People: "OpErA iS sO eLiTe BeCaUsE ThE tIcKeTs ArE sO eXpEnSiVe" Me, looking at Oasis ticket prices:

National Trust visits are up. It’s the scone wot won it. independent.co.uk/news/uk/visito…

Big step this - govt confirms it will bring forward evacuation plans for residents with disabilities, and provide funding. Was a major recommendation of first phase of the Grenfell Inquiry, rejected by Conservatives questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-statem…

Breaking: UK has announced it will suspend some export licences to Israel for arms used in military operations in Gaza, after a British government review found possible breaches of international humanitarian law by Israel. ft.com/content/bac169…

Holy Shit

North South Divide: Women in the North of England live shorter lives, work more hours for less pay, more likely to live in poverty than women elsewhere. Women in the North contribute £10bn of unpaid care. Despite equality laws dice loaded against women bigissue.com/news/social-ju…

For those asking, the ‘fierce backlash last night’ entailed two information requests to our press office. One from the Daily Mail and one from the Daily Telegraph. Please remember to vote in this year’s National Trust AGM.

'Half Our National Press Suddenly Really Thinking It's Really Important News What A Country House Serves In Its Tea Room For Totally Non Tufton St Lobbying Reasons' Season seems to come fast every year. Hashtag buy a paper!

There's a greater possibility that he's just racist as hell but there is a funnier possibility that this guy heard something about geese disappearing because of migration and didn't realize that meant the birds were traveling

Famously against 'identity politics', Badenoch falsely claims wokes believe EVERYONE belongs to either an oppresseor or oppressed group, which is bullshit - just ask any of The Wokes about how 'oppressed' Thatcher was, or how 'oppressed' Kwasi Kwarteng or Suella Braverman are.

I watched Maggie Smith in The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie so often as a kid that her withering lines are lodged in my brain. To the extent that when someone books a Teams call at, say, 9.45, I automatically hear her utter “she thinks to intimidate me by the use of quarter hours?!”

James Cleverly🇬🇧 You should take it up with the politician who initiated the talks, which was you James

Maggie Smith, Britain's last coal-powered actor

Hiya Sainsbury's, can you confirm you've changed your freshly squeezed orange juice recently? Now tastes like pasteurized. Really disappointed if this is the case as it's our daily drink here 💔🍊🍊🍊

When your ex-wife has you blocked, but you own the website.

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Fucksake.

I had the cunt blocked when he called the Thai cave diver a paedophile tbf. Nothing but blue skies, my darlings x that-jane.bsky etc

One story needed completing. Three state school A*s and off to study his favourite thing. A direct train away.