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Righteous anger, too, is a dish best served cold. @jonnelledge.bsky.social on how the Tories broke Britain.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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yeah she's horrible

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TORIES SEND ONE LAST HEARTFELT MESSAGE TO THE NATION

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Right, yes, in case that affects the ticklish woman with the salad in your dreams.

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APOLLCALYPSE NOW

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I don't make the rules Una.

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sectioned

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Yeah, I know what YOU want.

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Vote Labour, or this demented school fee-paying woman posing with a salad will be in your dreams every night asking to be tickled again and turning weird and violent if you don't.

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Zadie Smith, tribune.

www.theguardian.com/politics/art...

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OH WAIT IT GETS EVEN BETTER

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Looking forward to retweeting this thread when the exit poll drops

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One of the all time great TV moments - the conclusion of Around The World In 80 Days, where Michael Palin arrives in London in mid-December, and finds that a smattering of decorations are up but that nobody's in the mood for Christmas - or for him...

timworthington.org/2023/12/12/l...

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Andy Marshall's avatar Andy Marshall @fotofacade.bsky.social
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I’ve been to many places that give you a wonderful glimpse of the past, but rarely before have I had the past glimpse 👀back at me. Green Man boss from the medieval cloisters at Norwich Cathedral.

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Uncle Duke's avatar Uncle Duke @uncleduke1969.bsky.social
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“Enjoy your ‘likes,’ Tina. I hope they were worth my dignity.”

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Michael Glasper's avatar Michael Glasper @michaelglasper.bsky.social
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Every single Ed Davey caper during this General Election has felt like the start of an episode of Casualty.

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James Cooray Smith's avatar James Cooray Smith @cooraysmith.bsky.social
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Remembering how my late father in law, who was in occupational health medicine, did the medicals for a Bruce Springsteen tour and, unable to recall the name used by the musicians, referred not to the E Street Band, but to the A Road Group.

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According to the Archie Bland election newsletter "quite a lot of Tory members are still annoyed about the removal of Liz Truss" and honestly Tory members truly are like some uncomprehending species on the WWF Highly Endangered list. Also fucking demented.

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Coming to a bear-infested wilderness oil fields volcano near you.

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Stephanie Merritt's avatar Stephanie Merritt @stephmerritt.bsky.social
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Reposting this because apparently everyone was watching the football last night and not reading book reviews about child abuse, but you have no excuse today

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Hate interrupting patronising ads. Don't hate Copeland, or AS in particular. Just a bit fatigued with pop classics now. When I switched R3 back on it was the Villa-Lobos banger, switched odd again. I want surprise, man.

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I don't mind her. She is dragooned into patronising ooze in that ad though. OK, se was only following orders.

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Jenni Murray? Mostly on Radio 4 Extra these days.

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I reckon one of Jools Holland's guests will be the first to call the Ravel string quartet "fucking choice".

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Soundtrack to my lockdown. I love the signature tune, it's like Night Garden for adults.

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I love all the new Radio 3 ads for itself every 12 minutes - obviously of course I fucking do - but my absolute favourite is the new one in which Georgia Mann oozes patronisingly about why people listen to Radio 3 in the morning. Then they played Appalachian Spring and I switched off.

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Stephanie Merritt's avatar Stephanie Merritt @stephmerritt.bsky.social
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My son's 'band' (it's just him) has made a video for one of his songs and it's weirdly hypnotic - if you're in the mood for something trippy, he'd be very happy to get some views on it, thanking you
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Prqu...

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Fucking hell imagine going to the gym and finding this parping arsehole's there. Actually, imagine going to the gym.

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Christina, mother of spiders's avatar Christina, mother of spiders @aikiwomannc.bsky.social
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Me: Why does my phone keep changing campus to Camus? Phone: There is no higher purpose in life. Me: You could at least stop misspelling words. Phone: *long drag on cigarette* There is no meaning. Duck yoor speeling. Me: Is that a beret? Phone: Oui.

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Oh God the Ming vase. Yeah, but it's not over a polished floor in his socks, is it? He's got four big lads carrying the vase, swaddled in bubblewrap, in a box.

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And he WILL do it. I just hate the way they feel they can't say it now.

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Mine too. I just don't see the need NOT to say it now. Give us something, mate.

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I mean, speaking as a gammon, I say he should announce now he's scrapping it.

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Don't get me wrong, I go soppy too, seeing Gordon Brown and Ange embrace and vow to make tackling child poverty an urgent priority. Just WHY then does Starmer keep ruling out ending the two-child cap? It's the one thing all CP campaigns agree on. How the fuck can it harm Labour now? God-uh.

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Toby Miller's avatar Toby Miller @tobytram.bsky.social
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Stepped aside for a giant of a dog, lumbering down a path with the stop-motion of age. Rather than walk past he just stopped at my legs and rested against them. I braced myself: an oil rig against a storm that wanted its ears scratched. His owner sighed fondly. “Ahhh”, he’s having a lean”

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Thanks. Now have Burl Ives in my head singing "Occupied Turtle Island" to the tune of "Big Rock Candy Mountain."

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they'll be subtracted at some point

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I felt sedated by it, and elated.

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