William Ham Bevan

JUST TAKE MY MONEY

Indeed. The one who was in charge when the paper started publishing lucrative Kremlin advertorial propaganda, despite objections from senior newsroom staff.

No, I did not predict that one either.

If the papers don't use the headline FRAMPTON GOES DEAD when he falls off his perch, we're no longer a nation #totp

Yet another song I'll forever associate with the IRA mainland bombing campaigns, thanks to The Rock 'n' Roll Years. #totp

Seconded. Later in life, I discovered Get It Right Next Time and Night Owl, which ooze the same mood. Rafferty's a great lyricist - underrated because he's so direct and economical. And the videos are astonishing: starkly lit studio lock-ins. You can almost smell the cigarettes and whisky.

Of all the songs that sound like a bad hangover/emerging from an all-nighter at 6.30am waiting for the first bus and looking at a grey cold unforgiving sky, it's Baker Street.

Also Gerry Rafferty knew his subject and met an awful long painful alcoholic end.

Former Tory home secretary Suella Braverman defects to Reform Braverman joins her ally Robert Jenrick and other right-wing Tories as the latest senior figure to desert Kemi Badenoch’s Conservative Party in favour of Reform

They should shrink-wrap this political party and label it "REFORMED GAMMON JOINT" www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...

Can you imagine having such a weak hand that you feel the best two cards you can play as selling points are 'American treatment of indigenous people' and 'American healthcare'?

I maintain that if the liberation of Belsen happened today, the BBC wouldn't dare run the story without approaching Julius Streicher for comment.

I also find myself wondering what became of Air Force Carl.

Ah, Vigo reposting the grottiest selfies of Twitter blokes with their junk out - after trailing them with "ARE YOU READY?" and "ARE YOU FUCKING READY?" They never disappointed.

This #totp is a good illustration of the point that UK & US charts may as well have been on different planets at the start of the 80s (as per @whenisbirths.bsky.social)

I once interviewed Kevin Godley about Fade to Grey. Made for £5,000, and £2,500 of that went to the make-up artist. #totp

H'm. Can you give an example?

It was either that, Klactoveesedstein or Wuthering Heights.

Ashamed to report that the version doing the rounds with us was "I saw your mum / I opened up her bum / It's full of...". Anyway, here's Sade.

YouTube video by Deleted Obscenes I Replaced Movie Headlines With The SUNDAY SPORT: Part 1

FB reminded me of this fantastic thing from five years ago.

m.youtube.com/watch?v=Li0r...

OK, so I'm calling this for Wilson. Or Robertson. #totp

An edit of a 'Traitors' confessional shot with Robert Jenrick sat in the chair. The caption identifies him as 'Robert' 44, Wannabe PM and a traitor'.

Tonight's turret meeting will be pretty awkward

Who funds the Free Speech Union? Toby Young’s outfit went to court to hide its donors. Today we reveal that funders include US anti-abortion groups, Brexit politicians and Tufton Street insiders.

🔴 Last week the Free Speech Union got a High Court writ to prevent the publication of a list of its donors

So we decided to investigate who *does* fund Toby Young's outfit

Wanna see? 🫣

New on Democracy for Sale:
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/who-funds-...

If you visit a bent casino and get fleeced, that's the casino's fault. If you keep on going back to try and beat the house, knowing full well it's bent, that's your fault.

The UK's premier Lol Creme lookalike act on acoustic, there. #totp

Working for a press agency, and sending out news feeds in a variety of obsolete ways: Compuserve, AOL email, Mercury private line (!), fax and BT pager service. And then having to open an ISDN link to take broadcast-quality audio from the USA. God help you if you forgot to drop the line afterwards.

This BBC drivel was parodied 44 years ago by Alexander Cockburn: harpers.org/archive/1982... It is - literally - beyond parody.

If the liberation of Belsen happened today, the BBC wouldn't dare run the story without getting a quote from Julius Streicher.

A Reform council leader behind a “Doge”-style crackdown on public spending owns two firms now in administration owing £1.5 million, including over £500,000 in unpaid tax, Covid loans, and staff wages.

Likewise with this rugby magazine

I think in this day and age they shouldn't have separate competitions based on your sexuality.