What on Earth is this? An "in depth" BBC article about free speech in the UK that only cites examples of right-wing/ 'anti-woke' speech being suppressed. How can you mention Lucy Connolly but completely ignore Palestine Action / Just Stop Oil? Gob-smacking. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

It’s always worth disregarding the recommendations of anything claiming to be the “ultimate guide to…”.

I hope it rains.

This is sublimely good.

hypocrisy is invisible to authoritarians.

Why is he wearing a helmet?

More like Horlicks raisers.

A standing ovation for someone found guilty of tweeting about burning migrants alive. She was sentenced to 31 months for inciting racial hatred. The judge said “You intended to incite serious violence. What you did encouraged activity which threatened or endangered life.” Who’s calling this out?

ICYMI: The real fiscal concern should be a populist government mainlymacro.blogspot.com/2025/09/the-... Stories that the UK will need an IMF bailout under this government are nonsense. But should we be concerned that markets are underestimating the consequences of a future populist government?

I wish The News Quiz would go back to being witty. It’s much too CH4 these days.

The pentatonic noodling of The Larkus Ending is all very well, but I think John Coltrane would have done it better. #bbcproms

So Kemi Badenoch's Conservatives, who have repeatedly pledged to fight for "free speech" and a free press have just banned me and Byline Times from attending their conference. Has never happened before under any previous leader bylinetimes.com/2025/09/04/k...

Hypocrisy is invisible to authoritarians.

For the second year in a row, Reform has banned me from attending its annual conference. So much for “free speech” etc. etc.

Farage can fuck off.

“Maxed out the country’s credit card” bullshit bingo! #pmqs

Politico: "The Sun has seen evidence to [a US] committee submitted by Nigel Farage in which he suggests the White House should use “diplomacy and trade” in the free speech battle, which sounds like calling for Britain to be bullied into a law change." Is Farage calling for sanctions AGAINST the UK?

Harvey’s Sussex Best in the Toon. It’s a dream come true.

Every authoritarian regime that embraced this aesthetic inflicted violence and chaos on its society

Hypocrisy is invisible to authoritarians.

What exactly is “the perennial joke about lager drinkers”? What have I missed?

Tea that tastes of almond 🤮 ! This is evil.

And depictions of 500 years ago always has wood that looks 500 years old.

So, if this is the “soul of Madrid”, why are they wearing hats from Cordoba?

I must say, Efes is remarkably good. No cheapo nasties like high fructose corn syrup. Genuinely good Pilsner.

Schneider Helles hitting the spot on this hot clammy evening. Elder Beer’s cellar cooling must be working flat out.

Budvar’s Nealko is an excellent AF beer. And its name sounds Geordie.

So fossil fuel power stations don't desecrate the countryside? They haven't thought through their arguments.https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2025/08/06/reform-threatens-to-pull-solar-subsidies/

Authoritarianism would be found in abundance. www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/ref...

It’s a hot and busy train and some fucker is watching Only Fools and Horses without headphones.

There’s a woman at the table next to me in this caff talking business bullshit like “customer interface relationship journey webinar”. It’s fascinating.

Great to hear Burt Bacharach’s “South American Getaway” on Desert Island Disks. Marvellous.

It should be called The Orangery.

Juno Pilsner by Twice Brewed is an utter joy.

There was a lot of #accidentalpartride evident in that programme on Steve Baker on R4

My blue/black passport has arrived. It’s a dream come true.

I love that ad on LBC that goes “it’s Danny Diarrhoea..”. Well, that’s how I hear “It’s Danny Dyer here”. It tickles me every time I hear it. @lbc.co.uk

I used to enjoy Singha. It used to be a very good Pilsner. Now it is brewed by Sheps with fructose syrup it’s awful.

🚨 🚨 As if the recent obsession with “Alligator Alcatraz”—and the images and memes popping up all over social media in celebration of it—isn’t grotesque enough as it is. A 🧵 Just look at the images our own government is putting out: 1/

The Blue Stoops is an agreeable place. The banquette seating is a leathery joy. The Allsopp’s Best Bitter is a triumph.

There is something I find quite irksome about “loaded fries”.

This Stranded Czech place is going to have try harder. When I leave shortly there will be one customer.

Ozzy!

I’ve just paid £4.60 for a pint of TT’s Knowle Spring - in London!

My second pint of Harvey’s is exemplary. The first one, although blissful, was a bit last-in-the-cask

That’s a no from me.

First pint of Harvey’s in two years. Bliss.

Policy fantasies of right wing authoritarians.