Trump’s attack on Iran has me seriously questioning the legitimacy and value of the FIFA Peace Prize

Matt Goodwin, Julie Burchill, Paul Emery, Allison Pearson, Brendan O'Neill ... all having a meltdown at Reform's right wing populism losing to progressive wokeist Greens.

I'm watching the Take That documentary. I'd forgotten how cute Robbie Williams was when he was young.

The current argument of the British right is that Muslims turned out in "blocs" with "family voting" to cast their ballots for a party led by a gay Jewish man, and this shows that multiculturalism has failed, voting is "sectarian" and we are in a crisis. Hmmmmmm.

Imagine devoting your entire career to selling the idea that the British public hates wokery and is clamouring for radical right wing populism, only to then be defeated in an actual election by the most left wing possible coalition of politicians and activists in the country. It's got to hurt

Westminster journalists, Reform, and politicos with no knowledge of the constituency, fail to recognise Manchester's white working class is more like Birmingham's or Sheffield's than, say, Nottingham or Tyneside. Gorton and Denton is a big area of immigration, gentrification, poverty, wealth ...

This is interesting. Gorton and Denton is an area of immigration, gentrification, poverty, wealth ... it was never going to be easy for outsider Matt Goodwin and Reform. It's important to consider genuine local motivations rather than obsess about bots and angry social media accounts.

Is there a word for the opposite of nominative determination? #MattGoodwin

Absolute scenes.

I'm no fan of the Greens but very glad to see Reform lose in Gorton and Denton and will enjoy the bitter tears of Reform racists for a long time. Also worth remembering that Labour's campaign depended on smears (it's not the 90s, lads!) and telling people vOtE GReeN gEt DRugS.

New series of Scrubs ... and it's good.

This is Wiley. He has never seen snow before and wants to make sure he gets a real good look at it. For science. 12/10 (IG: smileywileydog)

Need a smile? Here’s one of our barn cats yesterday reacting to seeing two feet of snow for the first time in her life. Enjoy! 🐈 ❄️ #cats #barncat #snow

I hope Gorton and Denton racists don't elect Matt Goodwin just to make their brain-dead point. All we'll have to look forward to is bitter schadenfreude when Reform's policies ruin their lives too.

Imagine if someone claiming to be a Muslim went and stood outside a large church and started trying to provoke a reaction from the congregation as they left. It would be front page news.

There's a whole thing going down on the right wing X-sphere where vloggers go and stand outside mosques... try to provoke worshippers... and then claim they have been "assaulted" - despite the people on the footage appearing to be entirely reasonable and just asking them to go home.

WATCH: Gregory Bovino asks journalist Amanda Moore to bake him a pie. “Perhaps you could make the pie for us,” Bovino tweeted at Moore. Then it got even weirder.

"The question is: what safeguarding structures were in place for someone like John once his story became a global cultural product?" darrenmcgarvey.substack.com/p/when-vulne...

You'd think the BBC and BAFTA would understand 'reasonable adjustments'. “As I reflect on the auditorium, I remember there was a microphone just in front of me. With hindsight I have to question whether this was wise, so close to where I was seated, knowing I would tic.” What an absolute mess.

So Reform publicly condones violence now. Even after Farage was so angry at Jo Brand's 'throw acid not milkshake' joke. Is it okay for Reform because it's threatening violence against a Labour MP or is it because it's aimed at a woman? Both probably. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Reform UK Deputy Leader of Lancashire Councillor Simon Evans has reposted a Facebook post saying Natalie Fleet MP should be shot. The post also has a fake quote designed to stir anger. What is more disgusting is that she was groomed and raped as a teenager. Simon Evans must resign

“You wouldn’t see Olivia Colman doing this bollocks would you?” jokes Danny Dyer ... and that's why I love him. www.theguardian.com/film/2026/fe...

Black people should be able to live without being called horrific slurs. Disabled people should be allowed to be part of society, even when their disability presents in an antisocial manner. These two concepts are not mutually exclusive.

Ye gods. Imagine not speaking to them afterwards. Even recognising that Tourettes is uncontrollable, accepting coprolalia as an explanation, there is *no reason at all* to not talk to those harmed by being on the receiving end. It's fascinating that one person's needs were prioritised above others.

A good bit to do when the weather’s bad is to tell your adopted pet they’d still be sleeping out there if it weren’t for you and they should really be more grateful.

Fascinated by this moment. I've read about 'taboo trigger': involuntarily saying the thing you shouldn't. Why accept it in the room, though? On TV? It's an ugly experience for those experiencing the racism too, right?! Why is Davidson prioritised here? Was there a way to manage this better?

This clip is all over the other place and has made its way onto GB News and Talk TV so I’ll do a bit of an explainer here too! The clip doing the rounds is of a fantastic police officer telling a group of Muslim men that a Christian preacher nearby is entitled to freedom of expression. 🧵 1/19

It'd be like draining the swamp, right?!

I don't know why I find this so funny.

But assassins on telly are always really professional and succeed.

These people are always hiding in plain sight. If we don't confront misogyny it's allowed to fester and women and girls suffer.

Predictable contrarian Brendan O'Neill argues that 'the shame, right now, belongs less to Andrew than to those who have made a bloodsport from his troubles'. His troubles?!! That's quite a leap even for O'Neill. Ye gods.

It's obscene how the sleazy behaviour of the man formerly known as Prince Andrew was covered up, ignored or indulged.

Yeah? And?

This is why the UK should fight to save our NHS and demand free education. It can be done. It is achievable.

Good. Medicating confused children is abhorrent. Putting children at risk of long-term biological harms is the stuff of nightmares. Basing the trial on poor quality research claiming to show the benefits "for youngsters with gender dysphoria" is ghoulish. www.theguardian.com/science/2026...

America is insane. “I am not a dangerous criminal. I didn’t enter the country illegally and I had everything I needed to be there.” So why did ICE detain her and keep her locked up for so long? ICE officers are paid a bonus every time they detain someone." www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

tfw your mum isn’t about to spend millions on trying to make it all go away

Current bedtime reading ...

Advertise your accent with a gif

Why I don't support misogynistic 'trans rights' #432 This angry man is going through my account and responding with misogynistic bile to every post. It's abusive, targeted harassment. This is what they do. This is what they are.

A man adopting sexist stereotypes to claim womanhood *reifies* those sexist stereotypes. Undergoing surgery, to pretend to change unalterable sex, separates people from their humanity as a form of *alienation*. Purchasing those unachievable changes is *commodification*. Antithetical to Marxism.

He's made history. "You would have to go as far back as King Charles I to find the last senior member of the British royal family arrested prior to today’s developments." www.theguardian.com/uk-news/live...

This shouldn't be happening. "The financial, political, and moral cost of allowing an organisation run by convicted criminals – whose ranks attract domestic abusers, drug dealers, and neo-Nazis – will make [Manchester] a temporarily unpleasant place." searchlightmagazine.com/2026/02/maki...

Unison is right. Women *are* more than our appearance. Why then does Unison argue that trans identifying men become women simply by changing their appearance?!! Sadly, it's time for working class women to leave any trade union that still peddles this nonsense. www.unison.org.uk/news/article...

“I am somebody” shaped how millions of us saw ourselves as kids, including me. That message mattered. It still does. Rest in power, Jesse Jackson 🙏🏽

"Working-class women need to know that the women-only public services we need such as changing rooms, toilets, domestic violence refuges, sexual assault and rape crisis centres, health services, sports clubs, lesbian social groups and prisons will remain women-only." labourlist.org/2026/02/ruli...

Are there any nice bakeries in Liverpool? I'm talking fancy bread rather than pies or butties. Like Barbakan in Manchester. I'm sick of supermarket bread.

Torygraph is upset about Shrove Tuesday despite it always being a boring non-event.