Farage has been a major figure in national politics for twenty years. Can I ask why it’s taken until 2026 to “scratch the surface”?

It all worked out.

Top of the league.

Bottle the moment.

They’re going to storm Kharg Island, it’ll be an amazing invasion. And then they’re going to dig holes, beautiful big holes, and they’re going to sit in them more and more, and people are saying they’ll definitely survive being relentlessly bombarded

the uk no1 single on the day max dowman was born was some streaming nonsense nobody cares about because it’s long after people stopped giving a toss about the charts, that’s how young max dowman is

A racist, genocide supporting, benefits-slashing, Trump-appeasing, freebie-taking, nonce-excusing, authoritarian, transphobic chronic liar? Yep, you are right, we do hate him for who he is.

Havertz makes Gyökeres better because Havertz makes everybody better. Insanely selfless, helpful player.

Reminder that new Reform recruit - and disgraced former Tory cabinet minister - Nadhim Zahawi was once accused, with business partner Jeffrey Archer, of forgery and ripping off... Arsenal. www.mailplus.co.uk/tv/the-micha...

"Maduro is a brutal authoritarian dictator," I wisely intone, as the corrupt demented paedophile US President violating Constitutional Law while operating a gestapo and concentration camps illegally arrests a foreign leader on charges which read like they were written on a paper placemat in crayon.

I keep forgetting to say - on the blog I wrote about being called a contrarian for doing history, why misunderstandings of the "Dark Ages" ignore materialist circumstances and also just, you know, any history at all whatsoever. share.google/0iFkShpPuOKA...

How bad is it for Manchester United? Let's just say I've seen Spurs fans laughing.

Really struggle with the idea that recognising Palestine is being treated like a way to try and moderate Israel's conduct - the diplomatic equivalent of a threat to send a naughty child to bed early if they don't behave properly - rather than the inalienable right of an entire nation of people.

It should go without saying, but politicians rushing to do PR visits with wanted genocidaires *while they are still committing the genocide* is an order of magnitude more extreme and hateful than e.g. a certain recently proscribed direct action group have done. It is apeshit stuff!

It's one year since Chris Sutton was asked if Mbappe would be able to play with his broken nose in the Euros and he wrote the funniest thing I've ever read.

As football news goes, this site is incredibly important. It's also much cheaper than some other football 'news' sites

AI algorithms have finally calculated how many dead, starved & mutilated civilians it takes to morally outweigh a Facebook post about a mural

🚨 Exclusive 🚨 Ian Rush has put his name to a 90-minute, score-settling, AI musical in the style of Hamilton about his legal battle against a Surrey scaffolding company and a small Wigan law firm, in so doing attacking, among others, Robbie Fowler and Jamie Carragher. 1/7

You're probably going to be hearing a lot about this weekend's mad finish in the National League South over the next couple of days, so here's an attempt to explain what the bloody hell is going on there. unexpecteddelirium.substack.com/p/the-nation...

If cutting benefits for the poor and disabled is the tough and difficult choice then one can only wonder how it is that, decade after decade, Britain has been blessed with an unbroken streak of bold and courageous governments.

There's only so many times you can claim that making the poorest foot the bill for government decisions is taking a "painful choice" before it becomes apparent that it is, in fact, simply a reflection of your political values. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

It's great when individuals who work for broadcasting outlets that have shows like 'Ref Watch' and who focus so, so much of their match coverage on refereeing decisions start wondering why there is so much focus on referees and conclude that it is because of Mikel Arteta.

Never forget, the electric car is here to save the car industry, not cities or the planet.

Elon Musk’s fascist turn isn’t puzzling at all. It’s all about labour 🧵

Introduce yourself with 4 video games... (god I'm old)