Dan Martin

Can we get rid of Tactics Tommy now, please?

Typically good Bagehot from @duncanrobinson.bsky.social Must Leeds always lose?  www.economist.com/britain/2025... But…

@samcoatessky.bsky.social was expressing his astonishment yesterday on Sky News that the PM had singled out one judicial review applicant to blame for the legal challenges bedevilling infrastructure projects. Let’s fix that 😈 Here’s a story that starts with a man shut in his cellar.

If you're interested in energy/climate you've probably heard the nugget that "kerosene/crude oil helped save the whales", by reducing demand for whale oil in lanterns. I've even trotted it out myself🤦‍♂️ But it turns out it's NOT true. Here's what actually happened edconway.substack.com/p/no-kerosen...

Since the HS2 bat tunnel is back in the news (turns out it may actually kill the bats), time for one more story. Which came first – HS2 or the bats?🚄🦇🧵

Massive away win for the little fella.

In Britain they’d be about a quarter of the way through planning permission by now, confronting a gaggle of local retirees with too much time on their hands who never wanted a cathedral there anyway.

I've been sitting on this picture for a while. I think a new master in the art of punctuation has announced themselves.

Brilliantly powerful writing from James Rebanks (@herdyshepherd.bsky.social) as ever. Given the media reporting you'd be forgiven for thinking farmers just want to keep their £millions from inheritance tax. The truth is far different. unherd.com/2024/11/a-fa...

This place is getting seriously good; and this is better than good, just magnificent.

Deserves to be shared on Bluesky too. The funniest video of all time.