William French

Yes, mind you, if Ed, Gordon and Charlie Whelan hadn't scuppered joining the euro back then too, I dare say Brexit might never have happened...

I wonder sometimes how things would look if, first thing on July 5th last year, Sir Keir had got on the first Eurostar to Brussels and said "right, sign us back up to the Single Market for starters". I'm sure it's way more complicated than that but hell's teeth lads, whatever happened to carpe diem?

"Memento Ipsos-Mori"?

"God knows we lesser countries have put some ghastly people in charge ourselves, but you do have to allow your international underlings the occasional cackle at the fact that in your great nation, Donald Trump has now become president, twice." Will Grauniad US staff have another fit of the vapours?

Especially when the words are "women's rights".

That is pretty rank.

Would Andrei Gromyko laugh or cry?

Bolsonaro to Start Serving 27-Year Sentence Over Coup Plot

At least one insurrectionist goes to jail
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Swap GB News for Novara Media and this is how Corbyn and his acolytes responded to the charges of antisemitism.

I fear he'd have been all too fond of those would John.

Imagine waking up from a 22 year-long sleep and seeing this.

In a previous job I met the Swiss Finance Minister at RAF Northholt, had tea & biscuits served by someone straight out of the pages of Biggles, then a police escort to Downing St in about 15 minutes. The traffic jams at Hanger Lane are much harder to endure when you've seen how the other half live.

"This is not merely a sale; it is a passing of responsibility"; aye right, tell that to whichever Saudi oil magnate turns up with the $25m in used notes. How absolutely stunning though!

Reader, I snorted.

The death of the diplomat in Trump’s America Sidelining the state department and relying on dealmakers will come at a cost

"Diplomats are encouraged to tell foreign delegations to prioritise three things: mineral deals, accommodating America's unwanted migrants, and evidence of how they can back Trump’s quest for a Nobel Peace Prize."
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Tidings of comfort and joy.

Lead story on The World At One. Ça continue...

Just disgusting.

"The Cop is finally showing it can be a place in which the transition away from fossil fuels can be openly discussed. You can’t put that back in the box.” Excellent behind-the-scenes account of the #COP30 endgame.

Someone really needs to explain the Striesand Effect to the BBC. And also tell them to stop being so pathetic.

Grifting accounts purporting to be fundraising on behalf of starving children in Gaza are among the most despicable things on this website. Heartless vultures.

"Christmas present but not involved."

Petula, Dave and George as a triple bill.

The Old Gray Whistle Test, eh readers?

Bloody hell. What has sent so many ostensibly sane people completely round the bend (putting it politely)?

A Potemkin window? (Just ask Nathan Gill.)

The media should hold Farage to account for his words and deeds on racism just as they did Corbyn on antisemitism. Let's see how this pans out...

Less Mr. Toad, more Roderick Spode.

Laughed out loud at the top headline on @bbc6music.bsky.social news just now: "BBC Board member Robbie Gibb has told MPs he's 'hugely impartial'."

Francis Wheen on some of Farage's more sinister connections, back in 1999