“Woke is over!”

Two shits, one cup

The Adventure Game (2nd November 1981). Graeme Garden falls foul of the treacherous Mole (Lesley Judd).

“It broke my heart, that was my savings towards a new car,” one woman who paid Milne tens of thousands of pounds told us. “He has just wiped me out.” Who is Andrew Milne - the solicitor sending "very aggressive" letters to Sheffield homeowners? www.sheffieldtribune.co.uk/a-london-law...

Can Wall Street exist in a more equal society?

I don't know what is more depressing. That the BBC seems to have no clue what democratic socialism is or that someone who comments on politics for a living thinks it's the same as communism. Jesus wept, indeed. GCSE, Introduction to Politics, Chapter 1, stuff.

The UK Labour Party defines itself as a "democratic socialist" part in the first sentence of Clause IV. And has since the 1990s. That's how woeful the BBC claiming it's a term with no definition is. Good grief.

For as many years as anyone been counting two or more inmates been mistakenly released from British prisons most weeks. Record does not make it acceptable. System needs to be fixed. It does leave me asking why BBC now gripped by end-of-civilisation hysteria heard on Radio 4 Today programme.

Monumental hubris, every detail is jaw dropping. ig.ft.com/saudi-neom-l...

To be clear, what is being proposed here is to axe the main mechanism for getting Britain’s homes insulated - which is by FAR the best way to reduce household energy bills in the long term 🤦‍♂️ …and also, just incidentally, an absolute non-negotiable requirement for meeting UK climate targets 😬🥵☠️

The principle that we all contribute to high quality public services and a welfare safety net is a good one. Solidarity is a virtue. It’s not progressive nor left-wing to attack it as a principle. We all contribute, but those with the broadest shoulders contribute the most.

BBC Radio 4 this morning joined Trump in describing Zohran Mamdani as a "radical leftist".

Amazing number of people here trying to argue that a party which is raising tax on the wealthiest, increasing public spending, expanding workers rights, intervening in the market and nationalising things is somehow right wing.

Oh wow did you hear about the mysterious fire next week

I’m sure Matt Goodwin will be along shortly to tell us all whether LNER Customer Service Host Samir Zitouni counts as British or not. news.sky.com/story/train-...

Ive never been slow to criticise the Reach plc media for their awful clickbait headlines. But this is another level. They know exactly what they're doing with this headline, and it is horrible, divisive and dangerous. Shame on them.

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Full marks for grilled ham

“There are some people who hate London, and hate New York,” Mayor Sadiq Khan told me, on Bloomberg TV. “There's a reason why they demonize London, and now, indeed, New York. Why? Because we are progressive cities. We are liberal cities. We are multicultural cities. And we are incredibly successful.”

Nigel Farage, who has so far registered a total of £280,500 for four hours a month as a "brand ambassador" for a company selling gold bars, thinks a £10 an hour minimum wage for young people is too high bylinetimes.com/2025/11/03/n...

On Sergelstorg baht ‘at

You laugh, but this is how the exododus went extinct

Britain is not in the grip of mass violence. The Cambridgeshire train stabbings were horrific - and incredibly rare. Your odds of being attacked by a stranger are much lower than they were. Here's the facts! 👇 www.owenjones.news/p/britain-is...

It's depressing how far I now have to scroll in order to reach my birth year.

There were 1,688 stabbing deaths in the USA in 2023. In the UK: 31. worldpopulationreview.com/country-rank...

this is part of why i get shirty about "knifecrime island" stuff; it's not just gun violence!

Best one yet, I fancy: 3 November 1954: The death of Henri Matisse. The birth of Adam Ant.

God knows how many times this has happened: Zero. Much like Vance lying about Haitian immigrants eating people's pets, this is 100% racist bullshit being spewed by an unabashed white nationalist. Congrats to everyone who patronizes the Nazi bar he runs.

An Open Letter to Zarah Sultana, by Galina Rymbu - a Ukrainian anarchist on the bad geopolitics Zarah’s been listening to leftrenewal.org/articles-en/...

This is genuine public service journalism: The people behind the “patriotic” protests include convicted people smugglers and wife beaters, neo-Nazis and - fucking LOL - flag manufacturers The flagshaggers are racist grifters as a rule, not an exception manchestermill.co.uk/the-men-who-...

A Brexiter writes...

They literally ruin everything they touch

NEW from me: Political hostility, high visa fees and (in the case of the UK) stagnant incomes are making the UK and US less attractive destinations for top international talent. That steep decline in the appeal of moving to the US after 2016 is 👀

OK, regardless of source, credit where due: That's a great headline.

*boom* #HigherEd www.chronicle.com/article/how-...

Every church should be doing this, and if your church isn’t, you’re at the wrong church.

On the left, the refurbished Lincoln bathroom. On the right, picture I took in Saddam Hussein's palace in Basra in 2005.

Oh no, we can't change the rules to stop a (possible) nonce being head of state. Sorry folks, but that's the thing with a hereditary monarchy, we don't get a say in the matter. #Republic

No, I think there will still be Christmas.

I've spent a lot of my life in or close to 5 of these cities. It explains a lot. www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/art...

All that I ask is that the culture secretary not ask questions which reveal she couldn’t tell you who *this year*’s Bafta shortlistees and winners were.

Most people in Britain are positive about universities (63%). Just 6% think they have a negative impact. A third of people are neutral. Universities may be struggling more with political elites than with general public, but could broaden their public reach too www.moreincommon.org.uk/our-work/res...

Hoping Matt Goodwin is asked a question about rice pudding, so we can see what mental gymnastics he uses to bring small boats into his answer. #bbcqt

🧵I've posted them before, but here's my thread of horror/kids' TV double-bill cinema posters. Happy Halloween... #halloween #cinema #graphicdesign #poster

Man with stubble, "Small boats arrivals are 37,000. There are over 4 million kids in child poverty. And 4.5 million who can't get a dentist appointment" #BBCQT "We spend 90% of the media discourse on the 37,000. How much more could we achieve if we put that effort into the 4.5 million?"

who creates the lively art and music scenes if the rent is too high? who makes cultural life? who serves you food or washes your dishes? who creates the fancy little restaurants that draw you to urban living? affordable housing is at the heart of what makes city life worthwhile.

I'm pro-union because I think workers should organize to balance the power that business owners have in various negotiations. It's true that unions have been weakened, but it's not because of multiculturalism. I would argue, it's because people seek to exploit divisions for their material interests.

I can answer this. I interviewed Peterson's tailor a few years ago, although the interview was never published because I fell behind on work. Here is the story of this suit. 🧵

"go to TikTok. See for yourself."

Kemi Badenoch is absolutely right about this. At the time she hacked Harriet Harman's emails it was an offence carrying a prison sentence of up to five years