The country that invented spray cheese and makes people bankrupt because they need healthcare, calls Europe “in decline” Okay…

New ground 😄

A must if worrying listen...

It’s maddening that I just heard this tribunal decision covered on BBC News, which led with “Sandie Peggie wins her case,” expanded with “Sandie Peggie secures a partial victory,” then only on listening further did it become clear she actually lost on most of the substantive points she was pursuing.

The calls from America this weekend to "abolish the EU" are for one simple reason: the EU is the only thing that can keep European nation-states from becoming Russian or American vassals.

Martin Parr RIP One of my favourite photographers. If you don't know his work, dip into the internet; it's a joy.

my great-grandparents arrived in the UK in the 1890s with nothing. they sold pickles from the front room window, took in laundry, worked as tailors. their children were nurses, teachers, salesmen. their grandchildren were professors, designers, opticians, doctors, magistrates, entrepreneurs.

Oh look. They’ve actually drawn a diagram for all the people stupid enough to need a bloody diagram.

Villa fans were really nice when we beat them in the semi-final, today in their old school wonderful ground with such noisy passionate support...so pleased for them.

Screaming! 😄

For all the talk of Andrew Tate and Adolescence, I wrote about the more dangerous phenomenon we’re all choosing to ignore: the radicalisation of middle aged men For the @thenewworldmag.bsky.social www.thenewworld.co.uk/zoe-grunewal...

Good cat

As if we haven't been through enough already up pops Rio Ferdinand.

My 800 odd Spanish duolingo lesson are not really helping...

"If I'd known I'd have to sit through an hour of Gianni Infantino I'd have just played a square ball" - Kieran Tierney

Donald Trump has been awarded the first ever global piss prize

Aston Villa’s Goal of the Month contest for August, cancelled because we scored no goals, has more footballing credibility than the FIFA peace prize for Trump.

"Before giving you the prize Mr President I would just like to say a few words". "April Fool".

Tonight I will mostly be enjoying watching miserable Manure fans.

Nigel Farage has got the Reich hump

This is very funny.

Russia's war of conquest, the USA and Europe - Thread:👇

On Paul McGrath’s birthday, a reminder of one of the great defensive performances of all time. Italy. Giants Stadium. 1994. Unfit, but utterly unbeatable

If only our vox pops had been like that, rather than the outpourings of ignorant nonsense (like the ‘now we can make our own laws’ bollox) that we were regularly subjected to.

I do sometimes wonder if I'm losing my mind. thecritic.co.uk/full...

You will be shocked to discover after reading these stories that while Rachel Reeves claimed to have been the "British girls under-14 [chess] champion" she was in reality merely the "Under 14s British Women’s Chess Association (BWCA) Girls" Champion. This is getting utterly ridiculous now

@natashaclark.bsky.social wearing her blue rosette with pride today. As if anyone takes gossiping lobby hacks seriously. @mrjamesob.bsky.social @lbc.co.uk #lbc #PMQs

🇺🇦🇮🇪 The Irish Parliament after Zelensky’s speech.

Shame Jonathan Gullis joined Reform. He had a bright future in standing next to a pub fruit machine telling you what buttons to press.

"We would have punished these guys if it hadn't taken us 4 decades to get round to it" is just a fantastic summary of police accountability in Britain

Very good doc on the costs of water privatisation: Thatcherite dogma to produce the only privatised water in the world. The Cornwall water scandal saw 20,000 people poisoned as they cut-costs pre-sell-off & then covered it up to aid privatisation. #PoisonWater www.ft.com/content/ac11...

Fitting tribute to the great Brian Hayes a magnificent broadcaster who informed and entertained me for many years. RIP.

Hearing that the far-right are going to start a movement called You’re Party

Ah Billy Bonds, saw him once in Allders Croydon looking at a model railway. Had a bit of a crush as we used to say. RIP Hammers legend.

Glorious, cathartic, taking no shit at all, Stewart Lee. Brexit: “like someone stepping round a massive pile of dogshit on the living room carpet. Every day. For nine years.” If only all our media could be as ruthlessly challenging as this. www.thenerve.news/p/stewart-le...

I bought 2 fucking pillowcases. What more do you want from me? My inbox is full of this automated bollocks. Contact fatigue is real. I sometimes miss creative marketing and research. Even the odd dm would be nice. Do better.

Oh fuck off.

Of course there are many wonderous writings from the great man but my memory goes to enjoying The Real Inspector Hound at Sutton Theatre, production was genius and so much fun. RIP Tom Stoppard.

The British press poses a genuine and profound threat to our democracy and our shared prosperity. They howl out their right wing, wealth-protecting agenda and want Farage as PM. We will all pay a very high price for their selfish greed and their utter indifference to social inequality.

Finally getting some theological clarity on the ethics of reclining in one’s plane seat

A question on Nextdoor, light relief from moaning about new housing developments, missing parcels and 'what are those young people up to?' Anyone know someone to clean two chandeliers? You all know the answers coming in ...

Welcome Shabana Mahmood to your next four years of headlines!!!

When you're having a late one in Strasbourg and they're playing Irish music. Whisky in a Jar please. 🍀

Drowning our sorrow

Here ❤️💙

Pre game with the police ❤️💙

I'd wager this is evidence that the furore over 'migration' isn't about migration but the presence of dark-skinned people in the UK... And yes, this was evident in the more sinister corners of the Brexit campaigns.

"A new poll suggests nearly half of Britons think there are more migrants in the UK illegally than legally, but in reality just 7% arrive through irregular channels" Charlie Angela on how sensationalist reporting in the right wing press is fuelling falsehoods and misconceptions

Nus Ghani MP - the Deputy Speaker - moved to the UK as a small child. She has been elected by the voters in Wealden in 2015, 2017, 2019 and 2024 More outright racism from the regular GB News & Talk TV contributor Lucy White - who previously called (on GB News) for all Muslims to leave Britain