At the end of this #Sportscene Scottish Championship titles animation, I was sure they were going to reveal the identity of the next Doctor. #doctorwho

Nigel Farage lashes out at a FT journalist and refuses to answer the question. Is this how Reform UK would ignore media questions if they got into government?

I’ve heard this being reported all day, as if this is an intervention of earth shattering significance

A little taster for season 2 of this brilliant podcast. I can't wait for the new episodes to drop.

Every time the Irn-Bru coloured despot turns up in the news (so about once an hour) I'm put in mind of this song. I Burn But I Am Not Consumed youtu.be/qoyc83-56EY?...

Something that slightly worries me. If there is one thing that could make Brexit popular again, it's reminding everyone how much Starmer is against it.

I think I might take one of these "under 20 minutes" AI skills courses the UK Govt. seems very keen on everyone doing and live-post it here... Maybe we can all learn something together! The press release sends me to aiskillshub.org.uk/aiskillsboost/ - let's go and see!

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And while we’re recommending YouTube films, here’s the inimitable @petergeoghegan.bsky.social doing the Lord’s work. Because nothing says ‘free speech champions’ like, erm, going to Court to keep who funds your payroll secret. www.youtube.com/watch?v=oP0O...

Typically insightful from @lewisgoodall.com into the spate of Tory defections. I’m amazed at the number of intelligent pundits claiming that this is damaging to Reform. After almost a decade of austerity, people were utterly fed up, yet still gave the Tories a majority because Boris Johnson.

It's now received wisdom that Farage is taking on too many Tories. But is that really the case: especially when you remember that what he really wants to do is not differentiate from them, but to take their place. My piece on the Jenrick defection. goodallandgoodluck.substack.com/p/jenrick-wa...

Forensic analysis of objective video evidence. This is how you serve readers searching for clarity.

Of all the perfectly acceptable, not to mention irrelevant details that this utterly despicable cunt seems to disapprove of, it's the word 'poet' that he spits out with the most disdain. This is the US right now. Absolute maniacs from ICE to the media, to the apricot Pol Pot who loosed them.

About time someone put all this woke history right. @mrhenrymorris.substack.com doing a national service by getting this out there.

I love how @nikkimcr.bsky.social on @americanfric.bsky.social gets more articulate in direct proportion to how angry she is. Pretty sure it is the other way around for most people.

Meanwhile Robin Ince genuinely has been cancelled for daring to voice his opinions and for defending trans people. Where's the outrage from the "cancel culture" lot? What are the Free Speech Union doing to help him?

@sellingamirror.bsky.social I like how the person reflected in the second mirror, appears to be doing something slightly different to the person in the foreground. Reminiscent of Manet's 'A Bar at the Folies-Bergère'

So today I found out that my TED talk ‘This is What a Digital Coup Looks Like’ was TED’s most watched talk of the year. It’s sort of amazing & terrifying. Because this *is* what a digital coup looks like. www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZOo...

This is a glorious paragraph. Great work. No notes. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

A quick reminder of who Nigel Farage was most concerned about when Putin's tanks first rolled into Ukraine

Farage says he can't remember being continually racist and antisemitic. The axe forgets. The tree remembers. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

It's the same political culture that allows this clownish monster, who should never have been allowed anywhere near the levers of power, avoid taking responsibility for the reported 23000 lives cut short by his incompetence. 38d.gs/bojo_all_df

That they could be found to be so obviously corrupt, or open to corruption and the only penalty is four or five’s months away from the HoL cuts to the heart of what is wrong with our political system. There’s no accountability, no penalties and no responsibility taken for any wrongdoing or harm.

Today is Trans Day Of Remembrance #TransLivesMatter #TDoR #TDoR2025 #TransDayOfRemembrance #TransAwarenessWeek #SayTheirNames *** Trigger warning for the following thread: Violence against trans people (especially TWOC) * * *

I've never experienced the kind of abhorrent abuse that Shabana Mahmood related in her HoC response this week. Still, I'm going to stick my neck out and suggest that @teamlabouruk.bsky.social won't get rid of racism by (checks notes) giving racists exactly what they want.

The highest paid MP in the country has suggested that the minimum wage may be “too high” for younger workers 🤷

I miss sub-editors

I have serious criticisms of our current gvt. Watching Covid Enquiry, it's wild to recall that we entered such a massive crisis with Hancock at Health, Williamson at Education, a cabinet with Truss, Dowden, Raab, Shapps, all led by narcissistic Dougal impersonator Johnson. Puts it into perspective.

I don't buy the idea that racism, xenophobia and hatred are the dominant ideologies of people in this country. I still think most people are decent and kind, given the chance. @hopenothate.org.uk are organising 'A Weekend of Hope' on 18th/19th of October. Here's how you can get involved.

"...19:52 - It is agreed (not unanimously) that a naked Darren Grimes cycling around the Bullring on an e-bike is bad optics for Reform..." @mrhenrymorris.substack.com is one of the few things that makes watching the collapse of every value I hold dear almost bearable.

I was having one of those days earlier this week. The dark was with me. Normally, if I can bear to listen to anything, it will be music. Something told me it was the perfect time to listen to the final episode of the ever brilliant #podyssey. I couldn’t have been more right.

Jesus! Over the last decade I’ve found ways of dealing with the news so that, in general, it doesn’t overwhelm me, while also trying not to be desensitised by it. Ten minutes discussion in a group chat with a load of (usually) like-minded friends yesterday sent me into a fucking doom spiral.

To be clear what is at stake here, some highlights from the guidance... Your right to determine your sexual orientation, lifestyle, your look and dress. Your right to control who sees and touches your body Your right to develop your personal identity and to forge relationships. Full details ⬇️

It was the walking out of a shop, forgetting to pay for its Pedigree Chum that really clinched it for Larry.

Duo inferred that from my failure to conjugate three verbs? AI is getting scary! And rude.

I’ve developed a strong Pavlovian response to Alex’s introduction and Marianna Sangita’s brilliant theme tune to @alexpodyssey.bsky.social I feel an immediate sense of wellbeing and excited anticipation as soon as I hear it.

If you’re fed up with the disproportionate amount of coverage Sky News gives to this attention hungry grifter @bestforbritain.org have a form complaint email you can send with the click of a button. Can’t wait for his hysterical victimisation claims if it works.

📜 New AESOP I - Virtue Signaller or Fake News Merchant? 🏛️ Part One of Three: Stories have had a moral for as long as we've had stories. So why is Aesop, enduringly, one of the few moralists we accept can dish it out? 🎧 open.spotify.com/episode/0lP7... 🍏 podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/a...

Anyone who’s ever tried to buy sweets at a shop near a high school could tell you that this isn’t going to work.

Far be it for me to question an expert, but if being housed on a 3 storey, legionella infested, floating fire hazard, or in squalid, facist targeted 'hotels', or Rwanda threats don't "change people’s assessment", why would the possibility of being sent back to France? www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c7...

An opinion that I share with literally none of my (small p) peers is that The Lords needs considerable reform but shouldn't be democratically elected. No one makes the case better than @iandunt.bsky.social and now is a crucial moment open.substack.com/pub/iandunt/...

The reason this #Labour government is so very bad at #politics, is the same reason that I’m bad at making playlists of classical music. There’s loads that I like and want to include, but I know so little about the subject as a whole that there is never any consistent theme tying it all together.

My Dad drove minis just like these when he was a policeman ('bobby') in Liverpool A-Division around this time. He told me this story "There wasn't much that could outrun you in the city, at least if it was dry. But if a quick car got out onto longer, straighter roads you'd lose them. 🧵1/6

My suspicion is #Visma set challenging output targets for the #Dauphiné and stuck to them with their usual discipline. They’ve learned a lot about where #Pogačar is at and how he’ll respond, while keeping their own cards close to their chest. I reckon they got exactly what they came for. #cycling

Went to listen to the wonderfully chaotic ramblings of @robinince.bsky.social at the Lowry. In the interval I bought his book. Despite some time in the queue, I forgot to check I had money in my spends account (my money juggling would require another thread on its own) until the point of purchase.

Recently diagnosed with ADHD. Of course, by the time I got the diagnosis, I already knew. And I also knew that my options are basically - medication, counselling/CBT, coaching or some mixture of these. I've lost momentum in making the decision because ADHD. I'm not sure what each option will achieve

Glorious as always from @mrhenrymorris.bsky.social - “the biggest cutback we’ve made is on Lee [Anderson]’s 16% coarse mix cattle feed, and holidays.” open.substack.com/pub/mrhenrym...

I have many criticisms of the PM, but privately educated, former city trader Nigel Facist claiming that Starmer doesn’t know hard work, or what working people experience is unbelievable chutzpah. The audacity of an MP barely seen in parliament or constituency to say this is mind boggling.

Is that how many kids they’ve had since this show started? #eurovision

The campaign for an Estonia Sweden collab starts here #eurovision