David was wrongfully pilloried at the time for this but he was bang on. It perfectly explains his comments re Putin, his support for energy subsidies. He's the leftist Reagan for the TikTok age

His brain contains nothing but posts and short-form video

"A Mandelson appointment is like the mule with a spinning wheel. No one knows how he got it, and danged if he knows how to use it!"

could we maybe get a GoFundMe going to buy Karen Pierce one Really Big Drink

McSweeney's genuine argument is: I did not Google the phrase "Peter Mandelson - Jeffrey Epstein"

"Sort X, then Y will be easier" is actually a very common argument from the Labour right. This was David Blunkett in 2018 arguing that reduction in crime led to more positive attitudes on immigration during New Labour's time in office (absolute bollocks of course)

The entire media class seems to have 2 separate opinions on welfare, one for when they're reading the FT and one for when they're reading The Guardian

"They don't like that, but we're doing it" should be the motto of the Starmer government

Explaining to the police officer who pulled me over why I failed the breathalyser:

I’d be interested to see if all the MPs’ staff who have been sexually harassed/assaulted by their sloshed bosses subscribe to the ‘let them drink’ mantra.

Apex predator co-worker movie

FT before Labour were elected: austerity failed Britain, only Labour can fix it. FT after Labour were elected: Labour failed Britain, only austerity can fix it

“Daddy Pig is running the London Marathon” no he isn’t. You just made that up.

It's stories like this that make me question the notion that Labour MPs are actually aware of the scale of the wipeout they're facing in 2029. If they were why would they be wasting their time giving this a second thought?

"A second Aguero moment has happened in the Rochdale Vs York match"

Ok fine I’ll do it myself. I’m fucking wheezing

Labour MPs need to grow up and do a conclave to select a leader

6 month leadership contest, during an oil shock, with the potential end goal of Burnham as PM?

The fuel shortage has left me depressed about British politics in a way I never have been before, in that not a single party has avoided either saying or doing something incredibly stupid and completely removed from how anything actually works.

The fundamental issue with Zack Polanski, and this permeates every aspect of his approach to politics, is he's genuinely quite thick

Some more issues from this movement. Another missing screw, this time from the minute train bridge. Without the screw the setting lever was not held in place which ultimately led to the stem and crown coming loose (and why this watch cost me £5 to buy)

@ Newcastle United FC

Yeah - I think the more likely Robbins next fallout is having to go 'okay, but the PM said there was no pressure, so why has he given this big wodge of cash to Olly Robbins?'. (Also, follow Alex if you want to better understand UK industrial relations and trades union politics)

This was genuinely the high watermark of Starmer's entire time in office

Matt Forde is actually a valuable asset to the British political landscape in that he's able to make politicians of the Labour right feel at ease enough to express how truly nasty they are deep down. Like their own personal Richard Hammond

Ed Miliband being mentioned seriously as a candidate for PM, Francois Hollande running for President again. The piss weak social democrats of 2012 are back and they're turning up the volume!

Mikel Arteta doesn't do cringe team talks anymore he just looks at the Arsenal squad like this

Spurs thinking they're too good for Sean Dyche and getting relegated with De Zerbi is very funny

Keir Starmer's next address to the PLP

Gen Z Michael Moore but her chosen subject is nimbyism & cutting council spending instead of the decline of manufacturing & school shootings

This has reduced me almost to tears

Labour MPs

One of the more tedious tasks of watchmaking - sourcing missing screws. Because parts aren't standardised, short of making new ones on a lathe your best bet is attempting to find a close fit from an assortment

One of the most common issues I come across is parts that have been handled incorrectly, especially dials. With dials if you touch them in any way, they stay touched forever. With this Seiko I was able to clear some fingerprints but the damage done is permanent

Hell is (running with) other people

2/3rds of the way through Cities of the Plain and it's becoming increasingly clear that McCarthy is working towards the specific scenario which attempts to justify an adult trafficking a 16 year old girl they're in love with across the US-Mexico border

It's interesting that Burnham considers this the nuclear option as opposed to announcing that he would run for leader while a contest takes place and seek a seat with Starmer as an outgoing PM. Instead he's relying on the process yet again to gift him the job

Salah

Trying out recording my actual work on my new bench. This is a hyper lapse of the disassembly and reassembly of an ST36 movement

was sceptical when they announced a grimdark anti-hero reboot of arsenal’s tendency later on under wenger to blow up their whole season on every front across three weeks each spring, but it is hugely satisfying

One thing to watch out for when buying vintage Seikos is frankenwatches. These are seemingly authentic watches that are put together from different authentic components. The dial, case back and movement should all match. In this case they show 7S26, 7019, and 7009 respectively

Citizens of Norfolk can breath easier reading this, pornographers of Norfolk less so

(Crab cognitive behavioral therapy enjoyer) Think positively. she is probably climbing for a reason. Maybe she's late for a job interview. Maybe her wife is giving birth Me: I'm da king of da bucket

Matt Goodwin when you ask him to name the "world's leading demographers" who endorsed his book