We've been buddies a few years now but this is the first time I have guested on her show. She is one of the all-time greats is Cosmo. An honour to host her in Ibiza when she visits us. www.mixcloud.com/colleencosmo...

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Conservative Mayor of Tees Valley Lord Houchen told Newsnight in 2024 that 2 private developers had ‘£50m of their money sitting in a bank account’ when I quoted an independent report pointing out the pair had put no direct cash of their own into regenerating the huge old Redcar steelworks site 👇

See the Man City supporters have come dressed up as blue seats once again #Emptihad

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Public service, that’s what this is.

Without a hint of irony, Kemi Badenoch - after doing the full ‘Trump was right’ on Venezuela for best part of 10 minutes - when asked about Brexit on Radio 4 Today says ‘sovereignty matters’ Then asked for one big policy, says cutting net zero Fundamentally unserious

Looking at the dates there, the figures suggest he has literally paid no rent.

A Dutch worker went viral after explaining to their American boss that they have a life outside work.

In ur garden stealing ur hotdogs

amazing how the entire machine can pivot within 24 hours. no need to slowly upsell the argument; just issue new marching orders

Lee Anderson has previously hit out at Keir Starmer for accepting free tickets to Arsenal

No.

Happy tenth anniversary to photographer Joel Goodman’s classic image which by rights should be hanging in the Louvre.

Seven years since I watched one of the most important documentaries ever made. A masterpiece

No.

You’ve heard of elf on a shelf... but have you heard of

Good morning. Lottie walked and came back with half of the moors. Time for a brew.

“Let me state the obvious: Antisemitism is always wrong. Islamophobia is always wrong. Intentionally killing civilians is always wrong, whether on a beach in Sydney or a beach in Gaza. Can we not all agree on all of the above? Is that really so hard” - my take for Zeteo’s First Draft newsletter:

#GVerse Something funny on a Saturday? I love animal videos. 😂😂

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A new law has just passed that (and I know it's hard to believe) dictates that you have to share the post i've attached. Now look. I was as surprised as you are that they chose this one, but what can I do? I've reposted it myself, just to be on the safe side.

This episode of @ohgodwhatnow.bsky.social presented by @zoegrunewald.bsky.social is an absolute must listen, and goes into brilliant detail about the degradation of the narratives we hear these days and the influence of social media, especially the cesspit known as X.

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Can we get some shares going? This album is free to download or pay what you want, we wanted to give back for all the support you've give us this year. Thank You. theblackdog.bandcamp.com/album/the-bl...

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Drunk raccoon found passed out in Virginia liquor store

We’ve all done it.

For context the 'Middle England' referred to here is the 0.5% of households living in homes worth more than £2 million

Everyone is talking about Coburn. It would be terrible to keep David Coburn, UKIP (former leader) really prominent. Share this to raise awareness.

these questions are just legitimate concerns

Woah.

They can't all be wrong 🤷🏽‍♂️

NEW: This is worth your time. @thenerve_news has the receipts. A comprehensive timeline of Nathan Gill & Nigel Farage’s pro-Kremlin influencing activities & 2 other MEPs, David Cobourn & Jonathan Arnott. Please read & share.

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NEW: If you have *any* interest in the Nathan Gill story, you need to look at this. We’ve put all the dates into a timeline & it’s incredibly revealing. 1/ www.thenerve.news/p/nathan-gil...

Scott McTominay’s stunner: the height of contact is unreal 📸 Andrew Milligan

There is no reason why this should have made me laugh so hard a bit of gas escaped.

Paul Krugman only reads blogs and that is why he, unlike everyone else who has been in punditry for decades, has never lost his mind

Ok. Next question is would you like to join in with the Festive Big Green Book Swap. You tell me the kinda books you like reading & I'll match you up with someone with similar tastes & send you both a cool book. You get choc & pukka tea too. www.biggreenbookshop.com/index.php You in?

Robbie Gibb was appointed to the BBC Board by Boris Johnson, was an editorial advisor for GB News, and worked as Theresa May's Director of Comms. He is not impartial or neutral. The government should remove him from the Board immediately to protect the BBC's independence.

Can the Tele make up their minds about whether the seventies was good or bad?

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◾ >9 years since Tees Valley voted for supposed benefits of Brexit ◾ >8 since Houchen was elected Mayor of Tees Valley ◾ >6 since Johnson promised to level up left-behind areas ...Middlesbrough remains the local authority with the highest proportion of most deprived neighbourhoods in England.

A national newspaper journalist went on a British TV channel to claim police stats showed asylum-seekers committed 44% of sex crimes in Dorset. This shocking claim was treated as fact by the channel which promoted the clip on social media where it was amplified by AI. Except... it's bollocks.

Which one is more English?