Tomorrow's episode of Bold Politics is so so rare in British politics: real people who are unafraid to just be themselves for an hour because they know they don't have to protect any vested interests.
It's time for a clearout of robots in Westminster.
February 10, 2026 at 10:46 PM
The last time a clip made me feel this murderous it was the Marsh family singing a little ditty about Gisele Pelicot
Hello. Former Index On Censorship staffer here. To be very clear, having your request to speak at a society of which you are not a member does not count, in any sense whatsoever, as censorship. nation.cymru/news/uproar-...
From PA: Sir Keir Starmer's former communications chief Lord Matthew Doyle has apologised for his past association with a paedophile councillor and said he will not be taking the Labour whip
February 10, 2026 at 4:38 PM
“I will, however, be keeping the lifelong job with nice juicy expense accounts”
“A student debating society in Bangor has barred several Reform members. This will lead to petrol bombs” is a moronic take to begin with. But obviously what he means is he hopes it leads to petrol bombs. The threat is implicit and explicit.
February 10, 2026 at 12:08 PM
“A student debating society in Bangor has barred several Reform members. This will lead to petrol bombs” is a moronic take to begin with. But obviously what he means is he hopes it leads to petrol bombs. The threat is implicit and explicit.
Going to be honest, if your first reaction to a news story about the rape of toddlers is to point out that your opponents aren’t talking about it because they only talk about it when it politically suits them, I don’t really see the difference between you and them? You are both using the story.
February 10, 2026 at 11:23 AM
Going to be honest, if your first reaction to a news story about the rape of toddlers is to point out that your opponents aren’t talking about it because they only talk about it when it politically suits them, I don’t really see the difference between you and them? You are both using the story.
Sending a WhatsApp to Peter Mandelson illustrating that I should be Prime Minister but making sure I’m shaking my head as I do so people know I’m disapproving
February 9, 2026 at 6:45 PM
Sending a WhatsApp to Peter Mandelson illustrating that I should be Prime Minister but making sure I’m shaking my head as I do so people know I’m disapproving
I have today been informed that, despite personal assurances to the contrary, the Green party have once again used my image and misrepresented my words on a second leaflet circulated in Gorton and Denton ahead of the by-election. I have now lodged an official complaint with the returning officer.
February 9, 2026 at 11:25 AM
I have today been informed that, despite personal assurances to the contrary, the Green party have once again used my image and misrepresented my words on a second leaflet circulated in Gorton and Denton ahead of the by-election. I have now lodged an official complaint with the returning officer.
I think you'll find that if you add unasked for syllables to almost any name that's shorter than the target length you can make them scan with anything. You can also remove syllables if the names are too long. I don't know why you're making a big deal out of this.
February 9, 2026 at 4:18 PM
I think you'll find that if you add unasked for syllables to almost any name that's shorter than the target length you can make them scan with anything. You can also remove syllables if the names are too long. I don't know why you're making a big deal out of this.
Tangent: my Japanese tutor finds animal noises in English frustrating. Japanese has one verb for an animal making a noise. We have one per animal and often two, one of them onomatopoeia. Roosters broke her when I said the word for cock-a-doodle-doo is "to crow" despite that being a whole other bird.
February 9, 2026 at 4:14 PM
I do like that English is the most spoken language in the world despite feeling quite regularly like we are trolling them