The finest take down of the institution of monarchy and "class" and the grasping, greedy, venal, entitled, and very stupid people it enables that you will read today or any day.
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
@fringefanjohnny.bsky.social
Edinburgh Fringe, theatre, music, film, TV fan with a bit of politics and Scottish Independence thrown in for good measure. Views very much my own! π΄σ §σ ’σ ³σ £σ ΄σ ΏπͺπΊππ»π https://www.tiktok.com/@fringefanjohnny?_t=8sF3p0smqDB&_r=1
The finest take down of the institution of monarchy and "class" and the grasping, greedy, venal, entitled, and very stupid people it enables that you will read today or any day.
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
2 of Britainβs favourite chaps are joining forces to invest in Bitcoin(whatever that is).
Itβs bound to be a HUGE success because Nige & Kwasi go together like:
Herpes & Chlamydia
Trump & Nappies
Nads Dorries & Gin
Spurs & Managers
Lee Anderson & Kindness
Chaka Demus & Pliers.π
Stephen Fry: βIβm deeply worried by the darkening shadow thatβs going over the world, a shadow that we have to call fascismβ
Laura Kuenssberg: βYou would use that word?β
Stephen Fry: βOh absolutely. Itβs a cult of power; and power only speaks to powerβ
#bbclaurak
Turns out all the Brexiters shilling for Trump really hate British sovereignty.
08.03.2026 09:13 β π 1039 π 203 π¬ 38 π 2
Truly love Barry McGuireβs original protest song but this version nails the current shitshow in the Middle East to perfection.
Donβt think Iβve heard the Marshβs so angry.
Just brilliant.
The fans at Murrayfield are getting their money's worth today. Sunshine, 50 points for Scotland v France. Plenty of good running and passing. The best game of rugby I have watched for some time c/o BBC. #SixNations
07.03.2026 15:56 β π 197 π 18 π¬ 12 π 1
I have heard a number of people say that reform should be given a chance.
Really?
Always nice to have some historical perspective. George very ably providing some on Iran.
07.03.2026 08:40 β π 65 π 36 π¬ 0 π 1
Yet another poll showing that the SNP are going to do so well in the Constituency votes, that they will receive ZERO Regional List seats
A vote for the SNP in the Regional List effectively goes straight in the bin
For Indy vote :
Constituency : SNP Candidate
Regional List : Scottish Greens
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Abysmal, immoral, cruel, small hearted, tiny minded, ineffective, undemocratic, and just generally utterly indecent. What a bitter godforesaken disappointment these people are.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
The events of the past 48 hours have laid bare Keir Starmer's utter inability to stand up to Donald Trump - and this weakness could have serious consequences for the safety of British people.
02.03.2026 07:52 β π 1936 π 434 π¬ 80 π 15It took just one phone call from Donald Trump for Starmer to jump into yet another Middle East illegal war, failing to learn the lessons of the tragedies of Iraq, Libya and Syria.
01.03.2026 21:57 β π 2647 π 784 π¬ 115 π 47What an utterly disgusting and dangerous front page from the Mail today. Surely by now everyone can see that Reform is a party that thrives on division, fuels anger, and uses the scapegoating of minorities and migrants to gain support. Everyone it seems except the Mail
01.03.2026 08:28 β π 1714 π 398 π¬ 191 π 35Matt Goodwin. The complete opposite of nominative determinism.
27.02.2026 05:49 β π 59 π 8 π¬ 1 π 0
Updated version of the "Grand Old Duke of York" - as of 8.30pm on Sunday 22nd Feb, charting this week's royal #PrinceAndrew news - with ukelele, violin, and djembe for some πΆ variation.
youtube.com/shorts/DHLi8...
FILM NOIR (Palindrome)
Prepare trope rΓ©sumΓ©:
Mad, arid antihero.
Man in a motel,
at a femme fatale,
to man in a more hit nadir.
A dame,
muse,
reporter β
a perp.
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21.02.2026 20:04 β π 14 π 5 π¬ 0 π 0
I regularly see people wondering how it's possible that there are so many musicians and writers and film makers and artists from a tiny nation like Iceland.
And the answer is really simple: State funding for art education and artists. I literally get a salary from the government to write books.
What is Superman's "Kryptonite"? In literature, mythology, and comic books heroes often have a "kryptonite" or "Achilles's heel", basically a weakness that makes them vulnerable. I'm curious what fans here would consider to be Superman's "Kryptonite"? r/superman mods β’ 20h is permanently banned from r/superman
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18.02.2026 04:29 β π 2528 π 288 π¬ 119 π 41
It really puzzles me that grown up working ppl actually want to vote for these criminal con men
Tice and his gf live in Dubai
There's no income tax there
These same ppl will remove your rights and protections then exploit you afterwards
They are not in your side
www.thenational.scot/news/2586245...
Brexit been as sucessfull as KGB Newsβ caption-writer recruitment β¦
16.02.2026 19:15 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Blimey. Looks like Matt Goodwin, who seems to think the Handmaid's Tale is an instruction manual, is in the pay of an Orban think tank, funded by Russian oil money.
16.02.2026 17:45 β π 1644 π 949 π¬ 71 π 85π
14.02.2026 21:50 β π 44 π 30 π¬ 1 π 1
When are people going to realise itβs not about left v right, itβs not about white v brown, its not about liberal v conservative, itβs not about local v strangerβ¦.
Itβs ALWAYS about the Top v the Bottom
Everything else is propaganda.
Ex-UKIP Reform & Tories won't tell you
the "boat people" influx STARTED because of Brexit
They now want to curb UK freedoms allowing
more exploitation by the millionaires who fund them
"Reform are constantly pushing to scrap ECHR ..."
www.facebook.com/groups/19585...
AOC: "Extreme level of wealth inequality leads to social instability and drives authoritarianism, right-wing populism, and really dangerous domestic internal politics. That is a direct outcome of the failure of democracies over decades to deliver."
13.02.2026 17:50 β π 24312 π 7315 π¬ 691 π 597
Imagine how Scotland could soar without the drag of Westminster and the English registered and funded political parties who focus on the UK and their London bosses, NEVER Scotland?
#YouYesNow #IndyClan?
It's TIME for #ScottishIndependence π΄σ §σ ’σ ³σ £σ ΄σ Ώ
Ratcliffe is where populism leads. To multimillionaires spouting ignorant racist horseshit that divides us but unites the far right in their cynical bid to exploit prejudice for power. Ratcliffe will just shrug from his tax haven home. He doesnβt care. Farage laps it up. Everyone else loses.
12.02.2026 08:47 β π 910 π 276 π¬ 31 π 7