This man was trafficked into Britain, in ways which the government would now use to make him subject to deportation. According to a leading political pundit, he brought with him ancestral violence, which means that he *and his British-born children* should be expelled. This man.

Croydon Colonnade, designed by Adam Nathaniel Furman, is a 7-meter-high pedestrian thoroughfare in South London, completed in 2023. Positioned beneath a skyscraper, the colonnade is clad in three-dimensional porcelain tiles, handcrafted to introduce depth, texture, and durability.

oh fuck this is actually true

"But his emails!"

A lot of people who aren't paying close attention are going to be surprised to discover that the recent batch of emails *aren't* 'the Epstein files'! This is just the appetiser...

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Inspired by The Jase's video, I realised that the Mr Blobby song also works quite well with the John Lewis advert. But then it took a dark turn...

If you aren't seeing skeets from some of your fave people, they might have been labeled "Rude" by bsky mods. Idk what they are thinking, I don't need a mommy to tell me who to be buddies with. Anyway, go into Settings > moderation > bluesky moderation (advanced) and turn Rude off.

We're calling it now. Isabel Kemp (Chair of the Adult Social Care Committee) has left Reform Reform in Kent are now down to 48 from 57 in six months.

Higgledy piggledy Timothée Chalamet Has a name meriting Endless design Much like his forerunner Benedict Cumberbatch: Hexasyllabically, Easy to rhyme

For those who know the double-dactyl verse form, here's my quick stab at one for AS. h/t to @seanclarke.bsky.social for inspiration. Higgledy piggledy Abigail Spanberger Stormed the Virginian Mansion with ease. Stunning success with votes Gubernatorial Cutting Republicans Off at the knees.

Daniel Hannan was born in Peru

We are on the cusp of eradicating cervical cancer, and significantly reducing penile, anal and some head and neck cancers. These are cancers that kill young adults, and it’s a tragedy. Those who spread anti-vax disinformation are killing their children.

Jesus Christ. We go mad about one bloke we wrongly released, yet hear next to nothing about this horror? www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

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Slight detour while in Croydon for a client meeting yesterday to swing by @anfurman.bsky.social’s exquisite tiled facade at Croydon Colonnade. You just want to rub your hands all over them. Delicious.

It’s impossible to avoid the conclusion that large parts of Westminster remaining on X - a platform that tolerates and amplifies extremism and racism - has led a great many people to normalise what previously was unacceptable.

Braverman deleted this tweet which made me wonder who that previous prisoner was. His name was Junead Ahmed. He was a conman mistakenly released in 2023. She was Home Secretary at the time. Oh. news.sky.com/story/migran...

@pitt-the-younger.bsky.social a like from the Lord Privvy Toast-rack! 😍

Been really enjoying these Instagram videos by Peter Glomb, a Swiss-trained, American watchmaker at Wristcheck. Here, he's repairing a rare version of the Patek 96, first introduced in 1932 and widely regarded as the watch that set the template for dress watches. IG peterelliotglomb

That scene of the Welsh BBC correspondent being the only person interviewing Caerphilly's new Plaid AM while the rest of the media interviewed Reform's loser in the background was far too on the nose.

People who have come to the United Kingdom legally, played by the rules and made it their home do not need to “go home”. This is their home. I've written to Kemi Badenoch to give her the chance to reject these divisive calls from her frontbencher Katie Lam.

Dan has got it.

This is all horrifyingly cruel but condition 3 is staggeringly awful: “if P OR dependents of P have been in receipt of social protection” So just if a *dependent* of someone with ILR gets any sort of welfare benefit whatsoever the original person can have their ILR revoked? This is insanely evil.

55%+ would vote for centre to left parties and we would end up with a minority far-right government. Labour need to wake up to the idea that a) the public want PR; b) a rainbow Lab-Grn-LD coalition might be the only way of stopping Reform. yougov.co.uk/politics/art...

The border between Cantwara rīce (Kingdom of the Kentish) & Sūþseaxna rīce (South Saxons) is still the border between the counties of Kent & Sussex A 1,400 year old ditch created to stop conflict, by marking the border to avoid confusion, is our southern woodland boundary

Among the many possibilities for the next few years, the scenario of swapping one pair of dominant parties (Lab and Con) for another (Reform and LD) is intriguing, under-discussed and, in English elections, not entirely implausible either (several county councils made this leap in May)

Absolute all-timer sentence in today's @nytimes.com

How weird that this should have disappeared from the Telegraph archive...

Looking forward to this launch. Some great writers lined up from the (former) Observer. "Former Observer columnists comedian Stewart Lee and agony aunt Philippa Perry will both write for The Nerve" - as well as Carole Cadwalladr pressgazette.co.uk/news/former-...

Oxford people - there is another far right demo planned at the asylum hotel near the Kassam. To join a peaceful counter protest go to the Holiday Inn Express, Guelder Rd, at 11.30 on Sunday 5th October. Really important to have good numbers there. Last weekend we outnumbered them 4:1

TW misread our meter and I didn’t notice they’d stopped taking direct debits. Ofc I did notice when they read it correctly 6 months later and our bills skyrocketed to make up the shortfall AND the projected increasing water consumption into the future! THANKS!

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Appalled by the violent scenes of police being attacked at the Tommy Robinson rally today. Those responsible should face the full force of the law. These far right thugs do not speak for Britain.

This ancient Oxford University grudge has Ea-nāṣir vibes and levels of post-mortem infamy

On the subject of Melvyn Bragg, I think of this Private Eye cartoon more frequently than I care to admit, when I’m struggling to raise the energy for a lecture or graduate supervision

"We're going to need a story about this accident. Say he was helping a woman. That should work. Also, is he wearing pants? Make sure he's wearing pants."

Might be of interest www.onlondon.co.uk/lewis-baston...

'Immigration doesn't bother me but it seems to bother everyone else' – Everyone. This is what happens when the media runs away with Hard Right narratives.

Imagine if we championed our loved ones the same way champion celebs. Who in your life could use that support today?

Members of my family were tortured and killed in the Holocaust because countries like Britain said it wasn't their problem. Everyone said never again. And here we are. It's sickening beyond belief.

"Stroud leads the Alliance for Responsible Citizenship (ARC), a radical-right network lavishly funded by hedge fund billionaire Paul Marshall and the Legatum Group – both key financial backers of GB News." open.substack.com/pub/writesbr...

Still waiting for the widespread outrage over Robert Jenrick at a racist pogrom here pictured with founder of neo-Nazi group Combat 18

This is one of the most beautiful things I have witnessed, the craft here is impeccable.

I'm Jewish and I think about antisemitism all the time. I can't tell you how fucking weird it is that Homeland Security posting literal neo-Nazi propaganda generates less discussion about the threat to Jews than a mayoral candidate who believes Palestinians are human beings.

BBC International Editor Jeremy Bowen has confirmed that the entire Al Jazeera team in Gaza City has been killed.