Liam/doktorb

The Andrew formerly known as Prince in a car

The Prince formerly known as Philip in a car in the same pose

Adjunct to this: talking to people at work about dwarf planets, because whilst Mars, Jupiter, and Neptune sound familiar, Sedna, Makemake, and Quaoar make me sound like I've huffed too many marker pens.

It's how every statement is now a silence breaking; sometimes it can just be a statement!

It is notable that Andrew has been arrested for "misconduct in public office", which is precisely what the US Supreme Court decided no American president can ever be charged with.

Getting shown up in the arena of elite impunity by *the British monarchy* is an incredible “America at 250!” achievement

Oh, the grand old duke of york
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"can you arrange something that'll knock the Chagos Islands clusterfuck off the front pages"

"I certainly can my ever beleaguered master"

"back in the game"

a man with a helmet on says thousands of em Alt: a man with a helmet on says thousands of em

“Emergency Podcasts Sir…”

A good day to bury bad news. The open door to Palantir is dangerous (Streeting's relationship with them with regards to the NHS needs investigating too)

The circumstances in which the offence may be committed are broad and the conduct which may give rise to it is diverse. A summary of its elements must be considered on the basis of the contents of the preceding paragraphs. The elements of the offence of misconduct in a public office are: 1. A public officer acting as such (paragraph 54). 2. Wilfully neglects to perform his duty and/or wilfully misconducts himself (paragraphs 28, 30, 45 and 55). 3. To such a degree as to amount to an abuse of the public's trust in the office holder (paragraphs 46 and 56 to 59). 4. Without reasonable excuse or justification (paragraph 60). As with other criminal charges, it will be for the judge to decide whether there is evidence capable of establishing guilt of the offence and, if so, for the jury to decide whether the offence is proved.

So as to inform debate and promote the public understanding of law, these are the four elements of the offence of Misconduct in Public Office.

From a 2004 Attorney General's reference, at www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWC...

If you could lead the charge against every single public figure BREAKING THEIR SILENCE I'd happily join your every crusade.

I've not seen the internet this upbeat since Eurovision.

'I'm available!'

"You unintelligible colleague!"
"My ass!"
"It's my sister, Rowenna, home for a hot tub"
"Two toasties?"

The Queen of San Marino: Valentina Monetta holding and looking at a phone, with a laptop in the other hand.

LOOK MUM YES COMPUTER

I honestly think I'm pretty good on listening to music from beyond radio playlists and the like, and then I see Grammy nominations or festival lineups and think, "how much more work do you want me to do" 😅😂😅.

I'm on the way to work so I'll plonk them in my ears and do some research 🎧😊

Good luck to them, I mean that, but I do wonder just how many other options hung up the phone, blocked emails, or pretended that they had a residency on the Isle of Eigg.

#Eurovision

LOOK HERE ME NEITHER

I had reason to think about this recently. My grandfather was a heavy smoker, the room was always full of grey-green smoke in great big puffs and clouds and at no point did any one of us question if our all-day, Grandstand-to-Dad's Army, Saturday visits were doing any harm.

I like that "frost on the window" is being used as positive nostalgia. I'd have gone for "our homes were damp, cold, chilly hellholes" but that doesn't get shares on Facebook.

As an occasional viewer of Ireland's Eurovision selection process via the Late Late Show, it's not that much of a shock to see RTÉ using a collection of bottle-caps and sponsorship promises to get this over the line.

My favourite so far is getting the cars to drive around the same loop 😅

305 viewers for Gregg showing his to add "Indian style rice" to "Italian style meatballs".

Post a banger that isn't in English

youtu.be/2AyRl3MDoas?

My location within the Eurovision galaxy makes sense though I'm loving just how close we all are to the Falkirk educationalists.

That all the chosen traitors openly hate working together by episode three is *brilliant* television.

Not now, behemoth sun spot.

Liz Truss, alone in her attic, circling newspapers with marker pens. "That's the blob! That's the blob! There's blobs everywhere! Each and every page, it's the blob!!!!"

I don't want to sound like I'm taking bits from a rejected Pellicle article but there's something about the traditional crowd system which helps keep British pubs alive.