I've posted a lot of football content, which isn't exactly Windrush related, for an additional reason. Southgate is one of a vanishingly small number of public personalities, who, at the height of insane BLM backlash and attacks on Black players, stood by them. Didn't tell them

An awful lot of airtime given to JD Vance on the BBC this morning. Will they do the same when Kamala Harris addresses the Democratic convention?

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Ordered a Thai takeaway from Rosa’s Thai Cafe earlier. Was an expensive treat as today was my mum’s funeral. Anyway they packed it so badly by the time it got here most of it had leaked into the bag. They don’t seem to be on Twitter but want them to know how shit this was.

Can't help feeling this Covid report is rather more important than the whole Republican convention/Biden will-he-won't-he thing, which is getting so much airtime right now - at least for us over here. theguardian.com/uk-news/articl…

Neil Kinnock did it better in Sheffield...

This reminds me of watching an Earth Day telathon in the US in 1990. The presenter mangled the slogan and, instead of saying "think global, act local", pronounced that we were to "think local, act global". It's a perfect encapsulation of US foreign policy.

Every time I see Farage at the Republican Convention it reminds me of Jerry Lee Lewis. What's Made Milwaukee Famous (Has Made A Loser Out Of Me) youtu.be/BxwZ4RuTCjs?si… via YouTube

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Miriam Cates Jesus was not a parent.

This is a maddeningly misleading headline for an interesting data-backed article by Oliver Wright the main point of which is that Reform in 2024 got hardly any more support among young voters than UKIP did back in 2015. thetimes.com/uk/politics/ar…

As people still go on about the Last Supper bit at the opening ceremony, I’m reminded of the joke about the disciple asking the inn-owner if they can have a table for 26. Owner (counting): “But there’s only 13 of you.” Disciple: “Yes but we all want to sit down one side.”

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Boris Johnson: A Putin Victory “Will Make America Weak Again” | Former UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson called on the US to massively increase support for Ukraine or risk being weakened as freedom is undermined around the world. #CEPAForum cepa.org/article/boris-…

a reminder that 1) Johnson appointed Gray to look into partygate 2) that the final report did not condemn him (it talked vaguely about leadership failures in civil service and Number 10) and 3) that the Metropolitan Police were already investigating in parallel

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