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@Nath_Brudenell @thecourettes @RiskeeRidicule Tremendous show. Saturday night with The Fabulous Courettes, muthafuckas. Guitarist Flavia Couri: lively, provocative, seductive & sexy... orchestrated the crowd to let her crowd-surf, whilst still playing muthafuckin' guitar. Powerhouse Danish drummer Martin Thorsen. Dynamite!

Double show nights are our favourite nights! 🙏🏻 🎸 @thecourettes + Los Pepes 💃🏻 ➡️ tinyurl.com/Courettes-Tix 🤘🏻 @RiskeeRidicule + Muck 💥 ➡️ tinyurl.com/Riskee-Tix #BrudenellSocialClub

@docrussjackson I was a lefty student on my first job in industry in 1977. My line manager & his boss broadened my education. One brought in R-TP & lent me it. Soon after, I bought my own copy & one for my mum, whose dad held stump-speaking politicians to account. A book that opened my eyes.

The Ragged-Trousered Philanthropists is a novel by Robert Noonan, written under his pen name Robert Tressell and published in 1914 after his death. George Orwell described it as "a book that everyone should read". It warns us about divisive bigoted bastards like Lee Anderson.

@GrahamSmyth This would be an outstanding signing. Paixao was Eredivisie Player of the Season and featured in Champions League. Feyenoord are 'only' in CL Qualifying stage this year. It's an ambitious attempt.

As per Sky, Leeds United have now made a bid in excess of €30m for Feyenoord winger Igor Paixão. Earlier reports suggesting €35m bid were wide of the mark. Like we said earlier this week, his representatives were impressed by Leeds' presentation and PL is a big draw. #lufc

@scroby69 @cymru777 @GrahamSmyth Who were the two left-sided wingers last season?

@cymru777 @GrahamSmyth Harrison is the only left sided winger we have and Farke likes to have 2 players per position.

@NewLeftEViews @adam_tooze There are no birds called seagulls. BUT those gulls that work the English seaside resorts, stealing sandwiches, chips etc., are despicable. I mainly dislike pigeons because some of them steal food meant for smaller birds from our garden feeders.

Society would be a better place if we reserved even an ounce of the hatred we have for pigeons (intelligent, social, faithful) for seagulls (monsters).

@Aplodge @BearlyPolitics @i_iratus It is; that, or octopuses; and not octopi, which I thought it was in my youth.

@BearlyPolitics @i_iratus I still argue that the plural of octopus is octopodes! Greek rather than Latin. New account followed. Latin felt like a waste of time but it’s been more useful than many other subjects!

@stemaclufc55969 @BerenCross Good question. He looked good, when he had his few chances to play. People say he's not a full-back. Could he be a wing-back if we play (sometimes) with three CBs? Ultimately, I'd trust the judgment of coaching staff who see him regularly in training & around the squad.

Leeds have confirmed the £10m signing of Lille left-back Gabriel Gudmundsson. He's signed a four-year contract. Key hole in the team filled. Another 26yo and 5ft 11in isn't tiny for a full-back. More than 100 Ligue 1 apps, 13 in Champions League. #lufc

@docrussjackson This is about your argument and not about where my politics lie. IF Glastonbury is a music festival THEN having Rod Stewart play there is reasonable (so long as he sticks to the music). Comparing Glasto to the explicitly political Reform UK conference is unfair, in this context.

For the hard of thinking: it's a bad decision to invite right-winger Rod Stewart to play at the left-wing #GlastonburyFestival in the same way it would be a bad decision to invite left-wing Kneecap to play at a right-wing Reform UK conference.

In 1970, Rod Stewart supported Enoch Powell and wanted immigrants deported. In 2025, he supports Nigel Farage - and he's playing #Glastonbury2025? Worst decision since Rolf Harris was invited to play.

@GrahamSmyth Is this the Habib Diarra who scored for Senegal against England earlier this evening? If so, he might cost a bit more after the transfer window reopens.

Sought out views on Leeds United transfer target Habib Diarra and what it is the Whites would be buying. Fair to say there is a somewhat split opinion. #lufc yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/sport/football…

@TheKopHQ @ant_key81 @DrNeilStone Understood. We also have a Kop but not so widely known. Looking forward to meeting you next season, I remember the remarkable 4-3 season opener, when Bielsa took us up.

@jimramsdenx @ant_key81 @DrNeilStone We lost in Kiev [2018] so I'd rather forget. But I know Zelensky is also mentioned in the tweet [Ukraine leader]

BREAKING NEWS Zelensky has offered to mediate between Elon Musk and Donald Trump

@TheKopHQ @ant_key81 @DrNeilStone Whoosh?! Loved your Gascoigne gag but wonder whether you missed the Kiev reference Or have I missed some even cleverer goujons thing?

@ant_key81 @DrNeilStone Chicken Goujons

@PhilOnRye @Euro_toff @TheNewsAgents @lewis_goodall AND cognitive dissonance

“If they’d explained everything about Brexit, I’d probably have voted Remain!” @lewis_goodall visits The Talbot in Blackpool, the UK’s first Reform pub, where the owner regrets Brexit - but stops short of blaming one of the key figures who sold it to him: Nigel Farage.

@kirkstallbrew @europebarguide @WhitelocksLeeds How's it all coming along? We're itching to see the new Vic, especially after the great work done with Cardigan Arms and Black Horse in Otley. And this time you've got Whitelocks involved too. All the best.

@europebarguide @WhitelocksLeeds News coming soon. Spring '25.

Eagerly awaiting updates from @kirkstallbrew and @WhitelocksLeeds on the reopening of The Victoria & Commercial in Leeds. Original opening date was set at September 2024 now long past without any revised eta given. Any news anywhere?

@VincentRowlatt @docrussjackson Until you posted that, mine was: "Death is the possibility that ends all one's possibilities." I found the linked article from The Conversation to be easy to understand and somewhat profound. I will send the link to a couple of friends, so that we can discuss it. Thank you both.

@docrussjackson My favourite Kierkegaard quote...

Existential philosophy can help you to cope with anguish. Søren Kierkegaard suggests anguish stems from our freedom and the uncertainty it brings, as we crave certainty over freedom. But anguish is inherent in life, and accepting this reduces its fear. Big decisions lack an objective “ideal” choice, and believing in “right” or “wrong” decisions is a narrative fallacy, as we can’t know alternative outcomes. Choosing what feels right for you requires courage, but you are typically the best judge of your own path. theconversation.com/how-existentia…

@afneil Nay lad, tha misunderstands. Richy were talking about t'ledge end, using a common contraction from 'uddersfield. No doubt referring to the way you can take marginal positions and present coherent arguments that support you at that ledge end. I'll get me coat.

But not quite a legend.

@docrussjackson See how rubbish an X/Twitter user I am...I should have put @DylanDifford Sorry Mr Difford.

@docrussjackson In case you're not familiar with Dylan Difford's excellent work on electoral systems, here's a link to his article arguing that the most politically stable democracies use PR. makevotesmatter.org.uk/news/2024/3/13…

#FPTP Simple; quick; delivers stable majority Govts; direct & local MPs; limits influence of extremist parties. #PR Fairer seat distribution based on vote share; reduces wasted votes; promotes diverse views; coalition Govts more likely; reflects multi-party systems. #GE2024:

@docrussjackson I broadly agree with your analyses. Immigration did NOT dominate political discourse in Britain for the few/several years until it regained some traction prior to last Gen Election. See work by @robfordmancs. How Labour & others might have prevented its re-emergence is important.

This leads them to accept and adopt far-right problem definitions (eg "stop the boats" for refugees, or austerity for the financial crash/cost of living crisis). In short, the far-right defines the key issues, particularly immigration, which has dominated politics since 9/11.

🧵 Cas Mudde, a Dutch political scientist who focuses on political extremism and populism in Europe and the US, is, imho, one of the most important voices on the Left today. Allow me to briefly summarise some of his work. youtube.com/watch?v=vISpZG…

@docrussjackson @prospect_uk Frederick Douglass, 'What to the slave, is the Fourth of July?' Only in the last few years have I realised how much can be learned and applied from Douglass's writings and his life story.

@prospect_uk However, Mudde rejects fatalism, emphasizing that liberal democracy’s decline stems mainly from political, media, & corporate elite choices, & can be countered both through responsibility & a proactive defence of pluralist values - but this is NOT coming from parties like Labour.

@Nath_Brudenell Odd that an unknown, captures my Brudenell feelings. From my first visit, it's been special...friendly people let me back through with handfuls of drinks. So many bands say it's their fave venue & mean it. Nathan: the Paul Madeley of music venues. Lights, glass collecting...

My Third Place - We were tagged in this blog a few days ago. Initially ignored it... we'd never heard of it, and have no idea who the person who wrote it, but it's very nice to hear. Have a read.. mythirdplace.co.uk/2025/05/05/my-…