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Words and humour. Not medicine but a tonic at least.

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Celebrating Noems firing.

05.03.2026 23:08 β€” πŸ‘ 65    πŸ” 11    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1

Murton (Durham) Council By-Election Result:

🌹 LAB: 50.6% (+17.6)
➑️ RFM: 39.6% (-4.5)
🌍 GRN: 4.8% (New)
🌳 CON: 3.1% (-2.0)
πŸ”Ά LDM: 1.9% (-2.3)

No Ind (-13.6) as previous.

Labour GAIN from Reform.
Changes w/ 2025.

05.03.2026 23:22 β€” πŸ‘ 102    πŸ” 28    πŸ’¬ 12    πŸ“Œ 31

bsky.app/profile/step...

05.03.2026 16:23 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

They know that Angela Rippon is *very* GBNews curious, right?

04.03.2026 23:49 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I’ve subscribed for about 25 years. It’s a brilliant read, even if you only flick through the parody news stories.

04.03.2026 23:44 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Badenoch gives a borderline disgraceful performance at PMQs on Iran | John Crace At times like this you have to thank your lucky stars that the opposition leader is not in Downing Street

John Crace concurs.

www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

04.03.2026 23:37 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

It’s her only setting. Her online peers can’t get enough of it.

04.03.2026 23:36 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The podcast is also brilliant and painlessly entangles issues which have appeared a recent edition, generally with more detail and not a little humour. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/p...

04.03.2026 23:26 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Oh *that* Russian ambassador…

04.03.2026 18:14 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

RFK wouldn’t know depreciation if it jumped up and bit him.

04.03.2026 14:47 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

- do you not care about the Β£125 which you’ll never see again, regardless of whether there’s a fair selection process?

04.03.2026 14:45 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

There’s a RefCon candidate *and* a Refuk one? Brave move in a supernumerical constituency.

04.03.2026 14:43 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

β€˜[…] there might be something in the world beyond his dickhead self.’
Perfect.

03.03.2026 19:35 β€” πŸ‘ 18    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

[laughs in FDR]

03.03.2026 18:41 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

β€˜Saddo adults amusing themselves’ - my canny 16-year-old

03.03.2026 18:40 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Hey Chris Mason - you implying that Trump is anything other than a pygmy compared to Roosevelt? #StarmerIsNotChurchillShocker

03.03.2026 18:36 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
The Room Next Door - Priti Patel

Any excuse.

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03.03.2026 15:03 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

It’s the Overton window - the more frequently apparent red lines are crossed, the less we are shocked. That’s the theory.

03.03.2026 09:25 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

That should be the last time a journalist from either is invited onto any UK news/politics show. For the sake of balance alone, given that plenty of the hosts already find this stuff titivating.

03.03.2026 08:58 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Kemi Badenoch is going here as well - soundbites and media clips for Legatum and the stark staring mad right wing in the US, however repelled the UK electorate is by her tactics.

03.03.2026 08:52 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

It’s just such a waste of oxygen and everyone’s patience, but sits well with the school of β€˜isn’t it all so TERRIBLY interesting?’, beloved presumably by Justin Webb at the direction of BBC News/Politics.

03.03.2026 08:44 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

We need us a Farage Writes account along the lines of Trump Draws.
I imagine mainly expletives whenever he’s asked a more searching question.

03.03.2026 08:16 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Talking about β€˜evolving justifications’ rather than β€˜barefaced lies’ is making Sarah Smith sound like Kellyanne Conway. Please someone actually put your heads out of the window to see if it is raining. #r4today

03.03.2026 08:08 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Laser-guided.

03.03.2026 07:51 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Badenoch winking encouragingly at the IEA / Restore Trust.

03.03.2026 07:49 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

… if we do not fix our democracy.
He said the quiet bit nice and loud.

02.03.2026 23:21 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

And humblebragging about it. β€˜Entitled’ doesn’t begin to cover it.

02.03.2026 23:18 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

β€˜Some of you may die, but that’s a risk I’m prepared to take.’
Satire is - oh.

02.03.2026 18:55 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

She’s just making sure we understand what a dim populist she is.

02.03.2026 16:01 β€” πŸ‘ 14    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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β€˜If Donald Trump jumped off a cliff, would you do it too?’ asks Keir Starmer’s mum Keir Starmer got a massive bollocking from his mum today after fresh fears the UK could join the US-Israeli conflict with Iran.

NEWS! β€˜If Donald Trump jumped off a cliff, would you do it too?’ asks Keir Starmer’s mum

02.03.2026 15:58 β€” πŸ‘ 20    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0