That visualisation is so good!

Truss not having enough space on the chart for her name to display is always funny.

Haven't you heard, he's furious!

Colossal Buttons

"You wouldn't download a person" in the anti-piracy advert style

Oh god, not another cyclist?

The "gonne" from Terry Pratchett's Men At Arms

Listen to @bloodwork.show

If you're taking the show as your canon then you have to include Ho-oh too

Old JC loved the sauce

Watching far more Arsenal games than I usually would, for similar reasons.

I fell asleep to the BSG engine noise for a while, that was nice if incredibly dorky.

Same tbf

Wes Streeting briefly enjoying the political empire he built on lobby money, triangulation, and throwing minorities under the bus, before losing his seat at the next election.

Now I understand the appeal of Starmer. He also doesn't let knowing fuck all hold him back. What an inspiration to clueless twats everywhere!

New Permanent Under-Secretary Appointed at the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office Sir Oliver (Olly) Robbins has been appointed as the new Permanent Under-Secretary at the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office.

Let's stretch credulity and accept that Olly Robbins did go rogue on this one. Who then takes responsibility for appointing him?

www.gov.uk/government/n...

"The Permanent Secretary for FCDO is appointed by the Foreign Secretary, with the approval of the Prime Minister."

Ah. Unfortunate.

Concerns Mandelson failed M16 vetting for US ambassador – but was appointed anyway The prime minister is facing serious questions after claims he ignored warnings from the security services to appoint Peter Mandelson as US ambassador

Didn't ask any questions seven months ago when it was reported previously: www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...

Why does he have to fly to Paris if it's a virtual meeting?

Famously just had the one ballroom

I can't imagine him furious. His emotional range tops out at "cross."

Who's the other left wing party on the ballot?

Let's fucking hope so

Good.

True enough. The sort of person who definitely supports a lot of great left-wing ideas but is also Very Sensible so accepts that regrettably we can't have them yet. Maybe in another electoral cycle or two. Just hang in there and don't do anything reckless like voting for an actual progressive party.

So *that's* what the tools were for!

Interesting question about Labour councillors being to the left of the party, some definitely are and that's exacerbated by how much the central party has swung right in recent years. The membership has usually been to the left of the party. But obviously there are plenty of horrific ghouls as well.

Maybe a bit, but the bigger effect will be from being able to say "see, we can win here, now go on and vote for us in the general election too." The big problem for Green councillors and controlled councils will be funding, although hopefully there will be some things that can be improved anyway.

Is there something additionally sinister about the flawlessly acquiescent AI being gendered as female? Yes imo.

Battest

Ban this sick filth