Phil
@fatboyfat.bsky.social
Never knowingly underweight.
Avi courtesy of @dochackenbush.bsky.social
Avi courtesy of @dochackenbush.bsky.social
I want it to be the first thing he remembers when he wakes up, and the last thing on his mind as he closes his eyes, every day.
December 9, 2025 at 10:42 PM
I want it to be the first thing he remembers when he wakes up, and the last thing on his mind as he closes his eyes, every day.
Quite. I like to think of myself as a drinker with a writing problem.
December 9, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Quite. I like to think of myself as a drinker with a writing problem.
Agree, but on the other hand he’s going to spend every day of the rest of his natural life knowing that his wishes re: his grandson eventually didn’t happen.
December 9, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Agree, but on the other hand he’s going to spend every day of the rest of his natural life knowing that his wishes re: his grandson eventually didn’t happen.
As a copywriter by trade this is truly terrifying.
December 9, 2025 at 1:09 PM
As a copywriter by trade this is truly terrifying.
A somewhat antediluvian attitude to foster.
December 9, 2025 at 12:04 PM
A somewhat antediluvian attitude to foster.
What you have to remember is that this is the Daily Mail, so there’s a better-than-evens chance that the reporting is bollocks.
December 8, 2025 at 9:49 PM
What you have to remember is that this is the Daily Mail, so there’s a better-than-evens chance that the reporting is bollocks.
Also, consider the attitude of the markets to you 12 months later when you want to rollover some of your existing borrowing. “Yeah, we’re putting you with Zimbabwe and Argentina, credit-rating wise.”
December 8, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Also, consider the attitude of the markets to you 12 months later when you want to rollover some of your existing borrowing. “Yeah, we’re putting you with Zimbabwe and Argentina, credit-rating wise.”
That £12 billion for water investment- which I assume is UK-wide, is only 75% of the investment *just one out of the nine water companies* is actually making. I guess they’re not all that serious about us all having access to water in 2030 and beyond.
December 8, 2025 at 6:53 AM
That £12 billion for water investment- which I assume is UK-wide, is only 75% of the investment *just one out of the nine water companies* is actually making. I guess they’re not all that serious about us all having access to water in 2030 and beyond.
If the people they back can make it possible for them to generate more cash, they can conveniently overlook the racism. Extraordinary.
December 4, 2025 at 9:29 PM
If the people they back can make it possible for them to generate more cash, they can conveniently overlook the racism. Extraordinary.
Plus it means he has to be seen to act on related issues (e.g. the current Staffordshire councillor furore) otherwise it looks like the allegations have some validity.
December 4, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Plus it means he has to be seen to act on related issues (e.g. the current Staffordshire councillor furore) otherwise it looks like the allegations have some validity.
I agree with you about getting numbers in context. But percentages aren’t actually that well understood. Adult numeracy isn’t where it needs to be.
December 1, 2025 at 4:53 PM
I agree with you about getting numbers in context. But percentages aren’t actually that well understood. Adult numeracy isn’t where it needs to be.
Well, they now have a use for that old car tyre and length of rope they had knocking about.
December 1, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Well, they now have a use for that old car tyre and length of rope they had knocking about.
December 1, 2025 at 9:48 AM
My birthday was in April, so I’m 95% cheese footballs by now.
November 30, 2025 at 7:10 PM
My birthday was in April, so I’m 95% cheese footballs by now.
I mean, you don’t want to go all Giles Coren on them, but it must be annoying.
November 30, 2025 at 2:23 PM
I mean, you don’t want to go all Giles Coren on them, but it must be annoying.
A good sub can make your writing even better than you’d imagined.
Sorry to say, this is not a good sub-editor.
Sorry to say, this is not a good sub-editor.
November 30, 2025 at 1:59 PM
A good sub can make your writing even better than you’d imagined.
Sorry to say, this is not a good sub-editor.
Sorry to say, this is not a good sub-editor.
"We don’t have a Prime Minister. We’re an anarcho-syndicalist commune. We take it in turns to act as a sort of executive officer for the week. But all the decisions of that officer have to be ratified at a special biweekly meeting. By a simple majority in the case of purely internal affairs..."
November 30, 2025 at 12:20 PM
"We don’t have a Prime Minister. We’re an anarcho-syndicalist commune. We take it in turns to act as a sort of executive officer for the week. But all the decisions of that officer have to be ratified at a special biweekly meeting. By a simple majority in the case of purely internal affairs..."
“Let me tell you…” etc
November 29, 2025 at 11:13 PM
“Let me tell you…” etc
There’s a ‘ring’ reference going begging here.
November 29, 2025 at 8:23 PM
There’s a ‘ring’ reference going begging here.
I’d step in, but I’m bassist for The Fall that evening.
November 29, 2025 at 5:13 PM
I’d step in, but I’m bassist for The Fall that evening.
We’ve got you down for 30 minutes of blame on Wednesday. Is that ok?
November 29, 2025 at 4:29 PM
We’ve got you down for 30 minutes of blame on Wednesday. Is that ok?