Madeline doing her best Harold Steptoe impersonation
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Madeline doing her best Harold Steptoe impersonation
Michael Gove discussing Sydney Sweeney is giving me the ick
This is the sort of thing the red team on Bargain Hunt would pay a tenner for in the hope that it was a proper antique
I know Hacker's not actually real but somehow this has ruined the magic for me www.youtube.com/shorts/Cvvpf...
Young @rentouljohn.bsky.social's taste in books is impeccable...
"I am pleased to report a 874% increase in flag raisings throughout the country"
You can't say that or the rozzers will be onto you
Farage has just made this joke far funnier than it would have been at the time by being such a thoroughgoing hypocrite.
Some of you have been very mean about Stephen Miller and I hope you will accept this picture as definitive proof that he is NOT a vampire. Unless it's been photoshopped in which case as you were.
Results inconclusive. Will rerun experiment with 3 bags on Friday ❤️ #science
any US congressman who is fully across a row between the Nottingham Post and Nottinghamshire council is welcome to holiday in the Cotswolds AT ANY TIME, and we will not refuse to serve him in our farm shops
she's got at least one now
* volunteers for control group "2 bags of M&S Cheese Tasters and no running" *
Nutritionists will tell you it is essential to eat a healthy meal before running but I say how do you know what effect 2 bags of M&S Cheese Tasters will have on your performance unless you test it out.
shudders
NB: This is literally what is happening to people arriving in Trump's America. And I understand that unlike the UK, you can count the US cases on more than 1 finger.
Nigel Farage just repeatedly denied – under oath! – to @raskin.house.gov ever banning journalists he doesn’t like from his party’s conventions. This happened to me *literally today*.
It has not escaped my notice that after the election of each country’s first ethnic minority leader, both the US and the UK seem to have had unfortunate ethnonationalist turns… pretty tragic
The Independent's David Maddox has written about Reform's approach to dealing with the media He says he has taken "threatening calls" from the Reform leadership, who warned him the paper would be banned from all events if they did not change their critical tone in stories
Farage Branded 'Putin-Loving Trump Wannabe' By US Politician In Brutal Slapdown www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/farage...
I would like to hear Claudia's thoughts
"he's 100% faithful" "yeah" "but he's wearing a traitors' cloak" "yeah" "you see the contradiction" "but I've done the photoshop now" "fine just put it out"
I appreciate the effort from a creative point of view but this is a conceptual nightmare
Reminds me of some anti-asylum activists who were going to bring down the government the other week by not going to the shops for a period. In their words, this would need some organisation and publicity so that 'people could do a big shop beforehand'.
ah well, we'll always have the Ed Davey factory visit
We should probably get used to seeing Lush stores closed given they lost £52m last year (up from £22m the year before)
my maths could be out here but I estimate this is the % loss to the UK government if all Lush customers set fire to their planned spending for 1 day
"the UK Government is losing a day of tax contributions from Lush" not really because the money will either be spent in other stores or in Lush at a later date
Farage is apparently speaking to Congress in his capacity as a spokesman for GB News.
Rep. Jamie Raskin tears into Nigel Farage as a "far-right pro-Putin politician" and a "Donald Trump sycophant and wannabe".
Fascinated that In Our Time is one of the BBC’s most popular podcasts among under 35s. The young people demand three academics and a peer discussing Demosthenes, apparently. And they’re right to do so.
Ed Davey's political nous is greatly underestimated.
Madeline doing her best Harold Steptoe impersonation
Michael Gove discussing Sydney Sweeney is giving me the ick
If George Osborne was still Chancellor you just know that at the next budget there'd be some sort of stamp duty change included just so he could make a joke about Angela Rayner and it would then go on to accidentally cost the Treasury £750 million.
Kemi Badenoch had such a bad #PMQs performance she's immediately gone into Central Lobby to do a Sky interview about Angela Rayner
You too can look like the RE teacher who'd be too keen to volunteer to help out on school trips.
Starmer ravages Farage: "The honourable member for Clacton is not here... he's flown to America to badmouth and talkdown our country. And worse than that... he's gone there to lobby the Americans to impose sanctions. You cannot get more unpatriotic than that. It's a disgrace."
World 2 was remarkably quiet when Nadhim Zahawi trousered £5m that belonged to the Exchequer, which only got him sacked because he'd messed up the ministerial disclosure of it
Given the current shit show of governance, a heartfelt mea culpa, resignation and couple of years on the back benches might be no bad thing
The Angela Rayner story exists in two worlds World 1 - a technical mistake by a professional which will be remedied by the DPM World 2 - the world of the Mail / Sun / Facebook / Twitter where dodgy Ange trousered £40k that should have gone to the Exchequer
What's the difference between tax avoidance, tax non-compliance and tax evasion? This. Likely Ms Rayner is in category 4 - "non-compliant".
"Angela Rayner, my (very small) part in her downfall". Comments from Stamp Duty guru Sean Randall & from me in @theguardian.com this morning. Looks like @kiranstacey.bsky.social will get a drink tonight.. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
"I know it's asking a lot but....." "say no more master, this isn't my first rodeo"
At PMQs, Keir Starmer says Kemi Badenoch's claims about the UK economy are “about as credible as her place at Stanford University". A role at PMQs for @jessicaelgot.bsky.social 's great story.
The one thing saving Keir Starmer from an extremely uncomfortable mauling over this at PMQs right now is Kemi Badenoch noting the open goal, and deciding to carry on with her planned attack on high govt borrowing www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Angela Rayner is sitting right next to Keir Starmer at PMQs. Clearly he’s standing by her despite her admission this morning that she did not pay the correct amount of tax on her second home.
He'd have to have the Labour Deputy Ceremonial Tattoo done once he turns 18
Given Angela Rayner faces some, er, uncertainty, she should just go nuts and call in and slam down the approval stamp on as many planning applications as possible.
Who could replace her? Well is there anything to be said for a 2nd-tier Keir?
The best any politician can hope for is if you have to resign you do it on a day when all the pics of you are 💯
the Chinese military parade kicked the US military parade's arse, it has to be said. on.ft.com/4lYUCdx
"Sir, it's Lush, they've closed for a whole day in protest. It's over."
I promise to be guided in such matters by @showerabsolute.bsky.social
I am available to step in as DPM on a temporary / permanent basis as needed
After our overnight story saying Angela Rayner might still have to pay additional stamp duty on her £800,000 Hove flat, she confirmed that that is indeed the case: www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
oh bloody hell www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Angela Rayner admits underpaying stamp duty on £800,000 seaside flat
Given the age profile of Bluesky I was expecting better numbers
Dusty Sex Toys would be my drag name
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Something is being completely missed in the Graham Linehan / broader UK ‘free speech’ row – and it’s that much of this is a direct consequence of Elon Musk no longer doing anything like what’s required to moderate X in line with UK and European law. 🧵
It's the attention to detail I love
I'll stop now
"I am pleased to report a 874% increase in flag raisings throughout the country"
Sometimes the results are terrifying but never be afraid to experiment
He does favour a wide leg does our Kim
hopefully the North Korea comment refers to Angie's Kim Jong Un trousers.
When you're a photoshopper in need of a cheap laugh, you can't go wrong with a hair / face swap
I can only apologise
Stick it in your diary, nerds: 26 November is Budget day. Reeves will spend the run-up publicly making announcements about boosting growth (Northern Powerhouse Rail etc) and privately drawing up tax rises, while the gilt markets speculate wildly. But on the plus side, half term hols are go.
Yes Marina was doing the heavy lifting there
also Tom has clearly time-travelled from Edwardian London where he's wanted in connection with the theft of Lady Marlborough's diamond necklace
Wednesday's @thetimes cartoon times.newsprints.co.uk/morten-morla...
resign
oh bugger I got Nataliia's name wrong #sorry 😘
this is bad mkay? getting a bit Squeaky Bum Time here on.ft.com/3HYc0RJ
What is it about young men that makes them think Aussie Rules footballers from the 1980s are appropriate style icons?
Punchy prediction in this week’s cover of the left’s house journal
I have 2 hopes for #BakeOff25 1) Natalia for the win 2) Alison to hold Iain down so Noel can cut his hair
"hi it's Keir from Westminster" "KEZZA" "people won't stop asking me about flags, what should I do?"
Wednesday's DAILY STAR: What a booby! #TomorrowsPapersToday
the whole what
we just need to get Liz Truss close enough to shake his hand
There’s some solid cosy programming this evening for the second day of autumn
yeah, yeah, read another book I know
Trump Hand Watch - fairly sure he's touched a horcrux with his right hand
because of woke www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/s...
Grok is no different from the rest of X/Twitter: it is a means for Musk to impose his worldview on users.
pray 4 Sophy's mentions
link if you want to watch the whole thing *trigger warning* contains references to The Thursday Murder Club www.youtube.com/watch?v=87he...
Feels like the flag debate has been kicking around my whole life and it still boils down to: Civic institutions should fly the flag routinely. Sporting occasions and national events, sure get it out. Year round flag on your house, bit weird, trashy. Doing it to "intimidate the forrins", obvs bad
The Rest Is Entertainment have a bit about the Riyadh Comedy Festival and if you didn't think it was possible to hate Jimmy Carr* more, watch this 👇 *he's appearing obvs
He really racked up the votes
The other day I found out that the magician look-a-like from The It Crowd is the same guy who plays Dev in Such Brave Girls which is a tenuous link to this photoshop of hypnotits
30G might be beyond even his powers tbf
