Liddle was described as common waste, an example of the very worst of human nature, a pus-filled carbuncle leaking infected pus into the civility of day to life, and more damaging to society than plutonium steak bakes. His critics were less kind.

The Guardian@theguardian.com · yesterday

Rod Liddle obituary

ok google open you tube search for the best of eamon dunphy

The year anniversary of getting my gall bladder whipped out, I highly recommended the IV morphine for excruciating pain. I’m glad that stuff’s illegal.

SLab keeping Lennon off the leadership ballot will give us another 5 banter years, having either Balding Dundonian Sarwar-Redux or Archetype Central Belt Labour Cooncillor is the stuff of dreams for every other party.

As we all know, Craig is a man who backs up words with actions, and I will humbly assist him in his quest by taking tank driving lessons.

The National@scotnational.bsky.social · 5d ago

Former British diplomat Craig Murray has said those serious about Scottish independence should be 'prepared to stand unarmed in front of a British army tank' What do you think? 👇🤔

Low-hanging fruit I know, but we should pause for the thought that the co-writer of Father Ted is now publishing stuff on the internet saying that in "real life", Hobbits would be getting raped.

TikTok has incredible moderation team. Our InfoWars video about Multiple Horse Theory — the idea that there are many horses in the world and not just one — has been fully deemed misinformation and lost the formal appeals process. Confirmed by Larry Ellison: There is only one horse on Earth.

what—and i cannot stress this enough—the actual eff www.ft.com/content/1ed4...

In my mind this is 100% correct and the rapid shift from living under lockdown and all the crazy shit that we experienced for near enough 2 years, to relative normality, meant most of us tried to pick up where we left off. But clearly that is a crazy way to approach it.

The Fig Economy@figgityfigs.bsky.social · last wk.

One of my Crank Theories of Everything, at least of Everything in the Recent Past, is that we are dealing (badly) with COVID trauma we’d mostly prefer to pretend never happened.

Evidently Chicken Run

Aardman Films do John Cooper Clarke’s Evidently Chickentown

Jesse Hawken@jessehawken.bsky.social · last wk.

Studio execs are going to want to adapt more poems for the big screen now

#SymeTime

Paul Hutcheon@paulhutcheon.bsky.social · last wk.

EXC: A new MSP has announced he is running to be the next Scottish Labour leader. In a statement to the Record, Joe Fagan said "continuity won’t cut it" and promised to "shake up" Scottish politics.

This bozo’s last hit was 34 years ago, “known professionally” is definitely stretching it.

The National@scotnational.bsky.social · last wk.

George Alan O'Dowd, known professionally as Boy George, has released a song dismissing the genocide in Gaza while voicing support for Israel See the full lyrics 👉 www.thenational.scot/news/2...

The Nazi suit of armour bozo in Glasgow today, but the guy with the red t-shirt has an interesting tattoo

Very funny how the BBC have 4.5 hours of Commonwealth Games coverage on every night including tonight, but not a trace of it on iplayer, BBC or sport homepages. I really hope that's down to rights issues rather than the fact they can't bring themselves to plug something that's in Gaelic.

British billionaire Unionist flexing on Republican West Belfast is certainly a look.

Miffythegamer@miffythegamer.bsky.social · 2w ago

Rowling looming over a progressive Irish cultural festival with her menacing insinuations & a phalanx of expensive lawyers dashing off legal letters. And all because the organisers don’t want transphobes peddling hate at their event. A nauseating spectacle of spite.

Just discovered Trainspotting: The Musical is actually a real thing that has just opened in That London.

I think Monica Lennon is a decent enough person in a party rammed full of nasties and dreck, calling her “left-wing” is just debasing the English language.

40 YEARS AGO TODAY: "Cue the piper! Play, you bastard!" The Edinburgh Commonwealth Games opening ceremony relayed via another bravura directorial talkback performance from Stewart 'run the roller' Morris.

1986 Games

Talkback recording of TV director Stewart Morris during opening ceremony of 1986 Edinburgh games.

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Are these skilled political operators in the room with you now?

PoliticsHome@politicshome.bsky.social · 2w ago

Labour MPs unhappy with the treatment of Starmer loyalists have warned they could make life hard for Burnham at the Budget “Andy’s Starmerite purge has created an incredibly powerful phalanx of skilled political operators who intimately know the government’s fiscal position" Harriet Symonds writes

Spoiler: you can

The National@scotnational.bsky.social · 2w ago

Scottish Labour's acting leader has described Anas Sarwar's appointment in the House of Lords as an 'offer you can't refuse' 👇

Sarwar Junior getting a Lords gig after HMRC blocked his da from it years back would be… something.

🚨 🚨 Andy Burnham's reshuffle has been marked by rumour and speculation. What is the latest? That tonight Anas Sarwar will accept a role in Andy Burnham’s Government and quit as Scottish Labour leader.

This is a massive shame, always went to Greaves first if I was buying a pair of gutties or the like, no chance I’m visiting another Ashley emporium of shit www.heraldscotland.com/news/2629996...

Famous Glasgow sports shop snapped up by vast retail empire

Glasgow-based Greaves family sells popular sports shop to Frasers Group

heraldscotland.com

what are some absurd work situations you can share? once i got called into a meeting i had nothing to do with because the consultant brought an engineer and no one in the room could understand him, so they asked me to translate. he was scouse. i translated from english to english.

I don't want to sound like one of these folk who long for the good old days when bus drivers wore ties or something, but I do think the guy running FIFA should wear proper fucking shoes to the World Cup Final.