This policy, the replies to this, Keir Starmer’s ‘the petrol retailers are being naughty’ statement, Ed Davey’s fuel duty tax cut, Kemi Badenoch’s fuel duty tax cut, John Swinney’s price controls…is there anyone in British politics who understands “the Iran war means we have less stuff”?

Oh my god #TheSnooker

I used to think thw German Greens transitioning Germany away from nuclear and renewables and back toward coal was the most anti-green Green Party policy I'd see in Europe, but subsidising fossil fuel usage during the best transition opportunity of our lifetimes gives it a run for its money

re Labour leadership - there's three years to the next general election, and the "controllable" that will have the biggest impact on Labour's fortunes will be how well (or badly) they do at running the country. So just go for the person you think will be best at running the country for three years.

What you've got here is the reflex of people who assume that having the "right" politics means they are "good" people So anyone accusing them of, say, selecting anti-Semitic candidates is challenging their self-image as good people. And thus you get this reflex - "the accusers are to blame"

This Is Just To Say I have turned off the AI features that were in the update and which you were probably hoping to monetize Fuck you they were stupid so unnecessary and so annoying

It's quite interesting how many different ways they've found to misjudge the mood here, but yes, this is particularly offensive.

ME: [wincing, covering up Starmer's ears] sorry, do you mind not talking about politics around Keir? He doesn't know about scary things like nuclear war or poverty or Peter Mandelson and we'd like to maintain his innocence for a bit longer KEIR: my father was a drill bit ME: that's right Keir!

This is an impressive line to take in that a) it might well be a lie, b) even if it's true it still sounds like it's a lie, and c) any possible circumstance in which it is true would actually be more damning than the alternative

so yeah turns out this show is really, really good

guys this is so nice :') I love that we're all online watching a thing that's good instead of bad :')

this is actually just the way chris mason talks about politics

Always surprised by how good the film offerings on iPlayer are these days.

Sunder is very polite. The Home Secretary is repeatedly telling falsehoods.

HOW? HOW DO YOU "UNDERSTAND" THIS? MESSAGES FROM THE SPIRIT WORLD?

Like so much this government does, who the fuck is this for?

As ever, I don't imagine myself representative of anyone but me. But if I'd had a vote in Gorton I'd have agonised, then done whatever felt most likely to stop Goodwin. After Starmer and Mahmoud's responses I now feel quite motivated to vote *against* Labour?

I was at the count in Gorton and Denton last night and we all saw Matt Goodwin eat ballot papers. His girlfriend and team begged him to stop but he kept stuffing it into his mouth and making grunting sounds like the Cookie Monster

"The Epstein files proved them right!" No they fucking didn't. You can't describe a conspiracy whose major actors are a secret elite composed mostly of marginalized people that doesn't actually exist, then suddenly declare you were right because a completely different conspiracy was uncovered.

"We owe conspiracy theorists a huge apology" No we fucking don't. They were talking about a secret conspiracy of gay trans Jewish lizard people. The Epstein files uncovered a conspiracy of rich, straight, white, right-wing Christian men, which these motherfuckers never even considered.

The AI bubble RAM crisis is caused for non-existent problems by non-existent money for a non-existent infrastructure to meet non-existent demand to make non-existent business and will utterly destroy real business based on real demand and real infrastructure built with real money for real problems.

Why 'island of strangers' and the 'incalculable damage' of immigration (as stated by Starmer) was so catastrophically wrong.... in one tweet.

Starmer defining himself against corbyn and boris and becoming both corbyn and boris....absolute cinema. Wish it didn't affect me

Right, but just to clarify, you did not appoint Peter Mandelson, because you were not Prime Minister.

The only way Labour can win the next election is by governing well. That might not be enough, but it’s the bare minimum. The questions to be asking about any potential new PM are “what is their agenda and can they achieve it?” Not “do they currently poll well?” Or “can they handle a media round?”

Weird and almost universal revisionism today. Even at the time, it was pretty clear that Mandelson wasn't appointed *despite* his dodgy links but *because* of them. Trump's Washington is a dirty swamp. Mandelson was deemed a man able to swim in it. This wasn't a secret. Everybody said it out loud.

Really enjoying Cairn so far. Was worried the controls would be a bit too Bennett Foddy for my tastes, but it's pretty intuitive and a lot more forgiving.

I guess this guy being unavailable must have reduced Reform's choices for the Gorton by-election.

BBC continuing to do this crap, latest under a 'what we know' recap, is ridiculous.

Oh dear Jack. "Maybe?" You reckon? #TheTraitors

Really poor decision on who to murder. #TheTraitors

We set out to determine how many images of women and girls Grok created during its nudifying spree. What we found was “industrial-scale abuse,” experts said. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/22/t...

Faraaz the King who was promised?

Iceland at Davos

I think part of the reason everyone is so blown away by this Carney speech is it's so long since we heard an actual grown-up articulate serious thoughts about the world. Empty vessels have been making a lot of noise

So many faithfuls left with main character syndrome this series. #TheTraitors

Look at this absolute queen

Cancel your Spotify subscription.

I think the disconnect between Atlantic elites is that Americans think Donald Trump is a kid getting to drive a monster truck for Make A Wish and Europeans and Canadians think Donald Trump is the president of the United States.

I’ve got something to show you. Feat. @brettdomino

Of the 31 games that won the 'now' votes, rank as many as you can. That could be just voting for your favourite, or a top 3, or 10, or just go mad and rank all 31. I will NOT count ties I will NOT count the same game in multiple ranks If you need help deciding: czeckd.github.io/preference-r...

What was your favourite game at the end of 2025? I'm guessing your mind hasn't changed in the last ten days, but do say if it has Localisations/early access/expansions count, remasters/ports don't count. Remakes depend. Two-way ties count Refresher list: backloggd.com/games/lib/po...

Ten years old this year. And still fabulous youtu.be/NUC2EQvdzmY?...

Dispatch for me. Doesn't really do anything special game wise, but great story and characters in a genre I had otherwise got very tired of. My wife played more new games than me in 2025, and her vote would be for Silksong however.

On a ~20min delay, Fiona's vote has just sent me

Weirdly not a year I played many new games. Then it'd probably have to be F1 Manager 24. Now, I recently got Manor Lords in a steam sale and have been enjoying that a lot despite it being early access.

Best TikTok thing going is the two dudes trying food from every country without leaving NYC. If you haven’t seen them yet, it’s incredible. My favorite so far is last week’s. Legit got me emotional.