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Ian Kikuchi @curatorian.bsky.social · 3h

'Do you think I'm made of money?!' [stamps around the house, darkness falling in his wake]

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Robert Hutton @roberthutton.co.uk · 3h

Odysseus arrives home after 20 years and realises that in his absence no one has turned a single light off.

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Robert Hutton @roberthutton.co.uk · 5h

Thorough and nuanced engagement in Lisa Nandy's conference sketch on the deep challenges facing Britain's cultural sector.

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Emily✨ @emilyoram.bsky.social · 9h

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National Trust• @nationaltrust.org.uk
Nobody has ever regretted a scone after a long walk.

Except someone with ceoliac disease

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Morten Morland @mortenmorland.bsky.social · 20h

Wednesday’s @thetimes.com cartoon times.newsprints.co.uk/morten-morla...

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Robert Hutton @roberthutton.co.uk · 23h

Plenty of ambition, not a lot of detail: my SKETCH of Andy Burnham's speech. thecritic.co.uk/more...

So it is not to question the prime minister’s evident sincerity to note that Burnham has the Boris Johnson quality of needing to tell his audience exactly what they want to hear. And he knows how to do it: his speech in Liverpool brought delegates to their feet cheering again and again. Small details like “what will all this cost?” and “how will it actually work?” were cast aside as the prime minister described the promised land into which he will take us. The comparison with his Tory predecessor offers a contrast too: Johnson delighted in being a naughty boy, whereas there are hints that Burnham thinks he’s the Messiah.

Before the speech we were played a video of ordinary people talking about “the first time I met Andy”. “Andy’s given me hope,” someone said. Have you invited Andy into your life as your leader and prime minister? The celebrity astronomer Brian Cox came and sat near us. An expert on the largest things in the universe, he’d come to see for himself the Burnham ego.

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Robert Hutton @roberthutton.co.uk · 29/09/2026

Only with @warmovietheatre.com do you get to hear about both the worst movie lines to use when disciplining your children AND the history of venereal disease in military conflict.

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Tania Doney @taniadoney.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

So, who's your money on? Gérard Depardieu? Javier Bardem? Personally, I suspect Jackie Woodburne (Susan off Neighbours).

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Marco Rubio says foreign actor was 'clearly' behind suspected plot at UK airbase

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Robert Hutton @roberthutton.co.uk · 28/09/2026

Labour is a party disappointed by the people who vote for it and by the economy of the country it's running. thecritic.co.uk/the-...

And how will it do that? Healey, it turns out, has the kind of idea of work you’d expect from a man who has been active in politics since 1986. There were a lot of references to the coalmining heritage of his constituency, and even the more modern work he talked about was hard, manly toil like pipe-fitting, the sort of thing that involves bulging forearms and mucky overalls. Aside from his wife, the one woman he mentioned was Reeves, and she’s just lost her job.

It’s far from clear that the Chancellor has a handle on what the more modern bits of the economy look like. There are a million young people out of work, he said, and the solution he pointed to was shipbuilding apprenticeships. Do this year’s unemployed graduates actually want to go into shipbuilding? Are there enough ships for them to build? His first job, he said, was washing glasses at a pub, exactly the kind of work that has disappeared in the face of minimum wage and tax rises. On artificial intelligence, which has destro

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Robert Hutton @roberthutton.co.uk · 28/09/2026

Hopeless Healey: my SKETCH of a Chancellor who's rather better at despair. thecritic.co.uk/the-...

“I’m a proud optimist,” John Healey told the Labour Party conference, unconvincingly. Perhaps he is. Let’s imagine that, away from the cameras, the Chancellor of the Exchequer is known as the cheeriest chap in the office, spotting the silver lining on every cloud and for ever detecting blessings beneath their disguises. Unfortunately, the Almighty, displaying once again the sense of humour that holds the universe together, has bestowed upon Healey the demeanour of an undertaker who’s just learned his business has burned down.

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Tom Roberts @tpgroberts.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Confusing cabinet appointments, ranked: 1) Nandy - Visibly disinterested, openly insubordinate, and a vital role. 2) Healey - When you thought the main issue with Rachel Reeves was her haircut. 3) Bryant - Consistent bungler, very little experience in either NI or Home, also not willing to learn.

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Robert Hutton @roberthutton.co.uk · 28/09/2026

Maybe if we destroy the creative sector then in 2066 a Labour chancellor will make a speech about how great it was when we had it.

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Robert Hutton @roberthutton.co.uk · 28/09/2026

But what if I've had a busy day and I don't want to spend 20 minutes hunting through your liveblog to try to find out what the story is?

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David Wilcock @davidtwilcock.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I see your lack of power sockets and raise you a lamp screwed into the centre so that it’s hard to set up a laptop or do anything else useful.

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Robert Hutton @roberthutton.co.uk · 28/09/2026

Hopeless Healey: my SKETCH of a Chancellor who's rather better at despair. thecritic.co.uk/the-...

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Dan Kaszeta FRHistS @dankaszeta.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I'm not one to point to harshly at a "diesel theft being mistaken for a terrorism attack" as I've seen similar things in my weird career. The guy putting down purple carpenter's chalk on the sidewalk to mark a hashhouse harriers run near the White House had a heck of a day....

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Robert Hutton @roberthutton.co.uk · 28/09/2026

John Healey's speech didn't address Britain's productivity issues. If it had, it could have looked at hotel desks, built in the 21st Century, that don't have any power sockets.

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Ian Kikuchi @curatorian.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

He's right about Prince Russell.

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Robert Hutton @roberthutton.co.uk · 28/09/2026

Hang on, I just need to check something from my automatic transcript of Healey's speech.

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Robert Hutton @roberthutton.co.uk · 28/09/2026

And readers, HERE IS THAT TIE.

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Robert Hutton @roberthutton.co.uk · 27/09/2026

Hope Against Hope: my SKETCH of Andy Burnham, your new boyfriend who's definitely not anything like your old boyfriend. thecritic.co.uk/hope...

“HOPE AGAIN.” The slogan is everywhere at Labour conference, greeting you as you walk in, on banners dangling from the ceiling, behind the speakers on the main stage, attached to the lectern. The more you see it, the more questions it raises: when was HOPE? What happened to it? How can we be sure it is back, AGAIN?

Labour members gathered in Liverpool regard these questions as too obvious to discuss. HOPE is back AGAIN thanks to the arrival in Number 10 of Andy Burnham, the one true heir to the throne of Labour. It’s probably a good thing that Keir Starmer isn’t here: there’s only so many times anyone can endure a slogan whose entire subtext is that they’re a failure. It would be like seeing your ex walking around in a t-shirt that read: “FINALLY WITH SOMEONE WHO ISN’T A MASSIVE DISAPPOINTMENT.”

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Robert Hutton @roberthutton.co.uk · 27/09/2026

Hope Against Hope: my SKETCH of Andy Burnham, your new boyfriend who's definitely not anything like your old boyfriend. thecritic.co.uk/hope...

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War Movie Theatre @warmovietheatre.com · 24/09/2026

LISTEN UP, MAGGOTS! Today's episode will be on one of the greatest war films ever made, Full Metal Jacket. We will be joined by @sarahditum.bsky.social for some feminist backchat but you will ignore it. Let me hear you say "YESSIR". I CAN'T HEAR YOU! champ.ly/JXaGMYzm

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War Movie Theatre @warmovietheatre.com · 24/09/2026

This is our podcast. There are many like it, But this one is ours.

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War Movie Theatre @warmovietheatre.com · 27/09/2026

Love how this poster makes it look like a musical comedy.

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Luke LeBrun @lukelebrun.ca · 26/09/2026

Tech companies suddenly decide they can, in fact, moderate content on their platforms after all

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Steven Fielding @polprofsteve2024.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

I once had to watch every episode of Downton Abbey and all I can say is that if you think it is one of the 100 best TV shows of the 21st century you urgently need to get checked for concussion.

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Robert Hutton @roberthutton.co.uk · 25/09/2026

Keir Starmer should tour Labour conference giving interviews about how everything would be better if he were leader, because he's closer to the membership.

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Robert Hutton @roberthutton.co.uk · 25/09/2026

On what possible basis is Lost a better show than Band Of Brothers?

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Robert Hutton @roberthutton.co.uk · 25/09/2026

Sorry, @jamesomalley.co.uk, who? toys.jamesomalley.co.uk/mpchain/

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Robert Hutton @roberthutton.co.uk · 24/09/2026

"Rob, why is this the first episode to feature a content warning?"

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Cliff Williamson @drcliffy.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

For a deep dive into making of the cinema Tyler series is ace m.youtube.com/watch?v=YKlj...

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The Insane Planning That Went Into Full Metal Jacket’s Unique Cinematography

YouTube video by CinemaTyler

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Joe Twyman @joetwyman.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

I met Lee Ermey a few months before the 2008 presidential election. It is fair to say he had some very 'clear, forthright and robust' views about the contest generally and Barack Obama specifically. It will also come as a surprise to precisely nobody to hear that he was happy to share those views.

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Robert Hutton @roberthutton.co.uk · 24/09/2026

"Rob, why is this the first episode to feature a content warning?"

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Alan Allport @alanallport.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Did the Acheron write this

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Why Don't YouTube? @whydontyoutube.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

40 YEARS AGO TODAY: News At Ten reports on Pat Phoenix's funeral, attended by both famous people and, accompanying Tony Booth, at least two people whom we didn't know yet how famous they would be.

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Robert Hutton @roberthutton.co.uk · 23/09/2026

Once sat next to Ken Clarke at a lunch where he was the speaker. As we ate, we chatted through the issues of the day, and at three points he scrawled a word about one of them on a paper next to his plate. Then he stood up and gave a ten-minute speech drawing those words together into an argument.

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War Movie Theatre @warmovietheatre.com · 23/09/2026

TOMORROW!

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Robert Hutton @roberthutton.co.uk · 23/09/2026

Ordeal By Rambling: my SKETCH of Andy meeting Donald. thecritic.co.uk/orde...

Our new prime minister’s tactics were of anyone enduring an unpleasant medical examination: try to get through it by thinking about something else. “It’s great to be with you and the team today,” Burnham told the president, in the least convincing tone of voice I’ve heard since my wife agreed to spend a Sunday evening watching Full Metal Jacket.

The good news, from a British diplomatic perspective, was that Trump is completely oblivious to the reactions of people around him. The prime minister could have been wearing a T-shirt reading “Trump Is A Chump” and the president wouldn’t have noticed. As it was, Burnham simply stared wistfully into the middle distance while Trump said what a great guy he was. “He’s a natural businessman,” the president slurred. “He gets it. He understands what he has to do.”

From a Number 10 perspective, this is great. Westminster journalists have an astonishingly resilient view that praise from a US president is the most important thing a prime minister can

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Harry Smith @harry-smith.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Maybe they could install a slide down to the bunker, but no stairs back up?

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Robert Hutton @roberthutton.co.uk · 23/09/2026

Ok, but is it *automatically* a bad thing if the Trump administration builds itself an unsafe structure without enough fire exits?

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Tim Farron @timfarron.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Just being talking to a farmer who is devastated by yesterday’s SFI disaster. 90% of their farm failed to get into SFI due to the calamitous closure of the window after less than 6 hours yesterday. Ministers must come up with an emergency solution today.

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Robert Hutton @roberthutton.co.uk · 23/09/2026

Like Mike, I have a degree in Artificial Intelligence and Computer Science (mine's a little older). Here he articulates what I've felt but not quite understood about why the new AI explosion doesn't excite me in the way I'd have expected.

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Robert Hutton @roberthutton.co.uk · 23/09/2026

Ordeal By Rambling: my SKETCH of Andy meeting Donald. thecritic.co.uk/orde...

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Terry Stiastny @terrystiastny.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Wraps up copy of Believable Lies, puts it in the post to Downing Street:

BBC News story about Andy Burnham’s GA speech announcing national centre against disinformation.

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Robert Hutton @roberthutton.co.uk · 22/09/2026

I write books, I help my dad farm, and I don't like racists. You'd think a Labour government would want to help me with *one* of those.

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Charlotte Lydia Riley @lottelydia.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

There was a great programme on Radio 4 about this, a couple of years ago maybe. Far, far more consequential than changes to inheritance tax.

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Robert Hutton @roberthutton.co.uk · 22/09/2026

Hard to explain how gobsmacking this is. The government opened applications for farm subsidies this morning at 10. And closed it just before 4 because they'd run out of cash. Applying for your livelihood like it's Oasis tickets. defrafarming.blog.gov.uk/2026/09/22/s...

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SFI26: Window 2 now closed

Window 2 of the Sustainable Farming Incentive 2026 (SFI26) has now closed. Thank you to everyone who took the time to submit an application.

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David Wilcock @davidtwilcock.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Donald Trump has arrived at the UN to play the world's longest game of The Unbelievable Truth

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Robert Hutton @roberthutton.co.uk · 22/09/2026

"Gonna sketch the Ed Davey speech, lads. I think there's a lot of interest."

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