This is the "it was Agatha all along" theory of the UK Constitution. We were distracted by the EU, and the ECHR was the real big bad! Leaving it will fix everything! Leaving will not magically change any of these issues IF the UK still wants to be a liberal democracy: share.google/GCZ1CrP8raUU...

There are no words for the cruelty of this.

The latest edition of the Mediaeval Mythbusting Blog is a look at concerns about Myths, Media & Money - the dangers of what can happen when cash gets involved in stories about ancient buildings... triskeleheritage.triskelepublishing.com/2025/09/07/m... 📸 Sinai Park by Historic Houses

We are all only walking each other home. The better people would understand the fragility and brevity of life, perhaps they'd appreciate letting others live in peace too. Deeply upset about Manchester, for families of the murdered and the family of the killer. No winners in bloodshed

I wish people could understand its very possible and should be the norm, that you can despise anti-Semitism and Islamophobia at the same time. It's not either/ or

I notice that the tributes to Dame Patricia Routledge are divided roughly along the gays retweeting the Kitty monologues from Victoria Wood while the straights are mostly doing Keeping Up Appearances (at least on my FB feed anyway) 😄

@zackpolanski.bsky.social speech at the Green conference will be live at 13.30 today (Friday). Link to watch 👇 youtube.com/live/TZx9Vng...

I imagine a lot of us were blissfully unaware that we hadn't actually had a Archbishop of Canterbury since Justin Welby stood down (whenever that was)

Zack Polanski is such a good communicator. This is a perfect response to the people who are blaming anti-genocide protesters for the Manchester attack.

He’s really, really good, guys

“Wow! Fantastic! Real fame at last! Fancy being in a Gary Larson cartoon!” Amidst so many wonderful tributes to Jane Goodall, I thought I’d share this delightful detail for anyone else who grew up admiring her, and Gary Larson’s Far Side brilliantly bonkers cartoons www.salon.com/2025/10/01/j...

Did I hear that right, Dame Mone, the Tory peer who used her contacts in the government of the time to rob the country of 120 million called today's verdict, 'A win for the establishment' You lost, mate

A "great tree" in human history. Her passing is hard in such difficult times, but her existence opens the way for a 1000 others, all inspired and made possible by her having been. We'll miss you, Dr.Goodall... but my goodness, you have spun so much good with your time on Earth!

“It actually doesn’t take much to be considered a difficult woman. That’s why there are so many of us.” ― Jane Goodall 💙 RIP to a real one. My childhood hero

That deeply shocking #bbcpanorama investigation into the Met is what you expect the public broadcaster to do. Very good work despite the weird break in the programme.

Words do not have a single, fixed, unchanging meaning irrespective of context.

Oh FFS, I see the main discourse today is because a Scottish petson used the word "cunt" and some people on this website have no idea that different words have very different valences in different countries (and areas, and social classes).

Reform’s Russia connections are a danger to our national security. It’s time for a public inquiry.

'It's a far cry from small boys in the park, jumpers for goalposts. Isn't it? Mmmmm. Marvellous.'

I’m so glad that Trump is using his congressional authorization to increase tariffs on the Lord of the Ring films & Rings of Power show. For too long our national security has been threatened by Middle Earth being set in New Zealand & UK. It should be set in the Mojave Desert, as Tolkien intended.

Reform voters got what they wanted with Brexit but they haven’t shut the fuck up have they? And that’s because they still see Black and brown people in their town centre most of whom will have been born here. They aren’t protesting that Morgan McSweeney should “go home”. They are racist.

None.

I am begging news to start reporting this shit factually “they say migrants will need to ‘learn English to a high standard’, which for the record is something THEY ALREADY HAVE TO DO,” etc, etc

Let’s balance up this poll… POLL: Is Reform's migrant visa plan racist? www.express.co.uk/news/politic...

Here's some #WorldHeartDay inspiration: a medieval ring found in Yorkshire, England. It's inscribed with "bon ♥ ne ment [or meut]" meaning "the good heart does not lie [or move]." 🔗 from 2020 (£) doi.org/10.15184/aqy... 📷 West Yorkshire Archaeology Advisory Service / CC BY 4.0 🏺 #Archaeology

This tweet has been doing the rounds on Twitter now that Nathan Gill has pleaded guilty. If only someone had tried to investigate UKIP & Russian interference 🧐 There’s another timeline where the Guardian supported me, doubled down on the investigation & I look 5 years younger ..

Migrants already carry out work for their communities, it’s called ‘having a fucking job’ and it’s mandatory because we aren’t eligible for benefits

I lived in Norwich for about a year (2000) and was often shopping in Magdalena Street, yet I genuinely don't remember this shop. Mayne it's one of those shops that's only visible to certain people ? 😄

This is very scary. Don't think this sort of thing won't happen here.

Not a radical thought. Radical thought is giving necessities into the hands of uncaring conglomerations of unchecked power. We should say this out loud more often.

I wonder if this guy is related to "Boris Johnson" who introduced "voter id" as Prime Minister in 2023 ... off the back of some crazy US conspiracy theories ... and in the process, made digital ID pretty much inevitable.

EAA, take note. #Archaeology always has been, and always will be, political and has always been, will always be, used by somebody, somewhere, for political purposes... 🏺

On the day Rubio inaugurated an archaeological “tunnel burrowed under a Palestinian district, along a Roman-era street” in an “archaeological park established by an Israeli settler organisation… Israeli planes bombed the most important storage depot of ancient artefacts in Gaza City”

Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past. I remember being taught about the use of archaeology in this way in this location 30 years ago... www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...

The perennial myth about migrants eating swans stretches back to at least 2003 when the Sun printed it as a front page story. It was later obliged to clarify that it had zero evidence. Farage must be fairly desperate to be trotting that one out www.itv.com/news/2025-09...

Quite. So many Labour people on this website visibly have no idea of just how bad things have got for ethnic minorities since they came on, and how their visible indifference lands.

Nigel Farage claims his mass deportation plan would save the UK hundreds of billions of pounds over the coming decades. New analysis of official statistics, forecasts and Reform's own figures suggests it would actually *cost* the UK hundreds of billions over the same period

Young people say rising bills stopping them moving out. Low wages, insecure jobs and high cost of living. High rents and property prices; water and energy bills, council tax and insurance. Little chance of savings. No govt curbs profiteering.

Claudia Cardinale passed away today at 87 — she of course played Jill in Sergio Leone’s Once Upon a Time in the West. Ennio Morricone wrote this piece for the film, simply titled “Jill’s Theme” — she was exquisite #RIP 🕊️ #filmsky #spaghettiwestern #morricone

So if hack journalists or lazy historians are to be believed were there any events in Anglo-Saxon history that weren't a "....decisive turning point in English history, paving the way toward a unified kingdom."?

I'm wondering if we can't help the next Rapture by firing everyone who's convinced they'll be part of it into the air with a large number of very powerful trebuchets?

People are making Rapture jokes like there's no tomorrow

As well as the science always being wrong, whenever anyone says stop doing a healthcare because "it causes autism" they are telling you they think autism is a terrible affliction worth making serious medical risks to avoid. This admission proves only that they are cunts because autism is not bad.

I love how Chris Mason's picture on his Wikipedia page looks like he's watching an illegal cockfight in a barn in Essex. Horrified, but slightly aroused and unable to stop looking.

Mick Lynch "Nigel Farage is a racist." RT if Mick is right.

Jimmy Kimmel is being brought back for the same reason he was suspended: Corporations only care about money. Which is why boycotts work.

DISNEY: "OK, we are putting Jimmy Kimmel back on the air. You can resubscribe now." ME: "I unsubscribed because you immorally bowed to fascism. I'm not going to resubscribe because you immorally bowed to finances."

I've always supported the BBC as an organisation that occasionally has awful, incompetent people running it but ultimately is a force for good Unfortunately, I think it's gone beyond. Russell T Davis was right a few years ago when he said we've effectively lost the BBC now.