My favourite version of that is Mrs Davis, which is shot entirely in Spain, including the bits that are supposed to be in London and Scotland. It's so stunningly *wrong* that, along with the general wackiness of the series, I find it oddly charming.

Ngl would watch

Watching the walking dead spin-off about Daryl Dixon wandering around Europe and this season is obviously (Spanish music) going to be set in Spain but prior to that they are meant to be in London, so they’ve shot it in a Spanish city with an unconvincing CGI London skyline behind it.

Man goes to see Doctor. He says “Doctor, I am depressed, life seems hollow sham” Doctor says “solution is simple. Look at this root vegetable. Looks exactly like a penis” “But Doctor” says man “I am That’s Life star Doc Cox” Great joke. Audience applauds.

Because I wanted to write about something a bit more positive for a while, I wrote about a new book I read and loved recently and what it tells us about Labour's policy and promises on immigration in today's newsletter:

Yeah plus the anglophone global hyperpower is full of people descended from those wronged by us, is still dealing with the aftermath of things we started there, and has separation from bad evil us as its formational moment.

I’m not saying the Telegraph has changed but in the olden days they would see this blame more as kudos

Imagine believing this polling

I... do think that is revolting actually

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More on 6 Music’s *baffling* news choices: they are deciding to tell me about (sounds bad, RIP those involved) road traffic accidents in the Republic of Ireland now.

If he offers to take Allison Pearson, I am afraid I retract all my bad words against him

I feel a thing that would encourage institutional accounts to head over here would be if you didn’t have ridiculous (or maybe even malicious) labelling going on

This honestly isn’t meant as combative or particularly even directed at Neil, but I genuinely think this is the same category error the right make when they elevate her opinion to some position of importance because she’s good at her job. People can be cranky as fuck and good at their job!

So this is what they mean by elf and safety gone mad

Meanwhile over on the normal social media app

I’ll note that Harold Wilson, who has regularly been mooted as a comparison figure for Starmer, was replaced by an extremely right wing former Home Secretary who led the party to a generational defeat. But at least Wilson and Callaghan did some stuff in between. Labour-y stuff, to boot.

My wife, who loves this country for all the opportunities it gave her, and who never really engaged personally with politics. sat down last night to write an absolutely savage letter to the local Labour MP.

Guess that’s me voting Lib Dem for the foreseeable, then.

The best way to understand what is actually “driving the small boats” is “if something carried a one in a 100 risk of death, would you do it it it gave you ten more years of healthy life?”

The Hangman’s Beautiful Daughter…is all grown up now

*Glaring Metaphor for British Politics Klaxon*

Why did Tolkien call it The Red Book of Westmarch and not “Mordor, He Wrote”?

While I'm here, not the same territory, but sod it, its fucking great (whole album's good, too: got re-released about 10yrs ago) www.youtube.com/watch?v=9I6S...

Better link (think that last one went to the bit I've got up to) www.audible.co.uk/pd/Fela-Kuti...

Every single modern punk group 6 music play sounds like this track to me open.spotify.com/track/6fNtjb...

The original running man was actively terrible and what kind of ranking of Arnold classics puts Total Recall (also: mainly terrible) ahead of Predator? WTF

Not least because Starmer really doesn’t look like he’s enjoying this, does he? He turns the corner delivery wise and falls on his sword and he sets himself up for a critical reappraisal in 30 years time. Now? He’s going to go down as the worst Labour PM *and* hate every second

Imagine young people listening to old music, never would happen

I’m not saying the End Times are here, but Neal Lawson has written a guardian article that doesn’t call for a Progressive Alliance OR P.R.

My column in today’s FT: a government with no real vision is reverting to its comfort zone of launching campaigns and drawing dividing lines - against Wes Streeting, on tax. Meanwhile in the real world its position keeps getting worse:

I’m no excusing noncing but imagine the childhood this guy had, looking like this

Oh Jesus tittyfucking Christ

No. As far as I can see the main reason for this - and the fascination with saying German soldiers were better man for man, is because they were really good at not looking like they were losing when they were.

Well, I think Rommel was vastly overrated and Guderian is the man to…oh, GenITals; don’t mind me.

Ooooo memba when Kier Starmer addressed the nation like a vicar who has been dressed as an insurance salesman then locked in a shoe cupboard? What were that all about?

I would comment more on this tweet but my ancestral voices are telling me to go buy 20 woodbine and head down the bookies

God forbid men have hobbies

Pleased to see yer boyf in the papers

But also - importantly - he’s turning into Bertrand Russell

I am glad someone is highlighting this, shame it’s not a proper journalist but we can’t have everything

Honestly why does he tweet like a supervillain

“Can the prime minister confirm which of his staff went crazy in the coconut yesterday, totally doolally tap?”

Will be Prime Minister for food.

Team Will