"Of all the books I have ever reviewed that purported to offer a serious thesis, this is without question the most deranged. If you are seeking a Christmas present for someone you really donโt like, give them a copy."
This is an enjoyable evisceration, which also makes some interesting points.
It's rare to see a zero-star review at the best of times. That it has come from the Telegraph must really sting.
www.telegraph.co.uk/books/non-fi...
โAlongside fellow MPs, I have received reports of applications being refused because of convictions linked to the 2019-2020 pro-democracy protestsโ, writes @bobbywdean.bsky.social
๐ฃ๏ธ Britain cannot shut the door on Hongkongers persecuted for defending democracy
www.politics.co.uk/2026/10/brit...
Could Britainโs next relationship with the EU look less like membership โ and more like Switzerland?
Andy Burnhamโs remarks on free movement have revived an intriguing possibility.
Niall ร Conghaile examines what it could actually mean.
CBS deleted this post and reposted it admitting that their original one was misleading. And the misleading post from CBS was intentionally misleading, not an innocent mistake. CBS continues to lose credibility.
Left: President Trump insults Norway calling it a sh*thouse country
Right: Visit Norway, the tourism board, trolls President Trump, displaying some of their best toilets on their Instagram ๐
#SpotTheScammer@morrisonshelp-dm.bsky.social impersonating Morrisons customer servicer, using the company logo, responding to people posting about the company, asking them to DM with their email address & WhatsApp number.
Phishing exercise
groceries.morrisons.com
This is just the maddest argument. These people would trap us in poverty to keep a decade old commitment, which no one ever actually made, to an electorate which no longer exists.
โThe perception that promises can subsequently be revisited by a political establishment removed from the realities of working communities has left lasting scarsโ, writes Labour MP @melanieonnmp.bsky.social
๐ฃ๏ธ EU free movement debate risks undermining voter trust
www.politics.co.uk/2026/10/mela...
"Four more years will leave an indelible mark on Israelโs image. By their end, one fears, these words may be prohibited from publication. Perhaps the Haaretz newspaper itself will be banned." - Gideon Levy
pearlsandirritations.com/post/2026/10...
I could spend the rest of my life analysing this feedback sign in the local Home Bargains.
Did 'not happy' break from overuse? Was it taped over to ensure 100% positive feedback? Is the green 'b' in 'feedback' some kind of subliminal nudge? Is the duck tape indent because people still keep pressing?
Reform plan to bring back imperial measurements to help boost US trade, not realising that US imperial measurements are different from UK ones.
So dense a black hole is empty space by comparison.
I was actually the first to vote in this! ๐
I saw The Sun post the article on Threadsโฆ
Why donโt you add your vote too?
๐๐ www.thesun.co.uk/news/4081059...
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Wow - this article is bordering on unhinged!
Apparently the BBC is akin to a โNorth Korean re-education campโ for teaching children about net-zero and covering both the pros AND cons of immigration
Join me for a masterclass in cherry-picking and context stripping to brainwash your own readers๐๐ป
This is pathetic. He's added a few words to what is basically the prayer used in AA. I know it well, as I attend meetings from time to time to support my sobriety.
Ten years on, the Brexiters plan to leave the EU and cosy up with the US looks even more disastrous. That their Brexit was boosted by Putin makes it even more historically catastrophic. We mustnโt forget the people who did this or let them near power again
bylinetimes.com/2026/06/23/w...
It's 39 years to the day since Colin the House Dalek was seemingly talked into self-destruction in Remembrance of the Daleks, episode 4.
In reality, he ended up as a dinner lady at Coal Hill School until joining our family as childcare.
#DoctorWho
โLe Brexit ... a รฉtรฉ conduit par une bande d'incapables, cyniques, le Premier ministre Boris Johnson au premier chef.โ
www.rtl.fr/actu/economi...
Reasons for imperial
You find the ten times table too difficult.
You are over 65 and hate your grandkids
You are a trader who wants to defraud your customers
You are so stuck up with fauxstalgia you need medical help.
You are an idiot.
Trump, "I'm not in love with Norway. Frankly, Norway sucks. Norway has become a sh*thouse country"
My view:
That is the language of a president throwing a tantrum because Norway didnโt give him the Nobel Peace Prize.
๐ก Invaders hit a shopping center in Zaporizhzhia this morning, - OVA
The strike hit the building of a shopping center, which was no longer operating. A fire broke out after the strike.
No injuries were reported.
Jack Ross, CEO of Turning Point introduces an undercover reporter from Al Jazeera to a former UVF man who offers to do a contract killing for the right price. Ross talks about violence but says, once sting revealed, he was joking
www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottis...
Five tests for nationalism in the next 10 days. Could be genuinely transformative.
๐ท๐ธ Serbia โ Vucic lost (yay!)
๐ง๐ท Brazil โ Lula leads early count
๐ฎ๐ฑ Israel โ 27 Oct
๐ง๐ฌ Bulgaria โ 1 Nov
๐บ๐ธ USA โ 3 Nov
One down, one looks promising, three to go.
One down ... It's such good news about Serbia. Keeping all my fingers crossed for Brazil, Israel and the mid-terms.
www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...
The argument of a 10 year old.
Imagine how many lives would have been saved had the west shown guts and stood up to Putin when it invaded Georgia, or Crimea.
Ergo, imagine how many more lives may be lost by continued inaction and pandering to Putin as Musk advocates.