“What the f*ck did you just call me?”

🚨By-elections to be called automatically when MPs defect to another party - lets get this to the 100,000 signatures needed petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...

What has America come to under this insane spoiled baby? Those Americans who say it’s none of Europes business what the president says are just ignorant of the reality of anyone or anything other than their own selfish lives… www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...

We need to sanction the awful regime in Iran and freeze Iranian assets in London. But the world would take Donald Trump's concerns over the brutal murder of protesters in Iran more seriously if his government stopped murdering protesters in Minnesota.

One right wing twat leaves a bunch of right wing twats and joins another bunch of right wing twats because the first group of right wing twats wouldn’t give him a “biggest right wing twat” prize. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

Proud to be a Londoner😁👏👏 (for Americans, “nonce” is London slang for pedophile)

Having one of those days. Went shopping, forgot my wallet. Went to the library, it was closed for staff training. Went to the pharmacy, my meds were out of stock. Got home and dropped a full mug of tea on my laptop. I’m going to bed now.

Loving the book, Butter by Yuzuki Asako, and the beer, Acorn’s Old Moor. But especially the book… definitely lives up to its hype.

The Government is planning to send King Charles to the US to celebrate with Trump. Giving him a royal visit right now sends a terrible message that his behaviour is acceptable. We can stop this if enough of us speak up. Will you add your name to the petition? you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ca...

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How does this moron still get taken seriously?? US cuts universal childhood vaccine recommendations, including covid and hepatitis www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Since our last post we’ve launched a petition to tell Keir Starmer + BBC bosses: Do everything you can to defend our BBC from Donald Trump’s $10 billion lawsuit. Don't give in, don't settle and don’t let him take a single penny. 20,161 people have already signed. Join them:

It’s getting harder for Farage to just shrug this off. Thankfully, he doesn’t have Trump’s power to bully and intimidate the press into silence. Some publications support him, of course, but many don’t. www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...

The DOJ is lying when it says they *just now* received Epstein files from the Southern District of New York.

RIP Mick Abrahams, another great musician gone… www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Don’t let this orange man-baby bully the BBC into compliance… 38d.gs/BBC_sued_df

Been through the Christmas shopping ordeal, now sitting with a pint of Milestones Hammerhead stout and the estimable Mr Gibson for company. Great beer, great book. @greatdismal.bsky.social

She basically suggested that there was no problems with boys learning misogyny at school or online and all problems with violence against women and girls was due to immigrants. Ignoring the very real problem for cheap racism is making things worse. www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

No great surprise here… Trump’s justice department reportedly racing to redact documents ahead of deadline to release Epstein files – live www.theguardian.com/us-news/live...

This petition is well worth signing… petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...

Trump’s response to the Reiner tragedy below. When Trump’s miserable life ends, no-one should have to apologize for anything they might post in response. A tragedy of a man who will have earned every morsel of scorn and hatred that will be poured onto his memory.

About time there was a second series of this gem…

As a sufferer of severe depression, I can say that this is one of the best songs about it I know… youtu.be/pkcJEvMcnEg?...

Some Zappa and the Mothers for your listening delight… youtu.be/KB3HdC-Iums

Good plan, worth trying but it won’t change any minds I’m afraid. www.theguardian.com/music/2025/d...

Please take a moment to look at this and sign it if you agree… act.38degrees.org.uk/act/gb-news-...

So, Farage who’d previously failed 7 times to be an MP, decided that in Clacton he’d rely on his old Brexit friends - cheating (and racism) - to get him his win. With millions now pouring into Reform, it’s beyond time to properly investigate this grubby little man www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Hook Norton’s Twelve Days… very drinkable #BskyBeer

A bit of light reading in preparation for my next module in my history degree course, which is due to start at the end of January 😊

Over 101,000 signatures now👏. This means that it must be considered by parliament but it’s not guaranteed. Let’s get as many signatures as we can… petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...

#OTD in 1967, Jocelyn Bell discovered pulsars & changed our view of the universe. 𝘉𝘶𝘵... The #Nobel Prize in #Physics for their discovery went to to her thesis supervisor Antony Hewish & to astronomer Martin Ryle. theconversation.com/fifty-years-...#OTD#Nobel#Physics#WomenInSTEM #astrophysics #MatildaEffect

Tory ethics… www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

From one of my favourite albums, Aqualung by Jethro Tull. Beautiful and haunting animation by Iranian film maker Sam Chegini. youtu.be/N4zPu3ISCGs

For Mani From one of the best albums of all time. youtu.be/vY9g-PgSiGA

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Fascist Reform leader Richard Tice would get REALLY upset if you shared this widely on all forms of social media so lots of people can keep it and bring it out before the next election to show that he is as big a liar as Keir Starmer. So please don't, he would be *very* upset.

If you’re a UK citizen, please sign this petition calling for an inquiry into Russian influence in UK politics… petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...

Reform’s previous leader in Wales had been handed a 10 year prison sentence for being a Russian asset. Other prominent politicians happened to be making Kremlin adjacent statements at the same time, the question “why” should follow them around relentlessly.

Share TF OUT OF THIS!#TrumpCrushesYourDreams

This is a great movie… Mononoke II. The animation is beautiful and the Medicine Seller is a fantastic character. Somehow reminds me of Michael Moorcock’s Jerry Cornelius.

BREAKING: SANDWICH GUY ACQUITTED. NOT GUILTY!

This is true in the EU and, to a slightly lesser extent, in the UK. The very rich hold too much power through vested interest in the US and Europe, but only in the US have they persuaded the poor to accept it as right and proper… www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

If this is what happens when Reform runs a council, just imagine Farage running the country. Care homes closed and vulnerable people abandoned. We cannot let Trump’s America become Farage’s Britain.

Milestone’s Hammerhead Stout and Chekhov. Lovely combination 😁

So wait, Trump “cut a deal” with China to: buy the soybeans they were already buying before the trade war, but now China gets advanced AI chips too?? Where is the win??