This whole story has just made you feel worse with every update, from a quiet respect, to horror, and now fear about what the backlash will be

I'm sorry this is pathetic, people should support who they want to support - fans supporting England's opponents is mostly a light hearted thing

Brilliantly named restaurants, Kent coast edition

That's a great fact

An exclusive view of Burnham's Defence Investment Plan

Any issues with making Jordan Pickford our king?

The last thing you see after asking if Sunderland's a suburb of Newcastle

Ok but that Pixar film would be much more fun than this game

I am watching this game in a very generic pub in Kent wearing a three piece suit, it is unusual - England's performance is not

It appears to be lost in transit as it was coming home

Ugh

Last month Widdecombe's home town of Maidstone held its third Pride celebration - she may have been personally kind, and a curiously engaging personality, but it's important to know that her driving bigotries were a total failure

Nominative determinism of the week, the quoted Ofcom enforcement guy in this story is George Lusty BBC News - Porn site company fined £630,000 over failed age checks www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

binface vs farage vs lawrence fox is like el classico for “different ways your mate’s dad could end up taking the divorce”

The FAI agreeing to a sponsorship deal to call their cup the "club Orange Men's FAI Cup" seems a curious decision. www.fai.ie/competitions...

Today I learned that the phrase “what happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas” was invented as an apocryphal old saying for a 2003 tourism marketing campaign

Tbf when I was at school there were loads of 15 yr olds who loved grass

I'm sorry, but I can't see "Patriotic Alternative" without thinking it's what a WWII Major would use as a euphemism for self-abuse rather than contracting VD.

Sorry everyone, I like Binface now.

This is such blatant pandering the Chinese are sending it as a gift to an overseas zoo www.theguardian.com/football/202...

Listening to 606 whilst doing the washing up, and my god what an inane program

Taking this joke too seriously, England is the only primarily Protestant country to have won the World Cup, with Germany the only maybe

But let's not pursue net zero

Someone should have turned the lights off, all fired their Erdoguns at the same time - and then Richard Osman can write the mystery novel

Why haven't they tried make some Clacton specific jokes - why is there the Uxbridge thing still in this

Will Count Binface win Clacton?, no Are people finding a bit of silly joy in amongst our current politics' hellscape? Yes

The Islamic Republic of Japan has strong, last chapters of an alternative history vibe

In between its British leader taking a leave of absence to shout at a bin and its French leader being a convicted criminal having to campaign with a ankle bracelet on - there is something very funny and on the nose about the European far right atm

I was just asked this by @karinjr.bsky.social and couldn't answer it Assuming Farage wins Clacton back will he just resign as the Steward of the Manor of Northstead - or is there some other arcane process?

A good question, which I feel someone must have an Idea of an answer to

Well this seems...sub-optimal

Monarchism really is brain worms

This is just the Lib Dems finding a way of getting people to talk about them in relation to the story (complimentary)

What is the Labour party policy on members campaigning for intergalactic space lords?

Not saying that game was stolen from Egypt but it is now on display at museum in London.

Have the Greens actually said that they are going to stand in Clacton?

Chapeau to be the BBC's Picture Editor for choosing a picture of Farage where he looks like a guppy that has been startled awake

If the Clacton by election ends up being Farage Vs a bunch of joke candidates, I wonder how many unimaginative sketch writers will describe it as an end of the pier show?

Masterful filler by BBC News Channel here

For crying out loud, you unbelievably tedious ashtray, just make your bloody statement and let us get on with our day.

This is exactly what I expect to happen fwiw

Waiting for the Farage statement and the BBC news theme really is a banger isn't it

Want to feel old? This is what the Milky Bar Kid looks like now.

Whatever Farage is going to announce I'm going to delay my lunch so that I can watch it

If he is resigning (I have no idea) he'll be back within 18 months

Well that explains why Barking station were full of police officers just now www.barkinganddagenhampost.co.uk/news/2625537...

inews.co.uk/sport/footba... This is a brilliant article by @danielstorey85.bsky.social about the scandal dominating football today

When should we expect the TV ratings for last night's game? And do we have a comparable 'most watched after midnight' programme'?

Does the BBC think Ronaldo should commit suicide...?

Smart people are seeing the Sunday Times Farage story as the beginning of the end for him, but my question is where do disaffected Reform voters go, will it lead to a big uptick in Restore support?