Everything he's reported to have said in this BBC piece sounds like he's desperately trying to distance himself, knowing that the connection is real and toxic. If the press were investigating Farage with the same enthusiasm they went for Rayner, he'd be done for. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

I’m afraid that if you emigrate to Dubai for the tax breaks and 24-hour security, you really should give up your citizenship here for someone who wants it.

Lecornold, more like

Next week in the WSJ: Guys did you realise pizza is actually delicious? Who knew!

'no, sir, a macchiato has not won the Nobel Peace Prize. And it's not Ralph Macchio, either'

Trump's going to start flogging knock-off Nobel Peace Prize coins with his name on them

No celeb has had a harder year at work than Alan Carr; first the struggle to keep his identity secret in #TheTraitors, next the challenge of keeping a straight face in Last One Laughing. He must come close to exploding in the latter

Friday

every serial killer during their confession #TheTraitors

Nigel Farage accuses teachers of "poisoning our kids" on race issues. Here's a reminder of what teachers and fellow pupils at Farage's own school remember of his own views on that subject. www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/nigel-fara...

We are long past the point where journos - maybe even the ones working for rabidly pro-right wing papers - should be pointing out Nigel Farage is a know-nothing charlatan who hates almost everything about this country

instead of running nigel farage's words in quotes, thus spreading his message to the gullible while absolving you, the brave brave journalist, from any negative consequences, you could just run the headline STUPID TWAT BELIEVES EVERYTHING HE'S TOLD

If you’re after a show which is soulful, funny, and might ever so slightly break your heart, then get yer eyes on Film Club on that BBC

'Meet the young Tories dreaming of a bright blue future'

If a news organisation is making -200% margin after five years, it is not a commercial operation and should be assumed to have a different purpose.

If you click on that link to meet the young Tories it takes you to Madame Tussauds’ Chamber of Horrors

Charles Amos is the legalise incest guy. Insane they didn't do due diligence. www.thetimes.com/article/8c9a...

if you’ve ever watched the apprentice, that’s the world without arts or humanities degrees

at the end of a long day, kemi badenoch goes home and stares at a wall for endless fun-packed hours, because she doesn't want to read books, watch tv or films, or play games created by people who studied degrees she doesn't like

is this the Kemi Badenoch, wanting to cut English, whose slogan misspelled "Britain"

Robert Jenrick, who just said he doesn't want to live in a country filled with non-white faces, begins his speech with a series of jokes suggesting that David Lammy is thick

on the final day of the Tory conference, attendees will lay out Thatcher's blue suit on a table, join hands, and attempt to raise her from the dead and fill out her clothing, like that scene in Beetlejuice

the day edges closer

So to summarise, this is a white politician blaming a black journalist for the racism he is now actively helping to promote, after receiving the full endorsement of his own party leader

This is a lie. There are many criticisms you might sensibly and truthfully make of the Sentencing Council and the Sentencing Guidelines. I’ve been making them for years. But this is an outright lie. Pure fabrication. A fraud on the public.

It should be neither a radical act nor difficult for journalists and politicians alike to call out Robert Jenrick’s extremism

Coverage of Jenrick today basically amounts to sane-washing. He didn't criticise judges. He claimed there was a conspiracy by certain judges, who he had discovered and could number, to undermine British law and create open borders.

Thing is, if you’re a lawyer and a Tory - maybe you’re even a Tory peer - and you fail to speak out very clearly and publicly against this stuff, you’re signalling for all to see that you’re at best comfortable with fascism and the destruction of the rule of law

I say this with the bluntness it requires: they will get people murdered if this continues. This is not just populism anymore either: it’s completely unhinged and a deliberate choice that does endanger lives. I am not saying this lightly at all.

don’t worry I’m sure we’ll have lots of sensible people helpfully saying ‘you can’t call Robert Jenrick racist for being racist’

Jenrick in a racism to the bottom

a metaphor strong enough to rip open space/time

Kemi Antoinette

heads up, playing tennis in the nip is not an acceptable tribute to Jilly Cooper, according to my arresting officer

A text from my mum. The general population appear to be losing their minds

the Tory party has announced it has defected to Reform

So after promising to cut "wasteful spending" and council tax Reform has: - Found no waste and instead plans to cut invest-to-save schemes - Will now raise council tax by the full 5% - Realised they don't control asylum spending A staggering amount of failure in 5 months

Monday

rubbish news abounds but this was a bright spot

wishing I was having a roast on Sunday instead of what I’m actually having

like someone in a shared house who does the washing up so badly they’re never asked to do it again

A better turn out than for his stag do…

writing opinion columns and spending too much time on X is a lethal brain-melting combo