Little known fact: if nobody will pay £850,000 for your house, it's not worth £850,000.

James Cleverly was elected in 2019 on a manifesto commitment to abolish section 21.

If the Government of which he was a member had seen the Renters (Reform) Bill into law instead of bottling it, he (and everyone else who has been evicted in the meantime) would have been safe.

Shadow housing secretary blames Renters’ Rights Act for eviction notice Shadow housing secretary Sir James Cleverly has been given notice to quit his private rented home because of the Renters’ Rights Act, he told a conference today.

James Cleverly says he is being evicted, and blames the new Renters’ Rights Act >>
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Thing is, Home Secretary, if you tell people like me to fuck right off, who supported the Labour Party precisely because it has historically been an anti-racist party (amongst other principles you have also jettisoned), we might just do that. And I don't think Labour can afford to lose our votes.

I just think if the government was to become this unpopular this quickly, they might as well have done it by increasing taxes on median+ earners.

If we had a culture secretary or a functional media regulator people would be resigning for this.

Prince Frederick, Duke of York and Albany - Wikipedia

This chap:

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Oh no, that's terrible news. He was such a lovely man. Deepest condolences to his friends and family.

Thanks very much!

Landlord told to pay tenants £14,400 for 'vindictive' eviction News - Helen Gregory - A landlord who was vindictive towards her tenants has been found guilty of using violence to secure entry, unlawful eviction and harassment.

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I hate it when that happens.

I found an improvised explosive device on a train near the Olympic Park not long before the 2012 Olympics.

Reader, it was not an IED. It was an iPad and two bottles of car wax.

GBNEWS headline

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Is there anyone out there who has access to the 17-page diversity training document was offered to staff at the Lancashire NHS trust??

GBNews and Telegraph have it but I can’t find it to debunk their BS headlines!

He does know that "pants on fire" is just an expression, right?

Hang on

When I said I was going to fork the allotment over, this wasn't what I had in mind.

I occasionally get stuff for a former First Lady of Nigeria.

A reminder that we did this.

(And had to pay Mirror Group Newspapers for the copyright of the text, one of the finest rights payments I’ve ever approved.)

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!

Using a mocap suit to kick yourself in the balls with a robot is a great metaphor to close out 2025. YouTube video by AI Disrupt

Could be worse

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There are loads of me and I'm probably voting Reform*

*I'm not voting Reform.

I am confused. What was the point of vetting him, if the people who needed to know the outcome couldn't be told?

"Do we have to have Patience on our team, sir? We had him last week."

This was basically me in every PE lesson I ever went to.

To me
To you

Robert Powell as Yer Actual Jesus of Nazareth

Robert Powell, pictured during his 2005-2012 stint as a regular on Holby City

This but in a font the size of the moon

Dammit, I'd bet the house on Trump being on Strictly.

I had a great first day as Head of Infrastructure and Keeping Out Tankies at Bluesky. It must have gone really well, or someone would have sent me a DM to complain.