Why this is very bad news for Starmer

Has Andrew issued a statement saying he is most definitely not suicidal? No rush, though, I'm sure.

Coming soon to your soaraway Spectator - Allow Me To Shock You, I Don't Think Andrew Did Anything Particularly Bad, And Why The Woke Left Are Wrong To Rejoice In His Arrest

It’s his birthday?! There’s a “cake with a file / paedophile with a cake” joke there somewhere.

'But can you tell me what this fellow Graham died of, Max?' 'At an initial guess, Morse, it looks like an overdose of banter brought about by the arrest of a sweaty nonce.'

But we’re not saying which and they change every half hour!

Hope he Windsor long stay in prison, where they mount and batten him regularly.

Purchased! Been looking forward to this one, after absolutely loving ‘Kaleidoscope’.

“Twelve months from now, we will have vastly increased our personal wealth.”

Is there any technology the left is excited about?

Then says it’s good. Then says it’s bad. Then shits himself. Then says it’s good. Then says it’s bad. Then shits himself. Then says…

Cliff Richard has released an anti-ice song, but it's about the weather.

Been a bit of a day. Been a right proper bit of a bloomin' day. Sorry for the language. Anyway, decompressing with 'The Beiderbecke Affair'. A cure so good, it's worth the ailment.

We had a meeting about the show. I said, "I don't want this to be one of those dark, grim shows", and Graeme stood up and said, "Well, I'm off then."

“I am ring heights, wuther you like it or not.”

“I think I’ll always consider myself a failed dancer, not a successful actress.” Brand new on Dirty Feed: a look at three variety specials featuring Mary Tyler Moore, which aired on CBS between 1969-78. www.dirtyfeed.org/2026/02/a-fa...

Graeme Garden's birthday today. A man whose uncanny, almost eldritch ability to sit doing seemingly almost nothing in a group of fellow comedians and then walk off with the entire show in his pocket thanks to single killer line is unrivalled. Man's a genuine genius. Happy Birthday, Graybags.

Only took a couple of days for Drafts to be stuffed with indecipherable “jokes” composed while 4/5ths asleep. Keeping them, though. Dunno, might be useful as emergency non-sequiturs, something to throw down like a villain’s smoke bomb when making an escape.

How your email finds me.

HAPPY PANCAKE DAY. 🥞

Feels good diving back into 'WKRP in Cincinnati'. Just a fun, vibrant, silly, big hearted, sharper than it cheesy grin lets on, occasionally wrong (in a well-meaning for its time kind of way) show, that adds a 3 bar electric heater to the frosty, mildewy, floorboard exposed, empty bedsit of my soul.

JL2 The Planet Of Witches. A cracking good story with a rich premise that breeds great ideas that pile up into a superb piece of world building. Wealth of imagination is matched by witty dialogue & clever plotting. Romana's sour mood and Adric's Adric-ness grate a bit, but Tom is on wonderful form.

La la la la la la la la la la la la la

Another giant gone. RIP Robert Duvall.

New insult just dropped (Pick either)

Please, my wallet, she's so very thin.

You'll believe a man can fly tip.

I’m starting a new faction in the Labour Party, to end this destructive factionalism.

More good stuff later on 4Xtra - "Thoroughly Modest Millie". The remarkable story of Mollie Millest and her friendship with Kenneth Horne. Teenage scriptwriter, ended up contributing gags and sketches for him and then ghostwrote many articles in his name. Available here later, hopefully.

Step 1. Take the lift. Step 2. Why are you still at the steps?

Been watching PM scenes from The Crown. Churchill fun, but not awful enough. Eden, poor twat. Macmillan not shown solving crimes with wife. Wilson, pretty good. Heath, Slitheen? No Callaghan, unforgivable (or Douglas-Home, but fuck him). Thatcher, hilarious. Major, too decent. Blair, uncanny.

Finished 'Small Prophets'. Very much enjoyed 'Small Prophets'. Need more 'Small Prophets'.

"Here's looking at you, kid."

Chinese takeaway and Rumpole Of The Bailey. Valentine's night is getting sexy.

Spending this evening with my Valentine.

The older I get, the more the "Binro was right" scene from 'The Ribos Operation' breaks me. #DoctorWho

Perhaps the greatest occurrence of delivery outshining the line, in sitcom history.

And then, one strange and tragic day, there was no news at all.

Emergency feel good post.

JL2 The Key To Many Worlds. As a whimsical & melancholy character piece about an elderly Marco Polo, this works a treat. The music & sound design were excellent, too. As a body-swap comedy, it's a bit of a dud. One joke repeated ad nauseam, that never develops story-wise and just seems pointless.

Accidentally liked/bookmarked half a dozen posts while scrolling. Touchscreen technology will be banned when I ascend to GodKing.

New follower. You had my sympathy at My Kids Are Starving, but felt a little dubious at Can You Hear Them Cry? And you lost me completely with the broken heart emoji.

Wish they'd kept the scene in Mawdryn Undead where the Doctor and Brig spend an hour trying to tune into the test match.

OPINION: Osgood's gone too far this time. There'll be trouble.

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Still waiting for my Big Finish box set chronicling the Brig and Nyssa's adventures on their journey to the centre of the TARDIS.