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A guy has come round to fix our internet and his baseball cap says FAILURE IS NOT AN OPTION. *That* is what I like to see from a visiting engineer. I wouldn't want him in a hat that said I CAN TAKE THIS JOB OR LEAVE IT, REALLY.

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

I don't wish the BBC to seem *overly* reliant on the truth as LAID OUT BEFORE US ALL in video evidence, of course. I respect their determination to present both sides of an argument. But Grandpa Mindfuck and his fascist goons aren't on sodding Question Time, are they? See it, say it, fuck 'em.

new board of peace shaping up nicely

Closest anyone will ever get to an apology from The Orange ManBoy - now he should say something similar to the other 31 countries whose military he insulted

Can I just gently ask the good people of America not to elect a raving madman next time? It's a bit rum, frankly, and very trying for everyone else.

Trump's speech makes Boris Johnson's toe curling tale about his visit to Peppa Pig World look like the Gettysburg Address.
#Davos

Of course back then the people of Iceland which was known as Greenland, would call me Daddy, which was the style of the time.

*Trump shits himself and uses his turds to try and build a ladder to the moon so that he can “meet the moon people, very good people”*

Justin Webb, sagely: “Ah yes, the art of the deal”

It's funny. I never thought watching a gibbering lunatic burn the world down would be so boring.

Compare & contrast. This is Trump’s demand for Greenland. And this is Hitler’s for the Sudetenland.

There is no difference. The language. The unstoppable need to dominate. The megalomania. It’s the same.

And Keir Starmer’s response is appeasement. We are in that moment.
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Boycott the World Cup. Whole of Europe holds another event in Denmark.

Justin Webb

Unhinged

It’s truly a special kind of unhinged psychotic who will come up with “You didn’t give me the Nobel Peace Prize so I’m going to start World War 3.”

The only questio about 'defectors' to Farage is: "Were they lying before or are they lying now?"
The answer, invariably, is "Both".
I'm watching the snooker.

Here's the cover of my new book 'Betrayal: Trump, Putin and the New Age of Conquest'. It shows an American eagle on top of a globe, with its talons resting on Greenland... Publication date is August 27. There's a link to pre-order from the Guardian bookshop. Thanks to @faberbooks.bsky.social

A senior Tory MP once told me the ‘worst’ conservatives gathered around Boris Johnson.

When it comes to Tories defecting to Farage and Reform, we can be sure they are the worst of the worst - la crème de la crème ou la merde de la merde

Death in Minnesota The significance of the reaction to the killing of Renee Nicole Good

Apparently the US government can kill people on the high seas, in other lands and on its own streets—and nothing will be done to stop it. The US is now a gangster state at home and a rogue state abroad, writes dag

Oh, shove your 'smart speaker' up your arse, Radio 3. "All without touching a button!" I DON'T MIND TOUCHING A BUTTON! I CAN COPE WITH TOUCHING A FUCKING BUTTON! Good morning.

Trump Lays Out a Vision of Power Restrained Only by ‘My Own Morality’

Not everyone believed me when I wrote that Trump wants Greenland becuase it would make him feel important, but that's what he told the NYT:

When asked why he needed to possess the territory, he said: “Because that’s what I feel is psychologically needed for success"
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/08/u...

JD Vance asks you not to believe your lying eyes.

British news today is 30% "so, the world's most powerful nation has turned rogue internationally and a dictatorship domestically" and 70% "ANYWHOOO, innit cold? here is footage of a gritter".

‘Go back home’: Farage schoolmate accounts bring total alleging racist behaviour to 34 Exclusive: Dulwich College contemporaries say Reform leader often used antisemitic language and racial epithets

www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Sky News on Renee Nicole Good murder: "There are deeply conflicting accounts of what happened."

REALLY? Gonna both-sides this? One "account" can be seen on video and is confirmed by a dozen eye-witnesses. The other is a social media post by history's most notorious pathological liar.

Grow a spine.

YouTube video by Steve Rosenberg Rentaghost theme - piano solo

Those of us who grew up in 1970s Britain didn’t have mobile phones or computer games. But we did have fantastic children’s TV programmes. Like Rentaghost. Here’s my tribute to a wonderful BBC show that was born 50 years ago. #Rentaghost

YouTube video by Taskmaster Taskmaster Season 21 - Coming Soon | Line-Up Reveal

So, in stark contrast to everything else that’s going on today, I’m delighted to announce I’ll be with this joyous bunch of people in the next #Taskmaster. Let Counting-Backwards-From-Fifty-While-Miming -Your-Least-Favourite -Farm-Animal Commence! youtu.be/1OP6DuihCnk?...

The US attack on Venezuela is an illegal act of aggression against a sovereign country (with lots of oil). Venezuela has become a more deeply repressive dictatorship & urgently needs democratic solution but this is unjustified & unjustifiable. Look forward to seeing swift UK Government condemnation.

Get ready for Phase Two: a raid on Oslo to seize the Peace Prize.

Please give a thought to people whose New Year’s Eve was spent in bomb shelters because a criminal invader was trying to destroy their energy infrastructure.