Reposted by William WrightBrandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 23hPete is lost in terms of modern war. I use the example of this outgunned Ukrainian army officer who successfully terrorized a Russian unit for weeks because she "did the math." At the time, someone commented, "yeah, in combat, 'I did the math' beats 'I can do 100 pushups' every time." 2242761012
Reposted by William WrightJeremy Noel-Tod @jntod.bsky.social · 02/10/2025On National Poetry Day, the greatest poem I have ever read 663686972
William Wright @williamw1.bsky.social · 12hDoes this mean the UK stock market has overtaken the French stock market again? * asking on behalf of the three other people who will get this 010
Reposted by William WrightWill 🇺🇦 Absolute Shower 🇺🇦 @showerabsolute.bsky.social · 30/09/2026He's got nine days to pull it off 139913
William Wright @williamw1.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Big news in EU finance policy wonk world that Paulina Dejmek Hack has been appointed as the new Director-General in the Directorate General for Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union (DG FISMA). Disappointed not to see a live blog on the BBC. ec.europa.eu/commission/p... 160
William Wright @williamw1.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Fascinating to see that Facebook has made it *more* complicated to block accounts. Not content with filling up my feed with crap, it has switched from a one click block to a six click block. I wonder why? 100
William Wright @williamw1.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Whenever I read about 24 hour trading I am reminded of the quote from Mike Platt about hiring traders who get up early on a Sunday morning to pick off drunk poker players in the US overnight 010
William Wright @williamw1.bsky.social · 29/09/2026If someone ‘moves to seize’ something ‘within months’ are they really ‘seizing’ it at all? www.ft.com/content/2b6d...ft.comUniCredit’s Andrea Orcel moves to seize control of Commerzbank within monthsItalian executive aims to replace 10 board members and oust CEO as soon as January, say people familiar with plans 000
Reposted by William WrightStanley Pignal @spignal.bsky.social · 29/09/2026The first thing I will do when I am appointed global dictator is mandate that PDF/report pages have to match, ie if the report page says it's page 28 it HAS TO BE on page 28 of the bloody PDF. 1323
William Wright @williamw1.bsky.social · 28/09/2026a) This made me laugh toys.jamesomalley.co.uk/mpchain/ 110
William Wright @williamw1.bsky.social · 28/09/2026You might have thought that the RAC and BBC had heard of inflation: previous peak for diesel would be about 235p a litre in today’s money www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukUK diesel price hits all-time high, the RAC saysThe US-Israel war with Iran has caused fuel prices to soar due to disruption of global oil supplies. 000
Reposted by William WrightSimon Jeffrey @simonjeffrey.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Such a huge red flag for wrong'uns. Traffic police and punishing offences should be a much higher priority. Cars with ghost plates and drivers with no-license/insurance on motorways are an important enabler of serious criminal enterprise using cars and motorways.bbc.co.ukThousands of illegal ghost plates on cars revealed by new camerasIllegal registration plates are far too easy to get hold of and are putting the public at risk, BBC is told. 174
Reposted by William WrightRyan @ryanwright.bsky.social · 28/09/2026This is how I remember the order of Henry VIII’s wives. 253937739
William Wright @williamw1.bsky.social · 24/09/2026A £1m fine is going to really sting for a firm that has only made £512m in post tax profits on just over £2bn in revenues since this poor man was killed www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukDeveloper fined £1m after man killed by falling windowMick Ferris was crushed when the 130kg window fell from The Corniche building in Vauxhall. 000
William Wright @williamw1.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Like many people I was shouting at the TV during the missing vowels round of Only Connect that UBS isn’t an abbreviation of ‘Union Bank of Switzerland’. It’s just ‘UBS’. 151
William Wright @williamw1.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Too many people on here this evening showing off how young they are 100
Reposted by William WrightJay Rayner @jayrayner1.bsky.social · 21/09/2026On the BBC News Katya Adler has just described Germany, where the far right AFD keep winning elections, as entering 'uncharted political territory'. Hmmm. Where Germany is concerned I think that territory is pretty well charted. 563911735
Reposted by William WrightTom Freeman @tomfreeman.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Sounds like me, age 8 or 9, designing a Lego space station. "AND it's gonna have..." 36815
William Wright @williamw1.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Just waiting to hear what Guy Hands thinks and then my weekend will be made 262
Reposted by William WrightPete Fraser @petefrasermusic.bsky.social · 16/09/2026In the movie version of this, after Piddington runs out of food water and money as a result of leaving the UK, the residents apply for asylum and end up housed in a military base, with HILARIOUS consequences. www.bbc.com/news/article...bbc.comPiddington in Oxfordshire votes to leave UK over asylum plansPiddington residents voted over proposals to house up to 1,256 male asylum seekers nearby 1663526840
Reposted by William WrightPaul J Davies @pauljdavies.bsky.social · 16/09/2026There are two certainties in life: death, and taxes getting the blame when rich people leave the UK. Rokos quitting Britain for Greece sparked more squeals, but data show we should take the billionaire exodus with a huge dose of salt. via @opinion.bloomberg.com www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...bloomberg.comNo, Tax Isn't Driving UK Billionaires to AthensThere are two certainties in life: death, and taxes getting the blame whenever rich people leave the UK. Billionaire hedge fund manager Chris Rokos departing for Greece, where he’ll pay just €100,000 ... 034
William Wright @williamw1.bsky.social · 16/09/2026When I am Prime Minster I will regulate the price of phone charging cables, particularly at airports. 000
William Wright @williamw1.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Double whammy on the train today: politely asked a guy in his twenties to put some headphones on, and then politely asked him to stop filming me with his pervert glasses while he (not so politely) argued with me. But he did turn his phone off. 020
William Wright @williamw1.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Not my main concern, but don’t the guys playing dressing up in black shorts have jobs? 110
William Wright @williamw1.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Many congratulations to the Pakistan under 19 cricket team who absolutely thumped England U19 today after the vile racist demonstration outside their hotel last night www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/s... 020
William Wright @williamw1.bsky.social · 08/09/2026The cabinet and all of their advisers could do worse than have a movie night and watch ‘War Game’, the Storyville documentary on war gaming a repeat of the insurrection on 6 January 2021 www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...bbc.co.ukStoryville - War GameA Storyville documentary that sweeps viewers into an elaborate simulation which dramatically escalates the threat posed in the USA by the Capitol attack on 6 January 2021. 011
Reposted by William WrightGeneral Boles @generalboles.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Want to feel old? This is what The Human League look like these days. 109521
William Wright @williamw1.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Kevin Pietersen getting involved in coaching the England cricket team... www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricke... 010
William Wright @williamw1.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Reform has billionaires falling over themselves to give the party millions of pounds ... and they can't resist grifting for another five or 10 grand? 011
William Wright @williamw1.bsky.social · 02/09/2026It would be fascinating to add pension contributions and healthcare costs to this chart to provide a more accurate comparison. 000
William Wright @williamw1.bsky.social · 01/09/2026Is he joining the Tony Blair Institute? www.politicshome.com/news/article...politicshome.comKeir Starmer Standing Down As MP To Work In International AffairsKeir Starmer is standing down as Labour MP for Holborn and St Pancras, after having resigned as prime minister in June. 020
Reposted by William WrightDanny Fearns @dannyfearns.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Good morning Bluesky ☀️ This is one of the last coal powered sheep. The vast majority of UK sheep are now all electric ⚡️ 14172191756
William Wright @williamw1.bsky.social · 24/08/2026Happy Burning of the White House Day to those who celebrate (24 August 1814) www.history.com/this-day-in-...history.comBritish troops set fire to the White House | August 24, 1814 | HISTORYOn August 24, 1814, during the War of 1812 between the United States and England, British troops enter Washington, D.... 000
William Wright @williamw1.bsky.social · 21/08/2026I am currently considering relocating my family and company to Austria 330
William Wright @williamw1.bsky.social · 17/08/2026What sort of moron forgets to remove the 8” pocket saw from the backpack they use for hiking before trying to take it through security at Gatwick…? 100
William Wright @williamw1.bsky.social · 16/08/2026Somebody at the French athletics federation is going to be out of a job this week 001
William Wright @williamw1.bsky.social · 15/08/2026A great way to cleanse a pretty grim week: took my boys to watch their cricket coach Jonny playing for England Mixed Disability against India at Arundel. Such a beautiful ground, great cricket and a great win www.ecb.co.uk/news/4560092....ecb.co.ukTeam effort puts England ahead at ArundelEngland Men's Mixed Disability side win at Arundel to go 3-2 up in Vitality IT20 Mixed Disability series. 010
Reposted by William WrightTuffy @smtuffy.bsky.social · 11/08/2026I’m sorry but it should be illegal for policymakers/regulators to publish PDFs without a publication date on them. 2221
William Wright @williamw1.bsky.social · 10/08/2026This is marvellous news: the more people who know that their cars / motorbikes can be seized for anti-social driving the better www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukPolice seize limited edition £3.7m Ferrari in supercar crackdownNinety vehicles worth more than £8m were seized in a weekend operation in central London. 613732
William Wright @williamw1.bsky.social · 10/08/2026Dobby dies? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukHarry Potter fans force power link diversion to avoid Dobby's gravePotter fans complained after a project manager suggested cables would go under the grave in a BBC interview. 010