As I was saying...

Boxes of Roses and Whiskas for kittens, Discounts on kettles and M&S mittens That lovely young man who sang "fried onion rings" I think non white people can advertise things

Found out about this one from the Labour press release condemning it, and it was a real trip to learn that this wasn’t “a Labour staffer with a tape recorder at a private event” story but a “she just said it on national TV” story.

Great substitutions by MP again. Iorpenda in particular brought great energy and the introduction of Dennis created more space for Jatta.

Seen enough, ref

Tepid. Still waiting for Grant to show what some see in him. Hall also anonymous #Notts

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This remains an unfolding story. And I'm continuing to add new details, and evidence, to this piece. I'm also asking subscribers whether they want to see the legal letters / threats that arose from parts of this multi-year investigation.

Surely they should be stood at ease while the birthday dedications are read out

Nothing says "dignified" like half a dozen bored cadets marching out of step behind a flag

The year is 3025. Archeologists excavating the ruins of Washington, D.C., uncover what appears to be an ancient ballroom. After a series of horrifying fatal accidents, they discover it's built on a haunted burial ground, directly over the corpse of democracy.

Nice to see the club acknowledge the supporters feelings

Beth Rigby: "Keir Starmer has changed his top team more than I've had hot dinners." In two years before Starmer we had 3 PMs, 4 Chancellors, 3 Foreign Secretaries, 5 Home Secretaries, 5 Education Secretaries, 5 Cabinet Secretaries, etc. - total 221 ministerial departures. Maybe Beth is on a diet.

He knew this question was coming and had plenty of room to devise an answer that avoided criticizing Trump but signaled the UK's approach under a Farage government would be saner, more legal and in line with basic human decency. It's telling he did none of that.

My most popular cartoon by a long chalk is also oddly niche, in that it mostly appeals to a generation who remember the song it refers to and enjoy the nostalgia for their youth. I can draw one for you if you like. www.worldofmoose.com/collections/...

Not sure how I feel about this one think it's a rare mistep from the club especially not to acknowledge how important Haydn was in our history

It's not just the straw placement , but it's that "Your move" look on his face

It's almost like putting a narcissistic psychopath with the intelligence and emotions of a 5 year old who has shit his pants in charge was a bad idea.

Nadine Dorries is missed in Parliament. Watch her here on last night’s #bbcqt. She speaks articulately without stumbling and wins the respect of a tough audience. She is still a political heavyweight. #GoNads ❤️

This is a genuine problem with UK politics and how it's covered: The bizarre belief that having achieved power and influence at some point is irrefutable, cast-iron proof that you *deserve* it and should keep it in some form, no matter how wildly incompetent you have shown yourself to be

Exactly this on Six Music news

"Amazing result for Plaid Cymru, so here's a guest from Reform anyway..."

It turns out that writing slogans is easier than governing.

That scene of the Welsh BBC correspondent being the only person interviewing Caerphilly's new Plaid AM while the rest of the media interviewed Reform's loser in the background was far too on the nose.

The President is a petulant, monster, who can’t handle the truth. #Trumpocalypse apple.news/AXCXJfyfRRT6...

It never does youtu.be/-2hxU4UG3dA?...

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youtu.be/MbwBAV1BEn0 (I'm not listening to this)

A cheery little tune for you. Masterful, mind you youtu.be/igC_1jwWR9o

Leaving the ECHR would hand Putin a huge victory in his war against human rights and international law. Those who advocate doing so are colluding with an enemy of our country. They are traitors.

Old Skool! www.youtube.com/watch?v=eKpE...

Proof that Nigel Farage hardly knew Nathan Gill, the traitor who took Russian bribes.

People should do this on sight anyway. Nobody who isn't a danger would wear these. The only use case with mass market appeal is for perving on women and girls.

Meanwhile, at Bracknell Town…

Quite an unfortunate place to drift off into an ellipsis.

Oil companies may be about to join the long list of companies that put profit before everything else, do great harm and finally, decades later find themselves in the 'dock’. Like Tobacco and a bunch of other industries. I hope so. buff.ly/aTKUTCa

@mrjamesob.bsky.social Re: mystery hour Guinness question This is a BBC archive of the last pub in Belfast to use two barrels to pour a pint of plain (Guinness was done similarly). It is an amazing video, it is an incredible mix of poetry, sadness and nostalgia. youtu.be/ZKDwwVR5fd4?...

Til he posted I’d forgotten about that Cnut too.

Tony Blair’s new report contains nothing new. Calling for a green energy slow down to keep bills down is perfectly wrongheaded. Our bills are high because we let the global price of gas set the price we pay for our own wind and sun. buff.ly/RxeWAve

Michael Gove personally intervened to ensure that a Conservative donor's firm was awarded a multimillion pound covid contract. Private correspondence reveals that Ciga Healthcare’s Brexit-supporting owner had pushed Gove to “take control” of the process. The contract was awarded just days later

There’s no solidarity quite like that between client journalists, the government and their billionaire backers. It’s all one big club. This so-called “journalist” called for me — a British MP — to be deported because I’m Muslim. Yet somehow he’s the victim. Cry me a river.

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"The Duke of Pork" - A great cartoon by @martinrowson.bsky.social - Beautiful drawing. Great details. Just check the book. #Andrew #Windsor #Epstein #China #Espionage #UK #England - The final ordeal of the #British people in one visual - #VirginiaGiuffre ❤️