Reader, there was none. 😢 Naughty, naughty Cllr Simon Fawthrop.

In this instalment of our "Man vs. Machine" podcast, Tory councillor Cllr Simon Fawthrop tries to convince Grok that Bromley Council Conservative Group did not, in fact, plan to rip out speed humps near schools - when they announced so themselves, calling it a safety improvement.

#Oasis

The Hamble Valley Reform UK Branch uses an AI generated image of people captioned “Real People” on its website (2025)

Bexley Council's row with an MP over potholes has escalated right to the top of Government after Sir Kier Starmer threatened to take funding away from the authority during PMQs mylondon.news/news/south-lon…

Minority representation on TV causes outrage From the new Private Eye, in shops now.

... The cat getting an answer is a different matter. I guess we will never know how Bexleyheath & Crayford Conservatives caught Madam Chernukhin's eye. Did Lubov meet Baroness O'Neill of Bexley OBE at some Conservatives soiree? Had the Chernukhins bought a painting by Cllr Davey? Your guess is as good as mine.

"Lubov", of course, means "love" in Russian. (The "l" and the "v" are soft and unpronounceable by non-Russians).

🔥 🔥 🔥 "Who wore it better?" asks Sidcup's premier fashion blogger (me). Louie French MP has a hat, but Daniel Francis MP has a monogram! (Courtesy of the taxpayer?) Please vote below. Attn @bexleylabour and 🇬🇧Making Bexley Even Better🇬🇧!

Who wore a hi-viz vest better?

And the winner, by a single vote, is... Daniel Francis MP! The Labour MP's investment in a monogrammed hi-viz vest paid off. Good luck next time, Louie French MP!

The Kent video wasn't the worst, it seems.

Ah, actually, there had been another query to Daniel Francis MP, also met with silence.

Letters to Daniel Francis MP, vol. 1. (Actually, vol. 2 - earlier, I asked Mr Francis how he had calculated the word count - 36,000 at the time - of his parliamentary speeches. No response). Now, I am not Mr Francis's constituent, so there's no obligation to respond, but why not?