Jo Kibble (Political Animal)

'Cellar Bar' feels pretty explicit as to the type of neighbour you're getting, tbh.

Yes. And even if you can't be bothered to go in person for some reason, Google Streetview is right there.

Thanks, I couldn't immediately identify it from the small map!

Galloway’s Workers’ Party of Britain. They have him retaking Rochdale and something in Birmingham.

Not gonna lie: much less exciting story than the headline made it sound

Yes, that is certainly the cherry on the cake!

…and I have to admit, you can certainly see how she missed it when viewing the flat next door.

(What a truly ludicrous use of officer/councillor time while threatening the existence of a long-established small business.)

Not sure why I’m getting local stories from Dorset in my Facebook feed, but idly clicking on this while trying to get baby to sleep, I was mildly intrigued by the sentence ‘Ms Montgomery told councillors…she wasn’t aware the bar was there when purchasing the [next door] property.’ So I had a look…

I get why people compare worries about kids on social media with previous moral panics but I think an important difference is that when previous generations worried about computer games or rock music they were worrying about things kids did that their parents didn't understand.

For Khamenei, not the few.

Stunning.

If he has, you can sort of understand why they picked him as a spiritual leader.

‘Guys, have we considered using the Condorcet ranking method? It says here that “it is widely used and is used by important organisations (legislatures, councils, committees, etc.).” Sounds like us, no?’

‘It says where, Omar?’

‘Er, in the teachings?’

Cunning.

Might need to install temporary traffic lights if it comes to that.

Satellite map showing the border between Armenia, Azerbaijan, Iran, and Tyrkia. There's a marked line that is only 2,1km wide.

If Armenia also closes its airspace they'd be limited to this 2,1km wide strip of land.

“Ah, Yvan, Françoise, thanks for coming in. Now about this commission: we’d like you to think a lot about how the phrase ‘Belgian dole office’ makes you feel, and then turn those feelings into something of near-monumental size.”

True, and looks like Armenia is getting quite a bit of spillover too.

My goodness, that is impressively advanced. But given the chaos I’ve been party to in various attempts to do votes via Zoom/Teams, pretty sensible.

Hopefully a direct one, not one routed via a hub in the Gulf!

Very apt!

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“You’ve voted for three candidates now.”
“Sorry, legacy hand.”
“Can everyone lower their hands. Bottom left of your screen, Omar. Yes, all hands down so we get this right.”
“Why don’t we put the names in the chat and we can put 👍 by the one we want to vote for?”
“That’s not in the standing orders.”

Not sure there’s that much capacity between SA and Australasia currently? Could be ramped up of course.

😊

Sign saying ‘our bartenders are so light fingered they could be concert pianists’ Why, are they going to rob me?

I feel they have misunderstood this expression:

The polling certainly suggests that mumbling awkwardly is the default British position.

You can tell Starmer isn’t Winston Churchill, because he’s actually led his party to a plurality win in a general election.

(That’s enough attempts to basically troll everyone.)

Spoiler: he did not cut off all trade with Spain.

For when they get off duty!