No Cass didn’t recommend a ban. Streeting is lying

Aren't clinical trials supposed to provide evidence on which to make decisions, not validate decisions you've already made?

Does desktop qobuz not have a radio function? The fuh?

How are we back at Episode 30 already?! Next up in the archives is a snippet of our conversation with the fantastic @slepkane.bsky.social. Here, Simon talks about writing on the first 'Mitchell & Webb' series. Look out for future performances of Simon's live show 'Jonah Non Grata'. (1/2)

These are the voters that Labour strategists have made very clear over a long period of time that they don't want any more, and it's a message that has now been heard

Watching America's Next Top Model (series 15) while doing admin and wow. It's not a surprise that a modelling show from 2010 feels toxic, but there's so much emphasis on do as you're told, don't question anything, ignore your discomfort; a training school for Me Too.

So glad @markjacob.bsky.social is writing about this: “After a Trump social media post said some of his political opponents were “guilty as hell” and should be prosecuted, NBC wrote about it without noting Trump’s own felony convictions. Same for the New York Times, Axios, AP, and CNN.”

I see less and less briefcase cunts in my replies scoffing at the idea a party called Labour could ever do ANYTHING bad. It used to be constant and now when it happens you can tell the scoffer's heart isn't really in it.

Quite a staggering statistic. Trump isn’t just bringing misery to immigrants, he’s harming everyone. #TrumpSlump

How delightfully quaint some of these old Devon village names are, their etymologies lost in the mists of time.

Guys, you should really listen to The Divide... Unattended Articles: Big Spoon slepkane.blogspot.com/2025/11/big-...

Hey Megyn Kelly, 14-year-old Eloise would like a word: “If my voice makes you uncomfortable, good… because the minute adults start defending predators by defending the age of a child, you’re not protecting the truth, you’re protecting the predator.” Sound up! 🔥🔊 1/2

There does seem to be a scandal here, and for a while, and it's whatever the hell has been going on with Ofcom. Is that a fair use of the word scandal?

let’s all acknowledge that slopaganda is an excellent word for this sort of thing

Good morning! AI is being force-fed to you by a handful of billionaires who will lose a bunch of money if they fail to convince you that you need it. You do not need it 🫶

Final Line of Trailer Achievement Unlocked! www.youtube.com/watch?v=jm5E...

No more Black or trans staffers. No politics of any kind. The cowardice of mainstream media isn't just insulting, it's *boring.* Now TV is just like any other beauty rag. Why not just kill it quickly? Why the slow-motion pretense?

If you're anywhere near Stratford and you have things lying around that are broken and in need of repair, do bring them along to this Repair Cafe (booking an appointment is best but not essential), and get them fixed. It's great for the environment and your wallet... win-win!

If you are (or work for) a politician and have questions about how to use YouTube well, please ask.

@mjowen174.bsky.social Hey Mat, I get this free bulletin of freelance writing jobs every week - sharing in case it might be any use to you.

I don't know, I'm just not entirely convinced Andrew was a one-off.

So this is gross - the Tories want to revoke Indefinite Leave to Remain for anyone whose income falls below the national full-time average, for any reason. First three bands of teachers and FIVE bands of nurses don't earn that, before we even think about healthcare assistants, carers and so on. 1/2

More people marched today than at any time in the history of the United States. For @nytimes.com, it was the 6th most important story. They are making sure that those in power do not see what they do not want to see. This is not what we were brought up to think of as journalism.

I get that there are times when disputes over news coverage are a matter of emphasis or perspective on big, sprawling events, but it feels bad for public trust in a publication when it fails to accurately describe a video that’s 20 seconds long, and that everyone can see.

This man is @slepkane.bsky.social. You will have heard him in The Monster Hunters. You will be hearing him in The Divide. He does a good line in difficult bosses. The Divide starts on Friday. #audiodrama #podcast #spy

Watched an amazing interview with peace negotiator Gershon Baskin and so I'm sharing it and so I'm back on the blog... slepkane.blogspot.com/2025/10/ther...

Goomb, won't you? www.youtube.com/watch?v=J6DG...

Brilliant: Freedom is just another word for “a gap in the law” davidallengreen.com/2025/10/free...

There are few things more laudable than non-comedy people awkwardly committing to a great bit. Love it

And tonight, just fifteen short years on, it aired... slepkane.blogspot.com/2022/11/the-...

There’s a Mitchell and Webb sketch where it’s obviously a pisstake of S4C or some such where it’s like a 1970s craft programme in “Welsh” and it’s probably fairly offensive really but James Bachman plays gentle guitar throughout and gentle beige television with handicrafts and strumming would fix me

Tonight at 10pm on Channel 4 🌟 A tricky job interview, a confusing book signing, and a very eager request on #MitchellandWebbAreNotHelping!

That famous "are we the baddies?" meme comes from a Mitchell & Webb sketch about this very subject: "Have you looked at the badges on our caps?" "Eh? No... a bit. Why?" "They've got *skulls* on them."

I assume by now everyone's seen their star-studded "Let It Be", but I've just found out Gylne Tider did more!!! Among some tough competition, I think my favourite cameo is at 2:21. Enjoy... www.youtube.com/watch?v=sEgq...

There's a proper gulf between August and October, innit, but here's an actual Jonah Non Grata trailer. youtu.be/OdIXUJ5-kH8?...

But also goons who now disappear people: a thousand missing from the Dade Collier Detention Facility, their records destroyed. It's a death camp. So yeah, get on yer bike. www.threads.com/@pattonoswal...

As a resident of #Portland it is impossible to capture how unhinged this is. We are a low crime city and the ICE protest "siege" consists of one auxiliary ICE office that normally has at most a dozen weirdos debating what performance art they should use to block a single driveway

"The EU needs to get the hell off US tech infrastructure. Under Trump, Big Tech and the US government have stopped even pretending that American tech companies are independent of the US government... " pluralistic.net/2025/09/26/e...

Just realised he is exactly what you'd get if you crossed Desmond Olivier Dingle (the look) and Raymond Box (the voice) but I won't say who, because I want to see if anyone agrees enough to know who I'm talking about.

That gap. 32% see immigration as one of the most important issues facing Britain — more than any other issue. Just 4% see it as something that's important in their own life — one of the lowest shares, and a fraction of the numbers for inflation or the NHS.

As someone who has a kind of dyslexia for fashion, I find these takes invaluable and fascinating

"You know the Reichstag fire? Where the Nazis, oh that's us in this analogy, they used it as an excuse to take over the government and then start WWII and commit heinous genocide? Yeah that's us right now. It's like the Mitchell & Webb skit except I'm saying we ARE the baddies. Like the Nazis."

stephen mitchell, robert webb, and olivia colman still making silly comedy sketches together is so wonderful

A question for any lawyers on here. This has started doing the rounds, but my understanding is that it simply isn't true. The police isn't the army. Officers are ultimately responsible for who they decide to arrest and that's a crucial aspect of our law, I thought.

c/o Jamie Raines docs.google.com/document/d/1...

So proud

I like it when Wiki sometimes goes wrong... @johnfinnemore.bsky.social

Just written to my MP. I know they're busy people. Subject: Tim Allan. Hope I got the tone right.

this whole fraud is going to be really funny years from now, in hindsight, but it's mostly just infuriating now

I missed Frankenstein day! Regardless, today's "Popular Post" from the sidebar celebrates possibly the most influential horror film nobody's seen. From 29th January 2020... slepkane.blogspot.com/2020/01/fran...