Tony Blair and Rishi Sunak snapped after they bumped into one another outside Trump Tower in New York, four days ago.

The biggest evidence of a Fabian Society plot to destroy Britain is the prime minister opening an article *apparently intended to reach out to voters* by talking about the "nativist populist right".

STOP WRITING IN LABOUR POLICY-WONK JARGON!

Is it "move to Dubai"?

Aside from the What It Actually Is stuff, I think the thing in here that would most surprise settled middle class readers is the extent to which Britain is *already* a "papers please" society.

How the government's new digital ID will work… and why I’ve changed my mind on ID cards (FREE TO READ!) takes.jamesomalley.co.uk/p/how-the-uk...

50 YEARS AGO TODAY: Kraftwerk make their sole British TV personal appearance on Tomorrow's World. Shame about the musical lapels never happening, unless as we suspect that was Ralf and/or Florian taking the piss.

The Sound of Music 4K restoration carried out to mark the film’s 60th anniversary is phenomenally good - Christopher Plummer on the big screen has to be seen to believed. And you get to appreciate Robert Wise’s fantastic direction even more.

I reckon they should call it YourCard or Cardy McCardyface

Wait until he finds out how London Transport taunts the oppressed people of these isles with its so-called "Freedom Pass".

"This is a desperate gimmick, and there are arguments for and against it that need a proper national debate."

Genuinely sweaty, this one. Got remade semi-faithfully as a live broadcast TV play 25 years ago, using B&W & old cameras and starring George Clooney, Richard Dreyfuss & Harvey Keitel. Got the DVD somewhere.

I think it's time for the regulators to crack down on podcast descriptions...

This week, a 1964 film about accidental nuclear war from an acclaimed director, featuring a mad scientist who plans to kill millions. That's right, it's... "Fail Safe" Expecting something else? An amazing film and the amazing story of its battle with Dr Strangelove. With @markpackuk.bsky.social

Another week, another shouty Reform announcement followed by an angry Farage climbdown. It's almost as though it was a strategy. thecritic.co.uk/f-i-...

Americans have "Trump Always Chickens Out", in Britain we have "Farage Isn't Being Serious" - FIBS.

In which Farage goes LARGE Lying Arrogant Racist Grifter Extordinaire

Americans have "Trump Always Chickens Out", in Britain we have "Farage Isn't Being Serious" - FIBS.

In the great Bluesky wars where Americans try to dunk on British food I often comment that Americans cannot comprehend that there are other mature multicultural nations. This is proof that they also cannot comprehend that there are other immature multicultural nations.

Yeah. This is cultural appropriation from self-obsessed Americans who simply can't imagine that any other country is capable of massive stupidity. Typical Yanks.

"Where 'Stand By Me' spoke to the nostalgic, optimistic Reagan era, 'The Long Walk' is a film for a Trumpian time of delight in random public cruelty." On 'The Long Walk' and 'Spinal Tap II'. thecritic.co.uk/they...

Nigel Farage comparing paracetamol to thalidomide reminds me of Jeremy Corbyn comparing the evidence Russia was behind the Salisbury poisonings to claims about weapons of mass destruction in Iraq. Tapping into different seams of the "Don't Believe what THEY tell you" mindset, but with the same goal.

Welcome to the Economist’s editor-in-chief, who you should all obviously follow.

Very excited for Whitehall lunchtime Bible studies that will now have to get senior sign-off for their autumn series looking at Paul's letter to the Colossians.

Obviously support the case for everyone listening to ME, a grizzled veteran so old he can remember when centrists thought Alastair Campbell was a baddie, but this is a wide problem. *News is faster and more competitive. *Editors now expect constant drama. *MPs expect more of leaders.

Europe should tell Trump and RFK Jr. it exports an amazing alternative to Tylenol called paracetamol and use that as leverage in tariff negotiations.

Of course, in this administration, "willfully ignorant" is high praise.

When JFK Jr crashed in flying conditions for which he wasn't certificated, I asked my stepdad, a WWII pilot who flew light planes for more than 60 years, what he thought caused it. "Oh that's easy. He was a Kennedy and thought rules didn't apply." 25 years on, another Jr thinks rules don't apply.

There should be a high bar for politicians attacking the media, but maybe Ed Davey has half a point here? For example, the first three paragraphs of this BBC story repeat Reform's £243bn figure without saying that the thinktank behind the estimate now disowns it. (This is mentioned in paragraph 35)

Chris Philp: Nigel Farage is right. Please stop voting for him.

Especially as the MPs have so far been drawn from the more extreme part of the party.

WORK QUESTION, to which I’m sure I should already know the answer but self-evidently don’t: who’s the best historian of the BBC Radiophonic Workshop? I need to ask someone thoroughly knowledgeable for some skinny...

If you've ever wanted to know what Jacob Rees-Mogg's house looks like, then I have just the video for you...

Someone should tell Stats for Lefties that it does have to be a particular 14 words to be “the 14 words”

Reviewed Nick Clegg’s book. Didn’t think much of it, except for: “Nadine Dorries, while secretary of state for the department overseeing the internet, ‘once called me in high dudgeon, demanding to know why I hadn’t taken down tweets … I had to explain to her that Twitter was a different company’.”

Aliens: a film whose production was characterised by mutual loathing James Cameron and his British crew. Listen to War Movie Theatre wherever you get your podcasts.

Sunday afternoon push for what's becoming one of our most popular episodes: Aliens. How did a young director hated by the film crews turn a sci-fi horror into a billion-dollar franchise? Is it really all about Vietnam? And what is the most quotable line? Wherever you get your podcasts.

Vibes are *so* important to politics. Jeremy Hunt radiates "sensible son-in-law" so intensely that it's impossible for people to conceptualise his actual time as Chancellor.

Only yesterday I was showing LondonCentric to someone as an example of why the future of the media isn't all bleak. This really is great stuff, week in, week out.

Honestly, the big trick Jim’s managed with London Centric (which sounds and is obvious and yet is missed *all the time*) is this: it’s fun to read. It’s interesting, or a bit outrageous, or scintillating. Not worthy or a chore. “Make the product good” shouldn’t be groundbreaking, AND YET…

Falklands would fit that, I should think. Gulf War 1? You could make a case for Gulf War 2. But there'll be recent non-European-involved wars I've forgotten. @duncanweldon.bsky.social

Of course with Jones' Van and the barrage balloon, the Warmington lads are Mobile and Airborne troops

Duncan will be back next week, once he's finished whatever he's doing with that shovel in Ashington Woods.

Aliens Vs Dad's Army: They Don't Like It Up 'Em.

There is of course now a tabletop rpg of Alien. Which is great...albeit you're basically spending the entire game going 'where's the xenomorph hiding?' Nice stress/tension mechanic in it. freeleaguepublishing.com/games/alien/

Not just a set of separately bought - and painted - miniatures to replace the cardboard markers that come with the game *but different ones for different scenarios*!

THIS IS THE STUFF.

If @warmovietheatre.bsky.social has a role in society, it's bringing together the people who played this.

Owen Jones is supporting Your Party (Our Party splinter group) and Labour/The Greens should be worried