In good news, a little one was born in Utah🦒 www.sltrib.com/news/2026/01...

Can we finally now just try the chaos with Ed Miliband option

This is a lovely thing to do but as a florist I really feel like their florist could have done much better than those sparse-ass wreaths, they can't have been hard up for budget so there's no excuse

Can't believe the Aussies Olympics team didn't all come into the arena doing the kangaroo breakdance move from last time

People have to do jail time. Powerful people, who thought they were untouchable. They have to be arrested, tried, stripped of assets relating to their crimes, and sent to jail. Because if it doesn't happen, it will prove to voters that democracy is a sham. And then we're seriously fucked.

It's 1998. Peter Mandleson has resigned in disgrace from Labour. It's 2001. Peter Mandleson has resigned in disgrace from Labour. It's 2025. Peter Mandleson has resigned in disgrace from Labour. It's 2026. Peter Mandleson has resigned in disgrace from Labour.

there's a lot in this piece but the Mandelson email about angling for some kind of job at JP Morgan because 'i do not want to live by salary alone' just exemplifies everything people hate about politicians, the City, and revolving doors between the two www.ft.com/content/91e8...

It is absolutely right that university is paid for by people who don't go to university as well as those who do. I don't have kids but I pay for schools because I benefit from having an educated workforce and community. The same is true for all stages and types of education.

I'm just saying, these people have Viking blood in their veins and as any 8th century Anglo-Saxon could tell you, it's a bad idea to mess with Vikings

Interviewers: ‘why won’t politicians answer questions. It’s so unfair on the public’. Also (some) interviewers: ‘here’s a gotcha question which can’t possibly have an insightful, useful answer’

Ukip have submitted a new logo and slogan to the Electoral Commission, swapping the £ pound sterling symbol for a cross, that looks very much like it is modelled on the Iron Cross used by Prussia & Germany 1871-1918 and Hitler's Nazi regime from 1933-45

It would be great if, as a society, we stopped treating taxes like a bad thing. Taxes are a good thing. And rich people who avoid paying them should be treated like the leeches they are.

This is disgusting and well done to Travelodge for taking these guests instead. If I need a cheap hotel any time soon, I know which chain I'll choose. Thoughts and prayers to the @holidayinnexpress.bsky.social press office this morning by the way

"An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile, hoping it will eat him last. And do not suppose that this is the end. This is only the beginning of the reckoning." -Churchill

Dude. It's just appeasement. What could go wrong?

Sharp-eyed readers may note the overlaps between “gender ideology is a leftist plot to deprave the youth and molest our womenfolk”; “human rights are a Soviet/Islamist plot to sap our martial will to dominate and destroy our enemies”, and “the volk are threatened by the taint of the lesser races”.

There should be literally no circumstances, ever, where citizenship is can be revoked. If you literally sign up to fight for an opposing army in a war, then we should prosecute you for treason not revoke citizenship

Nigella just gets me

Seeking asylum is not illegal. People entering the country by irregular means without any other option are not breaking the law. The Govenrment should be showing humanity not further brutality

I don't want AI, I want a hinge system for spectacles that doesn't rely on a miniscule screw that's impossible to fix when it falls out

Many newspapers and politicians have been calling yesterday's fiscal statement a 'Budget for Benefits Street'. Here's three reasons why that is not accurate 🧵

I'm not sure if you are not involved in the system you will understand the gravity of what being in 'supported accommodation' or 'limited day-to-day adult involvement' means. Before I give some anonymised examples of my experience of working with young people as a volunteer in this system 1/n

I would like the conversation around vaccines and autism to involve asking autistic people whether we would rather have died of a preventable childhood disease or lived our autistic life It would be a moot question, since vaccines don't cause autism, but it would be nice to be included

some years, Circulatory System Walking Through the Kitchen Day just completely sneaks up on you

I must say it is EXTREMELY fucking rich for Kelvin Mackenzie to be on the BBC opining about Tim Davie and Deborah Wotsername resigning BBC News - Kelvin MacKenzie to leave The Sun after Ross Barkley column - BBC News www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-3985...

Violence against autistics courtesy of this screen saver photo from Microsoft today Trigger warning, REALLY STARING EYES STARING

This is yet another example of how you beat the far right. By beating them, not trying to be them. By having your own agenda, not aping theirs. With courage and conviction - and humour - not fear and timidity.

All power and a full recovery to Samir Zitouni, the absolute best of us. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

A total and utter hero

● Andrew Windsor remains 8th in the line of succession. ●King Charles III will privately fund his new living arrangements despite Andrew being very rich indeed ● Actually we don't know how wealthy Andrew is because his mother's will is sealed for 90+ years ● Sleep well serfs. ● Know your place.

This headline is absolutely 👨‍🍳💋 BBC News - Is this finally rock bottom for Mr Andrew Mountbatten Windsor? www.bbc.com/news/article...

I love this statue and especially how the quote reminds us that the Suffragists and Suffragettes worked together and that both their approaches (lawful and law-breaking) were important, even though the men who wrote their history afterwards tried to make us believe they were at odds.

Maybe the trouble started when we started referring to those we report to at work as "superiors"

OK, I have very little time for any Royal or Pope, or Church for that matter, and Charles is an abusive arsehole, but kudos to him and Leo for this, this is an important moment and deserves to be a key point in both their legacies.

Siri what is "insouciance"

These protests deserve to be as eternally iconic as the pictures of anti-Vietnam protesters putting flowers in guns. Just amazing work from Portland. Anti-ICE Protesters Mock Trump’s Claim That Portland Is A ‘War Zone’ In Silliest Way Possible share.google/502xMtvr2OCI...

Agreed Absolutely no love lost for Michelle Mone, but I would be so pissed off if I was her Yes, she took advantage of the VIP lane - but it was set up by MPs who have faced zero consequences Hancock, Gove, Johnson et al should be in prison for misconduct in public office

Who wore it better?

Queen

www.ft.com/content/fbbd... "please, let’s have none of this Temu Marxist talk about how Saturday’s 110,000-strong march was “really” about economic anxiety" 👏👏👏

The myth that racism is primarily driven by economic conditions must die, especially on the left. It is a misdiagnosis and a kind of excuse

If being poor makes people racist, please explain to me why the richest man in the world is very, very racist?

There's no excuse of ignorance any more. Every single person on that fascist march knew who Tommy Robinson was and every single one of them knew why they were there. This isn't Brexit. People weren't conned. They willingly went out to join in, led by a five times jailed thug. Stop making excuses.

So I see the "patriots" are worried that one day soon they might be a minority in their own country and I don't know who is going to tell them they already are and furthermore that's a good thing

every time there's political violence discourse i think about how jo cox was assassinated in broad daylight by a fascist who shouted "britain first" as he shot her, and now nine years later her party is dedicating every moment in power to placating the ideology of her murderer

These are the kids that some politicians want to shoot with gunships

If they only bring up "fairness in sports" when it's about the genitals of children playing the sports and never about, say, funding, you know they don't care about fairness in sports. They care about children's genitals. Which is not something any adult who isn't a creep ever wants to think about.

This pin cushion is the cutest thing I've seen all year including my own cats