Ken Matheson

The problem with Justin Webb’s position at the BBC is not just his flagrant bias, or his writing for the Mail, or his audible prejudices, it’s that all those things make him embarrassingly bad at analysing politics. “Left = firebrand = too woke = trouble for Dems” is about his level

Power in the hands of corporations. Computers making decisions. So-called leaders only interested in (over)filling their pockets. What could possibly go wrong? Oh, yeah.......

And yet Trump still sits in the White House. You'll never recover from this USA. What happened to you?

"Dr Haghani explains that a crucial finding was that the fatality risk [of taller vehicles] remained, even in lower-speed crashes. 'These are otherwise survivable crashes that are turning fatal as a result of vehicle design.'” www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09...

A study of 10,000 crashes has found that, for every 10cm of vehicle height, the odds of a pedestrian death rise by 11%. "Big cars have the momentum," say the researchers, "and without any change in policy, the momentum is not going to go away." “Right now, there is no disincentive to buy big.”

via Campbell Finnie

Meta gave $1M to Trump's inauguration fund — and Mark Zuckerberg himsef has helped bankroll Trump's ballroom. Now Trump's DOJ has halted a years-long criminal investigation into allegedly enabling and profiting from illegal drug sales on its platforms. Funny how that works, huh?

a norwegian on Threads posted this and i just don’t know how much more clearly we can emphasize how much Americans are being ripped off by our system which is built to concentrate wealth at the top

"under scrutiny" my arse. More like "fully supported"

Ukrainian civilians - children- dying so Trump can help Putin, And pretend he’s getting useful diesel. What are you going to do about that, Americans 🇺🇸?! He’s doing it in your name. Utterly revolting.

For those playing along at home: To give the appearance of action on the impacts of his humiliating blunder on the world stage, the President of the United States is making a humiliating blunder on the world stage by bailing the Russian president out of a humiliating blunder on the world stage.

That lad, Seixas, is quite good - isn't he? 😳

Definitely no offence to Winfred but isn't the last word in the sub-headline misspelt?

A burning question for me: Will petrolheads be satisfied with an electric car that doesn't make enough noise?

There's a lot of "deep" stuff around.

TNT is killing televised cycling.... for me anyway.

I wonder what history will be taught about the current era in 50 years time? (If we last that long.)

CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1965: 20-1 CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1 CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 325-to-1 Trickle-down economics was always a sham. Nothing has ever trickled down.

Today, in lying: Trump: “The arrest in the UK was fantastic. Working with Britain, it was an amazing job. “We had them under investigation. They were looking to do big damage to our fort, and working with the British worked out great. “We had them under view for a long time, and we got them.”

"Data is good but understanding, perception, feel and common sense will never be replaced by instrumentation and AI." I wrote this 4 years ago, in a longer piece about sport. I now think that I was wrong, but right.

Give up Robbie, you're co-commentating with an idiot.

Anyone get the feeling that humanity has run its course?

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Do it!

Jacob Rees-Mogg has put out a video about how everyone needs to "grow up" and put childhood things behind them and show a bit more backbone and be prepared to do things fir themselves. That's Jacob Rees-Mogg who as an adult ... quite literally went canvassing with his nanny.

I don't think we disdain the center-right enough. First, they rode nativist populist tigers to power to get their tax cuts and deregulation; Then, they lost control of their own parties to those tigers; Now, they sit in lucrative jobs as columnists writing about how it's all the left's fault.

Britain's future relationship with Europe is being debated in Parliament on 12th October. I've just asked my MP to attend. Will you ask yours? www.europeanmovement.co.uk/contact-mp-a...

For those in the UK and other countries where the lie is called a “war on motorists” rather than a “war on cars,” here’s a poster version for you to use and share. Either way, never forget, if there’s REALLY been any war in cities, it’s been a century-long WAR ON WALKING. #UrbanTruth #WarOnWalking

Bilbao is certainly powerful but everything about his riding style seems to be indexed. #vuelta2026

"The vast majority of the civilians [in Gaza] were killed by two groups. One is the lawyers that legitimized the attacks, and the other is the pilots. And these groups are loved by Israel." Neve Gordon, Professor of International Law, on The +972 Podcast.

We're rapidly approaching the perfect storm: - Climate crisis. Tech control. Corporate government. Global financial implosion. Optimism won't save us - what might?

Currently watching Tour of Britain on TNT which has Soudal sealant ads in the breaks. I wonder if Soudal have a product for the so-called-commentator's loose mouth?

I’m currently watching the Tour of Britain riding through the Yorkshire Dales on the roads where my cycling life was born and bred - both just riding and racing. It makes me simultaneously happy and sad.

Boring and greedy.

I'm quite good at forgetting past events in my life; painful memories, difficulties to get through, things I can't do because of age or health. So I've concentrated on present positives and things I can still do. I'm starting to regret that now as a lot of good times got lost with the bad ones.

My new paper weight. Kudos for anyone under 70 who can name it.

Does anyone recognise these paw/hoof prints? They appeared in the ashes of a small garden fire in the UK.

Maybe this is the (Dumb) Data Era?

Charles Moore inadvertently becomes a Lefty. Morning.

"Let’s take stock of what happened here: CBS News executives tried to help the Trump regime whitewash public executions carried out by federal agents."

Here it is. My manifesto for the 2026 Clacton By-Election. It's a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. Join me, clean up Clacton and let's make 13th August Bin Day! #VoteBinface #VoteyMcVoteface #YesWeTinCan

Proudly lying in public with no apparent conscience and no consequence has now become normalised. Shame on all of us for allowing it.

I have never seen a rider go so deep as Mathieu vdP to win the last stage of #TdF2026. Gobsmacking!

The most interesting thing about Right to Buy is it should have meant Councils had loads of money to build new Council Houses But actually they stopped Because Thatcher blocked Councils from using this money to build houses and cut their budget from Government Because of their increased incomes

5w/kg for the grupetto to get 2 mins inside estimated time limit today in #TdF2026 Whether that's on climbs or for the stage human physiology has moved on a lot 🤔 Yeah, right.