Wow! Who is this brilliant person? Absolutely nails the argument for unions. So pleased I saw this.

Whatever you think of Mick Lynch, his analysis of Johnson is spot on. A man who doesn’t care what we think of him, because he doesn’t have to care what we think of him. #bbcqt

Ghastly people.

I cannot resist posting this again. It gets funnier every time.

‘I plunged the country into chaos because I didn’t want to cancel a party I’d booked’

Hugh Grant I hate to say it but has me rather intrigued

Business and tax fraud is around £20 billion per year on average. Benefit fraud is estimated at around £1.5 to £2billion. Business is ten times more fraudulent than welfare. By all means tackle both, but get your priorities straight.

'Leaving the EU has made leaving the UK much more difficult. We asked to be treated like this Ian - we said we want to be third-country nationals, we want to have all of that bureaucracy.' Simon Calder | @ianpaynesport

Watch Simon Calder totally destroy the Daily Mail's Andrew Pierce over the post brexit border checks. #GMB x.com/ImIncorrigible…

Sad news...

In my opinion all government policy stretching back up to five years has been a bag of shite. That's one less talk to give ....

Thank you, emily m. Speaking the truth in a time of universal deceit is a revolutionary act… theguardian.com/media/2022/aug…

‘As Prime Minister, I will take on the Laws of Nature, to construct perpetual motion power stations and build cities in the sky.’ As I’ve said before, you can convince people to vote for the abolition of gravity, but they will be pissed off when they hit the ground.

Word Up!

Saw this wonderful clip of Sir Jonathan Miller tearing up Enoch Powell's divisive rhetoric on the Dick Cavett show, reminding us all that we don’t have to accept racism and xenophobia in our politics. We should see it for what it is, and call it out. Always.

Public service broadcasting.

In amongst all the doom and gloom, let me share with you this brilliant moment from BBC Breakfast:

Conservative MP Charles Walker seems broken by tonight's events - tells BBC News (UK) he is livid with colleagues

An absolutely incredible story… theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/n…

When folk constantly tell fibs, it’s really difficult to know when they’re telling the truth. I imagine it’s even a challenge for themselves.