Why have the BBC got Jon Kay stationed outside 10 Downing Street this morning? Honestly, it’s pathetic.
February 10, 2026 at 7:19 AM
Why have the BBC got Jon Kay stationed outside 10 Downing Street this morning? Honestly, it’s pathetic.
Every four years I consider learning the rules of curling but then I just let it slide.
February 9, 2026 at 12:41 PM
Every four years I consider learning the rules of curling but then I just let it slide.
Hardly an 'emergency' is it?!
February 8, 2026 at 9:50 PM
Hardly an 'emergency' is it?!
Does anyone else long for the days when political journalism was about reportage and analysis rather than endless tittle-tattle and trying to shift public opinion?
February 8, 2026 at 8:58 PM
Does anyone else long for the days when political journalism was about reportage and analysis rather than endless tittle-tattle and trying to shift public opinion?
There’s plenty of people you could levy that criticism at, but Im not sure Peter Jukes is one of them!
February 8, 2026 at 5:51 PM
There’s plenty of people you could levy that criticism at, but Im not sure Peter Jukes is one of them!
Student loans need to be interest-free, don’t they?
Pay back only what you borrowed, at a reasonable rate, when you reach an appropriate earnings threshold.
The current system is so counter-productive to the long-term prosperity of the country it’s untrue.
Pay back only what you borrowed, at a reasonable rate, when you reach an appropriate earnings threshold.
The current system is so counter-productive to the long-term prosperity of the country it’s untrue.
February 8, 2026 at 8:13 AM
Student loans need to be interest-free, don’t they?
Pay back only what you borrowed, at a reasonable rate, when you reach an appropriate earnings threshold.
The current system is so counter-productive to the long-term prosperity of the country it’s untrue.
Pay back only what you borrowed, at a reasonable rate, when you reach an appropriate earnings threshold.
The current system is so counter-productive to the long-term prosperity of the country it’s untrue.
Theresa May, Margaret Thatcher, and Ghislaine Maxwell in a ménage à trois, perhaps?
It doesn’t say only one was a former PM!
It doesn’t say only one was a former PM!
February 7, 2026 at 10:35 AM
Theresa May, Margaret Thatcher, and Ghislaine Maxwell in a ménage à trois, perhaps?
It doesn’t say only one was a former PM!
It doesn’t say only one was a former PM!
For a party that opportunistically points fingers at every misstep that the Labour, and formerly Conservative, government makes and promises that only they can do better, ReformUK don’t half make a lot of fuck-ups.
#TrimmingError
#TrimmingError
February 7, 2026 at 10:07 AM
For a party that opportunistically points fingers at every misstep that the Labour, and formerly Conservative, government makes and promises that only they can do better, ReformUK don’t half make a lot of fuck-ups.
#TrimmingError
#TrimmingError
Despite a 72-hour onslaught from almost the entire media, Starmer is still in post.
Perhaps they no longer have the power they once did? And that would be a very good thing.
Perhaps they no longer have the power they once did? And that would be a very good thing.
February 7, 2026 at 8:31 AM
Despite a 72-hour onslaught from almost the entire media, Starmer is still in post.
Perhaps they no longer have the power they once did? And that would be a very good thing.
Perhaps they no longer have the power they once did? And that would be a very good thing.
Hounding out Starmer, and ultimately a Labour government that appear to be on the fringe of a global crime and corruption scandal, only ushers in a Reform or Conservative government that both appear to be at the very heart of it.
Be careful what you wish for.
Be careful what you wish for.
February 5, 2026 at 8:10 AM
Hounding out Starmer, and ultimately a Labour government that appear to be on the fringe of a global crime and corruption scandal, only ushers in a Reform or Conservative government that both appear to be at the very heart of it.
Be careful what you wish for.
Be careful what you wish for.
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There’s a v cynical media and political blindspot in the Epstein shitshow. A feeding frenzy to get rid of Starmer while red-carpeting Farage into No10. Who is named in the files. As is Candy, Reform’s treasurer. With Bannon. And Brexit.
Don’t cry about abuses of power and then do nothing about him.
Don’t cry about abuses of power and then do nothing about him.
February 5, 2026 at 7:44 AM
There’s a v cynical media and political blindspot in the Epstein shitshow. A feeding frenzy to get rid of Starmer while red-carpeting Farage into No10. Who is named in the files. As is Candy, Reform’s treasurer. With Bannon. And Brexit.
Don’t cry about abuses of power and then do nothing about him.
Don’t cry about abuses of power and then do nothing about him.
Mandelson was picked BECAUSE of his links to the dodgy network around Trump. Post Brexit the UK was (is) totally isolated and the government understandably wanted to be as sure as possible to be on the right side of Trump.
The question is how much of the really dodgy stuff was known at the time.
The question is how much of the really dodgy stuff was known at the time.
February 4, 2026 at 9:01 PM
Mandelson was picked BECAUSE of his links to the dodgy network around Trump. Post Brexit the UK was (is) totally isolated and the government understandably wanted to be as sure as possible to be on the right side of Trump.
The question is how much of the really dodgy stuff was known at the time.
The question is how much of the really dodgy stuff was known at the time.
It is. And it’s totally pointless. The people saying it don’t want rid of Starmer, they want rid of Labour.
And the only credible opponents right now, ReformUK, are so deep in the whole tangle of lies and corruption in the Epstein-orbit that Mandelson, let alone Starmer, will look like saints.
And the only credible opponents right now, ReformUK, are so deep in the whole tangle of lies and corruption in the Epstein-orbit that Mandelson, let alone Starmer, will look like saints.
February 4, 2026 at 8:54 PM
It is. And it’s totally pointless. The people saying it don’t want rid of Starmer, they want rid of Labour.
And the only credible opponents right now, ReformUK, are so deep in the whole tangle of lies and corruption in the Epstein-orbit that Mandelson, let alone Starmer, will look like saints.
And the only credible opponents right now, ReformUK, are so deep in the whole tangle of lies and corruption in the Epstein-orbit that Mandelson, let alone Starmer, will look like saints.
Am I the only person that’s absolutely sick to death of the incessant “this must be the end of Starmer” narrative being rammed down our throats?
It’s been constant almost since the GE, no matter how trivial the issue. And, if he does go, the next Labour PM will face exactly the same. It’s mental.
It’s been constant almost since the GE, no matter how trivial the issue. And, if he does go, the next Labour PM will face exactly the same. It’s mental.
February 4, 2026 at 8:47 PM
Am I the only person that’s absolutely sick to death of the incessant “this must be the end of Starmer” narrative being rammed down our throats?
It’s been constant almost since the GE, no matter how trivial the issue. And, if he does go, the next Labour PM will face exactly the same. It’s mental.
It’s been constant almost since the GE, no matter how trivial the issue. And, if he does go, the next Labour PM will face exactly the same. It’s mental.
Agreed
And this supposes that the paedophilia is the only issue in the Epstein Files. Whilst on a human level that’s clearly the most important, some of the massive democratic interference and corruption that the files suggest almost certainly has caused harm far more widespread and almost as deep.
And this supposes that the paedophilia is the only issue in the Epstein Files. Whilst on a human level that’s clearly the most important, some of the massive democratic interference and corruption that the files suggest almost certainly has caused harm far more widespread and almost as deep.
February 3, 2026 at 8:04 PM
Agreed
And this supposes that the paedophilia is the only issue in the Epstein Files. Whilst on a human level that’s clearly the most important, some of the massive democratic interference and corruption that the files suggest almost certainly has caused harm far more widespread and almost as deep.
And this supposes that the paedophilia is the only issue in the Epstein Files. Whilst on a human level that’s clearly the most important, some of the massive democratic interference and corruption that the files suggest almost certainly has caused harm far more widespread and almost as deep.
So, main party wise, we have a choice of Labour, who seem to have been criminally idiotic about Mandelson, The Conservatives who seem to have actively colluded with disaster capitalists, or Reform who appear to be in deeper than the Tories.
Time for an investigation and major reset of UK politics.
Time for an investigation and major reset of UK politics.
February 3, 2026 at 8:43 AM
So, main party wise, we have a choice of Labour, who seem to have been criminally idiotic about Mandelson, The Conservatives who seem to have actively colluded with disaster capitalists, or Reform who appear to be in deeper than the Tories.
Time for an investigation and major reset of UK politics.
Time for an investigation and major reset of UK politics.
If it’s the people that voted for sunlit uplands etc. etc. then I think they’re perfectly entitled to be annoyed and demand what they were promised.
If, however, it’s the snake oil salesmen that made the promises still demanding the undeliverable, they absolutely should describe the what and how.
If, however, it’s the snake oil salesmen that made the promises still demanding the undeliverable, they absolutely should describe the what and how.
January 31, 2026 at 8:06 AM
If it’s the people that voted for sunlit uplands etc. etc. then I think they’re perfectly entitled to be annoyed and demand what they were promised.
If, however, it’s the snake oil salesmen that made the promises still demanding the undeliverable, they absolutely should describe the what and how.
If, however, it’s the snake oil salesmen that made the promises still demanding the undeliverable, they absolutely should describe the what and how.
What he’s doing as POTUS is avoiding prison. That’s what.
January 31, 2026 at 8:01 AM
What he’s doing as POTUS is avoiding prison. That’s what.
Pubs may be closing, but padel courts are opening. Perhaps the way people like to spend time together is just changing.
Why does the narrative always have to be about decline?
Why does the narrative always have to be about decline?
January 31, 2026 at 7:38 AM
Pubs may be closing, but padel courts are opening. Perhaps the way people like to spend time together is just changing.
Why does the narrative always have to be about decline?
Why does the narrative always have to be about decline?
January 30, 2026 at 7:59 PM
For 'commentator' read 'unprincipled twat prepared to say anything for the highest bidder'.
January 28, 2026 at 9:28 PM
For 'commentator' read 'unprincipled twat prepared to say anything for the highest bidder'.
It’s electability. Or lack thereof.
These people care more about powe than principles.
These people care more about powe than principles.
January 27, 2026 at 7:17 AM
It’s electability. Or lack thereof.
These people care more about powe than principles.
These people care more about powe than principles.
We’ve reached the ‘executing people in the street’ stage. Are we allowed to call it fascism yet?
January 25, 2026 at 8:02 AM
We’ve reached the ‘executing people in the street’ stage. Are we allowed to call it fascism yet?