I’m loving Ian Hislop putting the boot into Michael Gove on #hignfy

In this video, I say the obvious about Trump’s proposal to increase the military budget by nearly 50%: it’s a bribe to officers and soldiers so that they will side with him when he tries to overthrow the Constitution and stay in power indefinitely. snyder.substack.com/p/trumps-mil...

"Hands up if you started a riot by cynically exploiting a tragedy to spread division and incite hatred"

So that’s two of the “Raise the Colours” organisers now charged with violent crimes & a fifth of the 2024 race rioters with domestic abuse. Makes you wonder whether “innocent patriotism” & “protecting women & girls” are just covers for thuggish racism & misogyny?

A significant donor to the Tony Blair Foundation: Larry Ellison’s charitable foundation — Reports in 2025 said the foundation had donated or pledged more than £250m since 2021.

I think Tony Blair needs to wind his neck in.

Do yourself a favour, watch the cheese rolling live on iPlayer

Politicians need to stop using "delivering" when the common perception is that they are not.

I’ve already switched to DuckDuckGo. Although “I will DuckDuckGo it” doesn’t roll off the tongue.

I am tired of politicians saying "deliver on...".

No shit, Sherlock.

Immigration make Britain brilliant

I wish mps would stop using “delivering”. It’s tired.

If Streeting is thinking he would be a more popular PM than Starmer he is delusional.

This why I don’t like Streeting. (And his whiny, nagging speaking style).

Streeting is much too fond of Palantir etc for my liking.

Here's where Louis Mosley, the black-shirt wearing grandson of the black-shirt wearing fascist Oswald Mosley, who runs Palantir in the UK, says how and when they might use your medical data for "immigration enforcement" and, by logical extension, whatever other purposes became convenient.

Looking on the bright side, there is going to plenty of evidence of Reform incompetence and corruption in time for the next GE.

“Mr Farage, what is that you find so appealing about the world of corrupto currency? “ I would love to hear that from journalists.

I think we should start calling crypto “corrupto” to get at Farage.

Hideous.

Don’t vote Reform.

This Thai restaurant has an interesting ornament.

Ok, beer folk, which international beer brand is being described so delightfully?

The stuff on display at the Royal Armouries in Leeds is riveting.

Ok, beer folk, which international beer brand is being described so delightfully?

This is crap vision for bar. There is so much wrong with it: terrible lighting and no furniture for a start. Leeds Town Hall should do better.

I would ban hotel rooms having non-opening windows. Coupled with air con that only goes down to 19c I foresee a miserable night.

Farage now doing distance from Trump, invoking Obama, of all people on R4 Today. Disingenuous drivel.

Farage lying about benefits on R4 Today.

Megalomania.

I thought this was something to do with his sublime electric guitar playing.

6/6 double yokers in this box of eggs. It’s a miracle!

Two more double yokers. 4/6 now.

When you aggregate the comments of various Reform UK candidates, you find they: Hate the NHS Hate immigrants Hate Black people Hate Brown people Hate Muslims Hate Jews Hate women Hate students Hate LGTBQ people Hate the unemployed Hate disabled people Hate everyone ... But claim to love the country.

Two double-yoke eggs today. You wait for ages for a double-yoker then two come at once.

I’m not usually a great fan of tap rooms. Fortunately, I’m only 5 mins from the Donzoko one. The giant red curtain does a good job of deadening the sound. Horrible sound is what puts me off most taprooms.

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This Proper Job is so hellishly bitter I can’t finish it. Surely something has gone wrong.

Right, that’s it, enough is enough. I am banning “journey” used to mean “experience”.

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Why do I always get advertising for wide-fitting footwear? I never see advertising for narrow-fitting, and narrow fitting is what I need. Algorithms never pick up on my searches for narrow fitting.

Proper Job (tinned) seems extra bitter at the moment. I’m struggling to drink it.

“Friendly reminder” contributes nothing to this message other than suggesting the author is very angry.

If I was UAE and Oman I would be digging a canal across that peninsula that points into the Strait of Hormuz.

Wind & solar are currently producing 65% of Britain's electricity. Meanwhile, renewables now offer 30,000 more UK jobs than oil and gas. Meanwhile, we're in a climate emergency. Meanwhile, we're in a fossil fuel supply crisis. Meanwhile, the Tories and Reform want to scrap Net Zero. grid.iamkate.com