Rachel
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50 runaway sheep ram-paged through a German supermarket in rural Baa-varia, causing shear mania on Monday morning.
After breaking away from their 500-strong herd, the brazen sheep spent 20 minutes milling around in the Penny supermarket before ewe-turning and seeing themselves out.
After breaking away from their 500-strong herd, the brazen sheep spent 20 minutes milling around in the Penny supermarket before ewe-turning and seeing themselves out.
January 7, 2026 at 11:48 AM
50 runaway sheep ram-paged through a German supermarket in rural Baa-varia, causing shear mania on Monday morning.
After breaking away from their 500-strong herd, the brazen sheep spent 20 minutes milling around in the Penny supermarket before ewe-turning and seeing themselves out.
After breaking away from their 500-strong herd, the brazen sheep spent 20 minutes milling around in the Penny supermarket before ewe-turning and seeing themselves out.
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[12hrs into my ice interrogation]
agent: in 2021 you posted “they should call him matt hardcock am i right fellas” can you explain that?
me: do you know who matt hancock is?
a:…
[43mins later]
a: he had his own app? for parkour?
me: no the parkour was a separate issue
agent: in 2021 you posted “they should call him matt hardcock am i right fellas” can you explain that?
me: do you know who matt hancock is?
a:…
[43mins later]
a: he had his own app? for parkour?
me: no the parkour was a separate issue
Want to travel to the US? You might have to give the Trump administration the last five years of your social media history.
US wants five years of some tourists' social media to enter the country
Digital rights advocates say it’s an affront to civil liberties.
www.motherjones.com
December 11, 2025 at 9:23 AM
[12hrs into my ice interrogation]
agent: in 2021 you posted “they should call him matt hardcock am i right fellas” can you explain that?
me: do you know who matt hancock is?
a:…
[43mins later]
a: he had his own app? for parkour?
me: no the parkour was a separate issue
agent: in 2021 you posted “they should call him matt hardcock am i right fellas” can you explain that?
me: do you know who matt hancock is?
a:…
[43mins later]
a: he had his own app? for parkour?
me: no the parkour was a separate issue
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🚨Some personal news.
I'm thrilled to announce that I've just filed my first copy for The New Yorker.
A profile of Jonathan Gullis.
"You get the sense that offstage, Jonathan Gullis struggles with being Jonathan Gullis."
open.substack.com/pub/mrhenrym...
I'm thrilled to announce that I've just filed my first copy for The New Yorker.
A profile of Jonathan Gullis.
"You get the sense that offstage, Jonathan Gullis struggles with being Jonathan Gullis."
open.substack.com/pub/mrhenrym...
Jonathan Gullis, The Seagull's Lament
A New Yorker Profile
open.substack.com
December 2, 2025 at 11:01 AM
🚨Some personal news.
I'm thrilled to announce that I've just filed my first copy for The New Yorker.
A profile of Jonathan Gullis.
"You get the sense that offstage, Jonathan Gullis struggles with being Jonathan Gullis."
open.substack.com/pub/mrhenrym...
I'm thrilled to announce that I've just filed my first copy for The New Yorker.
A profile of Jonathan Gullis.
"You get the sense that offstage, Jonathan Gullis struggles with being Jonathan Gullis."
open.substack.com/pub/mrhenrym...
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Well, there are some interesting details in this…
The men who raised the flags
Nigel Farage says this summer’s movement was led by ‘ordinary people’ expressing their patriotism. That’s not what we found
manchestermill.co.uk
November 1, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Well, there are some interesting details in this…
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Posting old halloween comics, #4. From 2015
![For this comic you have to imagine it as two separate pictures depicting almost identical scenes. There are three kids dressed as a devil, a ghost and a witch, and they are outside a person’s home receiving treats on a tray from the resident. In the background, their parents - parent 1, parent 2 and parent 3, watch on from the pavement. There are labels pointing to every person in each scene.
HALLOWEEN IN AMERICA
[Labels]:
Joyful [a person at a cosy party seen through the window of the house]
Ebullient [Another person at the party, we see them laughing through the window]
Charmed [A fully dracula-costumed guy handing out trates at the front door]
Home made skull cookies and lemonade [The contents of the man’s tray he is handing out to the kids]
Delighted [The first kid on the path, dressed as a devil]
Excited [The second kid on the path, dressed as a ghost]
Enraptured [The third kid on the path, dressed as a witch]
Emotional [Parent 1, stood back on the pavement, beaming in joy]
Proud [Parent 2, clasping their hands, tearful]
Capturing the moment [Parent 3, taking a photo on their phone]
HALLOWEEN IN BRITRIN
[The same sort of scene, but in Britain]
[Labels]:
Angry [A dog barking out the window. There is no party going on in the house. Through the window we see a woman just wtching telly]
Offended [The woman having her TV show interrupted]
Resentful [Guy dressed in normal clothes, grumpily handing out ‘treats’ on a tray at the door]
2 Celebrations and a Rennie [The contents of his tray]
Disappointed [Child 1]
Awkward [Child 2]
Awkward [Child 3]
Awkward [Parent 1, standing with arms folded]
Mortified [Parent 2, looking embarassed]
Checking for paedophiles [Parent 3, looking suspiciously at the guy answering the door]
[ends]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:4m3we4apbjayclzcnhwe3pfp/bafkreiectvkbxvx4qhm6halid6gw2qzd5c3atdhxsdnkdvfkriabfrfny4@jpeg)
October 30, 2025 at 8:18 AM
Posting old halloween comics, #4. From 2015
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I see Nigel Farage is back to claiming he "predicted" the war between Russia and Ukraine in the EU Parliament, when in fact he spoke AFTER the annexation of Crimea, to defend Russia and claim it was all the EU's fault.
I did a full fact-check, with clips, here:
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/f...
I did a full fact-check, with clips, here:
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/f...
Fact Check: Nigel Farage on Ukraine and Putin
Podcast Episode · Quiet Riot · S1, E9 Bonus · 12m
podcasts.apple.com
October 18, 2025 at 11:27 AM
I see Nigel Farage is back to claiming he "predicted" the war between Russia and Ukraine in the EU Parliament, when in fact he spoke AFTER the annexation of Crimea, to defend Russia and claim it was all the EU's fault.
I did a full fact-check, with clips, here:
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/f...
I did a full fact-check, with clips, here:
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/f...
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It's quite wrong to suggest Robert Jenrick is a racist. Racists believe in something. My SKETCH.
Rob whistle | Robert Hutton | The Critic Magazine
The day had begun with Robert Jenrick accused of racism. This is of course quite unfair. Racists believe in something. Some of us remember Jenrick as a chubby-cheeked fan of David Cameron fighting the…
thecritic.co.uk
October 7, 2025 at 4:51 PM
It's quite wrong to suggest Robert Jenrick is a racist. Racists believe in something. My SKETCH.
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A thread of inspirational quotes from two of my idols: Kemi Badenoch and Ange Postecoglou
(uh-oh, I may have gotten some mixed up... or have I??)
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(uh-oh, I may have gotten some mixed up... or have I??)
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October 6, 2025 at 9:11 AM
A thread of inspirational quotes from two of my idols: Kemi Badenoch and Ange Postecoglou
(uh-oh, I may have gotten some mixed up... or have I??)
🧵
(uh-oh, I may have gotten some mixed up... or have I??)
🧵
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"If something's not working..." my SKETCH of the unassailably, frankly unreasonably confident Kemi Badenoch.
If something’s not working, you should stop it | Robert Hutton | The Critic Magazine
“If something’s not working, you should stop it.” Say what you like about Kemi Badenoch, no one can match her when it comes to giving a straight-faced delivery of a self-undermining line.
thecritic.co.uk
October 5, 2025 at 4:14 PM
"If something's not working..." my SKETCH of the unassailably, frankly unreasonably confident Kemi Badenoch.
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OMG - the judge in Florida just sua sponte struck the complaint in the Trump v NYT case for -wait for it - violating Rule 8.
Lawyers, tell the folks at home how hard it is to get the complaint struck outright for something like that in fed eral court.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Lawyers, tell the folks at home how hard it is to get the complaint struck outright for something like that in fed eral court.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
storage.courtlistener.com
September 19, 2025 at 4:02 PM
OMG - the judge in Florida just sua sponte struck the complaint in the Trump v NYT case for -wait for it - violating Rule 8.
Lawyers, tell the folks at home how hard it is to get the complaint struck outright for something like that in fed eral court.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Lawyers, tell the folks at home how hard it is to get the complaint struck outright for something like that in fed eral court.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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Divorced, Defected, Danny! My SKETCH of Reform recruiting the next MP to inevitably fall out with Farage.
Divorced, Defected, Danny Kruger | Robert Hutton | The Critic Magazine
“Britain is not broken,” said Danny Kruger, with the pained look of a man who believes he holds his nation’s fate in his hands, and that to save it he must turn his back on his friends.
thecritic.co.uk
September 15, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Divorced, Defected, Danny! My SKETCH of Reform recruiting the next MP to inevitably fall out with Farage.
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Loath though he is to alienate floating racists, perhaps Starmer could rouse himself to condemn a violent fascist rally teeming with people who want him overthrown and/or killed
September 13, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Loath though he is to alienate floating racists, perhaps Starmer could rouse himself to condemn a violent fascist rally teeming with people who want him overthrown and/or killed
Outstanding
I don’t really understand the FlashScore app’s commitment to being the last bastion of brilliantly terrible tabloid-style pun headlines… but why not.
September 9, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Outstanding
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Free For Me But Not For Thee: my SKETCH of MPs discussing the Palestine Action arrests.
Free for me but not for thee | Robert Hutton | The Critic Magazine
Dan Jarvis rose with the pained air of a man trying to perform an impossible balancing act. He was there to defend the government’s proscription of Palestine Action. The main impact of this has been…
thecritic.co.uk
September 8, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Free For Me But Not For Thee: my SKETCH of MPs discussing the Palestine Action arrests.
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Angela Rayner accidentally pays less tax than she should have, resigns, and the media gives her hell.
Nigel Farage deliberately pays less tax than he should have, and the media gives him a free pass.
That, right there, is the problem.
Nigel Farage deliberately pays less tax than he should have, and the media gives him a free pass.
That, right there, is the problem.
September 5, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Angela Rayner accidentally pays less tax than she should have, resigns, and the media gives her hell.
Nigel Farage deliberately pays less tax than he should have, and the media gives him a free pass.
That, right there, is the problem.
Nigel Farage deliberately pays less tax than he should have, and the media gives him a free pass.
That, right there, is the problem.
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you’re literally boycotting the Nottingham Post because it asked challenging questions
September 3, 2025 at 5:48 PM
you’re literally boycotting the Nottingham Post because it asked challenging questions
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Great historical bilingual pun. Last week I learned that the French left wing would caustically refer to the appeasement-pushing British PM as “Monsieur J’Aime Berlin”. I mean, that’s classy.
FACT OF THE DAY. 3 September 1939. British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain announced on BBC radio at 11:15 AM that Germany had not responded to the British ultimatum to remove its troops from Poland and so “this country is at war with Germany”.
September 3, 2025 at 9:09 AM
Great historical bilingual pun. Last week I learned that the French left wing would caustically refer to the appeasement-pushing British PM as “Monsieur J’Aime Berlin”. I mean, that’s classy.
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Back at work? Wondering what you missed in the big summer of legitimate concerns? Never fear, the SKETCH has got you covered:
What a silly summer | Robert Hutton | The Critic Magazine
Welcome back! It’s September, and you’re probably wondering what you missed while you were on the beach. But never fear, The Critic is here to bring you up to speed on all the excitement in the big…
thecritic.co.uk
September 1, 2025 at 10:41 AM
Back at work? Wondering what you missed in the big summer of legitimate concerns? Never fear, the SKETCH has got you covered:
Me, most of the time:
ngl I don't actually care whats going on, I'm just enjoying the chaos
August 31, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Me, most of the time:
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Want to listen to me being rude about Robert Jenrick for half an hour? Here you go.
He used to be “Robert Generic.” Now Robert Jenrick is smearing immigrants, cosplaying as Farage & eyeing the Tory leadership. Does he believe in anything he says? @roberthutton.co.uk joins @nndroid.bsky.social to dig into Jenrick’s barmy transformation
Listen here: linktr.ee/bunker_pod
Listen here: linktr.ee/bunker_pod
August 28, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Want to listen to me being rude about Robert Jenrick for half an hour? Here you go.
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fundamentally the problem is that if you think "hotels are where I stay on holiday and I like being on holiday so living in a hotel must be fun and it's not fair others get to do it and not me" then you have the intellectual reasoning of a little child and it's going to be hard to engage with you
August 21, 2025 at 12:23 PM
fundamentally the problem is that if you think "hotels are where I stay on holiday and I like being on holiday so living in a hotel must be fun and it's not fair others get to do it and not me" then you have the intellectual reasoning of a little child and it's going to be hard to engage with you
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Perhaps, one day, schoolkids will study this squalid little chapter in British terror-panic history. When they do, I hope these two headlines from today are printed side by side, with clear annotation of which individual faced more outrage and condemnation.
August 18, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Perhaps, one day, schoolkids will study this squalid little chapter in British terror-panic history. When they do, I hope these two headlines from today are printed side by side, with clear annotation of which individual faced more outrage and condemnation.
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I’ve mulled over posting this for months now. But yesterday it came to a head. And I’m aware that the people who need to see it will either not be here, or will suggest that I’m lying.
I live near an asylum hotel. The reason I didn’t post earlier is that I didn’t want to raise undue attention
I live near an asylum hotel. The reason I didn’t post earlier is that I didn’t want to raise undue attention
August 16, 2025 at 9:17 AM
I’ve mulled over posting this for months now. But yesterday it came to a head. And I’m aware that the people who need to see it will either not be here, or will suggest that I’m lying.
I live near an asylum hotel. The reason I didn’t post earlier is that I didn’t want to raise undue attention
I live near an asylum hotel. The reason I didn’t post earlier is that I didn’t want to raise undue attention
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Nothing is more likely to turn me into a frothing-at-the-mouth bomber than the sheer arrogance about the way Vance cheerfully imposes this massive bullshit on a village, with no consideration for the locals, for his holiday. Honestly, fuck off back to America, you enormous selfish arsehole.
The village of Dean has entered a lockdown for the imminent arrival of US vice-president JD Vance. All entrances to the village (between Chipping Norton and Charlbury) are closed to non-residents, with police stationed at every road and even footpath.
August 11, 2025 at 9:45 AM
Nothing is more likely to turn me into a frothing-at-the-mouth bomber than the sheer arrogance about the way Vance cheerfully imposes this massive bullshit on a village, with no consideration for the locals, for his holiday. Honestly, fuck off back to America, you enormous selfish arsehole.