Just listen to what Andrew’s nickname was amongst royal protection officers.

- As a treat I'm going to cook you some calf meat whilst singing an Aretha Franklin song in the style of Jay Aston from Bucks Fizz. - You make me veal like a not-Cheryl woman? - No, 'Respect'.

Cake is rubbish. #PanCakeDay

Not sure if Man United owner Jim Ratcliffe will see this being as he literally migrated to Monaco to avoid paying tax in the UK, but we wanted to put this up outside the stadium anyway…. 📍 Old Trafford, Matt Busby Way

Significant that the High Court ruling is still, in places, quite damning of Palestine Action. It emphatically rejects that the group is engaged in "civil disobediance", for example. It just finds (compellingly) that proscription was still wrong, despite that.

If Jim Ratcliffe wore 10 real £40,000 Rolex's on each arm, and they all got stolen, and he went into London every single day. It would take him 5,000 days, 13.7 years, and 100,000 Rolex's to pay back the £4bn he has dodged in taxes.

@ohgodwhatnow.bsky.social is there no Monday (Patreons)/Tuesday OGWN this week?

Can you get it over the counter? Yes, if you inject enough www.bbc.co.uk/sport/articl...

"Rob, you once spent a day following Peter Mandelson round Blackpool. Did you take any pictures that, even at the time, you thought might one day come in handy?"

Every accusation is a confession.

DOCTOR: I told him he needed to get out to a show, that was how he would cure his depression. CHOTINER: So you learned this technique in school? DR: No, not— listen it was good advice. Pagliacci was in town. C: Right. Is it standard to give advice before learning a patient’s name? DR: Now look

Matt Goodwin is an academic much in the same way that I am a teenager; i.e. I was, but I really am very much not any more and it would be laughably absurd to call myself one now.

"By threatening to set off a bomb in his local McDonald's, Trump was able to persuade them to sell him a Big Mac. This is The Art Of The Deal at its most sophisticated!"

"Meanwhile, Princess Anne went for a ride in Kirkbride, Queen Camilla went shopping in Wapping, Prince Edward dropped a clanger in Bangor, and the young ladies of Buckingham asked Prince Andrew if he'd mind staying at home. Now it's goodnight from me ... ... and it's goodnight from him."

Has he made his horse a senator yet?

It is really important to understand that the asylum hotel chaos of 2022-24 is a *failed experiment in closed borders* (in contrast to the liberal visa policy) The hotel chaos comes from passing multiple laws that all claims will be refused & to stop processing claims bsky.app/profile/pete...

There are always Trumps. And so that is why the United States constitution has checks and balances for the misuse of presidential power. The real story of Trump’s presidency is not only what he has done, but also what Congress and the Supreme Court have not done.

One year since I posted this. One year since everybody treated it like a joke. One year of watching my back. Tell me: have you seen much of Harry Styles this past year? Tim Davie's gone a bit quiet too, hasn't he?

The 2025 Headline of the Year Nominees 🧵

Why is no-one talking about the then Prince Andrew being in The Fall? They did have loads of members, so I suppose he was easy to miss

People who don’t believe there is such a thing as societal decline also have to answer why every day you go to the supermarket and more and more perfectly edible and enjoyable cheese is being ruined with pointless bits of dried fruit inside it.

The Penlee lifeboat disaster: 19 December 1981 The Royal National Lifeboat Institution lifeboat Solomon Browne, based at the Penlee Lifeboat Station near Mousehole, went to the aid of the vessel Union Star after its engines failed in heavy seas. +

I'll say it again: if any other ethnic or religious minority said "please don't use this particular term or chant, you might not have bad intentions but it is deeply racist and threatening to us", the reaction would be mortified apology. And that's without a mass terror event four days ago

Once you see it, it's hard to miss it. Statements condemning violent attacks targeting Jews that don't actually mention "Jews" or "antisemitism". This is a choice — and it's central to the crisis. My newsletter, out now.

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Ooooh, Betty! The magnificent Ms Boo in Bristol last night

Being concerned about supporting the ECHR because of an uptick in fascism, is like not taking the medicine because you want nothing to do with the disease. www.theguardian.com/law/2025/dec...

SHAFT!

This graph shows the impact of the budget on different income deciles. TL:DR it's the wealthiest who will shoulder the burden of paying for public services.

Times headline: ‘BBC failing to tackle systemic bias, says author of leaked memo’. In fact, when asked by MPs, this man, Michael Prescott, said he didn’t believe the BBC was institutionally biased. The Times failed to quote that, in an article about the issue of truthful reporting.

To be clear, if you think that 'objecting to someone who looks at this mural and goes "can't see the problem" is some kind of smear, congratulations, you are a racist!

Maybe Nigel Farage should refuse to appear on the BBC in protest.

Labour are obsessed with the name James 🤣 @dorianlynskey.bsky.social points out to @iandunt.bsky.social that Four Labour Party leaders were called James... Full episode here 👉 linktr.ee/originstoryp... #labour #ukpolitics #originstory

- I'm doing Movember to fund a secret storage facility for my fragrant gum resin, that you can only access if you hum a short section of 'Messiah'. - Handel bar myrrh stash? - No, full walrus.

The Tory media's shift from hysterically claiming that Starmer *did* intervene in the China spy case to hysterically claiming that Starmer *should* have intervened in the China spy case is a thing to behold.

One of the greatest comedy sketches in history. In case you need cheering up. youtu.be/RlllabwmWcc?...

Well played, Guardian headline writers, well played!

I know statistics are poorly understood and are misused. But facts matter Between the 1991, 2001, 2011 and 2021 Census *every* ethnic group in the UK has become *less* geographically segregated and *all* groups, majority and minorities, are more likely to interact with people not like them

Bravo.

"I hear again and again that the Israelis – the Jews – had it coming. Knowing allusions to Jewish influence, Jewish power. Stereotypes of Jewish cruelty." Written before today's attack on a Manchester synagogue. It's the kind of piece I never thought I'd write. www.newstatesman.com/internationa...

"This morning on BBC News, an in-depth profile of Nigel Farage, followed by a vox pop of old people in a market on why Nigel Farage is so popular, then a look at how Nigel Farage has changed the political landscape. After that we'll be asking why Keir Starmer is so obsessed with Nigel Farage."

This is a great record, both in terms of its concept and (more importantly) in terms of what it actually sounds like, which is wonderful. Buy it!

Reminder: The existence of these in most Scottish supermarkets and corner shops is proof that anyone shilling for the notion that multiculturalism can't work on this island is a charlatan

League goals scored by Sheffield Wednesday and Sheffield United in Sheffield this season = 1. League goals scored by Bristol City in Sheffield this season = 7. Bristol City are massive in Sheffield.

The 'Good Law Project' is anything but. Respect for the rule of law is a fundamental value. Banksy is a subversive artist. OK. But attacking the rule of law is not on, whoever you are. If you don't like a law, lobby your MP. Don't ape Der Stuermer.

This is a masterclass in narrative tension

Sorry to be po-faced about this but in the UK it’s not the judges that are to blame. It’s politicians. Don’t do Farage’s and Jenrick’s work for them. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

It would not take a partisan judge to have discharged the Epping hotel injunction today, just a competent one. The original temporary injunction was an (ahem) eccentric decision which was never likely to be upheld on appeal.