Little 🧵 on vetting:
There’s been a certain amount of chest-puffing from former holders of DV clearance about how rigorous and exacting the vetting process is and how rare for it to be overruled. The latter is definitely true. Never heard of it happening, ever.
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Aw shite - forgot about PSB!!
Even worse - the resale of your own tickets are subject to a 15% surcharge (I think that’s the amount), but whatever it is that same fee is charged to the buyer. So they are making and additional 30% on the resale price!
BBC News leading all its bulletins on demands by former Government advisor Lord Robertson for more defence spending, without at any point mentioning his current paid senior role for US defence lobbyists
Sadly… McGee / Macneil and Forbes would disagree - what is in essence a song with a driving bassline, keyboards and drums.
Thank you to everyone who came out to Leith Depot last night; we had a blast. Big Lanes are wonderful - check out the new single here:
biglanes.bandcamp.com/album/culdut....
Thank you to the Onion Cellar for organizing and being so welcoming, everyone who stayed to chat, and who bought merch! 😎🤘🏻✊🏻
New podcast out now “wax and witches “ . Headline chat with Rick McMurray from @burnedaswitches.bsky.social about the project and debut album out on 17th April 🤟🔥. We also cover record store day , how does it work , what’s being released etc. Also reviewed is Gorillaz recent gig in Belfast #podcast
Yeah. Made up when I discovered the date was a WarChild benefit - so figured they had something up their sleeve for that. Feel sorry for Tuesday and Thursday night attendees.
It was cracking…and as for JFM that was the icing on the obscure cake.
Did like the UB40 collab he did. Probably offended many though.
Suggestion it could be a live event too?
No way. That fair warmed the cockles of my heart. Great birthday present - as for you guys - you’d better up yer game.
This week, Brexit finally killed our family business. We cleared out our warehouse, handed back the keys, paid the final bills and said goodbye to our last employee.
What was once a thriving firm died a slow, sad death, all thanks to Farage, Johnson and the gullible idiots they conned. 1/18
Saw the footage earlier and it’s an absolute spit of the Gyle Centre. A homage perhaps 🤔
Since when did dentists use computers to ply their trade? Hope he’s better at making cheese than crap analogies.
Very thoughtful of you.
Sorry! I always delete when I've reached the amount I need. Thank you though x
Now, before you get too excited, it's worth pointing out that Reeves is not exactly the first Chancellor to talk about further fiscal devolution to the regions, and she did insist that the reforms would be fiscally neutral - so about shifting power rather than allowing mayors to tax the hell out of their voters (which is, let's face it, unlikely anyway). But as well as making local and regional government much more important and prestigious in political terms, it would also allow mayors to respond to the needs of their local economies with far greater agility. And that could lead to better-performing and economically stronger towns and cities outside the south-east of England - if the design is right. Or indeed, if Reeves gets a chance to do anything more meaningful beyond simply producing a map.
b) its local government, not mayors, that deliver the services that people rely on in their everyday lives. Doing the same for local government would be genuinely radical and, IMO, the only way of heading off the threat from the populist right
Of that we can be assured. Hope Barry stays until the end this time 😂
In too!
That “WMD moment” has just happened.
Deleted now!?
The words “Britpop Demon Hunters” appeared in my head and I’m feeling queasy
Could have been a pen if he’d gone down; undoubtedly contact.
Somebody pinch me. Can somebody open the bathroom door and LET THAT SINK IN?!
Thank you @louderthanwar.bsky.social
The BBC are really going out of their way to not call these The Peter Files.
That’s an OMD “Pacific Age” t-shirt.
Link not working…do I have to do everything myself!!?
(Edited 20:34 via @skeetsapp.com)
