What’s your favourite description of a famous person? I like Alan Partridge on Gary Barlow who described him as a “Wide hipped wealth enthusiast”
Rachel Haynes
@rgch.bsky.social
Nerd, activist, wants equality, an end to poverty, more sea swimming and cheese. Put that on your banner...
A joy of fair competition for a worse album cover.
AJfromBrooklyn@ajfrombrooklyn.bsky.social · 2d agoI dare anyone to come up with a worse album cover than this.
Brilliant letter from Stuart Thompson to Jeremy Clarkson about his comments that benefit claimants should write weekly thank you letters to tax payers detailing how they spend their benefits each week.
Never count this city out. London’s been ranked #1 once again - this time as the most intelligent city in the world.
These are the world’s most intelligent cities in 2026, according to a new Index
How did your city fare?
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It was always unlawful, under the Highways Act 1980. But I don't suppose Suella would know that, being a lawyer, MP and former Attorney General.
airbnb I’m staying at unintentionally created the toughest punk album cover of 2027
Spain's Pedro Sánchez with a firm, confident response to especially Italy's Ceuta reaction (closing the Schengen border).
Daniël Boomsma@danielboomsma.bsky.social · 4d agoPedro Sanchez veegt in brief volledig de vloer aan met die laffe Meloni.
RefUK, RW media, & Eurofash are plainly trying to whip up a panic about this. Any serious report must begin by explaining that Ceuta is in Africa - not mainland Spain - and 48k+ of the 50k crossers were already returned. It is frightening how many still don't know this. Please share on all socials.
Excellent report from #C4News comparing other countries social care "England is something of an outlier amongst wealthy nations when it comes to social care"
the other question is whether political consensus is a necessary precondition for reform. Its easy to see why @andyburnham.bsky.social wants this - he was burned by the death tax accusations in 2009-10 and May's reform attempt was nixed by the "dementia tax".
Alex Thomas@alexgathomas.bsky.social · 7d agoCross-party talks are fine-and might be part of a process to sort out social care But Burnham can’t sidestep politics Deciding how to spend billions (or not), & who should win or lose, is the essence of politics From @stuarthoddinott.bsky.social www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/article/comm...
Love will always conquer hatred. Unity will always conquer division. And lightness will always overcome darkness.
No one thinks they will have to pay for social care. Until they find they do
John Crace@mrjohncrace.bsky.social · last wk.
Polanski very stupid for what he shared, but Reform’s pivot from bringing a woman who called for hotels full of asylum seekers to be burned down as their guest of honour at conference, to saying the Green leader should be jailed - is a difficult circle to square
Out of interest #R4today has Burnham extended an invitation to Count BinFace for these Social Care Funding talks at Number10? … or the Greens, Plaid Cymru? How about the SNP, Sinn Féin & the DUP for that? Why should ReformUK get all the attention (or is that a daft question)?
We are already paying for a lot of our social care failure. Inefficiently, inhumanely. And we are failing to pay for the rest of it. Inefficiently, inhumanely. #R4Today
Everyone should read this absurdist thread and then think about how it’s not absurdist at all, it’s genuinely a perfect representation of the current system.
Dan Neidle@danneidle.bsky.social · last wk.I have a modest proposal for a new tax. It involves a deck of cards and a monkey throwing darts. Here are the rules:
I have a modest proposal for a new tax. It involves a deck of cards and a monkey throwing darts. Here are the rules:
It's funny how no-one ever asks where the money is coming from when you announce a cut in immigration.
Just one para from @jdportes.bsky.social brilliant (and beautifully written) @theguardian.com piece on Burnham and the economy. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
A bit rich
Germany warns US against election interference with Maga-aligned grants scheme
Friedrich Merz responds to US project offering grants of up to $3m in Europe to address ‘sovereignty, migration and censorship’
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Stephen King@stephenking.bsky.social · 3w agoTonight Trump will re-litigate the 2020 election. Why? In support of his SAVE act, which is actually a Voter Suppression Act. This is a Hail Mary effort to keep his corrupt power grab from being swamped by a blue wave in November.
Remembering Wilko Johnson on his birthday. Here are Dr Feelgood performing Roxette on the OGWT in 1975
Vicki Evans, the Senior National Coordinator for Counter Terrorism Policing, said: "They’re intent on identifying willing volunteers to peddle the Russian narrative. "Their ultimate goal is destabilising our democracy, sowing division and chaos, and disturbing our peace.”
Russia is inflaming the debate on immigration in Britain as part of “increasing ambitions to disrupt our way of life”, counter-terror police and experts say It has directly and indirectly paid right-wing influencers to spread messages that align with its political goals inews.co.uk/news/putin-i...
How Putin is inflaming immigration tensions to spark disorder in Britain
Counter-terror leaders reveal the tactics Russia is using to sow division in the UK
inews.co.uk
What a moving interview on R4 BH with Peter Hennessey - says he’s retiring because his Parkinson’s means he can longer think clearly, but he sounded far clearer and made more sense than most people you hear on the radio
A delightful thread. Who knows how it metaphorically translates though…?
Josiah Mortimer@josiahmortimer.bsky.social · 4w agoRounding up some translations of Count Binface that have been appearing in foreign press 🇷🇴 Romanian: Contele Tomberonez 🇫🇷 French: Comte Tête-de-Poubelle (bin-head, more accurate than bin-face) 🇮🇹 Italian: Conte Faccia-da-Bidone 🇪🇸 Spanish: "un hombre con un cubo de basura en la cabeza" (!) Cont...
Two baby beaver kits have arrived at Ealing's Paradise Fields. Reintroduced in 2023 with Ealing Wildlife Group and Citizen Zoo, beavers are already stopping Greenford station from flooding and saving us money on infrastructure. Here’s what they’ve been up to 🦫
Evidence shows Sure Start improved educational and health outcomes for children. That's why we're bringing it back for the modern day, through Best Start in Life.