Chris G

Why is my cat on the cover of your book?

Roscoe with 1983 and a postcard of her which depicts her looking unusually cheery

The rear cover of 1983

Hello! My CEO Roscoe and I are giving away TWO signed copies of my novel 1983 to two randomly selected people who repost this & pop a reply below. You also get a free postcard of this illustration of Roscoe by my mum.

It’s been called “Stranger Things rewritten by Kurt Vonnegut & Sue Townsend”…

In Warwickshire, 18-year-old Reform councillor George Finch has become council leader after the Reform leader of just six weeks stood down over “ill health”. Cllr Finch is listed as an online tutor with the company ‘Superprof’, charging £15 an hour for his education services. “I’m 18 turning 19, I have just finished A-Level and I know what you need to pass your exams, the Knowledge is [sic] the most important area of A-Level or GCSE’s.” “[I] specialise in Tudor History, Cold War, USA politics, UK politics and many other areas in history too,” the profile adds. The work is not listed on his council declaration of interests. It is possible he hasn’t earned any money from it. If he has however, he may have broken the rules on failing to declare financial interests. (This outlet put the tutoring questions to Cllr Finch but has not yet received a reply). Byline Times understands that Cllr Finch plans – or had planned – to return to university in the East Midlands in September for his second year of studies.

So it's confirmed. Teenager George Finch is now the permanent Reform leader of Warwickshire council. His predecessor stood down just weeks after winning power, supposedly over health issues.

I wrote a bit about him recently for @bylinetimes.bsky.social
bylinetimes.com/2025/06/27/r...

I think we may have sociopaths (or worse) as our politicians.

God the tabloids and Brexit dinosaurs were boring today… 🦖

Braying the same “betrayal” lines they’ve brayed since they got what they wanted… then found they had no benefits in it whatsoever.

Still they came out today to play victim yet again.

But the world has moved on.

The horror show of xenophobia that was #PressPreview tonight.

80 million Europeans are apparently coming, they are bringing their families, they will slip away and not return when their visas expire, because - as everyone in that studio seems to agree - Europeans just cannot be trusted. Poor. ~AA

Thank you Gary Lineker for using the platform you earned with your talent and charm to stand up for some of the most victimised people in the world. You're a shining example to us all.

If this EU reset results in 4 years of better growth and economic recovery before the next election, the hardline Brexiters are going to have their arses handed to them on a plate.

Chums! Baby Dog here. Would you like to see what happens when I come home from seeing Natalie the Groomer? I’m happy to look Handsome, but I never smell RIGHT. It’s vital I return to smelling like myself. My boys, Percy and Ron, try to help me, which is good of them!

Kemi Badenoch is upset that Labour have cut some of the Brexit red tape that hindered businesses that her party spent so long putting in place

Turns out Brexit Derangement Syndrome is a thing after all.

Starmer’s EU reset triggers outbreak of Brexit derangement syndrome | John Crace Critics were voicing their opinions long before even an outline of a deal was announced

You look at the Tories, Reform and the rightwing press after the Brexit reset and you see just how mad they are. Genuinely frothingly insane.
Desperate to insist that their Brexit moronathon is a win. Spitting with rage at their own failure.

This sums them up…
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

My book Ring The Hill

The rear cover of my book Ring The Hill

I'm (gulp) 50 today. To keep up my weird tradition of giving other folk presents on my birthday, I'm sending out a load of these for just the price of postage (£4 UK).

If you'd like one pls email me your address to hello@tom-cox.com

If you can give me a bit for the book, great. If not, no problem.

Breaking news: The US has been stripped of its top-notch triple-a credit rating by Moody’s on concerns about rising levels of government debt www.ft.com/content/e456...

Friends! Cleo has at last decided she is interested in Ralphy. In fact, she may have become a little obsessed with him. We all know that Cleo is Brave and Feisty… but does she have the courage to confront Ralphy? And how does Ralphy feel about Cleo? #Caturday

'It's A No-Brainer': Question Time Panellist Applauded For Her Solution To 'Absolutely Nuts' Brexit Sonia Sodha said the move would be a "quick win" for the UK and make the country richer.

The case for joining the SM and CU is blindingly obvious. Only far right extremists could think otherwise.

www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/its-a-...

SCREENGRAB FROM TELEGRAPH: Farage: Make me PM and I’ll scrap Starmer’s Brexit deal Exclusive: Clacton MP warns the Government’s new EU pact to be unveiled on Monday is a slippery slope to rejoining bloc 88 Gift this article free Nigel Farage Nigel Farage has vowed to save a raft of policies from EU influence such as fishing, migration and defence Credit: Leon Neal/Getty James Crisp Europe Editor 16 May 2025 9:46am BST James Crisp Nigel Farage will tear up Britain’s Brexit treaties if he becomes Prime Minister, starting with Sir Keir Starmer’s “abject surrender” of a reset deal with Brussels.

Pledging to "scrap a deal" before reading it or having any idea what it contains tells you everything you need to know about Nigel Farage. ~AA

Young, stuck and shut out: a new EU deal could change that Even a capped, time-limited youth visa scheme would be of value to young people in the UK and EU

Young people are locked out of opportunities their older siblings took for granted. A UK–EU youth visa deal could begin to change that.

Read why this matters | Prof. Johanna Waters

@eastangliabylines.co.uk @johannawaters.bsky.social @uk.theconversation.com

Duckworth: "He's accepting a bribe, which is unconstitutional and illegal. And he's gonna accept an aircraft that then is gonna cost taxpayers another billion dollars at a time when he wants to cut funding for Medicaid. It's simple unacceptable."

What’s supposed to happen?

If my daughter is out and masked men grab her, claiming they’re ICE, drag her away w/out letting her prove she’s a citizen… w/out calling me, her dad… what is she supposed to do?

Does she not have the right to fight back, as we have taught her, to free herself. Run?
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Immigrants “are ambitious, enthusiastic & hard-working. They want a better life, & a better life for their children, and they are willing to do backbreaking work in order to secure it. They show all the attributes which we praise in others but condemn if it's demonstrated by an immigrant.”

Labour must avoid ‘naive’ lurch to right after Reform success, Haigh warns Exclusive: former transport minister criticises party’s direction and calls on Starmer to focus on issues like taxation and welfare reform

Starmer is barking up the wrong tree.

Among Labour 2024 voters, 43% said they would consider voting Green and 40% LibDem. Just 9% would consider voting Reform.

Labour should be setting the attack dogs on Farage, but it can't do that because it supports Brexit.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Reform is a Limited Company

Farage owns 53%

It was formed in 2019 to push for a “no-deal Brexit”

It wants to reintroduce the Liz Truss budget

It wants to privatise the NHS

& invest in fossil fuels

Close the BBC

& break International law

It’s a scam

Please retweet widely

Refugee my ass.

Reform UK's deputy leader Richard Tice MP praises Dubai for "just imprisoning or deporting anyone who cannot look after themselves".

Apparently, a complete authoritarian absence of due process is worth it, so his girlfriend can go to the loo without her handbag. 😬 ~AA

We're about 3 lines deep into the "first they came for" poem. It's not a very long poem, folks

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I've wracked my brains & can only come up with one explanation that makes sense for the Labour direction.

They think their only hope is that it comes to an election & we see that it is them or Reform. And that for all our big talk about hating them, we'll still vote for them to keep out Reform.

Starmer will not revoke his red lines on Freedom of Movement and the Single Market because of facts and reasons. The only thing that will move him is Labour voters shifting in large numbers to the LibDems and Greens in local and by-elections. He must fear progressives more than Brexiters.