William L. BLIRER

They should put a monkey on the £50 note and a pony on the £10 note to confuse the hell out cockneys.

Daily Mail Headline: Pupils' drawings could be blasphemous under Islamic law, Labour councils tell schools - while music and dance classes may go against the teachings of Islam

Oh boy! What a headline...

Ask yourself:

"What am I being asked to believe?"

"Who am I being told to blame?"

Take a few seconds to imagine what the Daily Mail (And Telegraph, GB News and Express) WANT you to think is going on.

Let's see what's ACTUALLY happening...🧵

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I wouldn't complain too much if the Member for Chessington World Of Adventures is replaced by a badger at the next General election.

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"Ed you're shouting at drawings of badgers" in the voice of the Yorkshire Tea social media team.

Fuck no. Absolutely not. Cut disability benefits but give tax dodgers a get out of jail free card?

@lordbonkers.bsky.social Ed being daft, accidental Partridge, @thejase.bsky.social "He deserves better than being replaced by a badger" great line for a drum and bass track.

The University of #Sheffield Arts Tower, 05.03.26, which I believe is the tallest building in the world.
I've been told that from the top floor you can see the Isle of Man looking one way and Norway looking the other.

I *knew* this was going to be hijacked into some culture war bullshit but I hadn’t predicted that General Election Water Slide Clown was going to be the one to push it.

Yes, this will appeal to some Tory voters he’s targeting but most people will see it as opportunistic fuckery.

Knowing our chuffing luck we'd probably end up with Baroness R*wling.

Morrissey with marginally more talent.

'Kathleen Stock remains fearless, endlessly thought-provoking and always entertaining' NICK CAVE

Cool, cool, got the ultra-conservative musician to blurb your book, Kath

I think the unspoken part here is that Mandelson had very clearly been at the heart of all kinds of things, for many years, and that at best nobody seems to have showed even the slightest curiosity about what his actual role was and why the fucker was everywhere with his fingers in multiple pies.

Stephen Potter - Wikipedia

Thank you. I have been reading 'up' about him.

His DH Lawrence book "also suffered from a regrettable misprint, rendering the heading "Sea and Sardinia", as "Sex and Sardinia". This was soon amplified by rumour into "Sex and Sardines", none of which helped Potter's reputation as a serious writer."

Ooh, possible overnight job then.

My eurosky slot awaits me; will be moving over there within the next few weeks as soon as I can find a window to migrate. How long did it take you to complete the process?

80s singer Thomas Dolby on raising queer kids: "the eldest is trans, the middle is a lesbian, and the youngest is a drummer"

The 3 genders

Stephen Fry. When I stated that he's idiots verson of a clever man.

Also Professor Brian Cox for calling him Moon Shagger

Reviews/blurbs of the book: Sonia Sodha (?), Nigel Biggar (?), Katherine Sleeman, Jesse Norman MP (?), Matthew D'Ancona, Rowan Williams (?), Maurice Glasman (?), John Milbank (???)

Terrible people, horrible people

The Guardian giving a positive review of a crank they’ve bigged-up for eight years? My goodness

Kneecap rapper will not face terrorism trial after high court rejects CPS appeal Judges uphold decision to dismiss case against Liam Óg Ó hAnnaidh for allegedly displaying Hezbollah flag at gig

Kneecap rapper will not face terrorism trial after high court throws out CPS appeal

Judges uphold decision to dismiss case against Liam Óg Ó hAnnaidh for allegedly displaying Hezbollah flag at London gigThe Kneecap rapper Liam Óg Ó hAnnaidh will not face a terrorism charge over allegedly...

I interviewed David Gentleman in 2010 for #Eye78 @eyemagazine.bsky.social

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(Lovely man.) Portrait by Philip Sayer.

Mine was the death in the swimming pool funnyman Michael Barrymore.

I might have mentioned "the incident" when he was defending Russell Brand.

James Mason in a cave with a cat The story behind a tiny, peculiar London pub landmark

James Mason In A Cave With A Cat, everybody.

An answer, at last.

open.substack.com/pub/joelmorr...

Reminded of that old bank advert from the 1980s with the strapline "have you got change for a ferret?"

Only if it also features Sir Keir pulling the trigger.

When I said 'Kemi Badenoch is so partisan, under her the Tories would oppose puppies and kittens if Labour said something nice about them', I didn't mean it literally.

Dyche backed to replace Tudor as Spurs manager after overnight movement Former Nottingham Forest and Burnley boss could be Spurs’ saviour after surge of interest

Absolute top comedy banter heuristics if true.
Still, while Dycheball is horrible to watch, at least he's effective at getting teams to finish one place above the relegation zone. An improvement on Tudor and better than Redknapp or Allardyce.
www.standard.co.uk/sport/footba...

That's right, lots of book covers for Penguin, most notably the Shakespeares.