The 99 flake back to 99p would probably solve the cost of living for us, considering the toddler wrangles one out of us everyone we go to the park.

One will turn Britain into a dump and the other is Count Binface

i believe that the the entire "binge watch" model of releasing television series is based on a faulty premise, and that faulty premise has significantly devaluated television as an art form. stick with me on this one...

I've seen one of two takes that it's unlucky for Starmer that all this stuff about Farage has come to prominence now. But I think Starmer's own mistakes consumed so much political oxygen that Farage and Reform could slip under the radar. Think him resigning made space for these stories.

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" I spoke with my old friend Mitch McConnell"

Farage's theme song for this by-election

Nigel Farage for this by election.

Footage of Farage trying to escape the parliamentary investigation.

Footage of Farage trying to escape the parliamentary investigation.

Farage has the same energy as the patient who starts their acute chest pain history with 'well it all started back in 1970...'

"I AM NOT A CROOK! I AM NOT A CROOK!" I insist as I slowly shrink and transform into a doll of Richard Nixon.

Current feelings on the 2pm announcement from Farage.

Tangential to this but remember reading a lot of these pieces around 2022-2023. And the uniform thing was that all the authors of these articles had gone for a Jaguar I-pace. Which to me seemed more an issue with jaguar then an issue with EVs.

How it feels after the last 2 nights of football, realising the quarters will be over by Sunday.

Thinking about Mitch McConnell makes me hope my wife is right about reincarnation, so that he can come back as a giant tortoise just starting it's voyage with Charle Darwin.

The UK news media on seeing this response.

Going to ask a potentially daft question but why have Portugal kept Ronaldo on this entire tournament? Would there have been a backlash if he got subbed off or does he have some crazy power over Portuguese football?

Been a long long time since I listened to their show but what the hell happend to the Pod Save America gang that felt they should throw their lot in with Graham Plantar?

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Life imitating art

Man its a shame the USA never had access to its own oil supply. Think what a different country it would be.

Realising that my version of staying up late for the England game at school was staying up for the entire 2010 election coverage. Which was also the first time I had an energy drink and whoo boy it worked wonders then. Also, some frankly hilariously angry replies and quotes to this.

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Is this not a scene from Still Wakes the Deep?

As in 1066 England will prevail against the Norwegians before tragically losing to the French a couple of weeks later.

Every Greggs outlet today

These are the actual results Ipsos are trying to cover up

Fundamentally the big issue of the last 15 years of government is that austerity cut all the public health programmes at a central and local level And then bunged more money into A&E every year to deal with winter crises. Which is how you end up with them spending more on the NHS for worst outcomes

Arguably would be a bigger fuck you to Mexican culture to keep most of these things in stock.

Ed Miliband when asked which of these tax levers is he going to pull

Funnily enough the thing that came to mind was Diners. Absolutely love the diner experience and just not something that's really replicated in the UK.

Something very very funny about Robert Jenrick trying to claim the Sunday Times is a labour paper

Man really feels like the only console options I'd go for now are Steam and Nintendo. Skipped ps5 just due to now being the right time in life but now not sure if I'll go back

Feel in the UK you also had a Pratchett nerd and (for me at least) a His Dark Materials nerd. Plus makes me wonder what this is for the current generation. I don't think 15 year olds are as exposed to Pratchett or William Gibson. Is there a Tchaikovsky nerd now? Sanderson Nerd? J Maas Nerd?

Alright it's that time of the year- the steam summer sale. Anything games people would recommend? Last game I played was the excellent Scarlet Hollow and before that Citizen Sleeper. Only definite I've got is the Excavation of Hobs Barrow

Ok. I know this has no audience here. But man watching UK love island really providing a weird insight both into how frustrating dating currently must be but also why so many women must be having trouble with men in the dating pool. (The latter point linking into experience of friends and family)

Listening to this week's Political Fix from the FT, and misheard the intro as refering to Andy Burnham plans for 'Mecha-Devolution' (rather then Mega Devolution). And honestly why is no political party backing this obvious solution to deindustrialization?

Honestly quite funny both for the fact I had no idea the Telegraph had an account here and that this is their only post to get more then 2 likes by the looks of it.

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Me making it to June 2026

Looks like the city is feeling secure with Burnham financially. They see him as a sound and stable investment A Northern Rock if you will

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It's also an interesting post when you compare to the other big sitcom of that time, big bang theory Could argue fits the criteria of quotes becoming mainstream and had Young Sheldon as a spin off. But has its cultural impacts lasted beyond that, or just well timed with a nerdy Zeitgeist?

There's an article on the BBC about the idea of a Thames Valley majority. And as someone who grew up in Gloucestershire it's incredibly on brand for the area that someone's red line was Swindon being included. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Unfortunately she only took this stance after someone shared an old piece from Rob Hutton

Can't say why but man the art style of Dr Suess always creeped me out. Made the books to unsettling that I never read them as a kid and don't read them now I'm a parent.

Feel asking about what the Minions did in the past misses the big question of who would they be working for now? Pretty silent on if they'd be working for Vladimir Putin