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It sounds pretty much like they will never thirst again regardless of which option they pick tbh

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Given she has a name like a halfling druid, I expect she'll take a plum committee, a greengage committee and a dandelion and burdock committee

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I would very much support your endeavour in this area

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WRESTLING FACT: MJF stands for Michael Jan Friedman

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Things like the Timpson and Vallance appointments have me sitting eagerly F5ing political liveblogs waiting for some indication that they didn't actually mean all the horrifying transphobia

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The James Timpson appointment really shows Starmer's political acumen. He's had the keys to Number 10 for less than 24 hours and boom - he's scored a free spare set.

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Something I really appreciate about professional wrestling is that if someone has tape on them somewhere it's a signal that you have to hit them there three times to defeat them

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Lego now has a Robert Shaw minifigure so what's stopping you from building a Taking of Pelham One Two Three model?

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I'm watching the match just now and it's great fun

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Akshata Murty looking like if La Llorona was a Mario Kart speed booster

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Hook always looks like he has a rat in his hair telling him how to wrestle

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I think he's just there serving canapés

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This is why Ospreay got fired from his Amazon warehouse job

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We must all make our own choices

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For those who don't know: this is James Timpson of Timpson key cutters/shoe repairs/dry cleaners. His company employs ex-convicts and even runs work training programmes in prisons. Genuinely inspired choice.

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Ah, in Scotland we call this "Burns' Night"

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Obviously this query does require you to know who Willow Nightingale is

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Can you imagine not being ride or die for Willow Nightingale? Literally could not be me

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Tried to remember what the word was for the big ray thing in Iron Man's chest and rather than producing "unibeam" my brain could only offer up "monobrow"

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Glad you're feeling a bit better now, man

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I know that strictly speaking his name is Philip Davies, but on this occasion I really have to insist he takes the L

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Phillip Davies lost too? Amazing scenes

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Douglas Ross AND Joanna Cherry? Monsieur, with these Rocher you are really spoiling us

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Coming soon to BBC2: Liz & Jacob’s Cosy Trains.

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𝙱𝚊𝚋𝚎 𝚃𝚛𝚞𝚝𝚑's avatar 𝙱𝚊𝚋𝚎 𝚃𝚛𝚞𝚝𝚑 @unfitz.bsky.social
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Saw an AI fireworks show and a guy lost all 7 fingers on one hand.

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Robert Buckland reading his own party for absolute filth at the moment, I absolutely do not have to hand it to him but it is genuinely fun to see

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Duck's experience of previous elections is proving absolutely vital, he's able to guide the coverage when some of the younger correspondents on the ground (and I'm thinking particularly of Topsy here) are edging towards a more sensationalist take, it's a more classic, grounded BBC approach

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yyyyeah, they're a gilt leaf coating on a soft shite centre

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Everyone’s saying it’s weird that Rees-Mogg has a picture of Thatcher and Churchill in his study. But he’s actually in his car.

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It is naive to think that Reform's support will dwindle if Labour improves public services and the economy. Grievance-merchants aren't interested in actual reality and facts. The only way to deal with racists is to *shut them down*, not to appeal to their sense of reason. They haven't gone one.

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Big up the BBC Scotland correspondent transmitting from Stornaway, your accent is beautiful and also as easily penetrated as the average Canadian X-Men stalwart's thighbone

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I've just been watching the BBC NI coverage! Two reporters talking to each other about what one of them has been getting texted to them during the conversation! It's a very slick operation

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We do, sadly. Their policies seem to be Edinburgh! For Edinburgh people! But obviously not trans Edinburgh people! Or Edinburgh people who are worried about the environment!

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This is genuinely my dream method of purchasing comics

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Wait wait, his name is Chris Bionicle?

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There's one in Edinburgh South too. He looks like he was generated by AI

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Oh man, I haven't watched the NI coverage at all (though I see it's on the EPG), I imagine most of the channels view it as something of a cross between Narnia and Mordor

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I've not dared to edge up further into the EPG yet

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The case of Harvey Wallbanger is very similar. Was there a craze?

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Skipping around between BBC, ITV and C4 coverage and it's really interesting to see how little appreciation the centrally-directed political coverage has for the specific nuances of Scotland's politics. Spoilers: we are very much our own little basket of neuroses

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In fairness, Scottish Greens are much more pro-onshore wind than England and Wales Greens, but yes

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Michael Parkinson and Sarah Greene are standing by

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Really quite depressed by how low the Green vote share has been on the two seats returned so far tbh. Lads, there's an environmental apocalypse on, not sure if you're spotted it

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