Simon Ritchie
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Published today… my account of the Post Office scandal, with thanks to all the sub-postmasters and campaigners on whose brilliant work it is based.
www.private-eye.co.uk/books/post-m...
www.private-eye.co.uk/books/post-m...
Private Eye Books | Post Mortem
The first forensic account of how the Post Office, the British government and a global IT company ruined the lives of thousands of innocent people. Private Eye tells the story of the political, instit...
www.private-eye.co.uk
November 27, 2025 at 7:32 AM
Published today… my account of the Post Office scandal, with thanks to all the sub-postmasters and campaigners on whose brilliant work it is based.
www.private-eye.co.uk/books/post-m...
www.private-eye.co.uk/books/post-m...
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Chris Mason, having managed to obtain an advanced, leaked copy of The Budget
#PoliticsLive
#Budget2026
#PMQs
#PoliticsLive
#Budget2026
#PMQs
November 26, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Chris Mason, having managed to obtain an advanced, leaked copy of The Budget
#PoliticsLive
#Budget2026
#PMQs
#PoliticsLive
#Budget2026
#PMQs
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Tonight’s little dose of perspective
November 20, 2025 at 1:54 AM
Tonight’s little dose of perspective
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A great way to fight back against AI taking away work from creatives is to buy art by actual humans.
(Reply to this post with your own art/website etc. But only if you’re an organic life-form).
www.worldofmoose.com
(Reply to this post with your own art/website etc. But only if you’re an organic life-form).
www.worldofmoose.com
Website of artist, cartoonist & tweeter Moose Allain
Welcome to the website of artist, cartoonist and prolific tweeter Moose Allain. Please fell free to have a poke about.
www.worldofmoose.com
March 28, 2025 at 7:50 AM
A great way to fight back against AI taking away work from creatives is to buy art by actual humans.
(Reply to this post with your own art/website etc. But only if you’re an organic life-form).
www.worldofmoose.com
(Reply to this post with your own art/website etc. But only if you’re an organic life-form).
www.worldofmoose.com
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...so when I get to do pieces like this, it’s like I’m living another life path I wanted to take, while living the life path I've been very lucky to have. I’m all for it! Read more here. observer.co.uk/culture/book...
TS Eliot’s 20th-century nightmare | The Observer
observer.co.uk
November 18, 2025 at 1:02 PM
...so when I get to do pieces like this, it’s like I’m living another life path I wanted to take, while living the life path I've been very lucky to have. I’m all for it! Read more here. observer.co.uk/culture/book...
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It’s World Philosophy Day today so here’s a poem in celebration of that.
November 20, 2025 at 11:02 AM
It’s World Philosophy Day today so here’s a poem in celebration of that.
It be quite the thing if Epstein took them all down innit! 🤞
🚨EXCLUSIVE: Dinner with Mr Brexit: Bannon’s European Revolution – Planned with Farage, Backed by Epstein
'The Movement'. Farage's partner Ferrari started it. Steve Bannon and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein were providing almost daily support
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/19/d...
'The Movement'. Farage's partner Ferrari started it. Steve Bannon and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein were providing almost daily support
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/19/d...
Dinner with Mr Brexit: Bannon’s European Revolution – Planned with Farage, Backed by Epstein
Nigel Farage was the figurehead and his partner Laure Ferrari started it. Steve Bannon and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein were providing almost daily support
bylinetimes.com
November 20, 2025 at 10:49 AM
It be quite the thing if Epstein took them all down innit! 🤞
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A Government of cowards.
Rather than tackle inequality - they've gone for pensioners, disabled people and now it's people fleeing war and persecution.
They can't get away with this.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
Rather than tackle inequality - they've gone for pensioners, disabled people and now it's people fleeing war and persecution.
They can't get away with this.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
November 17, 2025 at 11:16 PM
A Government of cowards.
Rather than tackle inequality - they've gone for pensioners, disabled people and now it's people fleeing war and persecution.
They can't get away with this.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
Rather than tackle inequality - they've gone for pensioners, disabled people and now it's people fleeing war and persecution.
They can't get away with this.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
A fascinating, portentous & frankly terrifying read …
NEW: Welcome to the Great AI Bubble. Yes, it’s here. And yes, it’s going to burst.
It’s also got way more in common with the Epstein scandal than you really want to know.
open.substack.com/pub/broligar...
It’s also got way more in common with the Epstein scandal than you really want to know.
open.substack.com/pub/broligar...
The Great AI Bubble
Yes, it's a bubble. And yes, it's going to burst.
open.substack.com
November 17, 2025 at 9:42 AM
A fascinating, portentous & frankly terrifying read …
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🧵/ How far does the public support net zero?
Support: 60%
Oppose: 25%
Net support by party
Green: +81
Lib Dem: +67
Lab: +64
Con: +11
Reform: -44
yougov.co.uk/politics/art...
Support: 60%
Oppose: 25%
Net support by party
Green: +81
Lib Dem: +67
Lab: +64
Con: +11
Reform: -44
yougov.co.uk/politics/art...
November 11, 2025 at 10:43 AM
🧵/ How far does the public support net zero?
Support: 60%
Oppose: 25%
Net support by party
Green: +81
Lib Dem: +67
Lab: +64
Con: +11
Reform: -44
yougov.co.uk/politics/art...
Support: 60%
Oppose: 25%
Net support by party
Green: +81
Lib Dem: +67
Lab: +64
Con: +11
Reform: -44
yougov.co.uk/politics/art...
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Michael Prescott and Sir Robbie Gibb both bailed out of journalism years ago, and enjoy lucrative careers in corporate PR. And now they are the arbiters of BBC editorial standards. Go figure www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/media/...
The BBC has bigger impartiality problems than its coverage of Trump
It is the BBC’s entire governance structure–rather than individual stories–that should cause most concern
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk
November 8, 2025 at 7:59 AM
Michael Prescott and Sir Robbie Gibb both bailed out of journalism years ago, and enjoy lucrative careers in corporate PR. And now they are the arbiters of BBC editorial standards. Go figure www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/media/...
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![Cartoon by Stephen Collins for The Guardian. Script as follows:
[scene is Winston Churchill in a bbc studio, giving his 'finest hour' speech]
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CHURCHILL:
The whole fury and might of the enemy must very soon be turned on us.
2
CHURCHILL:
Hitler knows that he will have to break us in this Island or lose the war.
3
CHURCHILL:
If we can stand up to him, all Europe may be free
and the life of the world may move forward into broad, sun-
BBC PRESENTER:
Thank you prime minister
4
BBC PRESENTER:
Mr hitler, your response?
5
HITLER [in the studio]:
Vell zis is hysterical woke nonsense as usual from mr Churchill
6
HITLER:
What we are proposing -
CHURCHILL:
Hang on
7
HITLER:
Let me finish - what we are proposing eez a simple power-sharing arrangement -
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CHURCHILL:
What's he doing here
BBC PRESENTER:
It's important we hear both sides of the debate
9
CHURCHILL:
This isn't a debate
You don't debate fascists
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HITLER:
Oh here we go with ze Godwins law!
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HITLER:
Why must you people always compare ze things you don't like to 'fascists, Nazis, Hitler'...
CHURCHILL:
Because you are a fascist Nazi Hit-
12
HITLER [standing up, saluting]:
RAUSS!
BBC PRESENTER:
*Please* Mr Churchill let him speak
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On Donald Trump's attack on the BBC this PM, Lib Dem Leader Ed Davey:
"It’s easy to see why Trump wants to destroy the world’s number one news source. We can’t let him.
"The BBC belongs to all of us here in the UK.
"The PM [and others] should be united in telling Trump to keep his hands off it."
"It’s easy to see why Trump wants to destroy the world’s number one news source. We can’t let him.
"The BBC belongs to all of us here in the UK.
"The PM [and others] should be united in telling Trump to keep his hands off it."
November 9, 2025 at 10:10 PM
On Donald Trump's attack on the BBC this PM, Lib Dem Leader Ed Davey:
"It’s easy to see why Trump wants to destroy the world’s number one news source. We can’t let him.
"The BBC belongs to all of us here in the UK.
"The PM [and others] should be united in telling Trump to keep his hands off it."
"It’s easy to see why Trump wants to destroy the world’s number one news source. We can’t let him.
"The BBC belongs to all of us here in the UK.
"The PM [and others] should be united in telling Trump to keep his hands off it."
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The Mamdani political sign generator is kinda fun https://homes.luddy.indiana.edu/ccshan/for/for.html
November 8, 2025 at 3:06 PM
The Mamdani political sign generator is kinda fun https://homes.luddy.indiana.edu/ccshan/for/for.html
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Saw someone with the same teeth as me at the coincidentist.
November 8, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Saw someone with the same teeth as me at the coincidentist.
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A mix archive featuring classic sets recorded at the iconic Manchester club The Haçienda has been shared online via Apple Music 🎧
djmag.com/news/haciend...
djmag.com/news/haciend...
The Haçienda shares classic mix archive featuring Frankie Knuckles, DJ Paulette, Armand Van Helden, more: Listen
51 mixes recorded at the club have been shared in total via Apple Music
djmag.com
November 8, 2025 at 4:00 PM
A mix archive featuring classic sets recorded at the iconic Manchester club The Haçienda has been shared online via Apple Music 🎧
djmag.com/news/haciend...
djmag.com/news/haciend...
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November 5, 2025 at 11:08 AM
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Inspiring stuff - Power to the People!
Call me old fashioned but this is how you stand up to fascism!
youtu.be/nfdUn9H4gjA?...
Call me old fashioned but this is how you stand up to fascism!
youtu.be/nfdUn9H4gjA?...
Zohran Mamdani victory speech: FULL
YouTube video by FOX 4 Dallas-Fort Worth
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November 5, 2025 at 11:33 AM
Inspiring stuff - Power to the People!
Call me old fashioned but this is how you stand up to fascism!
youtu.be/nfdUn9H4gjA?...
Call me old fashioned but this is how you stand up to fascism!
youtu.be/nfdUn9H4gjA?...
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The party who claim to be patriots literally had a Reform leadership member caught red handed taking bribes from Russia.
This article details the speeches Nathan Gill gave that he was paid to give.
How are Reform getting away with this?
www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
This article details the speeches Nathan Gill gave that he was paid to give.
How are Reform getting away with this?
www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
Reform UK, the Russian spy and rolls of Kremlin cash: the inside story of Nathan Gill
How did a former Mormon bishop end up pleading guilty to taking bribes to make statements in favour of Russia in the European parliament?
www.theguardian.com
November 3, 2025 at 3:11 PM
The party who claim to be patriots literally had a Reform leadership member caught red handed taking bribes from Russia.
This article details the speeches Nathan Gill gave that he was paid to give.
How are Reform getting away with this?
www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
This article details the speeches Nathan Gill gave that he was paid to give.
How are Reform getting away with this?
www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
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The UK economy is a mess - but those who voted for the Tory's austerity programme in 2010 or 2015, or Brexit in 2016, contributed directly to that mess, so, rather than screaming about Rachel Reeves or Keir Starmer and
@UKLabour they should be hanging their heads in shame.
@UKLabour they should be hanging their heads in shame.
October 31, 2025 at 11:00 AM
The UK economy is a mess - but those who voted for the Tory's austerity programme in 2010 or 2015, or Brexit in 2016, contributed directly to that mess, so, rather than screaming about Rachel Reeves or Keir Starmer and
@UKLabour they should be hanging their heads in shame.
@UKLabour they should be hanging their heads in shame.
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In a parallel universe Elon Musk bought Twister and only fucked himself.
August 13, 2024 at 9:20 PM
In a parallel universe Elon Musk bought Twister and only fucked himself.
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Cartoon by John Darkow.
October 23, 2025 at 2:58 AM
Cartoon by John Darkow.