"as political strategist I didn't have a political strategy"

Nick Robinson’s podcast is so good at just, through intelligent, sensible questions that on paper are “soft” just getting loads of headlines and loads of “why would you admit that?” moments:

Morgan McSweeney, political genius.

Come and hear @davidolusoga.bsky.social and I chatting about history, genetics, race, that sort of thing, to mark the 10th anniversary of my book A Brief History of Everyone Who Ever Lived. unionchapel.org.uk/whats-on/ada...

Sandro, anything to say to the fans ahead of your £100m move to Spurs? "I'm looking forward to leaving"

"Planning reform is important to the longer-term delivery of new homes but the more immediate problem has been a lack of demand and stretched viability — fewer people can afford to buy the homes for the price developers can build them at." Terrific piece by @resi-analyst.bsky.social:

God the USA kit is inexcusably ugly.

In a statement, the Minions said they "do not recall" where they were when Humbaba was slain in the forest, when the bull of heaven was slain, and the lions in the passes of the mountian, but that their cheeks were starved and their faces drawn due to recently starting Ozempic.

🎶 And I'm learning Minionese, says Werner von Braun

I think it is perfectly legitimate to answer that question by asking what the hell is wrong with the person asking it.

some of the minions tried to work for pol pot but were executed for wearing glasses

Herbert Von Karajan, the Minion conductor: ultimately denazified, but not exactly granted tabula rasa among those looking closely

What I’m getting from this is that the Minions would have worked for Hitler if they were physically able to.

Also in the present day they work for Gru, not Bashar al-Assad so why did they even get themselves in this situation lol

the tonton macoute not being a metaphor butliterlaly just being a bunch of minions is so perfect im mad i didnt think of it first

Hans Globke 🤝 the Minions Giving wholly unconvincing answers about what they did between 1933 and 1945

I did not stay up for extra time for it to end like this.

It's obviously a penalty vs 'the neutrals deserve a penalty shootout at this stage'

Sorry Nic Jackson/ooh/never meant to overhit the pass/you have run into the grass

Trossard does look an awful lot like Owen Jones would if he came back as a vengeful zombie.

The Misanthrope at the National Theatre. What a dog of a reworking. Sandra Oh is indisposed, which didn’t help. Some irony here, I realise.

witnessing the birth of a new all timer post is such a beautiful thing

Putting my "can you hear me Tin Tin" post back into drafts

...did everyone else just see the advert for a shampoo that is basically 'Elf, the hair product so good you'll leave your partner to get smited in the Rapture for it'?

The games tonight have been mental Ht @stephenkb.bsky.social

"Yet in one way, he [Infantino] was right. Qatar did host a very good World Cup. So did Russia. Against all expectations, football finds a way." - Martin Samuel is a great columnist but this continues to be his greatest column I think:

Football. Bloody hell.

The empire strikes back!

Football was being sent to France under the "one in, one out" scheme but it has escaped and is now coming home

News of England taking the lead against Congo has reached the House of Lords, and the steel bill

Football tl is 85% KING HARRY and 15% FUCK OFF JOHN TERRY which is v pleasing #TheFootball

Congo robbed by big agua

Apology letter incoming to hydration breaks

Good news: one of my oldest and best friends is staying over this evening. Bad news: my friends are jackasses

Dr Congo and Mr England.

This is a nightmare

their right winger can cross with his right foot and their left winger can cross with his left foot, someone needs to explain to them this isn't how we play football now

Between this and people acting like the Tories are doing okay in opposition, I have grave concerns about numeracy in this country.

Amazing that this crank is *still* claiming that the 2026 elections, in which Labour got 17 per cent of the vote, were wiped out in some of their longest held councils, lost power in Wales for the first time in a century, and resulted in Labour changing leader, were not “extinction level” bad.

Jesus christ!!

70,000+ word update to Scarlet Hollow releasing on July 30th, at which point the first five episodes will reach a combined one million words in length... 👀

Imagine being mad that we live in a country in which a former refugee can rise to become Lord Mayor of their city. That makes me proud to be British, if anything.

He'd be perfect if he played for some hipster team like Forest or Palace.

Ugh, every time I learn a new fact about Haaland I find myself liking him more and more, it’s terrible.

Dodgy shops on your local high street? They're still paying rent. And what if they're actually *pricing out* the legitimate cafes, restaurants, thanks to the option of "simply not paying your taxes" and therefore having more budget to pay landlords. www.londoncentric.media/p/who-wants-...

Really hope Keir Starmer does an IfG Ministers Reflect, simply so we might one day learn what his theory of what the PM’s job *is*.

It’s one of those goofy things which nonetheless shows the director understood how children think. Because a Batman credit card makes no bloody sense to adults but that was exactly what I thought credit cards were when I was little

Inflation is always and everywhere an electoral phenomenon.