Starting to suspect FIFA might not be an entirely reputable organisation.

Oh no. Nigel's going to boycott the BBC. Oh no.

Truly shocking that Rachel Reeves had the audacity to call herself the U14 girls chess champions when she won the U14 girls chess championship but some bloke thought she was talking about something else.

Bloody Normans, coming over here in their small boats, taking our land, compiling encyclopaedic reference books about everything...

Well. I didn't expect today to bring anti-Argentinian calls resurrected from 1983. What next? A call to arms to protect British interests in the aftermath of the assassination of Duke Leopold?

Energy transitions can happen faster than we think: In 2000 almost 90% of Denmark's electricity was from fossil fuels. In 2024 less than 10% of Danish electricity was from fossil fuels.

The Sugababes just get better and better with age. Round round has matured like a fine wine.

Reform UK went into Durham Council promising to find huge savings. They have managed to GROW the authority's deficit by over £11m *in the last two months*. Grimes recommends “serious consideration” to increasing council tax “by the maximum 5%.” ~AA northeastbylines.co.uk/news/politic...

Could the alleged obsession of the modern European man with the Roman Empire simply be down to mishearing the word 'romance' as Romans? This tweet brought to you by Becky Hill's 'Crazy What Love Can Do' playing on a radio with the volume set to ambiguous. www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

Has anyone considered likening Reform to Your Party of the Right?

Rachel Reeves should organise a press conference, strut into Number 10 to the tune of "F*ck You" by Lily Allen, and then leave again just for the lolz.

Over 20 leaders of educational, faith and civic organisations have signed an open letter to Paul Bristow coordinated by Cambridge Citizens. They call on the Mayor to reaffirm his commitment to the Tiger Pass ahead of a crucial vote on the scheme's future. tinyurl.com/TigerPassLetter

For context the 'Middle England' referred to here is the 0.5% of households living in homes worth more than £2 million

Everyone is getting upset about the data centers. They pollute a lot and use a lot of energy and will eventually be very ugly/huge vacant buildings. And I understand being mad about that. Until you consider the state of the lazer tag industry at this moment, and how much help that sector needs.

Just trying a thought out, here. Voters get the politicians they deserve.

Probably worth another repost, for several reasons.

I don't like to make predictions for fear of hubris but I don't think 'YourParty', or whatever it is to be called, will be a serious contender. Last chance for a functional leadership was the single leader model. You can't make a 'democratic' party out of a bunch of habituated protesters.

Even a blind squirrel…

The problem is that the people voting for Farage don't mind if he is a racist.

Small price to pay to fully empower the UK Parliament, Britain's most trusted institution filled with its most beloved and inspiring leaders.

Postbox bollards outside the Post Office. Absolutely delightful. #WorldBollardAssociation 📮

A Dusting Of Snow. 1°C on the Yorkshire Wolds. Rooks.

An Icy Start. -1°C just after dawn. Blackbirds.

The basic problem with the temporary refugee status policy - especially one lasting up to 20 years - is it leads to very few removals (based on Denmark's experience) but does significantly worsen integration.

Gonna stop the boats by turning the place into such a shithole no one wants to come. Great job patriots

I think we should be asking Kier to blink twice if he is being held hostage, and then send in the SAS to rescue him.

There's plenty of evidence that the Celts and the Picts were darker skinned than the blonde, fair-skinned genotype introduced by the Viking invasions into the UK. I'll let you do your own research, but this is a pre-empt for a culture war that is coming.

I'd like to point out that there were fewer private cars and omnipresent, state-owned public transport 50 years ago, ironically, given that it mostly appears to be the 'There's a war on motorists!' crowd indulging in 50 years ago nostalgia.

This is probably a crazy idea, but wouldn't it be better to react to the *actual* budget, rather than to every leak and piece of speculation in the months beforehand?

Increase in productivity since 1979: 87% Increase in hourly pay since 1979: 32% Just so happens that ~25% of workers were unionized in 1979. Today? 10%. As unions declined, the super-rich have taken a larger share of wealth generated by labor. We must build back union power.

Oxfordshire County Council has clarified that the Ghostbusters hearse would not be exempt from the city’s Congestion Charge. A spokesperson told us “It’s not as simple as buying a hearse. In order to qualify for a permit, you must also be a funeral care business.”

SUPERB and angrily unvarnished response, by former BBC chairman, Lord Patten. "I don't think that we should allow ourselves to be bullied into thinking that the BBC is only any good, if it reflects the prejudice of the last person who shouted at it." ~AA

No. What’s breaking Labour is Labour forgetting to be Labour. What’s breaking Labour is Blue Labour.

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Is there _anything_ that Dominic** Cummings has been right on? **Nearly typed that as Cominic Cummings. Should have left it.

Dear GOD if you want to save money in the asylum system 1. LET ASYLUM SEEKERS WORK 2. FAST TRACK STATUS FOR EVERYONE FROM CLEARLY UNDAFE COUNTRIES like Sudan, Syria, etc 3. Run an asylum accommodation system that is NOT FOR PROFIT #r4today

Late Afternoon Colours. 15°C overlooking the Vale Of York. Sparrows.

People of North Durham! Your MP Luke Akehurst has said, over on the shouty site, that newly-elected NYC mayor Zohran Mamdani's policies would go down like 'a cup of cold sick' with you. Take a look at Mandani's policies attached, and tell me what you think. edition.cnn.com/2025/11/04/p...

A Brief Glimmer. 14°C on a rather bleak afternoon. A few sheep.

Not sure who will win out in the New York mayoralty, but I'm hearing some *very* confident noises from Susan Hall's team.

Astonishing how headlines are just 'Samir Zitouni' for the name of the guy who saved people during the stabbing incident, and not 'X-Born Samir Zitouni' or 'X-British National Samir Zitouni' like they would if he was the suspect? It's almost like the race is only important when they want it to be.

You laugh, but this is how the exododus went extinct

Tag yourself.

Great investigation of the Nazis, racists and criminals mobilising the flag-on-lamp-posts movement. This is the kind of journalism that the national media could and should have conducted: manchestermill.co.uk/the-men-who-...

A loveliness (!) of ladybirds, Limb Valley, Sheffield.

If Trump finds a constitutional loophole that allows him to run for a third term, that constitutional loophole will also apply to Obama (unless they say that it doesn't apply to black people, or something). Just saying.

A link to crime statistics in the UK because the chatter on the socials is such that I suspect that a lot of refutation is just about to be needed. I think you can probably find e.g. ten year stats (i.e. from just before Brexit) through this page as well. www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopula...

I'm jumping on a badwagon here, but this really is the most appalling wu. There's nothing wrong with being connected to nature but I don't believe you can measure it by measuring spirituality. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Six months on from the locals… Reform is losing councillors at an “unusual” rate PolHome analysis finds that Farage’s party has lost over 5% of all cllrs elected in May In Kent, its 14% @matildamartin.bsky.social’s deep dive www.politicshome.com/news/article...

How many illegal immigrants are there in the UK? When people say 'illegal immigrants' they usually mean asylum seekers. These people are not illegal in any sense at all. They are documented and awating processing. There are some undocumented immigrants that could be considered 'illegal'. 1/n