And those of his family, who are all complicit.

Outrageous. This is going to be exceptional.

I've nothing against most Americans but to be pointing the finger at other countries with that selection of freaks running the country is rich. Maybe ditch the cult, put some adults in charge and maybe that high horse might have some legs.

Superior culture? The country with the highest prison population per capita, a healthcare system envied by nobody, a country so bellicose that it has school shouts regularly enough to go largely unreported? And - talking of IQs - a kleptocracy cum idiocracy ruled by a cretin with an IQ of a flannel.

Other voices are available.

Apparently he hightailed it like this pragmatist.

They've a lovely little railway there. It's like a cross between a post industrial wasteland and Bournemouth. (I was going to say Hastings, but...)

Maybe that mad Fox News host could give him one to attempt? Holding an actual bible might be a fire hazard, even if it's upside down again.

Aware of Philby et al., I can't think of a famous French Cold War defection. The Surete presumably used the old cherchez la femme tactic, where the MI5 presumably used cherchez le saucisson, which, to be Blunt, should have yielded better results.

Somehow I've got descriptive voiceover on my telly. I've not set this but it's funny.

Just turned on the radio and Dermot O'Leary was playing Snowden by Doves. Love it when that happens. Oddly, he's interviewing Alex James (this isn't the link, sadly) of Blur and they were the first song played as we were shuffled out of the O2.

I am not mature enough for this.

They were brilliant, as were their support act, Doves.

TV listings for Friday 17th April: The Wicker Man (the original; no nonsense about bees), followed by Panorama and something about arch rapist and paedophile Donald Trump.

The Wicker Man followed by, it appears, The Wanker Man.

The inimitable Tim Booth from James

I'll be missing #TOTP tonight in favour of seeing James at the O2. Oh, well.

Asda Pukka pie super-duper deal: one pie costs £5.22 two pies cost £5.00

Twin Town script: How come a two liter bottle of cork is 27 p.… - The super-duper deal? - Yeah. - F***ing brilliant! - I know. But if you have a one liter bottle, it costs 37 p. - F***ing hell. That's weird. - I know. Really weird. Even though it's bigger it costs you less than the smaller ones. - I know. - Why? I don't know. It's really f***ing weird.

The reason is this mad deal. You could buy two pies, throw one away and pay 22p less than you would for just one.

Finally, after so many years, Rhys Ifans can afford to buy his own fu***** glue... Twin Town 😎😄😆🤣👍 YouTube video by Rhys Ifans

Thinking of Twin Town today, and saw this.

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Novel Connection TV Episode 2 Jul 1988 Not Rated 48m Magnum, P.l. (1980-1988)

Magnum on Ice TV Episode 2 Jul 1988 PG 47m Murder, She Wrote (1984-1996)

This surprising crossover episode was on at lunch but ITV4 didn't show both, but the producers of Magnum tagged on a fake ending which saw him not go to jail and concluded that Jessica Fletcher was barking up the wrong tree and should stick to her novels. Hope MSW did a 'Poochie died' bit as revenge

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A fantastic prize machine that’s part of a arcade that just has a hanging Mario plush but it looks like he hung himself

Mama Mia

Some poor woman having to make small talk with a moron who's told her she got a tax rebate, presumably so he won't have to tip her (as is America's custom due to low wages needing supplementing by guilt and resentment fees.)

Sir Bernard Chumley and his sister's meals-on-wheels lady.

Both of these are comedy characters, but each in a different sense. We'd have heard by now so this latest cold meal (why does he leave burgers out for ages? He really has no taste, sophistication or, well, anything) hasn't done the job we'd all hope. Maybe the next one?

Or...

When Angela Rayner underpaid £40,000 stamp duty on her flat, Richard Tice said it was "morally completely indefensible” and she should immediately resign if she had “any moral decency”.

Now we learn he personally made £91,000 in excess payments by failing to pay the tax his company legally owed

I remember this episode! (Doesn't end well...)

Boris Johnson: A Faking It... DTV Terrestrial | 40 | Quest Red | 11:00 - 12:00 | - -١- News and Factual ...Special. Experts analyse the former Prime Minister's colourful past and complicated relationship with the truth. Was his career littered with lies?

"Yes."

Rory Kinear singing Every Rose Has Its Thorn by Poison

Reference to Bill & Ted in "Dave 2"

Bill & Ted quoting Poison as poetry: Heaven's Gatekeeper: What is the meaning of life? Ted: Every rose has its thorn, just like every night has its dawn. Bill: Just like every cowboy, sings a sad, sad song.

This can't be a coincidence. This is all part of the opening scene after the credits.

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"Magataotao" on Twitter writes: "I am Catholic. This👇is not my Pope." Attached is a video of the Pope saying that we should search for peace and reject war. A community note under their tweet says: "You are not a Catholic if you do not accept the Pope, but rather a schismatic. Canon 751: “Schism is the refusal of submission to the Supreme Pontiff,” ie. the Pope. https://www.vatican.va/archive/cod-iuris-canonici/eng/documents/cic_lib3-cann747-755_en.html"

first in my bloodline to see someone get excommunicated by a community note

I've met a few Americans over the past month and they now tend to disclose their origin with "please don't hate me" (although it's the passport-less Americans who tend to be MAGA). They've said that they're despised by Europeans & Aussies, beyond standard American arrogance, due to Trump's behaviour