Water privatisation is a con. (Location: Thames Water HQ)

Here's how the future is going to play out... (Long - please expand the tweet.) 1. The Tories will keep on wrecking things faster and faster as the GE approaches. They'll act like irresponsible teenagers who know they don't have to clean up in the morning after a wild drunken

I’d rather live next door to someone who crossed the oceans with a child to escape death and violence than a citizen who wouldn’t cross the street to help a foreigner.

From the Guardian this morning, one chart to tell you all you need to know about for whose benefit the economy is now run:

Blimey. You get bombarded on social media with bad actors, ‘wellness’ bullshitters and LinkedIn performance dickheads pedalling vacuous life advice and ‘coaching’ bollocks - and then you get something like this that so fucking real and raw and profound in its honesty and emotion.

Executive summary: Sunak's argument is utter bullshit.

Well, well, well... thelondoneconomic.com/politics/sunak…

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Five Six (2023), acrylic on canvas 80 x 80cm. #contemporaryart #contemporarypainting #stephenwhatcott

Judi Dench was on Graham Norton last night to push her new book about her life and work with Shakespeare. After making the point we quote Shakespeare daily without knowing it, this happened:

Creative Industries make up 6% of our economy. That’s more than car and oil industries together. They employ 2.3million people. To cut funding for creative arts at university level is fudge-brained, cack-hearted thinking pitched very much at the highest level of economic

They should put this in the National Gallery. A #bbcqt audience member originally from Congo cites conflict between Rwanda and DRC and asks if UK would send refugee from DRC to... Rwanda. A confused Chris Philp: "Well, Rwanda is a different country from Congo, isn't it?"

Immense thanks to Stephen Whatcott for donating his powerful beermat art to our Beermats for Balls project! These Beermats will be up for auction next week as part of the @beermatsforballs project to help raise vital funds for testicular cancer education, awareness & support.

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