@nosemonkey.bsky.social

@nosemonkey.bsky.social

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Used to be a European politics blogger. Occasionally considering a revival, but mostly focused on earning a living and walking the dog.

A screenshot of the Guardian with the headline: "Farage says he is resigning but will stand in 'people v establishment byelection", followed by a sub: "Reform UK leader to stand again, saying people of Clacton 'should be the judges of my actions' and party will cover byelection cost", and a photo of Farage with a union flag in the background
A screenshot of the 1977 Czech time travel film Tomorrow I'll Wake Up and Scald Myself With Tea
The worst person you know just made a great point meme
Ed Miliband's fucking disgusting "Controls on immigration" Labour mug
Screenshot of a Reform UK post on Twitter / X showing up in a Google News feed
Screenshot of a Financial Times story reading "US tech billionaire and Maga donor Peter Thiel is starting a series of closed-door lectures about the antichrist in Rome on Sunday, putting him on a collision course with Pope Leo XIV, the Catholic Church’s first American pontiff."
Job advert for a position at the Cabinet Office for Deputy Director, Prime Minister Media Strategy
A screenshot of a pathetic Kemi Badenoch post from Twitter, following the illegal US invasion of Venezuela
A map of Paris as it was in 1380
Person flipping the bird at a helicopter convoy
Headline reading: "Analysis: Kirk's death shows political violence is now a feature of US life"
Photo of Irene Papas in 1962's Ilektra, with the subtitles "[thunder rumbling]"
The worst person you know just made a great point meme
A photo of the book Imperial Nostalgia by Peter Mitchell
Mail on Sunday front page with one headline reading "David Cameron behaved like a big man-baby"
Cover image of the book Normal Women, by Philippa Gregory
A photo of a flyer for Emmanuel Macron's first presidential campaign, taken from the Tuileries, with the Louvre in the background
A photo of a page from Private Eye showing an image of Kier Starmer and Rachel Reeves, labelled May 2024, next to one of David Cameron and George Osborne, labelled March 2025. These sit under the headline "How the job has changed them".
A screenshot of a New York Times breaking news alert reading: President Trump Speech / In an unusual speech at the Justice Department, President Trump lingered on personal grievances and attacked his political enemies
Illustration of the execution of Robespierre, 1794
A screenshot of the Foyles sale website, showing a book about useless disaster and (thankfully only briefly) Prime Minister Liz Truss next to one titled 'The Greatest Nobodies of History'
Margaret and Dennis Thatcher outside 10 Downing Street with a Christmas tree
The worst person you know just made a good point meme
Photo showing cardboard masks of Vladimir Putin and Nigel Farage on the headrests of the seats of a van
A broken glass in a kitchen sink, with a washing-up sponge
Screenshot of Financial Times breaking news alerts reading: 1) Donald Trump picks crypto enthusiast Paul Atkins as SEC chair, and 2) UK uncovers vast crypto laundering scheme for gangsters and Russian spies
A screenshot of an Audible "Authors similar to" section for James Boswell, featuring Samuel Johnson alongside (for no apparent reason) J D Vance and Edgar Allen Poe
Screenshot of a NYT headline reading "Populist revolt against elite's vision of the U.S."
News headline from Reuters reading "Austrian far right wins election for first time, projections show"
A sign on a branch of H&M apologising for having to shut early due to the threat of riots in North Finchley.
Display of discounted champagne and similar to celebrate the end ofthe Tories
An AI-generated image of a proboscis monkey saluting in front of a Soviet-style flag and stylised graphic background
Photo of the book 'The Invention of the Restaurant' by Rebecca Spang
A photo of a signed title page of Emily Wilson's new translation of The Iliad