Tom Vamos
@tom.loopy.co.uk
Perma-cheery baldie muso in Winchester, UK. Keys, harmonica, guitar and dodgy backing vocals in Bang Bang Town, Ska Dogs and Loopy
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For over a year, polls have put Hungary’s opposition party ahead of Viktor Orban’s. But a big lead in the polls is no guarantee of an election victory
Viktor Orban may lose his next election
He trails in polls, but the rules favour Trump’s man in Hungary
econ.st
February 1, 2026 at 1:40 PM
For over a year, polls have put Hungary’s opposition party ahead of Viktor Orban’s. But a big lead in the polls is no guarantee of an election victory
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A List of Complaints from 1926
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January 31, 2026 at 2:31 PM
A List of Complaints from 1926
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Finally moved my 'always on' pedals to the back.
Seems obvious but ridiculously it took me some time to make the change.
No more accidentally kicking in the tuner (and killing the sound mid-gig 😬) when going for a bit of overdrive as they used to be right next to each other.
Seems obvious but ridiculously it took me some time to make the change.
No more accidentally kicking in the tuner (and killing the sound mid-gig 😬) when going for a bit of overdrive as they used to be right next to each other.
January 25, 2026 at 11:49 AM
Finally moved my 'always on' pedals to the back.
Seems obvious but ridiculously it took me some time to make the change.
No more accidentally kicking in the tuner (and killing the sound mid-gig 😬) when going for a bit of overdrive as they used to be right next to each other.
Seems obvious but ridiculously it took me some time to make the change.
No more accidentally kicking in the tuner (and killing the sound mid-gig 😬) when going for a bit of overdrive as they used to be right next to each other.
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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.
So maybe we shouldn't have left the EU .. I mean, kept the burger and indeed, the napkin.
I don't think this quite conveys the message that was hoped for.
I don't think this quite conveys the message that was hoped for.
January 12, 2026 at 9:30 AM
So maybe we shouldn't have left the EU .. I mean, kept the burger and indeed, the napkin.
I don't think this quite conveys the message that was hoped for.
I don't think this quite conveys the message that was hoped for.
Years ago a band I play in, Loopy, put out an album called 'This Year's Evel Knievel'. I designed the cover (well, doctored an existing poster).
Perhaps against my better judgement I've put that cover on my Telecaster as the band & album are rather important to me.
open.spotify.com/album/27Tc5b...
Perhaps against my better judgement I've put that cover on my Telecaster as the band & album are rather important to me.
open.spotify.com/album/27Tc5b...
January 10, 2026 at 2:31 PM
Years ago a band I play in, Loopy, put out an album called 'This Year's Evel Knievel'. I designed the cover (well, doctored an existing poster).
Perhaps against my better judgement I've put that cover on my Telecaster as the band & album are rather important to me.
open.spotify.com/album/27Tc5b...
Perhaps against my better judgement I've put that cover on my Telecaster as the band & album are rather important to me.
open.spotify.com/album/27Tc5b...
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Maduro is a brutal and oppressive dictator of Venezuela.
Trump has no legitimate legal basis for military action against Venezuela under United States or international law.
Both of those facts are simultaneously true.
Trump has no legitimate legal basis for military action against Venezuela under United States or international law.
Both of those facts are simultaneously true.
January 3, 2026 at 9:00 AM
Maduro is a brutal and oppressive dictator of Venezuela.
Trump has no legitimate legal basis for military action against Venezuela under United States or international law.
Both of those facts are simultaneously true.
Trump has no legitimate legal basis for military action against Venezuela under United States or international law.
Both of those facts are simultaneously true.
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Welcome to 2026. Where the world order as we knew it seems to be over. What next? Taiwan? Greenland? Balkans?
The U.K. must double down on its relationship with the EU. For it is Europe alone that is now leader of the free world.
The U.K. must double down on its relationship with the EU. For it is Europe alone that is now leader of the free world.
January 3, 2026 at 10:54 AM
Welcome to 2026. Where the world order as we knew it seems to be over. What next? Taiwan? Greenland? Balkans?
The U.K. must double down on its relationship with the EU. For it is Europe alone that is now leader of the free world.
The U.K. must double down on its relationship with the EU. For it is Europe alone that is now leader of the free world.
Pretty sure FIFA will want that Peace Prize back now.
Trump confirms the US has successfully "captured" Maduro after a very strange complete lack of resistance by Venezuela.
January 3, 2026 at 9:57 AM
Pretty sure FIFA will want that Peace Prize back now.
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Tremendous episode, thanks @aiannucci.bsky.social and Stewart Lee.
Good to address the dog-whistle expression of 'men of fighting age' ... or is it cooking age or voting age or buying powerful solvents age etc
Bloody funny.
Tremendous episode, thanks @aiannucci.bsky.social and Stewart Lee.
Good to address the dog-whistle expression of 'men of fighting age' ... or is it cooking age or voting age or buying powerful solvents age etc
Bloody funny.
Strong Message Here - Listeners' Strong Messages (with Stewart Lee) - BBC Sounds
Stewart Lee joins Armando Iannucci as they dip into the listeners' mailbag.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 3, 2026 at 12:21 AM
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Tremendous episode, thanks @aiannucci.bsky.social and Stewart Lee.
Good to address the dog-whistle expression of 'men of fighting age' ... or is it cooking age or voting age or buying powerful solvents age etc
Bloody funny.
Tremendous episode, thanks @aiannucci.bsky.social and Stewart Lee.
Good to address the dog-whistle expression of 'men of fighting age' ... or is it cooking age or voting age or buying powerful solvents age etc
Bloody funny.
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A thread 🧵 of _terrible_ design decisions for the internal APIs of the two Italian high speed train operators, Italo and Trenitalia.
Hardcoded passwords, terrible translations, spelling mistakes, xml in json (but utf8 encoded and transmitted as an array of numbers), it's all here. Enjoy!
Hardcoded passwords, terrible translations, spelling mistakes, xml in json (but utf8 encoded and transmitted as an array of numbers), it's all here. Enjoy!
December 28, 2025 at 10:08 PM
A thread 🧵 of _terrible_ design decisions for the internal APIs of the two Italian high speed train operators, Italo and Trenitalia.
Hardcoded passwords, terrible translations, spelling mistakes, xml in json (but utf8 encoded and transmitted as an array of numbers), it's all here. Enjoy!
Hardcoded passwords, terrible translations, spelling mistakes, xml in json (but utf8 encoded and transmitted as an array of numbers), it's all here. Enjoy!
Not a cult.
Trump’s spiritual advisor, Paula White: “To say no to President Trump would be saying no to God.” #cdnpoli
December 27, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Not a cult.
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This is literally what the Telegraph campaigned for.
December 27, 2025 at 9:42 AM
This is literally what the Telegraph campaigned for.
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Why can't immigrants who come to the UK integrate as well as this?
December 17, 2025 at 9:55 AM
Why can't immigrants who come to the UK integrate as well as this?
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The enemy within
December 16, 2025 at 10:05 AM
The enemy within
Come on Budapest!
💥“We won't tolerate!" and "Resign! Resign!” — crowds chant outside Viktor Orbán’s and president’s offices in Budapest at a weekend protest led by opposition leader Péter Magyar. He still leads the polls but Orbán has vast resources — plus Trump and Putin's backing. 4 months to go until the election.
December 14, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Come on Budapest!
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If I didn’t see this myself on Truth Social I’d assume it was some phishing site
December 10, 2025 at 7:58 PM
If I didn’t see this myself on Truth Social I’d assume it was some phishing site
Hate Crosscountry trains with their stupid, comedy (actually not funny), kid-size flip-down tables!
Currently no one sat next to me so this is the only way I can work.
Currently no one sat next to me so this is the only way I can work.
December 4, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Hate Crosscountry trains with their stupid, comedy (actually not funny), kid-size flip-down tables!
Currently no one sat next to me so this is the only way I can work.
Currently no one sat next to me so this is the only way I can work.
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I've lost count of the number of times I've posted this brilliant, hilarious love letter to one of the great unsung bands of all time.
The perfect pastiche/homage.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=7vVJ...
The perfect pastiche/homage.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=7vVJ...
Robbie Fulks Fountains of Wayne Hotline
YouTube video by Michael Bowen
www.youtube.com
November 29, 2025 at 12:16 PM
I've lost count of the number of times I've posted this brilliant, hilarious love letter to one of the great unsung bands of all time.
The perfect pastiche/homage.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=7vVJ...
The perfect pastiche/homage.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=7vVJ...
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You wouldn’t know these great legal scholars. They go to another school.*
*not a law school
*not a law school
November 23, 2025 at 1:13 PM
You wouldn’t know these great legal scholars. They go to another school.*
*not a law school
*not a law school
Brilliant as always.
Stick around for the (portmanteau alert) urinanity at the end.
Stick around for the (portmanteau alert) urinanity at the end.
💒 SUNDAY SCHOOL Tax of My Tears OUT NOW!
🔀 How can sticking to a pledge become a U-turn?
🚮 Fly-tipping trauma
🚻 “Doing a Mandy”
@pimlicat.bsky.social & @mrkennycampbell.bsky.social deliver today's lesson.
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🍏 podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/q...
🍊 open.spotify.com/episode/4Pmt...
🔀 How can sticking to a pledge become a U-turn?
🚮 Fly-tipping trauma
🚻 “Doing a Mandy”
@pimlicat.bsky.social & @mrkennycampbell.bsky.social deliver today's lesson.
🎧👇
🍏 podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/q...
🍊 open.spotify.com/episode/4Pmt...
Sunday School: Tax of my tears
Podcast Episode · Quiet Riot · 16/11/2025 · 52m
podcasts.apple.com
November 16, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Brilliant as always.
Stick around for the (portmanteau alert) urinanity at the end.
Stick around for the (portmanteau alert) urinanity at the end.
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Quick thread on the BBC and the political and societal significance of recent developments:
One of the main reasons the UK has historically been so much less polarised than the US, is that Britain has a shared source of information, consumed and trusted by most people regardless of their politics.
One of the main reasons the UK has historically been so much less polarised than the US, is that Britain has a shared source of information, consumed and trusted by most people regardless of their politics.
November 10, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Quick thread on the BBC and the political and societal significance of recent developments:
One of the main reasons the UK has historically been so much less polarised than the US, is that Britain has a shared source of information, consumed and trusted by most people regardless of their politics.
One of the main reasons the UK has historically been so much less polarised than the US, is that Britain has a shared source of information, consumed and trusted by most people regardless of their politics.