Who else remembers when James Acaster made the greatest ever Brexit analogy?

I love the line about "the unforeseen quantity of water in the ocean, which nobody could have predicted." #LizTruss Via Private Eye Magazine

A message to Mr Sunak.

Janet Winterson. 🙏 spot on

Today I have mostly been answering pre-arranged questions from Tory councillors wearing hi-vis jackets and pretending they work in a biscuit factory.

Carnage.

I like this mysterious poem of early morning by Duncan Wu from his superb new ⁦Shearsman⁩ collection Origin Myths. ⁦Shearsman⁩ always pursue unexpected and rewarding writing; they publish work that always repays close reading.

“You’ll like Clacton, Ted. We can go on the pier”

If Penny Mordaunt had any political instincts at all, she'd resign live on stage at the debate tonight and chop her Tory party membership card in half with a sword. Instant legend.

And the promise of Brexit dies… …not with a bang, but a whimper of gibberish.

The post has been deleted, but here’s a screen grab for twittersphere X posterity. ⤵️ #GE2024 | #politics | #vote24 🗳️

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How right he was, more than a century ago. This is that "great and glorious day".

Yes, lifelong criminal Trump, oligarch Elon & dictator Putin “won”.😔 But they remain vile & corrupt. Truth remains true. SHOUTOUT to truth-tellers: Nicolle Wallace Rachel Maddow Adam Kinzinger (Slava Ukraini) 🇺🇸🇺🇦 Laurence Tribe 🇺🇦 ⚖️ @judgeluttig Asha Rangappa Glenn Kirschner Ruth Ben-Ghiat David French 🙏🏼

The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom. - Isaac Asimov

⚠️ WARNING ⚠️ THIS HAS BEEN CURRENTLY SPOTTED ON GWITHIAN AND HAYLE BEACH PLEASE KEEP AWAY AND KEEP YOUR DOGS SAFE. Dog owners have been warned to avoid some beaches in north Cornwall following reports of washed up hemlock water dropwort roots and reports of pets becoming

Could not agree more.

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