Every now and then a joke makes you want to stand up and applaud. Bra-actual-vo to the HIGNFY social media team for this absolute gem.
Phil Clemo
@philclemo.bsky.social
Barrister. Dad. Lib Dem. Sunderland fan. Massive history geek. Like a pint. One day I will make a load of pogs with Brian Noble’s face on them. You see if I don’t.
Nice to wake up to a good news story for once! Burnham scraps controversial plans to curb jury trials www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Burnham scraps controversial plans to curb jury trials
The key policy idea announced by David Lammy when he was justice secretary will no longer go ahead.
bbc.co.uk
I almost don’t know where to start with this bullshit. You give someone a car with a dribble of petrol left and all the warning lights on. Then when 1 min later they run out of fuel and are on the phone to the AA because the radiator just exploded you chide them for not looking after their car.
Fantastic for #safc to start off the Europa League campaign with a win. Alkmaar are a good side. Le Fee had some stones to slot that home like that. Would love to see Brobbey get his confidence up by netting a few and we need to make more of the chances we make but still an awesome result 💪🔴⚪️🔴⚪️
My kid loves this YouTube guy called Preston who just plays loads of Minecraft and plays pranks on people. He’s basically a nice guy, he’s harmless, it’s essentially good clean fun. Christ I cannot stand him. He’s excessively youthful, energetic and a mutli millionaire. But is he happy? Yes obvs.
A private company, heavily implicated in criminality, wearing the clothes of a political party being used as a vehicle to advance the interests of rich people who stand to benefit. Denlo isn’t donating £36m to ‘level the playing field’. Quids, lots of them, pro quo. news.sky.com/share/13584676
Reform UK given record £36m donation from crypto billionaire Ben Delo
The sum comes after a summer dominated by scrutiny of Nigel Farage's party, including an ongoing criminal investigation into allegations it breached rules on political donations.
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He honors his father who died on 9/11 with his speech—and with his decency.
Spectrum News NY1@spectrumnewsny1.bsky.social · 4w agoThe last speaker at the 9/11 remembrance ceremony lost his father to the attacks.
I bet all those British tourists planning their Israeli getaway holidays are thinking twice now. Well done to the PM and Foreign Secretary for this. There will be counter arguments advanced I’m sure but meaningfully calling out the Netanyahu regime is long overdue.
Didn’t know about this until listening to an episode of @theresthistory.bsky.social Proper tear jerker. What a guy. And what a group of people, going on to build lives after such unimaginable trauma. youtu.be/OqqbM1B-mPY?...
Holocaust hero Sir Nicholas Winton (That's Life - 1988)
YouTube video by Tops of the top
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Watching BBC News and it's striking to hear the presenters repeatedly referring to the AfD as "far-right" whilst refusing to ever say the same about the hundreds of actual masked blackshirts currently swarming British ports
I know I’m not exactly unbiased but Newcastle’s home kit this season really is chavvy shite.
Frank Lampard’s Coventry didn’t deserve to lose their match in today’s Frank Lampard Premier League according to Frank Lampard. Frank Lampard.
Very pleased with a point at brentford #safc Whilst I’m on, very much enjoyed this text from the bbc sport app
“I'm sick of voting against things rather than for things." A very common sentiment in our survey results - and one shared by voters from all parties. 96% agreed they should not have to vote tactically. See the full results of the survey: www.lder.org/fix-politics...
Look forward to the entirely unroided Russian horses showing up to the next Olympics
Love that KLD flew to Lyon himself to get the Fofana deal done. Shades of him going to pick up Xhaka last year. Let’s hope it works out as well as that did! #safc
It's great to hear that Burnham is still committed to a fair voting system. But words are no longer enough. Now he's got the power to deliver the change he's long advocated for. So what is he waiting for? Our message to the PM is simple: the time for PR is now. ⏰
Your 40s are for trying to escape all your problems by drinking more water
Look at this thick prick talking about needing a good pen and some intelligence and then holding the pen like it might bite him and mixing up lower and upper case letters throughout the 2 whole words that he writes. I’m beyond being kind about people who continue to back him. #trump #lakeamerica
Trump has completely lost the plot hasn’t he? Remember when people looked up to the US President? Might not have liked the individual but assumed they were clever and talented. That seems like a loooooong time ago.
There is literally nothing that boils my piss about Farage more than this. Look at the data. Illegal migration went through the roof after the brexit that he was instrumental in bringing about and now he seeks power off the back of the problem of illegal migration. Conman, scumbag grifter that he is
Liberal Democrats@libdems.org.uk · 2mo agoBrexit made it harder to stop dangerous Channel crossings. The Conservatives and Nigel Farage would rather point fingers than take responsibility. Lib Dems have a real plan: work with Europe to tackle it.
Nice to see Frank Lampard’s Coventry get a paddlin’ on their return to the Frank Lampard Premier League in association with Frank Lampard. Frank Lampard.