Number crunching: Telegraph editorial columns in December highlighting ‘the unreliability of social media’ v corrections the Telegraph has had to publish so far this year due to inaccurate reporting

From the new Private Eye, out now.

A few words to play with this Christmas!

A little list of some of my favourite words for the season. Some beautiful, others potentially necessary. I hope you enjoy them as much as I do.

Storm Bram gathering over Leith and Newhaven

John Major, "Our links to Europe and America may be loser now than once they were and that is a loss"

"The loss of trade with Europe alone costs us £100 billion of lost trade every year"

"That's a tax yield of £40 billion"

"How useful would that have been in recent months to the Chancellor?"

Looking at George Heriot's School through the front gate

"The human heart is my school."
- Anne Rice, The Vampire Armand

SUPERB and angrily unvarnished response, by former BBC chairman, Lord Patten.

"I don't think that we should allow ourselves to be bullied into thinking that the BBC is only any good, if it reflects the prejudice of the last person who shouted at it." ~AA

One of the great benefits of having a dog and living in Edinburgh is being able to enjoy sunrises at the top of Arthur’s Seat

"Most Brits are pro-immigration, which is why a firm stance on irregular migration is so important.

The small numbers are used to smear and demonise the larger proportion of legal migration."

@maitlis.bsky.social | @jonsopel1.bsky.social | @lewisgoodall.com

Misty morning- Newhaven Harbour Edinburgh

Well done Edinburgh Rugby - that’s better

British.

A very high tide at Newhaven harbour in Edinburgh after the recent Harvest Moon

A photo of the front cover of issue 1659 of Private Eye magazine with the caption “on shelves now.” The front cover headline reads “Labour’s Identity Crisis” and shows Keir Starmer and Andy Burnham talking. Burnham says, “I would like to lead the Labour Party,” to which Starmer replies, “So would I.”

Labour’s Identity Crisis

The new Private Eye is out now.

Very good stuff from Sadiq Khan at the Labour Irish society event. He said there are two reasons he loves coming to Labour Conference.

“One is the reception at the Labour Party Irish Society reception.

“The second is to get away from all the Sharia Law in London”

My essential point here is that by allowing ourselves to become too dependent on the US for security, we’re now subject to Trump’s whims and inconsistencies, with no quick or easy Plan B available to us.

Farrige gives the impression he doesn’t trust scientists, but was willing to believe a taxi driver in Buckinghamshire, that Sharia Law is coming to Britain.

This guy wants to be PM?! You must be joking!

Nice one @billybragg.bsky.social 👏 #bbcqt

Arthur’s Seat

No more words.

The fight for democracy is now

#Musk #Tesla

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The small fishing village of Newhaven in EH6, appears to be ok…….

Noodle making Hoi An