Reposted by @maltesestreets.bsky.socialHenry Mance @henrymance.ft.com · 04/09/2026Nigel Farage is very lucky that he didn't know what was being discussed at the lunch where he was discussing it 491634374
Reposted by @maltesestreets.bsky.social👻 Jack Djinn Wail 🧞 @jacktindale.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Oh crap. I shouldn’t have said they were donors. Oh crap. I shouldn’t have said they were illegal. Oh crap. And I certainly shouldn’t have rattled off all of their names in the space of thirty seconds. Ah. It’s too woke today. 033557
Reposted by @maltesestreets.bsky.socialWill Davies @will-davies.bsky.social · 04/08/2026The Rod Liddle biography suggests a certain post-1968 'type' who was just idiotically drawn to norm-breaching, moving via adolescent rebellion, punk, revolutionary socialism, and eventually ending up at racism, because by the 21st century that was the most efficient transgression still on offer 34658119
Reposted by @maltesestreets.bsky.socialJake Gotta @jakegotta.bsky.social · 30/07/2026“Cars are the most absurd means of transport in a city,” [says Jean-Louis Missika, Paris’s deputy mayor for urbanisation]. “They are parked 95% of the time. It takes two tonnes to move someone who weighs 70kg. And the denser the city, the more absurd it is.” www.ft.com/content/882e...ft.comHow Paris beat the carThough chaotic, the city’s transition has become a global role model 10555175
Reposted by @maltesestreets.bsky.socialJames O'Malley @jamesomalley.co.uk · 22/07/2026🎯 @stephenkb.bsky.social nails it on bus fare subsidies / VAT cuts. www.ft.com/content/31f4... 4355
Reposted by @maltesestreets.bsky.socialEd Morrish @edmorrish.com · 14/07/2026i don’t think there’s a much beef between argentina and england as the media are making out; none of these players were even alive when the drug-addict maradona cheated in a quarter final, let alone when argentina’s fascist junta failed with their illegal invasion of british sovereign territory 420628
Reposted by @maltesestreets.bsky.socialAlex Nurse @alexnurse.bsky.social · 09/07/2026Once again, for those in the back. 06730
Reposted by @maltesestreets.bsky.socialStephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 07/07/2026They’ll be no bridge then. I’ll tell the motorists - now that Hammersmith Bridge has been confirmed to stay car free, reupping my piece on how it illustrates the choices central government must make to make devolution work:ft.comWhat Hammersmith Bridge could teach Andy BurnhamDevolved authorities do not face right or wrong choices, only trade-offs 6575
Reposted by @maltesestreets.bsky.socialCharlotte Lydia Riley @lottelydia.bsky.social · 06/07/2026only Americans can be *self-righteous* about corruption 424420
Reposted by @maltesestreets.bsky.socialStanley Pignal @spignal.bsky.social · 06/07/2026VEEERRRRY punchy statement by UEFA on the reversal of the American red-card suspension. And quite right, too. "We express our disbelief at such an unprecedented, incomprehensible and unjustifiable decision." www.uefa.com/news-media/n...uefa.comUEFA statement on the Balogun caseStatement on decision related to Folarin Balogun 391008288
Reposted by @maltesestreets.bsky.socialSam Kunti @samindrakunti.bsky.social · 05/07/2026Statement from Belgian FA. 721485531
Reposted by @maltesestreets.bsky.socialStephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 05/07/2026Quite a yarn this. Really worth picking up the Sunday Times to read it, I think:thetimes.comRevealed: Nigel Farage secretly funded by convicted criminalThe Reform UK leader did not declare benefits including staff, security and housing by crypto-gambler George Cottrell, our investigation reveals 1016234
Reposted by @maltesestreets.bsky.socialJordan @jordanpfot.bsky.social · 04/07/2026So close! This is actually the opposite of the lesson of HS2. 22633112
Reposted by @maltesestreets.bsky.socialMatthew Fraser @matthewfraser.bsky.social · 05/07/2026Agree entirely, ‘autobesity’ is out of control, cars and SUVs are dangerously oversized, especially in a city such as Paris. Get these luxury tanks off the road.spectator.comThe rise of 'autobesity'Nobody has ever browsed garage forecourts, tape-measure in hand, trying to buy the biggest vehicle to occupy the most road space. Is this enlargement epidemic really the consumer's fault? 55674132
Reposted by @maltesestreets.bsky.socialJeremy Cliffe @jeremycliffe.bsky.social · 29/06/202610) Merge, or recast, both the Treasury and the Business and Trade Department. The UK Treasury is almost unique among major European finance ministries in its domination of economic policymaking, subordinating industrial vision to short-term accounting. That has to change. 1615
Reposted by @maltesestreets.bsky.socialJeremy Cliffe @jeremycliffe.bsky.social · 29/06/2026Apparently the incoming Burnham government is looking for "big ideas". Here are 10 of them: 410551
maltesestreets.bsky.social @maltesestreets.bsky.social · 30/06/2026The phrase post code lottery is stupid to attack devolution. It's like calling a free market economy a "profit lottery". The fact it's a lottery is a good thing. 000
Reposted by @maltesestreets.bsky.socialJonn Elledge @jonnelledge.bsky.social · 24/06/2026Move the capital. www.newstatesman.com/politics/201...newstatesman.comGoodbye to London: the argument for moving the UK’s capitalSuch is its status as a major world city that London’s economy would barely skip a beat. 16689
Reposted by @maltesestreets.bsky.socialFinancial Times @financialtimes.com · 24/06/2026FT exclusive: Andy Burnham is looking to set up a 'Number 10 in the north', moving part of his prime ministerial operation to Manchester, in a radical attempt to shift power beyond Westminster ft.trib.al/49mgac4 5416729
Reposted by @maltesestreets.bsky.socialInstitute for Government @instituteforgovernment.org.uk · 23/06/2026And lastly @samfr.bsky.social tells us why post-Brexit political fragmentation has opened up space for smaller or fringe parties. www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/comment/brex... 14474
Reposted by @maltesestreets.bsky.socialProf. Ian Walker @ianwalker.bsky.social · 20/06/2026🚨 New research by us! 📣 Most British drivers don't know how dangerous SUVs are to other road users, but adding information to SUV marketing materials seems to do almost nothing to change people's plans to buy SUVs Here's a 🧵 on why harder action is going to be needed 1/10 63867418
Reposted by @maltesestreets.bsky.socialRobert Hutton @roberthutton.co.uk · 16/06/2026This confirms something a lot of people in Westminster noticed: while Farage was happy to bluster through the Schoolboy Nazi stuff, he has gone to ground over the £5million "gift". The story has Reform worried. 37954336
Reposted by @maltesestreets.bsky.socialJonn Elledge @jonnelledge.bsky.social · 16/06/2026It is extremely annoying the way that Hunt, like Osborne before him, personally undermined the foundations of the British state and now gets to opine as if this mess was absolutely nothing to do with him. 35949278
Reposted by @maltesestreets.bsky.socialzatapatique @zatapatique.bsky.social · 15/06/2026My feelings right now 1356
Reposted by @maltesestreets.bsky.socialThe Author, Séamas O'Reilly @seamas.bsky.social · 12/06/2026On legitimising yet another pogrom. 2239103
Reposted by @maltesestreets.bsky.socialRachel Cunliffe @rmcunliffe.bsky.social · 11/06/2026Yes to all of this, but also let's not forget Jeremy Hunt, laying a trap (that Labour shouldn't have walked into) that basically salted the earth and has left the country weaker and less able to defend itself as an electoral gimmick 1633387
Reposted by @maltesestreets.bsky.socialBaz @barry1878.bsky.social · 10/06/2026Everton’s legal teamstatic.klipy.comLionel Hutz: I Move For A Bad Court ThingyALT: Lionel Hutz: I Move For A Bad Court Thingy 242551
Reposted by @maltesestreets.bsky.socialTom Phillips @tom-phillips.com · 08/06/2026Call me an idealist, but I think that a prerequisite for hosting an international sport event should be that you're willing to host an international sport event. 4840941059
Reposted by @maltesestreets.bsky.socialSam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 09/06/2026A whole 12% of voters think Brexit has been a success. And just 25% of Leave voters. Sigh. 1041562482
Reposted by @maltesestreets.bsky.socialBen Zaranko @benzaranko.bsky.social · 07/06/2026You’ve probably heard of Henry – the High Earner, Not Rich Yet. But what about his nemesis, Richard – who Retired In a Comfortable House And Refuses to Downsize? There are quite a lot of Richards out there. They’re the subject of my column for today’s Observer. observer.co.uk/news/busines... 13166
Reposted by @maltesestreets.bsky.socialPhil Costa @philcosta.bsky.social · 04/06/2026Bit mad that three of the "traditional" top six Premier League clubs (and Aston Villa) are being managed by four managers born in Gipuzkoa. Entire nations don't produce that much talent and this tiny little Basque province is stacked. 1421129
Reposted by @maltesestreets.bsky.socialPeter Walker @peterwalker99.bsky.social · 03/06/2026X is currently full of posts falsely naming Christi Hill and another officer as having arrested Henry Nowak. One names and pictures the other PC, saying, "Wanted: dead or alive". It gives his address. What more exactly will it take to get UK MPs, ministers and departments off that hellsite? 781739649
Reposted by @maltesestreets.bsky.socialThe Empty City @davidallengreen.bsky.social · 03/06/2026This, on the death of Henry Nowak, is an outstanding piece of journalism by @stephenkb.bsky.social www.ft.com/content/aa94...ft.comWhat Henry Nowak’s murder does — and does not — tell us about policingKemi Badenoch says his killing needs to be seen as a ‘Stephen Lawrence moment’ but the failures in both cases differ 12482220
Reposted by @maltesestreets.bsky.socialGiles Wilkes @gilesyb.bsky.social · 29/05/2026Extraordinary testimony to the Millburn Report about sleeping habits 125719
Reposted by @maltesestreets.bsky.socialJanine Gibson @janinegibson.ft.com · 28/05/2026It’s a stupidly high bar but I believe this to be Craig Brown’s finest work 521183358
Reposted by @maltesestreets.bsky.socialSam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 22/05/202630% of Makerfield's working population are in trades/manufacturing or manual labour. 70% are in professional, managerial, admin or services jobs. 22% work from home. 1720756
Reposted by @maltesestreets.bsky.socialTom Roberts @tpgroberts.bsky.social · 22/05/2026You must understand: Lily, who works doing data analysis for the University of Bristol and lives in a house share is middle class. Brian, her landlord, who is a self employed plumber declaring around a third of his income is working class. 13741175
Reposted by @maltesestreets.bsky.socialAdam Bell @adambell.bsky.social · 20/05/2026"Shall we tell motorists that they might have to drive slightly slower to conserve fuel, fellow Minister?" "Nah, let's betray democracy instead." www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukUK loosens Russian oil sanctions as fuel prices riseThe waiver reflects increasing supply concerns over certain fuels due to the effective blockade of the Strait of Hormuz. 416260
Reposted by @maltesestreets.bsky.socialOwler Nook @owlernook.bsky.social · 20/05/2026Motornormativity is everyone in the comments explaining why it's simply not possible to imagine people going to hospital by any means other than a car, while a fifth of the population does not have access to a car. 422528
Reposted by @maltesestreets.bsky.socialConor Sewell @ccsewell.bsky.social · 20/05/2026Postponing fuel duty rise, easing sanctions on Russia, and price controls on supermarkets is a perfect triptych of why Reeves/Starmer have failed economically and fiscally. “What if instead of good left-wing policies we centred our platform about the most stupid, reactionary nonsense imaginable?” 032
Reposted by @maltesestreets.bsky.socialJonathan Portes @jdportes.bsky.social · 20/05/2026- Subsidising consumption in the face of a supply shock - reducing incentives to drive less/switch to EVs - using up limited fiscal space to help better-off drivers rather than the most vulnerable. Hard to think of a worse policy right now. 45972357
Reposted by @maltesestreets.bsky.socialGiles Wilkes @gilesyb.bsky.social · 20/05/2026The era of supply shocks cries out for a politician willing to be straight with people: these shocks make us poorer, we have to divide out the pain while sticking up our values. None of these measures pass that test 1025865
Reposted by @maltesestreets.bsky.socialJames O'Malley @jamesomalley.co.uk · 20/05/2026Looking forward to buying tonnes of extra fuel now the fuel duty rise has been cut. There's definitely going to be enough supply, right? 4185
Reposted by @maltesestreets.bsky.socialDuncan Weldon @duncanweldon.bsky.social · 20/05/2026Fuel duty moves, Russian sanction tweaking and talk of voluntary supermarket price caps are just a total mess of a response to an energy price surge. 1743463
Reposted by @maltesestreets.bsky.socialJames Ball @jamesrball.com · 20/05/2026So far the government response to a global oil supply shock is to subsidise demand through fuel tax freezes and 'holidays' and to help Russia's economy by easing sanctions. Not exactly a triumph. 47413
Reposted by @maltesestreets.bsky.socialTom Roberts @tpgroberts.bsky.social · 20/05/2026Is it morally defensible? No. But is it a coherent response to a difficult situation? No. Ah, but is it effective in bringing down fuel prices? Ha, you're not going to believe this... 131008321
Reposted by @maltesestreets.bsky.socialRob Ford @robfordmancs.bsky.social · 19/05/2026Britain, 2335: The budget ceremony begins with the traditional Announcement of the Fuel Duty Rise. Two months later, there will be the traditional Postponement of the Fuel Duty Rise, continuing a ritual begun centuries earlier by Chancellors in the Fossil Fuel era 21473100
Reposted by @maltesestreets.bsky.socialStephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 19/05/2026A child born on the Regent’s Park estate when the demolition started will be in their late 20s when they can get a HS2 train to Birmingham. What an avoidable mess. 3032460
Reposted by @maltesestreets.bsky.socialProf. Ian Walker @ianwalker.bsky.social · 18/05/2026In fact, as someone who's from a poor northern town AND has looked at the Census data I might just devote my life to sharing these figures over and over until I never again hear somebody tell me how poor northerners all have to drive everywhere 3357