Happy new My Chemical Romance tour dates to all who celebrate x

(A lot of people are in willful denial that Reform have a clear polling lead)

Tempted to vague post like it's MSN messenger

Relatedly, Tolkien was a pious Catholic, a man born in the 19th century, and a veteran of the First World War - he was v clearly basing the Frodo/Sam relationship as of one between an Officer and their loyal orderley

A government with a parliamentary majority and a determined will can do almost anything it wants

It's actually quite amusing how the Lib Dems have had a quiet revolution, and are now a genuinely liberal centrist pro European party for the affluent middle classes

What next, the lib dems supporting nuclear power or building one (1) house somewhere

There's nothing like stripping wallpaper to make you think about Rhyming Bank Ads And resolve to punish those responsibile

David Cameron, Theresa May, Boris Johnson and Rishi Sunak all did take a firm line against mindless thuggery,

Outnumbered is Modern Family

Fun fact: they tried doing a US adaptation of Gavin and Stacey.. with him from New York and her from Pennsylvania .. it did not work

I think it's unlikely that tying oneself to the fortune of an Argentine political leader, could end badly

Lads why not just have a meeting so you can shout at each other in person

My theory is that it's the same as Spitting Image in that the Iconic Parts have been repeated so often they're seared into the cultural memory, while all the dross is forgotten

Big day for scouse emos

I'm telling my kids this was the Orange Order

I heard from my uncle who works at Nintendo

I have to say, it is weird how the world we live in today is because Obama mocked Trump at the White House correspondents dinner

Lightweights

The lesson of the last few years is that however unpopular you think inflation is, it's way way more unpopular than that

Tbf it was outlawed in the sense that medieval Bishops kept issuing stringent edicts against premarital sex (e.g it was rampant)

Reform have a clear and sustained lead in the polls, it's mental to think businesses won't do this

Unrelated to anything, but God, The Trial of the Chicago Seven is sooooo good Sometimes there's just a pure joy in something just so tightly plotted, with perfect dialogue

Banks became reasonably close to becoming Mayor of the West of England

Honestly, necessity is the mother of invention, and the constraints of traditional television can create great stuff

Oh I do have a take here - iirc there have been a wave of closures of century old M&Ss in places in the north from Southport to Hull, which really fed dissatisfaction that the area was going down hill. Especially when unlike in Didsbury (?) they weren't being replaced by charming independents

It's really quite fun how the Gail's example for lib dem target seats (not what this article is about) was just an indicative example, a bit of spin for the lib dems that worked fabulously I mean Blair wasn't *really* targeting specifically Mondeo owners!

Important caveat that this isn't weighted by population , i think Welsh is only yhr first language of about 20% of the population? This is something Plaid have been trying to break out of!

The Hapsburgs also didn't suddenly vanish from European politics in 1918 interestingly- Charles IV made two serious bids to reclaim the Hungarian throne, while restoration became briefly popular in late 30s Austria as the only option to ward off Hitler

Huh, turns out the only reason Franz 'shot in Sarajevo' Ferdinand was the heir to Austria-Hungary, was because the Crown Prince was a mentally ill syphilic who shot himself and his mistress??

Rather staggering that mainstream publication is arguing for assisted suicide in order to cut the NHS bill

I'd choose greek and Japanese food obviously

Davey is hunting Godalming and Ash like it's the last of the infinity stones

Say what you like about James Cleverley, I'm fairly sure that he'd have taken a firm line against literal Tommy Robinson

it's not really an argument designed for opponents, it's messaging to the worth in group about your superiority

Top work from Simpsons Bortposting on FB

I can't remember the details, and can't find them now, for my favorite Robert Redford anecdote, but: When Indecent Proposal was being discussed, someone asked a film critic if she would sleep with Robert Redford for $1 million, and she replied, "Yes, but where would I get the money?"

Tbf you get these quotes every time there's a defection anywhere

Or NHS conduct prior to the Nottingham stabbing attacks..

God I miss summer already

A continuing theme

I genuinely believe the tories best hope is to Bring Boris Back. They're polling at 17%! If he can drag them up to 24% that would be a terrible defeat. But one that let's them live another day

Alan Bennett writes about twitch streamers

Stunning tbh. Kruger isn't a hasbeen, he's one or the intellectual hearts of the modern tory party? Like he could have been Shadow Home Secretary in 2028

Say what you like about the American Civil War, but Lincoln did a tad more than words (rightly so)

Confession that I got half way through the first of the Thursday Day Murder Club books and gave up because it was dire)

The fun thing about protest numbers is that they're all made up The countryside alliance March is still technically the fifth largest march in UK history iirc. It's all just vague estimates!

Meanwhile Ed Davey's deputy has plans for just a scrumptious church fête

Likewise actually, if you read about collaborators under occupation, half of them are petty thugs or crooked businessmen trying make a buck and destroy rivals