In my experience if a government says something will be simple and will solve a lot of problems, it won't be simple and it won't solve any problems. #IDCards

The grubby bunfight between the Tories and Reform over the support of an ultra-right wing loon who has barely spent a day in the UK is one of the more vile features of politics today. Of course Musk will love the attention.

Time person of the year should be Gisèle Pelicot. Not a royal, a billionaire or a crook, but a human being.

You are not “a bit” on the spectrum. You are either on it or not. You are not “sometimes” on the spectrum. You are either on it or not. Johnson’s glib attitude towards autism is typical of his glib attitude towards life. People died as a result.

Is Lee Anderson pretending to be a stupid, ignorant, boorish bigot or is he genuinely a stupid, ignorant, boorish bigot?

My dad has turned 90. Happy birthday, old man.

Any episode of Top of the Pops featuring Ant and Dec singing is going to be worse than any other episode of Top of the Pops in existence.

That's twenty quid down the drain.... #Caturday

Masterchef used to be a cosy anodyne telly programme until they decided to liven it up by getting the presenters to shout at the contestants. Who could have guessed the shouty guy would turn out to be a total shit?

Lovely to see old friends in the new place. Come one, come all!

Are you arguing with transphobic bigots on Twitter at 1am, Paul? Why, yes I am. Yes, indeed. Again? Yes. This is a good reason to delete your Twitter, isn't it, Paul. Possibly. Are you changing anyone's mind? No. So why are you still on Twitter? I don't know. Just delete. Ok.

It would be good to start seeing a Bluesky logo on these lists of logos for quick and easy sharing of articles. The

This is true. Musk knows he can never get his money back on Twitter so he's turned it into a loss-leader for ultra-right wing politics.

Has there ever, in the entire history of human endeavour, been a worse band than Texas?

So here I am once more, in the playground of the broken hearts… #firstpost