
How long does UK prime minister Sir Keir Starmer have left? And what is the Chelsea Flower Show? Today’s special guest is Scottish author and social researcher David F Porteous, and he can help us with neither of these things.

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How long does UK prime minister Sir Keir Starmer have left? And what is the Chelsea Flower Show? Today’s special guest is Scottish author and social researcher David F Porteous, and he can help us with neither of these things.
Snarky Platypus and I have created this bingo card for 2026 listing 25 distinctly possible things. We also list the suggestions which didn’t make the Final Cut.
Continue reading “Bingo Card 2026: Which of these things will happen?”Snarky Platypus and I have created this bingo card for 2025 listing 25 distinctly possible things. We also list the suggestions which didn’t make it.
Continue reading “Bingo Card 2025: Which of these things will happen?”
This episode’s special guest is Scottish author and social researcher David F Porteous, who manages to deliver some fascinating commentary on happenings in Britain, while I increasingly suffer the totally unforeseeable effects of wine and gin.
Continue reading “The 9pm Extruded Cheese Snack of Destiny with David F Porteous”
The spring series of The 9pm Edict kicks off in a strange week, especially in British politics and the monarchy. This episode is a disjointed set of personal observations and complaints.
Continue reading “The 9pm Delusion of His Anserine Highness, Princess Timothy of Kew, and Other Observations”