Matt Nicholas

I just feel like, ideally, the Labour response to yesterday's result would have tried to talk people *out* of detecting to the Greens, rather than, y'know, the opposite?

also, concerning the outcome of Labour's "go fuck yourselves" strategy - we told you so, you fucking fools

Might the free breakfast clubs might also be a huge assistance on this, giving some parents extra time in the morning for onward journeys?

Photo finish forecast Britain Predicts forecast for the Gorton and Denton by-election

Even if we don't get STV or even SV as a result of this, at the very least I hope Labour will finally realise the horror of how badly they've fucked Left Bloc anti-Reform tactical voting. This should be a landslide crushing

9,600 redundancies at just 24 universities. Imagine what the picture is for the sector as a whole. This is the other half of the student loan scandal picture, which has been national news lately. Nothing at all from the government on a key sector effectively in freefall…

No worries! And you are completely right on that.

My problem is I posted before realising the second part of the joke is difficult to write without it being professionally problematic 🤣🤦‍♂️

Oh for goodness sake I'm being tongue in cheek.

Dreadful outcome, but at least we have conclusive proof of what we’ve long suspected: archaeologists are, in fact, ethically superior to historians.

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Losing posts like this is a nimbyist's dream: the experienced and reasoned voice of a professional whose focus is on delivering sustainable development is lost, making it easier for spurious claims about the significance of potential archaeological discoveries to gum up the system.

This doesn’t just put heritage at risk — it puts development and growth at risk too. Local authority planning archaeologists help de-risk development by ensuring unexpected (and therefore expensive) show stopping discoveries don't derail construction at the last minute.

🚨 We have heard that the County Archaeologist for Hampshire is being made redundant, with no plans to replace him. 🚨
If you live in Hampshire please write to your MP and Councillors.
If you live elsewhere treasure and support your County Archaeologists, and stand by to protect them. 🏺

This is freaking insane and one main reason why I keep on in this space - absolutely absurd what we’ve normalized on our streets.

Excited that my volume on the Early Bronze Age coffined burial from Tetney is now published open access by @antiquaries.bsky.social! Now everyone can read about this amazing find dated to 2032 BC and containing an amazing array of environmental and artefactual data.
library.oapen.org/viewer/web/v...

Can we take a moment to remember how at the time this home-made bomb was ignited, the police's first instinct was to rule out terrorism? Would this have happened if the target of a home-made bomb had been literally anything else, I wonder? #motonormativity www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Not a single seat sold in Nottingham for Friday, Saturday & Sunday 😁

This is insane, but expected thanks to all that “clarity.”

It should be noted for posterity that, for once, I managed to arrive before the start

They also do a good job of using and looking after interesting old buildings that often aren't nationally significant but are still really important local heritage assets, and which other businesses seem to struggle to use (old tram sheds, cinemas, railway hotels etc.)

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I love Stephen. The face of a doomed WW1 officer and the wardrobe of John Travolta. #thetraitors

You probably need to ensure the menu is based around sticky food: lots of okra and cancel the soup.

A conference dinner that involves curling? Please tell me the food is delivered by waiters flinging stones at you with plates balanced on top!

It strikes me as astonishing that there is so little debate about a possible social media ban for under 16s. Almost all of the commentary assumes that those pushing for a ban have all the facts, and the moral high ground. The idea that there’s a counter perspective seems to be barely acknowledged.

This victory lap Zack and supporters are doing would be earned if he’d been derided for saying the US should be kicked out of NATO, but what he was actually derided for was calling for the UK to leave NATO

You mean naming a road in a new estate 'Roman Way' isn't enough?

Robert Jenrick is the MP for Newark - the only constituency that is an anagram of wanker.

Love coming out of a long meeting wondering if Denmark and the US are at war yet. Not exactly what I expected to be occupying my headspace at the start of 2026.

Interesting to note that some bodies, such as the British Museum, quietly stopped posting last year, whilst others continue to be much more enthusiastic users.

Sport England has left X because it promotes misogynistic sexual abuse. Why are other DCMS ALBs still comfortable staying?