Ollie Springate
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Theatre, politics, sport, sarcasm. Don’t expect anything better…
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It’s ironic but predictable that the BBC duo -who tried so hard to please the right wing papers-are removed by the right wing papers.
November 9, 2025 at 6:46 PM
It’s ironic but predictable that the BBC duo -who tried so hard to please the right wing papers-are removed by the right wing papers.
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the right winger who was appointed to lead the BBC in the hope of appeasing right wingers has been driven out by right wingers for not appeasing right wingers enough and the BBC has the chance to do the funniest thing ever
November 9, 2025 at 6:38 PM
the right winger who was appointed to lead the BBC in the hope of appeasing right wingers has been driven out by right wingers for not appeasing right wingers enough and the BBC has the chance to do the funniest thing ever
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We should defend the values and effort at accuracy of the BBC in a Trumpian world of wilful inaccuracy and hypocrisy, but this seems on the face of it to be an excessive response to a politically motivated attack
November 9, 2025 at 6:19 PM
We should defend the values and effort at accuracy of the BBC in a Trumpian world of wilful inaccuracy and hypocrisy, but this seems on the face of it to be an excessive response to a politically motivated attack
Have you ever seen Brighton lift the cup?
November 9, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Have you ever seen Brighton lift the cup?
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incredible photo that's definitely worth at least 1,000 words from Andrew Harnik of Getty
November 6, 2025 at 6:10 PM
incredible photo that's definitely worth at least 1,000 words from Andrew Harnik of Getty
Don’t think talk radio is a barometer of anything but this feels authentic & quietly horrifying.
This wife talking about her husband becoming radicalised by Farage and those like him really is quite extraordinary in its heartbreaking understatement.
"He absolutely wanted it to be [a terrorist attack]. The grin on his face. He wanted an I-told-you-so."
"He absolutely wanted it to be [a terrorist attack]. The grin on his face. He wanted an I-told-you-so."
One of those calls you don’t forget in a hurry…
www.youtube.com/watch?v=P9Kz...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=P9Kz...
November 4, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Don’t think talk radio is a barometer of anything but this feels authentic & quietly horrifying.
Riot Women on the BBC is an absolutely fantastic series. Sally Wainwright has done it again!
November 3, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Riot Women on the BBC is an absolutely fantastic series. Sally Wainwright has done it again!
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"I imagine one of the reasons people cling to their hates so stubbornly is because they sense, once hate is gone, they will be forced to deal with pain." This James Baldwin quote is hitting harder than ever.
November 2, 2025 at 7:00 PM
"I imagine one of the reasons people cling to their hates so stubbornly is because they sense, once hate is gone, they will be forced to deal with pain." This James Baldwin quote is hitting harder than ever.
A film you’ve seen more than seven times with a gif
November 1, 2025 at 8:56 PM
A film you’ve seen more than seven times with a gif
The nonce formerly known as Prince.
October 30, 2025 at 7:37 PM
The nonce formerly known as Prince.
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I do think this sort of open, gutter racism becoming normal enough that they feel comfortable saying it on TV is probably the most damning indictment of the last 5 years.
The quotes in this are so fucking bad I had to check several times it wasn’t a deep fake
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
Reform UK MP says seeing adverts 'full of Black people' drives her 'mad'
Sarah Pochin was responding to a question about whether her party will do anything about the 'representation of demographics in TV adverts', and claimed white people were 'demonised'
www.mirror.co.uk
October 25, 2025 at 5:47 PM
I do think this sort of open, gutter racism becoming normal enough that they feel comfortable saying it on TV is probably the most damning indictment of the last 5 years.
West Ham are cooked.
October 24, 2025 at 7:18 PM
West Ham are cooked.
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CELIA IMRIE IS A NATIONAL TREASURE #CelebrityTraitors
October 16, 2025 at 8:23 PM
CELIA IMRIE IS A NATIONAL TREASURE #CelebrityTraitors
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Look, you can't be a frontline social care worker unless you can explain what the dagger in Macbeth is a metaphor for. I don't make the rules.
Migrants will need A-level standard English to work in UK
Migrants will need A-level standard English to work in UK
www.independent.co.uk
October 14, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Look, you can't be a frontline social care worker unless you can explain what the dagger in Macbeth is a metaphor for. I don't make the rules.
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Remember when the Boston Globe ran this supposedly over-the-top front page to attack the idea of Trump ever being president, and now this is just the news every day? We've fallen so, so far because of this man
October 7, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Remember when the Boston Globe ran this supposedly over-the-top front page to attack the idea of Trump ever being president, and now this is just the news every day? We've fallen so, so far because of this man
It feels like something pretty dark is happening in this country right now.
October 6, 2025 at 5:51 PM
It feels like something pretty dark is happening in this country right now.
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Utterly despicable.
This Israeli government decision to host Tommy Robinson will widen the growing gulf between the Netanyahu government and the British public, including the broad majority of Jews in Britain (3/4 of whom dsapproved of Netanyahu, before this new link to this anti-Muslim racist UK far right convict).
October 3, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Utterly despicable.
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The even more unbelievable crime fact (which I learned relatively recently) is that burglary has fallen by more than 90% since the 1990s.
Did anyone notice? Nope. Does anyone believe it? Nope. But is is true? It is!
Did anyone notice? Nope. Does anyone believe it? Nope. But is is true? It is!
Useful reminder from Peter Kellner on the problems we refuse to acknowledge are getting better, and the politics of hopelessness that this breeds
open.substack.com/pub/kellnerp...
open.substack.com/pub/kellnerp...
September 23, 2025 at 6:53 AM
The even more unbelievable crime fact (which I learned relatively recently) is that burglary has fallen by more than 90% since the 1990s.
Did anyone notice? Nope. Does anyone believe it? Nope. But is is true? It is!
Did anyone notice? Nope. Does anyone believe it? Nope. But is is true? It is!