Much as I can't stand her, she did a cracking job just now.

Keir Starmer, all about 'protecting women'

Starmer running out of buses to chuck people under.

Keir Starmer actually put this in a briefing to Labour MPs of 'useful questions to ask' today. The PM knew of Mandelson's relationship Epstein when he appointed him. And yet thinks he can still exploit the grief of the victims. This is why he is not fit to be Prime Minister.

Somewhere Bismarck is looking down in confusion as Germany projects power by sending 4,000 pensioners, 12 buffet stations and a TUI loyalty program through the Strait of Hormuz

Update on the dismantling of higher education.

It is clear that many cis people are not aware just how up to her neck Rowling is in funding and driving anti trans sentiment in the UK. She's not just a person with a vile opinion.

I am imploring the Green Party to please streamline your comms. They send me so many emails from local, regional, national accounts that most go unread, and most could be a lot less waffly and more to the point. The politics are great, the comms definitely need some work!

When you pass the Lemming statue you have to stop and appreciate its majestic arse. I don't make the rules.

Maybe AI could be our next ambassador to Washington D.C.

Tune in later for a display of acting worthy of Eldorado or Crossroads.

This is the inevitable endpoint of one of the truly unifying political projects of the 2010s: ensuring that comically bigoted far right crackpots should decide what is and is not racist, a thing almost the entire political/class bent their will towards.

If students are not allowed to counter protest bigots, free speech really is dead

committees.parliament.uk/publications... FYI

You'd never know the OfS was found 'not fit for purpose' by the HoL Industry and Regulators Committee, eh

Gender Critical Commitment to Free Speech: Here's prominent Gender Critical barrister Naomi Cunningham saying anyone who disagrees with her beliefs on sex should be disqualified "from all responsible posts". Do you reckon they might just be using the "free speech" thing as a reactionary wedge?

I’d like to use my freedom of speech to call for the destruction of the Office for Students that basically does nothing beneficial for universities, students, education, or society.

If I understand the OfS line of reasoning, requiring a candidate for academic promotion to express a statement opposing misogyny, antisemitism or racism would 'discriminate' against a lecturer that supports misogyny, antisemitism or racism... inherently discriminatory frameworks (albeit 'awful')

It’s because I switched to the lifter duvet, isn’t it?

Every AI commercial is like "Hey AI, what goes good on a sandwich?" and then the AI is like "Have you considered... cheese?" And then the narrator is like: THE FUTURE IS HERE.

Sunday wine.

Bedding washed, bread baking, bit pot of tomato sauce bubbling on the hob. What a productive day. That may now stop.

A big thank you to Hannah Spencer MP for signing our letter and standing in clear support of the trans+ community. Like Hannah, many women from across the political spectrum have joined the 101,000+ UK women who have already signed our letter - Women in support of the trans+ community.

Do you live in the UK? Are you registered to vote in next month's elections? If not, you'd better get a move on, as tomorrow is the last day you can register. Fortunately, it's easy to do online. www.gov.uk/register-to-... 🗳️

People are incredibly stupid sometimes.

Which of us as teenagers did not spend hours “endlelessly scrolling in our bedrooms”?

It is one thing to pick your battles, another to make nice with your opponents

This is why heritage people are my people. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

An org named after a riot proudly stating they want a kinder quieter debate is a real sign of it being successfully quelled

All I have to say on Dugdale’s appointment at Stonewall. The organization is in terminal decline. Which is what the whole bigoted movement wanted in the first place.

The new Chair of Stonewall, Kezia Dugdale, on JK Rowling (www.theguardian.com/politics/202...).

Once again, I am Toad.

Ideal relationship dynamic

It’s inaccurate to say Mario is brave and Luigi is cowardly Luigi is afraid of death, so he runs away from danger. Mario is afraid of living, so he runs towards death. Both brothers are cowards in their own way

As an author who also happens to have a book in @waterstones.bsky.social, I at least know the difference between paperback and hardback books, which he’s standing in front of…

Feminists for ages: we are not just vaginas and baby making parts. A trans woman enters the room. Those same feminists: we are only vaginas and baby making parts. Fucking clowns.

Done town shopping, done supermarket shopping, visited my Big Issue vendor, taken parents food for lunch. I think that’s Saturday done now. Can I go to bed?

Add universities to this list

These stats imply to me that hip and knee replacements are overwhelmingly successful!

Was this GP struck off just because he asked a Muslim woman to remove her veil? How likely does that sound? 🤷‍♀️ Did he actually ask her to remove her veil 'because he was struggling to understand her?' Let's take a look at what really happened based on the tribunal reports... 🧵 1/25

We stand united with over 100 organisations: Instead of investigations that contribute to division, we call for responsible reporting that sheds a light on systemic injustices and highlights the voices of those most affected by them. Read our joint statement buff.ly/OBWMGpq

This evening: seen friends, had beer, discussed mummies. Standard Friday :-)

Absolutely this.

“To the greatest football fans in the world, where are you? Let’s be having you!”

On 8th May, to be precise.

Every time an exit door presents itself, he refuses. Knowing a bigger, dumber exit will soon appear.

“So you’re absolutely sure that this paedophile-adjacent man who has left government in disgrace multiple times before definitely passed the vetting and no issues were raised?” Not a difficult question, and not unreasonable to have expected Starmer or Lammy to have asked it before appointing him.

I’m really not sure how this man manages to have even more patsys than an AbFab convention.

Well I think that’s the first time I’ve ever paid over seven quid for a fairly standard pint in Leicester 😭😭