Stuart Crow
@stucrow.bsky.social
Retailer, complainer, occasional Tory, Pompey season ticket holder. Cosham/Southsea/London/New York/Paris/Munich
Absolutely mad that I have to resort to an FoI request (my first since 2019!) for something as simple as the minutes and agendas of the Farlington Marshes Management Committee. But I can have a guess why the City Council isn't keen to disclose the info
December 4, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Absolutely mad that I have to resort to an FoI request (my first since 2019!) for something as simple as the minutes and agendas of the Farlington Marshes Management Committee. But I can have a guess why the City Council isn't keen to disclose the info
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The Justice Secretary is now citing his memories of Jarndyce v Jarndyce in Dickens as an inspiration for scrapping jury trials. Despite J v J memorably being:
- 170 years ago
- fictional
- a civil case without a jury.
This is going well.
- 170 years ago
- fictional
- a civil case without a jury.
This is going well.
December 2, 2025 at 9:53 AM
The Justice Secretary is now citing his memories of Jarndyce v Jarndyce in Dickens as an inspiration for scrapping jury trials. Despite J v J memorably being:
- 170 years ago
- fictional
- a civil case without a jury.
This is going well.
- 170 years ago
- fictional
- a civil case without a jury.
This is going well.
When Jim Callaghan lied to the Commons in the build-up to devaluation in 1967, he resigned. Rachel Reeves did the same thing ahead of her Budget and is refusing to follow his example.
December 1, 2025 at 5:02 PM
When Jim Callaghan lied to the Commons in the build-up to devaluation in 1967, he resigned. Rachel Reeves did the same thing ahead of her Budget and is refusing to follow his example.
Europe's most antisemitic country update www.rte.ie/news/ireland...
Israeli president condemns motion to rename Dublin park
Israeli President Isaac Herzog has said he is concerned by the proposed removal of the name of former Israeli president and his father Chaim Herzog from a park in south Dublin.
www.rte.ie
November 29, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Europe's most antisemitic country update www.rte.ie/news/ireland...
Starmer has the certainty of a junkie in believing the lies he tells everyone else and himself. His own backbenchers don't believe him.
BREAKING: Keir Starmer insists to Beth Rigby that Labour kept to their manifesto promises and 'won't apologise for lifting children out of poverty'
November 27, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Starmer has the certainty of a junkie in believing the lies he tells everyone else and himself. His own backbenchers don't believe him.
Well what a surprise!
Amsterdam Mayor says she ‘does not recognise’ Birmingham police claim about violent Maccabi fans
www.thejc.com/news/politic...
www.thejc.com/news/politic...
Amsterdam Mayor says she ‘does not recognise’ Birmingham police claim about violent Maccabi fans - The Jewish Chronicle
Femke Halsema rejects key claims attributed to Dutch authorities by West Midlands Police about what happened during the Maccabi-Ajax match
www.thejc.com
November 27, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Well what a surprise!
If this Budget doesn't make Conservatives finally come up with a coherent case for a smaller state, Triple Lock-abandoning and all, then all those fireworks from Kemi at the despatch box won't count for anything
November 26, 2025 at 5:04 PM
If this Budget doesn't make Conservatives finally come up with a coherent case for a smaller state, Triple Lock-abandoning and all, then all those fireworks from Kemi at the despatch box won't count for anything
There isn't actually anything in the "leaked OBR report" that Reeves hadn't already leaked or had briefed out herself. It suits Labour to have a row about the OBR rather than their chaotic Budget, of course
The Office for Budget Responsibility’s document setting out its forecasts has accidentally been published before the budget.
The document should not have been published until Rachel Reeves’s speech in the Commons
The document should not have been published until Rachel Reeves’s speech in the Commons
Budget 2025 live: Rachel Reeves to announce UK tax rises in speech
www.thetimes.com
November 26, 2025 at 12:16 PM
There isn't actually anything in the "leaked OBR report" that Reeves hadn't already leaked or had briefed out herself. It suits Labour to have a row about the OBR rather than their chaotic Budget, of course
Somewhere on high, Hugh Dalton is having a bloody good laugh
As bad as your day might be, it could be worse, you could be the person who accidentally published the OBR's budget document a couple of hours early: obr.uk/docs/dlm_upl...
obr.uk
November 26, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Somewhere on high, Hugh Dalton is having a bloody good laugh
Starmer makes Liz Truss look like Maggie Thatcher www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
Starmer apologises to head after leading pupils in banned meme
The prime minister performed a ‘6-7’ dance when reading with primary school children, before learning they are usually told off for doing so
www.thetimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Starmer makes Liz Truss look like Maggie Thatcher www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
This is quite comical considering the last time a Russian spy was found to be working for an MP, it was for a Lib Dem MP.
Nathan Gill has been sentenced to 10.5 years for endangering national security and taking Russian bribes.
Nigel Farage and Reform are a danger to national security, the Liberal Democrats will continue to hold them to account and defend our democracy.
Nigel Farage and Reform are a danger to national security, the Liberal Democrats will continue to hold them to account and defend our democracy.
November 24, 2025 at 9:33 PM
This is quite comical considering the last time a Russian spy was found to be working for an MP, it was for a Lib Dem MP.
Reeves putting up tariff barriers to "save the High St" while taxing High St retail out of business is so fucking clueless I nearly threw my phone at the wall
November 22, 2025 at 8:03 AM
Reeves putting up tariff barriers to "save the High St" while taxing High St retail out of business is so fucking clueless I nearly threw my phone at the wall
I don't think we should leave the ECHR, and I don't think we should persecute refugees either. So it's weird to see Labour MPs criticise Badenoch for wanting to do the former while proposing to do the latter.
November 17, 2025 at 9:03 AM
I don't think we should leave the ECHR, and I don't think we should persecute refugees either. So it's weird to see Labour MPs criticise Badenoch for wanting to do the former while proposing to do the latter.
Reeves has normalised Budget leaks but more newly Budget unleaks
- Govt says decision to drop income tax plan nothing to do with political fall-out after Reeves signalled manifesto breach
- Defend decision to 'roll the pitch' on income tax rises - at that point they thought it might be necessary & leaving to just before budget would've spooked MPs and markets
- Defend decision to 'roll the pitch' on income tax rises - at that point they thought it might be necessary & leaving to just before budget would've spooked MPs and markets
November 14, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Reeves has normalised Budget leaks but more newly Budget unleaks
And of course the other thing to this is that George Madgwick wanted to be a Conservative Councillor himself not that long ago. I think we dodged more than the one bullet.
Jason has actually been in six parties, he was a Conservative for a while when I was Dep Chair Pol in Ports South www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Portsmouth Lib Dem Jason Fazackarley defects to Reform UK
Jason Fazackarley's switch means Reform UK now has eight councillors on Portsmouth City Council.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 13, 2025 at 8:38 AM
And of course the other thing to this is that George Madgwick wanted to be a Conservative Councillor himself not that long ago. I think we dodged more than the one bullet.
Jason has actually been in six parties, he was a Conservative for a while when I was Dep Chair Pol in Ports South www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Portsmouth Lib Dem Jason Fazackarley defects to Reform UK
Jason Fazackarley's switch means Reform UK now has eight councillors on Portsmouth City Council.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 12, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Jason has actually been in six parties, he was a Conservative for a while when I was Dep Chair Pol in Ports South www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
This Labour government is rerunning the catastrophic economic policy failures and bitter personal squabbles of the 60s Wilson government so precisely it feels like a deliberate re-enactment
November 12, 2025 at 8:37 AM
This Labour government is rerunning the catastrophic economic policy failures and bitter personal squabbles of the 60s Wilson government so precisely it feels like a deliberate re-enactment
Trump is a dreadful enough character that telling the truth and using his own words straight should be enough without going to News of the World style machinations that now put the Beeb at risk of a NOTW style outcome
November 10, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Trump is a dreadful enough character that telling the truth and using his own words straight should be enough without going to News of the World style machinations that now put the Beeb at risk of a NOTW style outcome
Sunder is as usual correct, and it's a bit of a problem for Labour that Lammy isn't "a diversity hire". He's the best they have.
Dominic Cummings has this racialised take on David Lammy
There is an increasingly prevalent kneejerk online rightwing trait to call the presence of any black or Asian person a diversity hire
There is an increasingly prevalent kneejerk online rightwing trait to call the presence of any black or Asian person a diversity hire
November 6, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Sunder is as usual correct, and it's a bit of a problem for Labour that Lammy isn't "a diversity hire". He's the best they have.
Hiding from scrutiny, Reeves gave her Budget leak speech to journalists rather than Parliament, but the markets heard the message just the same
November 4, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Hiding from scrutiny, Reeves gave her Budget leak speech to journalists rather than Parliament, but the markets heard the message just the same
Lots going on here (most of it utterly ridiculous)
A doctor who compared himself to Nelson Mandela has been suspended after he damaged petrol pumps with a hammer and orange spray in a Just Stop Oil protest ⬇️
Just Stop Oil GP who compared himself to Nelson Mandela is suspended
www.thetimes.com
October 23, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Lots going on here (most of it utterly ridiculous)
I don't think we really know how much better Coventry are than Pompey but I think we know how poor a ref Gavin Ward is. Abysmally poor.
October 21, 2025 at 8:54 PM
I don't think we really know how much better Coventry are than Pompey but I think we know how poor a ref Gavin Ward is. Abysmally poor.
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Happy ‘Battle of Trafalgar’ Day 😎
October 21, 2025 at 9:57 AM
Happy ‘Battle of Trafalgar’ Day 😎
Nazis banning Jewish academics from universities didn't work out too well for Nazis or the universities themselves last time.
October 20, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Nazis banning Jewish academics from universities didn't work out too well for Nazis or the universities themselves last time.
The Met have arrested a man for wearing a star of David necklace www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZEK...
Jewish man arrested after his Star of David ‘antagonised’ protesters
YouTube video by The Telegraph
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October 18, 2025 at 9:44 PM
The Met have arrested a man for wearing a star of David necklace www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZEK...