Once again having to explain my teenage self that inexplicably, we are fighting side by side with the Catholic Church

Exactly what “standards” are those, Robert? You collude with pornographers over property deals. You take dodgy donations. You whore for racists and christofascists for personal gain. You betray your political allies, friends and your country to sniff at power. You have no standards. You’re poison.

Dear tv and radio producers. Thankyou for the invitation. But, no, I do not want to appear on your show to defend the idea that I am English, after 50 years of living and working here, because the increasingly feral right want to turn this into a "debate" and you cannot see how you're being played

Ian, that’s a question for Labour, Lib Dems and the Greens. We don’t ask the right about such matters!

I never normally welcome rain or autumn, but this year after the scorching and smell of smoke it is a relief. This mood will not last until November.

I dread to think what intellectual contortions his followers and fellow republicans have to make to justify this, this outrage from a madman.

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I am not American, so had to look up Gold Star Family. He’s an abomination.

One thing I find endlessly funny about the rise of AI is that it has revealed that there is a large number of people who believe that the reason they wrote essays at school or university is their teachers were desperately waiting for them to provide a definite answer to “Lear: what’s up with him?”

Today I think I might finally unlock economic growth by doing the same things that haven't worked for 18 years.

Watership down

passing the "zionism is racism" motion on the 90th anniversary of the Battle of Cable Street is a bit on the fucking nose isn't it

Hope your day was better than Darwin’s, on this day 165 years ago

My god, why isn’t every American sick of hearing from him?

It’s the idea that the American Constitution and entire political framework has failed & allowed a mendacious liar and wrecker run riot. I compare it to Brexit, the UK’s mad shit moment. While it was based on lies & driven by bad faith actors, the extrication process was democratically accountable.

Burnham announces a new Water Bill which will repeal Thatcher's ban on public ownership of water companies

You came into power and raised the cost of employing people, especially for entry level jobs and have been non-stop talking about how amazing AI is to boost productivity, which in reality comes through reducing entry level roles, and now have decided the cause of youth unemployment is welfare

I await the first time a politician proposing some nuts new immigration restriction is asked what is otherwise the media’s favourite question: how are you going to pay for it??