Jon Dryden Taylor
@jondrytay.bsky.social
I will either think of or say things for money. Columnist for The Stage. Currently in: Kinky Boots UK tour
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That’s two General Elections in a row won by straight up frauds on platforms of lying and drivel, then pivoting to both pleasing themselves with dumb, nasty culture warrior horseshit and very nasty authoritarianism. Almost like there is political/media class unity about those things, where it counts
November 18, 2025 at 11:45 AM
That’s two General Elections in a row won by straight up frauds on platforms of lying and drivel, then pivoting to both pleasing themselves with dumb, nasty culture warrior horseshit and very nasty authoritarianism. Almost like there is political/media class unity about those things, where it counts
I see that eighteen months into this Sensible, Moderate, Thank God The Adults Are In Charge government we have reached the ‘let’s steal jewellery from refugees!’ stage.
November 17, 2025 at 1:08 PM
I see that eighteen months into this Sensible, Moderate, Thank God The Adults Are In Charge government we have reached the ‘let’s steal jewellery from refugees!’ stage.
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We really do need to find a way for noisy Sensible Moderates to finally admit they’ve horrifically fucked it, in a way that they’ll find acceptable. It’s going to be hard, because so many of them relentlessly clowned themselves by advocating for horrible cranks who have total contempt for them.
November 17, 2025 at 12:54 PM
We really do need to find a way for noisy Sensible Moderates to finally admit they’ve horrifically fucked it, in a way that they’ll find acceptable. It’s going to be hard, because so many of them relentlessly clowned themselves by advocating for horrible cranks who have total contempt for them.
LISTEN TO THIS.
I mean, I would say that, but listen to this.
I mean, I would say that, but listen to this.
OUT TODAY! Netflix star Stephen Oswald tells me about the long-lasting trauma of seeing Hammer House of Horror's The House That Bled to Death at the age of 6. Brilliantly horrible and Stephen is a pure joy.
Hammer House of Horror: The House That Bled to Death
Podcast Episode · Box of Delights · 11/14/2025 · 18m
podcasts.apple.com
November 15, 2025 at 12:25 PM
LISTEN TO THIS.
I mean, I would say that, but listen to this.
I mean, I would say that, but listen to this.
I see the cosy Facebook fash have finally killed off Big Brother, then- a franchise which for a while back in the day made this country look a lot more accepting and diverse than it is. An all-white, all straight final with a Turning Point spokesperson in there feels very 2020s.
November 13, 2025 at 10:38 PM
I see the cosy Facebook fash have finally killed off Big Brother, then- a franchise which for a while back in the day made this country look a lot more accepting and diverse than it is. An all-white, all straight final with a Turning Point spokesperson in there feels very 2020s.
‘The dirty cranky lefties who told me exactly who he was from the start were right, but since I just sneered at them I am going to pretend that didn’t happen’
November 12, 2025 at 1:33 PM
‘The dirty cranky lefties who told me exactly who he was from the start were right, but since I just sneered at them I am going to pretend that didn’t happen’
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Three points I keep repeating
1. Left and liberal voters actually really exist
2. The right and "centre" are trying to rule without liberals - they are way out over their skis
3. Reports of right wing total information control are greatly exaggerated
1. Left and liberal voters actually really exist
2. The right and "centre" are trying to rule without liberals - they are way out over their skis
3. Reports of right wing total information control are greatly exaggerated
🧵/ How far does the public support net zero?
Support: 60%
Oppose: 25%
Net support by party
Green: +81
Lib Dem: +67
Lab: +64
Con: +11
Reform: -44
yougov.co.uk/politics/art...
Support: 60%
Oppose: 25%
Net support by party
Green: +81
Lib Dem: +67
Lab: +64
Con: +11
Reform: -44
yougov.co.uk/politics/art...
November 11, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Three points I keep repeating
1. Left and liberal voters actually really exist
2. The right and "centre" are trying to rule without liberals - they are way out over their skis
3. Reports of right wing total information control are greatly exaggerated
1. Left and liberal voters actually really exist
2. The right and "centre" are trying to rule without liberals - they are way out over their skis
3. Reports of right wing total information control are greatly exaggerated
The number of people taken in by this deeply unpleasant person is astonishing to me.
Emily Maitlis admitting she worked at the bbc to try and get healthcare for trans people shut down
November 11, 2025 at 9:16 AM
The number of people taken in by this deeply unpleasant person is astonishing to me.
Social media makes touring an even more surreal experience. Standing at a luggage carousel at Heathrow watching a video of myself at a curtain call in Munich earlier today. Wild.
November 9, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Social media makes touring an even more surreal experience. Standing at a luggage carousel at Heathrow watching a video of myself at a curtain call in Munich earlier today. Wild.
You know, it feels as if it isn’t *the left* who are the bad losers after all.
November 5, 2025 at 4:02 PM
You know, it feels as if it isn’t *the left* who are the bad losers after all.
There is something grimly hilarious about all the Labour politicians lining up to pretend they’re on the same side as Mamdani after spending a decade scorched-earthing everything he stands for.
November 5, 2025 at 11:24 AM
There is something grimly hilarious about all the Labour politicians lining up to pretend they’re on the same side as Mamdani after spending a decade scorched-earthing everything he stands for.
*Laughs in 2015-2019* I think we know what comes next.
The framing of this is hilarious: Democrats deeply worried about the repercussions of a victory
www.msnbc.com/msnbc/news/m...
www.msnbc.com/msnbc/news/m...
As Mamdani nears victory, Democrats worry about national fallout
The progressive candidate is on the cusp of a historic mayoral win. And that's adding to unease among Democrats looking for a way back to national power.
www.msnbc.com
November 4, 2025 at 3:40 PM
*Laughs in 2015-2019* I think we know what comes next.
If you want to experience the highest level of embarrassment it’s possible to feel for another person, the Sensible Centrists have taken to calling Zack Polanski ‘Magic Grandson’ because (a) they are terrible at jokes and (b) they think being left wing can only somehow connect to Corbyn.
November 2, 2025 at 11:00 AM
If you want to experience the highest level of embarrassment it’s possible to feel for another person, the Sensible Centrists have taken to calling Zack Polanski ‘Magic Grandson’ because (a) they are terrible at jokes and (b) they think being left wing can only somehow connect to Corbyn.
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Also, it’s really not great if you’re having to resort to stitching together weird Frankenstein creations to beat a party that’s polling just over a quarter of the electorate
October 28, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Also, it’s really not great if you’re having to resort to stitching together weird Frankenstein creations to beat a party that’s polling just over a quarter of the electorate
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Getting hammered & wailing into their mojitos that they told their core voters they were scum who can fuck off, imposed a lot of diet fash & upcycled racisms no one but them wanted & now they're all out of ideas 😭
Labour MPs are getting battered at karaoke and WhatsApping each other shit emojis "to bond over how grim it all is."
They won 411 of the UK's 650 electoral seats just 15 months ago.
They won 411 of the UK's 650 electoral seats just 15 months ago.
October 24, 2025 at 6:38 AM
Getting hammered & wailing into their mojitos that they told their core voters they were scum who can fuck off, imposed a lot of diet fash & upcycled racisms no one but them wanted & now they're all out of ideas 😭
Oh look, their broken system is about to fuck up, again, and they’ll tell us it’s somehow our fault, again.
October 21, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Oh look, their broken system is about to fuck up, again, and they’ll tell us it’s somehow our fault, again.
'Hurray!' I think as I click Trust This Browser. 'I'll never have to go through this process again now!'
October 21, 2025 at 10:14 AM
'Hurray!' I think as I click Trust This Browser. 'I'll never have to go through this process again now!'
This is excellent news, especially for those of you who are about to discover it. Brilliant stuff.
The radio sitcom I wrote, a really long time ago now, is getting another airing on BBC Radio 4 Extra, so the pilot is up on Sounds now. It'll only be up for 30 days, cos that's what the contracts were like back then. I said it was a long time ago. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b...
BBC Radio 4 Extra - Welcome to Our Village, Please Invade Carefully, Pilot
Sitcom about an alien invasion of a small English village. Starring Katherine Parkinson.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 20, 2025 at 8:33 PM
This is excellent news, especially for those of you who are about to discover it. Brilliant stuff.
'It's been lovely meeting you all... I've been totally consistent, and I am...
... a twaitor'
... a twaitor'
October 16, 2025 at 8:37 PM
'It's been lovely meeting you all... I've been totally consistent, and I am...
... a twaitor'
... a twaitor'
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Here is a v sharable and relatable poem that I wrote about how Thing Were Better In The Old Days
October 27, 2024 at 1:39 PM
Here is a v sharable and relatable poem that I wrote about how Thing Were Better In The Old Days
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Woah! So Labour's position really is, 'telling us off for breaching human rights undermines the case for human rights'? Proper Trumpian stuff from Labour's answer to Suella Braverman.
October 14, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Woah! So Labour's position really is, 'telling us off for breaching human rights undermines the case for human rights'? Proper Trumpian stuff from Labour's answer to Suella Braverman.
Paloma Faith once said something snide about musical theatre so I am hoping she goes tonight because yes I am that petty.
October 9, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Paloma Faith once said something snide about musical theatre so I am hoping she goes tonight because yes I am that petty.
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And again: the reason politics and media are this reckless, hateful and deliberately inflammatory is all down to decisions that were made in 2018-19 about what is acceptable conduct in public life, and we are all going to live with the consequences of that for a very long time.
October 4, 2025 at 7:36 AM
And again: the reason politics and media are this reckless, hateful and deliberately inflammatory is all down to decisions that were made in 2018-19 about what is acceptable conduct in public life, and we are all going to live with the consequences of that for a very long time.
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folks we need to bring back forums. social media doesn't work. forums didn't work either but they were funnier and had more concentrated giant flameouts
October 3, 2025 at 8:36 PM
folks we need to bring back forums. social media doesn't work. forums didn't work either but they were funnier and had more concentrated giant flameouts
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Important to recognise that this was also the case ten years ago and more, and what we are living through now is the consequences of lots of important people and the media support system they are 100% reliant upon refusing to accept it, and continuing to force themselves upon the public regardless.
September 26, 2025 at 7:41 AM
Important to recognise that this was also the case ten years ago and more, and what we are living through now is the consequences of lots of important people and the media support system they are 100% reliant upon refusing to accept it, and continuing to force themselves upon the public regardless.