Dan Tappin

Reform politician Matthew Goodwin tells the Sunday Times that he would "rather shoot myself in the head" than be at dinner with Nick Robinson and Mary Beard, and the last thing the ex-acadenuc would ever have wanted would be to be a Professor at some Oxford college "backwater with zero influence"

“Hang on a sec - where’s the triangle player gone?”

Conductor of the Bermuda Philharmonic.

Jolly Ranchers taste like burnt wires. Swedish Fish are decent.

X Posts about London Crime - large growth in number of likes after monetisation introduced

Wowsers look at what happened to posts on Twitter/X about London crime after monetisation of posts was introduced…
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BBC One - Panorama, Our Man in Moscow Panorama follows a year in the life of the BBC's Russia editor, Steve Rosenberg.

8pm Monday. Essential viewing IMO. Russia is one of the most hostile places in the world to be a journalist, with threats of intimidation, expulsion+imprisonment. #BBCPanorama follows a year in the life of BBC Russia editor, @bbcstever.bsky.social as he tries to walk the tightrope…

Yeah, still cancelling after the Olympics :D

Wow -- incredible!!!

Matthew Goodwin once ate his own book on TV after a wrong prediction

Nobody noticed his Oct 2024 interview with Nick Robinson included another promise to eat his book if net migration fell to 200k in a year. (It did: net 204k in year to June 2025; will dip far below 200k once we have 2025 stats)

Cory says smart things about tech. And Canada.

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I have actual shit I need to work on this weekend but I just saw this clip from Patsy Palmer's Ibiza Workout (2002) ft Louie Spence and the urge to switch out the music and do an edit is too powerful

Watching this really bleak documentary about the noughties on BBC1. It's called 'The Apprentice'.

Deflect! Deny! Distract! Classic astroturf account.

You don't even have proof of the claims you make. Have you ever thought you might do a disservice to a just cause?

I'll read them when you
a) can you point me to your sources editorial guidelines
b) show a breakdown of how they are funded
c) show me their track record of unbiased reporting.

Section 3: Accuracy – Guidelines Section 3.4

Shows how little you know and how much shit you spout.

Have a read of what they actually do. If you think anything is against these guidelines you are welcome to complain.
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There was no evidence, unless you take hearsay and conjecture as gospel over hard facts?

Welcome to my time machine.

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A VISA payment screen asking if "Could this be a scam?"

Discovery Plus "Best of 2025" including - Expedition Bigfoot Evil Lives Here The Yorkshire Exorcist

Just signed up to Discovery Plus for the Olympics, and after having a look at the original content, VISA, I think you were correct.

1/🚨The Scottish Government *paid* for the credit ratings obtained last year from Moody’s and S&P.

But we are not allowed to know how much it paid, because “disclosure may affect the commercial interests of Moody's and S&P”.

Quote with five jobs you've had:

TV scheduler
Media Planner
Archivist
Software Designer/Installer/Support
Librarian

Is he as good as the music Josh Tillman?

Oh she’s BROKE broke

YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)

I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.

Stay free

Local Facebook group is enjoying unearthing classic Goodwin content. In this video Matt says he was "lucky or unfortunate enough to be in Manchester a few days ago" and that "the energy in this room is ten times what it was in Manchester".

Maybe Matt grew up in a prototype house for Neom that stretched from St Albans to Manchester?

A random Disney employee with a hammer - "I must destroy this"

Artist - "Is this a copyright thing?"

A random Disney employee with a hammer now smashing Stitch to bits - "That's a good cover story, thanks."

He may be international soon, I heard he is booking a German tv commercial.

I reckon there are going to be at least 2 proper car crash interviews.

Terry Pratchett’s novels may have held clues to his dementia a decade before diagnosis, our new study suggests The author’s vocabulary narrowed a decade before diagnosis – a clue that could transform early dementia detection.

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Hey @lbc.co.uk can you get a breakfast host that understands what a pilot is?

He should know, unless of course he didn't ask for pilots of Topless Darts or Britain's Bounciest Weather in his LiveTV days.