Jack Serle @jackserle.bsky.social · 6hCan't stop my mind re-reading this aloud in my head in the voice of the Eurotrash voiceover lady. 110
Reposted by Jack SerleUlrike Franke @rikefranke.eu · 6hBasically all European states have financial issues and basically all are discussing (further) restricting social services/support/etc for the wealthier. See UK re childcare above £100 000. I totally get it. However: we need to acknowledge that this is creating a social contract problem. 1115632
Jack Serle @jackserle.bsky.social · 7hWould never have made a Day Today script because too baffling. 131
Reposted by Jack SerleTony Yates @t0nyyates.bsky.social · 7hSo, to sum up today's Iron Dome discourse. Badenoch lied about what they had called it. It would cost many times more than £10bn. And is not necessary given that we have got many allied countries between us and likely drone and missile launchers. 6305
Jack Serle @jackserle.bsky.social · 8hFound this from the FT in the summer after reading the Games Workshop versus fish discourse. Still marvel at how much of a success GW is. www.ft.com/content/453b... 001
Reposted by Jack SerleJared Earle @jearle.uk · 9hGW made £650 million last year. Fishing is over a billion a year. But, the fact you can even compare the two is insane. The statistic of “more than half the revenue of the entire UK fishing industry” is still something worth screaming about. GW, however, is almost certainly more profitable. 2357
Reposted by Jack SerleStephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 9hWelcome to the serious fiscal responsibility party, where we believe that what the United Kingdom needs is its own version of the Iron Dome. 5644750
Jack Serle @jackserle.bsky.social · 9hCalling it Britannia Shield makes it so much worse. That's what you'd call a travel insurance company focusing on over 50s. Or a long-service award for stewards on the royal yacht. Not a weapons sytem. 1150
Reposted by Jack SerlePascal @pascallth.bsky.social · 9hThe UK does need to rethink its air defences, but given the likely direction of any missiles, an integrated effort with other European countries would make more sense 7738
Reposted by Jack SerlePhil Tinline @philtinline.bsky.social · 05/10/2026The £100k tax anomaly is mad and needs fixing, but can we drop the fatuous whiny idea that everyone on six figures is aspirational and everyone on less is loafing about with no ambition to speak of? Thankyew. 55410
Reposted by Jack SerleWill Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 05/10/2026The lesson of Brazil is you have to make sure none of them can ever come back 1643765
Jack Serle @jackserle.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Can't think of Mark Thompson without recalling the look on his face when Adam Buxton challenged him to a fight on Newsnight because he was trying to shut 6Music. 000
Jack Serle @jackserle.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Particularly enjoying the Stalinist cheekbones and that he appears to be wearing a boilersuit. 010
Jack Serle @jackserle.bsky.social · 05/10/2026"Have pride in your workplace, by emptying the bins". 110
Jack Serle @jackserle.bsky.social · 05/10/2026You want to know how tight cash is for NHS trusts right now? UH Dorset has decided it cannot afford £83,724 for a two-year cleaning contract for its offices at Yeomans House. www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/09382... 110
Reposted by Jack SerlePeter Walker @peterwalker99.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Shadow roads minister Greg Smith says: “You can't do the family shop or a family of five on the back of a bike.” This will be news to anyone with a cargo bike or a trailer. 2025416
Reposted by Jack SerleGeneral Boles @generalboles.bsky.social · 05/10/2026All political careers end in failure. One day you're MP for a Somerset constituency with a 20k majority, the next you're doing a live report on GB News about an AI generated tapestry #CPC26 65917
Reposted by Jack SerleGeneral Boles @generalboles.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Is there a subtle contrast being drawn between who Labour help and who the Tories help 🤔 #CPC26 1022258
Jack Serle @jackserle.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Is that French onion soup with crumpets for croutons? 000
Jack Serle @jackserle.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Kicking crispy leaves as you walk up the hill to the Spaniards to have a drink next to an open fire. This is not too much to ask! 040
Jack Serle @jackserle.bsky.social · 03/10/2026I hate it. It feels all wrong. I don’t want to wear shorts. I want to wear boots and traips around Richmond Park looking for deer in mist. 2441
Jack Serle @jackserle.bsky.social · 02/10/2026"There needs to be a boat down here" ... a shortage of boats is really not the issue here Mildred. 010
Jack Serle @jackserle.bsky.social · 02/10/2026He made an IED with explosives and a metal tube. The blast caused damage to property and cars 100m away, including to a child's bedroom. And he was sentenced to three years concurrently for three counts of possession of prohibited weapons (stun guns). news.met.police.uk/news/man-jai...news.met.police.ukMan jailed for 15 years over ULEZ camera explosionKevin Rees, aged 63, was sentenced at the Old Bailey on Friday, 2 October. 000
Reposted by Jack SerleianVisits @ianvisits.co.uk · 02/10/2026A man who deliberately blew up a ULEZ camera in south-east London has been jailed for 15 years after an investigation by Counter Terrorism Policing London. 67415
Jack Serle @jackserle.bsky.social · 02/10/2026it's a very old bomb and with age comes all sorts of issues with the prostate and such like, so I think we should all be a bit more charitable actually. 010
Reposted by Jack SerleChris Brooke @chrisbrooke.bsky.social · 02/10/2026The Cambridge student newspaper Varsity is reporting that James Orr (or, as they call him, "Disgraced theology professor James Orr") hasn't been turning up to his own lectures.archive.varsity.co.uk 1020267
Jack Serle @jackserle.bsky.social · 02/10/2026The U in U-turn is also for U-turn. I believe this continues for some time, spiralling off into the distance. 060
Reposted by Jack SerleJosiah Mortimer @josiahmortimer.bsky.social · 02/10/2026New GB News accounts are out. Here are their losses to date. Or "spent political donations" if you prefer 39805293
Reposted by Jack SerleRyan CrawCour @ryan.crawcour.social · 01/10/2026BREAKING NEWS: Tensions between Thor and the Care Bears have escalated rapidly overnight. 5761801683
Reposted by Jack SerleBen McKennaaaargh @benmckenna.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Manchester City are speed-running through every Simpsons meme in their desperation. A generational run. 24914
Jack Serle @jackserle.bsky.social · 01/10/2026As bad if not worse than: "Can I do X?" "I don't know, can you?" 030
Reposted by Jack SerleNick Walker @nickwalker.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Sort of agree with the philosophy, but not the examples. Are shows on their third, fourth channel like Suits and Schitt's Creek in 'bidding wars'? It's the very commercial first-window acquisitions like Gossip Girl that BBC maybe shouldn't be fighting over. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukBBC paying to air shows like Suits and Schitt's Creek is illogical, MPs sayThe issue is one of several raised by an influential committee as debate about the BBC's future continues. 6303
Jack Serle @jackserle.bsky.social · 01/10/2026A week until the by-election. If he loses, is it curtains? Sense is no, don't feel like the Greens really go in for regicide. 100
Reposted by Jack SerleAlex von Tunzelmann @alexvont.bsky.social · 01/10/2026For those in England & Wales who don’t get them on the NHS: private flu & covid jabs are available from today. I’ve just had both at my local pharmacy. £115 for the pair. Yes, that’s expensive, but if you’re a freelancer & don’t get sick pay it’s probably a lot cheaper than taking time off. 520380
Reposted by Jack SerleOtto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 01/10/2026We're repeatedly told that asylum seekers pose a threat to the good people of our country... Reading about the threatening and violent treatment of elderly and open minded locals in Crowborough I get the impression that the real threat comes from closer to home. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026... 51706339
Jack Serle @jackserle.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Fair enough. O reflection, I guess I'm not an average UK flyer. My only int flights lately have been to same regional airport where officials see my small kids as akin to heads of state, ushering us to the front of what queue there is for non-EU travellers. 000
Jack Serle @jackserle.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Agree but thinking on it, for the average UK traveller would it make much difference? It would make things go a bit quicker at port of entry but train, plane or ferry would still require you to have _an_ ID to get to continent or island of Ireland, wouldn’t they? 100
Jack Serle @jackserle.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Didn't it have Anthony Hopkins as the aristo original Zorro passing on his identity and whatnot? He tells the new guy that being a gentleman isn't to do with breeding but how you behave etc. Which strikes me as a common trope, though only other example I can think of right now is Kingsman. 030
Jack Serle @jackserle.bsky.social · 30/09/2026With The Economist bods giving it large about the Home Office subscribing to their mag, I'd just remind everyone that @hsj.co.uk is the "only resource that covers all aspects of publicly funded healthcare" that keeps DHSC staff "up to date on healthcare and NHS news". 000
Reposted by Jack SerleHenry Mance @henrymance.ft.com · 30/09/2026Israeli minister calls Shabana Mahmood an Islamist, because erm, erm, erm 3432562
Reposted by Jack SerleTwlldun @twlldun.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Honestly it’s like a parody by this point isn’t it 2326331
Jack Serle @jackserle.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Sharon Graham telling the BBC government shouldn't end the triple lock, funding social care reform by pulling "other levers" such as "a wealth tax or... another leaver". Something for nothing. 020
Reposted by Jack SerleJWexTheSpa @jwsidders.bsky.social · 29/09/2026This is actual leadership. Burnham has made a choice. It may not be a popular one. He will now sell it. We've forgotten that such things are possible. 071
Reposted by Jack SerlePeter Walker @peterwalker99.bsky.social · 29/09/2026I remain to be convinced that a lack of vocational education in schools is, in fact, the root cause of the Neets crisis, as implied here by Andy Burnham. 3266
Reposted by Jack SerleGaby Hinsliff @gabyhinsliff.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Burnham's theme in this speech of taking back control, having power over things that felt like they'd got away from us, having basic agency in life instead of feeling helpless is a good eg of what Starmer always lacked - an overarching story making all the disparate policies seem to mean something 3605
Jack Serle @jackserle.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Nations' funfair candyfloss sellers laughing up their sleeves. 001
