Reposted by John LappinDuncan Weldon @duncanweldon.bsky.social · 4hI’d say the optimistic case now is: 1. There’s already some momentum. 2. UK rates start from a more restrictive position than US or Euro ones; less tightening ahead. 3. Maybe, just maybe?, it looks like European gas markets have gone a bit overboard and there’s some relief ahead. 6314
Reposted by John LappinArtButMakeItSports @artbutmakeitsports.bsky.social · 15hCircus Performers, by Walt Kuhn, 1978, 📸 via @marisakabas.bsky.social 139106692293
John Lappin @johnlappin.bsky.social · 2hI mean City owe Manchester United and Liverpool billions. It's not tens of millions of anything. It is surely in the hundreds of millions for Spurs, Arsenal, even Leicester. And for Arsenal the bizarre idea that the years of the offences didn't set up the 2020s. Otherwise billions to Arsenal too. 000
Reposted by John LappinLupus Londonwolf @lupuslondonwolf.bsky.social · 28/09/2026I was making potato and leek soup and the recipe asked for five potatoes cubed. Even for potato soup, 125 potatoes seems a little excessive. 2094600472
Reposted by John LappinPhilippe Auclair @philippeauclair.bsky.social · 14hA personal view, borne from investigating illegal betting networks, is that one of the best ways to fight financial crime is to criminalise the enablers; the lawyers, accountants and trust managers who are perfectly aware of the criminal nature of their clients' activities but choose to look away. 315719
Reposted by John Lappindavidc1935.bsky.social @davidc1935.bsky.social · 19h"My wife is American, though, and she's been my wife for 36 years, and I do love the place. When I see all this Trump bullshit, all his bombast and stupidity, I think that's not the America I know." Happy Birthday to Ian McShane, born 29 September 1942. 1427
Reposted by John LappinAndrew Sissons @acjsissons.bsky.social · 21hThe link between electricity and gas prices has already begun to break - and the government can take some credit for that... www.nesta.org.uk/blog/the-ene... 32111
Reposted by John LappinDuncan Weldon @duncanweldon.bsky.social · 18hThe problem is that these vary from really quite minor to outrageous. www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricke...bbc.co.ukTest cricket's biggest scandals: Rank BBC Sport's top 10As memories of sandpapergate are rekindled by Australia's upcoming tour of South Africa, rank the biggest scandals in Test cricket's history. 464
Reposted by John LappinRG @geezypeas.bsky.social · 16hWe’re gonna rock down to The inland revenue They’re winding up Man City 15387121
Reposted by John LappinDavid Higham @oldtrotter.bsky.social · 18hThis must be up there with the most misleading headlines of all time, it's about the abolition of VAT on domestic electricity bills which will cut the cost of charging an EV at home, whether or not you have a driveway, relative to what it would have been. View this as a public service on my part. 2125
Reposted by John LappinJenny Cooper @jennycooper.bsky.social · 18hQuestion. Triple lock affects all UK pensioners. But the money saved will be used for a social care system in England and Wales. Will Scotland and NI get an appropriate proportion of the money saved? 122
Reposted by John LappinDuncan Weldon @duncanweldon.bsky.social · 21hDrop the triple lock/create a national care service is a proper policy offer. But I am slightly confused about setting out a manifesto for 2028/29 in late 2026 with years of governing still to go. 14869
Reposted by John LappinGaby Hinsliff @gabyhinsliff.bsky.social · 20hit might backfire horribly on him but if so, boy is Andy Burnham going out with a bang. Do wonder if that speech could only have been made by someone who was out of Westminster for the madness years & isn't as scared of the public - he's gambling on them still grudgingly respecting conviction 1623526
Reposted by John LappinGeneral Boles @generalboles.bsky.social · 19hSure Ben Johnson was on steroids but it was a big gap to 2nd and he might have won anyway so we'll let him off with a warning 🙄 3475
Reposted by John LappinGeneral Boles @generalboles.bsky.social · 20hThe number of people arguing City should keep titles they cheated* their way to is frankly mindboggling *subject to appeal etc etc etc 3112713
Reposted by John LappinRob Ford @robfordmancs.bsky.social · 21h“I will tell you things no leader has been brave enough to say before…” “Thatcher was bad, 1945 govt was good, Tories are bad.” (*wild applause*) 616124
John Lappin @johnlappin.bsky.social · 22hHigh wire act from Burnham on the triple lock if he dares. Quite remarkable if it's in the speech. But the stuff from Raynor and Kinnock sounds like it's included. 020
Reposted by John LappinJonn Elledge @jonnelledge.bsky.social · 29/09/2026The BBC news summary this morning went seamlessly from "critics warn PM scrapping triple lock would be electoral suicide" to "critics ask if PM has nerve to make tough decisions" and I don't think it's a particularly pro Burnham stance to suggest he might not be the entire problem here. 431412252
Reposted by John LappinSaloni @scientificdiscovery.dev · 28/09/2026I don't mean to brag, but this is one of the best videos I have ever taken, feat. @dingdingpeng.the100.ci 2828
Reposted by John LappinRoland Smith @rolandmcs.bsky.social · 28/09/2026The stupidest suggestion in Britain right now is that Reform supporters are also the country's best critical thinkers. No, they make their first observation their conclusion. Genuine critical thinkers make the same first observation but they then delve several layers deeper in search of truth. 1612122
Reposted by John LappinMark Peifer (He, him) @peiferlabunc.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Today's winning Biology All email--in fact this is a contender for best this year 36860184
John Lappin @johnlappin.bsky.social · 28/09/2026"They're out on bail and out of jail and that's the way it goes." 000
Reposted by John LappinJohn Oxley @joxley.jmoxley.co.uk · 28/09/2026"Once, I went out on the rob for diesel, and sparked a major international security incident" 17844153
Reposted by John LappinEmily Gorcenski @emily.gorcen.ski · 28/09/2026Here’s the most incredible story you’ll read today. A small plane with four people aboard crashes in a field. Another pilot witnesses it. That pilot happens to be flying a bunch of skydivers. They offer to jump to assist, are given permission. The skydivers happen to be EMTs. Everyone survives.wisn.comSkydivers alert emergency crews, assist after plane crashes near East Troy airportFour people were aboard the single-engine plane when it went down in a cornfield near Carvers School Road in East Troy at about 1:30 p.m. 120101142602
Reposted by John LappinStephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 28/09/2026It will never not be wild to me that the Russians attacked Keir Starmer's home, successfully spread falsehoods about Starmer's love life, and this didn't changed British politics and British political elite behaviour *at all*. 471149333
Reposted by John LappinAnna H @athenepallas.bsky.social · 28/09/2026A bridge broke, and nobody came to fix it.... 1133
Reposted by John LappinAnna H @athenepallas.bsky.social · 28/09/2026A aqueduct broke and nobody came to fix it.... 051
Reposted by John LappinBaroness Floella Benjamin @floellabenjamin.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Today it’s 50 years since I first presented Playschool wearing my blue beads and silver heart. I adore bringing joy into the lives of my Playschool Babies during the 12 years I was on the programme. ❤️ 611335164
Reposted by John Lappin👻madeline bOoOoOoOodent👻 @oldenoughtosay.com · 27/09/2026the history of the Roman Empire basically *is* studying engineering like 1327314
Reposted by John LappinKarthik Sankaran @rajakorman.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Have I mentioned that... 33412
Reposted by John LappinDr Stylite @columnist.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Anyone who thinks a history degree is necessarily better than an engineering degree or vice versa are imbeciles. 6613
Reposted by John LappinJohn Scalzi @scalzi.com · 26/09/2026Whatever you do, don't smoke an entire brisket at a job interview, it's a lot of equipment to bring in, it takes a really long time to do it right and those conference rooms have notoriously poor ventilation 2948481839
Reposted by John LappinJanine Gibson @janinegibson.ft.com · 26/09/2026The Weekend FT debut of new feature writer Will Lloyd is a deeply reported and terrifying analysis of how prepared Britain is for omnipresent crisis. Alt headline "Why are we so screwed?" giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...giftarticle.ft.comHow resilient is Britain?As climate and geopolitical risks cast doubt on the UK’s ability to cope in a crisis, leaders are turning from ‘just in time’ to ‘just in case’ as a governing philosophy 3195
Reposted by John LappinKatie 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 5776082088
Reposted by John LappinShar A @sharal.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Released 57 years ago. Abbey Road is one of the greatest albums ever made. Not just my go-to Beatles album but my ultimate go-to. The B-side melody is a masterpiece of creativity and this was the ultimate send-off “And in the end the love you take is equal to the love you make” 2161
Reposted by John LappinStephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Great documentaries, like life, happen while the director is busy making other plans. I’ve written a little bit about Up in the FT Weekend:ft.comThe ‘7 Up’ series: didactic social history as masterpieceThis vivid and complex account of life as it is lived has proved to be one of the great happy accidents of television 610623
Reposted by John LappinHoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 26/09/2026They warned us Mamdani would impose Sharia law. Instead, he unleashed the real threat: line dancing in Bryant Park. 1373302926622
John Lappin @johnlappin.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Having fun thinking up cruel and unusual punishments. And ceremonies. Obeisance. A handing over of the relevant trophies to the managers who really won in the various centre circles. A treble trophy burning bonfire of the vanities has appeal too. Not that kind of appeal. Sigh. Pencil in 2032. 000
Reposted by John LappinJonn Elledge @jonnelledge.bsky.social · 25/09/2026I guess we're still not ready to acknowledge that Breaking Bad was the dramatic equivalent of junkfood, huh 6118612
Reposted by John Lappinex-Lethality Jane @lethalityjane.bsky.social · 25/09/2026youtu.beMad Men - Sally Draper gets tickets to the Beatles concert at Shea StadiumYouTube video by Teresa Leandro 03499
Reposted by John LappinWill Jennings📉🗳️ @drjennings.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Shot (BBC) / chaser (Basingstoke Gazette) 422775
John Lappin @johnlappin.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Solution - simple. Reconstitute the Vauxhall Conference. Put them in it. Award league to all 2nd placed for 15 years. Yes Arse. Well done. Etc. Champions league money upgraded to all teams, but treble to 1st non-qualifier. Replay any FC cups with other finalist and semi team that lost to City. 000
John Lappin @johnlappin.bsky.social · 25/09/2026So Jose. What's it like knowing you won the league with Utd? Oh. And you Brendan? Can we have a word? And so it goes. So it goes. 010
Reposted by John LappinDave Rudden @daveruddenwrites.bsky.social · 25/09/2026My five year old has the soul of Orson Welles. We were outside school and he 'put a kiss in my pocket for later.' Extremely touched by this, I gave him two back. He dug out the second one, THEATRICALLY CRUSHED IT IN HIS FIST and said 'one is enough.' 573317427