Phil Tinline
@philtinline.bsky.social
Author, THE DEATH OF CONSENSUS (The Times' Politics Book of 2022)
GHOSTS OF IRON MOUNTAIN ("riveting" - The New Yorker)
https://tinyurl.com/Ghosts-Iron-Mountain
Last on Radio 4: Societal Collapse https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m002lppp
GHOSTS OF IRON MOUNTAIN ("riveting" - The New Yorker)
https://tinyurl.com/Ghosts-Iron-Mountain
Last on Radio 4: Societal Collapse https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m002lppp
Yes indeed! I read it when I was researching my book The Death of Consensus, along with lots of other such texts from the time:
November 14, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Yes indeed! I read it when I was researching my book The Death of Consensus, along with lots of other such texts from the time:
Far more British people trust the BBC than the Daily Mail. Which would you miss more?
November 11, 2025 at 7:57 AM
Far more British people trust the BBC than the Daily Mail. Which would you miss more?
The New York Post is doing the whole "if you vote for the thing we don't like, everyone will move to Dubai" routine that is so convincing and persuasive when newspapers do it over here:
nypost.com/2025/11/03/u...
nypost.com/2025/11/03/u...
November 4, 2025 at 6:27 AM
The New York Post is doing the whole "if you vote for the thing we don't like, everyone will move to Dubai" routine that is so convincing and persuasive when newspapers do it over here:
nypost.com/2025/11/03/u...
nypost.com/2025/11/03/u...
Was it the military-industrial complex
October 31, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Was it the military-industrial complex
Who will win? My money's on Bill de Blasio. Or maybe Bill DeBlasio.
October 31, 2025 at 8:02 AM
Who will win? My money's on Bill de Blasio. Or maybe Bill DeBlasio.
Really hope someone has run a headline about how Trump is hailing his 'Xii out of X' Xi summit
October 31, 2025 at 7:31 AM
Really hope someone has run a headline about how Trump is hailing his 'Xii out of X' Xi summit
South London bus stop
October 9, 2025 at 9:13 PM
South London bus stop
Pretty much all of this is nonsense.
Tax is already digital; I haven't filled in a return on paper for years. This is not 'help and support'; it's a deadline threat in the service of a pointless nuisance. And I'm not a 'customer' of HMRC.
Also, how does wasting freelancers' time boost growth?
Tax is already digital; I haven't filled in a return on paper for years. This is not 'help and support'; it's a deadline threat in the service of a pointless nuisance. And I'm not a 'customer' of HMRC.
Also, how does wasting freelancers' time boost growth?
October 3, 2025 at 11:06 AM
Pretty much all of this is nonsense.
Tax is already digital; I haven't filled in a return on paper for years. This is not 'help and support'; it's a deadline threat in the service of a pointless nuisance. And I'm not a 'customer' of HMRC.
Also, how does wasting freelancers' time boost growth?
Tax is already digital; I haven't filled in a return on paper for years. This is not 'help and support'; it's a deadline threat in the service of a pointless nuisance. And I'm not a 'customer' of HMRC.
Also, how does wasting freelancers' time boost growth?
September 12, 2025 at 8:08 AM
Bonus ball, just landed
September 11, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Bonus ball, just landed
Ok - I'll do one a day until we both lose the will to live. Or we could just go for a pint and you can check.
September 11, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Ok - I'll do one a day until we both lose the will to live. Or we could just go for a pint and you can check.
Elsewhere this article is more critical of employers breaking the law, but the suggestion here that the fault lies with the state more than the criminals is rather...odd:
www.thetimes.com/comment/colu...
www.thetimes.com/comment/colu...
August 31, 2025 at 9:51 AM
Elsewhere this article is more critical of employers breaking the law, but the suggestion here that the fault lies with the state more than the criminals is rather...odd:
www.thetimes.com/comment/colu...
www.thetimes.com/comment/colu...
Not literally, that would be hideous
August 15, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Not literally, that would be hideous
Me, a genius at HMRC: I've got it! This is how we help boost growth!
Everyone:
Me: Let's land some pointless extra bureaucracy on freelancers!
Everyone:
Me: Let's land some pointless extra bureaucracy on freelancers!
August 8, 2025 at 9:24 AM
Me, a genius at HMRC: I've got it! This is how we help boost growth!
Everyone:
Me: Let's land some pointless extra bureaucracy on freelancers!
Everyone:
Me: Let's land some pointless extra bureaucracy on freelancers!
"Keith! He's not falling for the 'Final Notice'! What do I do now?"
July 30, 2025 at 2:28 PM
"Keith! He's not falling for the 'Final Notice'! What do I do now?"
Unlike many of our leading politicians, Farage is old enough to remember the 1970s, when this kind of nightmare-conjuring was standard, all the way from Airey Neave and Ross McWhirter to The Tom Robinson Band and Derek Jarman:
July 22, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Unlike many of our leading politicians, Farage is old enough to remember the 1970s, when this kind of nightmare-conjuring was standard, all the way from Airey Neave and Ross McWhirter to The Tom Robinson Band and Derek Jarman:
You're a business and the information you want from me is valuable. So what fee are you offering me?
Oh I see.
Oh I see.
July 11, 2025 at 11:07 AM
You're a business and the information you want from me is valuable. So what fee are you offering me?
Oh I see.
Oh I see.
It was an absolute treat to get to pop up again at Chalke #HistoryFestival yesterday - nice big audience and lots of really smart questions!
h/t to @pierstorday.bsky.social for the pics.
#CHF2025
h/t to @pierstorday.bsky.social for the pics.
#CHF2025
June 30, 2025 at 9:39 AM
It was an absolute treat to get to pop up again at Chalke #HistoryFestival yesterday - nice big audience and lots of really smart questions!
h/t to @pierstorday.bsky.social for the pics.
#CHF2025
h/t to @pierstorday.bsky.social for the pics.
#CHF2025
Refreshing self-knowledge at the end here. Even if this doesn't quite grasp what that whole Midas business was about:
June 27, 2025 at 7:38 AM
Refreshing self-knowledge at the end here. Even if this doesn't quite grasp what that whole Midas business was about:
That escalated quickly
June 26, 2025 at 7:48 AM
That escalated quickly