The real Tory plot is a subversive struggle against reality.

My ⁦The Standard⁩ column standard.co.uk/comment/rishi-…

This is so important. Politics really CAN make a difference. Shabby, flawed and cynical it may often seem, but it's still ours - and if we give up on it, we just leave it all to the worst possible people.

Absolutely. We have a real problem with 'astroturfing' in our broadcast and print media. (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astroturf…)
Rather than shine a light on the fraudulent practice for democratic good, media has shamefully used these sources as easy clickbait in debate and comment.

Fair play, Mr Mayor. Sadiq Khan
#IllBeBack #JusticeForCroissants

Gordon Smart BBC Morning Live Stephen McGann I was unexpectedly diagnosed 7yrs ago with Haemochromatosis. Never heard of it previously. So thankful I found out & now in maintenance. Thx Gordon Smart & Stephen McGann for raising awareness 👏👏👏

Never knew about hemochromatosis until BBC Morning Live sent me to find out more, sometimes referred to as “The Celtic Curse” … thank you Stephen McGann for highlighting it for us. Report from five mins into show…

bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episod…

Jodrell Bank :-)

“Blagging and bigging up is now a respected industry. It used to be called bullshitting, but now it’s rebadged as Putting Yourself Out There and recognised as a professional skill set.”

🖊️ Armando Iannucci
newstatesman.com/comment/2024/0…

Stephen McGann Fascinating BBC Morning Live report on too much iron in the blood (apologies, I get as far as ‘haema’ then fail). Do you know how we can get a test kit?

This morning BBC Morning Live features #TeamIronOverload members & patron Stephen McGann discussing #haemochromatosis .

Watch live from 9.30am : bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00…

#EarlyDiagnosisSavesLives

So. The line from Brain Central is back to 'coalition of chaos' if you vote for not-them. Even though chances of a hung parliament are currently thinner than my being an astronaut, and hypothetical chaos doesn't exactly dominate the mind of a public suffering the genuine article.

Today's press pollsters:
'Aaaah, but if you look at the election results *this way up*, you'll clearly see that the one in blue shorts is upright, and the one who punched his lights out is actually lying flat! It's a win for canvas-back!'

A radical rightwing former Home Secretary from the badly defeated party dominating the news commentary the day after an election tells you a lot about where we are today, and media's attitude to it.

This is an amazing thread, which proves many things - how microscopically Brexit has fucked everything up, for one - but mainly that truth and understanding - of anything - comes only with detail.

Middle Earth was well deserved. But Yosser was all of us. x

Shit. Bernard Hill.

Conservatives concluding from the electorate's reponse that they should tack even more to the right made me think of this... youtu.be/mkcKQmr7kRc?si… via YouTube

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Professor John Curtice’s hair has gone to No Overall Control.