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I'm starting to think he's not that smart of a business man. In fact, I'm starting to think he just not that smart.

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And we both know she will say precisely that. It's a fantastic bit of marketing and media manipulation from Tory-supporting media to get most of us to believe that inheritance tax is a scandal that seeks to rob us all. Remarkable.

It's the most beautiful of the five monuments and the only Classic that climbers can show in. Also, it's the best Classic.

Ah, that well known financial genius Eric Trump, right, right. And, when it all goes bang, it won't matter to him, will it? It will make zero impact on his life. Why are you reporting what this nugget says?!

Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

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From the new Private Eye

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It is true that, according to the OBR, only 4.9% of estates are required to pay inheritance tax? And I'm guessing most of them already vote Tory (or Reform), so why is this seen as a major vote winner? Isn't it basically a handout to those who are already wealthy?

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Not 100 per cent, but I think a Canyon, some of their racy models come with those lights inside the seat stays. (Aside: it looks like a photo from a bike launch. Lots of journos on the same bikes in -- oh no! -- shitty weather.)

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The short thread is worth a read. The idea that a city council would take these steps, and stonewall a legitimate FOI request, is an eye-opener. And, inevitably, it makes you wonder what goes on at higher levels of government.

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Huh, how about that? Another subject on which Trump knows precisely fuck-all.

AFP News Agency @en.afp.com · 06/10/2026

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Armed Israeli settlers on Tuesday beat an AFP photographer, leaving him requiring hospital treatment, as he covered ongoing violence by settlers against West Bank olive farmers. u.afp.com/S9Fe

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Fisk - both series - are bloody brilliant. IMHO, obviously.

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"...our institutions now are little more than corrupt right wing shams...." Ah yes, unlike the golden age! When we had racist TV, 'no blacks, no dogs, no Irish,' no maternity/paternity leave, domestic violence ignored by police, homosexuality illegal and gay marriage not even on the horizon?

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Culture wars - so many easy targets, so easy to bullshit and scare up moral panics - are surely Tory strongpoints? There's *no way* they'll abandon those 'wars' to talk - say - about their 14 years of government, ruining courts, probation services & etc. Oh aye, and Brexit.

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Kenny Pryde @kennypryde.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

So Burnham grasps the big jaggy nettles on the triple lock, social care and Brexit, somehow gets the legislation through, but gets booted out at a General Election. The Tories get back into government, but -- oh no! -- they can't unwind Burnham's reforms!

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It's so fishy. His claim that US Intelligence had been monitoring the 5 guys in a van arrested at Fairford -then released on bail?!- seems dubious. Now he's doubling down, removing the bombers, trying to convince us he's ahead of the game with his huge IQ. Trump withdrew the B-1s in a fit of pique!

Kenny Pryde @kennypryde.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Is this a parody headline from 'The Onion'? It could be.

Kenny Pryde @kennypryde.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

"I don't remember being told to buy an iPhone at gunpoint." Is a great point. And, I think, a decent analogy. If AI is to make money, if it is to be a viable business, it needs to attain the gobal ubiquity and daily use of smart phones (aye, not just iPhones). Seems...unlikely.

Kenny Pryde @kennypryde.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Labour is marginally less crap under Burnham, but it now has leader capable of communicating and appearing human. The idea the Tories can convince Reform supporters and other ultra-right loons to vote for them is for the birds. Burnham can 'win' like Starmer, with little real public enthusiasm.

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Kenny Pryde @kennypryde.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Always worth reading Ian Penman in the LRB.

Kenny Pryde @kennypryde.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Nice to see James King and the Lonewolves in there.

Kenny Pryde @kennypryde.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

I thought they were the same song!

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I think your observation to "stop taking it all so seriously" is much more widely applicable than folk realise. I confess it took me waaaay too long.

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Absolute showbiz! 'You can't please all of the people all of the time,' & Etc.

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Hmmm. Surely by that standard, there isn't a historian alive today qualified to comment on Victorian Britain or our role in the slave trade? As the saying goes, he's entitled to his opinions, but not his own facts! Hahaha.

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'Serious politicians' feels like an oxymoron. I'd be much happier with well-prepared journos asking specialist economists, historians, sociologists etc, to explain and critique policies. All we get is 'The thick of it' level to-and-fro. 'Stick to the line! Stick to the fucken line!' ad nauseam.

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I've been listening to 'Today' for, god help me, forty years and there's no way it used to dedicate as much airtime to BBC-produced fluff. I don't deny that 'Traitors' is a hugely popular show and merits examination, but why not on 'The Culture show' or 'Front row' or... wherever.

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I don't remember that desperate cross-platform promotional stuff going in the recent past. The other thing that, uh, 'grinds my gears' is the wildly disproportionate coverage of random sports for which the BBC still has broadcast rights. 'And now, a 10 minute interview on curling....' Wut?!

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I will never understand the appeal of those floating high-rise flats.

In Simon's world those all represent "a remarkable national recovery." Clearly a 'history' written by victors can only ever be partial.

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Kenny Pryde @kennypryde.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

When flagship Radio4 news show (Today) runs an excited report on a previous night's BBC TV programme, that's the point that: a) You know the BBC is editorially fucked b) The point anyone with no interest in that programme switches off in despair/disgust. tldr: I couldn't care less about 'Traitors'

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So when Mark Zuckerberg giddily insisted that 'we'd all have AI agents handling our diaries and tasks in five years' this is what he had in mind? This tsunami of enshittification? Ooooh, I can't hardly wait. Thanks Zuck!

Kenny Pryde @kennypryde.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Hahahaha. Remember this? Another Trump lie. Who could have guessed? Oh aye, that's right -- anybody with a brain.

Kenny Pryde @kennypryde.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

He's a snake oil salesman, just such a spiv. Who falls for his shite patter?

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Simon Nixon @nixonsimon.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

How to stop rogue companies such as OpenAI blowing up the world? Force them to take out liability insurance - if they can find anyone to take on their catastrophic risks. My latest on whether OpenAI will ever IPO - and what will become of the boom if it doesn't... nixons.substack.com/p/the-bigges...

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I was thinking more about Carrington and Howe as my 'old school' Tories. I think you're probably right, I was trying to Devil's Advocate it, I don't want to be one of those 'It was better in my day' guys. But, dear god, Cecil Parkinson resigned over what, today, would be barely a footnote.

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Did we though? Were most politicians smarter and more ethical in 1970-80s? I'd like to think the Tory party had some 'better' players, but it strikes me social media - as well as the ease with which information is leaked and shared - means we can see and judge our political class more easily today.

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Hasn't this also got something to do with the 'sort' of immigration that's dropping? As in, its really (really) not just 'the boats' but also includes reduced migration by higher-earners, higher tax payers and foreign students? And, of course, fewer workers from the EU, post-Brexit.

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