Reposted by JasonJawandoPrivate Eye Magazine @privateeyenews.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Archer’s resignation from the London mayoral race after it was revealed he lied in court was the thing that got Paul Foot up from his sickbed and contributing again, having first started chronicling Archer’s lies and misdemeanours in 1969. From the Private Eye archive. Issue 992, December 1999. 311480461
JasonJawando @jasondj.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Wonder if he'll receive legal aid: www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...theguardian.comBuckingham Palace says it will not fund Andrew’s legal action against policeFormer Duke of York is attempting to quash search warrants that led to his arrest in February 000
JasonJawando @jasondj.bsky.social · 28/09/2026How many interim change managers does it take to change a lightbulb? Three: one to do the post change planning, one to do the post change evaluation, and one to get paid a fortune for telling everyone why they're still in the dark. 000
JasonJawando @jasondj.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Someone seems to have replied to this then blocked me. 000
JasonJawando @jasondj.bsky.social · 18/09/2026He was a Nazi, definitely, but it's doubtful that he was a traitor. 200
JasonJawando @jasondj.bsky.social · 17/09/2026He wasn't British, so there was a question about whether he could be a traitor to Britain. He had obtained a British passport by deception, and used it to travel, so it was argued that was enough. 220
JasonJawando @jasondj.bsky.social · 13/09/2026She hated the likes of Farage too. Her takedown of Bernard Manning was brilliant. 001
JasonJawando @jasondj.bsky.social · 11/09/2026It's, ahem, not that he's racist or anything, but she appears to be, erm, you know, not very pale. 1191
JasonJawando @jasondj.bsky.social · 07/09/2026I like to think I'm pretty observant, but I'd never noticed this before. 140
JasonJawando @jasondj.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Nigel Farage admits to not really listening to people and claims to know more about the law on electoral donations than anyone. This could come back to bite him. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...theguardian.com‘I wasn’t even listening,’ Farage says of donations scandal meetingReform UK leader maintains innocence in overseas funding controversy on last day of party conference 010
JasonJawando @jasondj.bsky.social · 04/09/2026If Nigel Farage ever does become PM then he will be part of 'the establishment', which will mean he'll have to join in a plot against himself. 010
JasonJawando @jasondj.bsky.social · 03/09/2026I remember reading that getting the clearance from George Michael tool the longest, but when he did agree he asked for the lowest fee. 0110
JasonJawando @jasondj.bsky.social · 22/08/2026And she's doubtless met a few: www.theguardian.com/politics/202...theguardian.comBadenoch says Reform defectors ‘some of the most dishonest people I have met’Tory leader rules out coalition with Farage’s party and says ‘drama queens’ who left will not be welcomed back 000
JasonJawando @jasondj.bsky.social · 21/08/2026Disgusting behaviour. www.theguardian.com/music/2026/a...theguardian.comDaily Mail accused of stalking woman mistaken as White Stripes drummer Meg WhiteThe tabloid boasted in a now-deleted article that they found White and promised to reveal her ‘secret new life’ 001
JasonJawando @jasondj.bsky.social · 20/08/2026What about Mickey Mouse Apprenticships? www.theguardian.com/politics/202...theguardian.comReform UK hates ‘Mickey Mouse’ degrees – apprenticeships in dodgy crypto, anyone?Dicky Tice recalls digging trenches with a JCB as a young man, omitting to say the firm he went on to run was founded by his grandfather 000
JasonJawando @jasondj.bsky.social · 14/08/2026Nigel Farage, a whinging crybaby, intent on on portraying himself as a victim, you say? But I always thought he was such a reasonable chap. 000
Reposted by JasonJawandoResearch Professional News @resprofnews.bsky.social · 12/08/2026Public bodies ‘must consider research impacts of course closures’ Royal Holloway vice-chancellor says higher education sector must avoid unintended consequences of financially-driven decisions www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-u...researchprofessionalnews.comPublic bodies ‘must consider research impacts of course closures’ - Research Professional NewsRoyal Holloway vice-chancellor says higher education sector must avoid unintended consequences of financially-driven decisions 0104
JasonJawando @jasondj.bsky.social · 07/08/2026I'd love to see a comedian say 'the thing you're not allowed to say anymore' then watch as absolutely nothing happens to stop them. 000
Reposted by JasonJawandoNettlecake @nettlecake.bsky.social · 03/08/2026Brilliant letter from Stuart Thompson to Jeremy Clarkson about his comments that benefit claimants should write weekly thank you letters to tax payers detailing how they spend their benefits each week. 17170882920
JasonJawando @jasondj.bsky.social · 26/07/2026My mum was once in a coach crash. She only had minor injuries, but I only found out about it because my sister told me, and she only found out because she was staying with our parents, and happened to answer the phone to a solicitor who was calling to find out what happened. 010
JasonJawando @jasondj.bsky.social · 25/07/2026I clicked on the link to the online store, and they all seem to have gone. www.theguardian.com/books/2026/j...theguardian.comRaymond Briggs’s library goes on sale at his local Oxfam shopBooks belonging to the beloved creator of The Snowman and When the Wind Blows were donated by his estate after his death 000
JasonJawando @jasondj.bsky.social · 25/07/2026@yplac.bsky.social Driver almost left me enough space to squeeze past. 031
JasonJawando @jasondj.bsky.social · 20/07/2026I'm now old enough feel nostalgic about my youth, when life was more innocent. Perhaps I'm just seeing the past through rose-tinted glasses, but politicians - even the ones I disliked - seemed motivated to improve society, compared with the cynical shower we have now. What became of Kier Starmer? 041
JasonJawando @jasondj.bsky.social · 20/07/2026Reminds me of hearing Alexei Sayle, in the mid 90s, saying he thought Tony Blair would turn out to be a secret socialist. 000
JasonJawando @jasondj.bsky.social · 20/07/2026Is he going to build more affordable accommodation, end the persistent underfunding of mental-health provision, or just make it illegal? www.theguardian.com/society/2026...theguardian.comBurnham pledges to end rough sleeping in England in first speech as prime ministerAdditional £340m over three years allocated to get people off the streets ‘at the earliest opportunity’ 000
Reposted by JasonJawandoTanja Bueltmann @tanjabueltmann.net · 20/07/2026Unless this “honesty” involves the recognition that immigrants are *not* the root cause of the UK’s problems *but* actually a part of the solution to them, this will be completely pointless. I cannot stress this enough. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...theguardian.comBurnham to say UK must be honest about its challenges as he prepares to become PMLabour leader will visit king to accept role on Monday and will start making cabinet appointments that afternoon 592057656
JasonJawando @jasondj.bsky.social · 07/07/2026Count Binface it is then. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...theguardian.comPolitical rivals vow to boycott byelection after Farage quits as MPThe Reform UK leader had called a byelection in his Clacton constituency amid a growing scandal over gifts 000
Reposted by JasonJawandoParody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 07/07/2026"I said Nigel Farage is very principled calling a by-election. What did I say Roy?" "You said he's an attention seeking gobshite who's playing the victim in a desperate attempt to avoid scrutiny" 141037278
JasonJawando @jasondj.bsky.social · 27/06/2026On the other hand: www.poetryinternational.com/en/poets-poe...poetryinternational.comMichael D. HigginsMichael D. Higgins, poet and President of Ireland, was born in Limerick in 1941. He was educated at the National University of Ireland, Galway, as well as at Indiana and Manches... 100
JasonJawando @jasondj.bsky.social · 27/06/2026What are the odds it fell off the side of a cross-channel ferry or was snatched while he was using it on a street in Westminster? 000
JasonJawando @jasondj.bsky.social · 27/06/2026Would be quite ironic if English suddenly became fashionable when certain institutions seem intent on eradicating the subject. Not getting my hopes up. 000
JasonJawando @jasondj.bsky.social · 27/06/2026"Do you need to have studied science, maths or PPE to become a prime minister?" - Margaret Thatcher is, I think, the only Prime Minister who had a science degree. 000
JasonJawando @jasondj.bsky.social · 24/06/2026I could hazard a guess, but it would be nice to be sure. 000
JasonJawando @jasondj.bsky.social · 23/06/2026If it looks like a bribe, smells like a bribe and quacks like a bribe, then at at the very least it should be properly declared to the relevant authorities just in case anyone thinks it is a bribe. 000
JasonJawando @jasondj.bsky.social · 23/06/2026I've heard madder. Admittedly only from the same source. 000
JasonJawando @jasondj.bsky.social · 21/06/2026A Reform supporter I was at school with has been on holiday in Spain. He's upset about the Makerfield byelection. So upset, that he's looking for property in Spain. I've long suspect the right don't quite get irony. 050
JasonJawando @jasondj.bsky.social · 21/06/2026It would seem to depend on whether Streeting has the support to stand against Burnham. If Starmer resigns on Monday, nominations close on Friday 10th of July, and Burnham is the only candidate, Starmer could go to see the King on Monday the 13th. A leadership contest would take us into the Autumn. 000
JasonJawando @jasondj.bsky.social · 19/06/2026I'm really sorry, and appalled, to hear about this. May well be the worst employer I've encountered. 110
JasonJawando @jasondj.bsky.social · 19/06/2026If the standards committee suspend him, he'll likely face a recall petition and subsequent byelection will be the most anti-Reform we've seen: www.theguardian.com/politics/202...theguardian.comA losing streak? Makerfield shows mounting dangers for Nigel FarageFrom Restore and tactical voting to questions over that £5m gift, the Reform leader faces challenges on several fronts 000
JasonJawando @jasondj.bsky.social · 18/06/2026Totally unconvincing. The real Nigel Farage would charge people for reading this. 010
