Zack Polanski needs to resign. The attacker was trying to stab the police even after being tasered. He was lucky to only be kicked. The Left continue to conflate the behaviour of the Israeli regime (which it is fair to condemn) with the complicity (they aren’t complicit) of British Jews.

Picked up for a fiver in Diss, Norfolk. I was aware of John Aubrey as an antiquary but his interests in the spirit world and “magick“ are new to me. Copied to @juliansimpson.bsky.social and @maybeitwasutah.bsky.social 👍

Anyone who hasn't really should get themselves into the Pleasant Green-iverse. The best horror/drama/comedy/mysteries that you feel *should* be prestige tv, but you're sort of glad they're not because the pictures are better this way.

The separate £5m gift to Farage came in early 2024, Reform sources told the BBC, and it does not appear on his MP register of interests.

Definitely need to visit Northern Ireland! How about you? smstone0.github.io#/uk-map

This is simple: Nigel Farage works for the billionaires who pay him. He absolutely doesn’t work for British people or the UK #Farage #ReformUK

I was out delivering local election leaflets last night and came across a house flying this flag. Yes, it’s a flag of post-arrest Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor with the words “Oh Bollocks!” written in red at the bottom. I have no explanation.

Hasn’t whined about needing a ballroom to feel safe

Possibly my favourite inspirational poster! HT @aiannucci.bsky.social

Cursed toy. 100%.

Everyone: Yay electric buses are cool let’s buy some. Slovakia: Fuck that!

A painting of St George the Great Martyr* on a wooden panel that my dad bought in Serbia about 50 years ago. *Translation by @stevankrakovic.bsky.social so blame him if it’s wrong.

Palantir UK CEO Louis Mosley is grandson of Oswald (fascist founder of the fascist Blackshirts) Mosley (not his fault) but once claimed to not “know much about my grandfather’s career” and regularly wears a black shirt for interviews, which is very creepy. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

"The woman in the denim jacket has extra long fingers on her left hand and what appear to be six fingers on her right. The man in the white jacket (fourth from the left) doesn’t appear to be gripping his sign at all."

Sure. The Dems rigged the 2020 election against a sitting President but were unable to rig the 2024 election when they controlled the federal machinery 🙄

The Lovecraft Investigations is hands down the best podcast fiction to have been produced in the last 10 years. Crowdfunder for new series here ( no £ needed now!): www.backerkit.com/call_to_acti... (original series here: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/serie...) Do check out both! You won’t regret it.

Photo of one the side chapels at St Mary’s Beverley taken at a concert tonight. It had a slightly creepy feel.

I’ll never get tired of watching people in Budapest celebrating getting rid of Viktor Orbán. I’m dancing along with the people of Hungary! 💃

I spent 16, SIXTEEN years fighting this crap. I can’t believe it 😭

Well I’ve got an update on this. The book was published in 1767 by a pirate publisher in Scotland who was breaking copyright laws of the time. The laws changed about 10 years later. HT to Mark T (who isn’t on here) for the detail. 👍

CAN I ASK A FAVOUR? 🙏😁 We’re trying to get Nicky Willshere elected for the LibDems in Suffolk. All likes, shares and comments on this Facebook post will help massively. All positive engagements will help us break through the algorithm. It’ll only take 10 seconds. www.facebook.com/share/1E3xfD...

I picked this up in a bookstall yesterday. I can’t find a match for the binding style or the “sold by” individuals. I’m guessing it’s from around 1800. Any ideas? #shakespeare

Israel's continued strikes in Lebanon are undermining any hope of peace. The UK must act now: sanction Benjamin Netanyahu and his security cabinet, and halt all UK arms exports to Israel. We must also finally proscribe the IRGC and support multilateral plans to disarm Hezbollah.

I would strongly advise Zelenskyy to ignore this guy. He was hopeless in 10 Downing Street.

Today’s poem is called ‘The Day My Dog Spontaneously Combusted’.

Fun fact: Aleister "The Wickedest Man in the World" Crowley lived behind Paxton & Whitfield cheese shop on Jermyn Street in London at the beginning of the Second World War. After becoming distressed by the bombing he moved to Aston Clinton in Buckinghamshire. HT @juliansimpson.bsky.social

Nearly got me there, Tim! 😂 Anyone but #REFUK - as voters in North Walsham have been telling us on the doorsteps today! People here know a good councillor when they see one - and I’m sure will re-elect local champion, County Councillor Lucy Shires, on 7th May 🗳️

I’ve just attended Farage’s festival of falsehoods in Norwich. Robert Jenrick was weak and creepy. David Bull lied as soon as he spoke. And Farage? Just boring and mean-spirited old lines. The(very old)audience lapped up the racist dog whistles and snarky personal attacks. Underwhelming!

Slept in my Chicago t-shirt last night and woke up at 25 or 6 to 4

If you’re afraid that books might change someone’s thinking, you’re not afraid of books, you’re afraid of thinking.

FOR THE LOVE OF GOD… Can we STOP with this ‘special relationship’ BS And also…can we wake up to the treachery of our right wing press?!

“Paedo premium”: Term coined to define the additional cost at the petrol/gas pump of letting a sex offender cover their tracks by starting a regional war which closes the Strait of Hormuz. See also Liz Truss and the “moron risk premium”. #Trump #Epstein #Iran

I guess I’m not going to the US any time soon!

Call me old fashioned, and apologies for the swearing but: if you’re attending the repatriation of a serviceman who died so you could avoid accusations that you and your pedo mate abused young girls then you take off your tacky and low-class baseball cap, you monstrous fucking pleb! #trump #epstein

Seriously, watch this video, please. She's magnificent.

I don't think this is a long term conflict. Trump doesn't have the attention span nor the resilience to withstand public disapproval or economic pain. What concerns me is that events spiral out of control as a result of Iranian retaliation.

In all seriousness we should bar the US from all use of RAF bases in Fairford, Lakenheath, Mildenhall, Cyprus and Diego Garcia until the US has a complete diplomatic reset including unconditionally dropping all tariffs. #trump #iran #epstein

I’m in an Urban Outfitters store. It’s hard to describe how much I detest Urban Outfitters stores.

The fuck kind of answer is this

The Borowitz Report (satire) Americans Support Sending Stephen Miller to Iran to Scare the Iranians into Submission open.substack.com/pub/borowitz...

Marco Rubio: "Iran is run by lunatics, religious fanatic lunatics" Meanwhile in Washington DC…. Paula White, Trump’s religious fanatic lunatic ‘Spiritual Advisor’… 🤪🤪🤪🤪🤪🤪🤪🤪🤪

FPTP never made sense. I dont know why people are suddenly saying it now. Libdems have been saying it for as long as I can remember.

I also remember the Libdems leading a Yougov poll in 2019 but dont remember calls to replace FPTP then or non stop news coverage for the Libdems.🤔 Does anyone else remember this?

Anyone listening to Richard Dearlove at the moment should take note that he was head of MI6 during the WMD and Dodgy Dossier scandals. He also set up an organisation called Operation Surprise which planned to undemocratically remove Theresa May as PM. He’s a far right snake in the grass. 🐍 #iran

Starmer's ability to find the exact sweetspot which pisses off everyone is extraordinary. He's a savant.

Stop reading the Daily Mail, says Top Neurologist 😀

Ed Davey turns Lib Dem fire on Labour in London as he seeks 'historic' wins in May local elections Liberal Democrat leader ramps up his party’s campaign as it seeks to gain control of its fourth London council. #LibDems 🔶🔶🔶🔶🔶 www.standard.co.uk/news/politic...

The Iranian people deserve to live free from a brutal regime. Donald Trump's unilateral and illegal military action won't deliver freedom, peace and security. It will only unleash more bloodshed.

Donald Trump’s FIFA World Peace Prize is looking a bit shaky at the moment.