James Tarry

I’m quoting the article. But as you asked, there are generally 35-40% of a population that will vote only for a right wing party. And it’s in all our interests that a right wing party’s not insane.

what are your desert-island ingredients? a game for a Sunday night (not dessert island, that would be different)

a fun game for Sunday evening. you arrive at an AirBnB on a cold wet October evening. what *ten ingredients* would you most like to find they've left for you in the kitchen?

(you also have tea, coffee, sugar, milk, olive oil, chocolate, salt & pepper)

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This detailed demolition of @gullyfoyleuk.bsky.social's "75 Brexit Benefits" by @alanbeattie.bsky.social deserves wider circulation.

Intellectual garbage disposal is a valuable public service!

“A country as politically complicated as the UK doesn’t function with a clown-car opposition - we need a serious, centre right conservative party that can hold a Labour government to account without choking our political conversations with imported culture war toxins.”

The Tariff Exemption Behind the AI Boom Data Centers get Tariff-Free Imports. Why Shouldn't we All?

NEW from me:

In his 2nd term, Trump has pursued the largest trade war in modern US history—with 1 glaring omission. Computer imports are almost entirely exempt from tariffs

It's a special carveout that AI companies are now reliant on for their data center buildout🧵
www.apricitas.io/p/the-tariff...

Excellent thread, even though, as Dylan says, it is ridiculous just how many hoops people will jump through to avoid going 'maybe the central problem is our governing record?'

Richard Holloway: ‘I’ve spent a life wrestling with the b... The writer and former bishop talks about the soul, the Good Samaritan and life after faith

“I grew weary of the constant insistence that my way is right, yours is wrong, and therefore I can punish or harm you.”

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Reading Larkin whilst cracking one off to spank magazines.

What's infuriating is that the BBC will end up self-flagellating over this when in fact all it does is broadcast the show made by an independent company. I haven't seen Hat Trick Productions apologise for this, but it's their failure.

The very colourful rood screen at the Church of All Saints in Earls Barton, Northamptonshire, has some unusual decoration…it was re-painted in 1935 by Henry Bird, who happened to be a lepidopterist and incorporated hundreds of butterflies into his design!

Oh, so when Taylor Swift does it, it's a "bold and raunchy new direction"

But when I try to write my version of Wood, it's "You are ordered by the court to cease all contact with Mr. Kelce and come no closer than 200 yards"

A Sting In The Ale As The Shadows Lengthen.... There were a few events over the course of this past week that somehow seemed to interweave. There was the end of the county cricket season ...

In which the end of the cricket season meets the launch of the 2026 Good Beer Guide.... chrisdyson55.blogspot.com/2025/10/a-st...

How I feel reading a Gurwinder tweet

He’s in better shape than Mark Wood. Jof’s played all season, he’s been effective and stayed healthy. Wood’s been crocked all year.

What’s enigmatic about Jof?

This sent me down an enjoyable Jonathan Meades rabbit hole.

Poor kid, and the family have had nothing but suffering.

The Bishop of Richborough needs to be watchful.

Hope she doesn’t post crazy stuff on social media like her namesake. It wouldn’t be becoming.

Sarah Mullally is (or will be when formally installed) the first Archbishop of Canterbury to share her surname with anyone who played multiple Tests for England since Matthew Hutton in 1758. More recently Geoffrey Fisher and Rowan Williams shared theirs with one Test wonders.

Might be just my overall mood, but I was really saddened to hear this.

Anyway, enjoy the pub, I’m still grappling with this morning’s hangover.

That’s quite disappointing.

Muting is more civil, if you want to see less of someone, as the block is so powerful. (I have to use an alt to follow some threads). I can’t understand why he’d block you when you’re one of the most consistently interesting people on here.

Cartoon featuring a waxy lemon called Stephen who meets a pedantic pear Panel 1 Stephen: HELLO READERS, I’M OFF DOWN THE GREENGROCERS TODAY TO PROTEST ABOUT ALL THE NON-INDIGENOUS FRUIT ON THE SHELVES... 2 Stephen: BLOODY KIWIS AND CUMWUATS... COMING OVER HERE... INVADING ENGLISH PUDDINGS... Pear: ERR... I HATE TO BE A PEDANTIC PEAR BUT... 3 Pear: LEMONS WERE ORIGINALLY IMPORTED TO THE UK FROM THE MEDITERRANEAN REGION IN THE 15TH CENTURY... THE WORD “LEMON" ITSELF HAS FRENCH, ITALIAN, AND PERSIAN ROOTS... ...AND THEIR INTRODUCTION WAS FACILITATED BY ARABIC AGRICULTURAL KNOWLEDGE… 4 Stephen is seething. Barely able to contain his rage… 5 Stephen has decked the pear - who lies unconscious on the ground, his glasses broken - and is stomping off into the distance.

Stephen the Waxy Lemon

Tbh he probably can’t spell it

Police look into free buffet held by Reform during Corby by-election Woke up this morning, Found Reform UK had provided me with the material for another blog post: Northamptonshire Police are reviewing the cir...

"Northamptonshire Police are reviewing the circumstances surrounding a free event co-hosted by a Reform UK election candidate in Corby, at which members of the public were supplied with a 'generous and tasty' buffet."

The You’re Still Doing This? award for poets aged 45-55

The Greek Community of London: From Greek Street to Palmers Greek London is a city of layers, each one stitched with the stories of the people who settled here. Among the most enduring threads are the Greeks, who over centuries have built churches, opened cafés, launched businesses, and raised families—transforming pockets of the city into living archives of Aegean memory. From Byzantine ships to Soho streets The Greeks arrived in London earlier than many realise.

The Greek Community of London: From Greek Street to Palmers Greek

London is a city of layers, each one stitched with the stories of the people who settled here. Among the most enduring threads are the Greeks, who over centuries have built churches, opened cafés, launched businesses, and raised…