Should we have a whip round? Drop a few million quid in his current account. Secretly. And then ask him politely to do his fucking job? Or shall we wait for the donors & disgraced Tories in his ‘top team’ to do it instead?

Congratulations to @bphillipsonmp.bsky.social on somehow making Theresa May’s Conservative Party the most socially progressive government of the last decade, I suppose. Really impressive to be that fucking ghoulish a person.

Hard to get my head around the fact a former Taoiseach said that we shouldn’t be letting Congolese people into the country and a week later a Congolese man has been killed George Floyd-style by security guards kneeling on him on Dublin’s traditional main shopping street

"As a father of daughters" is invariably a phrase that precedes a lot of bollocks but using it to bolster the idea that you're better placed to speak on "women's rights" than two specific women is next level isn't it

Sharing, without comment, British newspapers’ depictions of the only Jewish person currently leading a UK political party . Times. Mail. Telegraph. Sun.

Some people get to have all the fun… 🙁

Nothing says “I cannot cope with lying politicians” like backing, er, Nigel Farage and, um… ‘In 2022, Delo pleaded guilty to a United States Bank Secrecy Act violation and received a 30-month probation sentence. In 2025, Delo was pardoned by President Donald Trump.’

God, these lovely, peaceful morning hours in Europe before that stupid cunt wakes up.

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i, for one, am delighted that we finally have a definition of “woke”

This right here is a big part of why the world is going to shit

I think about this Tony Benn speech much more than I used to

I had no idea that the wildly profitable Ryder Cup at the gazillion star posh hotel was a struggling charity event needing volunteers

The Palestine hunger strikers have been on hunger strike for over 60 days and are close to death. They have not even been convicted of a crime - they are being held on remand (pre-trial) for more than twice the max time allowed, and counting…🧵

This and the discussion about how academics can now just read AI summaries of things really drives home how much these guys always confuse the product for the goal. You don't do a coloring sheet because you want to have a colored sheet at the end!!! The coloring is the point!!!

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It is very nearly the tenth anniversary of that brief moment when, for 2 or 3 days, British newspapers remembered refugees are desperate human beings who need our help, rather than scum that it's okay to threaten with violence.

Aside from the frothing racism of these people, what is really grim about this is the idea that government are powerless to change culture. If your constituents think these things *they are wrong* and you need to explain why. It's not actually your job as an MP to rubber stamp fascism.

“Speaking of which” he continued “I have somebody nailed into a coffin that’s half-filled with piss and knives and if they can stay in there for a whole week, I’ll give them the $50,000 they need for chemotherapy.”

England’s NHS crews ‘watching patients die in back of ambulances’ due to A&E delays

I see The Patriarchy has nicked an hour off Mothers Day.

Absolutely correct.

Birmingham Royal Ballet is reassessing the scale of its productions and the frequency of its tours following the confirmation of the 100% cut to its council funding in the 2025/26 budget 👇

On top of total capture of COP by the fossil fuel industry, we now have "Amazon forest felled to build road for climate summit." At what point do we acknowledge what is now plainly obvious: that this is not the solution, but a big part of the problem, a coverup for BAU? www.bbc.com/news/article...

📣BIG NEWS 📣 Punch by James Graham will make its Broadway debut at Manhattan Theatre Club in autumn 2025, directed by Adam Penford. Broadway run dates and casting are yet to be announced.

Some news! 🍎

Last week we opened Punch at the Young Vic Theatre! Had the best time with a brilliant team on this incredible show! 5stars in @telegraphnews.bsky.social, @whatsonstage.bsky.social and @broadwayworld.bsky.social. #Theatre #LondonTheatre #Design #LightingDesign #Lighting #StageLighting #Stage

The space between the c and the o really seems to divide public opinion.

All set for tonight’s opening of The Makropulos Affair at @scottishopera.bsky.social. Has been a total joy working with this team and company. #OperaDirector Olivia Fuchs #SetDesign #CostumeDesign Nicola Turner #VideoDesign Sam Sharples #LightingDesign me!

We can only hope that FPTP gives us a result that is not very representative of this. Also, it'd be nice if Starmer joined the Labour Party.

Red = lowest ecological integrity. Ireland has the great honour of being probably *the* most ecologically trashed nation in all Europe. 🏆 🏆 🏆

I was LX op on the original London production of GHD @oldvictheatre.bsky.social. Think there was a time when I had seen the production more than anyone else; which was fun to think about given the time-loop story. Miss those days, the people and the place. Happy Groundhog Day! 🦫

On a serious note, in order to make the case that “authoritarianism is worse” you have to exist in a democratic system where people who aren’t homeowners are allowed to win elections and aren’t hounded out of that system with hysterical accusations and slander when they try to engage in it.

I regret to inform I gotta hand it to Zizek again

PS5 gamers, looking for recommendations of what to play next. Big fan of Ghost of Tsushima, God of War, GOW Ragnarock, AC Valhalla, Black Flag, and Odyssey. What else is worth driving into? #PS5 #Recommendations #Gamers #AssassinsCreed #GodOfWar

I vividly remember being taught in school that August was in autumn, and went to war with UK pals about it, only for them to prove me wrong - and now I know why! The met office be damned; Happy Spring! 🇮🇪

Initial report on Creative Scotland's new multi-year funding programme here in @thestage.bsky.social. - 251 orgs funded, none lost, 141 new ones, incl. Summerhall and Capital Theatres - uplifts for all currently funded, some massive - increase coming in 2026/27 www.thestage.co.uk/news/creativ...

Headlines, which all seem positive! - all organisations currently funded receive uplifts - 141 more organisations receive funding for the first time - funding will increase in 2026/27

📢 WE ARE HIRING 📢 We are looking for a highly motivated, dynamic individual to join our team as Head of Lighting 💡🌟 Deadline: Monday 17th February APPLY NOW www.nationaltheatrescotland.com/jobs/head-of... #ArtsJobs

Having the nicest time working with these brilliant people. #ScottishOpera

For all that these Reform racists bang on about losing our ‘British culture’ it often seems that as a nation Britain is absolutely intent on wrecking our cultural life you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/sa...

You can’t invoke Thatcher in 2025, that’s bananas. That’s wacky if you’re a Tory, let alone Labour. Look what she’s done. Look at the fucking state of everything. At one point she said Blair was her greatest creation. It’s not true anymore, her greatest creation is now Starmer.

It would be nice if for once this *Labour* government made a “hard decision” that was actually in the interest of the public rather than balance sheets. But no, we’ll freeze your granny one week, and eviscerate the planet the next. But please do appreciate how hard these decisions are for us.

Think the UK should do the same?

"Let's invade the Faroes and rename the Irish Sea"