Nick Pepper

Not just the far right... part of the failure of the 'remain' campaign was the antipathy felt by Corbyn towards the EU as he reluctantly forced himself to be pro-EU. And, as an acolyte of Tony Benn, his views also have its roots in a deeper pre-Brexit history of the left.

It'll say "blah blah blah ECHR" a lot. As if Express "readers" had even thought of the ECHR when they cast their stupid vote.

Ha! You're spot on. Not just Gove... man of the people Rees-Mogg even wrote a terrible why-oh-why-can't-we-be-more- like-them "history" book about Victorians.

That's it! An absolutely pointless pissing competition.

-I was Brexit before I was even born.

-Well I was Brexit before the dissolution of the monasteries.

That's Professor Goodwin 101.

Yes... remarkable how they managed to fit all that on the ballot paper.

They are trying to sell newspapers to people who insist they knew what they voted for, got what they actually voted for, and are now in a deep funk. The penny will never drop, and the Brexit grift will be never-ending. We're 10 years on and we probably have a century of this relentless BS to go.

Moira Rose was a masterpiece.

I'd binge it all if I could. I watch it as soon as I can after it hits iplayer on Sunday. So good. And yes, grudgingly, I have to concede the weekly wait is nostalgic and does something.

“Everyone should be allowed to carry a gun for their safety but the government can murder you in the street if you have a gun” is an incredible endpoint for the conservative moment

They're not migratory, they're resident... huge flocks in Bromley and Chislehurst which may disperse a little when food is scarce, but they don't go away.

@mrjamesob.bsky.social I moved to the NE over 20 years ago from the SE. Parakeets can now be seen on the leafy fringes of Newcastle's Town Moor.

If you're living somewhere outside the USA, one thing you can do is pressure your leaders to boycott World Cup and Olympic events here.

I'm so sorry this has happened, it is unthinkable and shocking. Thank you for sharing this -- Alex sounds like he was humane, kind, and talented. Trump and his private militia abhor these qualities.

The non-apology looks like another graceless stab at dividing allies: British armed forces... not the other allies. He's just seen this as another opportunity to fragment alliances.

I'd rather just face the apocalypse at home thanks.

Briefly: gated community in S France, safe and ordered -- residents find it necessary to create disorder to... feel alive? Human? It is a page-turner too. Companion piece to Cocaine Nights.

That last paragraph is essentially the conceit of Ballard's Super-Cannes.

I love Stephen. The face of a doomed WW1 officer and the wardrobe of John Travolta. #thetraitors

I think she was the detective inspector who, through a careful process of deduction, literally got everything wrong. #thetraitors

So far....

More FBI mind games #thetraitors

With her FBI skills.

It's remarkable isn't it? I love how the FBI claim went completely unchallenged. And how she said "if I were a faithful..." and that has never been spoken of since. FBI mind games.

Apologies to anyone who thought they were getting a bargain from the sale stock that year.

When I worked in Dillons in Leicester (30 years ago 😬) we had a regular who used to drop his trousers in the "art" section of the bookshop whilst also dropping grated cheese from his sandwich into the books as he... I mean it was all pretty grim tbh.

I'm sure he'll get that sinking feeling when he finds out

The days are again stretching out, and campuses we work on are starting to come back to life, so its time to (re)share a few things at the start of term! 1/4

Cat looks like she's gonna mess you up. She needs placating. Dreamies or PhD certificate. You'd better choose wisely.

When you 'telling the truth' is such a novel concept you feel you have to announce it in advance

Honest Bob really rates himself, doesn't he? What a nauseating "you're lucky to have a man like me what with my profound insights" Reform UK speech he's giving. It's almost as if he was a bystander when the Tories made policy.