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Dozens of sex toys have been found washed up on a Scottish beach.

RISQUE GALORE

It’s a sign of how far to the right British politics have been driven that the extremist idea of leaving the ECHR is now mainstream. The correct response by a journalist when a British politician says they want to leave the ECHR ought to be an incredulous: "Are you out of your tiny mind?"

Robert Jenrick's favourite McCartney song is "Ivory And Ivory".

Jenrick would have backed the England fans who couldn't understand why Viv Anderson was preferred to Phil Neal.

They’ll tell you that the arts & humanities aren’t practical and then …

It’s a great album. I’ll give it another listen tomorrow. 👍

I'll bite. What is the benefit we gain from politicians being able to 'thoughtfully' say in private 'blacks, British Bangladeshis, British Pakistanis, British Indians, mulattos....all the same, and clearly from the look of them not-integrated?'

Change album cover

Lovely album from 1980 but just not sure it has enough to make my #5DebutAlbums8084

The Glow of Love - Change

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Matt Bianco album cover

This fun debut from 1984 has a very very strong chance to make my #5DebutAlbums8084

Whose Side Are You On? - Matt Bianco

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Gwen Guthrie album cover

This 1982 debut album from the “First Lady of the Paradise Garage” is great. Will get another listen for my #5DebutAlbums8084

Gwen Guthrie - Gwen Guthrie

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I nominated Moment of My Life!

Love it!! 🥰

James Ingram It’s Your Night album cover

This 1983 debut album from another incredible vocalist has an outside chance of making my #5DebutAlbums8084 but it’s a loaded field! 😭

It’s Your Night - James Ingram

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Everyone who advocates for turning the UK into the UAE assumes they'll be the one with a marina penthouse rather than the guy working on a building site in 50c heat

Michael McDonald If That’s What It Takes album cover

Now this album from 1982 is guaranteed to make my #5DebutAlbums8084

What a voice! One of my favourite artists! The King of Yacht Rock!! 🥳

If That’s What It Takes - Michael McDonald

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Trussel album Love Injection cover

Nice debut album from 1980 with a great title track. May make my #5DebutAlbums8084 but there are so many to choose from.

Love Injection - Trussel

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Solid debut album from 1980 which won’t make my #5DebutAlbums8084 but is a nice album!

The S.O.S. Band - The S.O.S. Band

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Unlimited Touch album

Another really good album which I’ll listen to tomorrow is this one from 1981. One truly standout track from it, which was sampled to perfection by the late Paul Johnson. #5DebutAlbums8084 🤩

Unlimited Touch - Unlimited Touch

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Logg

I’m not sure it’s going to make my #5DebutAlbums8084 but I loved listening to this great album from 1981.

Logg - Logg

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JFC the man has not one ounce of shame in him.

He went to private school and Cambridge. He owns three homes and rents a fourth!

2/6. Did well here. Bit of a punt but happy with that. 👍

An important (global) public service announcement from Ed Miliband on the day that renewables have over taken coal as the largest source of electricity.

"Clean energy, it's happening and it's the future."

Don't forget that 41 Tory MPs in the last government took Russian donations. That might account for media reticence to report on the Nathan Gill case.

After spending an entire morning defending his suggestion that there are too many non-white faces in the UK, Robert Jenrick ends his speech with the line: "Let's take our country back".

It's so incredible how low homicide rates are in Europe. The UK, with a population of 70 million people, had fewer than 600 murders in 2023.
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This is a lie.

There are many criticisms you might sensibly and truthfully make of the Sentencing Council and the Sentencing Guidelines. I’ve been making them for years.

But this is an outright lie. Pure fabrication. A fraud on the public.

Did you think No Deal Brexit was gone for good?

I have bad news.

From Peter Kellner's latest substack:

Of 560 Labour voters present and recent past (switched since '24), *not one* said any of the following when asked about gov's best achievements

Some obv will be conscious of these things, but Labour still has a big problem, he writes: "voters aren’t hearing"

You don't need Bletchley Park to decode the real meaning of Jenrick's latest message.
Make the party leader a white man not a black woman.
A dog whistle to the knuckle draggers on the far right is a bonus.

BBC Radio 4 Today takes the political temperature in Manchester by interviewing a cross section of the population … in a golf club
Next, a representative survey of US public opinion in Mar a Lago?