The state of the left and right
Some half decent analysis shocker. And yes, Badenoch is cooking of late.
“Our team probably went into the dressing room afterwards to tidy up for them and wave them onto the bus, just to complete their royal visit to Nottingham.”
How to beat Man City at the World Famous
Good luck with that one.
The superb Streets Ahead podcast on why the Labour government is shit at active travel.
“Love and intellect, that’s a good combination for young super-achievers.”
Via Dave Winer.
tl;dr Centrist social democrat dickheads can’t pick a side.
Lovely heartfelt Chris Rea obit from the always excellent Richard Williams. Rea was so misunderstood by the mainstream, especially around this time of the year. I’d argue that On the Beach is his true seasonal classic.
“Talk about a Häagen-Dazs-aster”
Ice cream entitlement. Arf.
Bill Drummond reflects, thinks, then acts.
“It is estimated that more than 100,000 songs are uploaded to Spotify every single day, and that’s just one streaming service. This glut of music is unprecedented. Fewer tracks were released in the entirety of 1989.”
You need a filter to make sense of modern music in 2025. Far Out Magazine does a half decent job here. I’m a little ashamed to say that only two of these albums have been on my radar in the past twelve months. Maybe of more itnerest is what didn’t make the list?
Essex Pedal Power Colchester project gives away 900th bike
Good. It’s always a pleasure to see these out in the wild when I’m cycling around town. They are genuinely helping people to understand what can be achieved with active travel around a town / city that can be, ahem, a little hostile to cycling.
“London has become a Wild West thanks to cyclists riding on pavements at speeds of up to 70 miles per hour and exhibiting an “arrogant culture of non-compliance”
From pigeon droppings to public art: Clapham Junction underpass gets a dramatic makeover
The Wankerville Bridge at Clap’ham North is up next.
Richard Williams has exquisite taste.
Puerile, for sure. But I still haven’t forgiven #lolspurs for 1991.
The New Cue #554 December 15: Wreckless Eric
“McSweeney’s fanatically “centrist” war on the left, by turning the Labour Party into a hollow shell indistinguishable from the Conservative Party, has broken the two-party system and paved the way for the rise of Nigel Farage’s Reform UK – which, it seems, can now only be challenged by the very left that McSweeney and his frontman Starmer have purged from the Labour Party.”
He was a little shit at a crap Lambeth Council. Now he’s a little shit in an even crapper central government.
