This little boy was 9, Farage was 17. The epitome of a school bully.

Perfect Tom Stoppard story from DTel obituary: His response to a letter from Harold Pinter canvassing support for a proposal to have the Comedy Theatre in London rechristened the Pinter Theatre, “Have you thought, instead, of changing your name to Harold Comedy?”

I’ve seen enough rom-coms to know that Jeremy Corbyn and Zarah Sultana get married in the end.

Ludicrous kowtowing to the orange monster.

Perhaps a lot of people in the ‘squeezed middle’ would accept higher taxes for improved services. However when massive asset wealth, held onto by the ‘unsqueezed top’ is not taxed fairly, it becomes a problem for most people, and any political party not tackling the issue.

The people to tax are all those that promoted Brexit. There should be an extra tax levied on every Tory that voted Brexit, every UKIP or ex-UKIP politician, every personality that pushed for it - the Dysons, Bothams, Bruce Dickinsons, Daltreys etc.; every pro-Brexit journalist. Tax them all!

Samir Shah needs to work on the cut of his no-doubt expensive suit. Terrible shape when sitting down.

Is there any turn available that might add diversity to British newspaper publishing? I don’t expect The Torygraph to not be owned by a bastard or bastards, but in any functional democracy, this narrow ownership, with the dominance of Murdoch, Paul Marshall, DMG etc. is nuts.

Watching The Long Walk: a film about a future in which Reform win the next election.

Not exactly in the Hitler, Stalin, Mao or Pol Pot club, but he certainly has Harold Shipman and every other British serial killer - combined - beat

Without asylum: Marks and Spencer wouldn't exist Queen would have been without a front man The other queen wouldn't have had a husband Judith Kerr would never have written The Tiger Who Came to Tea And thousands of less famous people wouldn't have been teachers, politicians, neighbours, etc

Apparently the next ‘Budgie the Helicopter’ book has been pulled. Not sure if it’s because Sarah Ferguson’s stock has been reduced by her involvement with Epstein or because of the title: ‘Budgie Transports a Selection of Multi-Millionaires to Nonce Island’.

In the UK, Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor's friendship with Epstein has led to total disgrace. He's been stripped of his titles, reduced to the status of a pariah. Nobody is defending him. He's a TOTAL disgrace. In America, Jeffrey Epstein's close mate, Donald Trump, remains the president. Insane.

The more you look into the Prescott memo, the worse it gets

I DEMAND Panorama IMMEDIATELY produces a documentary showing Kamala Harris not instigating a violent riot, not sexually assaulting anyone, or getting fined for denying it, or being found guilty of business fraud, or f*cking a porn star AND accepting the result of an election. You know. For balance.

Matt Goodwin has more chips on his shoulder than a carpenter caught in a frites spillage. The very essence of dull, unoriginal, utterly inconsequential little man. You can only pity the boneheads who hero worship such an absolute nonentity. #bbcqt

WHO DID THIS???!!!

Emily Thornberry: it’s not easy being green. #Newsnight

Have to say I always enjoy Adam Buxton’s podcast and this, with the excellent Kate Nash, is no exception. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...

Armando Iannucci not entirely happy that the Newsnight sponsorship deal leaves him festooned with their logo. @aiannucci.bsky.social

Really struck today by how many of the people most responsible for the Brexit shitshow were actively rewarded for their stupidity/dishonesty. Knighthoods, Damehoods, peerages, newspaper columns, seats in the House of Commons… It’s a mark of how deep the rot has gone into the fabric of our society.

The @nytimes.com should hire whoever wrote this headline. Seriously!

Elon Musk’s attack on Keir Starmer’s government is an attack on all of us. The Labour government is a democratically elected government. HM Official Opposition (Conservative Party) is refusing to stand by our elected government & has chosen to support a far right foreign plutocrat. Never forget.

Masterchef: The Professionals. Gregg Wallace MBE: Member of the British Empire. And we all Know which ‘member’ Wallace is referring to.

Kate joined by children as she hosts carol service. How thankful should we be that Katherine is returning to ‘Royal Duties’? Tens of thousands will be taking their children to carol services across the country and not getting paid millions in public money to do so. Funny old world!

If you oppose NHS privatisation, please could you repost this and follow me? I need to know who to follow next (it’ll be you!) 🌟🌟🌟

Labour can no longer hide from the cost of Brexit Weak growth and a Trump trade war could force the party to change its Europe policy www.newstatesman.com/comment/2024...

● Jaguar Land Rover adds £10bn annually to the UK economy ● Employs 11,000 people in the UK ● Creates thousands more jobs in supply chain reliant on it ● And Grandad Nigel wants them to go bust because he doesn't like the ads. Why do YOU think he doesn't like them?

The right of politics

Since Nigel Farage has just sided with Russia again, and said “the idea Ukraine is going to win, frankly, is for the birds,” it’s time to re-ask those five questions he’s never asked about his support for Vladimir Putin 1/6 bylinetimes.com/2024/06/19/t...

The birth of a star as seen by the James Webb Space Telescope

🔴The Elephant in the Room is that Brexit Has Made Britain a Much Poorer Place The unspoken truth of Rachel Reeves’ Budget was that leaving the EU has left Britain permanently worse off, writes @adambienkov.bsky.social bylinetimes.com/2024/10/30/b...

Waiting lists for gynaecology appointments across the UK have more than doubled since February 2020 BBC research reveals www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/clyvg2157mvo

Trump has picked Robert Kennedy jnr to be his health secretary saying: "He's going to help make America healthy again." Here's a far from exhaustive list of what RFK believes.

Oh. www.theguardian.com/media/2024/n...

Robert Jenrick Accepted £25,000 Donation from Firm Controlled by Sanctioned Oligarch by Ukraine Remember, this isn't any Tory MP. This isn't a random backbencher. This is the runner up in the leadership contest. You can't trust the Conservatives with foreign policy.

Okay Bluesky, this is the greatest thing I have ever made and now it’s here for you. Mr Blobby in the Virtual Insanity video.

Hello everyone. I am now on this platform for social media. Do please repost this message so that more people can find me!

hello and welcome to the 1M people that have joined Bluesky in the last week!!!

Every week Matthew Syed states the solution to populism is a bog standard list of impossible populist promises.