Neil Charles
@neilcharles.bsky.social
Owner of sequence-analytics.com and occasional paraglider pilot.
What The Actual F*** www.theguardian.com/football/202...
Trump ally Infantino to award first Fifa peace prize at World Cup draw in DC
Fifa unveils a new peace prize to be awarded at the 2026 World Cup draw in Washington, citing a mission to honor efforts to end conflict
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 6:38 PM
What The Actual F*** www.theguardian.com/football/202...
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Maybe Keir should demand the heads of major US news networks any time they imply Britain is on the brink of civil war or that we live under sharia law. Or does it not work both ways?
November 10, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Maybe Keir should demand the heads of major US news networks any time they imply Britain is on the brink of civil war or that we live under sharia law. Or does it not work both ways?
They made a Michael Jackson movie?! That's some wholesome family viewing right there.
November 7, 2025 at 4:56 PM
They made a Michael Jackson movie?! That's some wholesome family viewing right there.
Modern advent calendars make me sad.
November 5, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Modern advent calendars make me sad.
The John Lewis ad but when Dad opens his present it's the contents of the car boot from Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas.
November 5, 2025 at 12:49 PM
The John Lewis ad but when Dad opens his present it's the contents of the car boot from Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas.
Suspect James Cartlidge, whoever he is, won't be doing PMQ's for the tories again. Asked one question twice and then the next question four times despite not laying a glove with his first efforts. Lammy had him for breakfast without even trying.
November 5, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Suspect James Cartlidge, whoever he is, won't be doing PMQ's for the tories again. Asked one question twice and then the next question four times despite not laying a glove with his first efforts. Lammy had him for breakfast without even trying.
Neat summary of the Today Programme this morning. I don't think they even realise they're doing it but private school, Oxford and then being brought up through the BBC gives you a certain world view. Very noticeable on the News Agents pod too, despite them all quitting the Beeb.
A great day for the golden rule of political analysis: when the right wins it is a resounding ideological victory that humiliates the left and when the left wins it is a precarious fluke that will surely end up humiliating the left. Conservatives are power’s landlords and the left merely tenants
November 5, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Neat summary of the Today Programme this morning. I don't think they even realise they're doing it but private school, Oxford and then being brought up through the BBC gives you a certain world view. Very noticeable on the News Agents pod too, despite them all quitting the Beeb.
Watching Zohran Mamdani and I know he seems to be a once in a generation talent but God we're crying out for a few normal people in charge. Nice people. People who don't panic when you ask their favourite sandwich because they haven't focus-grouped it, they just tell you their favourite sandwich.
November 4, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Watching Zohran Mamdani and I know he seems to be a once in a generation talent but God we're crying out for a few normal people in charge. Nice people. People who don't panic when you ask their favourite sandwich because they haven't focus-grouped it, they just tell you their favourite sandwich.
Rachel Reeves is when the "this is fine" dog notices the fire might actually be a problem.
November 4, 2025 at 9:09 AM
Rachel Reeves is when the "this is fine" dog notices the fire might actually be a problem.
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This rhetoric around easy political answers rather than hard economic choices is also rather hard to swallow from a party that pretended the NI cuts were affordable or pledged not to raise the big three taxes at the last election.
November 4, 2025 at 8:21 AM
This rhetoric around easy political answers rather than hard economic choices is also rather hard to swallow from a party that pretended the NI cuts were affordable or pledged not to raise the big three taxes at the last election.
Somebody's put union flags up on our lampposts again. You can get 12 metres of international flag bunting on Amazon for a fiver and I'm really tempted to improve their display.
November 3, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Somebody's put union flags up on our lampposts again. You can get 12 metres of international flag bunting on Amazon for a fiver and I'm really tempted to improve their display.
Put our Meta Quest on again because the kids were playing with it and I'm still convinced it's an absolutely killer bit of hardware that desperately needs creative people to be loosed on it. Could be incredible but the apps are really uninspiring.
November 3, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Put our Meta Quest on again because the kids were playing with it and I'm still convinced it's an absolutely killer bit of hardware that desperately needs creative people to be loosed on it. Could be incredible but the apps are really uninspiring.
We've reached the trick or treat hour where you look for a small child accompanying the 19 year old witches who rang the doorbell and realise they're just out for their own swag.
October 31, 2025 at 7:31 PM
We've reached the trick or treat hour where you look for a small child accompanying the 19 year old witches who rang the doorbell and realise they're just out for their own swag.
Sometimes I miss Twitter. You could reliably start an argument with >5k followers.
October 31, 2025 at 9:16 AM
Sometimes I miss Twitter. You could reliably start an argument with >5k followers.
Don't give us that "privately funded by the king" BS. He's the king. Everything he has is because he's the king. It's our money paying for the abuser to idle around on a royal estate.
October 31, 2025 at 9:09 AM
Don't give us that "privately funded by the king" BS. He's the king. Everything he has is because he's the king. It's our money paying for the abuser to idle around on a royal estate.
Enjoying The Diplomat a lot but they're disappointingly unwilling to disappear the Daily Mail lady to a CIA black site. Obvious choice IMO.
October 30, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Enjoying The Diplomat a lot but they're disappointingly unwilling to disappear the Daily Mail lady to a CIA black site. Obvious choice IMO.
This is spot on, right up until the last paragraph when it suggests picking fruit from the magic money tree instead. goodallandgoodluck.substack.com/p/starmer-an...
Starmer and Reeves would destroy themselves with a manifesto break
There was a moment they could have broken their word. It's long gone.
goodallandgoodluck.substack.com
October 29, 2025 at 8:19 PM
This is spot on, right up until the last paragraph when it suggests picking fruit from the magic money tree instead. goodallandgoodluck.substack.com/p/starmer-an...
Tea is inevitable. Biscuits are probable. Civil war is highly unlikely, it's too uncivilised.
Elon musk: ‘Civil war in Britain is inevitable. Just a question of when.’
October 29, 2025 at 8:26 AM
Tea is inevitable. Biscuits are probable. Civil war is highly unlikely, it's too uncivilised.
Very late to this but My Octopus Teacher is outstanding.
October 26, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Very late to this but My Octopus Teacher is outstanding.
Haven't enjoyed a football match this much in ages. Tense and nervy even though the greens only got one shot on target the whole game and this lad in his second game with a delightful dink over the keeper for 2-0. Fabulous.
First professional goal ✅
Sky Sports MOTM in the Devon Derby ✅
Well played, Akeel Higgins 🔥
#ECFC #SemperFidelis
Sky Sports MOTM in the Devon Derby ✅
Well played, Akeel Higgins 🔥
#ECFC #SemperFidelis
October 24, 2025 at 8:18 AM
Haven't enjoyed a football match this much in ages. Tense and nervy even though the greens only got one shot on target the whole game and this lad in his second game with a delightful dink over the keeper for 2-0. Fabulous.
Whether or not this is the right thing to do, it'll cripple Labour and sit in the collective memory of Britain for a generation. Winter of Discontent, Brown selling off the gold, Reeves raising tax after manifesto commitment not to.
Exc - Rachel Reeves is considering raising income tax at next month’s budget to help reduce a multibillion pound shortfall, sources have told the Guardian.
Very live discussion in the Treasury and No10 as debate rages over how to give biggest possible buffer
www.theguardian.com/money/2025/o...
Very live discussion in the Treasury and No10 as debate rages over how to give biggest possible buffer
www.theguardian.com/money/2025/o...
Reeves considers breaking manifesto pledge with income tax rise to fill £30bn gap
Exclusive: Treasury discussions include possibly adding 1p to basic rate or raising higher or additional tax rates
www.theguardian.com
October 23, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Whether or not this is the right thing to do, it'll cripple Labour and sit in the collective memory of Britain for a generation. Winter of Discontent, Brown selling off the gold, Reeves raising tax after manifesto commitment not to.
Devon Derby tonight. I'm old enough to remember the day in the run up to Christmas when ECFC brought out a turkey mascot dressed in an Argyle shirt and then shot it. They don't let you do that no more.
October 23, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Devon Derby tonight. I'm old enough to remember the day in the run up to Christmas when ECFC brought out a turkey mascot dressed in an Argyle shirt and then shot it. They don't let you do that no more.
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The Conservative immigration proposals cannot be allowed to stand without a profound and widespread statement of moral condemnation inews.co.uk/opinion/tori...
October 22, 2025 at 4:05 PM
The Conservative immigration proposals cannot be allowed to stand without a profound and widespread statement of moral condemnation inews.co.uk/opinion/tori...
I know it's not the worst part of this madness but Tory economics infuriates me, they're free marketeers right up until it collides with their racism. Who does she propose is going to do the millions of low-paid jobs that these people are currently doing?
Lam believes her policy would deport all of the proportion in pink - keeping the thin group in black - of the post-2021 legal migrant arrivals. (The draft legislation proposes similar thresholds/rules for all past grants too). She says jar is 3.5m people: an astonishing scale of mass deportations
October 22, 2025 at 4:02 PM
I know it's not the worst part of this madness but Tory economics infuriates me, they're free marketeers right up until it collides with their racism. Who does she propose is going to do the millions of low-paid jobs that these people are currently doing?
Just built an egovis for a Sequence Analytics client project! It might take five years but anything you learn to build always pay back eventually.
October 22, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Just built an egovis for a Sequence Analytics client project! It might take five years but anything you learn to build always pay back eventually.