James O'Malley
@jamesomalley.co.uk
@Psythor on Twitter. Freelance writer covering politics/tech/nerd stuff.
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Read my content: takes.jamesomalley.co.uk
Yes, I inevitably have a podcast too: abundancepod.com
Free the Postcode Address File!
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Self-driving cars and why I think they might fix England's unusually weak second city economies. tomforth.co.uk/selfdrivingc...
Self-driving cars in England’s big cities.
Self-driving cars might make England's big cities rich again. Maybe.
tomforth.co.uk
November 30, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Self-driving cars and why I think they might fix England's unusually weak second city economies. tomforth.co.uk/selfdrivingc...
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Honestly it's funny that he is *quite literally* saying "deregulate and reduce the burden of taxation on business to create jobs" and nobody on the left will criticise him. Good.
Soon small businesses won’t have to wait for Small Business Saturday to get attention from their Mayor.
Some changes that they can look forward to:
Some changes that they can look forward to:
November 29, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Honestly it's funny that he is *quite literally* saying "deregulate and reduce the burden of taxation on business to create jobs" and nobody on the left will criticise him. Good.
Substack is a great platform and a great product, and the reason high-status tastemakers don't like it is because they can't set the boundaries of acceptable opinions by applying social pressure, as they could with pre-Elon Twitter.
not doing this to start beef but I mean come on - I spent much of my tough first years as a freelancer trying hard not to write for publications that felt too objectionable, I lost a noticeable amount of my income when I left Twitter - journalists do have rent to pay! everywhere sucks these days!
November 29, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Substack is a great platform and a great product, and the reason high-status tastemakers don't like it is because they can't set the boundaries of acceptable opinions by applying social pressure, as they could with pre-Elon Twitter.
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In principle decorating your restaurant kiosk with newspapers is quite fun.
But it’s quite a choice to plaster “MANDELA DEAD” on the wall!
But it’s quite a choice to plaster “MANDELA DEAD” on the wall!
November 29, 2025 at 7:14 PM
In principle decorating your restaurant kiosk with newspapers is quite fun.
But it’s quite a choice to plaster “MANDELA DEAD” on the wall!
But it’s quite a choice to plaster “MANDELA DEAD” on the wall!
Just having a little cry as I realise this enormous historic house in northern Scotland, which a smart-home YouTuber just bought, cost less than my small, semi-detached house in Kent.
www.shepherd.co.uk/property/hig...
www.shepherd.co.uk/property/hig...
Highfield House, Northfield Terrace, Elgin, Moray - Shepherd Chartered Surveyors
The subjects comprise a substantial 'Grade B Listed' detached building with rear extensions and an annex formerly operated as offices and a Medical Centre arranged over lower ground, ground, first, an...
www.shepherd.co.uk
November 29, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Just having a little cry as I realise this enormous historic house in northern Scotland, which a smart-home YouTuber just bought, cost less than my small, semi-detached house in Kent.
www.shepherd.co.uk/property/hig...
www.shepherd.co.uk/property/hig...
In principle decorating your restaurant kiosk with newspapers is quite fun.
But it’s quite a choice to plaster “MANDELA DEAD” on the wall!
But it’s quite a choice to plaster “MANDELA DEAD” on the wall!
November 29, 2025 at 7:14 PM
In principle decorating your restaurant kiosk with newspapers is quite fun.
But it’s quite a choice to plaster “MANDELA DEAD” on the wall!
But it’s quite a choice to plaster “MANDELA DEAD” on the wall!
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You bolt awake in the mountains of Carthage. You are not online. It is 217BC. You are the general Hannibal, and you have changed your mind. The future cannot come to pass. Rome must burn.
Tomorrow Grimes will DJ a livestream of immortality influencer Bryan Johnson tripping on shrooms to determine its effect on longevity. Mr. Beast and the CEO of Salesforce will be there too.
Grimes DJing Immortality Influencer's Shroom Trip With Special Guest Mr. Beast
Grimes is a fan of Bryan Johnson, the multimillionaire and immortality influencer who spends his time trying to fight death. He is perhaps best known for undergoing plasma transfusions with donations ...
stereogum.com
November 29, 2025 at 5:32 PM
You bolt awake in the mountains of Carthage. You are not online. It is 217BC. You are the general Hannibal, and you have changed your mind. The future cannot come to pass. Rome must burn.
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Any takers for the Greens? We're one short of a full set
November 29, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Any takers for the Greens? We're one short of a full set
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Workers of the world unite. You have nothing to lose but your chiens.
Independent MP Ayoub Khan has told PolHome he was once forced to kill a dog with his hands to save the life of a baby
He spoke to Tom Scotson at Your Party conference in Liverpool
He spoke to Tom Scotson at Your Party conference in Liverpool
Your Party MP Ayoub Khan Killed Dog To Save A Baby's Life
Independent MP Ayoub Khan has told PoliticsHome he once killed a dog with his hands to save a child’s life.
www.politicshome.com
November 29, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Workers of the world unite. You have nothing to lose but your chiens.
How does this keep getting better? I mean, aside from for the poor dog.
Independent MP Ayoub Khan has told PolHome he was once forced to kill a dog with his hands to save the life of a baby
He spoke to Tom Scotson at Your Party conference in Liverpool
He spoke to Tom Scotson at Your Party conference in Liverpool
Your Party MP Ayoub Khan Killed Dog To Save A Baby's Life
Independent MP Ayoub Khan has told PoliticsHome he once killed a dog with his hands to save a child’s life.
www.politicshome.com
November 29, 2025 at 5:33 PM
How does this keep getting better? I mean, aside from for the poor dog.
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Jeremy Corbyn is talking about the importance of inflation index-linking pensions to this group
November 29, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Jeremy Corbyn is talking about the importance of inflation index-linking pensions to this group
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Say what you like about Change UK, at least they managed a dinner
November 29, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Say what you like about Change UK, at least they managed a dinner
Please can we have a Your Party conference every weekend?
November 29, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Please can we have a Your Party conference every weekend?
Cope: AI video will never be as entertaining as real video.
AI:
AI:
November 29, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Cope: AI video will never be as entertaining as real video.
AI:
AI:
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Niche objection to the SWP, perhaps.
November 29, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Niche objection to the SWP, perhaps.
Imagine seeing this shambles and thinking "yes, these are the people I'd like to manage a planned economy".
Huge cheers as a speaker at Your Party conference shouts "no witch hunts, no expulsions" on stage and calls for all members of other socialist/communist groups to be allowed into the party (many have been booted out in recent weeks)
Many are astounded Corbyn's allies have expelled many Trotskyists.
Many are astounded Corbyn's allies have expelled many Trotskyists.
November 29, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Imagine seeing this shambles and thinking "yes, these are the people I'd like to manage a planned economy".
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We really, really need a public information campaign to explain that one million pounds is actually not a large amount of money at all. £15.8 million, the total cost of all medical taxi journeys, is about one third of the cost of building one new Tesco Extra. www.building.co.uk/news/patton-...
November 29, 2025 at 9:18 AM
We really, really need a public information campaign to explain that one million pounds is actually not a large amount of money at all. £15.8 million, the total cost of all medical taxi journeys, is about one third of the cost of building one new Tesco Extra. www.building.co.uk/news/patton-...
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I keep a little mental library of "How much government projects cost", and my favourite benchmark (which even I think seems quite wildly inflated) is £130 million to upgrade one roundabout in Gateshead. Anything cheaper than £130m feels trivial to me now. www.gov.uk/government/n...
£130 million upgrade set to unlock huge benefits for thriving North East
After more than a million hours of work – around 60 per cent of that time coming from a local workforce – a £130 million junction improvement in the North East is complete.
www.gov.uk
November 29, 2025 at 9:38 AM
I keep a little mental library of "How much government projects cost", and my favourite benchmark (which even I think seems quite wildly inflated) is £130 million to upgrade one roundabout in Gateshead. Anything cheaper than £130m feels trivial to me now. www.gov.uk/government/n...
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i hope this email finds you well
November 28, 2025 at 6:27 PM
i hope this email finds you well
Don’t worry I’m sure there will be reliable public transport available to make up for this.
…Right?
…Right?
What the fuck? Every paragraph of this article is more depressing and aggravating than the last
Government to ban asylum seekers from using taxis
The ban is set to come in February and any exemptions will have to be signed off by the Home Office.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 29, 2025 at 9:37 AM
Don’t worry I’m sure there will be reliable public transport available to make up for this.
…Right?
…Right?
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“I was just following otters.”
November 28, 2025 at 9:09 PM
“I was just following otters.”
The worst thing is she didn’t even make the title a pun on “Moore”!
November 28, 2025 at 10:17 PM
The worst thing is she didn’t even make the title a pun on “Moore”!
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Poor Josh won’t be able to save more than £12k a year tax free! However will he cope?
Josh Hall, 20, is 'worried' about how the cash ISA allowance cut announced in Wednesday’s Budget will affect his long-term savings plans
➡#Read More: trib.al/UPCzygg
➡#Read More: trib.al/UPCzygg
November 28, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Poor Josh won’t be able to save more than £12k a year tax free! However will he cope?
Such a shame to see this prime solar farm land blighted by such low-yield agriculture.
November 28, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Such a shame to see this prime solar farm land blighted by such low-yield agriculture.
Yep. So annoying when lobby journalists are like "So sorry, to explain this gossip about two cabinet ministers who hate each other we're going to have to talk about boring old policy. Uh-oh! Looks like these poindexters are going to use some numbers!"
I don't think it's all of it by any measure but I do absolutely believe that the political media's raging anti-intellectual streak has got worse with time and has ended up influencing the way MPs talk, and what they choose to talk/think about
I don’t think this is a “politicians have got dumber” issue for the most part. If you look at the *actual CVs* of previous cohorts of MPs, their background is not radically different when you account for, you know, the fact the economy is different! It is primarily a media and ecosystem issue.
November 28, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Yep. So annoying when lobby journalists are like "So sorry, to explain this gossip about two cabinet ministers who hate each other we're going to have to talk about boring old policy. Uh-oh! Looks like these poindexters are going to use some numbers!"