Simon Belcher

One of the things I find frustrating about sci-fi is that because of the American influence of it, all of the planets are called things like Zexion 5 and Danshassia 7. I’d call them things like ‘Nether Roundthorpe’ and ‘Spheresbury’. Gravity Bywell. Chalfont St Globeby. Bishop’s Goitre.

Okay, this is quite outstanding from Bedford Council.

The Representation of the People Bill MUST scrap First Past the Post First Past the Post can no longer deliver real mandates - only chaos. 60% of Brits want it scrapped. Yet the new Representation of the People Bill won’t even touch our rotten voting system, which lea...

First Past the Post can no longer deliver real mandates - only chaos. 60% of Brits want it scrapped.

Yet the Representation of the People Bill won’t even touch our voting system, which leaves millions unrepresented.

Tell Keir Starmer to change this.
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I thought the opposition can only do an extraordinary motion like this on opposition days (around 20 per year, next not until next week).

Take me down to the Parallax city where the far moves slow and the near moves quickly

We cannot let a small group of peers delay the assisted dying bill forever What is going on week in, week out in the House of Lords at the moment is simply filibustering masquerading as legitimate scrutiny.

What is going on every week in the House of Lords at the moment is simply filibustering masquerading as legitimate scrutiny

If a small group of peers continues to delay the assisted dying bill, then the Parliament Act must be on the table, writes Baroness Hayman, former Lord Speaker

Nigel Farage’s support for Trump is putting off potential voters A focus group this week found there is concern about the Reform UK leader’s relationship with the U.S. president.

Every time Labour, the Lib Dems or Greens refer to Reform UK, Farage or any of their members they should instead refer to them as "the Trumpists". Every time they use the logo or any of their faces in promo, put it next to a photo of Trump. Make the public association of them with Trump Pavlovian

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A reminder to the news media: “conflicting accounts” is what you say BEFORE the incontrovertible video evidence appears. After that, your job is to ask why one side is lying, not to repeat the lie and pretend no one knows the truth.

The Pretti family’s heartbreaking request to all of us: get the truth out about our son.

Alex was an ICU nurse at the Minneapolis VA whose last act was to protect the woman next to him. We will not let this Administration spread lies.

I’m really quite surprised at the BBC website today. ‘Here is a video, some people say it does not show what it very obviously shows’ is not how you report this.

I think if it gets to be that, and shaft or share, I think nobody wins

A hitherto unreleased letter reveals that Donald Trump's multi-billion dollar lawsuit against the BBC is all down to him not getting a Blue Peter badge in 1978.

Yup.
The longest and breaks in history

401K sounds like too long of a run, no thanks.

Not saying the UK property market is fucked but two of the contestants on the biggest show on TV are hoping to afford a deposit if they win. #TheTraitors #traitors

One of those captcha things. This one says ‘select all images with bicycles. Click verify once there are none left’. There are 9 squares - 4 contain photos of bicycle seats, with the remaining 5 showing the beautiful head and face of a grey greyhound with a white stripe going from the top of their head to the tip of their nose.

Hats off to whoever did this (and the beautiful model).

"Jenrick tells BBC his defection to Reform not about personal ambition and will 'unite the right'"

Funny how the second half immediately contradicts the first

Whoooooo remembers the 140 character post limit on Twitter

@mrjamesob.bsky.social

I was recently a contestant on an ITV gameshow (I'll let you know when it's being broadcast) and I got open return tickets to Manchester, and Ubers all over the city at the production company's expense, and a hotel room, this is utterly standard practice that The Sun is complaining about

BATMAN KERB DRILL (1967): Holy PIF! While on a promotional tour for Batman, Adam West filmed this road safety public information film for British kids, in character as the caped crusader, and it's every bit as wonderful as you'd expect.

Matt Walsh tweeted last year: "We've spent the last 25 years bringing "freedom" and "democracy" to countries around the globe while our own country has been systematically invaded and now our largest cities are run by foreigners and communists. If you want to know why I'm so avowedly non-interventionist, this is why." Then he tweeted today: ""This is a war for oil!!!!!" First of all, the "war" lasted like 90 minutes. Second, going to war to secure vital resources for your own people is totally legitimate. Why should we allow some third world communist shithole to control trillions of dollars worth of oil?"

Laura Loomer tweeted last year: "I’m America First, I don’t support “Regime Change”. I went on @Bannons_WarRoom to talk about Chinese aggression in Venezuela and why we need to designate the Muslim Brotherhood as a foreign Islamic terrorist organization." Then she tweeted yesterday: "Maduro has arrived at the DEA office in Manhattan. He was transported in an armored motorcade after being transported in a blindfold via helicopter & then by plane to New York after his compound in Caracas was raided by US Special Forces. Proud to be an American today! USA 🇺🇸"

Catturd tweeted last year: "Name one U.S. inspired regime change that hasn’t ended in absolute disaster." Then he tweeted yesterday: "Venezuela is now more free than New York City."

Will Chamberlain tweeted last year: "The Republican Party is no longer the party of regime change and endless wars If you want to be its standard-bearer that is a non-negotiable position" Then he tweeted yesterday: "I can think of few better uses of my tax dollars than black-bagging the head of a foreign narco-trafficking organization that enriches itself by addicting and poisoning my fellow Americans"

amazing how the entire machine can pivot within 24 hours. no need to slowly upsell the argument; just issue new marching orders

Kings of Leon did predict this tbf 😬

We’re just innocent men

Bullshit Newborn Not Even Christ Stupid Baby Probably Not Even Related To God

Bullshit Newborn Not Even Christ https://theonion.com/bullshit-newborn-not-even-christ/

Bild von gefalteten Tagesspiegel Zeitungen übereinander. Auf dem Titel Trump. Direkt an der faltung sein geöffneter Mund. Dadurch das viele Zeitungen übereinander gestapelt sind erscheint der geöffnete Mund endlos groß und dreidimensional.

Es ist perfekt.