Oh heck, now i want to watch the cut up films again.

‘William buys a parrot’ in which william burroughs…um, he buys a parrot It’s kinda funny and really quite gay but it is pretty strange

Just before our love got lost you said "I am as constant as a northern star" And I said, "Constantly in the darkness Where's that at? If you want me, I'll be in the bar"

I know it’s crazy and we only just met but where the hell is my train?

Imagine saying you are stronger than Sinéad. Imagine that.

To read later

There will be blood on the floor

Interesting analysis here and the country by country analysis is particularly fascinating

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From @scotnational.bsky.social Aye, awa a this

It gets better, wes’ leadership hopes are gone and he’s now seemingly asking for burnam to be allowed to stand It really is like in the thick of it. Meanwhile hollyrood is quietly getting on with opening after it’s own general election

Ok, I’ll admit it: i am absolutely glued to this nonsense in Westminster It’s like the episodes of in the thick of it dealing with the leadership challenge but with even more unpleasant characters

"The UK is an open, tolerant and generous nation," says the UK government in its latest briefing on immigration. But in what ways is it open and generous? And what is so awful about people seeking asylum here that tolerance should be necessary?

Word in Westminster is that wes couldn’t get enough mps to support him. A bet he’s greetin inta his big terf pillow the night

Apropos of nothing, the recent election of one John Swinney as First Minister of Scotland should give pause to anyone who believes this rather dumb internal Labour myth that "previously rejected by the electorate" is an actual reason to not choose someone as leader again.

Wait, there where your party people left in Scotland?

There absolutely should be sackings at the Electoral Commission over this. A fake party that does no campaigning, will have spent £0, and whose own holocaust denying leader acknowledged is only there to confuse voters, came 7th, only explainable if it did indeed confuse voters.

Morning records

It truly is

Folks, folks - you can just move to Scotland where we have a stable, functioning government We also have some really gothic scenery

This is both true and not true. True in the sense of that’s how many burials have happened, minimum; not true in the sense that the overwhelming majority of those were children under five, whose bones return to the earth more quickly and leave less physical trace. The earth shows the weight of love.

Blackmail? BLACKMAIL! Paging @caelan.bsky.social

😒

English politics largely bores me now but the psychodrama is second to none

Et tu, brute

Fill in the blank: "The Department for Education said: “Our expectations are clear: _______________ is an area of significant debate. Schools should not endorse any particular view or teach it as fact, including the idea ________________.” [Telegraph]

And to keep this going but also make it fresh… I had never actually read this and i’m glad i didn’t read it as a child as it would have perhaps coloured my interpretation of orwell’s injunction against totalitarianism and the ways in which socialism can fail. Good edition also.

An antisemitism rally with an antisemite but without the only Jewish political leader in England

Absolutely

Scottish briefcases are sad today.

Ye gi ma admiration - tha’s enough

Ooft but also yes

In-work selfie fever

And to talk about English politics for a minute: lol.

Aye bu ta be less serious or perhaps more so: ye a love a outfit reveal so here’s me off to watch the Scottish results come in with my sister The orange bag is full of treats

Here in Scotland labour are at a historic low, the tories collapsed and reform massively underperformed while we elected two trans msps. Transphobia isn’t a vote winner

Well do e @irisduane.bsky.social

Fantastic news

The @scottishgreens.org missed out on a second list seat in Mid Scotland & Fife by 0.1pts - the so-called Independent Green Voice polled 0.9%. This is a clear wrecking tactic by the far right and needs to be sorted! #SP26

Come on, Scotland, let’s get some declarations coming in.

This is beautiful

So what i am seeing so far in the analysis of the results so far is that labour are loosing because they refuse to engage with their base who are now voting reform. It also appears that (in England anyway) a hige number of people turned up to vote, many of them young people. 1.

No, labour, you don’t run up the stairs, that makes it harder to escape the killer!

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This is wonderful

Lol

On my way to vote earlier

There’s nothing more British than big naturals

Polls for today's Scottish Parliament election are open for another 10 hours! If you're working from home, have the day off, are luxuriating in retirement, or need a break from studying, why not vote at lunchtime? You do not need ID to vote at Holyrood elections!

I think all of this is right.