David Whitley

"There are mines in the Strait of Hormuz" is new slang for on the blob.

leaders like trump are why sun tzu had to write a bunch of advice like "don't write your enemy a letter detailing what tactics you really don't want them to do"

GARY SAMBROOK EATS BIG DINNERS

"Who let the dogs out?"

Not this time - SW WA and Sydney. In theory.

Exactly. No-one really gives a shit.

I have a very, very strong suspicion that the Boat Race needs the BBC more than the BBC needs the Boat Race.

I always enjoy the University of Cambridge being the third best university in Cambridge in almost every university ranking list.

But also one that could be tediously repeated every six months.

Can't help feeling "we'll kill your leader and destroy a good percentage of your military capability" vs "we'll close the Strait of Hormuz and cut out most air traffic between Europe and Asia" is slightly lower stakes mutually assured destruction that both sides are quite happy with.

To be fair, I think it'd be the same response if they were asked if they preferred JD Vance as President or catching Ebola.

Oh, it's the random tombola of pricing for non-members that's truly special.

People still seem to be remarkably blasé about this year's midterms being anything approaching free-and-fair, let alone the 2028 presidential election.

I swear English Heritage only exists as an experiment to see what degree of balls-out insane ticket pricing structure human beings can withstand.

Whatever the outcome of this debacle, I'm sure we're all glad to have "closing the Strait of Hormuz" as a new euphemism for not being up for sex tonight.

Is it good practice to not update the bit about the Middle East operation on the latest news section of your website for three days? Who's to say?

Really looking forward to flying to Australia with Qatar Airways in two weeks' time. Pretty sure it's excellent news that British Airways is dragging its heels about re-routing that one.

Looking forward to opening my Olympic-sized oil swimming pool tomorrow.

Glasgow is just one big Sheffield Ski Village.

TIME CODE COMPLIANCE LOG 10:00:03 "shit" 10:01:26 "bit of a dick", "cock-teasing", "prick" x 4, "ball sac" x 3 10:02:38 "Christ", "disconnected to the point of autism", "tosser" 10:03:04 "bloody", "arse pipes", "tittytwat" 10:03:09 "this is a bucket of shit", "shit" x 7 10:03:29 "the department needs to look a bit less…"…."autistic?" 10:04:17 "you taking the piss?" 10:04:36 "dogshit" x 2, "bollocks" 10:04:55 "fuck knows", "no fucking idea", "fuck" 10:07:51 "shit" x 2, "fucking", "arse" 10:11:36 "double wank and shit chips", "shit" 10:13:38 "fuck", "fucking" x 4, "shite", "fuck off" 10:15:59 "fuck off back to your match reports you twat!" 10:16:25 "cock", "you taking the piss?", "how fucked am I?...on the fuckometer?", "fucked" x 2, "piss" 10:18:07 "shit" x 4, "bloody", "fucking" x 8, "fuck" x 2 10:21:23 "fucks us up the bugle", "fuck", "fucking" x 2 10:24:06 "Jesus Christ!", "fucking" x 2 10:25:08 "every seat-sniffing little shitbag", "fucking" x 4, "shit" x 3, "prick", "fat guy with a tiny little dick the size of a bookie's biro", "fuck" 10:26:25 "for fuck's sake" x 2, "fuck", "fucking" x 4

Found some old screenshots while searching for something else. Tempted to play a little game here: guess which episode of The Thick of It this is, based on its BBC compliance log entry.

*Don't have to reprint the letterhead before, ooh, maybe Wednesday*

Congratulations to Mojtaba Khamenei, who hopefully has a lovely time during his 36 hours in the new job.

NileRodgers

Given he comes from Peru, Dan Hannan is like Paddington Bear's Wario.

Yeah. Would take near-total Tory collapse, too. Not impossible (hence the just about seeable 7th place scenario). 6th place with 40-50 seats seems considerably more plausible.

Can see a scenario where they're 7th, should Plaid essentially replace Labour in Wales.

Iranian state media to announce tomorrow that, unfortunately, the new Supreme Leader has been hit over the head with a metal bar in HMP Frankland.

Huge commiserations to everyone who thought 'cathedral schools' should be a thing.

Are they being bribed to rehabilitate Starmer and make him popular again? Is the only plausible explanation I can think of.

Thought that was the third brother, Dean Waugh?