Phil Harrison
@mrpmharrison.bsky.social
Journalism, constructive moaning, weird music, telly, LUFC, all the usual shit.
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The UK, where the day after a decision to take half a million children out of poverty, the media & political world has been full of sneering at those same children & their families, labelling them as ‘Benefits Street’, while the same people are moaning about a tax on £2m mansions. Shameful stuff.
November 27, 2025 at 8:22 PM
The UK, where the day after a decision to take half a million children out of poverty, the media & political world has been full of sneering at those same children & their families, labelling them as ‘Benefits Street’, while the same people are moaning about a tax on £2m mansions. Shameful stuff.
I mean, it's a lovely thought...
It sure would be good if Heath woke up one morning, went to his computer, opened a new document, and did not go on to wet and soil himself.
November 27, 2025 at 10:03 PM
I mean, it's a lovely thought...
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The latest budget was actually political genius because it has reminded me of how much I hate so many people in the British political establishment even more than I hate Starmer's Labour.
The UK, where the day after a decision to take half a million children out of poverty, the media & political world has been full of sneering at those same children & their families, labelling them as ‘Benefits Street’, while the same people are moaning about a tax on £2m mansions. Shameful stuff.
November 27, 2025 at 8:31 PM
The latest budget was actually political genius because it has reminded me of how much I hate so many people in the British political establishment even more than I hate Starmer's Labour.
God, they've nicked Marilyn Whirlwind. Absolute rats.
They’re arresting Native Americans. ICE is arresting the people who were actually Americans before Americans were Americans. Can Native Americans deport ICE agents back to Western Europe?
‘Northern Exposure’ actor gave ICE agents in Redmond her tribal ID. They called it ‘fake,’ she says
Indigenous actor Elaine Miles of "Northern Exposure" was detained by ICE at a Redmond bus stop. When she showed them her Tribal ID, they told her it was fake.
www.seattletimes.com
November 27, 2025 at 8:20 PM
God, they've nicked Marilyn Whirlwind. Absolute rats.
Starmer and Reeves are 'pro-growth' but only if that position remains hypothetical and doesn't involve doing anything potentially unpopular with racists that might actually, you know, lead to growth.
PM describes net migration of 205k as "a step in the right direction". His govt has no public position on a sustainable level of immigration is, nor any known process to decide what, why & how. Starmer is now implying he wants it significantly lower
www.standard.co.uk/news/politic...
www.standard.co.uk/news/politic...
Net migration drop ‘step in the right direction’ – Starmer
Net migration peaked at a record 944,000 in the year to March 2023 but has fallen sharply since then.
www.standard.co.uk
November 27, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Starmer and Reeves are 'pro-growth' but only if that position remains hypothetical and doesn't involve doing anything potentially unpopular with racists that might actually, you know, lead to growth.
The Beatles discourse reminds me of the two worst archetypes of music fandom:
The 'Beatles were everything and how DARE you suggest otherwise!' ultra-loyalist.
And 'the Beatles were shit' contrarian who will then reel of a bunch of stuff they like instead as if you don't like lots of that AS WELL.
The 'Beatles were everything and how DARE you suggest otherwise!' ultra-loyalist.
And 'the Beatles were shit' contrarian who will then reel of a bunch of stuff they like instead as if you don't like lots of that AS WELL.
November 27, 2025 at 8:48 AM
The Beatles discourse reminds me of the two worst archetypes of music fandom:
The 'Beatles were everything and how DARE you suggest otherwise!' ultra-loyalist.
And 'the Beatles were shit' contrarian who will then reel of a bunch of stuff they like instead as if you don't like lots of that AS WELL.
The 'Beatles were everything and how DARE you suggest otherwise!' ultra-loyalist.
And 'the Beatles were shit' contrarian who will then reel of a bunch of stuff they like instead as if you don't like lots of that AS WELL.
I'm sorry but if you own a five bedroom house in Richmond, you are RICH.
If things are still a struggle for you sometimes, imagine how hard they are for the rest of us and get over yourself.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
If things are still a struggle for you sometimes, imagine how hard they are for the rest of us and get over yourself.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
‘I don’t live in a mansion. It’s a 1930s house’: Richmond residents react to council tax rise
Rachel Reeves’s new council tax surcharge on homes worth £2m or more earns mixed reception in well-heeled London borough
www.theguardian.com
November 27, 2025 at 8:27 AM
I'm sorry but if you own a five bedroom house in Richmond, you are RICH.
If things are still a struggle for you sometimes, imagine how hard they are for the rest of us and get over yourself.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
If things are still a struggle for you sometimes, imagine how hard they are for the rest of us and get over yourself.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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Link to the petition—> petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
Link to the petition—> petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
November 26, 2025 at 8:55 AM
🔥 Highly recommended that you all sign and share.
Link to the petition—> petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
Link to the petition—> petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
Magnificent stuff.
Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
November 26, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Magnificent stuff.
'Scientists' doing a lot of heavy lifting there.
'Some rentaquote gobshite with no reputation to lose who we have on speed-dial if all else fails' might work better.
'Some rentaquote gobshite with no reputation to lose who we have on speed-dial if all else fails' might work better.
No, ChatGPT is not conscious. Are the journalists who keep writing these fucking articles?
November 26, 2025 at 9:25 AM
'Scientists' doing a lot of heavy lifting there.
'Some rentaquote gobshite with no reputation to lose who we have on speed-dial if all else fails' might work better.
'Some rentaquote gobshite with no reputation to lose who we have on speed-dial if all else fails' might work better.
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When Jewish people are on the record saying the man who is favourite to be the next PM taunted them about the Holocaust and wished death on them, impartiality rules surely require broadcasters to give at least as much attention to it as they gave to Corbyn's links to anti-Semites.
The silence about Nigel Farage's anti-Semitism from so many of those who attacked Jeremy Corbyn over his connections to anti-Semites is absolutely deafening. It's almost as if they were never actually bothered about anti-Semitism, isn't it?
November 26, 2025 at 8:52 AM
When Jewish people are on the record saying the man who is favourite to be the next PM taunted them about the Holocaust and wished death on them, impartiality rules surely require broadcasters to give at least as much attention to it as they gave to Corbyn's links to anti-Semites.
Still think about MBV last night (and my ears are still thinking about it too).
So weird to hear such abstract, leftfield music performed in a venue like Wembley Arena. But it worked. There's a vastness in that music that can expand to fit any space.
So weird to hear such abstract, leftfield music performed in a venue like Wembley Arena. But it worked. There's a vastness in that music that can expand to fit any space.
November 26, 2025 at 8:27 AM
Still think about MBV last night (and my ears are still thinking about it too).
So weird to hear such abstract, leftfield music performed in a venue like Wembley Arena. But it worked. There's a vastness in that music that can expand to fit any space.
So weird to hear such abstract, leftfield music performed in a venue like Wembley Arena. But it worked. There's a vastness in that music that can expand to fit any space.
He's a liar and a racist.
And you know what? If his current endeavour wasn't an essentially racist one, people wouldn't be talking about it. But he's been remarkably consistent all his life.
Racist kid.
Racist teenager.
Racist adult.
Fella's a racist.
And you know what? If his current endeavour wasn't an essentially racist one, people wouldn't be talking about it. But he's been remarkably consistent all his life.
Racist kid.
Racist teenager.
Racist adult.
Fella's a racist.
Another contemporary accused the Reform leader of being a “complete liar” in an interview on Tuesday afternoon. Andy Field, a GP who was two years below Farage at Dulwich, said he had directly witnessed racial abuse from the Reform leader.
www.thetimes.com/article/94cb...
www.thetimes.com/article/94cb...
Nigel Farage’s abuse was persistent, not banter, claims ex-schoolmate
Peter Ettedgui says he was targeted at Dulwich College. The Reform UK leader denies he racially abused anybody
www.thetimes.com
November 26, 2025 at 8:12 AM
He's a liar and a racist.
And you know what? If his current endeavour wasn't an essentially racist one, people wouldn't be talking about it. But he's been remarkably consistent all his life.
Racist kid.
Racist teenager.
Racist adult.
Fella's a racist.
And you know what? If his current endeavour wasn't an essentially racist one, people wouldn't be talking about it. But he's been remarkably consistent all his life.
Racist kid.
Racist teenager.
Racist adult.
Fella's a racist.
I went to see My Bloody Valentine at Wembley Arena and fucking hell. That was A LOT.
November 25, 2025 at 11:37 PM
I went to see My Bloody Valentine at Wembley Arena and fucking hell. That was A LOT.
'I will use my taser on you'??
Alright mate, 'no thanks' would have sufficed.
Alright mate, 'no thanks' would have sufficed.
I just found this old picture of a poster that was on the wall at the school my friend taught at and there’s some incredible stuff in there
November 25, 2025 at 1:20 PM
'I will use my taser on you'??
Alright mate, 'no thanks' would have sufficed.
Alright mate, 'no thanks' would have sufficed.
We need some whistleblowers from inside the BBC. People who have screenshot the emails and recorded the conversations and can tell us exactly where this stuff is coming from.
I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
November 25, 2025 at 12:21 PM
We need some whistleblowers from inside the BBC. People who have screenshot the emails and recorded the conversations and can tell us exactly where this stuff is coming from.
Wow. Robbie Gibb strikes again!
I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
November 25, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Wow. Robbie Gibb strikes again!
Just say yes Nigel.
Your meat-head fans won't care anyway and at least everyone will know exactly where they stand.
Your meat-head fans won't care anyway and at least everyone will know exactly where they stand.
Did you ever racially abuse fellow pupils?
It was years ago.
Did you ever racially abuse fellow pupils?
Not in a hurtful way.
Did you ever racially abuse fellow pupils?
Not with intent.
Did you ever racially abuse fellow pupils?
Not genuine abuse.
😮🫣😬😱 ~AA
It was years ago.
Did you ever racially abuse fellow pupils?
Not in a hurtful way.
Did you ever racially abuse fellow pupils?
Not with intent.
Did you ever racially abuse fellow pupils?
Not genuine abuse.
😮🫣😬😱 ~AA
November 24, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Just say yes Nigel.
Your meat-head fans won't care anyway and at least everyone will know exactly where they stand.
Your meat-head fans won't care anyway and at least everyone will know exactly where they stand.
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This constant relitigating of whether Farage/Trump/etc are racists is exhausting given the overwhelming weight of evidence.
It reaffirms the Toni Morrison quote on the function of racism - to tire out everyone on having to prove & re-prove the 'if' at the expense of consequences. He is. So now what?
It reaffirms the Toni Morrison quote on the function of racism - to tire out everyone on having to prove & re-prove the 'if' at the expense of consequences. He is. So now what?
November 24, 2025 at 7:53 PM
This constant relitigating of whether Farage/Trump/etc are racists is exhausting given the overwhelming weight of evidence.
It reaffirms the Toni Morrison quote on the function of racism - to tire out everyone on having to prove & re-prove the 'if' at the expense of consequences. He is. So now what?
It reaffirms the Toni Morrison quote on the function of racism - to tire out everyone on having to prove & re-prove the 'if' at the expense of consequences. He is. So now what?
One of mine, but don't let that put you off!
Prisoner 951 review – this defiant Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe drama makes Britain look ridiculous
Prisoner 951 review – this defiant Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe drama makes Britain look ridiculous
This tale of one family’s six-year ordeal just highlights what an unserious country Britain became in that era. The cast, including Joseph Fiennes, are excellent
www.theguardian.com
November 24, 2025 at 6:49 PM
One of mine, but don't let that put you off!
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Prisoner 951 review – this defiant Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe drama makes Britain look ridiculous
Prisoner 951 review – this defiant Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe drama makes Britain look ridiculous
This tale of one family’s six-year ordeal just highlights what an unserious country Britain became in that era. The cast, including Joseph Fiennes, are excellent
www.theguardian.com
November 23, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Prisoner 951 review – this defiant Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe drama makes Britain look ridiculous
I am not black, brown or Jewish so I don't know how it feels to be racially abused.
But this feels like the 'it's banter, can't you take a joke' defence basically.
I thought we'd established that was insulting bullshit about 40 years ago.
But this feels like the 'it's banter, can't you take a joke' defence basically.
I thought we'd established that was insulting bullshit about 40 years ago.
“I would never ever do it in a hurtful or insulting way”
Nigel Farage responds to allegations of racist behaviour from when he was a teenager at school
@itvnewspolitics.bsky.social
Nigel Farage responds to allegations of racist behaviour from when he was a teenager at school
@itvnewspolitics.bsky.social
November 24, 2025 at 6:47 PM
I am not black, brown or Jewish so I don't know how it feels to be racially abused.
But this feels like the 'it's banter, can't you take a joke' defence basically.
I thought we'd established that was insulting bullshit about 40 years ago.
But this feels like the 'it's banter, can't you take a joke' defence basically.
I thought we'd established that was insulting bullshit about 40 years ago.
Jimmy Cliff - Many Rivers to Cross
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November 24, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Farage did SIX guest slot with vicious conspiracy theorist Alex Jones.
There is an absolute ton of material that the UK media could use to take Farage down.
At this point, you have to conclude that they don't want to.
There is an absolute ton of material that the UK media could use to take Farage down.
At this point, you have to conclude that they don't want to.
On US TV shows and podcasts from 2009-18, Farage discussed supposed plots by bankers to create a global government, citing Goldman Sachs, the Bilderberg group and George Soros as threats to democracy. Included six guest slots with the disgraced far-right US conspiracy theorist Alex Jones.
November 24, 2025 at 8:05 AM
Farage did SIX guest slot with vicious conspiracy theorist Alex Jones.
There is an absolute ton of material that the UK media could use to take Farage down.
At this point, you have to conclude that they don't want to.
There is an absolute ton of material that the UK media could use to take Farage down.
At this point, you have to conclude that they don't want to.
Obviously you're not a golfer, Charlie Brown.
Killing me won't bring back your apples, Charlie Brown
I amuse you, Charlie Brown? I make you laugh, Charlie Brown? Funny how, Charlie Brown?
November 24, 2025 at 7:21 AM
Obviously you're not a golfer, Charlie Brown.