David Faggiani
@dfaggiani.bsky.social
TV/politics geek, liberal/socialist, co-founder of Game Of Seats discussion group, ex-smoker. Work at LSE. Host of The EscapeGoat Podcast. Next-of-kin to chaos 🏳️🌈 🏳️⚧️
https://escapegoatpodcast.libsyn.com/website
https://escapegoatpodcast.libsyn.com/website
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Truly sorry to keep posting these but I cannot believe this book is real.
December 6, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Truly sorry to keep posting these but I cannot believe this book is real.
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Labour bearing down on immigration will fix this any day now.
GB News now broadcasting calls to remove the ethnic minority MPs from parliament
December 4, 2025 at 9:57 AM
Labour bearing down on immigration will fix this any day now.
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Barney finally caught. The 90s vindicated.
It has little arms! It can't lift things high enough to get them in a modern bin.
Giant purple dinosaur caught fly-tipping on CCTV in Southend
The brightly coloured rogue raptor is spotted looking around before dumping rubbish in a street.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 6, 2025 at 9:32 AM
Barney finally caught. The 90s vindicated.
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Someone I know applied for a Scott Trust role for uni graduates but was told she couldn’t apply because she had an MA from a Scottish uni and they couldn’t understand that you could do that in Scotland without doing a postgraduate degree.
Slightly strange slant from The Guardian. Feels like it can't quite believe that Scottish voters really aren't the same as English voters.
Would pay them to get out of Westminster a little more often.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Would pay them to get out of Westminster a little more often.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
John Swinney defends immigration as Scotland faces rise of Reform
Exclusive: First minister mounts robust defence of diversity as SNP prepares campaign for Holyrood election in May
www.theguardian.com
December 6, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Someone I know applied for a Scott Trust role for uni graduates but was told she couldn’t apply because she had an MA from a Scottish uni and they couldn’t understand that you could do that in Scotland without doing a postgraduate degree.
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At least 40% of the book is just tortured descriptions of her surroundings.
December 4, 2025 at 2:45 PM
At least 40% of the book is just tortured descriptions of her surroundings.
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Well, movies were nice while they lasted.
December 5, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Well, movies were nice while they lasted.
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I haven’t been able to form a sentence in like 10 minutes
December 5, 2025 at 5:42 PM
I haven’t been able to form a sentence in like 10 minutes
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excited to award my kids the Burger King Peace Prize this weekend
December 5, 2025 at 6:14 PM
excited to award my kids the Burger King Peace Prize this weekend
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You know, I think if I owned the rights to a century's worth of the most acclaimed films ever like The Wizard of Oz and 2001, plus all the most popular characters in cartoon history, plus Superman and Batman, plus tons of other stuff, I could probably make enough money I wouldn't need to sell it.
December 5, 2025 at 1:01 PM
You know, I think if I owned the rights to a century's worth of the most acclaimed films ever like The Wizard of Oz and 2001, plus all the most popular characters in cartoon history, plus Superman and Batman, plus tons of other stuff, I could probably make enough money I wouldn't need to sell it.
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Netflix buying Warner Bros is the final defeat of Old Hollywood.
December 5, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Netflix buying Warner Bros is the final defeat of Old Hollywood.
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Highlight of the nativity play this year was the kid dressed as a sheep who swaggered towards the stage saying “yaaaaaas”
December 4, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Highlight of the nativity play this year was the kid dressed as a sheep who swaggered towards the stage saying “yaaaaaas”
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Cruel judges are a theme in 19th - early 20th century ghost stories. Le Fanu writes two: Mr Justice Harbottle and An Account of Some Disturbances in Aungier St. M.R. James and Bram Stoker both wrote one each: Martin's Close and The Judge's House. They're all good too!
December 4, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Cruel judges are a theme in 19th - early 20th century ghost stories. Le Fanu writes two: Mr Justice Harbottle and An Account of Some Disturbances in Aungier St. M.R. James and Bram Stoker both wrote one each: Martin's Close and The Judge's House. They're all good too!
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The official Adult Swim Instagram has a new preview for The Elephant, an Exquisite Corpse Miniseries from the creators of Adventure Time, Steven Universe, OK KO, and Over the Garden Wall, that is premiering on Adult Swim December 19th
www.instagram.com/reel/DR2JjUi...
www.instagram.com/reel/DR2JjUi...
undefined on Instagram: "adultswimThe Elephant | Coming 12/19 @ 11pm | Next Day HBO Max"
adultswimThe Elephant | Coming 12/19 @ 11pm | Next Day HBO Max
www.instagram.com
December 4, 2025 at 3:04 PM
The official Adult Swim Instagram has a new preview for The Elephant, an Exquisite Corpse Miniseries from the creators of Adventure Time, Steven Universe, OK KO, and Over the Garden Wall, that is premiering on Adult Swim December 19th
www.instagram.com/reel/DR2JjUi...
www.instagram.com/reel/DR2JjUi...
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Now available wherever you get your podcasts! Me on @gralefrit.bsky.social’s Comfort Blanket, talking about Count Duckula. (Warning: contains cosy nostalgia and geeky analysis of British animation.)
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/c...
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/c...
Count Duckula - with Jay Foreman
Podcast Episode · Comfort Blanket · 04/12/2025 · 1h 12m
podcasts.apple.com
December 4, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Now available wherever you get your podcasts! Me on @gralefrit.bsky.social’s Comfort Blanket, talking about Count Duckula. (Warning: contains cosy nostalgia and geeky analysis of British animation.)
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/c...
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/c...
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1/3 **MAYORAL ELECTIONS DELAYED TIL 2028!**
Labour: incompetent, scared & zero regard for democracy. The devolution agenda they sprung on us a year ago is in utter chaos, they are terrified of their plummeting in the polls, and - most importantly...
Labour: incompetent, scared & zero regard for democracy. The devolution agenda they sprung on us a year ago is in utter chaos, they are terrified of their plummeting in the polls, and - most importantly...
December 4, 2025 at 10:40 AM
1/3 **MAYORAL ELECTIONS DELAYED TIL 2028!**
Labour: incompetent, scared & zero regard for democracy. The devolution agenda they sprung on us a year ago is in utter chaos, they are terrified of their plummeting in the polls, and - most importantly...
Labour: incompetent, scared & zero regard for democracy. The devolution agenda they sprung on us a year ago is in utter chaos, they are terrified of their plummeting in the polls, and - most importantly...
Do you think when Salieri got his Wrapped for 1790 it was absolutely full of Mozart?
December 3, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Do you think when Salieri got his Wrapped for 1790 it was absolutely full of Mozart?
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BTW, if anyone can ever find me a copy of the scarf that Khan wears, that blue around the neck that fades to oil and shadow, LET ME KNOW.
December 2, 2025 at 7:06 AM
BTW, if anyone can ever find me a copy of the scarf that Khan wears, that blue around the neck that fades to oil and shadow, LET ME KNOW.
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Obviously this is impossible because Alan Moore looks like he's genetically a wizard, it's simply impossible to imagine what he would look like as a schoolboy oh there he is.
Spot Alan Moore in his 6th form Northampton Grammar School photo, taken two days before he was expelled
December 2, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Obviously this is impossible because Alan Moore looks like he's genetically a wizard, it's simply impossible to imagine what he would look like as a schoolboy oh there he is.
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Christweight
Christmas = ______________
Christgravitational
field strength
Christmas = ______________
Christgravitational
field strength
December 1, 2025 at 9:32 AM
Christweight
Christmas = ______________
Christgravitational
field strength
Christmas = ______________
Christgravitational
field strength
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Happy 88th Birthday to 🇬🇧British film director Ridley Scott, born #OnThisDay, here with Ian Holm and Sigourney Weaver during a break in filming a scene on the ‘Mother’ set of the science-fiction horror film "ALIEN" (1979) at Shepperton Studios in England
🎬 20th Century-Fox 🛸
🎬 20th Century-Fox 🛸
November 30, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Happy 88th Birthday to 🇬🇧British film director Ridley Scott, born #OnThisDay, here with Ian Holm and Sigourney Weaver during a break in filming a scene on the ‘Mother’ set of the science-fiction horror film "ALIEN" (1979) at Shepperton Studios in England
🎬 20th Century-Fox 🛸
🎬 20th Century-Fox 🛸
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Feel like I'm going mad. The Budget's 'headroom' is based on frankly irresponsible and wildly optimistic claims about what Labour will do in the final year of the forecast, and on ignoring a bunch of upward pressures on spending, and the claim is that she was being exaggeratedly *pessimistic*?
Suggestion Rachel Reeves exaggerated fiscal pressures is absurd
Chancellor was instead far too optimistic about public finances and government’s ability to secure cuts
www.ft.com
December 1, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Feel like I'm going mad. The Budget's 'headroom' is based on frankly irresponsible and wildly optimistic claims about what Labour will do in the final year of the forecast, and on ignoring a bunch of upward pressures on spending, and the claim is that she was being exaggeratedly *pessimistic*?
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💡New! With the creation of Your Party and the Greens’ soaring popularity, @lauraserra.bsky.social and Jenevieve Treadwell trace the movement of voters to the left, and argue that Labour is facing a more serious challenge on its left than on its right.
blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandp...
blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandp...
The Greens, Your Party and Labour’s left challenge | British Politics and Policy at LSE
With the creation of Your Party and the Green's soaring popularity, Labour is facing a more serious challenge on its left than on its right.
blogs.lse.ac.uk
December 1, 2025 at 12:45 PM
💡New! With the creation of Your Party and the Greens’ soaring popularity, @lauraserra.bsky.social and Jenevieve Treadwell trace the movement of voters to the left, and argue that Labour is facing a more serious challenge on its left than on its right.
blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandp...
blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandp...
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Last reskeet made me think, maybe I should do a daily "advent calendar" thread of not-awful Christmas songs. I will include Slade, Wizzard, and McCartney because they're amazing, but few of the other played-to-death ones.
Day 1 is of course Half Man Half Biscuit
Day 1 is of course Half Man Half Biscuit
Half Man Half Biscuit - It's Clichéd to Be Cynical at Christmas [Official Audio]
YouTube video by Half Man Half Biscuit
youtu.be
December 1, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Last reskeet made me think, maybe I should do a daily "advent calendar" thread of not-awful Christmas songs. I will include Slade, Wizzard, and McCartney because they're amazing, but few of the other played-to-death ones.
Day 1 is of course Half Man Half Biscuit
Day 1 is of course Half Man Half Biscuit
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“Grimes? Mr Beast?”
December 1, 2025 at 10:36 AM
“Grimes? Mr Beast?”