"I'm constructing my words carefully here, but it's my job to make the call for you: Robert Jenrick has left the Conservative Party and joined Reform. But what is Reform and what does it mean for you and your family?"

A political commentariat that values 'strength' and optics over actual policy and real strategic thought is a menace. #Torywars

There's something very NHS-coded about the walk from the cark park to the outpatients department at an orthopaedic hospital being an obstacle course of slippy leaves and uneven paving.

Place where I sometimes go for breakfast on Sundays has published an unhinged post on FB about how Labour is destroying them because they've increased the min wage and are lowering the drink drive limit. Maybe they'd do better if they didn't kick you out after one hour when place is virtually empty!

The first edition of Victoria Wood - As Seen on TV was originally broadcast on this day in 1985.

I think BlueSky might be finally cutting through. I'm starting to see lots of posts where people value their self worth by the amount of time they spend in a gym and/or running.

You've been fed, watered and given a clean litter tray. Cheer up!

I once attended Catholic Mass at Pontin's Southport where Connie Creighton also happened to be in the congregation.

Your “will of the elected House” is a constitutional innovation that you may find comforting but has no basis in how our Parliament works Win your argument to allow the state to facilitate suicide on the merits on your case, and deal with the fact that loads of us legitimately oppose you

Just saw that the BBC have rebooted the Inspector Lynley Mysteries. Were there no other detectives in literature ripe for a TV adaptation?

Finally deleted my Twitter account. I've not been logging in for the best part of a year, anyway, but I can't have anything at all to do with that cess pit anymore.

There is, to my mind, no justification for the continued use by the UK Government of X as a platform for official comms. There hasn't been for some time, in fact, but if the latest developments around AI-generated image abuse and CSAM don't change the policy I really don't know what will.

Wishing everyone a Happy New Year!!! 🥂 x

Given up. The accents are appalling and, as usual, the lighting appears to indicate that the production company hasn't paid the leccy bill.

Watching the first episode of the new Channel 5 crime drama, Cooper and Fry. 6.5 minutes before any proper dialogue, just like every modern thriller. So boring. And although it's great that Irish government are funding everything made by Channel 5, some of the English accents are extremely dodgy.

Bob Harris is currently on Radio 2 claiming that he's 'going to Hootenanny later' and 'it should be a great show'. 😅

The Conservative Party is simultaneously arguing people shouldn’t be jailed for social media posts directly calling for violence, but also that people’s citizenship should be revoked over social media posts they don’t like. Make it make sense.

1-2-3 by Gloria Estefan and the Miami Sound Machine has just come on Radio 2, and I'm suddenly transported to a Pontin's holiday camp in the early 1990s as the house band appear on stage to do their first of two nightly spots, just after bingo.

I want this so bad, but how can I justify spending £100 on something to hold a few books upright?

Camp

Thoroughly enjoying The Good Ship Murder festive special. I'm going to spend more time in 2026 watching undemanding cosy entertainment because why the hell not?

It'll be just a few days in the right wing outrage cycle before this becomes the fault of the Labour government.

As the UK completely shuts down it's public transport for Christmas, remember that other countries are sane. In #Melbourne, for example, not only is public transport running, but its free to use on Christmas Day transport.vic.gov.au/news-and-res...

Two hours until Christmas.

Show me how your 2025 went

Remembering those who are no longer with us this Christmas. Always in our hearts

Who on the production team owes a favour to F!VE's publicist? #strictly

Every time I discuss universities with voters - even highly qualified ones - I get the same eight points: *Taxpayer pays tuition *Waste of money *Far too many unis *We need apprenticeships *Lecturers get x3 months holiday *Social engineering *Woke *Get rid of Humanities So, so tired of it all. 😫

Well, there's a photo I never expected to see in my life. Noam Chomsky palling around with Steve Bannon.

This feels like a crossing of the Rubicon. It is not an unconsidered expression of opinion by one journalist in the heat of the moment but a planned editorialising by the BBC, a passing of judgement on the government. It is a grave mistake. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Chipsteaks! Unique and delicious, with tremendous protein value

Headline on The World at One just now: "Sir Keir Starmer has denied putting the Labour Party before the country by ending the two-child benefit cap". Can we please go back to reporting the actual news, not someone's partisan take on it?

PURE JOY youtu.be/ot4KFoWmlYc?...

Traitors, Reform celeb edition.

Christmas is cancelled at WOKE UNIVERSITIES

A great nugget of Commonwealth history is the 1956 referendum in Malta where voters approved the country's full integration with the UK. Just think, election nights would have had reports from the latest rumours regarding turnout in Gozo, and whether Valletta would once again be a bellweather seat.

This is because the 'news cycle' has been outsourced to X, which is nothing more than a manipulated cesspit of right-wing overlapping echo chambers. Nathan Gill and Covid failures would have been massive news just a few years ago; now they're just treated like an everyday news item.

Teddy's promo shot for her new three-part ITV drama.

I know I'm probably too emotionally detached, but why are people writing into radio stations saying that someone they don't know is making them cry because she's doing a lot of running? (Incidentally we need more critical engagement with the weirdness of dangerous/unpleasant activity for charity)

Dear Labour: please just increase my income tax. Don't fiddle with thresholds or the small number of employee perks I get because, if all that happens, there will be no good reason for me to work full time anymore.

Local independent cafés be like: 1. No we don't have our opening hours on our website. My mate's son made a WordPress site for us 3 years ago for £50 and we don't have the password. 2. We stop serving hot food at least 2 hours before close. Who are you monsters expecting us to cook after 1:30pm?

I have a brand new duvet and lovely new bed linen on my bed. Excited!

Monday.

It's indicative of the way the British media establishment works, but the best chance for a reprieve for Modern Languages at Nottingham is the fact that lots of media types will have kids or friends with kids studying at Nottingham. No-one cared about Salford in 2013 when 50 years of provision died.

Why is the BBC News website full of 'explainers' like 'What is a bus and why is everyone talking about them?' or 'Eating yoghurt is revolutionary but where does it come from?'

Next time someone tells you that train drivers "just push buttons" show them this from the BBC

Sean in Classic Corrie explains Eurovision to the Rovers crowd.