How the hell do you ship something this obviously broken to the entire internet? Did no one at Google try *using* their AI search project before letting everyone else do so?

Not just “disregard” either

Me, after the 1832 Reform Act:

Let us never speak of these 2 again

“United by music” (divided by the choices of national broadcasters) #eurovision

This medley is a lovely way of reminding us our best days are long gone #Eurovision

Every year at this bit i just say “why don’t they just show Riverdance again?” But this is actually really good. #eurovision

You mean that it started badly, improved as lessons were learned and experience was gained, and ended in a strategic success that contributed to eventual victory?

Good to see that Eivor has broken into the music scene since Assassin’s Creed: Valhalla #croatia #eurovision

Daughter (10): ooooh, they’re red riding hood nuns #croatia #eurovision

Sauron took losing that ring really hard #serbia #eurovision

Shocking that #eurovision let someone set a trap in the Australian piano that flung that lady up the in the air, lucky she didn’t break something.

Strong “video interpolation that could have been an email” vibe #eurovision

Ukraine genuinely excellent #eurovision

Reckon that hats pretty good in winter tho #greece #eurovision

I can’t find confirmation on line, but I’m assuming that hosting #Eurovision is now one of the sentences the International Criminal Court is permitted to hand down?

#Eurovision #Albania

Also, why are all the Belgian backing dancers is neck-braces? #eurovision

“Can our dancers be dressed in any colour we like?” “Yep, as long as it’s white.” #eurvision

Am slightly baffled by the decision to film all the postcards this year as if everyone is being reflected in a travel agent’s window #eurovision

He’s trapped Count Olaf’s gang in a box. #eurovision #denmark

Why have they dressed this lady in a fishing net? #eurovision

Madam I guarantee you will be within 20ft of a nonce throughout the entire march

My main thought on British politics today is: I want to see less of Andy Burnham’s thighs.

Took till the second sentence for me to realise this wasn’t additional commentary of the plan to cast someone new now Daniel Craig has finished in the role.

Counterpoint: no, you mad old loon.

I wish Mr Patel a long life, and all the justice the system can serve him. But I won’t be in the least surprised if one day I wake up to read: “Tragically, we lost the FBI director today when he leaned too far out of a helicopter over Mount Rushmore in the solemn act of taking a selfie”

Spotted on Tumblr…

Sounds like they're rewilding a rare buffalo.

Andy Burnham will force Keir Starmer to quit as PM by standing in by-election after by-election until Labour loses its majority.

Roy Jenkins: “I vacillated about going against Harold Wilson as a cautionary tale.” Wes Streeting: “At last, we will recreate the legendary Roy Jenkins leadership tilt from the iconic book ‘For the love of god do not recreate the first Wilson government’”

Incidentally, the two government departments most in need of comprehensive refashioning into effective instruments of democratic policy.

The Confederate government has been the most effective and enduring conspiracy in American history.

This man presided over the collapse of Britain’s foremost progressive party into the agent of the most virulent expansion of antisemitism since the Second World War. Whatever else is happening, a period of silence from him would always be welcome.

Men are extremely keen to explain to me that Britain *needs* a domestic steel production plant and doesn't necessarily *need* universities. Okay. Steel contributed about £1.7bn to the UK economy in 2024. Universities contributed more than £200bn.

Slightly increase a band Wink-182

I am once again begging us to make it a requirement of Short Money that political parties must elect their leader by vote of their MPs only. (We could go belt and braces by making it a requirement for Electoral Commission regulation, but first up, we should at least not pay for this nonsense).

One of these parties was the actual government 22 months ago and the other one has 5 MPs. Would an alien looking at this be able to work out which was which?

Holy shit they did the meme.

Amazing work from Labour to provide competing visions of the future, both of which are: “Labour leaders from over a decade ago”.

For Billy Joel’s birthday, I’m re-upping @fluxblog.bsky.social’s 🎯 tweet.

The answer to every public policy question is not always “some sort of, ideally off-balance sheet, special purpose financing vehicle”. www.ft.com/content/cffa...

“Like a badly-wired plug, the English HE system operated, but the longer it did so, the more likely it would spark. The current financial state of the sector suggests that, somewhere, the fire has already begun.” My first essay for The Post-18 Project is published today.

State structures are far more important than mere parties. They keep you safe, keep the lights on, keep the bureaucracy ticking over. People just take them for granted, which is why Faragism is in some ways a phenomenon of decadence. (1/2)

Strong start for the next series of The Thick of It.

This is a real and repeated problem and it’s so easy to fix for a marginal additional cost! Just randomise ballot order!

The current government has a majority of over 400. If they wanted to rewrite the British electoral system to eliminate this problem through introducing a preferential voting, that would be a thing they could do.

Rational choice theorists having an absolute mare trying to comprehend the collapse of the traditional British party system. Turns out, sometimes the bus passengers cheer being driven into the ravine.