good post

I LOVE it.

Preach

Needs to be referred to as Trumpflation at every opportunity. If you support Trump you support Trumpflation

The Labour Government should go all out on blaming Trump and Trump's supporters on the right like Reform and Tories for the prices rises, mortgage hikes and lost investment income we will all face as a consequence of this horror.

I regret opting for the Axl Rose sat-nav voice. Keeps just saying, "Where do we go now? Where do we go?" over and over.

BET LYNCH MOB www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Any time soon they'll be embracing 15 minute cities

I done this. #humblebrag Come and join this fab podcast community.

"No Churchill?" Well, we ain't dealing with Franklin Roosevelt, buddy.

Already fed up with the 'hilarious' same joke I'm seeing over and over about Brits living in UAE somehow deserving the terror and danger of living in a war zone because they pay no tax. Plenty of people out there for other reasons lumped in with them. Caveat: Oakeshott is fair game.

Farage, Starmer, Badenoch today sound like big fat baby brats. Crack dens, Galloway, harvesting Muslim bloc, conspiracy voting, sectarianism, extremism. No wonder everyone in G+D was gagging to vote for a person who has a normal job and life. They couldn't look more pathetic and out of touch.

Exquisite

Every American needs to watch this:

The only way Labour can win the next election is by governing well. That might not be enough, but it’s the bare minimum. The questions to be asking about any potential new PM are “what is their agenda and can they achieve it?” Not “do they currently poll well?” Or “can they handle a media round?”

It is worth recalling that the position of U.K. Ambassador to the US was not vacant at the time the Prime Minister chose to appoint Peter Mandelson to the role. A highly competent and respected woman was replaced.

I’m not sure ‘our national security developed vetting technique can be beaten if a candidate is prepared to lie’ is an especially helpful line to push.

Yeah, but where is the huge Trump blow back? Children. Minors. Kids. Child sexual abuse is "baked in" now? America really is fcked beyond compare if so. bsky.app/profile/repm...

This is preying on my mind a bit. Jeffrey Epstein was not primarily a British scandal! So far we've removed a Prince from the Royal family, fired our US ambassador who was one of the most important political figures of the last few decades and banned the CEO of Barclays from the financial industry..

Keir Starmer is verrrry wobbly on these forensic questions from Kemi Badenoch about the appointment of Peter Mandelson. It's the first time I've seen an actual shift in the power balance between them. #pmqs

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The funny thing about a certain type of angry conspiracy guy is that they’re literally being confronted with an elite paedophile ring and a tyrannical government at the same time right now, and because it isn't being done by the people they wanted it to be done by they’re all being pussies about it

Albeit a sort of responsible version of it, since they are being tipped onto an existing landfill.

Nigel Farage is currently unveiling Robert Jenrick as a defector at his 430 press conference.

Knew someone was going to go there, kudos for the Lib Dems for getting there first

Absolutely beautiful data visualisation

Sounds too much like a euphemism for going for a wee.

I like how this gag turned out.

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.

Just saying... #TheTraitors #handwriting

This is quite an important point; if you are a UK citizen with Twitter on your phone, opening it up is like playing Russian roulette that the algorithm might commit a strict liability offence on your behalf.

@sturdyalex.bsky.social I assume you're aware of this?

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Note the dates.

Rob Reiner's first seven films: 1. Spinal Tap. 2. The Sure Thing. 3. Stand By Me. 4. THE PRINCESS BRIDE. 5. WHEN HARRY MET SALLY. 6. Misery 7. A Few Good Men. Good lord. Even Spielberg included 1941 in his first seven. And that was after playing Michael Stivic. I hope this news isn't true. But...

When Rob Reiner was on his all-time epic run at the start of his career, he had an opportunity to read a script that was looking for a production partner, and he lost his mind for it. He decided Castle Rock had to have it, no matter what.

Rob Reiner: I'm going to make a coming of age drama, a fantasy adventure story, a romantic comedy, a psychological horror and then a courtroom drama. Us: Across your entire career? Reiner: In a 6 year period. Us: That sounds- Reiner: -Each one will be arguably the best movie in that genre.

Some irony that Nine Bodies in a Mexican Morgue failed to stick the landing. In fact, after an intriguing premise and well executed first few episodes, it turned into a microwave reheated And Then There Were None.

This Pluribus ad on a fridge caused a schizophrenic woman named Carol to be hospitalized.

This isn’t even the stuff they’re trying to actually stop from getting out.

While we're dragging news outlets over the coals for misrepresenting the truth, maybe we can revisit the absolutely insane claim that this was Kate Middleton. And everyone just moved on!!

Oh look. There really are "no go areas" in England. And they're marked by St George's flags www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

Absolutely right. I criticise BBC News, because we need it to be as good as we know it can be. People like Farage criticise the BBC, because they work for its competitors and don't want it to exist.

Maybe Keir should demand the heads of major US news networks any time they imply Britain is on the brink of civil war or that we live under sharia law. Or does it not work both ways?

You're gonna be unpopular. Be unpopular because you're fixing things, not because you aren't.

I know McSweeney isn't the whole problem. I know the king chooses his advisors. But I really do think letting a campaigns guy who thinks in polling not policy run all the bits the PM isn't interested in is a huge, huge contributor to their inability to climb out of this hole.

Lovely. 👏👏👏

The king to prince andrew

Honestly TELL THE STORY. Won’t someone just tell the fucking story of how Brexit created this economic hardship, how a Muslim immigrant just saved the lives of those commuters on that train, won’t someone in politics or even media just connect the fucking dots and TELL THE STORY. IT’S RIGHT THERE