Well, this is a turnup for the books. I've actually managed to get a ticket for a Leeds away game

here's tonight's FT splash, fresh from the Epstein files

Not sure what Gary Neville’s on about. Bit of a fluke that

20 years I’ve been paying my student loan back and there’s still two thirds of it left to go. Not helped by journalism being so low payed, but repayments are barely more than the interest.

friend of mine is an undocumented immigrant and has been hiding in Melania theaters bc he knows people assume no one is in there

After being held in two of them as a boy, I fought for decades urging America to never again build concentration camps and put human beings in them. It breaks my heart to watch this happen twice now in my own lifetime.

Had a look to see how sales at my local cinema are doing. Three people are currently booked to go see it on opening night. There's another five on Saturday

Reform MP Andrew Rosindell tells the BBC that he "would not object" to scrapping the NHS and replacing it with private insurance

Aside from anything else, a GM mayor by-election would have been toxic at the moment. Kinda glad we're gonna be spared that.

Worth remembering when looking at the horrific scenes in the US right now that both Reform and the Tories have pledged to bring in ICE-style organisations to the UK if they win power

She's not wrong. I remember nearly 20 years ago now a mean spirited article by Germaine Greer in which she decried the fact that the Yorkshire Sculpture Park was in Yorkshire...

Are the White House trying to tell us something?

"I am just going outside and may be some time."

Farage has been touring Davos all week pledging to “fight the globalists” - all funded by a $10 billion trust run on behalf of an Iranian billionaire. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Even with the knife in his back, Jack still didn’t see it #TheTraitors

-23°C That’s commitment!

Carney: "In a time of rising populism and ethnic nationalism, Canada can show how diversity is a strength, not a weakness... Canada can't solve all the world's problems. But we can show that another way is possible. That the arc of history isn't destined to be warped toward authoritarianism".

457 British troops lost their lives in Afghanistan. Trump avoided military service 5 times. How dare he question their sacrifice. Farage and all the others still fawning over Trump should be ashamed.

So, if I understand correctly, the US needs to own Greenland because of the threats from new weapons belong to *checks notes* the US, and from Russia and China whose military technology is apparently a bit rubbish. Makes perfect sense.

"I don't feel old", says Trump. You certainly sound it mate.

Iceland suddenly panicking

A genuine breaking story: Nigel Farage has breached the MPs' code of conduct 17 times www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...

I think a bit of mourning is appropriate. The liberal international order got a lot of flack, it was hard to explain (was it even real?), US hypocrisy, etc. But frankly it is the best global order that ever existed. The goal should be to salvage as much as possible. The alternative is so much worse.

I just woke up from a nap and somehow while I was asleep, everyone on the bus has figured out we are not going to the right place

was briefly so excited reading this until I realised he meant Davos

Absolutely fascinating chart. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

We used to think Reform’s links to Putin would be their downfall; it’s actually going to be their links to Trump

When I lecture to students about how the apparently thriving economy of the 1920s was really a house of cards just waiting to be knocked down, one of the points I stress is how much a small number of the very rich were essentially propping up consumer spending in unsustainable ways

ALL ABOARD? Northern Powerhouse Rail is back but the U-turns are never-ending! Here's today's @thenorthernagenda.bsky.social cartoon... www.shareyourstories.live/northern-agenda/

typical ai use case

Trump has been given her medal by the actual Nobel prize winner, to add to his collection of trophies he didn't win.

Leeds v Arsenal tickets are £60 each in the ballot. I was thinking of applying, but that just feels too much like taking the piss.

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer was the bookies' favourite to become the next permanent Manchester United manager. Those odds took a tumble this week

I used to quite like Dilbert, before I knew literally anything about Scott Adams. This one's great.

🧵A political/media guide to the "truth" about net-zero 1) Add up costs to install & run a net-zero energy system 2) Pretend fossil-fuelled alternatives wld be free 3) Do say "eco zealots are bankrupting us" 4) Don't say "free cars if we scrap net-zero" cos it sounds ridiculous 5) That's it! 1/10

New for @josimarfootball.bsky.social. And depressing. Correspondence between the Premier League and the British government suggests that elite English football clubs will be allowed to pursue commercial relationships with illegal betting operators in the future. josimarfootball.com/2026/01/13/s...

❌ Russia has lost over 1.2 million soldiers since February 2022

Alonso gone. www.realmadrid.com/en-US/news/c...

Meet Scott Wood, the Hull City fan who swapped a pre-Christmas trip to Millwall for a January jaunt to watch the Africa Cup of Nations in Marrakech - because it was cheaper. ✍️ @greggevans40.bsky.social 🔗 www.nytimes.com/athletic/695...

Rupert Lowe has been paid over £48,000 by X for his tweets since the general election. That's from 153 hours work, which works out at £17 an hour. It's been a nice side earner for him. Only him and three Reform MPs have declared any money from X since July 2024.

This is the man who activists in the UK advocate for. A man who thinks it’s an unreasonable level of censorship to stop a platform making sexualised images of children and women. In a way it’s good that they’re being so clear about whose team they’re really on. Get in the bin.

Nice to see former West Dids & Chorlton player Sam Heathcote starting for Macclesfield against Palace today. Saw him bag over 30 goals a season for West from central defence, which is pretty good going

In case you've seen the story about “grok now only generates images for paid users”, it's untrue. Apparently everyone just reported it because… it was what grok told them 🤦🏼 www.theverge.com/news/859309/...

Something I always wondered is how it would be covered if America became a dictatorship This is it

BBC Verify has a slow motion breakdown of the video which shows very clearly the truth.

I understand the pressures on the BBC, but Radio 4's coverage of the Minneapolis shooting is an example of "bad balance". It's all "the Trump regime says she was a terrorist, but Democrats say it was murder". The BBC has the footage. It doesn't have to treat truth and falsehood as equally valid.

Today my pastor of several years was detained by ICE at the lawful demonstration where ICE officers murdered Renee Good. Three times they taunted and asked him if he's afraid yet. They let him go because he's white, saying, "Well you're white and it wouldn't be any fun." This is his story:

Renee Good, a citizen & mother was shot 3 times in the head, on camera, by a masked gang. She is smeared by Trump & MAGA lunatics. May she rest in peace & her family find comfort. Frankly the only surprise is it took this long. Farage wants “ICE style raids” in the UK. #r4today

Im up in Newcastle for the #lufc match