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Jack Seale

@jackseale.bsky.social

Lover of gin, tea, Sunday roasts and curling up with a DVD box set

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Ian Fraser@ianfraser.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Corruption erodes trust, weakens democracy Under the parliamentary code, MPs must disclose donations received in the 12 months prior to being elected, within a month of being elected. Farage didn’t do this with the extra £5m handed over by Chakrit Sakunkrit (ชกฤต สกุลกฤต) aka Christopher Harborne.

Pippa Crerar@pippacrerar.bsky.social · 3mo ago

EXCL: Nigel Farage was given an undisclosed £5m by crypto billionaire Christopher Harborne shortly before announcing he would stand in general election @annaisaac.bsky.social reveals www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Jack Seale@jackseale.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Widow's Bay on AppleTV is properly terrific. Just watched ep4 and I was half-expecting "Written by Reece Shearsmith & Steve Pemberton" (that ep is in fact by Mackenzie Dohr)

Kate O'Flynn in Widow's Bay
Alex Blechman@alexblechman.bsky.social · 4mo ago

It’s inaccurate to say Mario is brave and Luigi is cowardly Luigi is afraid of death, so he runs away from danger. Mario is afraid of living, so he runs towards death. Both brothers are cowards in their own way

Jack Seale@jackseale.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Agonising finish to Bullseye on Challenge just now. Non dart player got 5, 1, T20 = 66. Dart player got 20, 1, 1 = 22. Just go for treble 11 man!! Lost £199 and could have won a holiday to the Dominican Republic 😭

Spelling Mistakes Cost Lives@spellingmistakescostlives.com · 4mo ago

There's something particularly sickening about the way people in media & politics are so eager to take a term that describes a serious problem, like conspiracy theories or antisemitism, and then heedlessly warp the meaning in order to deploy it against their political opponents.

(Picture of vampire) John Rentoul tweet: "This is what I mean. This is a conspiracy theory." over a screenshot of the guardian with words from Hannah Spencer, Green MP: "It's baffling to me that keir starmer and his cabinet can be so unimaginative and lacking in boldness at this point in time. All they need to do is look at how angry people are, look at how much their constituents are suffering, look at the mood of the country. Maybe they don't understand it. Maybe they just don't care. "
Lucy Munro@lucycmunro.bsky.social · 4mo ago

The Athletic News for 2 April 1923 relates that the Orient have drawn 0-0 with Derby in “a game that was of a tame description. With mere hard striving discounting science … the attenuated attendance of 8,000 spectators saw little to inspire them” (1/2) #lofc #lofcpress

A clipping from Athletic News, 2 April 1923, reading: A USEFUL POINT. CLAPTON ORIENT DIVIDE HONOURS AT DERBY. *Derby County … 0. Clapton Orient … 0 CLAPTON ORIENT secured a useful point at the expense of Derby County at the Baseball Ground in a game that was of a tame description. With mere hard striving discounting science, the football never reached a very high standard, and the attenuated attendance of 8,000 spectators saw little to inspire them. Both sides had chances, but relatively those which fell to Clapton were far the easier, and in the second half Bliss missed two fine openings. In fact, weak finishing was often noticeable on both sides. Derby were the more aggressive, but they could not devise ways and means of overcoming a determined if not particularly polished defence. Twice the Clapton goal had narrow escapes. Once in the first half Rosier got his foot to the ball when a shot from Moore had Wood well beaten, while after the interval Murphy hooked the ball on to the crossbar. Paterson, however, did most shooting in the Derby attack. Introduced after a long absence as leader, he strove to keep the game open, and with Thornewell was the pick of the vanguard.
Robert Beard@arjay61.bsky.social · 4mo ago

"One wonders if Westminster etiquette prevents Goodall from even considering the unpalatable alternative, that Starmer hasn’t improved people’s lives because he doesn’t want to, and the above gaffes show his instincts when in power are conservative." www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...

Keir Starmer: Where Did It All Go Wrong? review – is the PM just useless at politics or is it something more sinister?

Westminster insiders try to get to the bottom of Starmer’s awful unpopularity and frequent blunders – but fail to consider less palatable possibilities

theguardian.com

Alan D Alien@alan-d-alien.bsky.social · 4mo ago

"One wonders if Westminster etiquette prevents Goodall from even considering the unpalatable alternative, which is that Starmer hasn’t improved people’s lives because he doesn’t want to"

Keir Starmer: Where Did It All Go Wrong? review – is the PM just useless at politics or is it something more sinister?

Westminster insiders try to get to the bottom of Starmer’s awful unpopularity and frequent blunders – but fail to consider less palatable possibilities

theguardian.com