#Daily Torygraph

[insidecroydon]

Philp's flop: Tory MP becomes national laughing stock (again)

Our political editor, WALTER CRONXITE, reports on a Croydon politician’s televised African problem There were genuine concerns among Croydon Tories last night, after the recording of this week’s episode of the BBC’s Question Time programme in north London, that Croydon South MP Chris Philp might struggle to find his way from Tottenham all the way to Coulsdon. Questioned time: Chris Philp is a…

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#Chris Philp MP #Congo #Conservative #Croydon #Croydon South #Daily Torygraph #Grauniad #John Crace #Kigali #Liz Truss #Rwanda #Thick Lizzy Truss #Tory

[humanrinds]

the local anti vaxxers have funded their own 'newspaper' and are trying to give us free copies but i'm just ripping them up before anybody can read them

#like mate. we already get the torygraph and the daily heil and the di-ly express #we don't need your bollocks stinking the place up too #👻

[datsderbunnyblog]

The fact that Nightingale reads the Daily Torygraph Telegraph is the most disappointing thing I've learned about him so far smh

#thomas nightingale #whispers under ground #rivers of london #ben aaronovitch

[jcsolomons]

When you're visiting your parents, who many years ago decided that The Daily Mail had gone downhill, and so they upgraded to The Torygraph, you don't expect breakfast to elicit a good quote on what to say to people who whine about not being able to say anything because of Wokeness. It's from the incoming president of the MCC, Stephen Fry. When they complain, he says, "It's tempting to reply, 'Well, tell me what it's you want to say. Did you want to say something rude and simply unpleasant?'"

#stephen fry

[mabhsavage]

Do yourself a favour and watch Michael Sheen’s directorial debut (as far as I know?), The Way on BBC iPlayer. Gritty, gripping, and a heartbeat away from reality.

The Torygraph and the Daily Mail hate it if you need more convincing.

#The Way #Michael Sheen #James Graham #Adam Curtis #Wales

[icemaninvestments]

IceMan Investments Update – Mid Season 2023/24

New Year greetings from your favourite anti-fascist betting blog. 

We start 2024 with ongoing crises and misery in Ukraine and Gaza. We also confront the electoral rise of the far right across Europe (with the welcome exception of their setback in Poland). 

We have the almost unbelievable possibility that Trump gets re-elected in the States (more on that later). The only bright spot on the horizon is the almost certain defeat of this mean and corrupt Tory government.

As usual IceMan is always punting for a purpose and will donate some of the inevitable profit to Anti-Fascist organisation Hope not Hate. 

Ok on with the Football before we get too depressed. As usual we have some Teams who already look home and dry, some still very much in the mix, a couple heading to the loss column and an absolute stinker. Here goes....

Premiership, Arsenal without Man City 9/4 now 16/5 (ShitePrice)

If you had suggested to me at the start of the season that Arsenal will end the Christmas break a place behind Man City, I would have been well happy, however I would not have expected City to be third and Arsenal fourth. The improvement of leaders Liverpool is not a complete shock, it is the fact Aston Villa sit third that is really surprising. At this stage, this bet looks like a loser. There is a good chance Villa may fall back in the second half of the season, it is making up a 5-point deficit to Liverpool that is problematic. My only hope is that Arsenal can add some reinforcements including a top striker in January and then massively improve, even at that Liverpool still need to wobble. It ain’t over yet, but not optimistic. 

Championship Leicester City Promotion 13/8 now 1/66 (IcePrice)

Gary Lineker is a prominent supporter of this club; I say that cos just mentioning his name upsets so many Daily Mail/Torygraph Gammons. Given that they were relegated last season and took a gamble on appointing Enzo Maresca, I was not entirely sure that Leicester represented good value at 13/8. That price now looks a steal. Delighted with this position, top of the table and even more importantly 13 points clear of third place, looking set for automatic promotion.  I will be collecting on this. 

 League one – Bolton promotion 11/4 now 8/13 (IcePrice)

This is a very competitive division. Bolton are second with a game in hand and only two points behind Portsmouth. Looking good for automatic promotion. They are, however, only 2 points clear of third placed Peterborough, a team I seriously considered backing. Bolton can hopefully hold on to an automatic promotion spot, failing that, they are nailed on for a play-off slot.  Looks an excellent chance of a pickup. 

League Two Stockport 5/4 now 1/8 (IcePrice) and MK Dons 11/4 now 6/1 (ShitePrice) both for promotion 

Stockport aka ‘The Hatters ‘due to the town’s historical link to the Hat trade, it actually has a Hat Museum. are on top of the league so automatic promotion looks on. They have a six-point margin, however 4th placed Barrow do have a game in hand, so this is closer than the market suggests. Stockport have dropped a few points recently, albeit against some good sides, which has allowed some of the chasing teams to close the gap.  MK Dons were the second choice, and I was backing them as more of a play-off team. They currently sit one place outside a play-off position, though they have games in hand, so very much in the mix. Expect to collect from Stockport. MK Dons should make play offs and we can take it from there.        

National League Chesterfield 6/4 now 1/66 (IcePrice) and Gateshead 25/1 now 5/1 (IcePrice) Promotion 

Chesterfield aka ‘The Spireites ‘(due to a crooked town church spire) was a bit of a shortie , however I would have to been a total contrarian to overlook their chances. Only one automatic promotion place in this league, Chesterfield look good for it as 7 points clear with games in hand. Gateshead were selected as they represented excellent value to be competitive for a play-off place. They have not let us down and currently occupy a play-off slot. Expect to collect on Chesterfield and optimistic Gateshead can make the play offs.

Scottish Premiership - Aberdeen without Celtic/Rangers 9/5 now 10/1 (ShitePrice)

Very disappointed with The Sheep and am moving this into the loss column. They have been shockingly inconsistent and are in 9th place, 13 points adrift of 3rd.  They do however have 3 games in hand, it is difficult to imagine them making up that much ground, main rivals Hearts are having a steady season, so can’t see them imploding. Aberdeen may also lose some of their best talent in the January transfer window. 

In better SPL news, Celtic are top and have beaten Rangers for the second time this season.       

Scottish Championship - Dundee United 11/8 to win the league now 4/7 (IcePrice) 

I wish I could be as confident as the markets on this one, I had expected ‘The Terrors’ to be 5 points clear at this stage, currently they sit in second, 3 points behind the leaders Raith. Importantly they do have a game in hand and a superior goal difference. A downside is that they lost a recent head-to-head match with Raith, on the upside they do have a stronger squad which could be reinforced in January. I would expect this to prove a critical advantage in the second half of the season. Optimistic of collecting on this.    

Scottish League One Hamilton Academicals 5/2 to win the league now 7/2

This league looked like a matchup between perennial under achievers Falkirk and recently relegated Hamilton Academicals, so called as they were established by students from Hamilton Academy. . Having previously had my wallet burned by Falkirk, I considered Hamilton to represent better value. Up until recent weeks this has been the case, as it was hard to separate these sides. However, Hamilton have faltered a bit of Late and have gifted Falkirk what appears an unassailable advantage.  This looks destined for the loss column; however, you can never underestimate the ability of Falkirk to grab defeat from the jaws of victory.   

Scottish League Two - Stenhousemuir to win 6/1 each way now 8/15 (IcePrice)    

In contrast to my other Scottish selections ‘Stenny ‘are bang on the money. They are in tremendous form and find themselves 11 points clear in the top spot. A caveat is that other teams have played less games, but a bird in the hand and all that. Stenny looks a cert for top 3 and I fancy them to push on and win this league.  Going to collect something, for sure.  

Bundesliga - Union Berlin top 4 11/4 now 1500/1 (ShitePrice)

Every season there is a pick that turns out to be an absolute shocker. This year it is Union Berlin, a surprise package last year, I fancied them to kick on this season as many of their potential rivals appeared weakened by selling top players.  This season Union have been rubbish, they are in 15th place, 21 points shy of top 4. Enough. 

Politics Lab/Lib Coalition 7/1

No change in this position, the current cash out exactly matches my stake. I am cashing it out as I now don’t expect a formal coalition even if Lab come up a bit shy of an overall majority.   

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Hungary -Euro2024 150/1 E/W now 100/1 (IcePrice)

I love to through a dart at an underrated long shot in tournament football. Politically Hungary being successful would be a nightmare. Far right leader Orban is a massive football fan and would milk any triumph. On the other hand, 150/1 is a big price as many teams of equivalent capability are trading below 50/1. Hungary won a not overly challenging qualifying group and have a young squad led by Liverpool player Dominik Szoboszlai.   

Democrats to win Presidency

I have taken a safety approach of backing Democrats rather than Biden specifically who is available at 9/4. Biden is almost certain to be the candidate but doubts around his age and his current unpopularity mean he could stand aside.  TBH, I would welcome that happening, and his being replaced by Gavin Newsom or Gretchen Whitmer. The real worry about this bet is that it is an Even money shot, the Democrats should be 1/20 on running against Trump the narcissistic sociopath, Trump is actually a marginal favourite in most books. Trump is campaigning as a full on white Christian nationalist and being upfront about his fascistic tendencies. This is a bet where the financial winnings are irrelevant compared to the real-world geopolitical consequences.  

The MAGA cult and GOP enablers seem all in for syphilitic, Adderall addicted whack job. Things are getting desperate when you start to hope that the recent Trump smells revelations on the internet are true and might dent some of his popularity. The MAGA cult will have no problem voting for an authoritarian bigot, but do they want a President who literally shits his adult nappy and stinks the place out.      

City of Troy - 2000 Guineas 13/5 now Evs (IcePrice)

I can’t help myself; I do love an ante post bet on the Guineas. I got on to City of Troy prior to his impressive Dewhurst win. As I have found to my cost, brilliant two-year-old form does not always translate to winning classics at three. On the plus side his trainer Aidan O’Brien seems genuinely enthused and he knows a good horse when he sees one. 

Late Night Pass -Grand National 35/1 

Still my favourite sporting event. I normally get involved in February when the weights are released, however this year I am getting in early as I was very taken by the prospects of Late Night Pass who has had two good outings this season. This has not gone unnoticed in the market, though he can still be backed at a generous 33/1. 

Matteo Berrettini - Wimbledon 28/1 E/W

This is a very tentative and small stakes dip into the Tennis markets. Berrettini is a great grass court player as evidenced by the fact he was a finalist at Wimbledon in 2021. He has recently been injury plagued which is obviously reflected in this price. So, hoping he can reach Wimbledon fully fit and in the form that enabled him to hit the World no6 ranking.   

That’s it . 

 IceMan Investment Portfolio – Punting for a Purpose 

Smash the Fash  

[chriswhodrawsstuff]

Meaningful change?

I spat my tea out over my pyjamas this morning. I hadn’t even got to the second of the two mugs of coffee when I’m able to partially function and attempt to deal with the world and up pops Mr Quiff, Keir Starmer, writing in the Daily Telegraph, or Torygraph as it’s known amongst right thinking people… He was praising Margaret Thatcher for making “meaningful change” to the UK trying to coax over a…

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#broken britain #Decline #Green Party #Keir Starmer #Labour Party #legacy #Margaret thatcher #Thatcherism

[deepjuillet]

Rishi Sunak as British PM Hopeful: What Will the Indian Connection Mean?

Rishi Sunak as British PM Hopeful: What Will the Indian Connection Mean?

The Daily Torygraph recently debated that the recent leadership contest proves that the Conservative party is genuinely inclusive. The basis for the claim was that the leadership candidate list featured female candidates, veterans as well as candidates from ethnic minorities. I’d argue that the word inclusivity does not apply to the Conservative party, as thanks to them, there was a nearly 10,000…

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#Brexit #Conservative #Ethnic Minority #Hindu #India #Indian #Inequality #Rishi Sunak #Sunak #Tory #UK #Wealth

[lost-carcosa]

#UK politics #daily telegraph #daily torygraph #coronavirus #covid 19 #sociopath #fuck the tories

[scavengedluxury]

This is from today’s Daily Telegraph, written by Christopher Hope, its chief political correspondent. Let that sink in. Maybe this is what happens when you only learn history from statues.

#irish famine #ireland #uk politics #daily telegraph #the torygraph

[generalelectionmusings]

#cult #uk #politics #tory #torygraph #daily telegraph #allison pearson #sycophant #boris johnson

[expo63]

fullmetalbeansprout

replied to your link

“James Ivory's talent is timeless – why did it take the Oscars so long...”

Because he wasn’t wearing rad tchalamet shirt before ��

;-) This is amusing to think about because he made around 20 of his films (including the best-known/most successful) before Timmy was actually born.

Timmy is the latest in a very long line of actors to benefit from Ivory’s talent and (in his own films as director) his amazing taste in talent-spotting. I was going to list some of the names who were discovered, or got their first break, in Merchant and Ivory’s films, but there are so many: Thandie Newton, Christopher Walken, Helena Bonham Carter, Rupert Graves, Julian Sands, Daniel Day Lewis, James Wilby, Hugh Grant ... and Greta Scacchi, who Ivory really wanted to re-cast as Annella in CMBYN.

#fullmetalbeansprout #timothee chalamet #james ivory #merchant ivory #oscar winner #best adapted screenplay #call me by your name #oscars #2018 #daily telegraph #the torygraph has a very narrow view of his career tbh #and you would never know from that piece that he’s a gay filmmaker

[megandzane]

I don’t know who needs to hear it but royal correspondents lie. The daily fail and torygraph aren’t reliable sources anyway. They will print fake quotes all the time. If it didn’t come from his mouth on video , take it with a grain of salt

But on In regards to people using a torygraph interview to claim Harry said he got professional help at 28, y’all need some reading comprehension. This was printed in 2017. He discloses that he has since gotten professional therapy. Then says he only began to address the grief at age 28. That doesn’t mean he sought professional help back then

The first paragraph mentions those two years in this late 20’s because that’s when he went off the rails. It’s context.

#noo this autocorrected to daily mail- I wanted daily fail #I should just take my own screenshot #they legit create fake quotes all the time #I’m probably gonna delete this

[mariacallous]

Hey 👋🏼 I’m a new follower and I’m really enjoying your posts about Maggie Thatcher and her ruthless yet ultimately self-destructive politics during her time as PM. Seems to me that there can be no current incarnation of Tory politics (ugh) without Thatcher driving things the way she did. I was only a child at the time and it’s just really interesting to find out all the juicy details after the fact! Any books or movies you can recommend about Thatcher and her era would be very welcome. Thanks!

Hi!

I’m glad you’re enjoying/interested in them! It’s such a fascinating and yet sort of depressing period and topic because you’re right about the “no current incarnation of Tory politics (ugh) without Thatcher driving things the way she did.” (and keeping your (ugh) because very valid and appropriate).

The Tories have always been the party of the moneyed and noble class(es), but there was a time when they were a little less so, or at least a little more inclined towards recognizing that there was a basic duty owed to every UK citizen (although depending on how you defined “UK citizen” of course made a huge difference) that meant they could sort of be not fully terrible. Incidentally, one of my favorite UK prime ministers is Harold Macmillan, who was much more inclined to that sort of thing).

There are 3 BBC dramas that came out during the 2000s that are pretty well-done and accessible:

-The Long Walk to Finchley (showing Thatcher’s attempts to get into parliament) -The Falklands Play (showing a dramatized account of the conflict in the South Atlantic) -Margaret (showing her removal from office by the Tory Party after over 11 years dominating them and the country).

It used to be available on YouTube but I don’t know if it still is in full, but the BBC also did a documentary called Tory! Tory! Tory! around the same time period which documented the development/change in the party from the 1940s and 1950s up to the then-present day (sort of).

The Iron Lady with Meryl Streep is interesting, but it’s not necessarily the most informative. It is a pretty good impression of Thatcher, though.

For books:

Going to the horse’s mouth is usually not a bad thing, and I do own a copy of The Downing Street Years, where Thatcher described her life and her government during her time in office. It’s well over 1000 pages and is *not* the easiest or quickest read - she, broadly speaking, covers her premiership in detail, with many analyses and paragraphs devoted to minutiae and specific instances and policy descriptions. She is also, clearly, not an impartial/neutral source, and it was also written when the sting of removal was still very fresh, and so there is an element of scorekeeping and ex post facto justification or explanation. But she does also provide some interesting insights, and it’s quite interesting to compare and contrast what she says she thought or felt or did with what actually happened. There’s also (another) BBC series that goes into it, and interviewed her and her ministers and other figures, and so it’s a “more balanced” look at things.

John Campbell has a fairly informative and balanced and well-written biography of her that I’ve enjoyed over the years. I think it was originally in 2 volumes but there is also a condensed or single version.

Charles Moore, the former editor of the Daily Torygraph Telegraph, was chosen by Thatcher to write her authorized/official biography, which was not to be published until after she died. He is an infuriating and offensive figure who also has a decent way with words and while he clearly has...”some sympathy” (likely an understatement but we’ll go with that) with Thatcher and Tory views, he is able to admit that and also still provides an authoritative and surprisingly less hagiographical version of her life than you might expected. It’s also broken into three rather large volumes and so the first covers her life up to the Falklands, the second covers her life during her second term up to the 1987 election, and the third covers everything from that point forward.

Alan Clark’s and Edwina Currie’s Diaries are also pretty interesting and informative, Alan’s moreso I think, because they cover many of the same events from their own Tory political perspectives, along with the sorts of things they faced and dealt with. For a Labour perspective, I can’t help recommending Barbara Castle’s Diaries and her autobiography Fighting All The Way, both because she’s one of my favorite political figures who would have been the strongest contender for first female prime minister before Thatcher, but also for a contrast in many different ways. There are other ministerial or such memoirs and writings but I don’t know that I’d recommend them, or their authors.

God and Mrs. Thatcher: The Battle for Britain’s Soul by Eliza Filby is another one because it analyzes Thatcher and her policies and philosophy from the angle of religion, and it was a unique angle to use and also interesting/appropriate considering what Thatcher stated was the underlying impetus for what she did.

Claire Berlinski’s There Is No Alternative is an unashamedly admiring book about Thatcher and her impact, but it’s not without insight or honesty. It’s one of the more upfront books taking a look at Thatcher and it’s fairly quick to read and interesting.

For fiction, I think GB84, about the Miners’ Strike, by David Peace; The Line of Beauty, by Alan Hollinghurst, featuring the life of a young, gay, middle-class Oxford graduate and his interactions with the upper class in Britain during Thatcher’s time in office; and the House of Cards trilogy by Michael Dobbs

Finally, any Spitting Image video clip you can find on youtube (latex puppets of Thatcher and other prominent 1980s and early 1990s figures. It’s funny and rude and a bit extreme)

#amanda-lore

[boylikeanangel]

The most offensively unrealistic part of good omens apart from the fact that the angel and demon gays never kissed is that aziraphale likes to do the crosswords in the daily telegraph....like it genuinely makes me angry that it's even SUGGESTED that a.z. "fuck my job let's start a revolution against head office with my husband" fell would ever go within ten feet of the affectionately named Torygraph let alone pay money to READ the fucking thing.....they did him so dirty

#you probably wont get it if ur not british but #the daily telegraph is literally the most right wing newspaper out there #and they really just fuckin. aziraphale sweetie im so sorry #shut up lev #good omens

[duchessofostergotlands]

Omid, Victoria Murphy and Bryony Gordon were the three members of the media chosen to attend the ACU meeting at BP and they all wrote... basically the exact same article. Bryony and Victoria's are a bit more point-to-point without Omid's mushiness but it all almost reads like they just fleshed out a list of talking points, about Harry's "bittersweet military" engagement and everything; it's all the same stuff in the exact same order. I wonder if this is how it's going to be from now on?

I haven’t read anything about Bryony or Victoria’s articles. I always thought it was interesting they were so fond of Bryony when she writes for the Torygraph who were the ones to first link the Hubb kitchen to terrorism, 3 hours before the Daily Mail whose article was explicitly mentioned in their court case. There’s nothing wrong with suing because it impacts you but when you try to make it seem like it’s about justice for others - even when you are buddy buddy with the publication who started it - has always been weird to me

#ask #anon #british royal family