Reposted by Ed WhiteRoger Protz @rogerprotz.bsky.social · 18hBREAKING NEWS Carlsberg to close Marston's 2027. The Danes are dumping on Britain's unique Ale Heritage. What will happen to celebrated Pale Ales Bass & Pedigree, the historic buildings of the capital of brewing? 123212
Ed White @idleconcern.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Cheers. @trackbrewingco.bsky.social are crying now (leave Gold Top out of this) 010
Ed White @idleconcern.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Anyway, here's a vote for more 'War Poetry Theatre' items 010
Ed White @idleconcern.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Also, that repetition of 'all the world wondered' always makes me think of the French general Bosquet's comments on the Charge: "C’est magnifique, mais ce n’est pas la guerre" 110
Ed White @idleconcern.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Just catching up with this (jolly good). Chaps, English teacher who's taught this for over a decade to tired GCSE students here: it's 'theirs but to do AND die' there's no 'or' in there (adding to the fatalism). 110
Ed White @idleconcern.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Erm... Simon Clarke was born in 1984. How does he remember the 1970s? 010
Ed White @idleconcern.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Well, 'the Puritans' were not a homogeneous faction. Milton himself wrote poems and prose trashing mainstream Presbyterian dogma. He wasn't even a normal congregationalist. Poetry also given much more leeway by the censors post-Restoration... 060
Reposted by Ed WhiteMcSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 28/09/2026"Words do not blast stim at the rate we enjoy today. Words are old, older than TikTok. Back then, a human would read, 'Fireworks exploded above two (or more) trad-attractive nudes copulating on a sandy beach,' and the reader would have to imagine that in their mind." buff.ly/oZe8zx4buff.lyHow to Read Good or Maybe Great“First, accept how fun reading isn’t. Words do not blast stim at the rate we enjoy today. Words are old, older than TikTok. Back then, a human would read, ‘F... 36220
Reposted by Ed WhiteKatie Martin @katie0martin.ft.com · 25/09/2026I have blamed The agents That hacked Your website And which You probably Reasonably thought I controlled Forgive me I am rich And unaccustomed To taking responsibility 5776512128
Reposted by Ed WhiteRichard J @preachypreach.bsky.social · 26/09/2026This would make sense if the Falklands were 2 miles off the Argentinian coast and not 300 2750752
Reposted by Ed WhiteRuth Deyermond @ruthdeyermond.bsky.social · 25/09/2026This is a poor take that suggests Owen Jones doesn't know much about Russia in the 1990s, including Russia-US or wider Russia-West relations in the 1990s. By giving only one part of the story, he is repeating the Russian political elite's self-serving line that it was all the West's fault. Long 🧵 41662250
Reposted by Ed WhiteJohn Oxley @joxley.jmoxley.co.uk · 23/09/2026The man who filmed himself stabbing one, with a person on board, is still seemingly at large. 12453112
Reposted by Ed WhiteStephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 23/09/2026'Although most of the players are not English and their presence in the England team erodes an important part of English identity, I support them' - no, you don't. 965739
Reposted by Ed WhiteEdward @fornbirkibeinn.bsky.social · 22/09/2026I take the old fashioned view that the British government should not just shrug when the far right engages in piracy on the high seas. 319732
Reposted by Ed WhiteTreblig 🇺🇦 @camtreblig.bsky.social · 22/09/2026The fact an ostensibly centre-left government giving an organised fascist movement a free pass to commit violent crimes in order to achieve its aims is…just absolutely insane and yet that’s exactly what’s happening 928122
Reposted by Ed WhiteEmma Yeomans @yeomans.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Worrying scenes in the Channel today, for all interested in asylum policy and maritime tactics. A small boat from Normandy spent more than 30 hours at sea. Those on board now on their 2nd rescue vessel as Border Force forced to play cat and mouse with far-right activists who have their own boat. 1042174958
Reposted by Ed WhiteJosiah Mortimer @josiahmortimer.bsky.social · 22/09/2026🔴 Royal British Legion Says It Wants ‘No Association’ With Anti-Migrant Group Behind Poppy Fundraisers Exclusive: The charity says it never authorised a Hampshire group’s ‘Raise the Poppies’ appeal, as crowdfunding sites take pages down bylinetimes.com/2026/09/22/r...bylinetimes.comRoyal British Legion Says It Wants 'No Association' With Anti-Migrant Group Behind Poppy FundraisersThe charity says it never authorised a Hampshire group's 'Raise the Poppies' appeal, as crowdfunding sites take pages down 18666283
Reposted by Ed WhiteEd White @idleconcern.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Also, "we apologise that you find these adverts distressing" is just another phrasing of the classic bully line of "I'm sorry you felt hurt by what I did". Get the active/passive right: YOU upset YOUR viewers by streaming inappropriate adverts for programming specifically designed for younger people 101
Reposted by Ed WhiteEd White @idleconcern.bsky.social · 18/09/2026@alexhorne.bsky.social @channel4tv.bsky.social @channel4.bsky.social . I've just submitted this complaint to Channel 4. Alex, we love what you do and I'm not sure if there's anything you can do about this, but I do think streaming on Channel 4 needs a little more care! 111
Ed White @idleconcern.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Also, "we apologise that you find these adverts distressing" is just another phrasing of the classic bully line of "I'm sorry you felt hurt by what I did". Get the active/passive right: YOU upset YOUR viewers by streaming inappropriate adverts for programming specifically designed for younger people 101
Ed White @idleconcern.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Hmmm... Impressed to get a reply over the weekend (and within 48 hours), but this explanation does seem like a bit of a cop out - and suggests a lack of foresight. 100
Reposted by Ed WhiteTorsten Bell @torstenbell.bsky.social · 19/09/2026So much of the right these days have a massive patriotism problem. This guy: - is a tax exile (left long before this govt) - hates his own country while complaining he doesn’t get big enough subsidies from it - laments the manufacturing hit from a Brexit he supported www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukBillionaire Manchester United owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe says he has lost confidence in UKIneos founder Sir Jim Ratcliffe tells the BBC he thinks the country is "on the slide" and calls for more investment in the North Sea. 1031370463
Ed White @idleconcern.bsky.social · 18/09/2026@alexhorne.bsky.social @channel4tv.bsky.social @channel4.bsky.social . I've just submitted this complaint to Channel 4. Alex, we love what you do and I'm not sure if there's anything you can do about this, but I do think streaming on Channel 4 needs a little more care! 111
Reposted by Ed WhitePete Fraser @petefrasermusic.bsky.social · 16/09/2026In the movie version of this, after Piddington runs out of food water and money as a result of leaving the UK, the residents apply for asylum and end up housed in a military base, with HILARIOUS consequences. www.bbc.com/news/article...bbc.comPiddington in Oxfordshire votes to leave UK over asylum plansPiddington residents voted over proposals to house up to 1,256 male asylum seekers nearby 1663523839
Reposted by Ed WhiteTom Roberts @tpgroberts.bsky.social · 12/09/2026Genuinely gasped. This is why leaving Nandy in post is such obvious vandalism, the BBC does not deserve to survive like this. 319351
Reposted by Ed WhiteEd Wilson @eddwilson.bsky.social · 08/09/2026On spontaneity The local MP, Sir Roger Gale, who lives in the village, confirms that these accounts are accurate. “It was a bloody nightmare” ... When asked about the police’s claim to have no knowledge of the far-right protest, he scoffed. “It was not spontaneous, it was coordinated.” #R4Todayhopenothate.org.ukEXCLUSIVE: Did Kent Police ignore Dover blockade 999 call? – HOPE not hateHOPE not hate can exclusively reveal that Kent Police were tipped off about the Patriot Platform mobilisation – and seemingly did not act. 13313
Reposted by Ed WhiteJohn O’Farrell @johnofarrell.bsky.social · 07/09/2026In response to Oswald Mosley's Blackshirts, the Public Safety Act 1936 made it an offence under to march in uniform. The Crime and Policing Bill 2026 gave the police the power to order the removal of face coverings at a protest. We cannot stand by and allow the normalisation of fascist intimidation. 511134
Reposted by Ed WhiteJonn Elledge @jonnelledge.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Well now I really am feeling depressed. 1310711
Reposted by Ed WhiteJonn Elledge @jonnelledge.bsky.social · 06/09/2026picking a side in a face off between street fash and the RNLI is not fucking Sophie's Choice, it's strawberry ice cream or a bucket of shit. and the Home Office go for the bucket every time. 7751198
Reposted by Ed WhiteAndy P @arcticreviews.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Excellent opportunity for Kent police to mass fingerprint and DNA sample a group of men, some of whom who will undoubtedly be wanted for violent, sexual and child abuse offences. 915036
Reposted by Ed WhiteRobert Hutton @roberthutton.co.uk · 04/09/2026With all respect to the BBC, the reason this story "matters" is not about whether it distracts from Reform's conference. It "matters" because it is important our leaders are not conspiring to break the law. 12750371201
Reposted by Ed WhiteRobert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social · 03/09/2026"We just don't have British resident donors that would support us ... That's the grim reality". "The Electoral Commission...are completely useless. They're just so dumb & ineffective". Some jaw-dropping quotes in this film from senior figures in Reform. We need updated laws AND proper enforcement 17591203
Reposted by Ed WhiteOnce Upon A Time On The Internet @newgroundsdoc.newgrounds.com · 01/09/202623 YEARS AGO TODAY, @mrweebl.bsky.social posted BADGERS to @Newgrounds.com 8450262705
Reposted by Ed WhiteTimothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 23/08/2026“Satan was great so long as he was offering me cool stuff in exchange for my soul” 251067240
Ed White @idleconcern.bsky.social · 23/08/2026V. difficult (and time consuming) to get secondary school aged children to read/perform Shakespeare at first sight adequately... But in an ideal world..! (I tend to go through R&J the Globe Theatre R&J performance scene by scene with my Y11 GCSE classes) 110
Ed White @idleconcern.bsky.social · 23/08/2026When things go VERY wrong in your A Very British Civil War HOI4 Mod playthrough 000
Reposted by Ed WhiteStephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 23/08/2026“It’s impossible that Jason Arday could have got his post without DEI,” say people about an industry which can find 200 academics willing to sign a letter in support of David Miller and another 200 academics willing to support Nathan Cofnas. 231590315
Reposted by Ed WhiteJohn Oxley @joxley.jmoxley.co.uk · 17/08/2026More, both sides need to understand a civil war isn't you gloriously defeating your Ideological enemies. It's your local criminal gang shooting you in the head for your car. 2938257
Reposted by Ed WhiteJay Zedbee @jayzedbee.bsky.social · 14/08/2026Farage spent money to win the safest seat he could ever win for no reason, managed to get a joke candidate with a bin in his head to get 25% of the vote, didnt show up for his own count because he was embarrassed by the whole thing. ate shit my man 06215
Reposted by Ed WhiteMichael Savage @michaelsavage.bsky.social · 11/08/2026Am sure you could have a whole AI culture war about Husk’s videos, but the thing is, they’re just very funny 2258
Reposted by Ed WhiteThe Crusader Project @crusaderproject.bsky.social · 09/08/2026None of our democratically elected leaders, not in the UK, not in Germany, not in France is doing anything about this. Why? 3151