Ah, I see someone has found a document labelled “Labour Party economic policy”

Starmer’s self image is “I never lie, I always follow the rules”. Jeremy’s self image was “I have been an anti-racist all my life”. Look at the sniffy fury both of them display when their self-image is challenged. That inability to accept criticism and grow is their original sin.

Confirm I didn’t wasn’t told not to announce someone before the vetting finished or the llama gets it

They said I’m a fine girl? Is that all they said about me?
-Brandy

Absolutely stealing this one from my wife but Song of Songs 7, 7-8 is some the filthiest stuff in ancient literature and it’s beautiful.

Ah I see my view of Warsaw has a parallel in the land of our cousins, friends and neighbours

peter mandelson failed his vetting? wow. i didn’t know that - you’re telling me now for the very first time.

what can you say? the permanent secretary did a terrible job. a terrible man doing a terrible job. i’m actually absolutely furious to hear that. i am furious.

Might workshop this a bit more

Hear me out - PM is currently is like the Emperor in Warhammer 40000, kept sort of alive and in post by constant sacrifice of underlings

“It’s not wrongdoing, it’s galaxy-level incompetence!” Is a very very funny line to take

what was keir starmers mistake? loving too much? caring too much? believing too much in an obviously corrupt man while also employing close allies of that same man in high-up positions in the british government and not providing any of the oversight and responsibility expected from the pm? yes

I am following Hungarian politics like it's a political thriller. I have never seen a democratically-elected leader enact You Can Just Do Things on this level, and it's absolutely riveting.

“It’s not about a summer of sex, it’s about a year-round focus on cost of living”

Also, @samanthaniblett.bsky.social is absolutely correct in this campaign and @tomhayesmp.bsky.social is being a bit of a dreary lad in this quote, yes I am going to snitch tag

This may be the best quote I’ve ever read in the Times. Particularly the first two sentences

Not a bad view walking back to London Bridge tonight station innit

Quite a flex to turn up at the presidential palace, get him to confirm you as prime minister, call him unfit to serve with no moral authority, tell him to resign, and then pose for a picture

Reform, in theory, could have been a gift to Labour: they divided the Right-wing vote. All Labour had to do was govern in a way that held their Center-Left coalition together

Instead, they chose to act foolishly and blow up their own coalition in pursuit of a voting base with no interest in them

In a way, the solution to the worst of politics on the right and Bluesky/ social media on the left is the same:

Imagine if this were good again *muted awoo* then we might need to think about other things

In all fairness to the Sage of Westminster, this is undeniably true. Excellent Kemiism to add to the “Pope is WEAK on crime” on a list of great political statements of the past week

One of my friends once got (you can buy it pharmacies back home!) rectified spirit and we drank it with a spoon at a house party. We were sixteen I think

One of the tricks to buy booze underage in Kraków was to order it in English or any other foreign accent. We had bilingual classes at school so people used English, French, German and Spanish. Very educational!

Zbigniew Ziobro looking at flights to Uruguay right about now

Have I ever talked about how Józef B/ Bem József/ Murad Paşa went to my school (seriously!)

(I can google the Hungarian version of the saying, not speak Hungarian)

Lengyel, magyar – két jó barát, együtt harcol, s issza borát

it's george soros saying "tell viktor it was me. i want him to know it was me"

Lads

Lads it's happening