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‘Are the flags that now bedeck our suburbs and estates patriotic or racist?’ In his second weekly column, Stewart Lee looks at the changing significance of England flags over the years

They should stop polling, and just stick with the big one we had in 2016 that revealed that roughly half of us will believe any old shit.

So much for Gill having nothing to do with Farage. The first bribe to which he has admitted was ACTUALLY on the same day he followed Farage out of UKIP... Great 🧵

Wow.

NOTHING will prepare you for this 45-second story arc. From "I'm just doing this because I love the flag, it's totally grassroots, and I'm not part of anything political"... to who actually gave him the flags the night before. Anyone who believes it is an innocent movement needs to see this.

I’m sorry but no. Protests and demos with dozens or low hundreds of attendees are not especially newsworthy. I’ve seen larger turnouts at a Warhammer event.

perfect comedy timing from the Speaker at #PMQs calling Nigel Farage after Starmer promises to go after “the fraudsters, the grifters, the con artists no matter who they are” 😄

US political coverage vs political coverage in the rest of the world.

Mo Salah is asking the right questions

I thinks weeks newsletter I breakdown why the data suggests that the 20mph limit in Wales wales actually an amazing idea. willhaywardwales.substack.com/p/turns-out-...

Clear well evidenced research that the deterioration in online norms in the Musk era is distorting perceptions not just of the Internet but of politics and society. "Many of us are led to believe that society is far more polarized, angry, and deluded than it really is"

If you need your day brightening up, just sit back and enjoy the way former Welsh Tory leader Andrew RT Davies says the word "midges". You're welcome.

Most of the news is horrifying and this story from Bourton-on-the-Water is no exception. Brace yourselves: a family of eight arrived for a picnic to find that… other people were also having picnics 😱 www.gloucestershirelive.co.uk/whats-on/wha...

It’s #NationalNumeracyDay! We’ve collected some examples of the classic mistakes we’ve seen people make with numbers—from tonnes of cocaine to upside-down percentages—to show why they matter so much.

www.economist.com/britain/2025... quite the chart from @archiehall.bsky.social

"There is no democratic element to the House of Lords and it is by far the most effective part of British system. This is not a popular view, as you can imagine. But you have to go on the evidence in front of your eyes." – @iandunt.bsky.social More: bsky.app/profile/robe...

SORRY. Sorry. Have we seen this *incredible* news video coming out of Queensland? Wait for the witness/witnesses statement

I swear, the longer you look at this, the worse it gets…

On the pitch, you need that hunger…

#DyddMiwsigCymru youtu.be/x_kvHNCkj2k?...

It's been 30 years since the Manics' guitarist, Richey Edwards was last seen 💚

Brexit five years on: A triumph of lies iandunt.substack.com/p/brexit-fiv...

1 YEAR OF 20MPH There were around 100 fewer people killed / seriously injured on 20/30mph roads. Casualties from July-Sept was the lowest Q3 figures in Wales since records began. Over the year the number of casualties on 20/30mph roads is 28% lower than the year before. Good policy making.

Important news 👇

Let's see what this is all about then