David Murphy

I don't think anybody is buying the argument that sectarianism didn't play a part in the Presidential election. I think Humphreys would have lost without this element anyway, but it was there.

I agree, but I am willing to compromise to have my circadian rhythm left alone

Leave the clocks alone for pity's sake. Please.

I don't care what time you settle on, just pick one. Please.

Absolutely agree

To put it another way, if the hateful bigots are geographically concentrated, we have to ask how you counter that bigotry and how that bigotry got a hold in the first place.

There are definitely far more sound people. Thank you for saying that out loud. It isn't said enough.

Certainly fear sells papers, and we shouldn't fall for it.

But, if there are neighbourhoods where huge numbers feel disenfranchised, that should concern us. And I don't know how to fix that.

But I'm more thinking about ballot boxes where more than half the votes were spoiled. It suggests a deeper problem in that community which could have deeply unpleasant consequences.

Like I say, I could be wrong. I hope I'm wrong.

I don't think it is fine. I think it's a symptom of something seriously wrong. I'm not sure having a more right wing candidate would have solved it. But it's possible the lack of a more right wing candidate made it worse.

I hope that you're right and I'm wrong.

Genuine question which probably doesn't have an easy answer.

How on earth do you get through to someone like that? If you say "it isn't rigged" they'll either say "how would you know?" or, if you are in a position to know "that's what you would say."

This is a hot take and I'm generally pretty clueless, but, if the reports about the scale of spoiled ballots in some places in the south are accurate, and if it's a genuine indicator of how disenfranchised some people feel, then that is not a good thing.

PE teacher beats diabetes marathon world record Nathan Kilcourse says he had to

1) Do you ever feel utterly inadequate? How is this fella managing his blood sugar and running marathons?

2) He only raised £2000?

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Twice in as many days, a lady talking has made me jump out of my skin at a bus stop.

The first lady was asking me about my breakfast. The second lady was talking to a child as she walked past.

If that's all it takes to make me jump, I shouldn't watch horror movies.

The Palace of Westminster is literally going to either burn down, kill someone, or both because spending money to save it is perceived as so politically toxic.

Jimmy Carr is, in my opinion, the Oxbridge Frankie Boyle. Except Frankie Boyle has:
A) some principles; and
B) seemingly moved on from his worst excesses.

Advert for protein powder: "Thinking about your health doesn't have to be a full time job."

Me: "No. My full-time job only takes 37 hours each week. And I get weekends and holidays off."

I just hope they thought it was the Times, not the Sun

I think a teenager just called me Rupert Murdoch because I was reading a newspaper.

2 girls on this Glider sitting beside each other. Both scrolling tiktok. Neither wearing earphones. I think I might go insane.

Normally, I wake up with high blood sugar. I have to take extra insulin and delay my breakfast to get it under control. This morning, I have somewhere to be. It has to be 5 or more for me to drive. It is stubbornly hovering around 4.5, because of course it is.

#t1d #type1diabetes

Idea: a murder mystery where the suspects are played by David Tennant, Peter Capaldi and Jodie Whittaker.

It's a Doctor Whodunit

Me: "It's going slower than me first thing in the morning?"

Them: "So it's going backwards and everyone is covered in toast crumbs?"

Unfortunately, I can't argue with that.

Turns out it's difficult to drink a cup of coffee when you can't feel your upper lip.

Is Mel Stride saying that I am supposed to get money from the government because I have ADHD and mild anxiety? Where do I get it?

Yet again, the main hall at the Conservative conference is much smaller than other major UK parties' conference halls. I have talked with Tory friends about how Conservative conference differs from others and why it might need a smaller room. But it's notable when attendance still feels sparse.

photo of a car that’s being processed in photoshop. The bumper (fender) is within a crop marquee.

Looks like it’s going to be a bumper crop

Ask me anything you like about Dermot Murnaghan, Dermot O’Leary or Dermot Morgan. I’m a fully qualified Dermotologist

I'm sort of working on a game show format in my spare time (which isn't the same thing at all, but go with it). That's at the cheaper end of this stuff and the numbers still don't add up for me to "just make it myself."

An excellent actress with a particular gift for comedy. She'll mostly be remembered for Keeping Up Appearances, which was a tour de force, but she was so much more than that.

Thanks for all the laughs, Miss Routledge.

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I have joked for years about Dame Sarah Mullally being a disgusting over-achiever (former chief nursing officer, then a senior bishop). It's happened again.

Congratulations to her. I will be praying for her.

If I logged on to comment every time something terrible happened, I'd never do anything else, but today's events in Manchester, today of all days, are shocking