Seconds after Mandelson's first arrest, a carnival (4)

We didn't bastardise the English language into "ye", "yiz", "youse" and "yousins" to have Irish people unconnected to the US or other places it's used in saying "y'all", unless you're referring to the town in Cork we've PERFECTLY ADEQUATE second person plural pronouns at HOME

new team hostile to removing ads for tech venture (9)

Speaker to defend Petey, at last, passionately? I'd say "hell no" (7,5)

Casual penis cock-up damns lone politician (5, 9)

tip-off for flight brings out animal in Peter - this could start fireworks (7)

this is technically true if you're not fussed about which way the economy turned

I think I am also a dart and gather reader but accidentally? In that my eyes dart to the next page and I spoil a twist/detail for myself. As such I've REALLY got into audiobooks this year because they don't let me do that

oooh Iook at the state of this union, it's an absolute tip you mucky pup

honestly, this is the way also, lots of animation deserves the serious craft exploration treatment! ‘good’ animation doesn’t start and end with Studio Ghibli y’know

of course people forget that it was actually Thatcher who deregulated sex in the 1980s. before then the sex was provided by the state. a bit rickety, sure, not as flashy as the sex you get these days, but it ALWAYS ran on time, to the preagreed schedules announced on the BBC the day before

"Tower Asyo-Behtn..." sings Slender Elizabeth? (3,4,3,4)

More from the first elected official with Tourette Syndrome on BAFTA, Pt. 2: We've heard from John Davidson, but BAFTA failed before and after the incident. More: youtu.be/FgaqKIxS4Hs

As a Black man with Tourette Syndrome, the Public Advocate has some thoughts on BAFTA, Pt. 1: Hear about his experience with Coprolalia, his thoughts on how BAFTA mishandled the moment, and the need for care for all who are harmed: Full video: youtu.be/FgaqKIxS4Hs

Man on sled, out of control - he's going down (9)

mad how if you say Garfield now everyone imagines the cartoon cat and not the president imagine if in 100 years time you mention Biden and everyone's like "Biden? you mean the talking hot dog Biden? the little guy who loves Tuesdays and eats linguine?" that's what's happened to Garfield, outrageous

This is ludicrously high praise, thank you so much - Adam is an ALL TIMER and it's such a funny book

one of my all-time favorite weird and wonderful shows - DON'T HUG ME I'M SCARED - is now on dropout! full web series now; TV series (which less people have seen) over the course of the next few months. big thanks to blink industries, becky, and joe for their faith in us.

here's my hot take on the BAFTA stuff. basically I think [sprints out of room, down the stairs, jumps out of window, hails taxi to the airport where I buy a one way ticket to the South Pole, never to be seen again]

Buddy, you're an old man, poor man. Pleading with your eyes, wanna make the big bucks someday. You got no class, no grace. Big disgrace. Charging four dollars for

okay I know there's a lot going on and I can't believe I'm saying this but the finale of Numberblocks Series 8 is ACTUALLY VERY GOOD and ties off a plotline going back several series, genuinely very impressed by it, this is not a bit

have been observing this discourse from a distance determined not to engage but am completely agog at this apparently serious suggestion the bafta's should have built a "tourette's booth"

largest state of the union hosts criminal as kaiser (6)

see that's that bullshit a tic is involuntary, but BAFTA not saying anything to Delroy Lindo and Michael B. Jordan afterwards is a choice

massaged Andrew should be in prison (6)

party's new role in cabinet reshuffle (11)

starting again by chucking out Streeting (9)

listening to Jane Eyre and it's so funny how every time there's maniacal laughter/screams and rending of clothes from the attic, everyone's like "oh yeah that's just Grace Poole, the servant. keep it down Grace" and Grace has to grit her teeth and be like "yes. it's me. I do so love to cackle"

pissing off Leonardo da Vinci by standing over his shoulder and shouting "put it in the Louvre!" every time he starts drawing

Matt Goodwin said in his Guardian interview that Reform won't deport whole communities and we'll sue anyone who says we will... guess they're suing themselves now?

the lyndon b johnson campaign’s “in your guts you know he’s nuts” response to barry goldwater’s “in your heart you know he’s right” in the 1964 presidential election. all timer imo

so glad America won in the hockey, everyone's favourite plucky underdog

could people please stop talking about Arsenal on here, I am trying to enjoy the one life I have been given

honestly you promote one tiny Great Replacement Theory multiple times over the course of several years and suddenly you're a Nazi? I ask you

are all the posts on the timeline terrible or am I just hangry: An Investigation

people say i shouldn't steal their pensions and put the money into a big hole in the hope that it grows into a massive delicious money tree. and to those people I say: this money pit is my baby. she needs money to live. are you trying to starve my baby? wow. get a load of the baby starver over here

“You're thinking of the $175 billion in tariff money all wrong. As if I had the money back in a safe. The money's not here. Your money's in the White House ballroom, the renaming of the Department of Defense, the $10 billion transfer to the Board of Peace, and a hundred other unauthorized actions.”

it's a power move! anyone about to walk out of the cinema is like "oh shit hang on there's a CAPTAIN in this???" I also think I'm 50% more committed to watching a movie if I've sat through the credits, it's sunken cost theory

old movies start with the credits before you've seen anything so you don't know whether it's good or not. real gutsy. they're like the Nandos of cinema

the swearing Canadian curler is both the most unpleasant Canadian and the most unpleasant curler

projection backfires (5)

I came here to chew bubble gum and kick ass, and I'm all outta bubble gum. I'm also outta ass. I planned this terribly.

We didn't colonise Mexico, and it's on the other side of an ocean so we don't have a lot of Mexicans living here! I don't know why people get weird about this. Like, it's literally just geography. There is no established Mexican-British culture to draw from. *Obviously* our Mexican food sucks.

curling gold in a bit, before the game starts? [7]

"embrace AI!" nerdpigs carelessly cause suffering (10)

that seems very unfair, everyone else is going the other way

Women make up just 12 per cent of AI researchers and female founders receive only 2 per cent of venture capital funding. We are not the ones building this new world. But we will have no choice about living in it. — Laura Bates

I'm obviously not rooting for Andrew here but this would make a fantastic "kind hearts and coronets" remake where Andrew has to kill the people ahead of him to become king and avoid jail before the government excludes him from the succession