I wonder if anyone actually gives a shit about Andy Burnham's mayoral constituents who voted for him on the basis that he would be their mayor for another two years and have now effectively been told that he doesn't really want that job anymore and would rather be somewhere else...

Ah Brexit. The gift that keeps on giving

Vote Trump, Get Mumps #RFKNutbag

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I think the most obvious use for generative AI is coming up with names for Daily Telegraph journalists.

Sidney Lumet on the "lens plot" he used to increase the tension in 12 Angry Men. So cool.

Watching Bad Sisters and it's ABSOLUTELY TORTUOUS waiting for the prick to finally die

Gosh, Alain Delon. I mean, Marianne's dress is shedding feathers all over the floor and she hasn't noticed and probably doesn't care.

In the end, if your MP job had to be your only job, you’d soon see who was dedicated to public service and who was dedicated to themselves. After years of grift and dishonour, it’s time to stop relying on the ‘good chap’ theory and start imposing some ‘just in case you’re not’ rules.

Indeed … good question …

Yeah, so this was funny. But also: 1. This is the almost definitional exercise of free speech. 2. When the far right get upset they burn buildings with people inside and storm legislatures intent on overturning legitimate elections. If they made jokes instead, that would be fine. [more]

Pretty clear that the biggest non-integrated community in the UK is the sizeable number of Reform voters who are out and out racists. And okayish with pogroms.

Yes absolutely, this is a great idea

I just love this story. I first heard it just after he died and I never tire of reading it. What a gent

Brilliant 😄

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Incredible that the Harris-Walz campaign is just basically this now, and it's working.

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