Philip Challinor

Preserving the Wealthy I doubt Rachel Reeves wanted to lecture the country on the state of the public finances over their cornflakes, so what she had to say must h...

"... limbering up to break tax promises wouldn't automatically put a black mark against the Labour's name, provided most people thought they were doing an okay and competent job. Unfortunately for this government, this is far from where the public are."

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Halloween FrightFest: the @buck-theorem.bsky.social capsules bucktheorem.blogspot.com/2025/11/frig...

A sort of reverse Jane Goodall - one of the world's more disastrous chimpanzee handlers t.co/tVip76V1st

Ofwat letting water firms charge twice to tackle sewage, court to hear River Action bringing legal action against water regulator over who should foot bill for firms’ past failures to invest

The only way that watchdog has ever hindered those thieves is by trying to hump their legs as they saunter off with the swag www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Trump threatens to cut funds if ‘communist’ Mamdani wins mayoral election President backs Cuomo in election eve Truth Social post as Mamdani hits back at Trump’s ‘threat – it is not the law’

It worked with Argentina, so why wouldn't it work with them there crazy foreigns in NYC www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Playing dirty used to be the west’s preserve. Now we’re letting Moscow beat us at our own game | Joseph Pearson The Berlin airlift was a cold war victory that relied on a persuasive story about starving civilians. But was it true, asks historian Joseph Pearson

Well, this is deranged: the forces of democracy aren't lying enough to win back from Russia the moral high ground that Russia doesn't have www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

"The political of Farage's economy also owes more to the miserly managerialism of Rishi Sunak than the bombast of fellow 'populist' Boris Johnson"

A dilemma for the clean-limbed cadres of the Kent Farage Falange, whose county council is being forced to choose between that great Englishman, Saint George, and that other great Englishman, Baby Jesus thecurmudgeonly.blogspot.com/2025/11/thei...

‘Beyond ironic’: Reform-led council says flags must come down so Christmas lights can go up Kent county council says union flags and flags of St George must come off street lights because of safety concerns

What could any reasonable person say but tee hee hee www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

So there. Not even slightly genocidal, just a disease or two and some deeply and sincerely held beliefs. And some of the natives helped theguardian.com/world/2025/n...

Which one will Team Starmer listen to? Gosh, I wonder

On the cultural perils of Bob Newhart, and related matters thecurmudgeonly.blogspot.com/2025/11/that...

Trade union officials and other criminals have very treacherously, ungratefully, antisemitically and un-Britishly presumed to warn prison authorities and His Majesty's Government about the state of the national punishment system thecurmudgeonly.blogspot.com/2025/11/pris...

A slightly smaller and somewhat less iconic automobile than the Continental

More than 50 child asylum seekers still missing after disappearing from Kent care Council data obtained by the Guardian shows 345 children have gone missing in recent years, many probably taken by traffickers

It should be remembered that Team Starmer's only real criticism of the system that produced this fiasco has always been that it doesn't kick 'em out fast enough or cheap enough www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

He was not, you will observe, a leftist - his political affiliations are mentioned some thirteen paragraphs in www.theguardian.com/books/2025/n...

Ex-Tory member sues party over suspension for criticising Israel Exclusive: Bruce MacInnes, whose grandfather was archbishop of Jerusalem, told genocide remarks were antisemitic

Member of the Conservative Party sues over being treated like a member of the Labour Party www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Liberal-progressive party D66 wins election, Dutch media report Party will take lead in first round of talks to form coalition government after securing most votes

I take it "liberal-progressive with a tough stance on immigration" means another bland technocrat for business as usual? www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

Woman turned away from UK-Italy flight due to ill child has benefit stopped Family denied entry at gate after one of their children had epileptic seizure – but HMRC said she took a one-way trip

Why are they targeting taxpaying families who can afford a holiday abroad, instead of families too poor to pay tax? www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

Three Just Stop Oil activists cleared over Stonehenge protest Trio argued orange powder protest day before 2024 solstice was justified because of focus on climate emergency

Jury in Stonehenge orange spray protest case does the sensible thing www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Immigration, indecency, and incompetence. New post on my Brexit & Brexitism Blog. The ever-more indecent terms of the immigration 'debate' are another failure of Brexit, which links to the ever-more obvious incompetence of Reform in local government: chrisgreybrexitblog.blogspot.com/2025/10/immi...

"Reeves looks crooked because she and her peers have decided that being seen to be on the take isn't a problem"

Once more the strutting Caudillo of the Farage Falange has brought his hobnailed common sense to bear upon a sensitive subject thecurmudgeonly.blogspot.com/2025/10/some...

Donegal to Dakar: the Irish play about British rule hitting home in post-colonial Senegal An African staging of Brian Friel’s Translations resonates deeply as the country distances itself from France

"The parallels with Senegal struck many cast members, many of whom grew up on streets still bearing colonial names. French colonial authorities renamed Ndakaaru to Dakar in 1857" www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

UK newspaper apologizes for fake De Blasio interview criticizing Mamdani The Times deletes article after its reporter was duped by impostor pretending to be former New York mayor

Used to be a newspaper of record, once www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Racism and the Right Racist party in racism shocker. Reform MP Sarah Pochin has been forced to apologise after saying "it drives me mad when I see adverts full ...

Why are the right embracing open racism? It has something to do with the collapse of hegemony-oriented politics.

It was obviously no fun, but the article makes clear that he did not let it ruin his life www.theguardian.com/film/2025/oc...

Those in favour of an alliance will be gratified that nobody objects

Decent of Mark Gatiss to tell us it's a ghost story, just in case we hadn't heard

From breakfast clubs to genocide, the achievements of His Majesty's Government have been so spectacular that the great British public hasn't noticed them thecurmudgeonly.blogspot.com/2025/10/our-...