Ian Shaw @quantockian.bsky.social · 12hRemember “Right Turn” from the late 60s, by Rhodes Boyson? 010
Reposted by Ian ShawAnti-Reform @antireform.bsky.social · 20h'2 year suspended sentence and 200 hours community service/unpaid work' "Imagine the carnage if this guy was brown!......" via We Demand UK 69876432
Reposted by Ian ShawTom Phillips @tom-phillips.com · 03/10/2026Kemistry sounds like a sticky-floor nightclub that got closed down in 2013 for fire safety reasons 611310
Ian Shaw @quantockian.bsky.social · 22hI tried similarly and they ended up calling me a liar. They asked did I have a device, I said I have a smart TV (I don’t). Theeeyyy. . .said “That’s an appliance” I said “It’s a device” They called me a liar and hung up. That’s life. 100
Reposted by Ian ShawSimple as possible - not simpler @ockamsrazor.bsky.social · 03/10/2026@matthew-wright.bsky.social’s brilliant programme, on @lbc.co.uk this morning: Cat B prison build costs £600k per cell. That’s a £30bn capital cost, then there is £2.25bn pa running cost (based on £45k per prisoner). Given prisoner mental health, literacy levels, recidivism……new model needed. 021
Ian Shaw @quantockian.bsky.social · 03/10/2026I don’t know but they make Edwina Currie look like Princess Diana. 020
Reposted by Ian Shaw Cool G @colg.bsky.social · 03/10/2026#ToysOrGamesInFilmsAndSongs 🎶Are Friends Scalextric? 1104
Ian Shaw @quantockian.bsky.social · 03/10/2026The bomber may not have intended to harm people, but he certainly intended not to give a shit if he did. 010
Ian Shaw @quantockian.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Plus we still have the principle of making an example of someone. 071
Ian Shaw @quantockian.bsky.social · 03/10/2026#ASongOrMovieForSoft Chattanooga Poo Poo By The Andrex Sisters 060
Reposted by Ian ShawIan McMillan @imcmillan.bsky.social · 03/10/2026First cup of tea: bespoke, unique, unrepeatable. 3636
Reposted by Ian ShawBaffled Hashtagger @baffledhashtagger.bsky.social · 02/10/2026#MusicianMusicMashup Rock Wakeman 031
Reposted by Ian ShawGareth Bouch @garethbouch.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Absolutely make sure you read and subscribe to @bylinetimes.bsky.social - Superb publication, and excellent independent journalism. 👉 subscribe.bylinetimes.comsubscribe.bylinetimes.comCome Join Our Quest for Truth – Byline Times— Reader-funded since 2019 The UK’s most Kremlin-sanctioned newspaper. Banned two years running from Conservative and Reform UK conferences. Six of our journalists and contributors are on Russia’s sto... 15318
Reposted by Ian ShawSimon Marks @simonmarksfsn.bsky.social · 02/10/2026My "American Week" for @tomswarbrick.bsky.social's programme on the UK's @lbc.co.uk. This week: Trump finally gets on the campaign trail, though Republican candidates may regret it; Tennessee brutally botches an execution; and Pete Hegseth talks offensive nonsense. 🎧: audioboom.com/posts/895988...audioboom.comOctober 2, 2026 - "American Week": Trump belatedly hits the campaign trail, and Tennessee brutally botches an executionSimon's weekly chronicle of events in the United States for Tom Swarbrick's Friday drivetime programme on the UK's LBC. Listen live at 5:50 every Friday, or find it here on demand afterwa... 3296
Ian Shaw @quantockian.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Wasn’t Badenoch hobnobbing with Murdoch last week, at his expense? 141
Reposted by Ian ShawByline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 02/10/2026In addition to being the UK's most Kremlin-sanctioned newspaper, Byline Times has now been banned two years running from both Conservative and Reform UK party conferences. Judge us by our critics, and subscribe to support our work: subscribe.bylinetimes.com @peterjukes.bsky.social 19533173
Ian Shaw @quantockian.bsky.social · 02/10/2026When, as a Catholic, I attended Benediction service we used to say a prayer at the end “For The Conversion Of England” 120
Reposted by Ian ShawMark Pack @markpackuk.bsky.social · 01/10/2026State of Play: revisiting a classic BBC political drama buff.ly/XSXY2ngbuff.lyState of Play: a classic BBC political drama revisitedMark and Cory begin their two-part series on the classic TV series State of Play by discussing episode one. 3122
Reposted by Ian ShawRobert Hutton @roberthutton.co.uk · 01/10/2026(Or something. That's how I remember it.) 241
Reposted by Ian ShawRobert Hutton @roberthutton.co.uk · 01/10/2026This is a brilliant, gripping drama, right up to the moment they reveal that the whole murderous conspiracy is about suppressing a report from the Transport Select Committee. 7527
Ian Shaw @quantockian.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Yeah it’s great but I did say to you in a separate post that your column “as told to” now telegraphs the joke and even has a “satire” banner. Part of the fun was reading letters from those who were taken in. 130
Ian Shaw @quantockian.bsky.social · 01/10/2026“Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord.” There was still a choice of gods back then. 100
