Bold move by the crossword writer in the UK's i newspaper. But they likely realised that the typical Reform Party fan doesn't do cryptic crosswords so they're maybe safe from their ire. For those struggling with it - the key for is primary - take the first letters of the words.

I realise thatsaying this is essentially pointless, but it is worth stating that unlike the cases in BLM the horrifying murder of Henry Nowak: 1) was done by a member of the public, not a police officer 2) was immediately followed by the man's arrest 3) was followed by the man's swift conviction

I WANT TO OWN MY MEDIA FUCKING TIRED OF RENTING BRAH

#THEN0UGHTIE5 48) Fleet Foxes - 'White Winter Hymnal' 10 Points US 21 July 2008 UK Chart Peak #77 NKC ❌ youtu.be/FHyx7Zt81js?...

Welp there’s no unseeing this

I have a student son Henry Nowak’s age & I can’t imagine what it took for his family to respond outside court with the grace they did, asking that their son’s death not be used for division and hate. That Reform & Restore chose to throw that back in their faces makes me feel sick.

#THEN0UGHTIE5 49) The Electric Soft Parade - 'Empty At The End' 10 Points GB 20 May 2002 UK Chart Peak #39 NKC ❌ www.youtube.com/watch?v=BiNy...

‘Fuck It, A Gig’s A Gig,’ Says Bruce Springsteen, Agreeing To Headline Freedom 250 Concert https://theonion.com/fuck-it-a-gigs-a-gig-says-bruce-springsteen-agreeing-to-headline-freedom-250-concert/

When Lord Mandelson is appointed, the UK Security Vetting team panics because he has not returned his required foreign contacts form. Vetting officials consider cancelling his interview because they don't have enough background data...

"I often say that nuclear war would be breaking out and the FCDO would still be doing its much-cherished performance appraisals" Ed Llewellyn to Mandelson

An amazing full-blown Whitehall crisis over a custom-made ministerial red dispatch box intended as a gift for President Trump. The gift triggers a classic bureaucratic meltdown involving Number 10, the Palace, the FCDO, and HM Treasury, which apparently sat on the costing for six months.

Here we go again. Ranked and pre-submitted #THEN0UGHTIE5 50) Radiohead - 'Pyramid Song' 10 Points GB UK Chart Peak #5 NKC ❌ www.youtube.com/watch?v=3M_G...

hope you brought urine!

It's not time for me to go open.substack.com/pub/therunou... Another opportunity to talk about the dataset sneaked into the weekly output.

You think Arsenal losing on penalties is funny? I'll tell you something that's not so funny. Right now, Keir Starmer is at home, crying like a little girl!

More of those purchases…

Honestly, one of the funniest tweets I've ever seen.

I was responsible for this (it was literally my idea while I was Product Manager for Media Playout at the BBC) and it is still my proudest achievement ever

Americans needing special money transfer apps because their banks are shit is astounding to me

faking an assassination attempt so you don't have to go to a wedding sounds like a curb your enthusiasm episode

Farewell to Rob Base, whose "It Takes Two" sounds like the greatest single ever whenever it's playing.

this is the most millennial dad joke ever conceived

In its place we are happy to host An Evening With Bryan Robson.

Imagine being stressed out about life and the state of the world and then you walk outside to clear your head and see this

HEAD OF TEETH

Dudes with hobbies rock.

41 years of EastEnders and someone finally said it.

A highly trained team of psychologists worked for three months to craft the perfect fesshole tweet:

As a guy with half a trillion dollars, I have lots of options: 1. Enjoy a 100% stress-free life doing whatever I please in unfathomable luxury all over the world with people of my choosing 2. Have 87 meltdowns a day on a website

'Cause I eat a lot of vegetables open.substack.com/pub/therunou...

1967: "Catwoman can't be black!" 1983: "Felix Leiter can't be black!" 1994: "Red can't be black!" 1995: "Jim Gordon can't be black!" 1997: "Cinderella can't be black!" 1999: "Jim West can't be black!" 2003: "Kingpin can't be black!" 2004: "Catwoman can't be black!" 2008: "Nick Fury can't be black!"

Making love to a beautiful woman, Paul, is very much like presenting Eurovision

Guehi joins Oliver Giroud, Lassana Diarra and Arthur Kinnaird as having won two FA Cups in a row with different sides.

Crazy numbers from Kane. A goal every 66 mins.

60

Rinsed through Amandaland in a couple of sittings, the writers are doing an excellent job of giving her that classic British social climber yet loser energy of Hancock/Mainwaring/Fawlty/Partridge/Brent

the would you watch 30 year old stuff as a 10 year old question is hilarious because when exactly do you think most Looney Tunes were made

Guys, I saw it in person!!!

I was fortunate enough to have this get dropped at our wedding in Southern Iceland to herald the arrival of the Aurora outside.

You walk up to her, ask her to dance open.substack.com/pub/therunou... Another 1990s band finish their album with an imaginary girlfriend.

- Some of the strongest links to Reform vote share 🚗 Drives to work: r=0.80 💻 Works from home: r=-0.63 Commute vs WFH - an underrated fault-line of British politics?

pure, uncut, liquid Sir Keir to write an article about "breaking with the status quo once and for all" on Friday, then announcing new roles for Harriet Harman and Gordon Brown on Saturday

Really do think something quite profound occurred when Gordon Brown was hot mic’d back in 2010 ; at that point, everything certain kinds of voters said were irrefutable truths regardless of how exaggerated or simply untrue it was. But also, it made for great entertainment for tv news channels

We're taking FPTP to bold new exciting places.

A guess a lot people will be spending a lot of today checking some slowly changing numbers on a BBC webpage. If you enjoy that sort of thing and want it to be a more than annual occurrence - can I recommend getting into county cricket?

Great headline from BBC News

When I was 9, my class wrote to famous people. Many sent letters to Premier League footballers & got no response. I wrote to David Attenborough with a title for a show about scorpions. He was working in the Arctic on Life in The Freezer. He wrote back on his return. Happy 100th Birthday, Sir David.

“When Farage enters 10 Downing St, having been cheered on by my employer (the Daily Mail), he’s going to have to answer questions on the things we’ve been ignoring”

I fear Labour people risk falling into an ecological fallacy visible from space when reacting to these results. Here is what is very clear in results so far: Labour are losing *seats* to Reform, but... Labour are losing *votes* to the Greens Greens split the vote, Ref comes thru middle