Allan Faulds
@afaulds.bsky.social
Hello I used to Tweet but now I only tweet
Extremely Gay, extremely Scottish, mostly angry queerposting, no Yanks in the replies (Nice Americans welcome)
Extremely Gay, extremely Scottish, mostly angry queerposting, no Yanks in the replies (Nice Americans welcome)
This is absolutely transcendent, divine almost, the most perfectly Kemi Badenoch statement: inane and irrelevant in the first place, and on further investigation, incoherent and imbecilic. She could not be less suited to public office but at least she comes with amazing gaffes!
November 28, 2025 at 11:36 AM
This is absolutely transcendent, divine almost, the most perfectly Kemi Badenoch statement: inane and irrelevant in the first place, and on further investigation, incoherent and imbecilic. She could not be less suited to public office but at least she comes with amazing gaffes!
Skipping merrily into a four day weekend, things you love to see
November 27, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Skipping merrily into a four day weekend, things you love to see
The Mansion Tax thing in England is slightly distinct but see also how dodgy campaigning and reporting of proposals to increase Band E-H council tax multipliers in Scotland was met with BUT WHAT ABOUT NICE OLD LADIES WITH NO INCOME, HOW CAN THEY AFFORD A 25% COUNCIL TAX RISE?!
This house tax pretending is making me more insane than usual because as a renter I’ve had to move every 1-3 years just as standard because rents always rise. And no one cares. House owners get a tiny fraction of that precarity and suddenly it’s the worst thing that’s ever happened
November 27, 2025 at 2:04 PM
The Mansion Tax thing in England is slightly distinct but see also how dodgy campaigning and reporting of proposals to increase Band E-H council tax multipliers in Scotland was met with BUT WHAT ABOUT NICE OLD LADIES WITH NO INCOME, HOW CAN THEY AFFORD A 25% COUNCIL TAX RISE?!
Work: Hmmm we def need to do a lot of checks before we okay giving you a new laptop or refurbing the one you've had for five years
Work laptop taking 10 minutes to get me into a Zoom meeting: I am literally dying
Work laptop taking 10 minutes to get me into a Zoom meeting: I am literally dying
November 27, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Work: Hmmm we def need to do a lot of checks before we okay giving you a new laptop or refurbing the one you've had for five years
Work laptop taking 10 minutes to get me into a Zoom meeting: I am literally dying
Work laptop taking 10 minutes to get me into a Zoom meeting: I am literally dying
Or to put this another way, 0.5% of voters say Your Party is the only one they'd vote for. Simply not beating the RISE 2.0 but make it English allegations!
Just 14% of those who would consider voting for Your Party say it is the party they are most likely to consider voting for, including only 4% who are not considering voting for any 'main party' other than Your Party
yougov.co.uk/politics/art...
yougov.co.uk/politics/art...
November 27, 2025 at 9:42 AM
Or to put this another way, 0.5% of voters say Your Party is the only one they'd vote for. Simply not beating the RISE 2.0 but make it English allegations!
Also this is one of the best examples of an "only popular with the public due to how it was framed" policy;
"Do you think FECKLESS BENEFITS SCROUNGERS should have LIMITLESS CHILDREN on YOUR MONEY?!" shrieking for a decade had the intended effect on encouraging backing a two child limit.
"Do you think FECKLESS BENEFITS SCROUNGERS should have LIMITLESS CHILDREN on YOUR MONEY?!" shrieking for a decade had the intended effect on encouraging backing a two child limit.
FINALLY, the two child limit dead and buried as it should be - Shona Robison and Shirley-Anne Somerville presumably just leapt to their feet cheering triumphantly, that's a few hundred mil they won't have to spend mitigating it
November 26, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Also this is one of the best examples of an "only popular with the public due to how it was framed" policy;
"Do you think FECKLESS BENEFITS SCROUNGERS should have LIMITLESS CHILDREN on YOUR MONEY?!" shrieking for a decade had the intended effect on encouraging backing a two child limit.
"Do you think FECKLESS BENEFITS SCROUNGERS should have LIMITLESS CHILDREN on YOUR MONEY?!" shrieking for a decade had the intended effect on encouraging backing a two child limit.
FINALLY, the two child limit dead and buried as it should be - Shona Robison and Shirley-Anne Somerville presumably just leapt to their feet cheering triumphantly, that's a few hundred mil they won't have to spend mitigating it
November 26, 2025 at 1:32 PM
FINALLY, the two child limit dead and buried as it should be - Shona Robison and Shirley-Anne Somerville presumably just leapt to their feet cheering triumphantly, that's a few hundred mil they won't have to spend mitigating it
Revenues from road pricing for electric vehicles - a new UK-wide tax - to be spent on English road maintenance? Peculiar framing... (I mean I assume it wouldn't truly be hypothecated anyway but weird)
November 26, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Revenues from road pricing for electric vehicles - a new UK-wide tax - to be spent on English road maintenance? Peculiar framing... (I mean I assume it wouldn't truly be hypothecated anyway but weird)
In fairness, good to see the tax boot being put into landlords and a closing of the gap between different forms of income
November 26, 2025 at 1:17 PM
In fairness, good to see the tax boot being put into landlords and a closing of the gap between different forms of income
Yes. Is Scotland part of the United Kingdom that will get investment from the UK Government as a matter of course, or do we only get special pat on the head cash when we vote "correctly"? A rotten attitude! It's not good for the Government to imply the latter is the case! For a cheap jibe! Come ON!
will we get less money next year when we don’t make Anas Sarwar First Minister and there’s no need to try and bribe us to any more
November 26, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Yes. Is Scotland part of the United Kingdom that will get investment from the UK Government as a matter of course, or do we only get special pat on the head cash when we vote "correctly"? A rotten attitude! It's not good for the Government to imply the latter is the case! For a cheap jibe! Come ON!
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also: in the hypothetical where it wasn’t formula-driven and they genuinely were providing extra funding to Scotland because their Scottish leader wanted it, that wouldn’t be good! that shouldn’t be how it’s determined!
November 26, 2025 at 12:54 PM
also: in the hypothetical where it wasn’t formula-driven and they genuinely were providing extra funding to Scotland because their Scottish leader wanted it, that wouldn’t be good! that shouldn’t be how it’s determined!
You do have to admit though that given how much of a disaster this budget already was (in terms of narrative and groundwork) it is SCREAMINGLY funny the OBR cockup has just made that vibe even worse, congrats guys, if you wanted to make the Chancellor's life even worse, you have succeeded
November 26, 2025 at 12:35 PM
You do have to admit though that given how much of a disaster this budget already was (in terms of narrative and groundwork) it is SCREAMINGLY funny the OBR cockup has just made that vibe even worse, congrats guys, if you wanted to make the Chancellor's life even worse, you have succeeded
LET'S GET READY TO BUUUUUDGEEEEET*
*Viewers in the devolved nations may need to wait up to six weeks before they can fully budget
*Viewers in the devolved nations may need to wait up to six weeks before they can fully budget
November 26, 2025 at 12:25 PM
LET'S GET READY TO BUUUUUDGEEEEET*
*Viewers in the devolved nations may need to wait up to six weeks before they can fully budget
*Viewers in the devolved nations may need to wait up to six weeks before they can fully budget
I know I have been pretty More in Common hostile in general but a further ramping up of that: it feels rather like some of what it polls on is mostly about proving their poll guy to be a very clever analyst, given he was giving it BUT THIS WOULD BE A MASSIVE LOSS OF TRUST re: tax rises
People think Labour breaking the manifesto pledge on tax would be *more damaging* than the Liz Truss mini-budget and Partygate?
November 26, 2025 at 12:05 PM
I know I have been pretty More in Common hostile in general but a further ramping up of that: it feels rather like some of what it polls on is mostly about proving their poll guy to be a very clever analyst, given he was giving it BUT THIS WOULD BE A MASSIVE LOSS OF TRUST re: tax rises
Honestly the platonic ideal of a Yankpost here: sees someone critical of a far-right swing, assumes it's about their country, agrees it's terrible. Then gets told its about a different country, at which point the switch to telling us we apparently can't complain about our own heinous government!
November 25, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Honestly the platonic ideal of a Yankpost here: sees someone critical of a far-right swing, assumes it's about their country, agrees it's terrible. Then gets told its about a different country, at which point the switch to telling us we apparently can't complain about our own heinous government!
Emailing work IT after getting an obviously scam email that could either be real scam or test scam like I deserve a little reward for not being scammed
November 25, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Emailing work IT after getting an obviously scam email that could either be real scam or test scam like I deserve a little reward for not being scammed
Not to keep girning about the same thing but it occurs to me it has been a month since the Caerphilly Senedd by-election and there has been no Welsh poll and no credible Scottish poll since.
It is less than six months until the Scottish and Welsh Parliaments are elected. Complete contempt!
It is less than six months until the Scottish and Welsh Parliaments are elected. Complete contempt!
November 25, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Not to keep girning about the same thing but it occurs to me it has been a month since the Caerphilly Senedd by-election and there has been no Welsh poll and no credible Scottish poll since.
It is less than six months until the Scottish and Welsh Parliaments are elected. Complete contempt!
It is less than six months until the Scottish and Welsh Parliaments are elected. Complete contempt!
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yes I don't really see how you can go "oh yikes these people have changed their political views incredibly quickly, mostly because of what Very Online people talk about on social media" and also think that people who went from never talking about gender to calling trans women predators are....normal
I don’t like subtweeting people I consider online friends, but there is a subset of people who are very worried about the ongoing radicalisation of our political elite but won’t ever acknowledge the echoes with the radicalisation of their colleagues on trans rights
And few who are sympathetic to us, some who are friendly with me on here, will ever stick their head above the parapet
November 25, 2025 at 12:55 PM
yes I don't really see how you can go "oh yikes these people have changed their political views incredibly quickly, mostly because of what Very Online people talk about on social media" and also think that people who went from never talking about gender to calling trans women predators are....normal
From the country that brought you "we want Nordic style public service provision with American style personal taxation", we bring you Nordic style political diversity with an American style electoral system
📊 Ref lead of 6pts
Westminster voting intention
REF: 25% (-2)
LAB: 19% (-)
CON: 18% (+1)
GRN: 16% (-1)
LDEM: 15% (+2)
via @YouGov, 30 Dec
Chgs. w/ 17 Nov
britainelects.com
Westminster voting intention
REF: 25% (-2)
LAB: 19% (-)
CON: 18% (+1)
GRN: 16% (-1)
LDEM: 15% (+2)
via @YouGov, 30 Dec
Chgs. w/ 17 Nov
britainelects.com
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November 25, 2025 at 2:37 PM
From the country that brought you "we want Nordic style public service provision with American style personal taxation", we bring you Nordic style political diversity with an American style electoral system
I do try not to get too alarmist but I do have an increasing concern about the possibility of a major collapse in institutional legitimacy (government, courts, media) arising from what is a pretty undeniable shift on their part to the far right positions on most social issues
November 25, 2025 at 12:47 PM
I do try not to get too alarmist but I do have an increasing concern about the possibility of a major collapse in institutional legitimacy (government, courts, media) arising from what is a pretty undeniable shift on their part to the far right positions on most social issues
Mind when the Political Editor at the national broadcaster forgot the Conservatives gave us three PMs in three months when he said the SNP's three FMs in a year was somehow worse?
Top rate indeed
Top rate indeed
November 24, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Mind when the Political Editor at the national broadcaster forgot the Conservatives gave us three PMs in three months when he said the SNP's three FMs in a year was somehow worse?
Top rate indeed
Top rate indeed
Man shocked to discover 45 minute walk in the dark less enjoyable than 45 minute cycle in the sun at lunchtime would have been (the winterposting will continue until orbital position improves, or catastrophic change in axial tilt occurs)
November 24, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Man shocked to discover 45 minute walk in the dark less enjoyable than 45 minute cycle in the sun at lunchtime would have been (the winterposting will continue until orbital position improves, or catastrophic change in axial tilt occurs)
Seasonal reminder to people who live alone that you should buy some painkillers on your next few supermarket runs, because you WILL be struck down with a plague in the next few weeks and don't want to be caught short xoxo
I have no reasons for issuing this PSA
I have no reasons for issuing this PSA
November 24, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Seasonal reminder to people who live alone that you should buy some painkillers on your next few supermarket runs, because you WILL be struck down with a plague in the next few weeks and don't want to be caught short xoxo
I have no reasons for issuing this PSA
I have no reasons for issuing this PSA
Phone goes, it's my mum:
"Are you in? I'm in the vicinity with a pal, do you want a visit?
Of course, yes, come by
"Great. Also, I have a favour to ask"
OH I SEE HOW IT IS, MOTHER
"Are you in? I'm in the vicinity with a pal, do you want a visit?
Of course, yes, come by
"Great. Also, I have a favour to ask"
OH I SEE HOW IT IS, MOTHER
November 23, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Phone goes, it's my mum:
"Are you in? I'm in the vicinity with a pal, do you want a visit?
Of course, yes, come by
"Great. Also, I have a favour to ask"
OH I SEE HOW IT IS, MOTHER
"Are you in? I'm in the vicinity with a pal, do you want a visit?
Of course, yes, come by
"Great. Also, I have a favour to ask"
OH I SEE HOW IT IS, MOTHER