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wp.meGlobal football, where the money is- the MerchSunday Times 25th October 2026

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wp.meA reminder about ‘markets’ in Brazil they preferred fascismMarkets of course don’t have a physical existence, this is about those who essentially bet on the future of market capitalism. The impact on ordinary people who do the work that keeps it goin…

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wp.meSocialist History Seminar Wed 28th Oct (Zoom) Quentin Deleurmoz, the Paris Commune, 1871, a global history. Free, please book at linkWednesday 28th October 5.30pm on Zoom. Free, For joining details The Paris Commune: a global history | Institute of Historical Research The Paris Commune as world revolutionary event and laboratory…

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wp.meBudget: Campaigners call for a Luxury Shaving TaxBeard Liberation Front 27th October Contact Keith Flett @keithbeard.bsky.social BUDGET: CAMPAIGNERS CALL FOR A LUXURY TAX ON SHAVING The Beard Liberation Front, the informal network of beard wearer…

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wp.meFinancial Times Editorial on Lula’s victory in Brazil(bond markets are unnerved…)The FT Editorial on Lula’s victory (26th October) says that the bond markets are ‘unnerved’. No news yet on whether Lula has received a solidarity telegram from Liz Truss. It does…

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wp.meLiz Truss & the TraitorsCelebrity Traitors concludes this week on BBC1 Meanwhile Liz Truss has launched a parallel narrative in her new book which is officially called Bank Job. You can read the introduction free and its …

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wp.meBudget: Campaigners call for a Luxury Shaving TaxBeard Liberation Front 27th October Contact Keith Flett @keithbeard.bsky.social BUDGET: CAMPAIGNERS CALL FOR A LUXURY TAX ON SHAVING The Beard Liberation Front, the informal network of beard wearer…

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It's publication day! An Injury to All: The Unmaking of the British Working Class is published today, 27 October 2026, by @versobooks.bsky.social. My book is a new history how Britain's formerly powerful working class was pushed to the political margins. Order🔽 www.versobooks.com/en-gb/produc...

wp.meSocialist History Seminar Wed 28th Oct (Zoom) Quentin Deleurmoz, the Paris Commune, 1871, a global history. Free, please book at linkWednesday 28th October 5.30pm on Zoom. Free, For joining details The Paris Commune: a global history | Institute of Historical Research The Paris Commune as world revolutionary event and laboratory…

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wp.meSocial media & Lula’s victory in BrazilIt has been reported that Lula da Silva who has been re-elected as President of Brazil does not own a mobile phone and does not know how to use one. It’s reminiscent of Tony Blair in the New …

after many years of being a refusenik Lula got access to a mobile phone recently & a social media team. It wasn't the reason he beat the far right in Brazil but it helped to drive a counter narrative to fascism wp.me/p15p2Q-hVr

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wp.meAs the nights draw in, the Scary Beard of Halloween poll is set to openBeard Liberation Front 25th October Contact Keith Flett @keithbeard.bsky.social As the nights draw in, the Scary Beard of Halloween poll is set to open The Beard Liberation Front, the informal netw…

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wp.meReform Press Conference 26th October. There’s no success like failureReform held another of their Monday press conferences on 26th October. The venue was the Lindley Hall (opened 1904) in Westminster. It holds around 540 people. However even though Farage and Jenric…

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wp.mePedestrianise a key shopping street & people will come (Oxford St W1)From 26th October the section of Oxford St from Oxford Circus to Marble Arch is people only. It’s been a long time coming and as the picture from BBC London journalist Tom Edwards underlines …

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wp.meA reminder about ‘markets’ in Brazil they preferred fascismMarkets of course don’t have a physical existence, this is about those who essentially bet on the future of market capitalism. The impact on ordinary people who do the work that keeps it goin…

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Gone midnight. Asked the cat if she planned to go out again. Response: miaow, which I understand in this case meant 'no'

wp.mePedestrianise a key shopping street & people will come (Oxford St W1)From 26th October the section of Oxford St from Oxford Circus to Marble Arch is people only. It’s been a long time coming and as the picture from BBC London journalist Tom Edwards underlines …

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wp.meGlobal football, where the money is- the MerchSunday Times 25th October 2026

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for those watching the Ballon D'Or a reminder of where the real focus of global football is wp.me/p15p2Q-hVn

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Harry Kane wins Beard of the Year Ballon d'Or

Biggar & Tombs are right. We can be proud of British history. Just coming up the anniversary of the 1839 Chartist rising in Newport which almost made a plebeian revolution. Some other bits of British history, not much to be proud of

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wp.meReform Press Conference 26th October. There’s no success like failureReform held another of their Monday press conferences on 26th October. The venue was the Lindley Hall (opened 1904) in Westminster. It holds around 540 people. However even though Farage and Jenric…

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wp.meAs the nights draw in, the Scary Beard of Halloween poll is set to openBeard Liberation Front 25th October Contact Keith Flett @keithbeard.bsky.social As the nights draw in, the Scary Beard of Halloween poll is set to open The Beard Liberation Front, the informal netw…

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Jim Pickard

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Nigel Farage, 62, on Brussels: "Do we want a bunch of old men who we can't vote for, can't get rid of in Brussels, making the big decisions?" (the average age of an MEP is 50)

wp.meLula’s victory & social media #2Visit the post for more.

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wp.meSocial media & Lula’s victory in BrazilIt has been reported that Lula da Silva who has been re-elected as President of Brazil does not own a mobile phone and does not know how to use one. It’s reminiscent of Tony Blair in the New …

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wp.me19.55hrs Sunday 25th October. The last bus down Oxford StAfter a lengthy process Oxford St has been part pedestrianised from 26th October. The part from Oxford Circus to Marble Arch is now free of cars, buses and cycles although not of course people. The…

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Margot Finn

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history.ac.ukThe many faces of Sans Souci: Black watchmakers in the seventeenth- and eighteenth-century CaribbeanLondon Group of Historical Geographers

Don't forget to sign up for "The many faces of Sans Souci: Black watchmakers in the seventeenth- and eighteenth-century Caribbean" if you're keen to join the friendly & welcoming London Group of Historical Geographers in person or online for this Tuesday's Institute of Historical Research seminar.

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A very wet morning now improving. Break from screens for a pint of seasonal cask & a cheese & onion roll

wp.meGlobal football, where the money is- the MerchSunday Times 25th October 2026

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wp.meAs the nights draw in, the Scary Beard of Halloween poll is set to openBeard Liberation Front 25th October Contact Keith Flett @keithbeard.bsky.social As the nights draw in, the Scary Beard of Halloween poll is set to open The Beard Liberation Front, the informal netw…

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wp.meCarrick crisis: Manchester United still struggling with legacy of clean shaven Sir Alex FergusonBeard Liberation Front 25th October The Beard Liberation Front, the informal network of beard wearers, has announced the interim results of an inquiry into the crisis at Manchester United who have …

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wp.meCelebrity Traitors. James Blunt & Michael Sheen: class & leadershipThere are other things just now- see France- but the 2026 Celebrity Traitors concludes on 29th and 30th October. As in 2025 reports suggest it consistently draws the highest viewing figures of any …

final week of Celebrity Traitors. Is James Blunt (Harrow & Sandhurst) or MIchael Sheen (Neath Port Talbot College & RADA) best placed to lead the Faithful to victory? wp.me/p15p2Q-hUK

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wp.meBeard Power sees off clean shaven reaction in Brazil election26th October The Beard Liberation Front, the informal network of beard wearers, has congratulated Lula da Silva on his victory in the Brazilian Presidential election. In the second round of voting …

Beard Power of Lula da Silva beats clean shaven reactionary Bolsonaro in Brazilian election wp.me/p15p2Q-hVeii

wp.meBeard Power sees off clean shaven reaction in Brazil election26th October The Beard Liberation Front, the informal network of beard wearers, has congratulated Lula da Silva on his victory in the Brazilian Presidential election. In the second round of voting …

Beard Power of Lula da Silva beats clean shaven reactionary Bolsonaro in Brazilian election wp.me/p15p2Q-hVeii

wp.meBeard Power sees off clean shaven reaction in Brazil election26th October The Beard Liberation Front, the informal network of beard wearers, has congratulated Lula da Silva on his victory in the Brazilian Presidential election. In the second round of voting …

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wp.meCelebrity Traitors. James Blunt & Michael Sheen: class & leadershipThere are other things just now- see France- but the 2026 Celebrity Traitors concludes on 29th and 30th October. As in 2025 reports suggest it consistently draws the highest viewing figures of any …

final week of Celebrity Traitors. Is James Blunt (Harrow & Sandhurst) or MIchael Sheen (Neath Port Talbot College & RADA) best placed to lead the Faithful to victory? wp.me/p15p2Q-hUK

6.66% beer from Verdant. Trevor @popnhops.bsky.social tells me blood orange rather than pumpkin is on trend for Halloween. I'd prefer the original Beavertown (pre Heineken) Bloody 'Ell originally made with juice from actual squeezed oranges. Those were the, long gone, days of craft beer

wp.meThe Ambridge Socialist. Pip & Stella get marriedThe Ambridge Socialist 25th October Pip & Stella get married Long heralded Pip and Stella got married last weekend with a reception at Lower Loxley. It should have been a day to celebrate…

This week's Ambridge Socialist. Ambridge's first lesbian wedding overshadowed by events wp.me/p15p2Q-hV4

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wp.meE P Thompson on the clocks going back & time work disciplineE P Thompson on the clocks going back & time discipline Clocks have gone forward or back in Britain to mark summer or winter time for around a century. There are debates about how daylight is l…

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wp.meWearing badges is not enough… except for Brendan O’NeillBilly Bragg’s song was of course wearing badges is not enough in days like these. He was and is right. However for Spectator ranter Brendan O’Neill wearing badges is too much. For the u…

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wp.meCarrick crisis: Manchester United still struggling with legacy of clean shaven Sir Alex FergusonBeard Liberation Front 25th October The Beard Liberation Front, the informal network of beard wearers, has announced the interim results of an inquiry into the crisis at Manchester United who have …

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Last Sunday afternoon in October. Khao Soi at Brother Thai, Anspach & Hobday London Black @popnhops.bsky.social

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Roger Protz

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"We need a pasty-style guarantee to stop Molson Coors marketing beers as Cornish" Chair CAMRA Cornwall, re planned move of Sharp's Doom Bar & Atlantic to Hartlepool. My piece in Private Eye.

wp.meThe Ambridge Socialist. Pip & Stella get marriedThe Ambridge Socialist 25th October Pip & Stella get married Long heralded Pip and Stella got married last weekend with a reception at Lower Loxley. It should have been a day to celebrate…

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wp.meWearing badges is not enough… except for Brendan O’NeillBilly Bragg’s song was of course wearing badges is not enough in days like these. He was and is right. However for Spectator ranter Brendan O’Neill wearing badges is too much. For the u…

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Boak & Bailey (Jess & Ray)

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