First: good. Bravo. Second: I was on the same tube line as the attendees yesterday, and to everyone who dressed up: THANK YOU. It was an ear-to-ear grin to see such variety and commitment. I had no idea who anyone was, but it was JOYOUS to the nth.

You can dig through the political implications of all of it, but frankly, I do think we should be honest: Reform is just a licence to be cruel. Their whole politics is built on facile grievances, extrapolated into a loose hatred that attracts not idealogues but just nasty people.

Every summer I repost this article on how to spot drowning. Please read it and pass on. In the last few years I’ve had SIX messages from people who saved a kid’s life after clicking on the link from my feed. slate.com/technology/2...

SO looking forward to this. Jonn’s a thumping brilliant.

Bravo Swindon.

This will never not look INFUCKINGSANE to me.

Car bloat is really alarming. Yes, that’s a bigass Volvo in front of the MG, but the car behind it is a FUCKING MINI.

I know I've talked about this before, but I do think the secret for progressive politics in the UK is unlocking the power of the capable, liberal, pissed-off middle-aged woman. One of worst things about McSweeneyism has been the tedious, boarish sexism that pushed through tedious, illiberal policies

Used to be able to hear if my nan’s TV was on from the bottom of the garden. I don’t miss that shriek.

That resignation letter is the work of a clodhopping throbber.

Streeting resignation letter in full (see below). New episode out NOW: linktr.ee/ohgodwhatnow...

This heartwarming 1985 advert is nothing of the sort. It’s SO BLEAK. m.youtube.com/watch?v=UlU6...

‘So, Mr Streeting, where do you see yourself in 24 hours?’

Fundamentally, a lot of the problems in British politics comes from a political generation being forced to do something they think is a bad idea, to appease voters they think are wrong with beliefs they don't really understand.

What it reminded me of is when you’re on holiday and you pass a little food place that has examples of its signature dishes in the window and they look great but that’s because they’re made of plastic and even if the real thing is fucking delicious they’ve still got plastic food in the window.

‘Pianologues’?

That was the thing about Ferris Bueller: he was 9ft6in.

How this hasn’t been a book cover is anyone’s guess.

Neil Innes’s unused score for Holy Grail. That’s something I’d like to hear.

This is brilliant. And horrifying.

This is authentically depressing.

Looking forward to seeing how right Curtice was when he predicted that Lab would lose *seats* to Ref by losing *votes* to Grn: that is, the Grn vote takes big enough bites out of their numbers that Ref can topple what’s left. I get the feeling Lab heard him.

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Not the usual class of Spam at all. <HOITY-TOITY EMOJI>

Fascinating on the connections between Bowie and Dennis Potter, by @bowiegod.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/bowiegod...

‘And the transcription software will definitely know the Prime Minister’s name when it comes up?’ ‘Yeah. Course.’

Super rare: a call sheet from the Please Sir! film. On this day the obstacle course and the running gag about how many stars Fenn Street has vs Boulters were both shot.

Biro chat. Reminded of Danny Baker selecting for his Room 101 long list, ‘Glue, which as we all know, doesn’t work’.

Is that Jeffrey Epstein next to Jimmy Savile?

So *so* lovely to hear people glazing ‘Northern Sky,’ which is such a beautiful, glowing song. However, whoever pronounces the guitar tuning isn’t right: it’s CGCFCE, capo 3. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Here’s the front of the article from Annabel (me neither) magazine that I mention in the ep.

‘Children the same age of those portrayed are not admitted.’

And, by coincidence, it would have been Deryck Guyler’s 114th birthday today, if he’d only stuck around for a superhuman length of time. Here he is playing with his toy Roman legion in March 1970.

An expert opinion that the scam reported by the BBC wouldn’t work, and so was a scam on applicants not the system, seems like important context

Can a cheese be stubborn? Because this one’s swimming against the fucking tide.

Countdown to Guyler o’clock...

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Surprising that this sad news hasn’t been more noisily reported. observer.co.uk/profile/obit...

Hope this came out well. I didn’t half bang on a bit. Mind you, I have seen the film nearly 60 times.

I haven’t heard this, but I bet it’s STACKED FULL OF 5C.

Michael Tilson Thomas obituary: legendary conductor and composer www.thetimes.com/article/1db3...

Delighted that our work @bestforbritain.org has made the splash #tomorrowspaperstoday

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There’s a case for bringing back in the inverted commas.

I’m so angry about this. Bull Yard (1963-9) was a humanely civic-scaled square, with elegant bronze clad mullions, good lettering, the splendid William Mitchell sculpture, & local shops. Coventry council’s advertising their net zero aims in front of the utter vandalism they’ve wrought is grotesque.

It’s St George’s day, and Kemi Badenoch is visiting… Wales.

One thing you will never think after reading a great book or listening to a great album or seeing a great piece of art is, “I’m really glad this person remained cautious while they were making this and guarded against being perceived as weird.”

H.V. Morton knew how to enjoy himself.

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