Ian McKenzie

Valerie by Steve Winwood & Valerie by the Zutons. That girl is responsible for two wonderfully different song treatments, both wonderfully listenable again & again - can I award a Spinal Tap 11/10 for this combination?

She may as well have included in her peroration ‘and beer at a penny a pint for all’ as that’s as credible as all her other fantasy economic promises. The joy of opposition 4 years before the next GE - promise the moon & the stars on the basis that the electorate will have the memory of a goldfish!

And has anyone located his constituency office in Clacton? He’s probably claiming the expenses for one. Remember this man is so principled he has no qualms about taking the EU pension for his persistent non-attendance at the European Parliament & his party’s constant disruption of EP proceedings.

Given Trump’s obsession with the Nobel Peace Prize, just because Obama got one no doubt 🤷‍♂️, it’s not hard to surmise that Putin has worked out that America will not get directly militarily involved in Europe under Trump who will leave it up to the other NATO members to take on Russia’s aggression.

Why are so many politicians now just utter gobshites? No integrity, no principles, no basic decency - just constantly chasing the next sensationalist soundbite for clickbait. Farage is amongst the worst & yet the English media fawns over his every utterance as if he’s a seer…no, just a gobshite!

Meanwhile (1) Russia continues to attack Ukraine with impunity; (2) Netanyahu continues to starve Palestinians in Gaza with impunity; (3) Trump continues to ride a coach & horses through the Constitution of the Founding Fathers. The BBC (Mason, Kuenssberg in particular)? Let’s feature Farage!

First of all, may I just ask if you are the retired ‘Irish Border’ Twitter account resurrected on BlueSky (take that as a compliment if you are!)? Been following your point of view for some time. Good stuff. It’s just fascinating how pertinent & persistent the ‘Irish Question’ remains to the UK.

C’mon McGinn!

Seriously? This isn’t a proper tournament with truly competitive teams if this sort of result is possible.

Given the gulf in class in the Women’s Rugby World Cup between the small number of top nations & a larger number of developing nations why not structure it with Cup & Plate competitions? Otherwise, why should the ‘wee teams’ bother turning up just to be try-fodder for the big teams?

…& nor has the € collapsed. More likelihood of the London Stock Exchange becoming increasingly irrelevant due to lack of listings & liquidity post-Brexit.

Is that Tice calling in from his constituency - Dubai?

Image of Daily Telegraph article on why food inflation is higher in the UK than across Europe.

Why waste a full article of nonsense in The Daily Telegraph @telegraphnews.bsky.social when the answer to your question can be succinctly summarised in one word - Brexit.

Scored two excellent team goals but still a work-in-progress in midfield and defence. 1 point from the first two home games is a poor return and does not augur well for even reaching the divisional play-offs this season.

I believe HMG strategy with regard to boat migrants is to contact the Met Office in the hope of bad weather in The Channel coming soon!

The most lucid explanation of this deal was in Farming Today this morning. Clear, concise & explaining the benefit refreshingly without PR hyperbole.

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Aw diddums. You should have thought of that before riding on the backs of renters to pay for your speculative investment. A better idea would be to sell your investment property to someone who might just make it a home.

The concept of ‘user-generated content’ (UGC) that the technology platforms can disown responsibility for is laughable. The platforms are actively feeding content into timelines via their algorithms thereby effectively acting as editors of content. Regulate them!

Point taken & I apologise for tarring the entire farming community with the Brexit brush. However, still awaiting the unequivocal declaration from the NFU on behalf of farmers that the way forward is to rejoin the EU single market & Customs Union (which will require full SPS alignment by default).

It all comes back to the fact that farmers voted for Brexit. Now all I read is farmers complaining about the loss of taxpayer subsidies & unfair terms in non-EU trade agreements. The NFU needs to come out & unequivocally advocate for the UK to rejoin the EU single market and Customs Union.

Is there a specific category of performative trade agreement? By that I mean one that is driven by a press release with little/no substance behind the headlines? Seems to be the preferred ‘trade agreement’ category of successive UK governments & President Trump

Awaiting with keeping interest for a commentator to confirm tonight’s venue for Spain v Italy as “the Wankdorf Stadium”…

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Very reminiscent of the old Woody Allen tale about going on a speed reading course which taught him how to read War & Peace in 20 minutes. When asked what the book is about he answers succinctly - Russia!

Hopefully we can put the blame on ChatGPT or another AGI (Artificial Gibberish Initiator) for this tsunami of business-speak platitudes. Hard to see how any human intelligence or relevant industry knowledge & expertise was incorporated in this latest Government glossy.

Daily Telegraph headline encouraging wealthy pensioners to benefit scrounge

Not that @thedailytelegraph.bsky.social is hypocritical or anything but now it is all for benefit scroungers!

Well done Hibs Supporters & Hibs Trust. This will be great for community outreach & developing future generations of Hibees - GGTTH!

Do my eyes deceive me or is that David Archer moonlighting as the medical director of an Imperial hospital on Coruscant in Season 2, Episode 11 of Andor? @thearchers.wiki