OK. Sure. But maybe we should give Peter Mandelson one more chance.

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What a great night. Orban loses, Paddington wins.

UK government bans Kanye West from entering country Rapper, who is legally known as Ye, has been criticised for making antisemitic remarks including voicing admiration for Adolf Hitler

Maybe Wireless will get a decent Fyre-type documentary out of all this...

www.theguardian.com/music/2026/a...

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These April Fool pieces get more ridiculous every year.

Oh.

Had thought the Spurs board might get Gary Davies to fill in for now.

"ANOTHER BEER OLDER" - I dream of writing jokes like that.

Thank you!

Today I am as old as that Beatles song about being really old.

Quiz question in today's Times happens to be on my specialised subject.

Once again I have been left out of England's World Cup squad. I think it is because I qualify to play for both England and Ireland, and so both managers presume I am playing for the other.

"What is this 'IRA' of which you speak? Is that like some American tax thing?"

Longest VAR decision ever...

I’m half-Irish - so Happy St Patrick’s Day till lunchtime. ☘️🇮🇪

My car has a big dent in the door. No other vehicle was involved.

I CALL ON NATO COUNTRIES TO MEND THE BIG DENT IN MY CAR DOOR.

10 part series about one of ‘the Bennett Sisters’ is just starting on the telly. Who are these Bennett Sisters and why has there not been anything about them on television before?

Just wait till they find out the otter's pronouns.

I can’t believe no one has bought the movie rights.

Wow - topical comedy from the 80s! I didn’t think anyone listened to that!

For this World Book Day, Babs has come as Birnham Wood.

UK launches operation to support thousands of Britons in Middle East Officials are understood to be working on plans to evacuate British nationals, should airspace remain closed.

This is what all those ex-pats in Dubai paid their taxes for.
Oh, hang on, they didn't.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

You have to feel a little bit sorry for the Liberal Democrats. Nobody can even be bothered to talk about how shit their result was.

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'Goodwin'? Bad Loser more like.

It doesn't look very much fun.

Very sad news about the death of Rob Grant.
Not only the co-creator of the brilliant Red Dwarf, but also part of the original writing team that made Spitting Image the huge show it became.
A huge comedy talent.

Humility.

Peter Mandelson has been bailed - on the condition that he will not leave the country or launch a new podcast with Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor.

Oh - is it Mandelson’s birthday?

"Keep your side of the road clean." In a world of dolourous news, all you can do is find one small thing - then try to fix it. And so me and the British Society of Magazine Editors are launching this - to find the next generation of writers AND PAY THEM. Screw you, AI. We still believe in writing.