Dan
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Unapologetically Welsh. Cardiff-based. Recovering graduate historian and politics nerd, now a full time paper shuffler.
Dw i’n dysgu Cymraeg :)
Unapologetically Welsh. Cardiff-based. Recovering graduate historian and politics nerd, now a full time paper shuffler.
Dw i’n dysgu Cymraeg :)
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Sorry I haven't been active on social media today, I've been flat out making sure everything goes smoothly on my first day as website manager for the OBR.
November 26, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Sorry I haven't been active on social media today, I've been flat out making sure everything goes smoothly on my first day as website manager for the OBR.
Time to dig out that Lijphart book
Westminster Voting Intention:
RFM: 25% (-2)
LAB: 19% (=)
CON: 18% (+1)
GRN: 16% (-1)
LDM: 15% (+2)
SNP: 3% (=)
Via @yougov.co.uk, 23-24 Nov.
Changes w/ 16-17 Nov.
RFM: 25% (-2)
LAB: 19% (=)
CON: 18% (+1)
GRN: 16% (-1)
LDM: 15% (+2)
SNP: 3% (=)
Via @yougov.co.uk, 23-24 Nov.
Changes w/ 16-17 Nov.
November 25, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Time to dig out that Lijphart book
This is great
The long and winding road: Stuart Maconie on why our opinions about the Beatles keep changing
The long and winding road: Stuart Maconie on why our opinions about the Beatles keep changing
Fans and historians have spent 60 years debating what the band means – and which member is greatest. Will the returning Anthology project and Sam Mendes’s planned biopics create new arguments?
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 1:27 PM
This is great
My nan: do you like crunchies?
Me: …
Me: …
November 22, 2025 at 3:31 PM
My nan: do you like crunchies?
Me: …
Me: …
The Guardian has reached hitherto unheard of levels of smugness
November 22, 2025 at 1:39 PM
The Guardian has reached hitherto unheard of levels of smugness
The remixed and cleaned up version of The Beatles’ Real Love is finally out and it’s lovely 😭
November 21, 2025 at 11:03 AM
The remixed and cleaned up version of The Beatles’ Real Love is finally out and it’s lovely 😭
Birmingham gets an unnecessary amount of hate. Nice place, lovely people, good mix of architecture and a tram network.
November 21, 2025 at 10:52 AM
Birmingham gets an unnecessary amount of hate. Nice place, lovely people, good mix of architecture and a tram network.
Me when the tram trains finally start in Cardiff
November 14, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Me when the tram trains finally start in Cardiff
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My point here is not that crime, racism, terrorism, pollution etc were all worse in the 70s but that the period 1973-77 in particular was one of crisis, paranoia and hysteria. People were talking about Britain going bankrupt or collapsing into dictatorship. There was a national nervous breakdown
November 14, 2025 at 9:44 AM
My point here is not that crime, racism, terrorism, pollution etc were all worse in the 70s but that the period 1973-77 in particular was one of crisis, paranoia and hysteria. People were talking about Britain going bankrupt or collapsing into dictatorship. There was a national nervous breakdown
This makes it sound like people with licenses already are taking driving tests for fun.
“I’m afraid you failed with 6 majors and 7 minors”
“The jokes on you, I’ve already got a licence”
“I’m afraid you failed with 6 majors and 7 minors”
“The jokes on you, I’ve already got a licence”
November 12, 2025 at 11:08 AM
This makes it sound like people with licenses already are taking driving tests for fun.
“I’m afraid you failed with 6 majors and 7 minors”
“The jokes on you, I’ve already got a licence”
“I’m afraid you failed with 6 majors and 7 minors”
“The jokes on you, I’ve already got a licence”
Bond comes back to life all the time! It’s the main conceit of You Only Live Twice!
James Bond’s death in No Time to Die is causing a nightmare for the next film. Writers are stuck because Bond “was blown to pieces.”
Anthony Horowitz, author of three 007 novels, says:
“You can't have him wake up in shower and saying it was all a dream."
radaronline.com/p/james-bond...
Anthony Horowitz, author of three 007 novels, says:
“You can't have him wake up in shower and saying it was all a dream."
radaronline.com/p/james-bond...
November 11, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Bond comes back to life all the time! It’s the main conceit of You Only Live Twice!
I am excited and preemptively disappointed because I am going to see Bob Dylan on Sunday and yet he is almost definitely not going to do Blind Willie McTell, my favourite of his outtakes (yes I am a nerd)
November 7, 2025 at 9:04 PM
I am excited and preemptively disappointed because I am going to see Bob Dylan on Sunday and yet he is almost definitely not going to do Blind Willie McTell, my favourite of his outtakes (yes I am a nerd)
Very sad to hear about Pauline Collins. Shirley Valentine is one of my favourite films - one of those retrospectively very inappropriate films I always stayed up to watch with my mum during school holidays. We still reference talking to Wall and Rock.
November 6, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Very sad to hear about Pauline Collins. Shirley Valentine is one of my favourite films - one of those retrospectively very inappropriate films I always stayed up to watch with my mum during school holidays. We still reference talking to Wall and Rock.
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Watch out for Ea Nasir this Halloween!
October 31, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Watch out for Ea Nasir this Halloween!
Tonight’s episode of the traitors:
October 30, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Tonight’s episode of the traitors:
I *need* Danny Dyer to be on the next series of The Celebrity Traitors. Give him anything - the licence fee, the Elgin marbles, the South Sandwich Islands, anything
October 30, 2025 at 10:36 PM
I *need* Danny Dyer to be on the next series of The Celebrity Traitors. Give him anything - the licence fee, the Elgin marbles, the South Sandwich Islands, anything
Managed to cut one of my bills from £200 to £65 with one simple trick: phoning and complaining it was too expensive 😏
October 30, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Managed to cut one of my bills from £200 to £65 with one simple trick: phoning and complaining it was too expensive 😏
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Thought the Times had been hoaxed. Turns out to be so much better than that
October 30, 2025 at 8:21 AM
Thought the Times had been hoaxed. Turns out to be so much better than that
My brain is broken I thought this was about the Michael McIntyre game show
The funny thing about the invention of the wheel is the guy who invented it died penniless. It wasn't until much much later that pennies were invented
October 29, 2025 at 10:40 PM
My brain is broken I thought this was about the Michael McIntyre game show
Going to accept that my love for chocolate biscuits trumps my desire to ever be ripped
October 26, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Going to accept that my love for chocolate biscuits trumps my desire to ever be ripped
Ok I’ll give it to the AI this is good
just incredible content. all the fancy data centers to generate shitty video, and yet nothing beats the following
October 23, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Ok I’ll give it to the AI this is good
Ok the theme song from Space Jam really hits at the gym
October 19, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Ok the theme song from Space Jam really hits at the gym
Only if Rosemary gives you permission first
October 14, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Only if Rosemary gives you permission first
Guess you could say this 92-year-old grandma still makes paintings the old fashioned way
October 13, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Guess you could say this 92-year-old grandma still makes paintings the old fashioned way