"Repeat after me: there was no 'landslide'. There was no 'blowout'. There was no 'sweeping' mandate given to Trump by the electorate. The numbers don’t lie."
My new Guardian op-ed on the new GOP election lie - and why it's important to rebut it! I brought (lots of) receipts:
Loved seeing this legend tonight in Eastleigh. Catch his tour if you can, he’s back and better than ever 🤣🥰@mattforde.bsky.social
Poster for #Top31DepecheMode music challenge.
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#MusicChallenge coming to BlueSky 🦋
Throughout December, we are picking our #Top31DepecheMode songs.
A real festive treat for Mode fans, and the first music challenge I'll be hosting on here (as well as Twitter)!
Hands up if you're in! 🙌
And shares appreciated to get the word out here 🙏
Want! 🥰
Word of the day is ‘catchfart’, from the 17th century, used of a servant who followed their master or mistress a little too closely.
In today’s terms, a catchfart is someone who fawns upon the boss or who follows the political wind.
On Sky News, Paul Johnson, Director at the Institute for Fiscal Studies, says a lot of the numbers in the Chancellor’s Autumn Statement are "sort of made up". (He’s just being nice with ‘sort of’.)
I don’t think I’ve ever seen this kind of thing fall apart so quickly.
We also need some James stuff, here’s a couple from recent gigs in Bath & Nottingham #James #WeareJames
Looks like cat pics are de rigeur so here’s mine posing for their latest album
Let’s sort out a meet up nearer the time 🥰
Goosebumps! We’re seeing them twice in Berlin in Feb too x
Well how does this work then? It’s nice to be here!
Omg! That’s such good news! Which UK gigs you seeing? We’re at the Sat London one x
