Luke Stronach
@lukestronach.bsky.social
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This ghoulish idea passed through Broadcasting House. I'm disgusted.
As part of its BBC Maestro series, mystery thriller novelist Agatha Christie provides a writing masterclass. She died in 1976.
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Agatha Christie dispenses writing tips from beyond the grave
As part of its BBC Maestro series, mystery thriller novelist Agatha Christie will provide a writing masterclass. She died in 1976.
filmstories.co.uk
February 9, 2026 at 12:23 AM
This ghoulish idea passed through Broadcasting House. I'm disgusted.
How they said, ‘Tear it down! Tear it down!
Down to its foundations!’
O daughter Babylon, you devastator!
Happy shall they be who pay you back
what you have done to us!
Down to its foundations!’
O daughter Babylon, you devastator!
Happy shall they be who pay you back
what you have done to us!
February 5, 2026 at 11:16 PM
How they said, ‘Tear it down! Tear it down!
Down to its foundations!’
O daughter Babylon, you devastator!
Happy shall they be who pay you back
what you have done to us!
Down to its foundations!’
O daughter Babylon, you devastator!
Happy shall they be who pay you back
what you have done to us!
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This quote from a Reform UK councillor sums it up beautifully. Cross-boundary moral outrages, exported online and sold (especially, but not exclusively) to generations that grew up before the internet, are such a central feature of radicalisation today. www.kentonline.co.uk/maidstone/ne...
February 5, 2026 at 8:42 AM
This quote from a Reform UK councillor sums it up beautifully. Cross-boundary moral outrages, exported online and sold (especially, but not exclusively) to generations that grew up before the internet, are such a central feature of radicalisation today. www.kentonline.co.uk/maidstone/ne...
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Just a quick note to @greenparty.org.uk and @greenpartyhan.bsky.social - I was not consulted on being quoted on your leaflets and I have not endorsed your campaign (or any campaign in this seat). I think this note, like the bar chart next to it, is misleading and out of context.
February 4, 2026 at 11:47 AM
Just a quick note to @greenparty.org.uk and @greenpartyhan.bsky.social - I was not consulted on being quoted on your leaflets and I have not endorsed your campaign (or any campaign in this seat). I think this note, like the bar chart next to it, is misleading and out of context.
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Whatever electoral calculation, a serious political error for anyone on the left to praise even elements of Galloway's vile party. It may oppose the genocide in Gaza, but it supports other genocides. It supports Russia's war on Ukraine. It is not antiracist or internationalist.
February 2, 2026 at 9:39 PM
Whatever electoral calculation, a serious political error for anyone on the left to praise even elements of Galloway's vile party. It may oppose the genocide in Gaza, but it supports other genocides. It supports Russia's war on Ukraine. It is not antiracist or internationalist.
Cycling through the racism rolodex and landing on *squints* scandis?
Chris Rufo is so upset about the Minneapolis protests that he is resorting to anti-Nordic racism christopherrufo.com/p/the-curse-...
January 30, 2026 at 7:16 PM
Cycling through the racism rolodex and landing on *squints* scandis?
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The actual biggest knock on the UK Greens for me is that their foreign policy remains an embarrassing joke because they’re fundamentally cranks mounting a sporadic effort to pretend otherwise… but the leader being the most transparent conman imaginable certainly doesn’t *help*
It's telling how Green people keep trying to twist what Polanski did with Thypnoboobs stuff because it is entirely indefensible and speaks hugely to his character.
It's a puff piece. He is directly quoted saying his hypnosis can have a physical effect. He's lying to vulnerable women for publicity.
It's a puff piece. He is directly quoted saying his hypnosis can have a physical effect. He's lying to vulnerable women for publicity.
He never claimed...
weird because here he is directly quoted *literally doing that*. And he's never said he was misquoted - he's said he disowned the comments immediately but never did so on his website etc (he just noted how much attention they've got
weird because here he is directly quoted *literally doing that*. And he's never said he was misquoted - he's said he disowned the comments immediately but never did so on his website etc (he just noted how much attention they've got
January 29, 2026 at 2:04 PM
The actual biggest knock on the UK Greens for me is that their foreign policy remains an embarrassing joke because they’re fundamentally cranks mounting a sporadic effort to pretend otherwise… but the leader being the most transparent conman imaginable certainly doesn’t *help*
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I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
Stay free
Stay free
Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen
youtu.be
January 28, 2026 at 5:02 PM
I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
Stay free
Stay free
Absolutely loved the partners in crime storyline but my GOD they had some simply diabolical faithfuls paving the way to victory
January 23, 2026 at 10:22 PM
Absolutely loved the partners in crime storyline but my GOD they had some simply diabolical faithfuls paving the way to victory
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Really don’t like the roaring, raging return of acceptable-for-progressives homophobia
Newsom shows off knee pads for CEOs 'selling out' to the Trump administration
Newsom shows off knee pads for CEOs 'selling out' to the Trump administration
The Governor of California showed off knee pads that he suggested were for leaders "selling out" to the Trump administration, during an interview at Davos.
cnb.cx
January 22, 2026 at 7:25 PM
Really don’t like the roaring, raging return of acceptable-for-progressives homophobia
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Grandpa is going back to sleep.
January 21, 2026 at 7:49 PM
Grandpa is going back to sleep.
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Mark Carney's speech really is terrific: full text is here and very much worth your time.
The Carney doctrine
Open comment thread on the PM's Davos speech
paulwells.substack.com
January 20, 2026 at 5:52 PM
Mark Carney's speech really is terrific: full text is here and very much worth your time.
Has anyone explained why Greenock has a Dutch level density of railway stations
January 17, 2026 at 5:22 PM
Has anyone explained why Greenock has a Dutch level density of railway stations
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neolithic guys get pissed if you tell them their cultures are organized by the type of pots and jewelry they made. "we called ourselves the blood hunters" "we conquered villages far beyond this horizon" sorry bud you're the western linear pottery culture now
January 17, 2026 at 2:52 PM
neolithic guys get pissed if you tell them their cultures are organized by the type of pots and jewelry they made. "we called ourselves the blood hunters" "we conquered villages far beyond this horizon" sorry bud you're the western linear pottery culture now
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Sums up how rubbish Badenoch is that she has been forced into a “You’re dumping me? I’m dumping you!” rather than just sacking and disbarring Jenrick over the many, many things that would have kept him out of any Tory Cabinet since 1968.
January 15, 2026 at 11:14 AM
Sums up how rubbish Badenoch is that she has been forced into a “You’re dumping me? I’m dumping you!” rather than just sacking and disbarring Jenrick over the many, many things that would have kept him out of any Tory Cabinet since 1968.
Am I supposed to feel bad for these people? You volunteered for a genocidal army!
'I paid for a non combat role then they used me as cannon fodder' yes, because it's the Russians
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'I paid for a non combat role then they used me as cannon fodder' yes, because it's the Russians
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How one woman lures foreign recruits to Russia’s front line in Ukraine
Recruits tell the BBC an ex-teacher who operates on Telegram misled them, saying they could avoid combat.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 13, 2026 at 5:01 PM
Am I supposed to feel bad for these people? You volunteered for a genocidal army!
'I paid for a non combat role then they used me as cannon fodder' yes, because it's the Russians
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'I paid for a non combat role then they used me as cannon fodder' yes, because it's the Russians
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Legitimately great patter
It was time to build this weekend (with LEGO).
Thanks to Ambassador Harris for the gift. Solidarity with Denmark. 🇨🇦🇩🇰
Thanks to Ambassador Harris for the gift. Solidarity with Denmark. 🇨🇦🇩🇰
January 13, 2026 at 9:39 AM
Legitimately great patter
The Wensum, which I have paddled down a few times to go to the pub (yep!). And I was a long time season ticket holder in the River End at Carrow Road; no prizes for which river it refers.
My favorite Twitter prompt was "RT this with your home river," so reskeet this with your home river.
Mine is the Patuxent.
Mine is the Patuxent.
January 12, 2026 at 8:22 PM
The Wensum, which I have paddled down a few times to go to the pub (yep!). And I was a long time season ticket holder in the River End at Carrow Road; no prizes for which river it refers.
And naming a *potential* ban on X as one of his key reasons. This is a former Chancellor of the Exchequer!!
NEW: Former Tory Chancellor Nadhim Zahawi defects to Reform.
Most senior member of the last Conservative govt yet to join the party.
Most senior member of the last Conservative govt yet to join the party.
January 12, 2026 at 11:41 AM
And naming a *potential* ban on X as one of his key reasons. This is a former Chancellor of the Exchequer!!
Gotta respect the commitment YP have to keeping Megan Kenyon in a job
New: Sources close to Jeremy Corbyn said he didn’t give permission for his name to be used on this slate and a specific request was put in that his name was not included. Sources said Corbyn is “very upset” that this was done without his consent.
New: A new group - Grassroots Left - has launched a slate of candidates ahead of Your Party’s central executive committee elections. The slate is backed by Your Party co-founder Zarah Sultana and has called for “no more top-down party”.
Nominations for the CEC elections close next week.
Nominations for the CEC elections close next week.
January 12, 2026 at 12:01 AM
Gotta respect the commitment YP have to keeping Megan Kenyon in a job