@annaturley.bsky.social Please, please learn what the word fulsome means. You just used it about eight times on the radio and I don’t think you know what it means.

Probably a coincidence, but I’ve heard three right wingers on the Today Programme this week - Montgomerie, Shriver, Grothman - and they all sounded like they were on powerful tranquilisers. Slow, slurred speech. Vagueness. Anyone else noticed this?

Joy

I’ve just resigned from the Labour Party. I’ve been a member most of my adult life. I put up with all sorts: Chaos. Hopeless leadership. Maurice Glasman. But this despicable new immigration policy is the last straw. I feel no relief, just sadness.

I’m 59 years old and attended my first West Ham game in 1974. I think tonight’s game has finally broken me. Fuck off West Ham. You have no identity or ethos any more. You don’t even have a football ground. That porn baron and his associates have taken everything.

So stupid of Jenrick. Loads of people know about football, and care about the truth, and we know he’s lying. Who on earth does he think this bollocks appeals to?

actual good internet

RIP Uriah Rennie and his magnificent baldy head

Every time I listen to the R4 Today Programme after Trump’s done something dreadful - so almost daily - they have on some obscure Trumpworld sycophant who attempts a ludicrous justification, but they never seem to interview someone with an opposing view. I thought they were all about balance?

@ahungrycentaur.bsky.social Incredible stuff here

My younger son has pointed out that he’s standing in front of what looks like the old National Front logo.

For fuck’s sake Labour. Tax me.

Here’s the cast of Dear England on Football Shirt Day. I’m in the middle at the back, displaying the colours of Enfield Town.

Good. This isn't rhetoric or hyperbole: On the current trajectory there is simply no way the United States survives a full Trump term as any kind of recognizable liberal democracy. Thinking about how to beat him in 2028 is a waste of time; it will be too late by then.

@hywelsmorgan.bsky.social Pleased to see you speaking out about self tapes in the paper!

Lots of people are saying “if he annexes Canada then the Republicans will never win another election” and I’m worried about their cheerful assumption that there’ll ever be another election.

That skinhead haircut that Jenrick had now makes more sense.

I do hope so.

This year’s new tree ornament.

Ok I’ve listened to them all and can confirm that the correct answer is Slade. I will not be taking questions.