The "don't have an extra kid if you can't afford it" brigade get awfully upset when you suggest they don't stay in their £2m house if they can't afford it, don't they?

Disappointed at the lack of love for Trapped In Paradise.

Okay, here we go. Health & care staff are no longer allowed a Covid booster, but they're still expected to look after COVID+ patients. NHS/govt is reneging on its duty of care. Staff will become unwell, and patients too will suffer. You know what to do 👇✍️ petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...

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What a great headline

Folks if you think that an addiction alone makes you incapable of valuable service or competency, then I'd like to walk you into literally any doctor's office, lawyer's office, or boardroom in the entire damn nation. Plenty of high performers in there! Plenty of addicts, too!

Been trying to think of something even vaguely positive to say since the 4th went in. Still got nothing.

Ekitike has three shredded wheat for his pre match meal.

All Reeves had to do to eliminate the deficit was to put a 50% tax on polyester flags.

Might have been offside but what the hell was the defence doing there?

Sorry folks

Got a good feeling about this game tonight. So if it all goes pear shaped I'll take the blame for jinxing it. I've got broad shoulders.

I think at this point if you're including Diane Abbott - a woman who has never held government office, has been a backbencher since 2020, and is scarcely a government ally - on your list of political wrongdoers, we all know exactly what your real concerns are

shoutout to the government department that has - no doubt, entirely at random - chosen today, now, as their time to respond to my FOI request

We're so obsessed with what the government taxes us, yet we forget what corporations are taxing us. Essentials have all gone up - food, energy, water, rent. We're all effectively paying a corporate greed tax and get nothing in return. Successive governments have been too afraid to tackle this.

In these challenging times someone might need one of them: Childline: 0800 1111 Samaritans: 116 123 Domestic Violence Hotline: 0808 2000 247 Mind: 0300 123 3393 Age UK: 0800 169 6565 Alcoholics Anonymous : 0800 9177 650 Cruse Bereavement Care: 0808 808 1677 MH text support: 85258

Greetings from the 10th tier.

This seems like a good time to remind people that everyone in politics and media knew very well that Johnson was a bent, disastrous imbecile and that he was made Tory leader *specifically because* he was the candidate the Mail, the Sun, the Times, the Telegraph and the Express would all get behind.

Saw a couple of posts mentioning Mani and thought "that's a coincidence". Saw another. "Maybe he's just said he's doing a solo thing." "Let's have a look on Wikipedia." ... ... ... "Hang on, why's it say '1962-2025' when you search for him...." 😭

Probably a good thing that I haven't gone into the office today, as I've had 'My Life Is Shit' by Dirtbox Disco stuck in my head all morning and just found myself singing it out loud while making a cuppa. That would've gone down well in an open plan office.

Q: How do we know Farage is racist, always has been racist and always will be racist? A: Every racist thing he’s said over the last 50 years. And every racist thing he’s done or proposed as a politician. The huffing and puffing about calling him what he is can stop any time it likes.

Is it a sign that I've ordered too much merch and too many albums from @ianprowse.bsky.social over the years that I get excited before even opening it when the new one arrives because I recognise the writing on the envelope?

i used to think the lyric was ‘i wanna rock and roll all night / and part of every day’ and i remember thinking, honestly that sounds reasonable

Hard to understand how the UK Labour party has even a single member left, seeing as it it has now become everything that you imagine someone once drawn to joining a Labour party is vehemently against. No one joins a Labour party hoping to punch down on the weakest and advance far right arguments

There are several groups of people tearing Britain apart, but asylum seekers aren't one of them.

The thing I despise is inhumanity. It’s not really a political position, it’s an existential one. But if your political party manoeuvres itself into a place where it practises and promotes inhumanity, I will despise you.

The irony of this lot calling *anyone* else a snowflake for taking offence at something never ceases to amaze me.

Love being reminded to do this every year. It's a win/win all round

Whenever someone in power blames immigrants on the difficulties facing working people, working class communities and those struggling to make ends meet in disadvantaged areas, remember two words: 'managed decline'.

Other than the obvious thoughts of remembrance, I always think on 11/11 of the time my old boss in my record shop days got carried away with his 11s, and we confused a shop full of customers by holding a silence at 11:11.

There's always endless celebration of 'classic' albums, but why do we never sing the praises of albums that are just... good? timworthington.org/2021/08/28/b...

If I ever go on the run I think I'm just going to hide in the asda. Left Mrs N wheeling the trolley and went down the drinks aisle, and it took me 10 minutes to find her again.

A performance to be proud of this morning from my U15s. Away to the team at top of the league. A very physical side, on an awful pitch. Game got a bit tasty at times but all kept their heads and kept playing. 2-0 win. Up to second, three points behind, two games in hand.

Ah, so we're having one of those nights where the crowd at the darts boos Humphries as he's being introduced, and then by the time he gets to the stage they're all going bananas singing along to his walk on.

The 14 y/o has gone the match with just his mates for the first time. I'm not needed anymore apparently (other than to pay for his ticket, obvs). Simultaneously proud and gutted.

London's latest Blue Plaque is a brilliant one. (It was put up at the Tesla dealership in Tottenham by campaigners)

When your wrestling and politics both absolutely suck

How have I only just learned that Cradle Of Filth covered 'Temptation' by Heaven 17?

So far this morning, Vinted has shown me a flag that says 'stop the boats' and a Rod Liddle book. I've no idea what I clicked on to make the algorithm think I'd want those, but I'd like to go back in time and unclick it please.

TOP TIP. Avoid being accused of racism by not being racist or by not saying anything racist or writing anything racist.

Far more like it, that half.

There's a special place in hell that's reserved solely for the dickheads who think it's funny/clever/edgy to post "who?" "never heard of them" etc in the comments when music mags and sites post obituaries of musicians who have just died.

Programme collectors in general, as well as Dons fans. 👇

Time to wheel out one of twitters greatest moments

The replies to this are absolutely glorious.

Currently 95 minutes into a chat with the 'Amazon assistant' about the app being shite. On the 6th advisor now as we get cut off every time a different one tells me to try uninstalling and reinstalling the app. Know it's a real person, at least, as the last one got my name wrong.

Awful news to wake up to this morning. RIP Scott Sorry 💔 youtube.com/watch?v=pmHz...

Didn't fetch the washing in earlier and now it sounds verrrrry windy outside. Good chance that one of the neighbours will wake up in the morning to find that they now have a Toto tshirt.

Given the party's refusal to act on Pochin's brazen racism, it should be as socially unacceptable to vote for Reform as it was in the early 2000s to vote for the BNP. And we should be prepared to say this to people's faces.