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.
One reason Kemi Badenoch is so terrible is that her approach to being in opposition is to oppose first, then think of a reason second. Very often, she doesn‘t even bother with the second step. She’s too lazy to think first, speak second.
The Conservative party logo is a tree.
This is dope
NEW: The New York Times reports the Pentagon has preliminarily concluded the US was responsible for a strike on a school in Minab, Iran.
www.nytimes.com/2026/03/11/u...
The kind of meme unironically shared by people who have never done a day's graft in their life!
Assuming that the "National Hero" that Badenoch wants on the next new banknotes is Oswald Mosely?
It is absolutely wild to see the political/media class settling firmly on “only a disastrous imbecile would want to join America’s latest catastrophic war” - a thing that has been obviously correct in pretty much every year of the 21st century - as their new common sense.
Culture war latest: the Bank of England has announced that after a public consultation, to which it received 44,000 responses, the next new banknotes will feature native wildlife.
Tories: "It is deeply depressing that under Lab our national heroes are considered too 'divisive' to be on bank notes."
Doggy Airlift 2: Dubai Boogaloo
Greta Thunberg was on the Freedom Flotilla and Piers Moron said he was glad she didn't have a phone so she could take selfies.
I said I was glad she didn't have a phone because we all knew what happened the last time he knew a teenage girl had a phone.
He blocked me. I framed it for my office.
When Boy George was complaining about Katie Hopkins getting banned from twitter, and I suggested he could chain himself to a radiator in protest
This post is from a few months ago and rings more true every day
i bet this shit sounds magical if you're fucking stupid
I think every single day about “The ships hung in the sky in much the same way that bricks don’t.”
It's the birthday of Douglas Adams! Time to share favorite quotes!
Three political parties in the UK now accept donations in cryptocurrency, despite concerns about the potential for foreign interference from the unregulated currencies
bylinetimes.com/2026/03/11/c...
'91 for me was Curve - Carter - PWEI - shoegaze - Nitzer Ebb and the whole EBM thing. I think everyone was still listening to The Mondays and The Roses. I was still listening to The Sisters Of Mercy, so you probably shouldn't take any notice of me.
Remember guys, you can’t afford a gas rig, or a coal mine, or a nuclear power station, but you can afford to put some cheap solar panels on your roof.
That’s why the fossil fuel industry has spent billions trying to kill renewable energy.
The dealer needs to keep you addicted.
Nice piece on the forthcoming Swell Maps album in The Guardian today (of which I'm very proud of my unmentioned contributions to almost every song), although in true Grauniad style, they get my name wrong ...
www.theguardian.com/music/2026/m...
my process re: videos, age 18 to present
1. how ‘bout no video? 2. ok video but I’m not in it? 3. ok I’m in it but no makeup 4. ok makeup but it’s dark 5. ok dim 6. ok lights but I get to be in the background or, like, the corner
cut to: me, made up, lit by 1,000 suns, but I’m IN THE CORNER
🤟🏽
It’s never too late to learn to ride 🚲
The Lord Mayor of Chester is learning to cycle — supported by @bikeright.co.uk, who deliver Bikeability training in local schools & adult cycle skills sessions.
Great to see cycle training building confidence at every age.
The same playbook.
“…if you want a livable city you put the pedestrians and the bicyclists in the central areas. You put them in the best squares and the best roads. That shows the priority and the future view of traffic in the city.” 👏🏻 👏🏻 👏🏻
NHS executives are having secret meetings with Palantir, while the doctors who actually make the NHS work are protesting.
We need to get Palantir out. If you want to be a whistleblower message email hw4fp.uk@protonmail.com, or say no to Palantir 👇
https://goodlaw.social/78a31e
Thousands of lawyers oppose jury restriction plan.
Govt wants to restrict the right to jury trials to reduce backlog of court cases.
Backlog caused by Tory austerity and cuts.
Need investment, not cuts in human rights.
Lost rights are hard to recover.
Oh
Side note: just 2% of trips in U.K. are done using a bicycle vs 25% in The Netherlands….
Because we can’t possibly think about what is best.
And Farage solution today was to lower the fuel duty….
In the wake of the attack on Iran by the US and Israel on February 28, X was quickly flooded with disinformation by accounts sharing fake and repurposed videos. As the conflict has continued, the flood has only gotten worse.
Nigel Farage continues to deny the Local Election council tax pledge. Here’s the main Reform UK Twitter account stating it…
It's bizarre to me how many people in the comments here seem to think that automation is going to translate into more freedom for the working class.
When has that ever panned out? How much leisure time do you have, after years of these "innovations"? We are Charlie Brown trying to kick the football
