Is this my best side? What a poser.

Took the toddler to Newcastle and showed her the Earl Grey statue but oddly she wasn’t interested in hearing about the 1832 Reform Act. Nor in hearing about why the 1867 and 1884 Reform Acts were arguably more consequential. Tough audience

General Boles is a Yimby to his bones but this is testing me tbf

3 hours of #TOTP later and no Jayne Middlemiss? Going to be some unhappy dads on here tonight.

For connoisseurs of utterly mental extensions on mundane houses (via reddit) www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/1...

"I stayed on Twitter through Nazi-ism and the owner causing 600,000 Africans to die so if you think a bit of child pornography is going to get me to leave you are barking up the wrong tree my friend" Some people apparently

Always funny how utterly shite the Rhodesians were in terms of being white supremacists. The economy was entirely at the whim of global crop and nickel prices, failed any efforts at self-sufficiency, and had a transient population of petit-bourgeois car salesmen and the failsons of Scottish peers.

Petition to rename Grok “Mecha-Epstein”

Ex-Meta chief AI scientist Yann LeCun has Lunch with the FT and in one of those instances so rare that you know he didn't sign an NDA, says exactly why as.ft.com/r/e503690d-8...

check out this amazing photograph of a heron in Richmond Park by my former colleague Toby Melville now of Reuters

Recipes for Disaster: what George Osborne's Byron Burger tells us about politicians and social media.

We’re doomed

there is simply no rest for the wicked, so I have just published my first newsletter of the year - in which I answered as many of your horrible "would you rather" questions as possible: youngvulgarian.substack.com/p/i-answered...

"Openai in particular should beware hubris. One vc says discussion of cash burn is taboo at the firm, even though leaked figures suggest it will incinerate more than $115bn by 2030" www.economist.com/leaders/2025...

It's our fourth anniversary at Comment is Freed today and we have a special offer to celebrate. 25% off for your first year. We don't do these often so if you've been thinking of signing up now is the time samf.substack.com/p/fourth-ann...

The worst year in one picture

"I stayed on Twitter through Nazi-ism and the owner causing 600,000 Africans to die so if you think a bit of child pornography is going to get me to leave you are barking up the wrong tree my friend" Some people apparently

"The Hanging Gardens of Babylon?"

Who were you expecting? Cilla Black? The Aga Khan? #TheTraitors

Apparently it's not acceptable to leave a family gathering to watch #TheTraitors and quite frankly I'm coming across to the 'no contact' viewpoint

Concerning.

Perhaps they could have achieved two things by having a huge bonfire using the rubbish?

Reckon they had alternative "Birmingham Council funds firework display while bins remain full" headline ready. The Sun's 'Birmingham bastard Council spaffs £Xhundredtythousand on fireworks, while rats feast on dreams of children that their Christmas bin might be emptied.' Byline sadly goes unused.

ah yes, the city that can't afford to collect bins was definitely going to put on a fireworks display

Yes @gabyhinsliff.bsky.social, this is the 2026 credo we deserve www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

The #Traitors railway is running on New Year's Day and until January 4. A lovely day out if you are near Aviemore

Ha. Adam, the very first one. I hope he goes VERY quickly.

Spending the first day of 2026 familiarising myself with #TheTraitors cast and I already have my list of wrong 'uns www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/...

"I didn't think they were going to do it but then BAM, third encore, The Blue Danube"

HOOTENANNY

Down in the tube station at midnight

New Year, new outlook.

Only wish they had put Windsor Davies shouting 'Shut up!' On the back of 'Land of Hope and Glory' to really mess with the Telegraph's minds.

Just have a photo of Farage after the plane crash projected onto the Moon at this rate.

This is so Sadiqpunk.

Good to see Sadiq turning the piss off Reform dial to 11

Freed from desire, mind and senses purified Freed from desire, mind and senses purified Freed from desire, mind and senses purified Freed from desire...

One of my most appreciated tweets of The Bad Place

HAPPY TRAITORS DAY EVERYONE

Never forget the greatest BBC NYE moment of all time

I want to wish you all a very happy new year. I of course will be spending the evening celebrating in the traditional way, by driving to Simon Jenkins' various homes and shouting abuse through the letterbox. 🍾🏠🏘️🌳🚚🎉🎆

Get in line...

Another year in which the obstinate refusal of Nike* to furnish me with a £100k pa sponsorship deal has meant I have once again failed to realise my dreams of winning the London marathon *and Adidas and Brooks and Puma and Saucony

Well, Zack has done some of his best work with massive tits

Wow, an unironic, wild "me thinks". A fine trophy for the wall of your study.

Keir Starmer - Give Me Just A Little More Time