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Now tell me again how much it's okay that English Lit has collapsed at A-Level and in our universities.
Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again.
#Pinks #ProudBlue
#Pinks #ProudBlue
February 5, 2026 at 1:48 PM
Now tell me again how much it's okay that English Lit has collapsed at A-Level and in our universities.
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Dead ahead: years of snobbery, misogyny and hatred about a northern single mum from a council house. So that's not worth looking forward to either.
February 5, 2026 at 8:40 AM
Dead ahead: years of snobbery, misogyny and hatred about a northern single mum from a council house. So that's not worth looking forward to either.
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Not to be crass about it, but this is the electoral equivalent of letting off a stink bomb in public and running around with your pants down. Can't defeat these guys, can't defeat anybody.
Farage claims Trump never meant to insult British troops, and ICE victim in Minneapolis shouldn't have been there with gun - www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
January 26, 2026 at 4:50 PM
Not to be crass about it, but this is the electoral equivalent of letting off a stink bomb in public and running around with your pants down. Can't defeat these guys, can't defeat anybody.
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Everyone still think athletes will avoid DHS (ICE, CBP etc) racial profiling?
#WorldCup ⚽️
#WorldCup ⚽️
Giants star Jung Hoo Lee detained by CBP
The South Korean was traveling to California on Wednesday to take part in a Giants FanFest tour stop in San Ramon.
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January 26, 2026 at 11:54 PM
Everyone still think athletes will avoid DHS (ICE, CBP etc) racial profiling?
#WorldCup ⚽️
#WorldCup ⚽️
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What a mess. This is the damage done by social media lies and disinformation - aided by a government that subsidises and cossets the platforms that spread it. news.sky.com/story/uk-los...
UK loses measles elimination status, warns WHO
Vaccination rates in 2024-25 among five-year-olds who had received both MMR jabs hit the lowest level in 15 years.
news.sky.com
January 26, 2026 at 9:25 PM
What a mess. This is the damage done by social media lies and disinformation - aided by a government that subsidises and cossets the platforms that spread it. news.sky.com/story/uk-los...
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A reminder that the BBC have consistently platformed Goodwin as an 'impartial' commentator.
January 27, 2026 at 2:24 PM
A reminder that the BBC have consistently platformed Goodwin as an 'impartial' commentator.
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If UK news shows are going to give Nigel Farage a platform to spout this absolute boll**** about Brexit & the vaccine rollout (unchallenged) I’ll happily come back every week to correct it.
We cannot allow him & others to rewrite history.
youtu.be/vL7_mwSNMvc?...
We cannot allow him & others to rewrite history.
youtu.be/vL7_mwSNMvc?...
When are UK News Shows going to start calling out Nigel Farage and his completely rubbished claims?
YouTube video by Peter Stefanovic
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January 12, 2026 at 3:37 PM
If UK news shows are going to give Nigel Farage a platform to spout this absolute boll**** about Brexit & the vaccine rollout (unchallenged) I’ll happily come back every week to correct it.
We cannot allow him & others to rewrite history.
youtu.be/vL7_mwSNMvc?...
We cannot allow him & others to rewrite history.
youtu.be/vL7_mwSNMvc?...
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We cannot allow Nigel Farage & others to rewrite history. If UK News Shows won’t call this absolute boll**** out let’s do it ourselves
If UK news shows are going to give Nigel Farage a platform to spout this absolute boll**** about Brexit & the vaccine rollout (unchallenged) I’ll happily come back every week to correct it.
We cannot allow him & others to rewrite history.
youtu.be/vL7_mwSNMvc?...
We cannot allow him & others to rewrite history.
youtu.be/vL7_mwSNMvc?...
When are UK News Shows going to start calling out Nigel Farage and his completely rubbished claims?
YouTube video by Peter Stefanovic
youtu.be
January 12, 2026 at 3:47 PM
We cannot allow Nigel Farage & others to rewrite history. If UK News Shows won’t call this absolute boll**** out let’s do it ourselves
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Or ... or you'll ... shoot the babies?
DHS I don't know if you were all absent on training day but you can't shoot babies even if you don't like their parents. There is nothing that can be happening with a baby that makes it ok to shoot babies.
DHS I don't know if you were all absent on training day but you can't shoot babies even if you don't like their parents. There is nothing that can be happening with a baby that makes it ok to shoot babies.
January 11, 2026 at 8:15 PM
Or ... or you'll ... shoot the babies?
DHS I don't know if you were all absent on training day but you can't shoot babies even if you don't like their parents. There is nothing that can be happening with a baby that makes it ok to shoot babies.
DHS I don't know if you were all absent on training day but you can't shoot babies even if you don't like their parents. There is nothing that can be happening with a baby that makes it ok to shoot babies.
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"A few years ago you tweeted: 'I'm not British born Mr Nigel Farage, I'm as British as you are. Your comments are offensive and racist
"I would be frightened to live in a country run by you"
Nadhim Zahawi is questioned on previous criticism of Farage after defecting to Reform
"I would be frightened to live in a country run by you"
Nadhim Zahawi is questioned on previous criticism of Farage after defecting to Reform
January 12, 2026 at 4:45 PM
"A few years ago you tweeted: 'I'm not British born Mr Nigel Farage, I'm as British as you are. Your comments are offensive and racist
"I would be frightened to live in a country run by you"
Nadhim Zahawi is questioned on previous criticism of Farage after defecting to Reform
"I would be frightened to live in a country run by you"
Nadhim Zahawi is questioned on previous criticism of Farage after defecting to Reform
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This exposes the most likely calamity ahead: that at the v moment the UK population turns completely against Brexit and starts to demand its reversal, a Reform UK govt is elected and tears it all up. Could poison politics for decades.
Tory MP Matt Vickers' car crash encounter with @lewisgoodall.com on #Brexit.
LG: Do you accept you damaged the economy?
MV: No.
LG: Are you saying Brexit has been good for business?
MV: It's created opportunities.
LG: What about all the evidence?
MV: You need to come up north.
Huh? 😵💫 ~AA
LG: Do you accept you damaged the economy?
MV: No.
LG: Are you saying Brexit has been good for business?
MV: It's created opportunities.
LG: What about all the evidence?
MV: You need to come up north.
Huh? 😵💫 ~AA
December 22, 2025 at 12:21 PM
This exposes the most likely calamity ahead: that at the v moment the UK population turns completely against Brexit and starts to demand its reversal, a Reform UK govt is elected and tears it all up. Could poison politics for decades.
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Only 11% of the UK population tell YouGov they think Brexit has been a success. Farage comes to power and tears up the Brexit deal, the Windsor Framework and the UK's membership of the ECHR. Not sustainable in any way.
December 22, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Only 11% of the UK population tell YouGov they think Brexit has been a success. Farage comes to power and tears up the Brexit deal, the Windsor Framework and the UK's membership of the ECHR. Not sustainable in any way.
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The marking marathon might be near its end! I have now marked 58 scripts and written nearly 17,000 words of comments and advice on them.
a laptop with smoke coming out of it and the word maron on the bottom left
ALT: a laptop with smoke coming out of it and the word maron on the bottom left
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December 22, 2025 at 12:48 PM
The marking marathon might be near its end! I have now marked 58 scripts and written nearly 17,000 words of comments and advice on them.
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Here's the writeup! And you can pre-order the book here... (2/2)
www.amazon.co.uk/New-Labour-B...
www.amazon.co.uk/New-Labour-B...
December 22, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Here's the writeup! And you can pre-order the book here... (2/2)
www.amazon.co.uk/New-Labour-B...
www.amazon.co.uk/New-Labour-B...
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Yes, I noticed that in the Philp interview. Pathetic. And the irony is that those to whom he seeks to appeal with such 'tough talk' have already written the Conservatives off, whilst those centrist Tories who might be won back will be repelled. So it's the entire Tory cul-de-sac in microcosm.
December 29, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Yes, I noticed that in the Philp interview. Pathetic. And the irony is that those to whom he seeks to appeal with such 'tough talk' have already written the Conservatives off, whilst those centrist Tories who might be won back will be repelled. So it's the entire Tory cul-de-sac in microcosm.
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I couldn't agree more. A surreal debate. And it is not healthy for a nation when the BBC broadcasts soundbytes of politicians calling him "scumbag".
He is a British citizen. To strip him of it because of some admittedly disgusting tweets is unlawful.
This shouldn't be questioned just like that.
He is a British citizen. To strip him of it because of some admittedly disgusting tweets is unlawful.
This shouldn't be questioned just like that.
I'm certainly not defending the Abd el-Fattah tweets but I really can't stomach the outrage about them from those who also insisted that Lucy Connelly was a heroic martyr for free speech and were equally outraged by her punishment.
December 29, 2025 at 6:37 PM
I couldn't agree more. A surreal debate. And it is not healthy for a nation when the BBC broadcasts soundbytes of politicians calling him "scumbag".
He is a British citizen. To strip him of it because of some admittedly disgusting tweets is unlawful.
This shouldn't be questioned just like that.
He is a British citizen. To strip him of it because of some admittedly disgusting tweets is unlawful.
This shouldn't be questioned just like that.
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If people admire you, they put your name on buildings. If you have to do it yourself, well… that’s different.
December 29, 2025 at 5:13 PM
If people admire you, they put your name on buildings. If you have to do it yourself, well… that’s different.
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So Boris Johnson, Prince Phillip, Andrew Bonar Law, Freddie Mercury, George I, George II, Richard E Grant, Douglas Carswell, Rudyard Kipling, Cliff Richard, Joanna Lumley and Spike Milligan weren't British?
Interesting
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Interesting
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Number of people who say Britons must be born in UK is rising, study shows
Exclusive: Research finds ‘worrying’ surge in support for hard-right narratives on national identity
www.theguardian.com
December 29, 2025 at 11:21 PM
So Boris Johnson, Prince Phillip, Andrew Bonar Law, Freddie Mercury, George I, George II, Richard E Grant, Douglas Carswell, Rudyard Kipling, Cliff Richard, Joanna Lumley and Spike Milligan weren't British?
Interesting
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Interesting
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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Ed Sheeran teaches Taylor Swift how to play
🎵 We found love right where we are 🎵
Fill your feed with kindness, happy Sunday night ☺️
🎵 We found love right where we are 🎵
Fill your feed with kindness, happy Sunday night ☺️
December 28, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Ed Sheeran teaches Taylor Swift how to play
🎵 We found love right where we are 🎵
Fill your feed with kindness, happy Sunday night ☺️
🎵 We found love right where we are 🎵
Fill your feed with kindness, happy Sunday night ☺️
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Sadly no longer with us, there are few who compare with John Clarke (and long-time partner Bryan Dawe) as a political satirist and before that a cultural commentator of sorts. 'The front fell off' is perhaps his most viral sketch...
Clarke and Dawe - The Front Fell Off
YouTube video by ClarkeAndDawe
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December 24, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Sadly no longer with us, there are few who compare with John Clarke (and long-time partner Bryan Dawe) as a political satirist and before that a cultural commentator of sorts. 'The front fell off' is perhaps his most viral sketch...
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In many respects it has been a pretty bleak year both domestically and globally, but that makes it all the more important to share some of the things that make us laugh. So here is a random selection of humour (not just from this year) of various sorts that I could watch again and again.
December 24, 2025 at 7:57 PM
In many respects it has been a pretty bleak year both domestically and globally, but that makes it all the more important to share some of the things that make us laugh. So here is a random selection of humour (not just from this year) of various sorts that I could watch again and again.
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Just one poll etc. But Labour & Tories will be relieved to see marginal increases, while support for Reform falls, halving their lead from 10 points to just five. 🎁
December 23, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Just one poll etc. But Labour & Tories will be relieved to see marginal increases, while support for Reform falls, halving their lead from 10 points to just five. 🎁
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slow day in the office so figured we'd start some beef with museums
December 19, 2025 at 11:30 AM
slow day in the office so figured we'd start some beef with museums
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Lots of you will be logging off at the end of today. So what's coming up in 2026? It'll be packed. On 25 Sept I'll be honoured to give a Royal Historical Society public lecture in London on 'Rights of Way and Access to the Land in England and Wales’. Come along!
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Royal Historical Society lectures for early 2026 - RHS
The Royal Historical Society begins its 2026 programme of lectures on Friday 6 February when Professor Charles West (University of Edinburgh) will speak on ‘”Alike in Appearance but not in Scope”: Que...
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December 19, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Lots of you will be logging off at the end of today. So what's coming up in 2026? It'll be packed. On 25 Sept I'll be honoured to give a Royal Historical Society public lecture in London on 'Rights of Way and Access to the Land in England and Wales’. Come along!
royalhistsoc.org/royal-histor...
royalhistsoc.org/royal-histor...