Do you like my new socks. It's taken me all day to notice...

I usually try & avoid most politics at weekends but having just started following Zoë Grünewald I saw this👇🏻 Kemi Badenough is really something - the Tory candidate lost her deposit!

“Gorton and Denton…. was a stress test for grievance politics, and grievance cracked first. Reform’s instinct when challenged is not to persuade but to tantrum; not to build trust but to erode it. That’s the playbook. Win, or cry foul” @zoegrunewald.bsky.social www.thenewworld.co.uk/zoe-grunewal...

Connections Puzzle #993 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟪 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟪🟪🟪🟪

Wordle 1,715 4/6 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟨⬜⬜⬜🟨 🟩🟨⬜🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Sometimes Punctuation is essential!

Labour MP Clive Lewis doesn’t hold back on the Gorton and Denton result in this interview with ITV

Connections Puzzle #992 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟪🟪🟪🟪

Wordle 1,714 5/6 ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟨⬜⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

It's safer alone. No-one cares about you When you expect nothing of them They can't let you down No-one has to pretend they were busy in town. I know they're important They have nice friends too Nothing at all like you You're ugly & fat So off you fuck now It's safer alone No-one to let down.

Another dinner Another disaster. The chicken that smelled ok in the fridge. Smelt iffy when cooked so it went in the bin. I had everything else ready so found some slices of ham. They tasted of pure salt so they've been binned too. It may be irrational but right now I really really hate myself.

The latest immigration statistics are OUT Immigration is once again DOWN … but I don’t know who exactly is going to be happy about it🤷‍♀️

Your silence is painful But I need your permission to speak Tried to be respectful Your silence is unhelpful I need you to speak Tell me to unfollow, to block or mute Or do it yourself But being left in limbo Is like being left on a shelf The stupidest thing He wont even realise this is about him

The UK's anti-migrant politics is sounding more & more American Me, for @newstatesman1913.bsky.social on why Reform's plans for a British ICE are a disaster www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...

When did kindness become weakness in politics? If our children know to be kind, how do our leaders not? My #substack debut on how kindness is our most powerful tool to resist fascism in the UK today 👇 open.substack.com/pub/nathanph...

Septle 1713 - 🔥 7 day streak - septle.com A line 4 & a 5 only with the passing of time will I learn how average this is... #Septle: 4/8 ⬜️🟨🟨⬜️🟨⬜️⬜️ ⬜️🟨🟨⬜️⬜️🟨🟩 🟨⬜️⬜️⬜️🟩🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Bonus: 5/7 ⬜️🟨⬜️🟨⬜️⬜️ ⬜️🟨⬜️🟨🟨⬜️ ⬜️⬜️🟨🟨⬜️🟨 🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Wordle 1,713 4/6 ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟩 ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟩 🟨🟩⬜🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🙂

Is it possible to find out if someone has muted you?

Stacked #490 🟪🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨 🟥 stacked.clevergoat.com 🐐

Hang Five 934 ❤️❤️❤️❤️🖤 ✅ 100%

Worgle 1506 2/6 🟢🟢🟢🟢🟢⚪ 🟢🟢🟢🟢🟢🟢😊

I just banged my head on the edge of the kitchen door. All I was doing was taking washing out of the machine & then the sweet potatoes chose to rattle the pan lid. And I lost a sock in the quilt cover. The spuds are ok, my headaches & I feel crap

GRADUATES: do you have a plan 2 student loan? What was the size of the loan? How much have you paid off? How much do you owe now? Plse do WhatsApp me on Newsnight on +44 3306 784783

Septle 1712 - 🔥 6 day streak - septle.com Bonus: 2/7 🟩⬜️🟩⬜️🟨⬜️ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩!! #Septle: 5/8 🟨⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️🟨⬜️ ⬜️🟨🟨⬜️🟨⬜️🟨 ⬜️🟨⬜️⬜️🟩🟨🟩 🟩🟨⬜️⬜️🟩⬜️🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🤦🏻‍♀️🙂

Wordle 1,712 5/6 ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟨 ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟨 ⬜⬜🟨🟩🟩 🟩⬜⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩😳 Well that could have been a rabbit hole, but with my old starter word, I might have got it sooner...

This is Brilliant! I listened earlier, if you're self-conscious about chuckling on public transport - listen at home.

Can you see the horse... I'm sure lots of people have seen this before, it's just for fun. If you need help, check ALT

'There's a convention that you can't criticise members of the royal family...we've seen in this case that was wrong' Ed Davey says MPs must change how they discuss the royals, following Andrew Mountbatten's arrest

This could be worth watching... www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...

1,200+ people became sick after swimming in designated bathing waters in England, 75% of those official swimming spots rated “good” or “excellent”. Sewage dumping continues. No penalties on water company execs. The state can't guarantee clean water. archive.ph/QGyF2

Reform UK for sale. It had to return over £200,000 in donations from 18 ineligible overseas donors. It received £9m from a person in Thailand. Its former Wales leader received 10.5 yrs prison sentence for accepting bribes to promote pro-Russian narratives. Elon Musk promised $100m.

BREAKING: Richard Tice is to announce Reform UK's plans to introduce a "Great Repeal Bill" that will scrap Labour's Employment Rights' Act and rent reforms JUST DON’T VOTE REFORM

Hang Five 933 ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ ✅ 100%

Connections Puzzle #989 🟩🟨🟪🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟪🟪🟪🟪

Worgle 1505 3/6 ⚪🟡🟡🟡⚪🟡 ⚪🟡🟡🟡🟡🟢 🟢🟢🟢🟢🟢🟢😊

Septle 1711 - 🔥 5 day streak - septle.com Septle was ok, the bonus (I think) is a stinker #Septle: 4/8 🟨🟨🟩⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️ ⬜️🟩🟩⬜️🟨🟨⬜️ ⬜️🟩🟩⬜️🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Bonus: 5/7 ⬜️🟨⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️ 🟨⬜️🟨⬜️⬜️⬜️ 🟩🟨🟨⬜️🟨⬜️ 🟩🟨🟨⬜️🟩⬜️ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩😵‍💫phew!

Wordle 1,711 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 🟨⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟨⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🙂

Rather than revise the system to provide effective support for the child with additional needs, this feels like a money saving exercise... www.theguardian.com/education/20...

Mandelson has been arrested.

🅦🅞🅡🅓🄸🄿🄻🅈 #1160 🌟 Length Score: 87% 🚀 Letter Score: 65 🔗 Play Wordiply: www.wordiply.com 🎬 Today's starter: 🄾🄰🅁

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Connections Puzzle #988 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩

Stacked #488 🟪🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟥 🟨🟨 🟥 stacked.clevergoat.com 🐐

Worgle 1504 3/6 ⚪🟡⚪⚪⚪🟡 ⚪🟢⚪🟡🟡🟡 🟢🟢🟢🟢🟢🟢😊

5 authors I've read at least 5 books by: Jane Austen Bill Bryson Christina Courtenay Susanna Kearsley Jodi Taylor bsky.app/profile/lmcr...

Septle 1710 - 🔥 4 day streak - septle.com #Septle: 3/8 ⬜️🟨🟨🟩⬜️⬜️🟨 🟨🟨🟨🟩⬜️⬜️🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 This was more of a challenge than it looks, because it was the only word that seemed to fit. Bonus: 4/7 🟨🟨⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️ ⬜️⬜️⬜️🟩⬜️🟩 ⬜️⬜️🟩🟩⬜️🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩😵‍💫

Wordle 1,710 4/6 🟩🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟩⬜🟩🟩🟩 🟩⬜🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🙂

Updated version of the "Grand Old Duke of York" - as of 8.30pm on Sunday 22nd Feb, charting this week's royal #PrinceAndrew news - with ukelele, violin, and djembe for some 🎶 variation. youtube.com/shorts/DHLi8...

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

Healthcare in Greenland is publicly funded, free at the point of use, and despite geographical challenges considered very good. Healthcare costs in the USA are extortionate and responsible for 60% of all US bankruptcies. So maybe Denmark should be sending hospital ships the other way.