The Almighty Gob. The Satirical Social Philosopher.

The Almighty Gob. The Satirical Social Philosopher.

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The Mandelson Boxer Shorts Rescue: What Denton and Gorton Need to Know About Green Party Governance.
Or: How to Ignore 80 Protestors, Defy Basic Physics, and Call It Democracy.
 • John Langley
Bristol Greens Slash In-House Care While Claiming In-House Saves Money,
Council plans £900,000 cuts to day centres for elderly and disabled people—the very services other authorities kept in-house to save millions.
 • John Langley
The Prince of Darkness: When Scandal Immunity Finally Fails.
They called him the Prince of Darkness for 24 years. Not as insult—as job description. Then the receipts dropped.
 • John Langley
Pleased About a Fractured Spine: The Polanski Paradox.
Or: When Britain's political (aka idiot) class learned to stop worrying and love the sledgehammer.
 • John Langley
The Headline 'Bristol Live' Won't Print Because It's Too Honest.
When residents aren't surprised by murder, someone's already failed.
 • John Langley
How Many More Lives?
A man died on Stapleton Road Tuesday night. Two-minute walk from where I'm writing this.
 • John Langley
Bristol's Bike Lanes Put On Hold After Council Loses Money When Deadline Extended.
Green administration promises infrastructure will happen "when funding allows" - which means never.
 • John Langley
When Green Councillors Discover That Walking Seven Minutes Is Actually Climate Destruction.
Green councillors rejected hundreds of homes near Temple Meads because walking seven minutes was "too far."
 • John Langley
The Daily Mail on Bristol: Separating Observable Reality From Culture War Hysteria.
Palestine flags, knife gangs, and housing costs – fact-checking the Mail's 'woke capital' narrative.
 • John Langley

January 2026

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