Andy Smyth
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You have to feel sorry for whatever poor sod has to share a cell with him.
The High Court has ordered that secondary school teacher Enoch Burke should be imprisoned immediately for clear, deliberate and persistent contempt of a High Court order directing him to stay away from Wilson's Hospital School
High Court orders Enoch Burke to be imprisoned
The High Court has ordered that secondary school teacher Enoch Burke should be imprisoned immediately for clear, deliberate and persistent contempt of a High Court order directing him to stay away fro...
www.rte.ie
November 18, 2025 at 11:32 AM
You have to feel sorry for whatever poor sod has to share a cell with him.
Even a stopped clock is right twice a day.
RFK Jr says new diet guidelines for all Americans coming next month: ‘We’re ending the war on saturated fats’
New diet guidelines coming next month to end ‘war on saturated fats,’ RFK Jr says
www.independent.co.uk
November 17, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Even a stopped clock is right twice a day.
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Just wilful performative cruelty that is entirely out of step with the majority of British people.
How many Labour MPs got into politics in order to vote for stealing jewellery off of people seeking refuge from war and persecution?
How many Labour MPs got into politics in order to vote for stealing jewellery off of people seeking refuge from war and persecution?
November 17, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Just wilful performative cruelty that is entirely out of step with the majority of British people.
How many Labour MPs got into politics in order to vote for stealing jewellery off of people seeking refuge from war and persecution?
How many Labour MPs got into politics in order to vote for stealing jewellery off of people seeking refuge from war and persecution?
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it's basically impossible to argue with this, they have won significant policy concessions, and there's no reason to think they'll stop pushing now that Labour have opened the door for them
They must be proud with this endorsement, they worked hard for it.
November 16, 2025 at 10:13 AM
it's basically impossible to argue with this, they have won significant policy concessions, and there's no reason to think they'll stop pushing now that Labour have opened the door for them
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How Britain replaced the US as Russia’s villain of choice
How Britain replaced the US as Russia’s villain of choice
London and Moscow’s rivalry stretches back to the imperial era, but the Ukraine war has brought relations to a new low
www.theguardian.com
November 16, 2025 at 6:51 AM
How Britain replaced the US as Russia’s villain of choice
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The US is now a rogue state - look at its extrajudicial killings off Venezuela’s coast | Simon Tisdall
The US is now a rogue state - look at its extrajudicial killings off Venezuela’s coast | Simon Tisdall
These widely condemned strikes are just the latest sign of Trump’s imperialist revival – and the collapsing before our eyes of the rules-based world order, says Guardian foreign affairs commentator Simon Tisdall
www.theguardian.com
November 16, 2025 at 8:41 AM
The US is now a rogue state - look at its extrajudicial killings off Venezuela’s coast | Simon Tisdall
what fictional creature/villain traumatised you as a child?
November 15, 2025 at 10:36 PM
what fictional creature/villain traumatised you as a child?
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But litigation - especially when Trump is involved - is often not about rational decisions. It is high political theatre.
Trump, in essence, is a reality TV star schooled in the dark arts of litigation-as-leverage by Roy Cohn en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roy_Cohn
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Trump, in essence, is a reality TV star schooled in the dark arts of litigation-as-leverage by Roy Cohn en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roy_Cohn
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November 15, 2025 at 10:03 AM
But litigation - especially when Trump is involved - is often not about rational decisions. It is high political theatre.
Trump, in essence, is a reality TV star schooled in the dark arts of litigation-as-leverage by Roy Cohn en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roy_Cohn
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Trump, in essence, is a reality TV star schooled in the dark arts of litigation-as-leverage by Roy Cohn en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roy_Cohn
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Northern Ireland confirms the veracity of this.
“Offer does not apply in Northern Ireland”, as the ads always say…
“Offer does not apply in Northern Ireland”, as the ads always say…
What Americans don't understand is 'crassly forgetting Northern Ireland' is a core part of British culture, like cueing and only being able to communicate via laconic understatement.
No. No. It's absurd enough to think this for Americans, but fucking Brits!? Do you not know your own history!? Part of the country was in a civil war!
November 14, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Northern Ireland confirms the veracity of this.
“Offer does not apply in Northern Ireland”, as the ads always say…
“Offer does not apply in Northern Ireland”, as the ads always say…
I mean I wasn’t actually alive at the time, but I’m fairly sure a large part of my childhood in the 80s & 90s consisted of adults moaning about how awful the 70s were, with strikes & frequent power cuts.
The rot really set in when the woke brigade cancelled Spangles.
November 14, 2025 at 3:44 PM
I mean I wasn’t actually alive at the time, but I’m fairly sure a large part of my childhood in the 80s & 90s consisted of adults moaning about how awful the 70s were, with strikes & frequent power cuts.
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Watching Frankenstein on Netflix, and screaming “the books would have all looked new“ at every library scene.
“The books would have all looked new,” I scream impotently at another costume drama.
November 12, 2025 at 11:47 PM
Watching Frankenstein on Netflix, and screaming “the books would have all looked new“ at every library scene.
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It was bad. No actually, it was terrible. Trump gave an interview to Fox’s Laura Ingraham, and with his guard down and no one to blame but himself, he really put his foot in it. And MAGA is pissed AF. My write-up in the replies.
November 12, 2025 at 5:39 PM
It was bad. No actually, it was terrible. Trump gave an interview to Fox’s Laura Ingraham, and with his guard down and no one to blame but himself, he really put his foot in it. And MAGA is pissed AF. My write-up in the replies.
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Discworld QOTD, from Jingo
"'My strength is as the strength of ten because my heart is pure,’ said Carrot.
‘Really? Well, there’s eleven of them.’"
"'My strength is as the strength of ten because my heart is pure,’ said Carrot.
‘Really? Well, there’s eleven of them.’"
Discworld QOTD, from The Last Continent
"‘Want to stay on here? I had a word with your Dean. He gave you a bloody good reference.’
‘Did he? What did he say?’
‘He said if I could get you to do any work for me I’d be lucky’, said Bill."
"‘Want to stay on here? I had a word with your Dean. He gave you a bloody good reference.’
‘Did he? What did he say?’
‘He said if I could get you to do any work for me I’d be lucky’, said Bill."
Discworld QOTD, from Thud!
"‘Dancing around without her vest and practic’ly no drawers on. Is that any way to behave?’
Nobby considered this deep metaphysical question from various angles. ‘Er…yes?’ he ventured."
"‘Dancing around without her vest and practic’ly no drawers on. Is that any way to behave?’
Nobby considered this deep metaphysical question from various angles. ‘Er…yes?’ he ventured."
November 12, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Discworld QOTD, from Jingo
"'My strength is as the strength of ten because my heart is pure,’ said Carrot.
‘Really? Well, there’s eleven of them.’"
"'My strength is as the strength of ten because my heart is pure,’ said Carrot.
‘Really? Well, there’s eleven of them.’"
See also: quicksand.
Renaissance fairs feature an awful lot less in my life than American television led me to believe they would.
November 12, 2025 at 9:17 PM
See also: quicksand.
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The letter the BBC could send back to Trump - brilliant stuff from @davidallengreen.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/emptycit...
The letter the BBC could send back to Trump
A proposal for a reply to his $1bn claim
open.substack.com
November 12, 2025 at 12:02 PM
The letter the BBC could send back to Trump - brilliant stuff from @davidallengreen.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/emptycit...
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Im just not sure I know how to do a prime ministerial crisis which doesn’t revolve around vaguely ominous reports about the number of letters being sent to Graham Brady
November 12, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Im just not sure I know how to do a prime ministerial crisis which doesn’t revolve around vaguely ominous reports about the number of letters being sent to Graham Brady
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In 2015 Cameron won an overall majority, and it was thrown away by May in 2017 because of Brexit.
In 2019 Johnson won a thumping majority, and yet he was out of office less than three years later.
In 2024 Starmer won a thumping majority and seems to have no idea what to do with it.
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In 2019 Johnson won a thumping majority, and yet he was out of office less than three years later.
In 2024 Starmer won a thumping majority and seems to have no idea what to do with it.
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November 12, 2025 at 10:39 AM
In 2015 Cameron won an overall majority, and it was thrown away by May in 2017 because of Brexit.
In 2019 Johnson won a thumping majority, and yet he was out of office less than three years later.
In 2024 Starmer won a thumping majority and seems to have no idea what to do with it.
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In 2019 Johnson won a thumping majority, and yet he was out of office less than three years later.
In 2024 Starmer won a thumping majority and seems to have no idea what to do with it.
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From the newspaper who hailed Liz Truss as a conquering hero and praised her catastrophic, nation crippling budget a work of genius.
November 12, 2025 at 10:45 AM
From the newspaper who hailed Liz Truss as a conquering hero and praised her catastrophic, nation crippling budget a work of genius.
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Yeah, this aspect of the memo is basically self-refuting, and yet…
If the Prescott memo is true, and there is a secret cabal of LGBTQ+ journalists stopping any negative stories about trans people being published or aired at BBC News, then, I have to say, they’re doing a really fucking shit job of that.
November 12, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Yeah, this aspect of the memo is basically self-refuting, and yet…
Justin Webb claiming “I literally don’t have a view” on gender issues.
Aye, right.
Aye, right.
November 12, 2025 at 8:56 AM
Justin Webb claiming “I literally don’t have a view” on gender issues.
Aye, right.
Aye, right.