Phil Tinline

Big day today for ending centuries of secrecy about who owns our land! A new government consultation will propose revealing who owns the vast majority of England and Wales. To get this over the line, I’ll need your help to send in supportive evidence! www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

Who's the populist?

And conspiracists - "war-mad Fabians and globalists". FFS.

Business leaders have been making this tedious schoolboy category mistake on and off for over a century. This guy should read up on John Davies. Or if he can't be bothered, he could just take a glance across the Atlantic.

In Brazil, Supreme Court Judge Alexandre de Moraes issues an order: Flávio Bolsonaro, who just lost the presidential election to the incumbent Lula, stands charged with money laundering. He must surrender his passports and may not leave the country as the case is prepared for trial.

Wasn't this the newspaper which spiked a cartoon of its owner genuflecting before King Donald? www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...

The competence of the authoritarian side isn't usually analzyed because the paradigmatic cases feature talented political minds — Orban, Chavez, Modi, Netanyahu, and (early) Erdogan. The US case is exceptional. Trump is a savant at controlling the GOP but a total policy idiot.

I agree with this in broad strokes, but the underlying connective tissue here is more of a character problem: this administration is simply bad at authoritarianism. Their policy judgment and execution has been ham-handed and incompetent because *they* are ham-handed and incompetent

Important to remember, when this nightmare is over and America is rebuilding a functioning democracy, exactly who had the power to resist, but chose narrow self-interest. And to prioritise their claims for preference accordingly.

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Given Meta's alleged interference, it's quite cute they used WhatsApp.

I wish someone would ask him to name one election that he thinks was rigged in which someone he approved of won

Or in some cases, order them *not* to do said little projects

Is he seriously relying on the claim that Ukraine hitting Russian botfarms caused a massive reduction in social media criticism of Flock? I thought that whole claim was discredited.

Rachel Reeves there, driving a truck into butchers' shops and estate agents and making off with the loot. Honestly, get a new, less rubbish metaphor.

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Does he genuinely think that who is in government in the US has no effect on the rest of the world? Would be entertained to see this argument set out in detail, perhaps using interpretative dance

The Great Free Speech Absolutist

Wow. "Lula, 80, had said the election was a matter of "sovereignty" and people faced a choice between someone who kissed the Brazilian flag and someone who kissed the American flag." Zelenskyy---Carney---Lula www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cm...

So it turns out you can be chief executive of Yahoo and not be able to string a sentence together to describe your own child.

Very glad to hear that Elon Musk is a stickler for details on contractor – government relationships. Could come in handy later.

Next time any lobbyist for a tech company starts whining that regulating them is a violation of free speech:

FATHERLAND is an austere, compelling trip thru the ruined Germany of 1949. The real ruins are long gone. But in the late 40s, Hollywood directors like Billy Wilder went & shot major movies in them. Why? My latest @foreignpolicy.com h/t @beijingpalmer.bsky.social foreignpolicy.com/2026/10/23/f...

Surely she doesn't feel *that* guilty www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...

some of the hysteria here seems to ignore the fact that this is *optional*? if it looks like it will damage local tourism, mayors can just... not do it! they can change their minds!

FFS, now I have a load more films to watch… Excellent article.

Looking forward to the thoughts of these men on why the Democratic People's Republic of Korea is a democracy.

FATHERLAND is an austere, compelling trip thru the ruined Germany of 1949. The real ruins are long gone. But in the late 40s, Hollywood directors like Billy Wilder went & shot major movies in them. Why? My latest @foreignpolicy.com h/t @beijingpalmer.bsky.social foreignpolicy.com/2026/10/23/f...

The face, voice and coping strategies of abusers through the ages. This individual should never have been allowed anywhere near power of any kind. But, looking forward to British columnists explaining why they're too sophisticated to have a problem with this.

This is cheering to see. After this he deserves zero votes and permanent banishment from public life.

Four attack lines in 10 seconds, then positives, all in under 30. Watch and learn.

'Performing' is the word. The SPE isn't exactly a byword in reliable research. But it told a story people wanted to hear. (Also not sure how newsworthy this is. The BBC did a TV spin on this years ago, albeit w. important differences: www.bbcprisonstudy.org) www.washingtonpost.com/style/2026/1...

Striking that one emergency Streeting is warning people to prepare for is a cyberattack that hits supermarket payment systems. In 1940, Germany attacked British food supplies and the govt introduced rationing, but one thing we didn't need to worry about: stealth Nazi sabotage of cash registers.

Tick tock

We regret to inform you we broke the world.

The sitcom showcases creator Leo Reich's generational talent

Would genuinely be interested to know what this person makes of his protégé the vice president insinuating that James Talarico is gay and therefore a bad candidate for the Senate.

"Why do the racists insist on joining our party?" weeps Reform UK, as Reform UK hosts a noted racist

I think by comparison with this, public service broadcasting is fine thanks.

Nor have I in the US. It depends entirely on where you live.

Lived in London, Scotland, Sussex. Voted since the early 80s. Never walked more than 5 mins - including in fairly rural Scotland. Never queued. No machine, pencil to paper. Bish, bash, bosh.