England should appoint Poch. Or Big Ange.

Sorry, Edmund Burke, but La Marseillaise is a banger.

Labour is abolishing juries and now they're abolishing judges too.

The Netherlands were my dark horses for this tournament. I will never learn my lesson. You should only back the Netherlands when it's speed skating, Femke Bol,or invading Britain to overthrow a Catholic monarch.

Properly shaking and crying laughing at this

14-man Louth have beaten Monaghan to advance to their first All-Ireland senior football semi-final since 1957. jrnl.ie/7084194

Patrick Kavanagh, Barry McGuigan, Big Tom-- your boys took a hell of a beating!

They really are doing an Arsenal

Every single England player has a transfer value worth more than the combined transfer value of the 11 Panama players. Yes, I am bored.

Britain is more than halfway towards reaching Net Zero. Most people don't realise this, not least as the fossil-fuel fanatics want us to think achieving it is impossible. Via YouGov

The biggest winner tonight: Tim Vickery. I'll never doubt him again.

The Ecuadorian coach 100% brings out a guitar at a house party.

I didn't release Shabana Mahmood was the Prime Minister...

Would an unserious man do this?

Terrible quality but this is the clearest video I can find of Djed Spence refusing to shake Partey’s hand 🫡

My England copium stocks are going through the roof tonight

Yes, Declan Rice has played over 60 games this season but he's spent half the time standing over a set piece so really, he's only played 30 games.

Sorry, England, but how was that not a penalty?

US border control is supposedly very strict and yet those English lads with the trumpets got through?

Let’s not fudge why Starmer is in this mess. Yes, he didn’t have political instinct. Yes, the public is much less patient and more critical. But Starmer was also - to use his own phase - morally bankrupt on key issues of the day, from Gaza, disability benefits, to immigration.

Spoken like a true elder millennial.

Peak Blue Sky: "Actually, it's Hot LECTERN Guy".

Starmer was effectively a valueless manager who didn’t manage well. A human rights lawyer who supported Israel’s humanitarian blockade. An anti-poverty advocate who tried to impoverish disabled people. He blew whichever way he thought electability would be, and was content to do harm in the process.

Steve Bray is the most annoying example of nominative determinism.

Reminder - There are ZERO trans people in prison in Northern Ireland. "TUV pushes ‘common sense’ Justice Bill change to house trans prisoners by biological sex" TUV by far the most trans-obsessed party in NI www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/tuv-pus...

The UK cycling through Prime Ministers since 2016

Now that the trial is over, a reminder that victim identities remain protected. Still, there is a deeper reckoning needed around apparently widespread rumours about Donaldson's conduct flagged during the trial, including the fact that Donaldson had close protection officers for long periods.

Shout out to Peter Mandelson who Starmer forgot to thank.

Having rock-bottom expectations of Starmer's premiership, and *still* ending up being disappointed, has been an infuriating and dispiriting experience

Unparalleled numbers of Terrorist Grannies

Fair play to Starmer for standing up for the flag instead of Labour Party values. And that's why he's standing where he is now.

Starmer walking up the podium...

Can't believe it's Prime Minister transfer deadline day again. This lad was spotted leaving Downing Street earlier...

David Graeber opposed Keir Starmer back in 2020, warning he'll lead to the rise of the Far-Right and the rise of hate/racism. And look where we are now. Labour having abandoned its principles to become just another Neo-liberal party has been a total disaster.

Thomas Frank is looking at Yamal's stats and is probably cooking up a system to play him in that would completely neutralise his attacking prowess. #SPA #WorldCup #BBC

British politics is so fucking stupid that we can be in the second extreme heatwave of the year, in the middle of the second major oil/gas crisis in 5 years, and one of the biggest union leaders will be briefing against ed milliband cause net zero bad and middle class

The theory that “electable” means “work to appease right-wing bigots under the assumption that majorities agree with them, at least partially, and they prioritize it when voting” has been tried. It has failed. Try something else.

Keir Starmer: The Thomas Frank of British politics. That would make Andy Burnham... Igor Tudor?

I hope Andros Townsend is sitting in the shady side of the stadium so he doesn't have to wear his sunglasses. #GERCIV www.instagram.com/reel/DYFJWJm...

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What a severe weather warning looks like in Ireland

NEW What the Palestine Action appeal decision tells us about terrorism law An already broad law is now matched with broad ministerial powers The Weekly Constitutional at @prospectmagazine.co.uk www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/law/th...

She's Truss and Liz and Truss and Truss and Liz, Truss, Truss, Truss, Liz Liz Liz, It's The Liz Truss, ex PM Show

I think it's great for the centre of British politics that a candidate running on an overtly pro-fossil fuels platform won a by-election last night.

Congratulations to Andy Burnham for winning The Masked Singer.

This is only somewhat more obviously correct now than it was twenty years ago, before the crash removed whatever doubts there had ever been. Back when you couldn’t throw a half-brick without hitting some dickhead talking about how the free market would liberate the Chinese or whatever, any day now.

Reason to hate university approved exclusive granted monopoly travel agents no.75246: > Even though trains cannot fly, they nevertheless classify international trains as flights making them impossible to find on their booking portal if you don't know this information.

I have compiled a simpler version. As a qualified ethnographic sociologist (yes, really!) I can assure you this is equally methodologically valid

Cracking piece of academic commentary on the Palestine Action appeal case. Bravo @alangreene.bsky.social @colinmurray.bsky.social @daniellalock.bsky.social