Bullies may not say their insults with malice Their bullying is so often very casual, with little thought other than showing off I fully believe they don't remember what they say as they simply don't care enough Victims of bullying remember vividly the pain caused by idiots who hurt so blithely

WinViz is really a ridiculous thing No idea why anyone ever bothers #AusvEng

I’m struggling to understand how these day/night test matches are acceptable As soon as darkens in England umpires are keen to be whip the players off Here, the light changes overwhelmingly favour the bowlers as the ball is barely visible at dusk

Amazed there might be another racist in Reform www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Congratulations to Bromley Council who, through their doubling of rent & refusal to agree an affordable payment, have paved the way for the closure of Melvin Hall, a very popular community centre in Penge that supports the area's most vulnerable people You must be very proud

Shocked and gutted to see the news about Robin Smith Probably my favourite player when I was young. His square cut a thing of brutal beauty, an immensely brave, inspiring batsman One of many players cruelly dumped by a stupid management regime at the time www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/d...

‘Stoppard never learnt how many lives he saved by writing Arcadia’

Unfortunate but cracking mistake here in the Times with the artist’s name

Bit baffled by this item The idea that a politician might not give the whole story to a journalist is hardly novel And I'm trying to recall that moment when Chris Mason wrote a piece where he tried to highlight that moment when Boris Johnson said something misleading www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

What on earth?

Why we can't have nice things in Britain: Hairdresser teams up with wine importer to offer tastings while you have a trim, applies for alcohol license. Council objects because its a "high impact area" (bustling affluent shopping district and tourist attraction). www.theargus.co.uk/news/2565512...

I feel very naive Assumed that a smart hotel in Victoria would make its own fries, mashed potato, Yorkshire puddings But just seen great boxes of them all being delivered by the pallet load

Wow. This is ... something 😲 ChatGPT took Press Gazette content then said that could not have happened World's leading LLM said it could not have done the thing it did pressgazette.co.uk/platforms/ch...

Was at a station today when someone was hit by a train Whole thing was thoroughly wretched But particularly feel so sorry for ticket office lady who did her best & the train driver Unimaginably awful for all concerned And that poor woman & her family

Ok I feel I’ve been having an outer body experience all day Just too many ridiculous things are occurring Think I’ll just hide

Farage seeks to dismiss his accusers over his alleged comments at school He says they "have good memories... suddenly, after 49 years, they seem to have perfect recollection" But victims of bullying do remember, it cuts deep and lingers The insults mean nothing, of course, to the idiot bully

I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture. They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1

One more thing about Farage's comments on his schoolboy claims though (and thinking about Musk's Grok Unhinged) is it further adds to my theory that their politics are hugely influenced by everyone else thinking they were horrible children

One person's banter is another person's bullying Farage's attempts to rebut racism claims when he was at school are very weak Having been bullied at school I know memories remain vivid decades on He can't judge whether he ever said something in a "hurtful or insulting way" as he wasn't the victim

Who can say they haven't done the same?

I wish I hadn't read this www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/11...

England should never have lost that test match Incredibly frustrating that yet another series has started with the first match serving as batting practice for undercooked batsmen

Trump doesn’t mind journalists being murdered That’s nice

Having been poisoned with methanol, I was fortunate to get medical assistance quickly and learned the cure is to go on an alcohol drip for a few days The poor souls who drink the stuff abroad think they've got a hangover and don't get medical assistance in time www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Can’t wait for Nigel Farage to try and run 135 miles for charity

Worse They’re entitled militants

Daily Mail, here, stalling Peter Mandelson Ghouls

I do rather feel that the burglary of the collection boxes from St Mary’s, Lindisfarne - literally Holy Island - should be bigger news

I know he’s useless at politics & critics are circling, but I do think the idea that we’re entering the Keir Starmer endgame are hugely overblown Every embattled leader thinks just one more push & they’ll turn the corner but few have such a huge majority And a GE is still miles away

A perfectly sensible thing to do A waste of time, money and votes Still, almost a shock that a government has done something wise www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Latest from @theipaper.com's politics team - 'F**king deranged': How No 10's bid to squash Streeting for leader backfired inews.co.uk/news/politic...

ITV unmasks a neo-Nazi activist in Britain who gave Buckingham Palace tours by day and organized within international fascist movements by night. “When confronted by ITV News on a suburban street in west London, Gravill froze. ‘Oh f***,’ he muttered.” www.itv.com/news/2025-11...

NEW The letter the BBC could send back to Trump A proposal for a reply to his $1bn claim By me. Enjoy. emptycity.substack.com/p/the-letter...

Briefly imagining a world where the BBC turn to Arkell v Pressdram when planning a response to Trump's absurd legal threat

Difficult to understand quite how Keir Starmer is so bad at politics My 10-year-old daughter would be considerably more savvy, that almost saying that is unfair on her

Nowhere in the hysterical pile-on against the BBC in the British press has anyone mentioned that BBC News now has 77 million viewers & listeners in the US and has established itself as the second most trusted news source there.

I was at Brixton Station this morning In the rush of things, it took me a moment too long to realise the person weeping & begging at the entrance was a child - a boy, perhaps 12 or 13yo I was through the barriers before I had a moment to pause I hope someone does a better job than me & helps him

When Donald Trump threatens to sue the BBC ("for $1bn" in true Dr Evil style) now is the time for every other media organisation to stand with the BBC

Still quite surprised that these commentators haven’t pointed out that a major difference between Traitirs & Celebrity Traitirs is the comparative lack of swearing in the latter Makes a huge difference for whole family viewing www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...

Horrifying

Joey Barton has been prosecuted for social media posts on X that crossed the legal line. It is unusual for things to get prosecuted in court. The X platform has no serious or even tokenistic effort to prevent much stronger stuff that is clearly highly unlawful www.theguardian.com/football/202...

Not the brightest spark is he, Joey Barton?

This is about the most irritating column I've read in a long time Provides no insight into Venice and just is just unbelievably smug www.standard.co.uk/lifestyle/tr...

So, in the wake of this BBC Panirama row, are we pretending Trump didn’t encourage the mob storming Capitol?

I don't think people need to have entitlement for time off for IVF appointments Any reasonable employer should just allow them to attend the appointments without question anyway www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Feel the Reeves speech is entirely unnecessary. She's such a bad performer in set pieces Much better at doing Q&As and lower pressure set pieces

Jonathan Raban’s encounter with Philip Larkin, in Coasting, is quite enchanting Apologies for the stream of photos

Oh dear, Chris Philp has been allowed out in public again #r4today

This is a lovely story www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

If you read one thing today, I can heartily recommend this A hefty dose of hope for breakfast www.theguardian.com/technology/2...