Also purdah doesn’t apply to the BBC because it’s not a part of the civil service

So did they do this for all parties or just Reform? Because if it’s all parties then I don’t think we should shit and piss our pants over someone deciding to make the on screen graphics a bit more interesting…

“The signaller has asked us to make an unscheduled stop so the driver can perform a safety check of the front of the train” is such a reassuring message to get over the PA

Even an IDF statement saying they did it isn’t enough to get BBC News to stop prevaricating

This is how I’m learning Brazilian

this is best practice when faced with a major political disagreement - try to find common ground and appear as reasonable as possible to take the heat out of the situation - but Rowling and her followers have radicalised themselves into a frenzy and cannot be treated as rational actors, so 🤷

think this is wise in theory (why not try to appease your opponents by finding common ground away from what you disagree on!) but in practice, gender critical campaigners just won't listen to what Stonewall has to say anyway so no real point in trying to reach out and alienate allies by doing so

They’ve always sold it as the cost of flying direct between the two places but I would like to see the flight that goes from Palermo, Sicily to Khatgal, Mongolia (on the shore of Lake Hövsgöl)

I do not understand the appeal of Harry Redknapp to the general public. He’s just a boring old man

Oh yeah baby, we’re going back to old school everything locked behind a counter!

Lana Del Rey writing the perfect Bond theme and it being wasted on a video game is further proof we live in the bad place

When I was a child we’d go to Abersoch camping. There was a pub that had a kids’ disco (it was the 90s). One poor staff member each night had to go out into the child scrum as Mr Blobby. All of the children would immediately kick the shit out of Mr Blobby. That is what made Britain great

Watching three British people smile and nod along as someone talks about a 7ft tall pink monster that dominated British tv to a horrified American is the most perfect thing a chat show can give us

Josh Widdecombe explaining Mr Blobby to Dan Levy has entirely justified Claudia Winkelman getting a second series

Am I the only one surprised that high profile ambassadorships are put through mundane security vetting?

I just assumed they were picked by the prime minister and that was it, they were appointed

Did Mandelson score well on his application? Did he get at least a 4 on his behaviours??

That’s uh… that’s a lot of people going from did not vote to Reform and the Greens

How confident are pollsters that those people will actually vote?

NICHE POST: Richard III stans are such weird conspiracy theorists. Yeah sure, every single piece of evidence is wrong, your fav could never have done anything wrong even though he usurped the throne as his first act. Don’t let logic and reason come in the way of your obsession

Omg read another book!

Interesting it takes until episode 6 for a British woman to host SNL UK

I’d like to know who signed off on the Chester Zoo advert being voiced by a scouse accent

I’m sure I heard a story once that started like that

Race Across The World calling Turkey by their fake name is woke gone mad

I was going to make a “I’ve seen son swap but not dad swap” joke but it turns out that the sketch writer had also very much seen son swap

lol this is the first time Jeremy and Zarah’s Fun Time Group has done something sensible and it’s going drive all of their insane online supporters insane

It’s strange how a series of Taskmaster is so much more fun and good vibes when one/some of the cast isn’t trying to force their annoying comedy character on you

Gemma Collins is such a fascinating person. I need someone to study her

Sadly he posts them on his Instagram so you can see that voting for someone cos they look good is a terrible idea

Two reports in a row on the six o clock news from north west tonight reporters, further proving the north west is the most important region in the UK

Exactly what I just saw. He’s another example of increased muscle mass reducing brain capacity

It’s such a shame about Carl Cashman because he’s very hot and gay supporting but he has some of the worst possible local government policies you could never vote for