johnlynsted.bsky.social
@johnlynsted.bsky.social
Liberal-minded anti-brexiteer. Politics, finance, people and not in that order! Opinions painfully my own. Subject to change depending upon evidence - principles rather more fixed. Hopefully aging disgracefully.🔶🇪🇺🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇬🇧
Now you know how he managed to go bankrupt running a casino...
December 19, 2025 at 10:55 AM
So that's how you go bankrupt running a casino.
December 19, 2025 at 1:29 AM
One of my Tidal playlists. Lots of Prog but another is loaded with Zep, Sabbath, Purple etc. I kind of skipped most of the 80s (with many exceptions it has to be said) and then straight into 90s Seattle and subsequent Finnish symphonic metal. All heavily rooted though in UK 70s rock/punk (ish).
December 16, 2025 at 5:48 PM
What an appalling choice. You could justify it on the basis of the unhinged response of the racists to Sunak's post celebrating Yorkshire Day. I'm lucky, the challenger to my Tory MP is LD and the constituency I was in before being gerrymandered out went LD with the wonderful Jess Brown-Fuller.
December 16, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Wild that bsky flags this as "adult". Growing up in the 70s was a privilege when it comes to music in general but Kate Bush stands out as a genius for the generations.
December 16, 2025 at 7:53 AM
Ok, I'll take the bait but I'm not piking an argument with you as I prefer politics. Or snacks, I get quite into quite deep water on snacks, especially scampi fries which are the work of the devil!
December 15, 2025 at 10:06 PM
As long as Europe is clear on our own defence strategies and industries, we don't need to be openly antagonistic. Yes, we're Atlanticist and NATO. But when it comes to regulating AI and social media harms, then we plough a European furrow. If the felon doesn't like that, he can go fuck himself.
December 15, 2025 at 6:17 PM
As is the orange felon. Thank heaven for QMV and some nifty footwork from other members of EU.
December 14, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Nah, Oxford is the world's murder capital. Kept Morse busy every week!
December 12, 2025 at 8:20 PM
OGWT and M.A.S.H, does it get better? My first year at Leicester Poly though so I suspect I was only vaguely aware of what day it was!
December 12, 2025 at 7:23 PM
It's not actually that difficult to select the party best able to defeat Reform. The process would easier though if Lab stopped trying to emulate them and give LD/GRN reasons to choose Lab. Maybe Rejoin negotiations and subsequent referendum?
December 12, 2025 at 6:30 PM
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The Lib Dems won this seat from the Conservatives and beating Reform U.K. with an impressive 41.3% of votes cast, almost double the previous vote share.💪

This win in Richard Foord‘s constituency makes it a sweep of 13 out of 13 by-election wins for the Lib Dems in Devon this year.
#Devon
#LibDems🔶
December 12, 2025 at 2:20 PM
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Wearing a mask is a cheap, easy way to reduce pressure on the health service during peak flu seasons. In some parts of the world, like Japan, it's normal. I was hoping it would become normal here too, after Covid. But the fascists made it part of their stupid culture war.
December 11, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Moi aussie!
December 10, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Not clicking, looks way too like a rickroll!
December 9, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Love a bit of parliamentary nerdiness on the train home.
December 9, 2025 at 6:08 PM
And their descendants?
December 9, 2025 at 10:03 AM