Paddy Duffy

[We see a close up of a young white male, tanned, white teeth, coiffed hair clearly an influencer on social media. It is an image such as you see when social media posts are shown on the news. In the corner of the screen is named a location: DUBAI. He is staring slightly off-camera for several silent panels of the comic strip. His eyes move slightly. He is having a thought.] From off-screen a newsreader’s commentary comes: NEWSREADER: Extraordinary images here of an expat in Dubai [The influencer’s eybrows raise slightly] …Having their first ever geopolitical thought. [CUT TO a BBC news scene. The BBC newsreader CLIVE MYRIE is talking to an interviewee next to the screen showing the social media influencer’s face. The interviewee’s name is David Jones]. CLIVE MYRIE: To explain the significance of this moment we’re joined by David Jones, our Expat Thoughts correspondent DAVID JONES: Clive, this is momentous It was caught on film at the end of an Instagram post titled: ‘Dubai Is Brilliant’. [Pointing at the screen, the influencer’s expression still the same] You can clearly see in the eyebrows here, the dawning realisation that there *might* be something in the world beyond his dickhead self. It marks a *huge* departure from all the Dubai Expat’s previous thoughts. CLIVE MYRIE: Which are…? DAVID JONES: You've Got To Get Yourself Out Here Mate, Everything Is So Clean, I Don't Have To Pay Taxes, I Am Incurious As To Why I Do Not Have To Pay Taxes, and Spa. CLIVE MYRIE: And might we see an expansion of these new Thoughts in coming days? DAVID JONES: I think we can expect to see: “I Deserve To Be Airlifted By A Country I Pay No Tax To” CLIVE MYRIE: Mmm. [Ends]

Right wing Brits stuck in the UAE is it

I’m sure we will see wall to wall sympathetic coverage of the Greens in the British press now and endless platforming of Polanski on BBC shows like Question Time now they’re breathing down the neck of Reform …

What's your favourite Lisa McGee show involving four close friends from the north, one of whom is a frustrated writer, one of whom is brassy, one of whom is a lesbian, one of whom is a bit a spacer, getting involved in various zany schemes with a host of colourful local characters, including a nun.

Almost twenty years on from Gordon brown I still defy anyone to define what ‘British values’ are

I’ve lived in this country - all over it (Belfast, Glasgow, Edinburgh, London) - for almost all I’m adult life and I’ve no closer to an answer

It's bad enough they have oversexed tourists, Cyprus shouldn't have British military bases too.

Nigel Farage's Long History of Crying ‘Fraud’ Whenever His Party Loses Elections The Reform UK leader has a long record of blaming his own party's election defeats on "cheating" by ethnic minorities, yet no evidence of it can ever be found

Every time Nigel Farage's parties have lost an election he has blamed it on "cheating" by ethnic minorities and every time he receives huge amounts of media attention for doing so.

The only problem? No evidence of cheating is ever found
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There needs to be much higher stakes for being wrong in column writing / analytic journalism. The well has been utterly polluted over the years by self righteous idiots.

It's genuinely insane that many of the newspaper columnists who cheered us into the war in Iraq are still employed at big legacy outlets cheering us into a new war with Iran.

Can we give Laura K a big assignment looking after a bee in a jar or something

The Ayatollah is dead. He won't like that.

1) We live in hell 2) Showing CNN's coverage of this news because it'll probably be the last time it's of any use if this merger goes through.

To see the British Labour Party, whose whole thing is "We Win Things But You Radical Fools Wouldn't Know Anything About That", come in 3rd because they couldn't bear to select the candidate that would win is just incredibly funny.

Keir do you want picking up in the morning pal

Netflix Declines to Raise Offer for Warner Bros. - About Netflix

Netflix won't counter Ellison's offer.

Ladies and gentleman, the full right wing power grab is here and will now be beamed into every home on CBS, CNN, HBO, movies from Warner and Paramount.

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WE WERE AT THE BARRAS
EVERYBODY HAD MATCHING TICKETS

Prince Andrew's Arrest Across the pond in Britain, justice and accountability is a serious matter

Never in a million years did I ever fathom when I resurrected the Epstein story in 2018 that it would lead to first arrest of a British Royal in four centuries. Not since King Charles I was arrested in 1647.
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He really takes after his da doesn't he

I don’t know who needs to hear Jesse Jackson leading the kids on Sesame Street in this beautiful call-and-response reminding them that every child is somebody, but here it is

Yeah about three usually! It's a packed enough schedule, but holistically so!

It's RBQ recording time baby awooo! This isn't the Cluedo Mansion this year though, this is Linlithgow Castle, which I swung by to have a look at before I made my way to the danger zone. This castle wouldn't have been an ideal location. Not enough...roof.

facebook memory photo: a car odometer that reads “80085 km” caption: Odometer reached BOOBS km September 8, 2015 with Matt Thank you Matt, for your aid in capturing this joyous memory on camera.

one day, my coworker called me at 10AM asking if i could pick him up from the hospital after a kidney stone and i was like “lmao oh boy you really don’t have anyone else to call do you” and that was also the day my odometer rolled over to BOOBS KM so anyway this is our 10th valentine’s day together

YOU ARE NOW ENTERING FREE MINNEAPOLIS painted on a wall in the style of the Free Derry Corner.

This rules. I love how delighted they all look!

It brings me great amounts of joy to announce that Labour voters are going to need to vote tactically and get behind the clear left front runner if they want to keep out Reform

photo of Pam Bondi testifying in the foreground as a group of 7 women and 1 men raise their hands

Likely-historic photo by NBC News of all the Epstein victims asked to raise their hands if they've not yet been asked to meet with the DOJ as Bondi testifies in foreground

Sometimes I remember Reagan removing Jimmy Carter’s solar panels and I think we’ve been enduring this shit for way too many years.

Listen to this. Not a penny more for this. Abolish and prosecute anyone who had anything to do with it.

It's times like these I wash Dawn Foster was still here so we could laugh like Mr Burns at this

And yet it never occurred to me to send them to work in my stead... mind you that might have been a bit risky, what with him being evil an all.

Happy tenth anniversary to the gold standard of my old work building spelling my name wrong ("Paddy Dolphin" runs this close)