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Richard Appleby @rmappleby.uk · 08/07/2026

And so it begins … The Chancellor of the Exchequer has appointed Farage to be Steward and Bailiff of the Manor of Northstead. Vote Binface!

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Richard Appleby @rmappleby.uk · 23/05/2026

And here’s the IBM 1311 from 1962…

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Richard Appleby @rmappleby.uk · 18/03/2026

Hmmm. Islands don’t count? Easy to say as a politician. But try telling that to the Marines. They have a “thing” about islands they captured, at huge personal cost…

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Richard Appleby @rmappleby.uk · 14/03/2026

I had a local company that makes kitchen/bedroom cabinets made me a carcass to order, then I added the rails. The worktop gives me a full width desk/workbench, and I have matching shelves and wall cupboards above. It wasn't expensive, but did take quite a bit of effort in measuring / planning etc.

Photo of a home made computer rack, containing some switches and a home server with hot swap drive bays. Above the mini rack is a space for a laser printer and above that on the surface that forms a full width-of-room desk is a 3D printer. Its not very tidy!

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Richard Appleby @rmappleby.uk · 16/02/2026

Hey Reform voters, it seems it’s now their policy to _penalise_ women that don’t have enough children. You’re OK with that, right? Right? FFS.

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Richard Appleby @rmappleby.uk · 17/07/2025

Not according to Wikipedia. The references 83-85 make interesting reading, eg www.gov.uk/government/n...

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Richard Appleby @rmappleby.uk · 24/06/2025

Size surely matters. But so does expertise. Source: commonslibrary.parliament.uk/econom…

Graph showing services continuing to grow after Brexit, whilst trade in goods declines.

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Richard Appleby @rmappleby.uk · 04/04/2025

No. No it won’t. And no we shouldn’t. What we should do is get on with reintegrating with the EU.

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Richard Appleby @rmappleby.uk · 03/04/2025

America is no longer a meaningful member of the Western Alliance. It’s a cuckoo in the nest, and needs to be treated as such.

Picture of Trump, overlaid with the names of countries that he did not apply tariffs to: Russia, Belarusian, North Korea and Cuba.

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Richard Appleby @rmappleby.uk · 14/03/2025

Worth looking at this diagram of the structure of the NHS. Streeting saying there is huge duplication between NHSE and the DHSC, and NHSE and the regional teams (apparently not a controversial view) and the aim of abolishing NHSE is to eliminate that duplication and improve efficiency. 🤷🏻‍♂️

Block diagram of the organisation of the NHS.

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Richard Appleby @rmappleby.uk · 28/02/2025

Being suspicious, I checked the videos of the press conf. Starmer was ducking the question as well as he could¸ not helped by Trump talking over the end of his reply, telling the reporter (and Starmer?) "That's enough". Too many people are twisting stuff to create divisions that don't exist.

"Look, we had a really good discussion, a productive discussion, a good discussion as a result of which our teams are now going to be working together on an economic deal, our teams are going to be working together on security in Ukraine. You mentioned Canada; I think you're trying to find a divide between us that doesnt exist, we're the closest of nations, and we had very good discussions today but we didn't discuss Canada."

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Richard Appleby @rmappleby.uk · 25/02/2025

Reposting here rather than on YouTube

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Richard Appleby @rmappleby.uk · 20/02/2025

We need immigration. Our populations will shrink dramatically without it, which will lead to collapse of our societies - there will be no one to do the work. Our challenge is to ensure not too much, not too little, but always of the people with the right skills and ability to integrate.

Graphs of projections of populations by country with and without immigration.

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Richard Appleby @rmappleby.uk · 19/02/2025

Didn’t you American folks fight a war with us Brits specifically so you would never again be subject to the rule of a king? If you’ve changed your mind, we’ve still got a royal family, pretty benevolent, with centuries of experience. I’m sure we could work out a deal to take you back…

Post from Donald Trump on TruthSocial, hailing himself by saying “LONG LIVE THE KING!”

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Richard Appleby @rmappleby.uk · 17/02/2025

Cold War Steve on fire! ⬇️

Image of Putin, Musk and Netanyahu as puppeteers, making JDVance, Trump and Hegseth dance on a stage.

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Richard Appleby @rmappleby.uk · 16/01/2025

Except size of government was at an all time low before Brexit, and has exploded since, because of the extra work that was done for us by the EU. And there’s no slack left in local government.

Graph of number of UK civil servants by year

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Richard Appleby @rmappleby.uk · 05/01/2025

Meanwhile, over on “the other place”, it seems like Elon’s plans for Nigel won’t involve $100M donations to his limited company. Poor Nigel.

A screenshot of a Tweet by Elon Musk saying Nigel Farage should be replaced as head of Reform.

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Richard Appleby @rmappleby.uk · 19/11/2024

A reminder when we hear people arguing about making more concessions to farmers because we need to be self-sufficient in food for food security reasons. The UK has not been self-sufficient in food since the 1700s.

Bart Simpson is writing the line "Food self-sufficiency is not food security" over and over on a classroom chalk board.

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