James O'Malley

jamesomalley.co.uk

24 January 2026 11:13

I feel like this video is a good illustration of Downing Street’s comms… challenge. It’s shot like a pretend interview with an off-camera reporter and looks weird. Why not have Starmer looking down the barrel of the camera, like Zelenskyy or Mamdani? And sound more… human?

Clayton Cubitt

claytoncubitt.bsky.social

23 December 2025 08:55

The Dunning-Kruger Effect and the Streisand Effect, when merged, become the Bari Weiss Effect

Stephen Bush

stephenkb.bsky.social

08 December 2025 12:32

It's literally just going 'well, look, what other lines are going up? Maybe it's one of those!'

Anand Menon

anandmenon.bsky.social

21 November 2025 11:48

Never fails to make me smile the way politicians understand the problem of short time horizons and embrace the 'objective of getting government to think further forward' once they are.... no longer politicians. www.thetimes.com/comment/colu...

Simon Spanton

simonguy.bsky.social

26 October 2025 18:26

The boy(14) had made a paper-mache facehugger for halloween. Here it us partly primed, ready for painting. He's done such an amazing job.