Like I've said, it's not like I'm all-in on some demand that trans women should be allowed to compete in the Olympics. But I thought given that only one trans woman had ever even qualified (and didn't even come close to winning), the exiting policy seemed to have things about right. But...

Been invited to a McBusted tribute act and, in the spirit of not being the grumpy sod I am, I went over their music and I am genuinely astonished Busted agreed to that collaboration given how little McFly bring to the party.

The think I find fascinating about her is given her obvious contempt for children why she picked this career.

"the good news is that we have found a relatively cheap and easy way to prevent the cast from going through puberty. the bad news is that not everybody in this room is going to like it".

Just as a note, this is an excerpt from a Dara O'Briain routine from about a decade ago youtube.com/shorts/Zt2s9...

Never mind that, what about the clowns?

This is a ridiculous analysis from Mr Peston on so many levels.

Crawlin' back to you...

Headlines direct from Boxing Day

More evidence for my "maybe Reform are just bad people?" Thesis

Horrible news for your dad

What's great is that Morgan doesn't actually say the thing they claim he said in the first bullet point, the handler does, because they've gotten Belgrave Street and Belgrave Road mixed up. The sort of thing that might happen if you have just been mugged...

Jodorowsky's Harry Potter

In this way, Emerald Fennell really did capture the book by making something that unwatchable

It's increasingly obvious that the US doesn't actually have a plan or a particular interest in ending things, and indeed is carelessly escalating with random strikes against ostensible allies.

I do think "Did Morgan McSweeney arranged for his phone to be stolen in October 2025 to avoid a request from March 2026 to hand over his messages that were primarily released in February 2026?" does have an obvious answer, but that's why I'm not Leader of the Opposition.

The kids go through puberty at some point between Season 1 airing and Season 3 filming, at least two of the actors playing teachers die, Ron is entirely bald by the time they release the Order of the Phoenix.

If it takes you two days I'm not really sure you should be running it, really.

I once rented a house where the landlord had illegally converted the garage to be his bedsit, and in trying to defend "why are you going in and out of the garage in the night?" both inadvertently revealed this, and also that technically the contract was invalid as he'd got the house number wrong.

Everything from his hair to his name screams bit part in a BBC miniseries where they can't name the real DG.

If I were to be mean, I would point out that Badenoch visibly believes that her policies will produce good outcomes because they are her policies, regardless of whether those outcomes make any sense for what she proposes.

Malcolm Offord yet another piece of evidence in my longstanding theory that Reform are just bad people.

"You have to realise, we don't investigate any of these thefts."

you see dubious political chicanery, I see admirable proof that the Met doesn't discriminate when it comes to its abject failure to investigate phone theft, even if the phone in question was being used to run the government

"The Iranians have taken JD Vance hostage, the White House have offered to negotiate on the strict condition that they keep him."

Have the white working class considered how this is going to play in left behind towns with the hero voters?

The Rest is Nursery

I don't think it gets conveyed enough that the stated policy platform of GCs is that everyone should be as miserable and friendless as them.

Do you think they sell these for humans?

A lot of journalists have privately said to me that they really think Kemi has improved

I think ultimately, it was a mistake for her to spend the last 18 months backpacking through the Andes without a phone, rather than being Culture Secretary.

Fundamentally, this is why I am relatively bullish on Labour's re-election: - Reform have hit their cap - There's a strong anti-reform vote - Tories are useless - Modest improvements will be enough Crucially, for the counterfactual, they just don't seem bothered by the latter...

The people yearn for double liberalism.

After a brief and disillusioning career in politics D.S. Nandy returns to her hometown to tackle the growing threat of Mancunian gangs and the greater threat of becoming a connurbation in the new ITV drama "The Pier."

Snap back to reality, Ope, there goes gravity, Ope, there goes Nandy, She choked, She's so mad, But she won't, Give up that easy

If nothing else, every photo in this does scream otherwise...

It's sad to see @robfordmancs.bsky.social replaced by AI like this...

First look at Dwayne Johnson as Maui in the live-action ‘MOANA’ remake.

It will always be Massive Mohammed to me, mashallah

We’ve told all the casting agents that the Weird Al biopic sequel is currently on hold, but they just keep sending in headshots.

Because of work and socialising and travel I haven't cooked as much lately, but please enjoy a catch up

What's great is that the entire last year has been No. 10 pushing the CMA to be more flexible, literally they fired people over it, in pursuit of balancing market concentration with investment and then they just stroll in here on the basis of a basic misunderstanding of price signals.

Fundamentally, a real problem for those of us who think AI solutions are useful but overstated rather than evil is how many AI companies are exactly the caricature opponents present them as.

Phil Lord and Christopher Miller are the tour de force of fun, human, genre-heavy nerd films that the Russos like to insist they are.

Thought you were only supposed to be offered one before it's just a fine?

No, and also, no.