In memoriam...

Laura's work is always great, and if you don't trust me, you can get the album for free anyway until the end of the day to see if you agree....

I hope he bought irony dinner before fucking it like that

Gov is shutdown. Let’s see who picks it up this time 🤣

Remember how Musk and his DOGE crew obtained root access to federal computer systems? Yeah, well:

In David Graeber's book, The Democracy Project, he mentioned ]Liberal-Centrists were not the most reliable allies in political movements. This history is worth taking into account for those active in any political movement.

"The wallpaper was busier maybe, the world was browner, but essentially it was the same world, where telephones were answered with a string of digits and time flowed begrudgingly forwards like gravy." I wrote about my favourite sitcom of all time. madeleinebrettingham.substack.com/p/that-is-wh...

It seems like every day that Morgan McSweeney wakes up with a new idea about how to detoxify Reform's hideous worldview and Keir Starmer duly executes it for him.

People recognised as refugees fleeing persecution & granted the right to live in the UK to be denied the right to be joined safely by their spouse & children. This Labour govt is a moral void, a stinking darkness, an empty hollow of cowardice & contempt. #r4today www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

In all honesty, it’s not rhetoric any more. It’s not narrative. I’ve experienced more racism in the last 4 months than I can ever remember. The wheels are off in the UK and it’s being led by 3 political parties.

“The route, which admitted spouses or partners and dependent children under 18, granted 4,671 family reunion visas in the year ending June 2025 That’s how petty it is.

The express poll asking whether reforms migrangt visa plan is racist is about 91% "no" so it REALLY needs your help - this is a direct link to poll xd.wayin.com/display/cont...

I think everyone who ever had the privilege of being in the same room as Dr. Goodall are feeling the way I am now, just a profound loss of someone who represented the very best of what it meant to be human. May we all continue to learn from her curiosity, her empathy, and her example.

I've taken the time to send an email to Kier Starmer. If you think mandatory digital ID is a terrible idea - please click the link and do the same.

Your worth is not defined by your size, your job or your health status. It’s not defined by what you’re able to contribute to capitalism. You’re worthy just as you are. You have value, you are loved and you shouldn’t ever let anyone tell you otherwise. /end

Post a fictional comedian who definitely would accept an invitation to the Riyadh Comedy Festival.

November marks my 20th year on the magazine. I think that deserves a self-congratulatory pat on the back. For every like this receives I'll try and recall one anecdote (interesting or otherwise) about my time on the mag. (this is one of my favourite covers by armyoftrolls)

For an upstanding Christian gentleman, Tony Blair’s persistent attempts to look like Satan in all his photos is remarkable.

I also think Jimmy Carr’s relentless TV career and decisions of his like this (and the tax and recent hosting of an event for Israeli embassy) also say a great deal about the ultimate values of much of our broadcast media (Farage on I’m a celebrity etc) - he will remain omnipresent

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 ..

If I was an allegedly centrist Prime Minister of the UK who is facing being wiped out by fascists in a few years, I probably wouldn’t be building them infrastructure with which they can track & surveil citizens. But that’s probably just me.

Talk Of Fascism Dangerous, Warns Ministry Of Compliance

Say what you like about his political instincts, but against the wind Sir Keir could sniff out a vote losing opportunity at 10000 paces. Fair play.

Think the Tony Blair Institute looks sinister? You've not seen anything yet. Crucial investigation by @petergeoghegan.bsky.social and Democracy for Sale: democracyforsale.substack.com/p/inside-the...

Why are the American president's claims about autism the first item on British news bulletins? He's not our president, the advice doesn't apply here and he's not presented any evidence to support his assertions. So why spread these claims? What make this the biggest story in the UK?

It's OK, it only needs half of the planet's population to be paying for AI services to see some kind of payback in the current century. The only question will be has the planet burned to a crisp by then?

Absolutely, but it is funny reading this in the Guardian, i.e. the paper that censored Judith Butler to appease the "gender-critical" fash.

Harrison Butker missed all those kicks because he was upset he was unable to go to his best friend’s fake propaganda funeral, and you’re making fun of him?? You all have a lot of growing up to do.

Gonna go even further: don't refer to it as "consuming media" when doing this. You aren't a consumer - it's not a product. You read books. You look at art. You watch movies and/or videos. Be careful about word choice. Reject "consume" and REJECT "CONTENT." IT IS ART. YOU ARE ENGAGING WITH ART.

The Green Party now has 78,000 members. Thats 10,000+ new members this month alone who want to draw the line. I know there are so many more people who want to take a stand. Join us: join.greenparty.org.uk

This Labour Government once again choosing to do the work of their vested interests - and not working for people or the planet. My article today in @the-independent.com on Gatwick Expansion. 👇🏼 www.independent.co.uk/voices/gatwi...

When Rishi Sunak made the Vaccine deal with Moderna as Chancellor, he had up to £530m invested in Moderna. Now Michelle Mone is desperately bringing it up. Like if you want Mone on trial. RT if you want them both facing the music.

Very odd watching BBC News talking about the Lib Dem conference and mentioning how the party has struggled to break through in the media like it's nothing to do with them.

Keep your head on a swivel & don’t be swayed

I am very much looking forward to this... youtu.be/4PHQdmMLtm0?... The Evercade Llamasoft collection.

David Letterman is right: you can't appease a tyrant.

It really comes to something when I end up agreeing with the Pope. He is a White Sox fan though, so we both know what it is to suffer.

The fall out to last week’s assassination is interesting to me because it really gives insight into the way the algorithm showed people on the right CK’s relatively benign, pro-Christian, pro-family content and none of his bigotry, and people on the left seemingly only saw the bigotry stuff

No immigrant caused hikes in the price of energy, water, food, banking, insurance, internet; decline of manufacturing, lack of social housing; PFI; potholed roads; climate change; lack of skilled labour; crisis at universities. Neoliberalism did that Why is Labour not countering Reform narratives?

Whoa.

🔴 NEW - Why you should leave X Here’s the sad truth: Twitter no longer exists. X is something else entirely. It’s a megaphone for extremism, controlled by a deranged oligarch. 📝 latest Substack 👇🏻

It is pretty weird that, following Musk's comments on Saturday (as well as many many others), democratic governments are still posting on X and therefore giving him content. It's beginning to look a little like buying adverts in Pravda in the 1950s or, let's be honest, in Der Sturmer in the 1930s.

Damn it that is so smart!! 🔥

Brian Kilmeade apologized for his comments about homeless people getting lethal injections this morning on Fox & Friends, saying "so many homeless people deserve our empathy and compassion." Here's the clip of his apology 👇

When the Tommeh mob kick off, could someone tell McSweeney and Starmer that most British people intensely dislike drunk, coked up football hooligans acting the twat and it is high time they stood up to them, and for British values, which do not include yobbery, vandalism or white nationalism.

No words needed.

“The odds of fatal injury increased by 44% for people of all ages struck by an SUV, compared with those hit by a passenger car. Among children the odds of fatal injury increased by 82%, and among children under the age of 10 it increased by 130%.” www.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/n...