Lloyd Shepherd
@lloydshepherd.com
Books like The English Monster. Podcasts at The Curiously Specific Book Club
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The Bowie film was ok, but didn’t really tell us anything we didn’t already know - except perhaps that hardly any of the women in his life seem to want to come forward and talk about him. Meanwhile a lot of old men gas on and on. boxd.it/cDGE15
A ★★★½ review of Bowie: The Final Act (2025)
I can’t say this added much about Bowie that isn’t already in the public domain. There’s an impressive array of talking heads, almost exclusively men of a certain age. It’s telling, perhaps, that so f...
boxd.it
January 15, 2026 at 10:17 AM
The Bowie film was ok, but didn’t really tell us anything we didn’t already know - except perhaps that hardly any of the women in his life seem to want to come forward and talk about him. Meanwhile a lot of old men gas on and on. boxd.it/cDGE15
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Not just policymakers
It amazes me that so-called "serious folk" in the US are failing to realise that the next two generations of European policymakers are going to be incredibly more inclined towards anti-Americanism than any generation since the interwar era.
Folks in the US still like to treat the whole Greenland invasion stuff as sufficiently unserious to engage with, but it is sufficiently serious that NATO allies are actively deploying tripwire forces to deter the US. That is *already* a political and actual cost to them, and to US relationships
January 15, 2026 at 1:46 AM
Not just policymakers
Kosovo? BARBADOS???
Sec. Marco Rubio freezes all visa processing indefinitely from 75 countries:
January 14, 2026 at 6:16 PM
Kosovo? BARBADOS???
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🚨🚨Breaking: "Sweden has sent military to Greenland".
Denmark's message: The Kingdom's soldiers will shoot back if Greenland is attacked.
"It is at the request of Denmark," writes PM Ulf Kristersson. 🧵
www.expressen.se/nyheter/varl...
Denmark's message: The Kingdom's soldiers will shoot back if Greenland is attacked.
"It is at the request of Denmark," writes PM Ulf Kristersson. 🧵
www.expressen.se/nyheter/varl...
JUST NU: Danska beskedet – skjuter tillbaka vid attack
Danmarks besked: Kungarikets soldater skjuter tillbaka om Grönland attackeras. Sverige har skickat militär till ön – mitt i den inflammerade dragkampen om den. ”Det är på förfrågan från Danmark”, skri...
www.expressen.se
January 14, 2026 at 5:25 PM
🚨🚨Breaking: "Sweden has sent military to Greenland".
Denmark's message: The Kingdom's soldiers will shoot back if Greenland is attacked.
"It is at the request of Denmark," writes PM Ulf Kristersson. 🧵
www.expressen.se/nyheter/varl...
Denmark's message: The Kingdom's soldiers will shoot back if Greenland is attacked.
"It is at the request of Denmark," writes PM Ulf Kristersson. 🧵
www.expressen.se/nyheter/varl...
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Absolutely screaming. Tommy Robinson deleted his post. I presume after he was informed that ads on YT are dependent on his own activities.
January 14, 2026 at 12:20 PM
Absolutely screaming. Tommy Robinson deleted his post. I presume after he was informed that ads on YT are dependent on his own activities.
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Did you see the claim from the Government in the House of Lords that "10.8 million families use X as their main news source"?
Well, the government has admitted it was wrong.
I investigated for Radio 4's More or Less - you can hear it here, starting at 14:55.
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Well, the government has admitted it was wrong.
I investigated for Radio 4's More or Less - you can hear it here, starting at 14:55.
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
More or Less - Have more than 100 private schools been forced to close because of VAT? - BBC Sounds
Tim Harford investigates closing schools, X users, Covid deaths and churchgoers
www.bbc.co.uk
January 14, 2026 at 9:40 AM
Did you see the claim from the Government in the House of Lords that "10.8 million families use X as their main news source"?
Well, the government has admitted it was wrong.
I investigated for Radio 4's More or Less - you can hear it here, starting at 14:55.
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Well, the government has admitted it was wrong.
I investigated for Radio 4's More or Less - you can hear it here, starting at 14:55.
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
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I never loved the plan in the first place but this really is pathetic.
January 13, 2026 at 6:50 PM
I never loved the plan in the first place but this really is pathetic.
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Sport England suspends X account over abuse of women and girls
www.bbc.co.uk/sport/articl...
www.bbc.co.uk/sport/articl...
Sport England suspends X account over 'abhorrent' output
Public funding agency Sport England suspends its account on Elon Musk's X, claiming it
www.bbc.co.uk
January 13, 2026 at 6:27 PM
Sport England suspends X account over abuse of women and girls
www.bbc.co.uk/sport/articl...
www.bbc.co.uk/sport/articl...
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The emerging conservative vision of social media is a complete black-out until you hit your 16th birthday, after which you get to exercise 'free speech' by creating deep fake child porn
January 11, 2026 at 8:34 PM
The emerging conservative vision of social media is a complete black-out until you hit your 16th birthday, after which you get to exercise 'free speech' by creating deep fake child porn
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Credit to the tiny number of male MPs who bothered to show up to the X statement and questions, clearly a lot of their colleagues don't give a shit.
January 12, 2026 at 5:40 PM
Credit to the tiny number of male MPs who bothered to show up to the X statement and questions, clearly a lot of their colleagues don't give a shit.
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Confirmed. Two urgent questions first so probably 445/5pm? And it will be given by the lovely Kanishka Narayan, one of the ministers in DSIT
Looks like there will be a ministerial statement by Liz Kendall the DSIT secretary (it’s DSIT not DCMS btw) in the Commons after 3.30pm (depending on whether there are UQs or other statements) about X. MPs may ask questions but not make speeches
January 12, 2026 at 1:42 PM
Confirmed. Two urgent questions first so probably 445/5pm? And it will be given by the lovely Kanishka Narayan, one of the ministers in DSIT
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Amazingly, Zahawi only got round to deleting the below after the press conference announcing his defection to Reform.
January 12, 2026 at 12:09 PM
Amazingly, Zahawi only got round to deleting the below after the press conference announcing his defection to Reform.
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a decade is a long time in politics
January 12, 2026 at 11:55 AM
a decade is a long time in politics
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our profile of Nadhim Zahawi from 2023, including
- his friendship with author-turned-jailbird Jeffrey Archer
- his HMRC settlement of nearly £5mn, made up of £3.7mn of unpaid taxes, a £1.1mn fine and some interest
- his work as an oil industry fixer *while* a Tory MP
www.ft.com/content/9a49...
- his friendship with author-turned-jailbird Jeffrey Archer
- his HMRC settlement of nearly £5mn, made up of £3.7mn of unpaid taxes, a £1.1mn fine and some interest
- his work as an oil industry fixer *while* a Tory MP
www.ft.com/content/9a49...
From Iraqi oilfields to Tory HQ: how Nadhim Zahawi mixed business and politics
The UK Conservative party chair’s tax travails are the latest chapter in a career that has brought him great wealth
www.ft.com
January 12, 2026 at 11:59 AM
our profile of Nadhim Zahawi from 2023, including
- his friendship with author-turned-jailbird Jeffrey Archer
- his HMRC settlement of nearly £5mn, made up of £3.7mn of unpaid taxes, a £1.1mn fine and some interest
- his work as an oil industry fixer *while* a Tory MP
www.ft.com/content/9a49...
- his friendship with author-turned-jailbird Jeffrey Archer
- his HMRC settlement of nearly £5mn, made up of £3.7mn of unpaid taxes, a £1.1mn fine and some interest
- his work as an oil industry fixer *while* a Tory MP
www.ft.com/content/9a49...
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Do you know how many Labour MPs are now on Bluesky?
It's now over 300 out of the 400 or so MPs!
And many do post!
I've created starter packs and a list!
Firstly the list:
bsky.app/profile/did:...
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It's now over 300 out of the 400 or so MPs!
And many do post!
I've created starter packs and a list!
Firstly the list:
bsky.app/profile/did:...
1/5
January 11, 2026 at 6:40 PM
Do you know how many Labour MPs are now on Bluesky?
It's now over 300 out of the 400 or so MPs!
And many do post!
I've created starter packs and a list!
Firstly the list:
bsky.app/profile/did:...
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It's now over 300 out of the 400 or so MPs!
And many do post!
I've created starter packs and a list!
Firstly the list:
bsky.app/profile/did:...
1/5
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Labour did very little in the way of serious thinking about health policy in opposition and barely any before deciding “electives” was the first of the various fires in the NHS to put out, and now the die is cast on that one.
As I've said before the lack of focus on A&E in govt plans is bewildering even just from a political perspective. For many people it's their most viseral and memorable interaction with the state.
This week an elderly woman died alone on a trolley in a hospital corridor, with desperate, exhausted staff unable to tend to her
This is the reality in our NHS right now and for those on the front line, it’s horrifying
This is the reality in our NHS right now and for those on the front line, it’s horrifying
January 11, 2026 at 10:55 AM
Labour did very little in the way of serious thinking about health policy in opposition and barely any before deciding “electives” was the first of the various fires in the NHS to put out, and now the die is cast on that one.
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People fleeing shitter has at least shifted the needle on Fesshole on Bluesky and finally pipped it over 100k, as it was stuck on 99k for bloody ages. Anyway, refugees should follow all my terrible accounts, especially @grokofshit.bsky.social and @tinfoil-matt.bsky.social as they're the most recent
January 11, 2026 at 9:53 AM
People fleeing shitter has at least shifted the needle on Fesshole on Bluesky and finally pipped it over 100k, as it was stuck on 99k for bloody ages. Anyway, refugees should follow all my terrible accounts, especially @grokofshit.bsky.social and @tinfoil-matt.bsky.social as they're the most recent
This grifter is costing us money even when he’s nowhere near being in power. He’s like a permanent drag on Britain. As well as just being a drag.
Fairy nuff
EU demands ‘Farage clause’ as part of Brexit reset talks with Britain - as.ft.com/r/a876ac5a-8...
EU demands ‘Farage clause’ as part of Brexit reset talks with Britain - as.ft.com/r/a876ac5a-8...
EU demands ‘Farage clause’ as part of Brexit reset talks with Britain
[FREE TO READ] Brussels wants insurance in the event that Reform UK wins the next election
as.ft.com
January 11, 2026 at 9:36 AM
This grifter is costing us money even when he’s nowhere near being in power. He’s like a permanent drag on Britain. As well as just being a drag.
I stopped watching his films after The Shape of Water, about which I am still annoyed.
Midway through Frankenstein (2025), thus far a strong contender for the most boring film ever made
January 10, 2026 at 5:44 PM
I stopped watching his films after The Shape of Water, about which I am still annoyed.
Guardiola has always been a spiteful little bully, hasn’t he?
January 10, 2026 at 5:13 PM
Guardiola has always been a spiteful little bully, hasn’t he?
Every single VOD app I use has a Continue Watching rail on the first screen. Except YouTube. It’s enraging.
January 10, 2026 at 4:43 PM
Every single VOD app I use has a Continue Watching rail on the first screen. Except YouTube. It’s enraging.
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Atwood: men are afraid that women will laugh at them. Women are afraid that men will kill them.
The Times: and both those things are equally bad 🥺
The Times: and both those things are equally bad 🥺
January 10, 2026 at 10:50 AM
Atwood: men are afraid that women will laugh at them. Women are afraid that men will kill them.
The Times: and both those things are equally bad 🥺
The Times: and both those things are equally bad 🥺
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X is not some neutral platform on which we can all jostle for space. It is itself an active agent in all this. The Nazis haven't occupied it - they ARE it.
If women quit X because of Grok’s deepfake nudes, the predators win – so I’m staying
If women quit X because of Grok’s deepfake nudes, the predators win – so I’m staying
If women quit X because of Grok’s deepfake nudes, the predators win – so I’m staying
www.independent.co.uk
January 10, 2026 at 1:02 PM
X is not some neutral platform on which we can all jostle for space. It is itself an active agent in all this. The Nazis haven't occupied it - they ARE it.