The Chatty Chimp

Incredible work from the president, collecting another $1 trillion from tariffs in less than 10 hours

Ice Cream for a Broken Tooth | Flapjack Press Ice Cream for a Broken Tooth by Robin Ince - a debut collection of poems about life, death, and the odd bits in between.

Went to see @robinince.bsky.social not read from his new book of poetry last night: exceptional fun watching him operate at full speed without a filter and accidentally reveal the cancellable belief that life is better lived with kindness and without shame. flapjackpress.co.uk/shop/ice-cre...

You might have thought Question Time was biased.

But you never realised how much.

UKIP never even had a single MP.

I deeply love the fact that Nobby Nobbs - who will nick anything not explicitly tied down, and has to carry around a certificate to prove he is in fact human - showed himself everyone's moral superior in this book in how he treated sex work and sex workers as people

Dear Kelloggs

I've tried to get used to your new All Bran recipe but I just can't do it. No more All Bran for me.

Quite Ugly One Morning by Christopher Brookmyre

Jill Gascoine was an English actress who portrayed Detective Inspector Maggie Forbes in the 1980s television series The Gentle Touch

We need to protest about the restriction of the right to protest! @teamlabouruk.bsky.social this goes against what you stand for, stop it!

Nige thinks Pochin’s comments were ugly and unpleasant. But he agrees with them | John Crace Reform is no place for racists, and every party has its bad apples. But the benchmark seems to be higher at Farage’s party

⚠️ "Nige made a plea for clemency. Andrew had had a rough time. People should back off. This sounded suspiciously like the two-tier policing he has always condemned."

"If you’re posh and white and accused of sex offences then you deserve an even break."

https://bit.ly/42YdSRU

Jersey Royal ? Or King Edward?

I'm assuming by Carnation, she meant a tin of milk

Is it only poor people who are patriotic? All these better off people threatening to sell up and leave when faced with paying a bit more tax, it makes me wonder.

Fewer lawyers? I'm not sure that's they threat they think it is.

Just two decades ago, China had little capacity to manufacture cars — and owning one was considered a novelty.

Today, China produces and exports more cars than any other country in the world.

Meanwhile we in Europe still pretend we can somehow stop EVs from taking off by holding on to old tech.

Be fair, they are protecting their women...mainly, by not being at home.

Most women will be attacked/killed by their partner. Up to 60% (ONS).

If not their partner, the chances of it being someone they don’t know is very low.

But a recent study found a distinct over-representation of domestic abusers in, yes, the race rioters. Nearly half.

Police drop inquiry after man assaulted removing flags Tensions over divisive flag displays have erupted into violence in Norfolk, as police face criticism for inaction

Violence over street flags is escalating. A man was hospitalised while trying to remove divisive banners. Despite retrieving evidence from a house, police dropped the case.

Everytime you go in Tesco, Sainsbury's, Morrisons etc, 5% of the money you spend goes straight to their profits.

Before 2022 it was 1.25%.

But free breakfasts for schoolchildren is what is ripping you off?

They really think you are stupid.

Don't be.

First they came for the people living in mansions
And I did not speak out
Because I couldn't give a shit

What makes us human is the stories we tell ourselves

The kind of human we become depends upon the kind of stories we choose to tell

Nigel Farage "Why do I never get called for questions?"

"Have you tried submitting them?"

Funny how they hacked a massive racist in order to defame his character by posting racist filth.

Oh well, he can dedicate more time to cultivating his huge coronary now.

COINCIDENCE CORNER 3 October: The Observer contacts Reform UK leader Nigel Farage for comment over why he has not updated his register of interests since May, despite continuing to work second jobs and parliamentary rules requiring interests be declared within 28 days. A spokesperson for Farage responds: “All declarations have been made for any earnings outside of Parliament.” 3 October: Farage registers more than £120,000 of earnings, from making speeches in May and June and presenting shows on GB News in July and August, which he received more than 28 days earlier (ie before 5 September) – meaning he is in breach of parliamentary rules.

Nigel Farage has, very clearly, broken parliamentary rules. Will any journalists challenge him on it? Via Private Eye

There now follows a Party Political Broadcast on behalf of ReformUK:

“We wont are cuntree back from da allegals an dat Gary Nevil.

Da End”

Photo of Zack Polanski. Text: Natasha Walter: why young women are flocking to the Greens

‘It feels good – and quite strange – to think I could vote for what I believe in…’

@natashawalter.bsky.social reports on why young women are flocking to @greenparty.org.uk, won over by @zackpolanski.bsky.social’s stance on topics such as Palestine, refugee rights and economic injustice 🌱

Days after we revealed that it had been months since Farage last updated his register, he has done so - adding £190,000 worth of earnings going back as far as early May in some cases

The update is registered 3rd Oct - the day we went to his team for a right of reply

Civilised politics, truth and empathy. It’s gone, possibly forever.