Mike Green
@mikeboy7564.bsky.social
I hate politics it's an addiction.
Hmmm, Interior lighting still looks too white and bright, and I am very sceptical about those standard class seats.
We’re proud to reveal images of our new fleet – ‘Serenza’ 🚆
The 10 state-of-the-art Class 897 trains will be the first new fleet introduced as part of GBR.
To learn more, head to https://www.lner.co.uk/news/the-next-generation-lner-reveals-exciting-new-details-of-upcoming-east-coast
The 10 state-of-the-art Class 897 trains will be the first new fleet introduced as part of GBR.
To learn more, head to https://www.lner.co.uk/news/the-next-generation-lner-reveals-exciting-new-details-of-upcoming-east-coast
February 2, 2026 at 11:26 AM
Hmmm, Interior lighting still looks too white and bright, and I am very sceptical about those standard class seats.
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John Oxley points out the clear yet often overlooked point that young men 18-24 are the second most liberal, left-leaning group in society (after young women) - being more so than young-ish thirtysomething women, and older women, as well as than men in older cohorts
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The right wing should be worried about young men. Unlike Europe and the US, British young men are swinging wildly behind progressive parties. Some thoughts on why, and why most of the right are ignoring it.
open.substack.com/pub/joxleywr...
The right wing should be worried about young men. Unlike Europe and the US, British young men are swinging wildly behind progressive parties. Some thoughts on why, and why most of the right are ignoring it.
open.substack.com/pub/joxleywr...
The Revolt of the Young Men?
Britain's second wokest cohort might surprise you
open.substack.com
January 30, 2026 at 9:47 AM
John Oxley points out the clear yet often overlooked point that young men 18-24 are the second most liberal, left-leaning group in society (after young women) - being more so than young-ish thirtysomething women, and older women, as well as than men in older cohorts
People tend to conflate "post-World War 2" and "modern" when referring to political history but a hill I will die on is that referring to anything pre-Feb '74 as "modern politics" is just categorically wrong.
January 29, 2026 at 2:27 PM
People tend to conflate "post-World War 2" and "modern" when referring to political history but a hill I will die on is that referring to anything pre-Feb '74 as "modern politics" is just categorically wrong.
Once again calling for the Mansion House tube stop to be closed.
January 27, 2026 at 12:15 PM
Once again calling for the Mansion House tube stop to be closed.
Don't think there will ever be a blog post more tailor made for me than this.
I use @electionstudies.bsky.social data from 1972 to model how characters in The Simpsons would have voted in presidential elections
It turns out to be very revealing about how the demographic coalitions of the Democratic and Republican parties have completely rearranged themselves...
It turns out to be very revealing about how the demographic coalitions of the Democratic and Republican parties have completely rearranged themselves...
How The Simpsons Explain America's Political Realignment
How the Democrats lost Homer Simpson but gained Mr Burns
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January 27, 2026 at 10:14 AM
Don't think there will ever be a blog post more tailor made for me than this.
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When you take the meme path on a Hearts of Iron mod and the the easter egg profile picture is activated.
January 20, 2026 at 1:51 PM
When you take the meme path on a Hearts of Iron mod and the the easter egg profile picture is activated.
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joining the scrap trident protesters and then getting yelled at by them when I hold up my second placard 'buy the ArianeGroup M51 instead'
January 20, 2026 at 11:38 AM
joining the scrap trident protesters and then getting yelled at by them when I hold up my second placard 'buy the ArianeGroup M51 instead'
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The problem with this is even if called out on it they'll about concede to "I was wrong" but never admit that the position was unsustainable when they adopted it.
January 18, 2026 at 1:40 PM
The problem with this is even if called out on it they'll about concede to "I was wrong" but never admit that the position was unsustainable when they adopted it.
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An underrated factor in "why don't people in wealthy societies have more kids" is changing societal norms that now expect even older kids to be chaperoned by an adult any time they are in public, and to be chauffeured by a parent as their only means of transportation
Older generations spent a lot less time parenting. Millennial dads spend nearly as much time parenting as Boomer moms did. Millennial and Gen X moms way more.
via The Economist
via The Economist
January 16, 2026 at 5:20 AM
An underrated factor in "why don't people in wealthy societies have more kids" is changing societal norms that now expect even older kids to be chaperoned by an adult any time they are in public, and to be chauffeured by a parent as their only means of transportation
Tacky love of gold, cheats at golf, has access to atomic weapons.
Close enough, welcome back Auric Goldfinger.
Close enough, welcome back Auric Goldfinger.
Trump’s Caddie magically drops a ball for him not in the deep stuff ⛳️
January 15, 2026 at 4:16 PM
Tacky love of gold, cheats at golf, has access to atomic weapons.
Close enough, welcome back Auric Goldfinger.
Close enough, welcome back Auric Goldfinger.
Honestly at this point I don't see why the talking heads from industry and "northern leadership" are even bothering welcoming spending £1.1bn on paper.
January 14, 2026 at 10:07 AM
Honestly at this point I don't see why the talking heads from industry and "northern leadership" are even bothering welcoming spending £1.1bn on paper.
Look I know standards at the Telegraph are low but this is such a painful headline given being communist and Soviet aligned made Poland definitively in the "second world."
January 12, 2026 at 1:35 PM
Look I know standards at the Telegraph are low but this is such a painful headline given being communist and Soviet aligned made Poland definitively in the "second world."
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Keir Starmer should condemn Trump’s illegal action in Venezuela.
Maduro is a brutal and illegitimate dictator, but unlawful attacks like this make us all less safe.
Trump is giving a green light to the likes of Putin and Xi to attack other countries with impunity.
Maduro is a brutal and illegitimate dictator, but unlawful attacks like this make us all less safe.
Trump is giving a green light to the likes of Putin and Xi to attack other countries with impunity.
January 3, 2026 at 11:34 AM
Keir Starmer should condemn Trump’s illegal action in Venezuela.
Maduro is a brutal and illegitimate dictator, but unlawful attacks like this make us all less safe.
Trump is giving a green light to the likes of Putin and Xi to attack other countries with impunity.
Maduro is a brutal and illegitimate dictator, but unlawful attacks like this make us all less safe.
Trump is giving a green light to the likes of Putin and Xi to attack other countries with impunity.
Shout out to MTV 80s for making the elite choice.
I’ve spent this morning morbidly watching the MTV channels close down and the final songs played were:
MTV Music - Video Killed the Radio Star (Buggles)
Club MTV - Don’t Stop the Music (Rihanna)
MTV 90s - Goodbye (Spice Girls)
MTV 80s - Together in Electric Dreams (Oakey and Moroder)
MTV Music - Video Killed the Radio Star (Buggles)
Club MTV - Don’t Stop the Music (Rihanna)
MTV 90s - Goodbye (Spice Girls)
MTV 80s - Together in Electric Dreams (Oakey and Moroder)
December 31, 2025 at 11:19 AM
Shout out to MTV 80s for making the elite choice.
Then: Civ 5
Now: Civ 5
Now: Civ 5
Quote this with what you would have said your game of the year was at the end of 2010, if you had one, and what you would say your favourite game of 2010 is now, if it differs
Localisations and early access count, remasters and ports don't. Remakes depend
Refresher: backloggd.com/games/lib/po...
Localisations and early access count, remasters and ports don't. Remakes depend
Refresher: backloggd.com/games/lib/po...
December 22, 2025 at 3:50 AM
Then: Civ 5
Now: Civ 5
Now: Civ 5
Very telling that "other models" have to be examined but that could only ever go downwards. Oh no we can't even begin to check the BCR on a proper metro.
December 22, 2025 at 1:48 AM
Very telling that "other models" have to be examined but that could only ever go downwards. Oh no we can't even begin to check the BCR on a proper metro.
Good to see our media finally recognising the plight of @himclay.bsky.social
giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/... “The other kind of migrant.” Janan will soon be assailed by 10,000 Yorkshire media men
December 13, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Good to see our media finally recognising the plight of @himclay.bsky.social
This is also an underappreciated (for those who've never been through it) part of why factions emerge within parties - you can't know everything so you build a network of people you trust on general principles who do a lot of the detail for you.
Like imagine you're a normal person, i.e. yourself. (None of you here are normal, but imagine.) You probably have 3-4 political issues you have strong opinions on, 3-4 you have general inclinations on, and a ton you know nothing about. The whip's office /tells/ you what you should think on that ton.
December 9, 2025 at 9:06 PM
This is also an underappreciated (for those who've never been through it) part of why factions emerge within parties - you can't know everything so you build a network of people you trust on general principles who do a lot of the detail for you.
As predicted, it looks like complete shite.
December 8, 2025 at 10:57 PM
As predicted, it looks like complete shite.
They really captured the exact moment the monster of the week goes from talking to the Doctor to trying to hunt him down here.
Always important to remember that this is because these robots are "faking" being human
Theyre actually capable of way more and way weirder stuff
Theyre actually capable of way more and way weirder stuff
December 6, 2025 at 11:44 AM
They really captured the exact moment the monster of the week goes from talking to the Doctor to trying to hunt him down here.
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One of my favourite quotes in my book was from a SPAD who told me: "government doesn't really *do* anything - it's a procurement agency that's bad at procurement."
December 4, 2025 at 9:29 PM
One of my favourite quotes in my book was from a SPAD who told me: "government doesn't really *do* anything - it's a procurement agency that's bad at procurement."
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Any takers for the Greens? We're one short of a full set
November 29, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Any takers for the Greens? We're one short of a full set
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I think what this (widely shared among some people who follow me) attitude misses is that, of course, if you have a series of cowboy builders, you are going to be more and more irate as the process goes on.
The fact that every single PM this century has been more unpopular than the previous one shows that the electorate is impossible to please. We are simply predisposed to automatically hate every government no matter what. I don't know how that's sustainable long-term.
November 28, 2025 at 12:04 AM
I think what this (widely shared among some people who follow me) attitude misses is that, of course, if you have a series of cowboy builders, you are going to be more and more irate as the process goes on.
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Proposed changes to spending controls are incredibly positive. As @instituteforgovernment.org.uk has previously noted, the cumulative complexity of controls muddies accountability, makes govt a worse customer, and wastes time and money. We asked govt to review and that's exactly what they've done
November 26, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Proposed changes to spending controls are incredibly positive. As @instituteforgovernment.org.uk has previously noted, the cumulative complexity of controls muddies accountability, makes govt a worse customer, and wastes time and money. We asked govt to review and that's exactly what they've done