Least England might not need to bowl again. So there's that.

MP defends government plans to restrict repeated protests.

Reform MP says they will negotiate with the Taliban.

this made me laugh so much

Rod Stewart has endorsed the Reform Party and has also condemned Israel for the “annihilation” of Palestinians. Saying he is no longer a friend of Trump due to arms sales. Wonder if he’s aware that Farage thought Trump’s Gaza Riviera plan was “very appealing”. Watch this space.

Would love to go just one day without reading about Trump, Netanyahu, Putin or Farage. An hour, even.

Don’t think I’ve ever muttered the words “fuck me sideways” quite so much reading a story as this one.

Just incredible how many times you have to brush your teeth in this life. It keeps on happening. No let-up.

Tim Stanley, in what now appears to be a weekly slot on one or other BBC flagship politics programme, reels off a huge amount of absolute, provable nonsense about immigration.

And he does so completely unchallenged. Enough now. ~AA

A MEGA-THREAD 🧵1/

How privatisation works (and Thames Water is just the latest example).
1. A government takes a national asset built up with taxpayers' money and the work of public servants over many years, and hands it, for a fraction of its value, to a private company.
2. In doing so, it creates a monopoly.
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Planning a Christmas party with friends whose company I enjoy and opinions I largely share to some extent; going to invite three complete fucking dicks so it isn’t an echo chamber.

But... where are all the Temu ads?