Rick
@flipchartrick.bsky.social
Nottingham-born West Londoner. Author of Flip Chart Fairy Tales blog. Patient #NFFC supporter.
BBC just showed this video of John Noakes climbing Nelson’s column.
Wearing flared jeans and ordinary shoes, on a wooden ladder with no harness!
youtu.be/tMrB_3wq2ak?...
Wearing flared jeans and ordinary shoes, on a wooden ladder with no harness!
youtu.be/tMrB_3wq2ak?...
1977: JOHN NOAKES scaling Nelson's Column is TERRIFYING | Blue Peter | Classic clips | BBC Archive
YouTube video by BBC Archive
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November 26, 2025 at 8:00 AM
BBC just showed this video of John Noakes climbing Nelson’s column.
Wearing flared jeans and ordinary shoes, on a wooden ladder with no harness!
youtu.be/tMrB_3wq2ak?...
Wearing flared jeans and ordinary shoes, on a wooden ladder with no harness!
youtu.be/tMrB_3wq2ak?...
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Labour seems frozen by “twin fears…that swing voters would freak out if they thought Reeves was a tax-and-spend fiend or Starmer might smuggle remainer convictions into Downing St”
But, the foreign state that benefits most from Brexit inaction is Putin’s Russia.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
But, the foreign state that benefits most from Brexit inaction is Putin’s Russia.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Rachel Reeves has many problems. She’s realising that her Brexit bind may be the biggest of all | Rafael Behr
Brutal economic realities are prompting a shift in Labour’s tone on Europe. But will it dare tell the whole truth about Britain’s predicament, asks Guardian columnist Rafael Behr
www.theguardian.com
November 26, 2025 at 7:33 AM
Labour seems frozen by “twin fears…that swing voters would freak out if they thought Reeves was a tax-and-spend fiend or Starmer might smuggle remainer convictions into Downing St”
But, the foreign state that benefits most from Brexit inaction is Putin’s Russia.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
But, the foreign state that benefits most from Brexit inaction is Putin’s Russia.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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What even are par-par asset swaps, and why won’t they melt the gilt market today?
on.ft.com/43S8Vul
on.ft.com/43S8Vul
Don’t worry about another leveraged gilt market blow-up
Keep calm and carry on
on.ft.com
November 26, 2025 at 6:58 AM
What even are par-par asset swaps, and why won’t they melt the gilt market today?
on.ft.com/43S8Vul
on.ft.com/43S8Vul
This is an excellent piece of work. It is a playbook of vexatious litigation. It’s written for the leaseholders in the case reported by @sheffieldtribune.bsky.social but it is useful for anyone facing lawfare. www.facebook.com/100064191813...
Councillor David Grant
Its Been a Leasehold/Mr. Milne day today. If your worried after receiving his threats, residents in sheffield have compiled a factsheet to try to help. they are really gathering pace in Sheffield...
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November 26, 2025 at 7:18 AM
This is an excellent piece of work. It is a playbook of vexatious litigation. It’s written for the leaseholders in the case reported by @sheffieldtribune.bsky.social but it is useful for anyone facing lawfare. www.facebook.com/100064191813...
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Second, Martin Wolf returns to discussing fracturing globalisation - last year's favourite topic - based on a book, discussing political choices. Problem with this thesis has always been it assumes governments are forcing companies to impose cold war 2.0. www.ft.com/content/b515...
The fracturing of the world economy
Will the US or China abandon their current follies sooner?
www.ft.com
November 26, 2025 at 7:07 AM
Second, Martin Wolf returns to discussing fracturing globalisation - last year's favourite topic - based on a book, discussing political choices. Problem with this thesis has always been it assumes governments are forcing companies to impose cold war 2.0. www.ft.com/content/b515...
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Couple of thought-provoking but worrying pieces in the FT today. First, does China want to buy anything from anyone? Not really, no different then to the US or many others. The lure of self-sufficiency. Most worrying, why is this thought a surprise? www.ft.com/content/f294...
China is making trade impossible
Europe has nothing to offer and difficult decisions to make
www.ft.com
November 26, 2025 at 7:04 AM
Couple of thought-provoking but worrying pieces in the FT today. First, does China want to buy anything from anyone? Not really, no different then to the US or many others. The lure of self-sufficiency. Most worrying, why is this thought a surprise? www.ft.com/content/f294...
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Juries are not perfect.
Many of the worst miscarriages of justice have followed jury trials.
But the merit of juries is not so much the power they have, but the power they prevent others from having.
They mean a judge cannot just nod-along with prosecution evidence and give a guilty verdict.
Many of the worst miscarriages of justice have followed jury trials.
But the merit of juries is not so much the power they have, but the power they prevent others from having.
They mean a judge cannot just nod-along with prosecution evidence and give a guilty verdict.
November 25, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Juries are not perfect.
Many of the worst miscarriages of justice have followed jury trials.
But the merit of juries is not so much the power they have, but the power they prevent others from having.
They mean a judge cannot just nod-along with prosecution evidence and give a guilty verdict.
Many of the worst miscarriages of justice have followed jury trials.
But the merit of juries is not so much the power they have, but the power they prevent others from having.
They mean a judge cannot just nod-along with prosecution evidence and give a guilty verdict.
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Former NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen has called for Europe to deploy up to 20,000 troops behind Ukraine’s front lines, establish an air shield with around 150 combat aircraft and unlock frozen Russian assets.
November 25, 2025 at 11:22 PM
Former NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen has called for Europe to deploy up to 20,000 troops behind Ukraine’s front lines, establish an air shield with around 150 combat aircraft and unlock frozen Russian assets.
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Expect normal people in all walks of life to believe pseudoscience, paranormal claims, and conspiracy theories. Most people do! But everyone’s different too. One might believe in ghosts, but not Bigfoot, or vice versa. Some people believe a ton such claims, some only believe one or two. Zero is rare
November 26, 2025 at 12:34 AM
Expect normal people in all walks of life to believe pseudoscience, paranormal claims, and conspiracy theories. Most people do! But everyone’s different too. One might believe in ghosts, but not Bigfoot, or vice versa. Some people believe a ton such claims, some only believe one or two. Zero is rare
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Apparently tourist taxes are on the menu today. Don't know what to think? @jillongovt.bsky.social and @tompope.bsky.social do. They like....
www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/comment/rach...
www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/comment/rach...
Rachel Reeves should allow local tourist taxes | Institute for Government
If mayors use the ‘right to request’ to call for tourist taxes, then the government should say yes.
www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk
November 26, 2025 at 6:31 AM
Apparently tourist taxes are on the menu today. Don't know what to think? @jillongovt.bsky.social and @tompope.bsky.social do. They like....
www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/comment/rach...
www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/comment/rach...
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It beggars belief that Labour are taxing universities’ most lucrative revenue streams at a time when three quarters of them are in the red
November 25, 2025 at 9:54 PM
It beggars belief that Labour are taxing universities’ most lucrative revenue streams at a time when three quarters of them are in the red
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beginning to believe I would actually vote for a dead pigeon on a stick if it just promised to restore the fuel duty escalator
November 25, 2025 at 4:40 PM
beginning to believe I would actually vote for a dead pigeon on a stick if it just promised to restore the fuel duty escalator
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Working on my new @aftonbladetkultur.bsky.social column, working title: "Get Ready for the Worst World Cup Ever" 🙄
November 25, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Working on my new @aftonbladetkultur.bsky.social column, working title: "Get Ready for the Worst World Cup Ever" 🙄
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Auntie In The Dock: my SKETCH of Today in People Who Love The BBC And Definitely Didn't Leak Anything To The Telegraph.
Auntie in the dock | Robert Hutton | The Critic Magazine
“I have been defined by these two years at Number 10,” Robbie Gibb complained, sounding for all the world like the chap in the joke who only shagged one sheep. How dare anyone suggest that this…
thecritic.co.uk
November 24, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Auntie In The Dock: my SKETCH of Today in People Who Love The BBC And Definitely Didn't Leak Anything To The Telegraph.
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How Farage feels about Putin: in his own words | LBC
YouTube video by LBC
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November 25, 2025 at 1:16 PM
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There's a really fantastic piece to be written on the way that social media makes some people believe they are in a customer service relationship with the people they are talking to online.
I want to make something very clear to everyone: I do not work for you. You don't sign my paychecks and the expectation that I do is frankly insane. Go away.
November 24, 2025 at 2:53 PM
There's a really fantastic piece to be written on the way that social media makes some people believe they are in a customer service relationship with the people they are talking to online.
“This very beautiful party…”
He’s starting to talk like Trump.
He’s starting to talk like Trump.
November 25, 2025 at 7:52 AM
“This very beautiful party…”
He’s starting to talk like Trump.
He’s starting to talk like Trump.
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Well that’s sunk what little might have been left of Chris Mason’s repution.
Robbie Gibb describes the BBC's Political Editor Chris Mason as the "unsung hero of covering politics" and "absolutely first rate"
November 24, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Well that’s sunk what little might have been left of Chris Mason’s repution.
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🔴Nigel Farage’s ‘Project 2029’: The Pro-Trump Lobbyist Pushing His Agenda Into the UK
A Trump-aligned anti-abortion lobbyist who hosted Nigel Farage’s meeting with a 6 January rioter in Florida has been funding and advising him while pushing Project 2025’s hard-right agenda into Britain
A Trump-aligned anti-abortion lobbyist who hosted Nigel Farage’s meeting with a 6 January rioter in Florida has been funding and advising him while pushing Project 2025’s hard-right agenda into Britain
Nigel Farage's 'Project 2029': The Pro-Trump Lobbyist Pushing His Agenda Into the UK
A Trump-aligned anti-abortion lobbyist who hosted Nigel Farage's meeting with a 6 January rioter in Florida has been funding and advising the Reform leader while pushing Project 2025’s hard-right agen...
bylinetimes.com
November 24, 2025 at 11:29 AM
🔴Nigel Farage’s ‘Project 2029’: The Pro-Trump Lobbyist Pushing His Agenda Into the UK
A Trump-aligned anti-abortion lobbyist who hosted Nigel Farage’s meeting with a 6 January rioter in Florida has been funding and advising him while pushing Project 2025’s hard-right agenda into Britain
A Trump-aligned anti-abortion lobbyist who hosted Nigel Farage’s meeting with a 6 January rioter in Florida has been funding and advising him while pushing Project 2025’s hard-right agenda into Britain
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Imagine picking fights about duty and honor with this man.
They’re so fucking stupid.
They’re so fucking stupid.
November 24, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Imagine picking fights about duty and honor with this man.
They’re so fucking stupid.
They’re so fucking stupid.
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But if governments keep steering policy by what IS popular today, they will sail in circles and never navigate to a better destination...
November 24, 2025 at 12:36 PM
But if governments keep steering policy by what IS popular today, they will sail in circles and never navigate to a better destination...
Now we’re supposed to be taking Zack Polanski seriously, has anybody had a proper look at the Green Party’s tax policies? This ‘NI on investment income’ that will raise £6bn’ - does that include private pension income?
November 24, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Now we’re supposed to be taking Zack Polanski seriously, has anybody had a proper look at the Green Party’s tax policies? This ‘NI on investment income’ that will raise £6bn’ - does that include private pension income?
Get the government and public sector accounts off this toxic platform.
Now.
Now.
This is one of the big accounts boosting Tommy Robinson, Farage and Reform and ‘English Patriots’.
It’s Russian.
It’s Russian.
November 24, 2025 at 11:28 AM
Get the government and public sector accounts off this toxic platform.
Now.
Now.
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In the 15 years Labour have entertained Glasman, I cannot think of one single occasion where he has publicly criticised attacks on working class people, shown working class people solidarity, supported a single working class struggle.
He has enjoyed being a Lord though.
He has enjoyed being a Lord though.
November 23, 2025 at 4:05 PM
In the 15 years Labour have entertained Glasman, I cannot think of one single occasion where he has publicly criticised attacks on working class people, shown working class people solidarity, supported a single working class struggle.
He has enjoyed being a Lord though.
He has enjoyed being a Lord though.