How do people get as deranged or, for want of a better term, as radicalised as this? Never wholly sure if the asininity is genuine or performative. The flat-earthers of our times, albeit with a side serving of bizarrely misplaced self-righteousness. Truly some of the worst people on the planet.

Same energy.

Adjudicated rapist says what?

The reaction to guidance explaining men can't lawfully identify into women's facilities & services shows how much society values men's demands for validation over women's privacy, safety and dignity. And that's why I've become blunter in saying: NO. comment.press/answer-is-no

In response to Ian Dunt

They certainly had his number.

The nine-member panel took only two hours to return a verdict in favor of OpenAI on Monday, which the judge quickly adopted as her own final decision.

The hidden arrow in the FedEx logo is design perfection. Paris Tennis School: Tiens ma bière.

- Do you know your brother’s a nonce? - You hum it, I’ll play it.

This would be an absolute disgrace. www.ft.com/content/c98a...

This.

One way or another immigration being sharply down yet the salience of immigration being very high is a major failure for the current government.

Well done London City Hall! Why should we pay unethical US computer companies to do work that real British human beings should be doing? 'Sadiq Khan sparks row with Met after blocking £50m AI deal with Palantir' www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

And as luck would have it, there's a whole series of tax policy suggestions we published in the run-up to the 2024 Budget. Oddly none were taken up. I'm going to be optimistic beyond all rationality and say that this is now the time: taxpolicy.org.uk/tag/budget20...

Stunned, appalled, shocked etc to see actual tax reform from a politician. This from Wes Streeting today. A thread on why capital gains tax is broken. It's too low AND too high. & why this is a good proposal.

What if we reinvented Starmerism, but served with a jug of gravy?

He really is *very* stupid, isn't he?

Well, that explains the God-like genius of the Russia sanction-softening policy

Reverse the decision and sack who made it.

Badenoch asks Starmer why oil from Russia is acceptable while oil from Aberdeen is not? It is a *very* good question and a sign of just how stupid and venal the government's relaxation of sanctions was in this instance.

Fuel duty moves, Russian sanction tweaking and talk of voluntary supermarket price caps are just a total mess of a response to an energy price surge.

Ok I've designed an LLM prompt to make Google AI just give you a list of links. It's longer than you might think because it kept ignoring the instructions. This is efficient. This is The Future™

Andrew is right - austerity meant severe cuts to non social care spending by councils and at the same time council tax went up in real terms. Councils had no other choice. And so no wonder people are so fed up

"Supermarkets have long complained about operating on tight profit margins in the UK. However, Tesco, Britain’s biggest supermarket, recently posted an 8.5 per cent rise in annual pre-tax profits to £2.4bn on revenues of £66.6bn." Why is that "however"? It's a 3.6% margin ffs.

Agree. The "island of strangers" phrase was an arguable (and banal) point very badly phrased The "incalculable damage" (of recent immigration) line was inexcusable.

American influence must be resisted on all fronts.

Oh good. Budget perv glasses for the thrifty wrong'un.

What do you call it, New York Times?

I wonder what Jeremy Bentham would have thought if told that in its 200th year UCL’s communications team would no longer know the difference between “your” and “you’re”.

Looking forward to the press and TV news relentlessly hounding Farage in the same way as they did Angela Rayner, even though her alleged offence was trivial in comparison.

Disappointing in terms of emphasis and obvs very geared towards this by-election's voters. On one hand that's fair enough, as he needs to win. But on the other, we've had quite enough of Labour leaders triangulating to what a particular audience wants to hear & adopting different views later.

What exactly is the point of Andy Burnham if he is running as continuity Starmer? This Labour leadership shambles gets more ridiculous by the day

The New York Times, once again, not being forthright about Trump.

Disappointing in terms of emphasis and obvs very geared towards this by-election's voters. On one hand that's fair enough, as he needs to win. But on the other, we've had quite enough of Labour leaders triangulating to what a particular audience wants to hear & adopting different views later.

Immigration make Britain brilliant

“Crucifixion?” “Yes” “Good. Out of the door. Line on the left. One cross each”

It would be a real shame for this to sneak out unnoticed late on a Friday night so please be public spirited and spread the word. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Two things should be true in a democracy: 1. Being rich should not help you get elected. 2. Getting elected should not help you get rich. How’s your country doing on these criteria?

A change of prime minister would be a big opportunity for Nandy, a high-flier who for some reason hasn't had a government job for the last two years.

Awful lot of dads in London this week on the far right march missing their once a month supervised visit with their toddler.

"I love the poorly educated." - Donald Trump

A very good afternoon to the absolute hero who organised and parked this beauty in the middle of little Tommy’s far-right hate march. ❤️

www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m... What a piece for the day after Nakba Day

I know this is an unpopular take but I suggest: 1) read it before you hit send 2) if you fucked it up, delete it and redo it 3) read it more closely next time Three fewer steps, and bulletproof. I’ve never understood the fervor for an edit button.

In 1987 Heathrow was Privatised by Margaret Thatcher. Today they are saying they need to be bailed out. The Government never should have sold something as essential or valuable as the largest airport in Europe. It's time to let them go bankrupt then renationalise for pennies.

The Makerfield campaign is going to be *fascinating*. How about this for Burnham's slogan: "Vote Reform, get Starmer"

Reckon Starmer will show up at the Makerfield by-election to show his support for the Labour candidate?

Today in "which lying liar is lying to me?"