Naturally we support offshore wind power. We just can't allow the electricity generated to travel through our constituencies.

Don't worry, I'm pretty sure the runaway trolley car will take care of this problem.

I guarantee you that if using the delicate orchid to cure cancer looked like it might damage house prices, the Greens would oppose it.

I am never leaving this website

Actually, even the possibility that a delicate orchid might one day grow here is the reason we, with deep regret, cannot possibly support houses or solar or wind infrastructure in this location, although we reserve the right to complain bitterly about these things not happening.

Late as usual.

For us, the war movies are over! That's right, we're watching what might be the film most precisely written for us, with plucky Brits, comic Nazis, and not a single grandstanding American: The Colditz Story. champ.ly/P7u5BPfz

Eight Excuses I Have Told My Son to Use for His Failure to Hand in English Homework, Excuses I Have Learned are Acceptable During a Thirty-Year Career in Journalism, Books, and Film “Thanks for the homework task. I think there’s something in there, but at the moment it feels a bit vague and undercooked. What I suggest is that you go away...

It's the great Nick Hornby's birthday today, so no better time to trot out this classic list of his from his archives. And check out the sale on all his books in our store!

Probably less likely to knock up any nannies, either.

We do!

Amazing!

Revealed: Mandelson failed vetting but Foreign Office overruled decision Guardian investigation uncovers decision by UK security officials to deny clearance before Mandelson took up role as US ambassador

As well as being a great scoop by Guardian colleagues, this feels potentially very, very bad for Keir Starmer.

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

"As Paul wrote to the Ephesians, 'Say "what" again! Say "what" again, I dare you, I double dare you, motherfucker, say "what" one more goddamn time!'"

Recipes for disaster: Boris Johnson iced by a cake Politicians making a meal of it. This week: when Boris Johnson was ambushed by a birthday cake

"The ironic icing is that the originator of 'cakeist' political philosophy was undone partly by the having, and then eating, of an actual cake"

🎂 @roberthutton.co.uk's Recipes for Disaster: Boris Johnson iced by a cake
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For us, the war movies are over! Yes, we're watching The Colditz Story - proof that the most fun anyone could have in WW2 was being taken prisoner. Or was it?

champ.ly/P7u5BPfz

"This,” Kemi Badenoch told the House of Commons, “is a moment of profound national seriousness.” It was an unarguable point. We may look back on this as a time when Britain faced the greatest challenges in decades, with more and more parts of the world in flames, a hostile government in Washington, Russia on the march, China testing boundaries, and our critical energy supplies under threat. If the country does indeed stand on the brink, then there was precious little evidence in Parliament on Wednesday that we are ready for it Which made it all the stranger that, in the very same breath, the Conservative leader noted that a Labour MP had given an interview about sex toys. “It gives a whole new meaning,” Badenoch went on, “to fiddling while Rome burns.” I shall have to check whether Winston Churchill also lightened his wartime speeches with gags about wnking.

Cometh the hour... but the men and women are definitely not comething yet. My SKETCH of PMQs. thecritic.co.uk/a-mo...

One of the big problems the current opposition has is that everyone involved in it suffered head injuries that leave them unable to remember any events between 2010 and 2024.

If one of my party's recent prime ministers had redecorated the Number 10 flat in a way that ended up involving TWO separate inquiries and a Wikipedia page, I would simply not have put out a press release confirming that the current prime minister had spent less than the allowance he was given.

"This,” Kemi Badenoch told the House of Commons, “is a moment of profound national seriousness.” It was an unarguable point. We may look back on this as a time when Britain faced the greatest challenges in decades, with more and more parts of the world in flames, a hostile government in Washington, Russia on the march, China testing boundaries, and our critical energy supplies under threat. If the country does indeed stand on the brink, then there was precious little evidence in Parliament on Wednesday that we are ready for it Which made it all the stranger that, in the very same breath, the Conservative leader noted that a Labour MP had given an interview about sex toys. “It gives a whole new meaning,” Badenoch went on, “to fiddling while Rome burns.” I shall have to check whether Winston Churchill also lightened his wartime speeches with gags about wnking.

Cometh the hour... but the men and women are definitely not comething yet. My SKETCH of PMQs. thecritic.co.uk/a-mo...

I only have your word for that.

Giving this line while apparently trying to flee the interview is *chef's kiss*.

I refuse to accept that a secretary of state with this as her brief, who regularly speaks to parliament about the BBC, could not get involved in other broadcast media if she chose to.

Starmer accused of ‘corrosive complacency’ on UK defence by former Nato chief Lord George Robertson, author of British military review, says premier is not willing to make the necessary investment

This is a searing attack - giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/... and not just on Labour, it's on everyone. Needs to be taken seriously

This is my favourite: Trump as a pilot

"Rob, how can you keep saying that Lisa Nandy doesn't exist when she gives all these interviews about how she does exist and is definitely turning up to work every day at her department which she insists also exists?"

Do they mention that the number three book in the country last week, all lists, was "Fluffy Chick" by Rod Campbell?

Oh interesting. I assumed they used the same data.

No, it's number 2 non-fic paperback, and was last week as well. I think this week there were about 30 copies in it. This is the Bookseller chart.

how do we get JD Vance to start speaking at Reform press conferences