Those asking if ‘The Thick of It’ is writing this election may want to note that today’s Tory immigration plan -shunt it off to an independent body to decide, so ministers can avoid talking specifics in interviews- is the main plot of 2009’s special ‘The Rise of the Nutters.’

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

Is “2k more tax “ the new “350 million NHS “bus slogan . Doesn’t need to be right. Just needs to be repeated . Have we come so little way since the grubby days of that campaign ??

Next stop: The Barbican. Come see our lovely company in #amidsummernightsdream this winter in London. The RSC #Shakespeare #Dream

For example, I never spent four billion pounds on unusable PPE.

Nothing to see here, folks, just a whole bunch of people who trained in those 'worthless' arts subjects adding £250m to the national economy.

Let this sink in: 1/3 of performing arts freelancers reported average hour earnings below National Living Wage. 1/5 of performing arts freelancers work over 50 or more hours a week. If this was a salaried job it WOULD BE ILLEGAL. Via Freelancers Make Theatre Work freelancersmaketheatrework.com/bigfreelancers…

Really ugly scenes during Jess Phillips‘ acceptance speech. Absolutely appalling; men shouting down a woman when she’s legitimately won an election is disgraceful and a bad look for our democracy.

This remake of The Shining looks shit.

Hallefuckinglujah #arts #theatre #DCMS

The extreme Right are very loud rather than very popular. But as long as the media mistake loudness for popularity, the extreme Right will keep getting more airtime than their rivals. That’s not to underestimate the very real frustrations with politics that many of their

In France ChatGPT is pronounced the same as 'Chat, j'ai pété' which means 'Cat, I have farted'. Which seems to sum the whole thing up pretty neatly.

I hate this whole "women can be sexy at fifty!” narrative. At what age will society stop demanding I try to be sexy for everybody and just let me turn into an old swamp witch, as nature intended?

I was a council scheme boy but I became upper class when I started shoplifting at Harrods. It just takes enterprise

A reminder. This is what brave looks like. Mme Pélicot leaving the Avignon courthouse yesterday. x.com/flaminhaystack…

Factcheck: Maternity pay has existed since 1911 & is essential for women to make informed, supported reproductive choices. It is also currently at a level where 71% of women worry 'a lot' about money during maternity leave and 35% of new mothers skip meals to afford to live.

If only his colleagues had all been young working class women, ideally with little job security, none of this would have happened.

Oh my goodness, this is grim. Bristol Old Vic Theatre School ends undergraduate training over cost issues thestage.co.uk/news/bristol-o…

I’ve been lucky enough to work on two projects now with #JohnnyFlynn and Eleanor Rhode and something *magic* happens when they collaborate. This film could be something really special but they need YOUR help…! #CODES #FilmFunding #ShortFilm #Kickstarter kickstarter.com/projects/elrho…