Starmer is now in the position where the only reason he's still around is that replacing him would be a ballache. Finally he has a way to connect with British workers

This is the crux of the matter for me, everyone knew, and also the defense of 'he wasn't told' requires you to forget how linear time works, and the fact that Starmer had already announced the appointment and put Mr Noncington-Friend to work before they had time to do a check.

i love her

Why do the Japanese like their buns askew (2026)

Exactly one year ago today:

Mobster voice: "ya don't have to worry about him no more. He's had a meetin' with the vice president, if you catch my meaning."

It's kind impressive just how fucking hard Orban has lost despite trying every dirty trick in the book. Anyway hopefully his next move is going to prison or dying.

This joke is so fucking good, I'm kind of annoyed it's on such a dumb website

BREAKING: Following the American threat of an “Avignon Papacy,” Robert Kennedy has begun a Diet of Worms

I don't remember seeing an image of Earth before that captures the (thin, fragile, tiny layer of) atmosphere so clearly. I mean, look at that.

Why the fuck are we still letting the Americans use RAF bases to commit war crimes, particularly given that their president has gone on TV and explicitly stated he is going to do war crimes. There isn't even a cynical defence to be made by the government.

I've spent an entire day thinking about how great this is. Whenever I pick up a pen I aspire to write something as wonderful as this.

Princess Anne continues to merge with the Christopher Walken meme

Hang on, she says she teaches children who identify as cats, and now holograms? Has anyone checked that she hasn't just been watching Red Dwarf and thought it was real?

Me thinking about how I will support my family when the economy collapses.

Any time anyone says "we don't have enough money for that" show them this video and remind them it cost 80 billion dollars

ok but that's just gorillaz

“But, as you see, it's a beautiful day, the Strait of Hormuz is open and people are having a wonderful time.”

didn't not do a double take at that illustration, let me tell you

Avoided F1 news all morning only to turn on Sky Sports and hear Ted Kravitz reading the results because the schedule on the Sky TV guide is wrong.

Speaking as a lower middle class graduate with an office job and a mortgage, born in the late seventies, I would say: this is half my social circle and most of the people I worked with for years. How in the name of Christ did nobody in politics or media see this coming?

Mr Brightside He destroyed his cage Yes YES Mr Brightside is out.

all-timer sports graphic dropped

A new study by researchers at Cardiff University shows a massive broadcast media bias (including by the institutionally transphobic BBC) against the Green Party and others and disproportionate coverage in favour of Reform… nation.cymru/feature/why-...

I've got plans today but my tram has just gone past a pro Shah protest happening next to an ongoing anime convention and I kind want to go back and take some photos

Worth noting that even if Labour and the Greens had split the vote exactly evenly – the absolute worst case scenario for the stop Reform majority in the seat – Matt Goodwin still didn’t have enough votes to sneak a victory.

So the candidate who left school at 16 with no A-Levels and who's spent her whole adult life vocational, manual jobs beat the ivory tower academic turned cushy media pundit, but you can be sure we'll still get plenty more casual description of the latter as "white working class".

Very funny that the by-election wasn't even close after all of that. Turns out people want "actually things should be better" instead of "racism" or "better things aren't possible"

You're right, I should have realised you had dropped the gun. That wasn't just a mistake — it was disrespectful.

Every room has the same vibe as the Doom bathroom

Head of police: So we're going to arrest Andrew Officer: sure boss, no sweat Head of police: yup, that's the guy

If I ran a brewery I would simply make a beer that was actually enjoyable to drink

Lmao this is so bafflingly wrong

Starmer one again fails to make a decision and has to wait for someone else to make it for him

Your "Epstein Number" is the number of hops between you and someone sending a chummy email to notorious pedophile Jeffrey Epstein

[first guy to discover T. Rex fossil] this is a terrible lizard. just awful

If anybody thinks this is a joke

I mean at heart part of the problem is that air ambulances are charity funded rather than a core government funded emergency services. Police helicopters aren't funded by charity

The government is giving Peter Mandelson a D- for selling state secrets to a convicted paedophile

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