jrwatson
@jrwatson.bsky.social
Manufacturer of words. Sometimes also arranges them, nicely, on a page. Also books, films, music, usual blokey gubbins. Recovering academic (history). #AFC fan since 1978 but can't afford the Emirates these days so I go to Plough Lane instead #COYG #COYD
Ahh. Isn’t it nice that Zuck* and the Winklevi are on the same team now. So glad they were able to set aside their differences for the greater good 🙄
* yes I know he’s not on this list but I think we know where he stands in relation to the OPOS
* yes I know he’s not on this list but I think we know where he stands in relation to the OPOS
America’s ultra-rich are overwhelmingly backing Donald Trump’s Republicans in this year’s midterms, with 16 of the country’s 20 biggest donors ploughing the best part of $1bn into the campaign. These elites “have an outsized effect”, said an analyst.
Read the story on #FTEdit 👉 ft.trib.al/obGUcrq
Read the story on #FTEdit 👉 ft.trib.al/obGUcrq
September 16, 2026 at 9:32 AM
Ahh. Isn’t it nice that Zuck* and the Winklevi are on the same team now. So glad they were able to set aside their differences for the greater good 🙄
* yes I know he’s not on this list but I think we know where he stands in relation to the OPOS
* yes I know he’s not on this list but I think we know where he stands in relation to the OPOS
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You may be cool but you'll never be peyote-eating, best-selling crime novel-writing, jazz-playing, French-being Boris Vian.
September 13, 2026 at 12:45 PM
You may be cool but you'll never be peyote-eating, best-selling crime novel-writing, jazz-playing, French-being Boris Vian.
Good to see the Met has stopped wasting time being woke and is focusing on catching criminals. I assume #Farage will be pleased
Met police launch inquiry into alleged overseas donations to Reform UK
Met police launch inquiry into alleged overseas donations to Reform UK
Scotland Yard confirms it is investigating allegations broadcast by Channel 4 after undercover sting
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UK politics live – latest updates
The Met police will investigate allegations that Reform UK broke electoral law relating to overseas donations as part of a wider inquiry.
The force confirmed it was investigating after the allegations were broadcast by Channel 4 following an undercover sting by reporters from Verbatim, in which they posed as a foreign donor seeking to fund Reform. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
September 9, 2026 at 2:41 PM
Good to see the Met has stopped wasting time being woke and is focusing on catching criminals. I assume #Farage will be pleased
Of course #Farage didn’t go to the count. Like all self-styled ‘men of the people’ he simply cannot abide plebs. Unless they worship him, of course.
August 14, 2026 at 3:51 PM
Of course #Farage didn’t go to the count. Like all self-styled ‘men of the people’ he simply cannot abide plebs. Unless they worship him, of course.
Some politicians are capable of basic civility; others aren't.
August 14, 2026 at 8:22 AM
Some politicians are capable of basic civility; others aren't.
Good grief, #Anderson is such a moron. Sunak has a lot to answer for, making him deputy chair of the Tories, thereby gifting him a national platform to spout rubbish
August 14, 2026 at 8:20 AM
Good grief, #Anderson is such a moron. Sunak has a lot to answer for, making him deputy chair of the Tories, thereby gifting him a national platform to spout rubbish
The 'Fridamania' stuff incldued in that @tate.bsky.social #fridakahlo exhibition may have some value but I couldn't help feeling a lot of it was little more than fan fiction
August 10, 2026 at 11:55 AM
The 'Fridamania' stuff incldued in that @tate.bsky.social #fridakahlo exhibition may have some value but I couldn't help feeling a lot of it was little more than fan fiction
"We expect to have movements in the next few weeks, obviously," said #Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta. A bit too much information there, Mikel. He went on to say "we won't sit still," which isn't ideal when you're having movements 😬
August 3, 2026 at 2:45 PM
"We expect to have movements in the next few weeks, obviously," said #Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta. A bit too much information there, Mikel. He went on to say "we won't sit still," which isn't ideal when you're having movements 😬
Indeed
Just finished Drive Your Plow Over The Bones of the Dead. Compelling and brilliant.
August 2, 2026 at 4:41 PM
Indeed
Wait… Kuenssberg isn’t on?? Dammit, I was really looking forward to that, said no one ever
August 2, 2026 at 7:49 AM
Wait… Kuenssberg isn’t on?? Dammit, I was really looking forward to that, said no one ever
Heh - sounds like my kind of author
'If he could be a band, Kennard would like to be Pavement. "I constantly have at least three of Malkmus’s lyrics going round in my head,” he says.'
Luke Kennard's Black Bag - is on the #BookerPrize 2026 Longlist - Revisit a Quietus interview here:
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Luke Kennard's Black Bag - is on the #BookerPrize 2026 Longlist - Revisit a Quietus interview here:
buff.ly/nYSVbOI
July 29, 2026 at 10:40 PM
Heh - sounds like my kind of author
‘You can genuinely imagine that the only situation room Trump wouldn’t lose focus in after about 10 minutes is one where he was required to cheat remotely at golf’ 😄 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Football, golf … behold the future of world sport: Donald Trump as referee-in-chief | Marina Hyde
After his dubious intervention at the World Cup, the president is now an arbiter of high-level fairway disputes. There’s one word for that: SAD! says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde
www.theguardian.com
July 21, 2026 at 3:49 PM
‘You can genuinely imagine that the only situation room Trump wouldn’t lose focus in after about 10 minutes is one where he was required to cheat remotely at golf’ 😄 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
'Alongside Farage and Truss will be Jacob Rees-Mogg, Toby Young, Suella Braverman, US conspiracy theorist Jack Posobiec and Lucy Connolly, jailed for inciting racial hatred during the 2024 riots.' Hmm, great lineup 😱
The Reform leader is to deliver the keynote speech at a conference with a ‘strategic partnership’ with the Bitcoin Collective
✏️ Rats in a Sack 🐀
✏️ Rats in a Sack 🐀
Farage emerges... to headline a crypto-backed conference
The Reform leader is to deliver the keynote speech at a conference with a ‘strategic partnership’ with the Bitcoin Collective
buff.ly
July 15, 2026 at 9:49 AM
'Alongside Farage and Truss will be Jacob Rees-Mogg, Toby Young, Suella Braverman, US conspiracy theorist Jack Posobiec and Lucy Connolly, jailed for inciting racial hatred during the 2024 riots.' Hmm, great lineup 😱
A bit like when the useless David Davis tried this trick...
The funny option would be if none of the main parties stood candidates, saying, 'We'll make the effort when we have the by-election after the suspension.'
July 7, 2026 at 1:30 PM
A bit like when the useless David Davis tried this trick...
This really is below the belt. Typical lefty gutter press...
Also that's a dreadful tie.
July 7, 2026 at 1:25 PM
This really is below the belt. Typical lefty gutter press...
Actually, I think it is. These days, if you make any money, you get arrested and thrown in jail.
Farage: “Making money is not a crime.”
July 7, 2026 at 1:16 PM
Actually, I think it is. These days, if you make any money, you get arrested and thrown in jail.
Reggie Perrin would be furious 😄
Eleven minutes late? Nearly time for a hydration break...
July 7, 2026 at 1:12 PM
Reggie Perrin would be furious 😄
Everything he touches turns to s**t
Another diplomacy masterclass from Trump.
Writes Belgium's team talk for them and creates a massive distraction for his own side - while making them look like the bad guys (the team itself did nothing wrong.)
USA 1 Belgium 4
Writes Belgium's team talk for them and creates a massive distraction for his own side - while making them look like the bad guys (the team itself did nothing wrong.)
USA 1 Belgium 4
July 7, 2026 at 12:04 PM
Everything he touches turns to s**t
'Done no wrongdoing'? That in itself should be enough to disqualify him from political office
BBC News - Farage says he's 'done no wrongdoing' after benefits from ally not declared
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Nigel Farage says 'no wrongdoing' after benefits from ally not declared
The Liberal Democrats have asked the Reform UK leader to be "straight with the British people".
www.bbc.co.uk
July 6, 2026 at 12:36 PM
'Done no wrongdoing'? That in itself should be enough to disqualify him from political office
Hopefully Pocchetino will do the decent thing and leave Balogun out of the team. The smart thing, too, as his presence on the pitch would be massive extra motivation for Belgium 🇧🇪 #FIFA #WorldCup #allezlesbelges
July 5, 2026 at 8:01 PM
Hopefully Pocchetino will do the decent thing and leave Balogun out of the team. The smart thing, too, as his presence on the pitch would be massive extra motivation for Belgium 🇧🇪 #FIFA #WorldCup #allezlesbelges
‘England might want to slow things down more.’ Good grief, if we slow things down any more we’ll be playing walking football www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...
World Cup: How England v Mexico will be impacted by altitude at Azteca stadium
BBC Sport explores how playing football at high altitude affects the body and mind as England prepare to visit Mexico and their fortress Azteca Stadium.
www.bbc.co.uk
July 2, 2026 at 10:09 AM
‘England might want to slow things down more.’ Good grief, if we slow things down any more we’ll be playing walking football www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...
“Trump-branded Bibles” 🤮🤮🤮
Unbelievable levels of corruption.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jun/30/trump-1bn-crypto-businesses-2025
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jun/30/trump-1bn-crypto-businesses-2025
Trump raked in more than $1bn from crypto businesses in 2025, filing shows
President’s crypto ventures have eclipsed in revenue much of his property portfolio that took decades to accumulate
www.theguardian.com
July 1, 2026 at 11:10 AM
“Trump-branded Bibles” 🤮🤮🤮
Pff. Our entire political culture for as long as I can remember is an epic failure of journalism
New World writer Jonty Bloom talks to @mrjamesob.bsky.social at @lbc.co.uk on how Brexit was an epic failure of journalism
June 30, 2026 at 5:10 PM
Pff. Our entire political culture for as long as I can remember is an epic failure of journalism