The reason Kemi is sticking by Bonehill-Paine is that he knows how to do numbers online, and Kemi wants to be a meme lord more than she wants to be Prime Minister.
David Whitley
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Travel writer. Nerd. General annoyance. I never met a joke I liked that I didn't want to drill into the ground. Writes quizzes at https://geograquiz.com/ . Shares unsolicited thoughts at https://planetwhitley.com/ .
Suspect the name Joshua Bonehill-Paine is going to come up frequently in Conservative-Lib Dem battlegrounds in the next few years. An absolute gift for Ed Davey, that.
Not necessarily great, but I loved the Belgariad by David Eddings when I was younger. It would be a great introduction to higher fantasy for my kids, but oh no we will not be doing that.
BeijingPalmer@beijingpalmer.bsky.social · yesterdayalright let's do real discourse: five books *by bad people* that are still good or great books V.S. Naipaul, A BEND IN THE RIVER Allison Pearson, I DON'T KNOW HOW SHE DOES IT Kevin Myers, WATCHING THE DOOR Yukio Mishima, CONFESSIONS OF A MASK Neil Gaiman, BRIEF LIVES.
The nation's cunts have gathered together to pay tribute to Rod Liddle, who sadly died at the age of 66.
Remember, Rod Liddle can't read what you're writing, but other odium-wallowing stains on humanity who look like a Novichokked baboon might.
Saint Peter prepares to accept a caution for pushing someone downstairs.
I feel delivery companies overestimate the number of emails and text messages the average customer wishes to receive about each delivery.
the children have attempted to put their father in timeout but unfortunately it has backfired because he is stoked to sit in a quiet room alone
there's a lot of things you could say that explain why someone is not fit for public office but "he cheats at a solo sport " should be all you ever need
Trevor Phillips' "you all think I'm an open-minded liberal, but here's a shock for you - I'm actually a massive cunt" schtick is seriously wearing thin.
One of the things that got my back up during the pandemic was the haughtily-stated idea that schools/ teachers aren't a childcare service. They are. Not primarily, but they are. And pretending that part of a teacher's job isn't looking after kids while parents are at work benefits no-one.
Sam Freedman@samfr.bsky.social · 3d agoIt's made me think more about the non-academic purposes of schools...
—Yes, you're right. You were deceived. I did make another ring. In the land of Mordor, in the fires of Mount Doom. I forged in secret, a master ring, to control all others. And into this ring I poured all my cruelty, my malice and my will to dominate all life. I was wrong—I'm glad you called me out.
What's probably more disturbing is that I'd never heard this song until I actively sought it out yesterday (and I do like a few Sam Fender songs). The whole culture-by-osmosis ecosystem is borked.
Official Charts@officialcharts.bsky.social · 5d agoHISTORY MADE! Sam Fender and Olivia Dean's Rein Me In becomes the longest running single at Number 1 EVER! 🥳 🙌 https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/sam-fender-olivia-dean-rein-me-in-longest-running-single-at-number-1-ever-record-breaker/
Counterpoint: The Restore vote is the 10-20% of the most despicable people in the country, and they've been catered to by the Conservatives/ Reform/ Ukip in the last 20 years. The right only gets to power by ostracising them.
James Ball@jamesrball.com · 5d agoRestore on just under 9% is uncomfortably high – though is surely also worrying for Reform (21% first preference). Greens surely must be a bit disappointed with 12% of first preferences after their success in Gorton & Denton.
The Tories probably need to reconcile with how many ex-BNP voters they soaked up post-Brexit vote.
*whispers* For a Labour government, it is tactically astute to transfer powers and money to city/ metro mayors, as that's where the voter base is. Let the the Lib Dems and Conservatives scrap over bumpkins, nullify Reform in the racism-hungry towns by tying them to newly-powerful cities.
Tories beaten by Restore, which is basically one aging racist with a Facebook page. The Keminaissance in action.
Owen Winter@owenwntr.bsky.social · 5d agoManchester mayoral results, first round Bev Craig - Labour 47% (+24 vs local elections) Reform 21% (-10) Green 12% (-7) Restore 9% (new) Conservative 8% (-3) Lib Dem 3% (-7)
Of these, the best three are chocolate, banana and rum and raisin. The public should not be trusted. Also: Strawberry is the one that can be great, but is the most frequently disappointing (My favourite? The wild cherry cheesecake flavour from the dairy a few miles away).
YouGov@yougov.co.uk · 5d agoBeyond their overall favourites, which ice cream flavours do Britons like? Vanilla: 84% love or like Raspberry ripple: 70% Chocolate: 67% Strawberry: 66% Mint choc chip: 64% Salted caramel: 64% Neapolitan: 50% Pistachio: 48% Coffee: 41% Banana: 38% Rum and raisin: 35% yougov.com/en-gb/articl...
For Missouri, it's Montana. For Arkansas, it's Colorado. For Ohio, it's Pennsylvania. For Delaware, it's New York. For Mississippi, it's Minnesota. What is it for Colorado?
Morgan McSweeney prepares to win over mint choc chip voters by making every food on earth taste of toothpaste.
YouGov@yougov.co.uk · 5d agoYouGov's latest scoop: vanilla is Britain's favourite ice cream flavour Vanilla: 18% Mint choc chip: 14% Chocolate: 13% Strawberry: 5% Salted caramel: 5% Rum and raisin: 5% Pistachio: 4% Coffee: 3% Raspberry ripple: 3% yougov.com/en-gb/articl...
Democratic Republic of the Congo Papua New Guinea New Zealand Netherlands Equatorial Guinea
Daniel Tunnard@danieltunnard.bsky.social · 5d agoExcluding cardinal points, demonyms (eg Dominican Republic), "United", foreign words (Verde) and obscure full names (Oriental Republic of Uruguay, Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela etc), there are FIVE countries that have adjectives in their names in English. Is this question too complicated? No. Go!
There's something quite Shakespearean about AI being genuinely useful for lots of (mostly dull) things, but financially unsustainable unless everybody uses it all the time for completely unnecessary things.
Burnham is very lucky to have unearthed Starmer's genie at exactly the time the public is realising Farage is a crook and Polanski is a twat.
Rob Ford@robfordmancs.bsky.social · 6d agoThe Farage drop is, I think, potentially more consequential medium term than the Burnham bounce (which will fade I'm sure). Reform are a one man band, built around Farage's brand. If he becomes toxic (a) he might quit politics (as he has before) (b) whether he does or not they have no plan B.
The great thing about the summer holidays is being asked "when's lunch?" every five minutes between 7.45am and 12 noon.
Blur's There's No Other Way is about the A30 in Cornwall.
Blur's Ernold Sane is about Dave Benson Phillips.
