BREAKING: Andrew Milne has been arrested. A spokesperson for South Yorkshire Police told The Tribune: "Detectives investigating allegations linked to the purchase and sale of freeholds in Sheffield have arrested a man on suspicion of fraud and blackmail."

@jessmccabe.bsky.social amazing scenes

Hello, I have a new book out in the spring with Picador and I would love it if you could help me spread the word. IF WE TOLERATE THIS draws on years of work, to help readers understand why British politics is hurtling rightwards and what to do about it. Pre-orders: uk.bookshop.org/p/books/if-w...

Absolutely gutted to learn my friend, Shelly Kittleson, has been kidnapped in Baghdad possibly by Kataib Hezbollah, according to initial reports. Shelly is incredibly kind, talented, and cares deeply about the region and its people. Praying for her safe return.

We won 5-2 and my kid had a hot dog. I mean, honestly, what else do you want me to say?

More on Matt Goodwin being a lazy hack at The Lead. This time, the inevitable fake Orwell quote national.thelead.uk/p/reform-wat...

Check this out. Free courses online from MIT. ocw.mit.edu I went in and looked at Writing About Literature and it's all there, syllabus, reading list, the lot. All free. Please share.

More on Matt Goodwin being a lazy hack at The Lead. This time, the inevitable fake Orwell quote national.thelead.uk/p/reform-wat...

I mean, if nothing else, a fantastic job for getting free tickets and not being hassled about it (what? It’s my job to go to this stuff?)

Also: it's definitely worth registering your magazine articles with ALCS. Having not bothered until this year assuming they'd be worth much less than books…I was v much wrong. A handy chunk of change is now headed my way.

Learn all the different ways to say "AARGH", "FFS" and "COME THE FUCK ON"

I grew up in this community and I have a few thoughts I want to share. A short thread. www.jewishnews.co.uk/breaking-hat...

Oh wow just saw Michael Lyster died. That’s real end of an era stuff. A great, understated broadcaster

The funniest part of the Musk tweet is the idea the waiters are STUNNED. Like waiters don’t deal with dickheads every fucking night

Things started to go wrong when we let grown adults get away with writing “gonna” and “wanna”

Is Iran still hiring Irish comedians to support them? Because at this stage I'd be open to discuss it.

A Belgian aristocrat who served as diplomat and European commissioner will have to face trial regarding his possible involvement in the murder of Patrice Lumumba, the Congolese prime minister and independence leader assassinated in 1961. www.ft.com/content/16c5...

We go live now to the St Patrick’s Day tradition of “watch the Taoiseach ride out this mad shit”

Europeans when asked to unblock the Strait of Hormuz

What a team #sixnations

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Why in the name of God has Newsnight invited Tom Harwood, the political editor of a rival channel, on as a commentator on Newsnight?

Delighted to welcome Prime Minister Keir Starmer to Cork for the second UK-Ireland Summit.  Looking forward to reaffirming our commitment to deepen and broaden the co-operation, friendship and partnership between Ireland and the UK to deliver for the people of these islands.

"Where is Strait of Hormuz?" "Strait of Hormuz how get around?" "Strait of Hormuz, alternative?"

Dessie O'Hare

In 1926, as a member of the Irish Senate, W.B. Yeats enthusiastically took charge of the committee designing new coinage for the Irish Free State. Yeats decided the different denominations should be symbolised by different animals (was he consciously thinking of this as the “tails” side?) 1/2

I went on @duncanweldon.bsky.social and @roberthutton.co.uk’s very fun podcast and they let me talk nonsense about Cork and Irish history for 90 minutes. open.spotify.com/episode/6bgS...

majestic

It’s not that I don’t understand it. It’s that I hate it.

Giggling into the sea

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This is hilarious. French have lost the plot #6nations

You can just say any old shit can’t you? Just chuck it out there. Why the fuck not? No one’s checking

Commentary: If Females Could Get Pregnant, There’d Be An Abortion Clinic On Every Coral https://theonion.com/if-females-could-get-pregnant-thered-be-an-abortion-clinic-on-every-coral/

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Current events confirm the achieved wisdom of time-honored classics in the social sciences.

I've recently reported for @northeastbylines.co.uk on the meltdown at Ben Houchen's TVCA. Here's Leigh Jones reporting for Teesside Lead on how the TVCA paid external consultants Grant Thornton £40k to investigate the mess. And they're still no further forward teesside.thelead.uk/p/tees-valle...

One of the carers at my daughter’s nursery taught the kids the whole of Oh Carol, which somehow changed to “Old Carrot”

The “silent majority” has now been tested more than once. And when it is summoned to the ballot box, it turns out the majority isn’t silent. And it isn’t Reform. @theleaduk.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/theleadu...

"That is not the behaviour of a society locked into tribal warfare, but a constituency rejecting the right’s attempts to contort multicultural Britain into a series of warring demographics." @zoegrunewald.bsky.social on the money.

Gorton & Denton joins Oxford, Cambridge and his wife on an increasing list.

This is going to play havoc with Matt Goodwin’s Rejection Sensitive Dysphoria

Actually sounds legit

A sensitive request: I'm looking to speak *anonymously* to parents or trusted adults who have supported teenage children/relatives through early relationships that showed signs of coercive control or other forms of abuse. [Please do share this post] DM me or email [email protected]

Come and work with me (and some other people who are nice too) 89up.org/article/were...

Senior hurling

Have we done the “totally unregulated! sex economy!” Mark E Smith voice gags yet?

EXCLUSIVE: The deputy leader of Lancashire County Council, Reform UK's Simon Evans, shared a social media post calling for a Labour MP to be shot. But no formal action will be taken against Evans by Reform UK, despite the party being aware of the post. lancashire.thelead.uk/p/lancashire...

These fucking people. national.thelead.uk/p/exclusive-...