.
October 9, 2026 at 6:15 AM
This is absolutely damning. A must-read.
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Good grief.
[Facepalm]
[Facepalm]
October 9, 2026 at 7:49 AM
Good grief.
[Facepalm]
[Facepalm]
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When people say the Conservatives play politics on easy mode this is what it means
October 8, 2026 at 8:42 AM
When people say the Conservatives play politics on easy mode this is what it means
Mum sent me to bed with no tea.
October 8, 2026 at 7:57 PM
Mum sent me to bed with no tea.
Dear diary
October 8, 2026 at 7:55 PM
Dear diary
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"You wake up and you're 70. Looking ahead, you see a black doorway. You begin to notice the black doorway is always there, at the edge, whether you look at it or not.”
- 2026 literature laureate Anne Carson reflecting on ageing.
Watch full interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ksH3FIs0eJs
- 2026 literature laureate Anne Carson reflecting on ageing.
Watch full interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ksH3FIs0eJs
Writer Anne Carson: Life is Not Fair | Louisiana Channel
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October 8, 2026 at 7:26 PM
"You wake up and you're 70. Looking ahead, you see a black doorway. You begin to notice the black doorway is always there, at the edge, whether you look at it or not.”
- 2026 literature laureate Anne Carson reflecting on ageing.
Watch full interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ksH3FIs0eJs
- 2026 literature laureate Anne Carson reflecting on ageing.
Watch full interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ksH3FIs0eJs
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I've just been reading Albert Speer's Inside the Third Reich for a thing and Trump definitely resembles late-stage Hitler: surrounded by sycophants, rejecting all criticism, denying facts about the war he's losing, making mad declarations, seeing enemies everywhere. Not great
Again he’s really losing it with the AI stuff now
October 8, 2026 at 6:20 PM
I've just been reading Albert Speer's Inside the Third Reich for a thing and Trump definitely resembles late-stage Hitler: surrounded by sycophants, rejecting all criticism, denying facts about the war he's losing, making mad declarations, seeing enemies everywhere. Not great
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Crazy Rupert Lowe has a new angle.
Ban folic acid in flour.
Follows a mandate that all non-wholemeal wheat flour must be fortified with synthetic folic acid (vitamin B9) by the end of December 2026 to prevent upward of 200 neural tube birth defects including spina bifida and anencephaly each year
Ban folic acid in flour.
Follows a mandate that all non-wholemeal wheat flour must be fortified with synthetic folic acid (vitamin B9) by the end of December 2026 to prevent upward of 200 neural tube birth defects including spina bifida and anencephaly each year
October 8, 2026 at 7:08 PM
Crazy Rupert Lowe has a new angle.
Ban folic acid in flour.
Follows a mandate that all non-wholemeal wheat flour must be fortified with synthetic folic acid (vitamin B9) by the end of December 2026 to prevent upward of 200 neural tube birth defects including spina bifida and anencephaly each year
Ban folic acid in flour.
Follows a mandate that all non-wholemeal wheat flour must be fortified with synthetic folic acid (vitamin B9) by the end of December 2026 to prevent upward of 200 neural tube birth defects including spina bifida and anencephaly each year
There should be a maptag style game where you have to guess which year between 1538 and 1910 someone in Sussex named their child "Creature".
Creature Winborne
Spouse
England, Sussex, Parish Registers, 1538-1910
Spouse
England, Sussex, Parish Registers, 1538-1910
October 8, 2026 at 7:22 PM
There should be a maptag style game where you have to guess which year between 1538 and 1910 someone in Sussex named their child "Creature".
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Nigel Farage is a sitting MP and the leader of a political party. Why does he have his own GB News show?
Sign our petition to Ofcom ⬇️
https://bestforbritain.org/petition/farage-on-gb-news-demand-that-ofcom-takes-immediate-action/
Sign our petition to Ofcom ⬇️
https://bestforbritain.org/petition/farage-on-gb-news-demand-that-ofcom-takes-immediate-action/
October 8, 2026 at 6:37 PM
Nigel Farage is a sitting MP and the leader of a political party. Why does he have his own GB News show?
Sign our petition to Ofcom ⬇️
https://bestforbritain.org/petition/farage-on-gb-news-demand-that-ofcom-takes-immediate-action/
Sign our petition to Ofcom ⬇️
https://bestforbritain.org/petition/farage-on-gb-news-demand-that-ofcom-takes-immediate-action/
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We made a whole season about the complex history and different meanings of socialism and he just comes out and nails it in a sentence. Damn
Q: How do you define socialism personally?
JD VANCE: I think in reality what it actually means in the American context is you want to replace American workers with foreigners workers, and you want boys to play in girls' sports
JD VANCE: I think in reality what it actually means in the American context is you want to replace American workers with foreigners workers, and you want boys to play in girls' sports
October 8, 2026 at 3:53 PM
We made a whole season about the complex history and different meanings of socialism and he just comes out and nails it in a sentence. Damn
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This being an item on Radio 4 is such a perfect encapsulation of political and media class brain worms:
-it’s deeply racist;
-it’s nasty and mean spirited;
-it’s a totally manufactured “controversy” being kept alive by people in the Westminster bubble;
-and as a topic, it’s so fucking BORING!
-it’s deeply racist;
-it’s nasty and mean spirited;
-it’s a totally manufactured “controversy” being kept alive by people in the Westminster bubble;
-and as a topic, it’s so fucking BORING!
‘Now we turn to the controversy that is what is it to be English?’ Nick Robinson says on radio 4 today before talking about Badenoch and Braverman
Couldn’t turn the dial quick enough
Couldn’t turn the dial quick enough
October 8, 2026 at 8:55 AM
This being an item on Radio 4 is such a perfect encapsulation of political and media class brain worms:
-it’s deeply racist;
-it’s nasty and mean spirited;
-it’s a totally manufactured “controversy” being kept alive by people in the Westminster bubble;
-and as a topic, it’s so fucking BORING!
-it’s deeply racist;
-it’s nasty and mean spirited;
-it’s a totally manufactured “controversy” being kept alive by people in the Westminster bubble;
-and as a topic, it’s so fucking BORING!
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I'm sorry if this is obvious but the Tory proposal to exempt family homes completely from IHT will lead to
1] pensioners buying the biggest houses they possibly can
2] pensioners refusing to downsize
which can only be bad news for younger families trying to buy family homes
1] pensioners buying the biggest houses they possibly can
2] pensioners refusing to downsize
which can only be bad news for younger families trying to buy family homes
October 8, 2026 at 11:48 AM
I'm sorry if this is obvious but the Tory proposal to exempt family homes completely from IHT will lead to
1] pensioners buying the biggest houses they possibly can
2] pensioners refusing to downsize
which can only be bad news for younger families trying to buy family homes
1] pensioners buying the biggest houses they possibly can
2] pensioners refusing to downsize
which can only be bad news for younger families trying to buy family homes
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I'm conflicted.
Chris Philp, "All Reform UK have to offer is the financial probity of Nigel Farage"
"The calm geniality of Zia Yusuf"
"The selfless loyalty of Robert Jenrick"
"All of that is available at the bargain basement price of £72 million"
"The calm geniality of Zia Yusuf"
"The selfless loyalty of Robert Jenrick"
"All of that is available at the bargain basement price of £72 million"
October 7, 2026 at 9:26 PM
I'm conflicted.
Our anthem is a dirge.
Wrong answers only. My bet:
thanks for all the fish.
thanks for all the fish.
October 7, 2026 at 8:43 PM
Our anthem is a dirge.
Is Wales providing 50% of the lamb to Europe?
How sheepish is Europe? This map shows the distribution of sheep across Europe. Source: buff.ly/dSfHDOe
October 7, 2026 at 8:34 PM
Is Wales providing 50% of the lamb to Europe?
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Ronaldo so mad that he's creating his own religious schism
October 7, 2026 at 11:06 AM
Ronaldo so mad that he's creating his own religious schism
Yeah this policy has worked really well for past empires we now struggle to remember the names of.
Trump suggests he wants to cut off almost all trade: "We're gonna very very self-sufficient very soon"
October 7, 2026 at 8:16 PM
Yeah this policy has worked really well for past empires we now struggle to remember the names of.
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Bring back the crime-free paradise depicted in Kings Cross by the Pet Shop Boys and the movie Mona Lisa
I get the appeal of nostalgia, I really do, but I find it specifically funny to get a leaflet from Reform's candidate talking about how when he was in the Met 31 years ago, he would never have dreamed of lawlessness like the kind we now see in Kings Cross.
October 7, 2026 at 7:48 PM
Bring back the crime-free paradise depicted in Kings Cross by the Pet Shop Boys and the movie Mona Lisa
What's interesting about the British food discourse is that unlike the septics, the French don't turn up and say "why are you eating those, haven't you tried cassoulet?" or the Spanish with fabada.
Because they understand that It. Isn't. The. Same. Thing.
Because they understand that It. Isn't. The. Same. Thing.
I think i should clarify my position re: british. It's not that beans for breakfast is wrong. You misunderstand. It's that THOSE beans are ALWAYS wrong.
those beans are awful. It's like you've never even met a bean. We want to prevent cruelty to beans.
Try some huevos rancheros and ASCEND.
those beans are awful. It's like you've never even met a bean. We want to prevent cruelty to beans.
Try some huevos rancheros and ASCEND.
October 7, 2026 at 7:59 PM
What's interesting about the British food discourse is that unlike the septics, the French don't turn up and say "why are you eating those, haven't you tried cassoulet?" or the Spanish with fabada.
Because they understand that It. Isn't. The. Same. Thing.
Because they understand that It. Isn't. The. Same. Thing.
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I’m an RNLI volunteer crew member and I invite her to get on a plane from her hideout in Dubai and say that to my face here in the UK
Let me cut through the BS platitude in Isabelle Oakshott’s latest vile post and summaries what she’s claiming
“RNLI are bringing illegal immigrants from France to Britain for the Nothing to do with saving lives. The RNLI is aiding and abetting the invasion of our country, they are your enemy”
“RNLI are bringing illegal immigrants from France to Britain for the Nothing to do with saving lives. The RNLI is aiding and abetting the invasion of our country, they are your enemy”
October 6, 2026 at 11:22 AM
I’m an RNLI volunteer crew member and I invite her to get on a plane from her hideout in Dubai and say that to my face here in the UK