jamesneill.bsky.social @jamesneill.bsky.social · 9hAll I know about Tatort (Scene of the Crime for the linguistically challenged, aka British) is that the theme tune was by Germany’s greatest and most influential band, Can (imagine Blue Lights with a theme tune by The Fall) and that the incredible Rüdiger Weigang (Heimat, A Perfect Spy) was in it. 200
Reposted by @jamesneill.bsky.socialNaomi Smith @pimlicat.bsky.social · 11hwww.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli... We can join the EU within a parliamentindependent.co.ukUK could get fast-track entry back into EU, new report saysNegotiations could be completed in less time than it took for the UK to agree its trade deal with India, experts say 0399
jamesneill.bsky.social @jamesneill.bsky.social · 9hAn utter catastrophe. The finance/housing feedback loop has to be broken. 000
jamesneill.bsky.social @jamesneill.bsky.social · 9hProbably the UK’s greatest ever soccer coach, Brian Clough, answered that long ago: “every match has to be won”. 000
jamesneill.bsky.social @jamesneill.bsky.social · 12h“Oh sure! But only if yes means … no”, to adapt Rachel’s reply to Chandler’s question about Monika’s baby fever. 000
jamesneill.bsky.social @jamesneill.bsky.social · 13hBetter to think in terms of system and environment, identity-and-difference. 010
jamesneill.bsky.social @jamesneill.bsky.social · 16hI know a couple in Budapest whose (two sets of) parents moved in together so they could have their own home. 010
jamesneill.bsky.social @jamesneill.bsky.social · 23hRather “doing what is right regardless of what you are told, informed by judgement, evidence and understanding”. Very bad and/or stupid people can also sincerely believe they are right. 000
jamesneill.bsky.social @jamesneill.bsky.social · 10/10/2026Several million Leave voters have already shuffled off this mortal coil. 180
jamesneill.bsky.social @jamesneill.bsky.social · 10/10/2026I really appreciate that all the OG Remainiacs are still solidly behind Ukraine. 120
jamesneill.bsky.social @jamesneill.bsky.social · 10/10/2026My favourite of theirs, even above Teenage Kicks. 110
Reposted by @jamesneill.bsky.socialJon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 10/10/2026With Trump’s latest betrayal of Ukraine, MAGA Republicans who continue to defend Trump when he licks Putin’s balls can all go fuck themselves. Trump is a feckless, pathetic traitor — and he has the blood of innocent Ukrainian children on his hands. 22761451726
Reposted by @jamesneill.bsky.socialPete M @fastcarspete.bsky.social · 10/10/2026I'd like to think we'll be back in the EU long before that. The 2040 thing takes me to over 70. 25 years of my life and the last 25 years of planning destroyed because of the Brexiters and various governments being afraid to do the right thing absolutely sucks and there's no excuse for it. 373
jamesneill.bsky.social @jamesneill.bsky.social · 10/10/2026If it had been Solaris I would better understand. That’s definitely a, er, challenge. But Stalker is “airborne from the word go”. Possibly a class setting has too many distractions. Hungarians are generally well up for Tarkovsky, though. (I used to teach at ELTE and Közgaz.) 220
jamesneill.bsky.social @jamesneill.bsky.social · 10/10/2026You should have said to the Hungarian “szégyeld magadra!” Shame on you! 010
jamesneill.bsky.social @jamesneill.bsky.social · 10/10/2026Luxury. With some friends I once saw Stalker (greatest film ever made) back to back with Solaris at the Scala, on the coldest day I’ve ever experienced. That was some marathon. Stalker raced by, but during Solaris time seemed to stand still. 120
jamesneill.bsky.social @jamesneill.bsky.social · 10/10/2026Good. The more this kind of thing is rammed down voters’ throats, the better. 010
Reposted by @jamesneill.bsky.socialNicolas Tenzer @nicolastenzer.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Trump is a filthy bastard. His collusion with russia amounts to high treason. While Moscow continues to escalate its massacres of Ukrainians, Trump is offering criminals money. It's a strong incentive for the Ukrainians to bomb russian refineries even more—the Europeans must help them decisively. 20409155
jamesneill.bsky.social @jamesneill.bsky.social · 09/10/2026What?!!! “It most froze me to hear such talk. … I was sorry to hear [Tom] say that, it was such a lowering of him.” 000
jamesneill.bsky.social @jamesneill.bsky.social · 09/10/2026I’m astounded that I can still play back in my head every track on this album, with the exception of three - which I have no memory of whatsoever. 010
Reposted by @jamesneill.bsky.socialPaul Hanley @hanleypa.bsky.social · 09/10/2026This week on Oh! Brother, Music writer, consultant and friend of the show Daryl Easlea (@lordwakering) sits down with me and Steve to explain how a request for 500 words on a budget CD launched his sleevenotes career (+)linktr.ee@OhBrotherShow | LinktreeLinktree. Make your link do more. 0122
Reposted by @jamesneill.bsky.socialPaul Hanley @hanleypa.bsky.social · 09/10/2026From his arrival at Record Collector to his enduring love of The Fall, Daryl reflects on being a musical generalist, finding the melody in Status Quo and searching patiently for the appeal of death metal. Listen now! Linktr.ee/ohbrothershowlinktr.ee@OhBrotherShow | LinktreeLinktree. Make your link do more. 1167
Reposted by @jamesneill.bsky.socialAlex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 08/10/2026"Does the UK want to reopen the bitter Brexit debate?" asks Vicki Young. There is a way of reviewing our relationship with Europe that does not reopen "the bitter Brexit debate", which I think is underpriced. We could all be honest and agree that Brexit was a shit idea. 44649116
jamesneill.bsky.social @jamesneill.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Apart from anything else, the average survey respondent asked to name, off the top of their head, the antithesis of Western civilization are likely to answer “MAGA”. 1112
Reposted by @jamesneill.bsky.socialBest for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 07/10/2026Multiple nights a week, Nigel Farage hosts his hour-long show on GB News But Ofcom says politicians cannot be used as newsreaders or reporters in a news programme So we're pushing them to investigate. bestforbritain.org/petition/farage-… 217752
jamesneill.bsky.social @jamesneill.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Clive James with two of his few peers: youtu.be/7hvU9CUllToyoutu.bePeter Cook & Barry Humphries interview - The Late Clive James (1987)YouTube video by video dump 000
jamesneill.bsky.social @jamesneill.bsky.social · 07/10/2026It absolutely does. I was going to post something similar. 010
Reposted by @jamesneill.bsky.socialElaine Wyatt @elainewyatt.bsky.social · 07/10/2026I swear by my SAD lamp to help with this. Just a few minutes a day helps boost those vitamins that this time of year lacks. I love this time of year, it doesn't love me. Hugs to you from another sufferer x 141
jamesneill.bsky.social @jamesneill.bsky.social · 07/10/2026In the run up to the infamous vote at the Green Party conference motion supporter Hamila Brewer, in answer to lifelong campaigner against violence against women Julie Bindel’s question “what about the rapes?”, replied “what rapes?” 000
jamesneill.bsky.social @jamesneill.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Sadly this kind of urge or disposition often decides elections (or referendums). Not reason. 000
jamesneill.bsky.social @jamesneill.bsky.social · 07/10/2026I’ve tried Callum Franklin’s pies. Speaking as a lifelong pie lover they’re the best I’ve ever eaten. 1160
jamesneill.bsky.social @jamesneill.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Well, Tom, we’re not even going to ask what you did. 070
