Joe R

A screenshot of a tweet by Elon Musk (@elonmusk). The tweet reads: “When Tolkien wrote about the hobbits, he was referring to the gentlefolk of the English shires, who don’t realize the horrors that take place far away. They were able to live their lives in peace and tranquility, but only because they were protected by the hard men of Gondor. What happened to the nice man who was brutally murdered while walking his dog will happen to all of England if the tide of illegal immigration is not turned. It is time for the English to ally with the hard men, like Tommy Robinson, and fight for their survival or they shall surely all die.” Below the tweet is a grey box that says: “This post is unavailable" indicating that the Tommy Robinson tweet he's QT'ing is missing. The timestamp reads: “8:02 AM · Oct 29, 2025 · 1.9M Views”.

The "hard-men" of Gondor were getting their shit kicked in until they were rescued by foreigners and a girl.

The Shire was doing fine until they let a fascist demagogue ("Sharkey" aka Saruman) take over, close the gates, impose a bunch of thug-enforced rules, and despoil nature for profit.

Wanted: a new finance writer An opportunity to join the staff of The Economist

An opportunity to join the staff of The Economist

That I don't have to watch Daniel Jones for 17 games. Not that I dislike the man, just very underwhelming.

Just missing some silverware now. 🤞 For next season

Unai Emery is set to take charge of his 100th game as #AVFC manager in the Premier League this Friday night.

Here is a thread of some of the milestones and records held by the great man.......

Reposts appreciated.

🚨 OLLIE WATKINS IS ASTON VILLAS ALL-TIME PREMIER LEAGUE TOP GOALSCORER!!!

#AVFC

Maybe he's been around a while but had always assumed he was older. Happy birthday Youri, you are a superstar!

Fwiw, I'm going through this process with my wife currently (sat in a ward in Stoke atm where she and the little one are having a much deserved sleep) and the treatment has been excellent. Patience and understanding with plenty of encouragement when things haven't gone to plan. She may punch me mind

Our cover this week.

I feel increasingly disconnected from the party I voted for and had such high hopes for.

Did we give them a mandate to cos-play Reform-lite?

I want them to lead and argue for their vision instead of chasing polls.

Oh and charge me more income tax instead of penalising kids & disabled people

Agree - this is one reason why the total neglect of the quarter or so of voters backing Lib Dems and Greens is distorting understanding of the current political situation in Britain. Many of those voters will be "unhappy with Labour, hate Tories more, hate Farage most"

A great piece from Duncan

The penguins won

Two penguins appearing to laugh heartily. One is saying: Then he said 'Penguins are the toughest negotiators, the toughest negotiators ever seen'

This was….five months ago

Aston Villa did far better in January than the American electorate.

ASTON VILLA ARE IN THE LAST EIGHT OF THE CHAMPIONS LEAGUE!!!

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Thank the lord for Private Eye

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They're pretty abject tbf though there's a lot of competition. Sheffield utd last year spring to mind, they conceded an unbelievable amount of goals

This is obviously bad from a villa point of view but really highlights the shambles at Southampton - 36!

An excellent day to have alternative plans, roll on Monday night.

Great thread on the scourge of NIMBYISM

The stuff dreams are made of.

What a Champions League campaign so far for Aston Villa.

Magic 💫

#AVFC | #UCL

Apocalyptically bad final sequence

Amazing that it's still a 2 score game

Wild stat!

This Lions run game is phenomenal, gashing the Bears at will

There was not an instant response

Feels like an instant Bears response is required to avoid an absolute mauling