Good grief, even our parody election candidates have to be Oxbridge.

"This is a moment of maximum peril for Farage and his political chances, made more delicious by how it's entirely self-inflicted."

In my view, part of this vendetta - for that is what it is - against universities can be traced back to crap experiences some leading MPs had of HE in the 1990s.

Not even the worst political chart I've seen

I really question whether I'll still live in the UK a year from now.

These absolute arses have removed funding for teaching grants from NURSING courses.

So, there is a precedent for vetoing an MP's resignation Viscount Chelsea (Henry Cadogan) applied for the Chiltern Hundreds in 1842 The Chancellor (Goulburn) refused because, get this, Cadogan wanted to resign to obstruct an investigation for bribery h/t @fascinatorfun.bsky.social and @gazhay.com

Story breaking now about Richard Tice and Reform.

"This is a moment of maximum peril for Farage and his political chances, made more delicious by how it's entirely self-inflicted."

"This is a moment of maximum peril for Farage and his political chances, made more delicious by how it's entirely self-inflicted."

Go on Clacton, pull off the laugh of the century.

Five quid for a box of After Eights. Outrageous.

Fittingly on the topic of fake politics and performative struggle, from scratch I have written 2,000 words today on a paper about Baudrillard.

Labour source: "Causing an unnecessary by-election because you’re annoyed about being asked questions about your undeclared £5 million donation and all your gifts from your aristocratic mates, so you can try and say you’re not a part of the establishment." www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/nigel-...

With there being no real political difference between Reform and Badenoch's Tories, I cannot see anyone on the left arguing for a tactical vote in this case.

In one chapter of his book entitled 'The Art of the Bribe', Nigel Farage donor and convicted fraudster George Cottrell describes how politicians can be bought www.ft.com/content/7a0f...

They are trying to force some universities into bankruptcy. Total madness. Remember - they have pledged more money to a privately owned theme park than they‘re going to spend on the teaching grant.

So much great talent already confirmed for Edge-Lit 12, and we'll be announcing our final authors - including a fifth Guest of Honour - over the next couple of weeks! www.derbyquad.co.uk/events/edgel... #derby #derbyshire #scifi #fantasy #horror #fiction #writing #writers #authors

"Trump is trying to implement the classic autocrat’s playbook by chipping away at the restraints on executive authority. He has made dangerous inroads, but in most cases, the opposition has been significant. A struggle is underway, and the prospects for his success are dimming."

OK…who made this???

Conservatives used to believe in the rule of law & in a conventional moral code ("Victorian values"). Their epigones seem to be showing us that these were just tribal bullshit.

"Fascist forces treat the distribution of social murder as a therapeutic form of economic, libidinal, and material redistribution, a bloodletting for the health of the social body of the Volk." Absolute banger here from @sanktmaxtci.bsky.social prometheus-mag.com/2026/03/26/t...

We had an in-depth look at the misinformation targeting City of Sanctuary last summer. How it spread from the mainstream to the online far right, and how the charity was inundated with horrific threats. This is part of a worrying and growing trend. www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2026...

There is a non-zero chance that Farage could leave politics again.

There is a non-zero chance that Farage could leave politics again.

Just want to remind all y'all that there is a Bsky starter pack of the 2026 Hugo Award finalists so you can follow them all with relative ease. Handy tool that I hope @montrealworldcon27.bsky.social and @brisbane28.org will emulate.

futurism.com/future-socie... lol

There is a non-zero chance that Farage could leave politics again.

The Conservatives are for "the super rich" says Robert Jenrick, whose own campaigns have been funded by a billionaire Israeli mining heir and a firm controlled by a sanctioned oligarch

Interesting to see how the BBC has softened the Farage story when they were once supposedly left of the ST. Or maybe it's just incompetence

Well worth reading though NB ignores apprenticeships’ comparatively low completion rates relative to universities, which bears factoring in.

UK Children’s minister calls for ‘moral outrage’, vows to end profit-driven care. 84% of children’s homes run for profit. Private equity is key player. Public purse looted. In Nov 2024, govt vowed to end profiteering. Still waiting. End Privatisation of social care. archive.ph/o9c7I

This looks amazing.

Starmer saying it’s impossible for a prime minister to spend less time on foreign affairs has got me thinking that we need a cabinet position dedicated to foreign policy. Ideally they’d have their own department.

Damning evidence of this being correct: Cranky oddballs like Haidt being treated as deep thinkers with helpful things to say and interviewed by broadsheet newspapers

An anti-democratic outrage in Birmingham

I remember this "reimagining" of Rescue Me. It's terrible. #totp

Sting is on. Time to mute the TV. #totp

Confession. This is the first time I've listened to Masses Against the Classes. #totp

Still outraged #totp hasn't played Barber's Adagio for Strings. One of the greatest trance tunes ever.

What was it with mixed teeny bopper bands that completely bled out the male vocals? #totp

Was this sub-Eurovision ditty what put them on track for an appearance on the world's greatest song contest? #totp

Good old Scooch. For some reason they were fly posted heavily all over Zanzibar's in Newscatle-under-Lyme. #totp

45 years ago today. Buried on page 20 on a holiday Friday just like this one, news that changed the world. www.nytimes.com/1981/07/03/u...

Did a little extra subscriber-only interview for PTO, so you know what to do...

Not sure how I saw this Eurythmics #totp performance as I would have been at work when it was on, and yet I remember it.

There really was nothing to "Hot Boyz". #totp