Neal Champion

@champ.org.uk

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Motorcyclist and ex-racer, left-leaning, Europhile, musician

View of Port-e-Vullen Bay, Isle of Man
Notice in Isle of Man pub saying people should use whichever bathroom they're most comfortable with
Picture of logo in French tacos shop
Picture of cloudless blue sky on the Isle of Man
Picture of sunrise over Port e Vullen bay, Isle of Man
Picture of Rod Hull and Emu
Picture of snowy mountain in the Swiss Alps
National speed limit sign
Photo of blue skies and sea
Picture of author's two black cats
Photo of the train station sign in Montreux
Photo of text from the museum, reading "Mead was the first known westerner to suggest a tobacco smoke enema for resuscitation (do you recognise the phrase "blowing smoke up your arse"?)
Photo of the front of Motocourse 2025~2026
The arguments that work in newspaper columns and parliamentary debates often don’t survive that scrutiny. Claims about universal female experience collapse when women don’t actually complain. Safety arguments fail when asked for actual evidence. Demands for absolute priority evaporate when courts insist on balancing rights. And claims that gender critical beliefs are being “silenced” ring hollow when tribunals protect the beliefs while condemning harassing behaviour.
Picture of my 2 black cats, Jake and Marley
Neal Champion riding his Kawasaki ZXR750 through the Mountain Box on the Isle of Man TT Mountain Course during the 2015 Classic TT
A clip from Waldemar Januszczak's programme "Art's Most Satanic", alluding to modern day antichrists, and showing pictures of Trump, Farage and Putin
Members of the Jesus Bikers group from Germany present a customised BMW R18 to Pope Leo to sign at a general audience in St Peter’s Square
Screen snip from The Register obituary for Tom Lehrer, saying: He remained active and engaged even later in his life. Rapper Tauheed K. Epps, who records as "2 Chainz", sampled Lehrer's song The Old Dope Peddler [PDF] for his track Dope Peddler, asking permission to use a snippet. Lehrer wrote back: As sole copyright owner of 'The Old Dope Peddler', I grant you motherfuckers permission to do this. Please give my regards to Mr. Chainz, or may I call him 2?
Photo of two police motorcycles in Seville, one (obscured) being a traditional ICE petrol engine (it has a visible exhaust), the other suspected of using battery electric power.
Yamaha TZ250 at Church Bends racing at Pre-TT Classic
More profoundly, Europe would need to cure itself of its defeatist managerialism and recognise that it is more than a trading block. It is the only remaining leadership of the West. It is the vanguard of Enlightenment values against barbarism. It is the rightful leader of the free world
That single point of failure right now is Uncle Sam. CVE has become the world's de facto system for identifying and squashing vulnerabilities in technology products, and it is reliant on federal funding at a time when the Feds are trimming costs, threatening allies, and evaporating America's soft power
Screenshot of opening fall of FTSE 100 index
Screen shot of Financial Times live blog of world stock markets crashing
Photo of book "Everything Must Go" by Dorian Lynskey
Picture of Blue Cloud, April Fools bath oil
Cartoon of president Trump, where everything he touches turns to shit
Text message saying "Txt STOP to opt out of update on war planes"
Statement from chairman of Kawasaki Heavy Industries saying Japan and South Korea buying more local arms, instead of American
Photo from TT 1985 of me with some friends in the sunshine at the cottage we used to rent at Sandygate
Photograph from 1936 at Blohm+Voss shipyard, showing one man standing with his arms folded while the crowd around him all give the Nazi salute
View of my MotoGP Fantasy team - Bezzechi, Marquez, Quatararo, Raul Fernandez, Aprilia (manufacturer) and Ducati Lenovo (team)
An Osbourne portable computer from 1981
A cartoon entitled "How tariffs work", depicting Donald Trump urinating directly in front of a fan, which blows the urine back into his face
Sea and sky