His defence was basically "yes he's a creepy danger who female colleagues would be well advised not to be alone with, but not quite to levels where it's actually illegal"

Such a loss to Scottish politics that she was just smart enough not to jump ship to Abla.

I like 'em

Darren McGavin as Kolchak from the cult TV series (and, crucially, nothing to do with Banacek, an entirely different TV series). He is wearing a striped jacket, straw hat, and tie, holding what's probably a camera

The only thing I remember about Banacek is the word "Banacek" and the misremembered face of Darren McGavin off Kolchak: the Night Stalker

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John Rogers has very similar advice on writing

Perfection, thank you

Keir Starmer very much Chose not to know cause Knowing would make him responsible. Clever little lawyer man trick he thinks we’re all too stupid to see

God knows, there's so many of them. "Deform - got them again hee hee"

I got one of those foam pillows with the wingy things and it is good; I sleep better and I feel like I don't have a sore neck as often.

I don't care if I just feel like I feel better, I still feel better

Only if it's mildly creepy thank you

I love it when they call them Deform, it loses them 300 votes every time they do it

You look very grown up

My posts are so dull they're wrecking their already tenuous attention spans. I'd apologise but they've already stopped reading

Ooo!

Wesley Streeting still seems to be heir apparent despite being Mandelson's protégée and apparently being hell-bent on selling the NHS to Palantir; is it better for the horrible little transphobe to inherit the ruins after the election or take them down to defeat himself?

I want the worst for him

*about, sorry

Can I be nosey and ask what you were getting from Rajasthan? Was it dried chillis?

It was a terrible decision, he made the decision, or made the decision to abdicate all responsibility for the decision which is the same thing, and the inevitable consequences of the terrible decision inevitably happened. It's really that simple.

Anyone who didn't go "Mandelson? I don't want him anywhere near my government" doesn't get to quibble about whether they were informed he had failed enhanced vetting after the appointment was announced, or suggest that "he lied that there were no more revelations shit Epstein" absolves them

Nie mój cyrk, nie moje małpy

It's harmless unless the "raw milk" idiots get hold of it and decide to stop cooking things properly

The Zangief actor is the huge guy they got for that season of Reacher to make Alan Ritchson look small. That feels like a solid choice at least.

Damn, I got collateral damaged with this one

Evidence

I hope you did that scrunched up face he does when he thinks he's said something clever and cutting that will definitely make the government uncomfortable because he's not the epitome of managed opposition

Kiermageddon, you fool, you amateur

Heaven forfend someone have a hobby

Ah but for a brief moment in time I kept my sinecure pretending to provide leadership for a charity, and I think that's a beautiful thing

Also, if this "oven ready plan for power" was so vital and they had no backups, would a forensic, detail oriented, whatever other adjectives they try to hang on human blank Kier Starmer, not check it existed beforehand? A text? An email? A short meeting over coffee even?

What did Prime Minister Elect Kier Starmer think his job was?