Europe being jointly attacked by America and Russia feels like somebody somewhere has fucked up somewhat, and we should be discussing which assumptions we made it is that have turned out to be disastrously wrong.

Some of us knew it before, and EVERYONE knows it now.

Being a British parent is so weird bc you're actually worried about paying the sky high rent/mortgage & getting GP appointments but the entire press keeps telling you you're worried there's a trans person or immigrant nearby & the vat on Eton means there'll only be two skiing holidays this year

Ian Austin was a Labour MP who spent the years 2015-19 furiously campaigning against his own party's leader because of alleged concerns about antisemitism. When his party lost the election, Boris Johnson made him a Lord. These are all plain facts and it's up to you what you do with them.

For non-Brits: one of these people has for years been held up as a lion of personal courage, bravely standing up to vicious bullies, and the other was denounced at astonishing intensity as a Stalinist thug imposing their crazy beliefs on others by force. Would you like to guess which is which?

racists roll their eyes at this, they're not happy with any message short of 'send them all back' & they don't trust labour trying to pander to them. people who aren't racist recognise this as divisive patronising nonsense. labour's approval rating is 12% and i'm surprised it is that high

Terrible news for Nigel and his bitches, the entire British press.

Remember folks: if you have any small amount of artistic talent, any sex appeal, or can make your friends laugh, the richest man on earth is crying screaming throwing up because he can’t be you.

We got Weird Al out here singing Killing In The Name, the time for moderation is over

Biting the hand that feeds him, smh

Come on, admit it - now that you’ve seen it, you want it.

has anyone else noticed that food tasted better in the past? it was mushy and easy to eat. and the spoon would come at you like an airplane

He doesn’t care: he’s been shown over and over that the path to power is just lying and bullshitting, and convincing Britain’s horrific media outlets to puff you up. What happens after that is basically irrelevant, as you can see now.

The Nobel people should start a football prize and just hand it to some random tennis guy

Anyway, Good Morning. youtu.be/jhicDUgXyNg

The common characteristic of Reform and all others who trade in petulance and spite is that they cannot deal with any kind of scrutiny or pushback. youtube.com/shorts/ICA82...

Why I ain’t had a Fizzy Cola Bottle since the summer of ‘87 dangnammit.

Ok sure I’ll wave away “the world cup is the greatest event humanity has ever seen” because each to their own but “will ever see” just seems like a lack of ambition.

A mysterious black obelisk has appeared overnight outside the caves of some of the sharper pundits

I will never let this russian doll series of quote posts go by without boosting it again, people can’t stop everything turning to shit if they don’t know how everything started turning to shit.

On the News Agents, the team are furious & confused about why the Farage school story hasn’t been picked up properly by the media, listing a lonely handful of dogged journo pals that curiously does not include sister station & ad partner LBC (“news you can trust, and the conversations that matter”)

You can’t beat a hotel breakfast.

Bob’s your un-c-le (un-sea-ler)

The algorithm is capricious tonight.

In case it wasn't already obvious why Farage and his party are spreading misinformation about the climate crisis and trying to blame the most vulnerable for the problems caused by inequality - they've just received a record donation from a jet fuel multimillionaire!

Because you're an adult you fucking muppet. You gotta pay the magic forward.

If the law failed me like this I would feel entirely justified to take it into my own hands.

The guys with all our health data…

This is sad news, he played on so many of my favourite records RIP

Relatable Corvid

Two things can be true; a party leader should know all about the budget deficit, and a previous member of the austerity government has no fiscal credibility and is in no position to lecture people about economics.

Please, if good television matters to you, repost or repackage this video until everyone you follow has seen it #televisionmatters

Something to cheer you up. youtu.be/qkSToDSb2ns

This hasn't had much coverage, amidst all the debate about jury trials, but there is also a lot of concern about Lammy's plans to remove the automatic right to appeal bylinetimes.com/2025/12/03/d...

A nice bit of How It Works here. All like this: string out the process as long as possible until the last second, then use a loophole to escape consequences.

It is essential to remember that Sensible centrists got everything they wanted in the UK. The left smashed, their Competent Sensible politicians won by a landslide last year and have a huge majority and the policies they dreamed of implemented. And the result is endless horror.

Taking a break from complaining about Spotify not paying artists enough and running ICE recruitment ads to show you my Spotify rap sheet, or whatever you call it.

“the problem is that Americans have eyes”

While obviously Lammy's proposal of scrapping many jury trials is getting the headlines, it seems odd how little attention his proposal to scrap the automatic right to appeal is getting. That seems like quite a big thing to be honest, especially for poorer and more marginalised defendants. #r4today

4. You see, the problem is this: History Reclaimed don’t know much about British colonialism. They’re not actually interested in it. They are a private company funded to prevent any truthful examination of the past that might challenge a right wing, white-centred version of the national story.

1/5 It was entirely predictable that The Telegraph would jump on @DavidOlusoga’s Empire series to fight its right wing culture war for control of our public history. Let’s see what they’ve done:

Do you notice how the catch all excuse for an entire generation of awful public figures who have behaved horrendously, whether left or right, is: “the kids have all gone crazy on social media”. Do you see how it is in fact the old farts who have roasted each other’s brains on Twitter and Facebook.

Reminder that when the Times had similar worries about Reform, its response was to give Farage this advice on implementation: "Removing a city’s worth of people would be an extended exercise. Identity cards would be a must if the population was to be sieved into legitimate and illegitimate camps"

Each week Zack Polanski muses about a different seat, and each week…

"We would have punished these guys if it hadn't taken us 4 decades to get round to it" is just a fantastic summary of police accountability in Britain

every batman villain is like “this city has been corrupt for too long it’s time for the proletariat to rise up and seize the means of production!” and batman is like “my investment portfolio doesn’t like that”