Gerard Baker: don’t even bother, it won’t work [answer to every single question] What a dullard. #bbcaq

“I don’t need international law”, “I’m constrained by my own morality“ said the convicted felon and sexual abuser.

For a simple one-off fee of £1million, I will go into any government department and show them how to Google "social media apps to post on more than one platform".

You’d say ‘tin-eared’ except the man is made of porridge. Monetising sexualisation? That’ll do nicely. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

A mixture of delusion and worry that a hand has been overplayed.

If the world has learned anything, it’s that anyone who gets the FIFA peace prize should be arrested immediately.

After Kemi Badenoch says Keir Starmer should call for an emergency Nato meeting over Greenland, Starmer makes the point that when he attended the Nato summit in June, Badenoch said at the time that he should have missed it to be at PMQs instead.

Us trying to find a post on our feed that isn't about a carnyx 👇

Anyone knows where I can get one?

birds do it bees do it even educated fleas do it let's do it let's fly into a window

Trump Claims He Will Marry Maduro’s Wife Until Suitable Replacement Found https://theonion.com/trump-claims-he-will-marry-maduros-wife-until-suitable-replacement-found/

“and in other news, President Trump has ordered the bombing of Venezuela” “Caracas?” “not according to his doctors”

Apart from everything else, invading a country for oil in 2026 is somewhat like doing so for horses in 1931.

What just happened ... Comedy: Jamie Kaler

Zelenskyy on Trump's attack on Venezuela, "Well, what can I say? If... If it's possible, yes, with dictators, like this, then the United States of America knows what to do next"

I'm not a diplomat, but one thing I have to do regularly is to draft or help to draft public statements that parties to litigation agree as part of a settlement. There is an art to drafting something that reasonable readers can agree is clear but from which they draw irreconcilable meanings. /1

Test results summary: He crayoned mostly inside the lines and was able to tell the difference between Stephen Miller and a hyena (on the third try).

Just making sure that 2025 is definitely over

Catching a lobster, just to creel something.

We are now thoroughly in the agonal gasps of 2025. Would anyone like to join me in asking this year to politely take its things and fuck straight off? 🐻

There’s considerable preamble to this which shamefully I’m not reposting, but it’s all the funnier and more surreal this way.

everyone forgets the true meaning of christmas eve eve, when john the baptist rushed out to get his auntie pam a lily of the valley soap set and jesus called some wrapping paper and cellotape a fucking arsehole.

People on low incomes in County Durham are about to be hit with a council tax bill for the first time. Reform-led Durham County Council has voted to scrap full council tax exemptions for people on the lowest incomes.

Michael Crick, you legend! #bbcaq

‘someone working as a cleaner’ - how dare they have aspirations for their family, eh, Harriet? #bbcaq

Who can live independently on £26k??? These guys, all on handsomely north of this figure, pontificating about employers being reluctant to take on staff because of the increase in minimum wage. #r4today

Theresa Villiers on Badenoch. Oddly I hope she's right but this is the latest in the Telegraph's 'Whisper it' series. The record of this series is not good.... (thread)

not the kind of behavior I expect from the winner of the fifa peace prize

Robin Ince reveals to last night’s audience at a recording of Infinite Monkey Cage that the BBC has forced him to resign over his support of trans people

Wordle 1,635 4/6 Love a pattern. 🟨⬜🟨🟨⬜ ⬜🟨🟩⬜🟨 ⬜🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

“… and then he said, ‘No, it’s the FIFA World Cup Peace Prize.’”

Crochet mandala street decorations, a collective creation by women in Licata, Italy #WomensArt (via Howtofeelgood. net)

This will be remembered as the most pathetic moment in American history. What a needy fool.

Remember if you receive a flyer in post from reform with an sae, don't bin it, reply with your thoughts as it will cost them & take up time going through the postal returns.

Staying in a Jenrick-led Conservative party means essentially accepting all the moral compromises of being in a pact with Reform, but you don't even have a charismatic or likable leader.

🚨 An Appeal on behalf of BBC News👇🏼👇🏼 Please contact us if you have a story to share on Rachel Reeves Did she ever park but not pay for it❌ Put general rubbish in a recycling bin ❌ Queu barge❌ Drop litter❌ Swear in public❌ Turn without indicating when driving❌ We need to know & make it news👍🏼

Summary of Governor Gavin C. Newsom’s Advanced Imaging Results

Take a moment to watch performance artist Guillaume Juncar. You won’t regret it.

Nothing will change in the UK until the press is dealt with Nothing will change in the UK until the press is dealt with Nothing will change in the UK until the press is dealt with Nothing will change in the UK until the press is dealt with Nothing will change in the UK until the press is dealt with

The chair of the OBR will be kicking himself for saving his draft resignation letter on such an guessable url.

I feel like we're moving closer to the inevitable day when Liz Truss announces she's defected to Reform, and Reform frantically spins that she absolutely has not

Poor old Gullis he hasn't been able time find gainful employment after being rejected by his constiuency and who the hell is Lia Nici. The Reform Party Ltd should change its name to the Reject Party Ltd.

The wheels are coming off at a local level every time someone looks into a bullying/racism/dereliction of duty/integrity/corruption allegation. There are multiple options for a pincer movement against Farage, and his supporters everywhere are such dirty fighters it can’t begin soon enough.

Late to the #InsideNo9 party and it’s so far out of my comfort zone I’m only shocked I didn’t hide behind the sofa watching ‘Tom & Gerri’. Subtly terrifying.

They've completely forgotten or ignored this

Taiwanese ambassador to Finland performs with his metal band at Taiwan-Finland cultural event! 🤘✊️ That's what I call great ambassador